Covid isn't the "common cold". Covid=common cold/flu is an argument that some policymakers, pundits, and so-called "experts" have been trying to make since much earlier in the pandemic. They can do it directly, or indirectly. It happened with Omicron, for example. Some examples: Tony Fauci in late 2021, Omicron, we likely learn to live with Covid like we do we do with common cold and flu (to note, Fauci has expressed varying and in my opinion inconsistent views on Covid, see various media)

businessinsider.com/fauci-american…

"I’m just going to let you know, there were a lot of people in the village who had COVID that just didn’t say it. I’m just the most popular person who got COVID and actually said I had it."

Noah Lyles on running with Covid at the Olympics

citiusmag.com/articles/noah-… "Now looking back, there were signs on the day of the final of the 100m [which Lyles won] that this was taking too much energy to produce what I normally produce. I just threw it to the side."

Lyles said

"I was just taken to the emergency room by ambulance after vomiting blood twice. I'll update you all. I dreamed for this day except living a nightmare like this"

Tokyo's gold medal Gianmarco Tamberi, hours before ending 11th in the Paris high jump final

unilad.com/news/sport/oly… Uncomfortable to have watched the final live (at the time I knew Tamberi was ill again with suspected kidney problems/kidney stones; but I didn't know about the reports about vomiting blood). It has been concerning to see so many people competing ill like Peaty or Lyles

"French athlete Alessia Zarbo collapsed during the final lap of the [Olympics] women's 10000m final on Friday evening. The 22-year-old was seen being helped by medics on the track before being taken away on a stretcher."

givemesport.com/alessia-zarbo-… After the race, "images have since emerged of Zarbo lying on the floor before being stretchered off as the race continued. The French woman was not the only athlete unable to complete the race, as Eretria's Rahel Daniel also pulled out before crossing the finish line."

"I do have Covid. It definitely affected my performance but I never considered withdrawing. My girlfriend said I was coughing through the night. I woke up with chills, aches, sore throat"

Noah Lyles, 27, on running at the Olympics with Covid

theguardian.com/sport/article/… "“I do have Covid,” Lyles said. “I tested positive around 5am on Tuesday. I woke up feeling chills, aching, sore throat. Those were a lot of the symptoms I have had before getting Covid. I was like: ‘I need to test this one.’

Covid in Italy's Olympic team

"I had Covid but we didn't let this come out. I have always been monitored. Today I felt better than on the 1 August run, but in last part of the race I paid the price anyway"

Star runner Antonella Palmisano

ansa.it/sito/notizie/s… "At any rate, I gave everything. It's a pity because if (I were) in better form, we could really have had much more fun" (better results, I presume). Antonella Palmisano and her race partner ended in sixth place in Paris and didn't medal

COVID-19 triggers significant acute inflammatory responses in the gastrointestinal tissues, particularly in the duodenum, which can extend into #LongCovid (incl. prolonged GI symptoms). Study on 🇨🇳 patients with multiple lines of investigation on biopsy
frontiersin.org/journals/cell-… "In some patients, persistent gastrointestinal symptoms [GI] like abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea occur as part of long COVID-19 syndrome following acute respiratory symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2."

More than 40 Australian Olympians have tested positive to COVID and other respiratory illnesses like influenza A at the Paris Games, with a number competing while ill. The Aussie team have their own PCR machine, which gives results in 45 minutes

espn.ph/olympics/story… "Swimming Australia's head coach Rohan Taylor has revealed some swimmers raced with COVID during their nine-day program at the pool. While some swimmers withdrew from races including Lani Pallister and Ella Ramsay, others competed with the virus."

"I don't know if I had COVID or not, because I didn't get tested. I was everywhere and interacted with everyone. I also wore a mask [sometimes] Almost everyone caught a cold"

Swimming star and double medallist David Popovici on Covid at the Olympics
libertatea.ro/sport/david-po… (h/t )

https://x.com/CoronaHeadsUp/status/1819847283023700473?t=sHp2qMn1WMgJXYJgDAP_2Q&s=19

Aussie Ella Ramsay withdrew from the 200m IM final due to "illness". Lani Pallister, who is recovering from Covid, run the 800m freestyle, but faded away in the final's second half. Star Sam Short had his "nightmare" Olympics derailed by recent "illness"

swimswam.com/aussie-ella-ra… Australia's Sam Short, a genuine medal hope in multiple swimming competitions, reportedly suffered from a "gastro bug" that hampered his preparation. He failed to improve and "find the spark" in Paris and left with no medals.

7news.com.au/sport/olympics…

SARS-CoV-2 can damage cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes).
Different variants are found to infect and affect differently cardiomyocytes in a new study in vitro and in vivo(=animal model/Golden hamster).
BA.2 Omicron flagged as particularly dangerous

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39095802/?utm_… "COVID-19 can cause cardiac complications and the latter are associated with poor prognosis and increased mortality. SARS-CoV-2 variants differ in their infectivity and pathogenicity, but how they affect cardiomyocytes (CMs)" deserved further attention

Maybe it would be important to give more credit, recognition, opportunities to those who were right on #LongCovid since early 2020? Maybe we would closer to treatments?
Medicine has a long path ahead. Patients are paying the price, including their life and livelihood

https://twitter.com/tmprowell/status/1818786156563067021

It's concerning to me too see more recognition and power given to those who were wrong, while the contributions to knowledge of those were right already in 2020 are erased, triviliazed, or misrepresented. We're presented things we knew about in 2020 as "new discoveries" in 2024

"I’ll now be focusing on a fast, full recovery to give my best in the team relays later in the week."

Swimming star Adam Peaty, 29, has now tested positive for Covid, after missing the Olympic Gold for an inch yesterday. Reportedly, Adam run unwell

bbc.com/sport/olympics… "The BOA said: “Adam Peaty began feeling unwell on Sunday, ahead of his men’s 100m breaststroke final. In the hours after the final, his symptoms became worse and he was tested for Covid early on Monday morning. He tested positive at that point."

theguardian.com/sport/article/…

In a sample of 46 Covid survivors from China 🇨🇳
• 23.9% and 24.4% had abnormal pulmonary function and chest CT findings, respectively
• 23.9% had abnormal renal function with significantly decreased eGFR
• 19.6% had liver abnormalities

#LongCovid

cell.com/iscience/fullt… Data up to 2 years post infection, with organ function measured at different time points across the disease course. Some parameters worsened, instead of improving, in some patients at 2 years. Complex study using different techniques to assess #LongCovid biomarkers

Taylor Swift's concerts in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, are being flagged as potential Covid clusters: fans are sharing on social media reports of positive Covid tests, fever and illness. The same happened with prior events by the star, including recently in Paris, Spain, and Ireland Articles on the Covid cases post Swift's concerts in Milan e.g.



leggo.it/italia/cronach…
ilmattino.it/spettacoli/mus…

Very happy to see further recognition of #LongCovid especially in the US. But, it's key to be precise: Long Covid was formally recognized by multiple countries/institutions like WHO in 2020-1 already. The US itself had recognized LC already years ago

ksat.com/news/local/202… WHO openly recognised #LongCovid after a meeting with advocates and researchers (to which I participated myself) already in August 2020. A case definition soon followed (under the name post Covid condition) e.g.

blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/09/03…

The molecule called interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is linked to chronic inflammation affecting the lungs in #LongCovid.
Study's easy-to-read report, with discussion of potential for treatment. Research on human tissue and animal model

nature.com/articles/d4158… "A signalling molecule [interferon gamma] that helps to kick-start inflammation in the lungs could play a key part in aggravating some long COVID symptoms, finds a study that analysed lung samples from people with the condition."

"I am gutted".
Cycling star Tom Pidcock, 24, has left the Tour de France with Covid symptoms.
His withdrawal compounds concerns about a Covid cluster at the elite cycling event, with many riders dropping off because of Covid or an undisclosed "illness"

cyclingweekly.com/racing/tom-pid… "For me, I'm also not great. I've tested positive but I've got mild symptoms so the doctor is monitoring me closely.. At the minute, I've just got a bit of a headache and a runny nose so we'll just have to see how it goes."

Geraint Thomas

cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/im-als…

After M. Markov, Juan Ayuso has also withdrawn from the Tour de France due to Covid, reinforcing concerns about SARS-CoV-2 spreading at the elite cycling event. Other racers have left the race, too, due to an unspecified "illness"

quibicisport.it/2024/07/12/tou… Jesús Herrada from Team Cofidis has also withdrawn from the Tour de France on the eve of stage 13, severely debilitated by "illness". His teammates XIon Izagirre and Alexis Renard had to withdraw a few hours earlier, again due to an unspecified "illness"

"I don't want to scare people that I'm sick, I'm fine, but I'm cautious"

World champion Remco Evenepoel with a mask after several racers are down with Covid before the upcoming Tour de France. Top Sepp Kuss is now out the Tour with Covid complications

cyclingnews.com/news/remco-eve… World champion Remco Evenepoel, now 24, suffered a shock withdrawal at last year's top Giro d'Italia due to Covid. Remco tested positive while leading the race. His withdrawal led to reflection on the dangers of SARS-CoV-2 infection even to top athletes

https://x.com/elisaperego78/status/1659676753239982080?t=iebPZ4b0zyMSaPxMFEnpxQ&s=19

#LongCovid is a crisis that deserves the utmost urgency. Hundreds of millions are estimated to have experienced LC globally.
My "Observations on the US working definition for Long Covid as of May 2023" Preprint (Dec.2023) 👇🧵
osf.io/preprints/soca… Article is a revised, written version, of my oral (virtual) presentation for the “patient perspective panel” @theNASEM on the US working definition for #LongCovid (held May 2023). I submitted a shorter version of this paper to the committee's attention the same month