"Cattle have the potential to act as a mixing vessel for novel IAV generation"

"The avian and human influenza A virus receptors sialic acid (SA)-α2,3 and SA-α2,6 are widely expressed in the bovine mammary gland" 🧵

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Reason cows fare better than many species?

"duck & human IAV receptors were widely expressed in the bovine mammary gland, whereas the chicken receptor dominated the respiratory tract. In general, only a low expression of IAV receptors was observed in the neurons of the cerebrum"

@CCSDMaskUp @RickABright @GISAID @USDA "A striped skunk was found dead in proximity to deceased Canada geese in late February in Tompkins County"

.cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/article/highly… @CCSDMaskUp @RickABright @GISAID @USDA "apparently healthy" raccoons (Japan though here, not current)

"1,088 serum samples collected from animals captured in ... eradication program over 3 periods in Japan ... during 2005–2009 for a serologic survey of avian influenza virus (H5N1) infection"
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

"reviewed studies generally indicate that human norovirus (NoV), Hep A (HAV) and Hep E (HEV) possess a high heat stability. Heating at 70-72 °C for 2 min significantly reduces infectious titers, but often does not result in a >4 log10 decrease"
.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38290272/#:~:t… "Resistant fractions of viruses may remain infectious in thermal inactivation processes and inactivation of newly discovered or enveloped viruses in thermal food preparation processes should not be assumed without further testing"

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

H5N1 virus survival

"viral RNA was detected in few cases in the aquatic fauna and flora, especially in bivalves and labyrinth fish, although these organisms seemed to be mostly passive carriers of the virus rather than host allowing virus replication"

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22514622/
H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus survival in different types of water

"Prolonged infectivity of the virus in Baltic seawater (brackish, 7.8 ppt) was also seen."

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20521724/

@AuDHDeep1 @1goodtern To be fair, I think most of us who are COVID cautious have to deal with people who don't understand why, and they think it's us who have a problem.

Yes, it's typically a problem of understanding of risk, but their problem, not ours! 😆

Most really don't understand the risk @AuDHDeep1 @1goodtern They don't understand the risk to themselves, the risk to their kids, they don't understand they will keep getting reinfected, likely suffering cumulative harms over time as a result. They assume the risk is just to the concerned person at best, & they resent life being limited

BBC: "The Covid pandemic may have impacted brain health in people in the UK aged 50 & over, according to a new study."

You don't say?? Not a surprise when everyone keeps getting infected by SARS-COV-2 that we've known causes brain damage for over 3 years
bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…
COVID causes brain damage

Confirmed by a PhD brain pathology microscopist

https://x.com/DaniBeckman/status/1756117668971880777?t=DCumi8Fg-RqWI2y94inG5w&s=03

Well done #TaylorSwift

Another huge global star making their tours more COVID safe

We need more stars & their management explaining why it's so important to avoid being regularly reinfected by SARS-COV-2

18 February 2024


@taylorswift13 @taylornation13au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/why-taylor-swi… "a music industry source told Yahoo Lifestyle that Taylor has no plans to be seen anywhere but the stage whilst in Australia, nor does she intend on meeting any fans"

Since Covid, her team had to “permanently axe these (backstage meet and greets)
as they pose too much risk”

Adele is wise: “Everyone that I know that I work with has fucking COVID, so it’s a miracle that I haven’t had it yet,” she added. “And I really do love chatting to you, but I don’t want to get sick, I’ll take selfies from a distance or shoot your vid."
nme.com/news/music/ade… Adele: “I might have symptoms and then I can’t do my show and I will be damned if I cancel any more of these shows ... I just can’t risk getting ill. Honestly, my immune system is in the gutter and I want to be close to you and stuff like that, but I just can’t risk it.”

There is a reason that the pandemic's true death toll is running 4x higher than the official death toll.

Long COVID kills

All those strokes, myocardial infarctions, new & exacerbated rapidly progressing dementias that follow COVID infections, & the many other post acute deaths

https://twitter.com/0bj3ctivity/status/1759193207483605140

Long COVID was defined as ALL health harm that follows due to SARS-COV-2 infection. Why? Because SARS-COV-2 is systemic & can harm ANY organ & tissue within body, directly or indirectly
ALL these harms need to be included when weighing the cost of inaction

https://twitter.com/elisaperego78/status/1593559920560918528?t=3I6k6uF0adINroXPJTTAkw&s=19

Long-term risks of respiratory diseases SARS-CoV-2 patients: a longitudinal population-based cohort study

"patients with COVID-19 may have an increased risk of developing respiratory diseases ... RISK INCREASES WITH severity of infection and REINFECTION"

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… "Even during the 24-month follow-up, the risk of asthma and bronchiectasis CONTINUED TO INCREASE. Hence, implementing appropriate follow-up strategies for these individuals is crucial to monitor and manage potential long-term respiratory health issues."

WHO:"COVID’s not in the news every day, but it’s still a global health risk. If we look at wastewater estimates, the actual circulation [of SARS-CoV-2] is somewhere between 2 & 20 times higher than what is being reported by countries. The virus is rampant"
archive.ph/PgRxV Maria Van Kerkhove (WHO): "using masks for respiratory pathogens that transmit through the air is a no-brainer—plus vaccination, plus distancing, plus improving ventilation."

6 February 2024

So, when routine screening starts for Tau protein as an indicator of neurological disease risk, what's the betting that there are going to be a lot of concerned people who wish they'd decided to avoid SARS-COV-2 infections as much as possible, rather than accept them as normal?🤔

https://twitter.com/0bj3ctivity/status/1749495479652454764

How many people blasé about going maskless and getting regularly reinfected by SARS-COV-2 understand the potential long term implications of SARS-COV-2 on brain health?

https://twitter.com/BagaiDr/status/1644220784888668160

New "Alzheimer’s blood test detects risk 15 years before symptoms

Routine screening for over-50s closer as study uses commercially available testing kit to identify disease-causing proteins"



1/xarchive.ph/EgTJV "A simple blood test can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s, a study has found, with “huge implications” for routinely screening everyone over 50 for their risk of developing the disease."

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Long-COVID cognitive impairments and reproductive hormone deficits in men may stem from GnRH neuronal death

September 12 2023



1/xthelancet.com/journals/ebiom… "We have recently demonstrated a causal link between loss of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), the master molecule regulating reproduction, and cognitive deficits during pathological aging, including Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease...

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@SGriffin_Lab This is effectively the NHS laissez-faire guide to COVID in schools which WILL result in more transmission, more hospitalisations, more long COVID, more deaths, less workforce availability, and lower economic growth.

Scientifically, ethically, financially and morally bereft. @SGriffin_Lab So the NHS thinks that your child doesn't need to stay at home or avoid contact with other people if they HAVE symptoms of COVID but haven't yet had a recent positive test (yes SARS-COV-2 can transmit when asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic)

"Viral persistence in children infected with SARS-CoV-2: current evidence and future research strategies"

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thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… "Based on the evidence that the virus can persist in adults, we have done a literature review and analysed studies that looked for SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigens in children"

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CDC website, Nov 2023: "evidence strongly suggests that even asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 patients might have neuropathologic changes in their brains, which could develop into severe neurologic disorders later in life."
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wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29… Don't you think that the CDC should be warning the public loud and clear about this?

Please let them know how you feel!

Longer extract in thread below

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"The Epstein-Barr virus and the pathogenesis of lymphoma"
2015

Since the discovery in 1964 of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in African Burkitt lymphoma, this virus has been associated with a remarkably diverse range of cancer types. Because EBV persists in the B cells of ...

1/x ...the asymptomatic host, it can easily be envisaged how it contributes to the development of B-cell lymphomas. However, EBV is also found in other cancers, including T-cell/natural killer cell lymphomas and several epithelial malignancies. Explaining the aetiological role...
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Why did I not join the dots before? 🤦‍♂️





"UCL is home to the archive of the man who coined the term “Eugenics”"

independent.co.uk/voices/eugenic…

Is this the smiling face of eugenics?

Did many die who really didn't need to during the COVID pandemic, because a few rich, lazy, arrogant, powerful, old men not care enough to protect the vulnerable?

Was Patrick Vallance one such? I don't know, I'd hope not, surely we all hope not, that those in govt & advising them have our best interests at heart?

But I've seen too much evidence of reckless failure to retain any confidence in that.

So let's check out what Patrick wrote himself?

2022: SARS-CoV-2 can infect human embryos

Study explores "the susceptibility of early human embryos to SARS-CoV-2 infection. By using RNA-seq & immunofluorescence, we note that ACE2 and TMPRSS2, two canonical cell entry factors for SARS-CoV-2,..."

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… "... are co-expressed in cells of the trophectoderm in blastocyst-stage preimplantation embryos. For the purpose of viral entry studies, we used fluorescent reporter virions pseudotyped with Spike (S) glycoprotein from SARS-CoV-2, and we observe robust infection of ..."

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