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Feb 13 19 tweets 12 min read
Mortality in Sweden: Are the causes of death that are increasing among 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 year olds also rising in older age groups?

Let's find out.
1/x Image These causes collectively represent all causes of death that are rising among 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 year olds. Among 0-4 year olds, their average growth rate (2019-2024) is 13.5%.
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Feb 9 6 tweets 3 min read
Mortality of children aged 0-4 in Sweden.
1/x Image Among 0-4 year olds, the 19 causes of death with the highest growth (2004 compared with the 1997-2019 average) have increased since 2019 at an average rate of 51% per year.
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Feb 8 8 tweets 3 min read
Mortality of 10-14 year olds in Sweden.
1/x Image Here are the 19 leading causes of death among 10-14 year olds, ranked by their 2024 incidence compared to the 1997-2019 average. Together, they account for 35% of all deaths in 2024.
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Jan 15 14 tweets 7 min read
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99).
1/x Image Between 2020 and 2025e, patient growth is nearly uniform across all age groups above one year of age. However, growth among those aged 1-64 clearly exceeds that observed in older age groups.
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Jan 14 8 tweets 4 min read
This is an important moment.

After more than five years of silence, mainstream media has begun to acknowledge that C19 can harm T cells, and to discuss the consequences that follow. @fitterhappierAJ was one of the first, if not the first, to talk about this.
1/x Dr. Leonardi has provided a significant amount of direction for me. In particular, he has been interviewed in some excellent articles that have withstood the test of time. Here is one of them.
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Jan 9 6 tweets 3 min read
Something is causing injuries among young children.
1/x Image Something changed in 2022. Before that, the numbers were generally falling. Wonder what it could be.
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Jan 9 11 tweets 6 min read
Developmental delays and disorders (F80-F89).
1/x Image Between 2020 and 2025e, the number of patients with developmental delay or disorder diagnoses grew at an average annual rate of 21.6% (10x in 11.8 years). The fastest patient growth was seen in pervasive developmental disorders, incl. autism and Asperger syndrome (F84).
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Dec 23, 2025 21 tweets 12 min read
Finland's epidemic 23 Dec 2025: amount of virus in wastewater appears to have risen above the first Omicron wave. Post-Omicron baseline is permanently higher than pre-Omicron; repeated waves are showing no diminishing.
1/x Image Post-Omicron baseline is permanently higher than pre-Omicron
- before late 2021, levels were mostly 10³–10⁴.
- from 2022 onward, even troughs sit around 10⁵, or 10-100x higher
- C19 has become endemic
- constant background transmission, even outside waves
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Nov 30, 2025 9 tweets 4 min read
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. For 1-6 year olds,
- the condition showing largest increase since 2022 is Down's syndrome (Q90)
- the condition showing fastest growth since 2022 is Congenital malformations of great arteries (Q25)
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1-6 year olds / chromosomal abnormalities (Q90-Q99).
- Down's syndrome (Q90): average patient growth (2022-2025e) 14% per year = 10x in 18 years)
- fastest growing condition: other sex chromosome abnormalities, male phenotype (Q98), up 150% in 2025e
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Nov 11, 2025 6 tweets 3 min read
Intellectual disabilities (F70-F79): <1 year olds are leading in terms of y/y growth. Ten percent of <1 year olds will have an intellectual disability diagnosis in 14 year's time (2039), if current growth rates continue.
1/x Image The rise in intellectual disability among <1 year olds also shows in number of diagnoses: up roughly 11 times in 4 years. Also note the rise among 1-6 year olds.
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Nov 3, 2025 6 tweets 2 min read
Last time I checked, unvaccinated 30-49 year olds were dying at a rate 39 times higher than those who had received two vaccine doses. Finland.

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Oct 27, 2025 9 tweets 4 min read
In 30 years from now, 5 percent of 1–6 year olds and 8 percent of 25–49 year olds will be walking with white sticks, if current growth trends continue. Image Here is the graph for all age groups, all of which are showing quite uniform y/y growth. Patients / public outpatient healthcare.
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Sep 18, 2025 33 tweets 24 min read
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97): number of diagnoses is up year-on-year in all age groups below 50.
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Meant to say either diagnoses or patients. For 25-49 year olds, diagnoses are down 12% y/y in 2025e, but patients are up 12% y/y in 2025e.
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Sep 14, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
Finland's epidemic 14 Sep 2025: year-to-date number of patients in 2025 is already higher than at any time during the pandemic. There are 5 more months to go. 1/x Image Suomen epidemia 14.9.2025: kaikkien sairauksien potilasmäärä vuoden 2025 alusta ylittää jo nyt pandemian edellisten vuosien potilasmäärät, ja vuotta on vielä 5 kuukautta jäljellä.
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Feb 16, 2025 22 tweets 6 min read
Finland's epidemic 16 Feb 2025: December's C19 wave is in a decline. However, several infectious diseases are showing growth especially among the young.
1/x Image Suomen epidemia 16.2.2025: viime joulukuun C19-aalto on lievenemässä. Sen sijaan useiden tartuntatautien tartuntamäärät ovat kasvussa varsinkin nuorissa ikäryhmissä.
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Jan 22, 2025 6 tweets 2 min read
Destroying the U.S. from within.
Thread.
1/x Source: Washington Post Jan 21, 2025 Public health will be down. No more warnings on H5N* bird flu or anything else.
2/x Source: ChatGPT 4o (22 Jan 2025)
Jan 8, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
Good evening !
1/x Image Finland's epidemic 8 Jan 2025: deaths of 5-9 year olds are now 2.6 times higher than normal, and growing 23 percent annually (7.7 times in 10 years).
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Dec 14, 2024 31 tweets 10 min read
Finland's epidemic 14 Dec 2024: infectious diseases are showing very strong growth. Among 5-24 year olds, infectious disease incidence (ytd) is up to 4-5 times higher than in 2023, and the year isn't over yet.
1/x Image To be clear, I have exluded the following infectious diseases from this graph:
- Covid-19
- influenza
- sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
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Nov 11, 2024 8 tweets 3 min read
Finland's epidemic 11 Nov 2024: excess deaths of 5-9 and 10-14 year olds continue to grow, while deaths of 0-4 year olds are 38 percent above normal.
1/x Image Suomen epidemia 11.11.2024: 5-9 ja 10-14 -vuotiaiden ylikuolemien määrä kasvaa nopeasti; samaan aikaan 0-4 -vuotiaiden kuolemien määrä on 38 prosenttia normaalia korkeammalla.
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Jul 12, 2024 40 tweets 13 min read
Finland's epidemic 12 Jul 2024: excess deaths of <60 year olds and in particular <25 year olds continue to rise.
1/x Image Suomen epidemia 12.7.2024: alle 60-vuotiaiden ja varsinkin alle 25-vuotiaiden ylikuolemien määrä on kasvussa.
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Jun 5, 2024 28 tweets 9 min read
Finland's epidemic 5 June 2024: excess deaths for <60 year olds continue to grow. For 5-9 year olds, excess deaths are now at 2.4 times pre-pandemic level.
1/x Image Suomen epidemia 5.6.2024: alle 60-vuotiaiden ylikuolemien määrät kasvavat edelleen. 5-9 -vuotiaita kuolee nyt noin 2.4 kertaa niin paljon kuin ennen pandemiaa.
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