Prof. Debby Bogaert 💙 Profile picture
Paediatric Infectious Diseases, physician scientist, respiratory and child health, microbiome she/her
Jan 22, 2022 14 tweets 4 min read
Before I take a break, I have decided to update this personal tweet. An update on day 18 of Omicron and why I’d like to share.

1/ The first 5 days I isolated from my family, and experienced the expected general Covid symptoms but managed.

Unfortunately my health worsened from day 6 on, requiring additional outpatient/A&E treatment to help turn the tide, and after 11 days I was admitted to 🏥.

2/
Sep 19, 2021 15 tweets 3 min read
From coming week onward, all young people 12 years and older will be eligible to receive the covid vaccine in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 .

Because I received many questions from parents and press, I decided to share some of these Q&As in a 🧵

So here we go!

1/15 “What do you think about children > 12 being offered the covid vaccine?”

I strongly recommend the Covid vaccine for all children> 12 because it is a safe and effective vaccine that will protect them against catching and spreading the virus.

2/15
Mar 12, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
March 12, 2021

Today marks my 1st ‘Covid anniversary’.

A year ago I woke up with a headache, but only later that day, when a dry cough kicked in, did I realise ‘this must be it’

I remember being surprised & annoyed, though not afraid knowing the odds were in my favour. 1/8 I was only afraid of passing the virus on, so we focused directly on self isolation.

I was anticipating 1-2 weeks of flu-like symptoms after which I was certain to return to ‘the pandemic frontline’.

That worked out differently, and weeks later I even ended up in hospital 2/8