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Conor Browne
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I'm very sorry to hear that!
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reassortment is when two different influenza viruses infect the same host cell, potentially leading to the creation of a novel influenza strain. H5N1 reassorting with H1N1 or H3N2 could produce a strain with increased lethality and effective human to human transmission.
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I use PlusLife NAT testing for visitors to my home. If they test negative, masks can come off.
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
4. ... patients even more sick. Co-infection with influenza and Covid-19 is bad enough; with potentially no vaccination coverage for either disease it carries a significant risk of fatality. Simply put: the eligibility criteria for Covid-19 vaccination will lead to deaths.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
3. Record numbers of people will be hospitalised for influenza. Because a large percentage of these people will not have had a recent Covid-19 booster (due to this year's extremely tight eligibility criteria), nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection will make hospitalised influenza...
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
2. ... It is perhaps worth considering an alternative hypothesis, namely that the immune dysregulation effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection is contributing to the severity of recent winter flu seasons.

*my emphasis

Regardless, here's what's going to happen:
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Perfect!!
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Thank you, Tania!
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
5. *This thread was copied from my Twitter / X account, and applies predominantly to comments I have seen there.

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November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
4. These embedded notions of vaccines as poisons and defence against infectious agents as somehow representative of fear or evidence of a mental health condition are a gift to adversaries of the US, be they states or non-state actors. A gift.
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM