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@1goodtern
Nov 2, 2024 • 11 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Minimisers:
"If Covid dysregulated the immune system, why aren't we seeing an increase in opportunistic infections, eh?!"

The opportunistic infections: Graphs showing the rise of: Drug resistant Kleb, E Coli, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Other Crypto Hominis Crypto Parvum Rare Crypto Shigella Whooping Cough Legionella TB Listeria Mycoplasma pneumoniae Polyomaviruses
The UKHSA have the gall to say that some of these outbreaks only seem large due to improved testing, when testing rates for them actually *decreased*.

Don't listen to their spin. Look at the big picture.
And all the little pictures.
Data from here:
gov.uk/government/pub…
And here:
gov.uk/government/pub…
While we're here, there's no immunity debt to crypto parvum or hominis.

You know what there is though?

There's immunity damage that allows them in.
Also worth noting:
Some of these trends were in operation before Covid, but have increased further since.
And yes, some of these infections are in perfect sync with Covid waves, and some... follow in perfect sync *afterwards*.
Here they are with labels highlighting the years for which there is data available:

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And here's what they look like with the same timescales on every graph. Image
And here's an extra version with Strep A notifications, Measles, and Hep D: Image

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Dec 20
Ten words you need to know to understand how we can be entering the seventh year of the covid pandemic.
1
Covvabarator
A public health figure who sides with the virus over the people.
2
Afraidance
Avoiding the truth because you're scared of it.
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Dec 19
Covid infections make people more vulnerable to other infections.

Here's what the Cleveland Clinic say about Brucellosis:
"Brucellosis is an uncommon bacterial infection that comes on slowly and can last for a long time. It can look like a lot of other illnesses, so it’s important to see a healthcare provider to get properly diagnosed and treated. Brucellosis usually isn’t serious, but it can infect your bones and organs, so it’s important to keep a close eye on your symptoms."

Less uncommon now, apparently.Image
Meanwhile... listeria continues its rampant ascent. Image
And so does TB. Image
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Dec 19
You've heard about lots of people having cancer scares recently, haven't you?

I certainly have.
I work supporting people with exactly this kind of situation.
I was specifically thinking today about cancer scares that have turned out to *not be malignant cancer*, *yet*.
I was looking at my notes for the last two decades and I reckoned that there had been about a doubling of it in the last five years. Roughly.
Read 17 tweets
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Dec 18
Ok... so this is going to be an extremely weird thread...
If you're squeamish or sensitive, *stop reading*. Image
You know that you have mites living in the hair follicles of your eyelashes and eyebrows, right?

The ones pictured in the tweet above - and another similar species.
I mean, *almost* every adult does.

You're not born with them, and not many kids have them, because they feed on something called sebum, secreted by your skin, and kids don't produce much sebum...
Read 44 tweets
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Dec 15
The UKHSA have started publishing this goldmine again - but this year it's even more valuable *because they've reset it to a period when testing was consistent*.

This is very important and it shows yet again:
Covid infection makes you vulnerable to other infection. Image
So... in the weekly flu and covid surveillance report (that also covers other respiratory infections too), they publish these two charts. Image
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Covid and Flu's interactions with other infections.

They include:
Read 41 tweets
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Dec 15
Most people just don't understand the immune system, its different components, how covid weakens it, and what that leaves you vulnerable to. Image
We tend to imagine immunity as a single light switch.
On or off.

Maybe on a dimmer switch.
Strong or weak.
In reality it is a whole set of tightly coordinated systems, and covid happens to damage several of the ones you rely on for dealing with infections that hide inside your own cells.
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