Rach
@11raych.bsky.social
Living with ME/CFS since the 90s. Still masking. #CovidIsNotOver She/Her Living in Naarm (Melbourne)
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Australian C19 Weekly Update - 5th December 2025
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
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Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
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December 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Australian C19 Weekly Update - 5th December 2025
Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
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Note: Cases recorded are from PCR testing only. Actual cases are significantly higher.
Data from: nindss.health.gov.au/pbi-dashboard/
Thanks to @angiecibisdesign for the design!
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What foods should you eat during flu season?
OMG!
Get your flu vaccine, wear a N95 in high risk situations and clean your air because food doesn’t protect you against a virus.
#🦠
OMG!
Get your flu vaccine, wear a N95 in high risk situations and clean your air because food doesn’t protect you against a virus.
#🦠
What foods should you be eating this cold and flu season? Experts say beef, bell peppers, broccoli, oranges, pears and fermented foods might help boost your immune system. Learn why from Newsweek: https://ow.ly/fw7r50XCNyV #ISpyPhysiology 🧪
📷: iStock
📷: iStock
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
What foods should you eat during flu season?
OMG!
Get your flu vaccine, wear a N95 in high risk situations and clean your air because food doesn’t protect you against a virus.
#🦠
OMG!
Get your flu vaccine, wear a N95 in high risk situations and clean your air because food doesn’t protect you against a virus.
#🦠
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New study: “Even 20 months post-infection, CD8+ T cells remained 9.9% below baseline... Immune recovery varied by age and sex, with older adults and males showing prolonged lymphopenia... Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” #COVID
“SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting immune dysregulation for over 20 months.”
Hey Siri, on average, how many COVID infections does a person have yearly? Do the math.
(Just kidding, Siri doesn’t like answering questions about COVID)
Hey Siri, on average, how many COVID infections does a person have yearly? Do the math.
(Just kidding, Siri doesn’t like answering questions about COVID)
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New study: “Even 20 months post-infection, CD8+ T cells remained 9.9% below baseline... Immune recovery varied by age and sex, with older adults and males showing prolonged lymphopenia... Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” #COVID
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When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
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More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On.
Presenteeism (working while sick) increased among healthcare workers with COVID. 7.9% worked while sick from Dec 2020–Apr 2024.
• 2020: 1.4%
• 2021: 6.2%
• 2022: 7.2%
• 2023: 10.5%
• 2024: 15.2%
Source: archive.md/UETph
Presenteeism (working while sick) increased among healthcare workers with COVID. 7.9% worked while sick from Dec 2020–Apr 2024.
• 2020: 1.4%
• 2021: 6.2%
• 2022: 7.2%
• 2023: 10.5%
• 2024: 15.2%
Source: archive.md/UETph
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
More Health Workers Came in to Work With COVID as the Pandemic Wore On.
Presenteeism (working while sick) increased among healthcare workers with COVID. 7.9% worked while sick from Dec 2020–Apr 2024.
• 2020: 1.4%
• 2021: 6.2%
• 2022: 7.2%
• 2023: 10.5%
• 2024: 15.2%
Source: archive.md/UETph
Presenteeism (working while sick) increased among healthcare workers with COVID. 7.9% worked while sick from Dec 2020–Apr 2024.
• 2020: 1.4%
• 2021: 6.2%
• 2022: 7.2%
• 2023: 10.5%
• 2024: 15.2%
Source: archive.md/UETph
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Joshua Roman, 41, is an American cellist who once practiced 10hrs a day and toured the world performing standard and original works. After getting COVID in 2021, he developed Long COVID with severe brain fog and fatigue, becoming too weak to play his instrument or even climb stairs
archive.md/Wpg33
archive.md/Wpg33
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Joshua Roman, 41, is an American cellist who once practiced 10hrs a day and toured the world performing standard and original works. After getting COVID in 2021, he developed Long COVID with severe brain fog and fatigue, becoming too weak to play his instrument or even climb stairs
archive.md/Wpg33
archive.md/Wpg33
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For me, a new phase of the pandemic began in May ’22, when I took more serious notice of troubling scientific studies that weren’t being reported by the media. It then dawned on me, like in a horror movie, that the government was going to simply nope out of COVID—& that everyone would follow suit.
Some say
this pandemic began
on November 30, 2019
as that was the day
of the first confirmed Covid case.
And some say
this pandemic began
on March 11, 2020
as that was the day
of the WHO’s pandemic declaration.
But I think all would say
this pandemic
has lasted far too long.
this pandemic began
on November 30, 2019
as that was the day
of the first confirmed Covid case.
And some say
this pandemic began
on March 11, 2020
as that was the day
of the WHO’s pandemic declaration.
But I think all would say
this pandemic
has lasted far too long.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For me, a new phase of the pandemic began in May ’22, when I took more serious notice of troubling scientific studies that weren’t being reported by the media. It then dawned on me, like in a horror movie, that the government was going to simply nope out of COVID—& that everyone would follow suit.
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Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
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“I've been disabled by COVID. In 2024, I got it a 2nd time and I got POTS... I now see two cardiologists. I wear my mask to protect myself and my community.”— Elena Isabel, interviewed by @MsJulieSLam.bsky.social at a mask-required Breathe Easy London event to support #MaskTogetherAmerica.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“I've been disabled by COVID. In 2024, I got it a 2nd time and I got POTS... I now see two cardiologists. I wear my mask to protect myself and my community.”— Elena Isabel, interviewed by @MsJulieSLam.bsky.social at a mask-required Breathe Easy London event to support #MaskTogetherAmerica.
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Even 2 years after infection, around 40% of young people are still experiencing significant fatigue — indicating a major long-term health issue affecting a substantial proportion of youth who have had COVID-19.
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Even 2 years after infection, around 40% of young people are still experiencing significant fatigue — indicating a major long-term health issue affecting a substantial proportion of youth who have had COVID-19.
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
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This is bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.
What do you suppose happens when you start stripping people of the minimal support they get?
Hypothetically, let's say they're guilty. What then? You think they're going to be more lawful when they lose their accommodation?
What do you suppose happens when you start stripping people of the minimal support they get?
Hypothetically, let's say they're guilty. What then? You think they're going to be more lawful when they lose their accommodation?
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.
What do you suppose happens when you start stripping people of the minimal support they get?
Hypothetically, let's say they're guilty. What then? You think they're going to be more lawful when they lose their accommodation?
What do you suppose happens when you start stripping people of the minimal support they get?
Hypothetically, let's say they're guilty. What then? You think they're going to be more lawful when they lose their accommodation?
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This is so vile and unnecessary- the kind of nasty bullying, hatebaiting thing Howard or Morrison would do. Just gobsmacking that Labor is initiating this out of nowhere.
What tf are Labor doing
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is so vile and unnecessary- the kind of nasty bullying, hatebaiting thing Howard or Morrison would do. Just gobsmacking that Labor is initiating this out of nowhere.
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We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org : Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Experts say testing exercise is “money down the drain” and won’t advance understanding of Long COVID.
#LongCovid #PEM
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Experts say testing exercise is “money down the drain” and won’t advance understanding of Long COVID.
#LongCovid #PEM
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org : Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Experts say testing exercise is “money down the drain” and won’t advance understanding of Long COVID.
#LongCovid #PEM
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Experts say testing exercise is “money down the drain” and won’t advance understanding of Long COVID.
#LongCovid #PEM
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
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Debunking the myth of so-called “corrected” calcium. Use whole/uncorrected Ca as your screening test and confirm with an ionised Ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Debunking the myth of so-called “corrected” calcium. Use whole/uncorrected Ca as your screening test and confirm with an ionised Ca
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Did you know #LongCovid heavily impacts anesthesia response, and because of that, these patients need specific requirements and protocols before receiving anesthesia? Neither do I. Anesthesiologist and neurologist Tihamér Molnar described his research with Long Covid patients in Hungary.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Did you know #LongCovid heavily impacts anesthesia response, and because of that, these patients need specific requirements and protocols before receiving anesthesia? Neither do I. Anesthesiologist and neurologist Tihamér Molnar described his research with Long Covid patients in Hungary.
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Asthma is one of the most common illness in children, but it is more prevalent in racialized (especially Black) children.
Long COVID is more common than asthma among children, estimated at somewhere between 10 and 20%.
Long COVID is more common than asthma among children, estimated at somewhere between 10 and 20%.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Asthma is one of the most common illness in children, but it is more prevalent in racialized (especially Black) children.
Long COVID is more common than asthma among children, estimated at somewhere between 10 and 20%.
Long COVID is more common than asthma among children, estimated at somewhere between 10 and 20%.
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Monday affirmations
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Monday affirmations
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Do you think public health recognises the difference between surviving and thriving?
I have to wonder what the aim of health promotion is… if “most will get through whatever it is” is the standard of care.
I have to wonder what the aim of health promotion is… if “most will get through whatever it is” is the standard of care.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Do you think public health recognises the difference between surviving and thriving?
I have to wonder what the aim of health promotion is… if “most will get through whatever it is” is the standard of care.
I have to wonder what the aim of health promotion is… if “most will get through whatever it is” is the standard of care.
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“Imagine your body never gets a break — that’s what #LongCOVID is.” — @AdamVanBavel.bsky.social shared his lived experience during #MaskTogetherAmerica LC Defense Series I on Nov 7, 2025. Watch the full recording on Youtube and Facebook. masktogetheramerica.org/blog/masktog...
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“Imagine your body never gets a break — that’s what #LongCOVID is.” — @AdamVanBavel.bsky.social shared his lived experience during #MaskTogetherAmerica LC Defense Series I on Nov 7, 2025. Watch the full recording on Youtube and Facebook. masktogetheramerica.org/blog/masktog...