The Coronavirus Thread

[JimC]

One idea about long covid is that is not really about direct damage done by the virus, but problems caused by the body's own immune response...

[macdoc]

yup

[rainbow]

One idea about long covid is that is not really about direct damage done by the virus, but problems caused by the body's own immune response...

...to the microchips.

...or is it the graphene?

I can't keep up

[Sean Hayden]

We're the only people wearing masks here, and it bothers the locals.

[JimC]

We're the only people wearing masks here, and it bothers the locals.

You're just too fuckin' woke...

[rainbow]

We're the only people wearing masks here, and it bothers the locals.

Face diaper

[laklak]

We've still got an indoor mask mandate, but there is much flouting. Everyone wears them under their noses, or even under their chins, and no body says anything.

However, there is the monkeypox to consider, neh?

[Tero]

My wife was to give two lectures to seniors, and attend the other two classes. The primary instructor, whom she met a few days ago, was with grand kids that have covid. The class got pushed a week ahead.

When we give in person classes, we can't just switch to Zoom for a week. Some people refuse to use zoom and would demand a refund.

[Sean Hayden]

We're the only people wearing masks here, and it bothers the locals.

Face diaper

--at least they have an excuse, the lockdowns were real here.

[NineBerry]

What's the biological mechanism of long covid? Why don't we get long cold or long flu?

We do. It is believed that people suffering from me/cfs have that as a result from some form of previous virus infection.

Sars:cov-2 seems to be good at triggering such responses. At my company we had some weeks ago a talk by an ophthalmologist from Erlangen in Germany. They are working on protocols to identify long covid and being able to cure it. That cure would then also apply to me/cfs.

They have been able to identify certain autoimmune antibodies present in long covid sufferers. They can also identify certain patterns in the blood vessels of the eye using the an ophthalmologyv device my company produces. And they can also identify that red blood cells have a reduced elasticity with those people.

There is an experimental drug. When people receive the drug, the autoimmune antibodies disappear, the blood cells elasticity returns and the patterns in the blood vessels in the eye disappear. And the long covid symptoms go away.

This drug is now shortly going into full clinical trials.

[Sean Hayden]

[macdoc]

[rainbow]

They have been able to identify certain autoimmune antibodies present in long covid sufferers. They can also identify certain patterns in the blood vessels of the eye using the an ophthalmologyv device my company produces. And they can also identify that red blood cells have a reduced elasticity with those people.

There is an experimental drug. When people receive the drug, the autoimmune antibodies disappear, the blood cells elasticity returns and the patterns in the blood vessels in the eye disappear. And the long covid symptoms go away.

This drug is now shortly going into full clinical trials.

My eyesight has deteriorated since getting Covid, a possible link?

[JimC]

Drugs!

Gotta love 'em...

[macdoc]

some truth in this essay

Brigid Delaney's diary
Everyone is sick – illness in 2022 has medieval vibes

All day in bed, I am texting others who are in bed, who are all texting others in bed – and we’re comparing
World with mask
Thu 9 Jun 2022 18.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... eval-vibes