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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 16m

Viruses will be found to be the single main driver of all diseases.

🧠 #DEMENTIA PREVENTION—Almost everyone needs to go out now and get the #shingles vaccine ASAP. Don’t wait until age 50 for standard eligibility—ask your doctor for shingles vax. MULTIPLE large studies worldwide now.

#medsky

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 18m

In addition to shingles vaccine, the TDAP vaccine (against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis), flu vaccine, and RSV vaccines all prevent dementia too. Get the shots to save your brain.

#medsky

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 20m

Both the RZV vaccine (Shingrix) shown in red, and the ZVL vaccine (purple line) against shingles prevented dementia.

nature.com/articles/s41...

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 22m

Viruses will be found to be the single main driver of all diseases.

🧠 #DEMENTIA PREVENTION—Almost everyone needs to go out now and get the #shingles vaccine ASAP. Don’t wait until age 50 for standard eligibility—ask your doctor for singles vax. MULTIPLE large studies worldwide now.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 28m

The acute #Covid19 phase isn’t your big problem anymore, it’s the post-infectious period, the bodily scars C19 leaves that you need to worry about!

AVOID #SARSCoV2 / REINFECTIONS!

#medsky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 34m

Transcriptomic Profiling of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Post #COVID-19 Patients: Insights at 3 and 6-Months Post-Infection

🔥SUSTAINED ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE after #COVID INFECTIONS.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) posted .. a potential [health insurance] premium increase, sent to him by a constituent, from $307 per month to $964 per month.

“.. The post has 6.5 million views.”

@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🧵 by @ZdenekVrozina about Covid's impact on "endothelial progenitor cells - the special cells that normally repair blood vessels after injury..."

"COVID-19 doesn’t just cause inflammation.
It switches off the genes that repair blood vessels - and..."

Full 🧵
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COVID-19 doesn’t just cause inflammation.
It switches off the genes that repair blood vessels - and switches on those that drive inflammation and destruction.
And what’s worse - this state lasts for at least six months, long after the infection is gone🧵

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 58m

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 59m

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”:

provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 1h

Tissue reservoir persistence drives long-term damage in both HIV and #SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 mirrors HIV-1 in its ability to evade immune defenses and cause chronic infection.

#SARSCoV2 -associated neurological disorders (SAND) parallel HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND).

Highlights
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HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction.
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Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and Long COVID/PASC.
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Tissue reservoir persistence drives long-term damage in both HIV and SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 mirrors HIV-1 in its ability to evade immune defenses and cause chronic infection.
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SARS-CoV-2 -associated neurological disorders (SAND) parallel HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND).
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Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access.
Abstract
Immune dysfunction and systemic effects in HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infections are distinct, but share relevant similarities and downstream consequences. We compare and contrast observations of the immunological impacts of COVID-19 and HIV infections. By examining shared and distinct mechanisms, such as immune dysfunction, vulnerability to opportunistic infections, accelerated aging and neurocognitive disorders, we highlight critical parallels and their implications. We review the extensive scientific evidence showing that SARS-CoV-2 infections result in immune cell depletion, dysfunction, and exhaustion, with impacts on several immune system cell types. Higher rates of individual susceptibility to infections lead to population-wide increases in diverse infectious diseases, including those that are signatures of immunodeficiency. Finally, we characterize societal responses to both pandemics, providing insights into public health strategies and lessons for improving current and future research, treatment, preparedness and mitigation efforts.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 1h

#HIV / #AIDS and #COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction.

Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and #LongCOVID / PASC.

It's airborne.

#medsky

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1h

“COVID/flu/measles/pertussis/etc. wont kill you!” has been the rallying cry of the far right as we lose out herd immunity. A side effect is the encouraging of people to ignore their health as a whole w/ mortality risk as the sole barometer.

But I beg y’all to think of your QUALITY of life.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 1h

#HIV / #AIDS and #COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction.

Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and #LongCOVID / PASC.

It's airborne.

#medsky

VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 1h

No Kings.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 1h

Fascism isn’t coming. It’s already here. And people are already fed up with it.

The No Kings marches will be in most cities. Even in red states. The Trump regime is done.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social · 23h

The final published version of this study is now available in Journal of Virology at journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Spike mutations that affect the function and antigenicity of recent KP.3.1.1-like SARS-CoV-2 variants | Journal of Virology

This study measures how mutations to the spike of a SARS-CoV-2 variant that circulated in early 2025 affect its function and recognition by both the polyclonal antibodies produced by the human immune ...

journals.asm.org

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Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social · Aug 20

In new study led by @bdadonaite.bsky.social, we measure how spike mutations affect function & antigenicity of spike of KP.3.1.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2.

Sheds light on how key neutralizing epitopes are changing & importance of RBD up/down motion.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Spike mutations that affect the function and antigenicity of recent KP.3.1.1-like SARS-CoV-2 variants

SARS-CoV-2 is under strong evolutionary selection to acquire mutations in its spike protein that reduce neutralization by human polyclonal antibodies. Here we use pseudovirus-based deep mutational sca...

www.biorxiv.org

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2h

Scene: As you're walking down the street, you see a professional locksmith trying to open a locked storefront door to help the store owner who accidentally locked their keys inside.

You shout out "hey, my high school locker combination started with 27, I hope that helps" and keep walking.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2h

Environmental problems are complex, and they are not going to be solved by the first thought that pops into your head after thinking about the problem for seven and a half seconds.

We often need your help. But we do not need you to reinvent the wheel poorly, or to guess how to help.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 2h

Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinians in northern Gaza on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump touted the end of the war in the coastal enclave. on.ft.com/3KTW6c2

Hamas already handed over all of the 20 living hostages.

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VirusSucks.com @virussucks.com · 2h

Same reason why he said that COVID was going away by Easter 2020.

He doesn't have the courage to tell the truth. It's far worse than we know and he's afraid.

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NRDC @nrdc.org · 21d

Anyone looking outside their window knows that climate change is here. The real question is why any responsible leader would try so hard to convince us otherwise.

Trump Calls Climate Change 'Con Job' and 'Scam' in UN Speech

'If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,' Trump told more than 150 world leaders.

time.com

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