We face a choice: continue to ignore deaths from COVID-19 or prevent them. In collaboration with
@RealOzSAGE
, we call on the Australian government to act urgently to reduce transmission of COVID-19 by using the tools we have, instead of abandoning them.
Who wants a black
@3M
Aura? More would benefit from excellent protection if this respirator was available in black. We've written to the CEO of 3M to highlight this popular request. Retweet if you want to make safety stylish
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@3MSafety
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A reminder that the US Department of Health and Human Services recommends wearing a mask whenever you go indoors in public. For more official US government advice on how to protect yourself from COVID-19, visit
The Royal College of Nursing and the World Health Organization join the John Snow Project in calling for universal masking in healthcare. Download our open letter and send it to your local healthcare provider and/or political representative:
We've contacted the UK's chief nursing officers and the UKHSA to find out what action will be taken in response to WHO’s statement on a new COVID-19 variant of interest. Read more below.
1/15 As 2023 draws to a close, we’d like to look back and ask when you realized SARS-CoV-2 isn’t ‘just a cold’?
Was it when studies showed that children who’d recently had COVID-19 were at increased risk of Strep A and RSV?
COVID-19 is not "just the flu."
New research by
@zalaly
shows that COVID-19 is significantly more harmful than flu, and that most of the harms come after the acute phase of the illness has passed. Read More:
'Clean water is certainly an aspiration for new buildings and future projects. But the idea that we will retroactively install plumbing in public buildings strikes me as fanciful, at best. Show me up, prove me wrong, happily, but I don't see it happening.'
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Long Covid is one of the world’s biggest challenges.
A new Science perspective by
@zalaly
and
@EricTopol
adds to the calls for governments to take action to meet the challenges posed by Long Covid. Read more:
2/15 Was it when the US CDC advised that COVID-19, "Can have lasting effects on nearly every organ and organ system of the body weeks, months, and potentially years after infection.”
13/15 As we enter the fifth year of the pandemic (yes, it's still a pandemic: ) with mounting evidence of the harms of reinfection, we repeat our call for leaders to step up.
14/15 In 2024, let’s all stop listening to unsubstantiated misinformation and pay attention to experts who are trying to help protect us and our loved ones from a novel virus that has been shown to cause long-term harm.
Long🧵
#COVID19
and where we are. I’m worried.
We are entering the 5th year of the pandemic and we are certainly in a different phase. This phase is marked by an evolving virus (with the XBB and BA.2 sublineages circulating and JN.1 becoming dominant).
11/15 There are some people who say COVID-19 is ‘just a cold’ and that we should stop caring about it. These people are spreading dangerous misinformation that is at odds with official public health guidance, which generally advises people to do what they can to avoid infection.
4/15 Or was it when the US Department of Health and Human Services said, “Repeat COVID infections increase your risk for both hospitalization and Long COVID.”
5/15 Or when a US National Institutes of Health study found a greater risk of Long Covid following Omicron reinfection, echoing earlier work by
@zalaly
that shows an increased cumulative risk of Long Covid with multiple reinfections?
3/15 Was it when the US CDC recommended children wear masks to school, saying, “Wearing a mask can give extra protection to help them stay healthy. Masks also help to prevent children from spreading COVID-19 to other people.”
12/15 The John Snow Project only shares high quality evidence and official government guidance. The next time someone tells you COVID-19 is ‘just a cold’, ask them for an official government source to back up their claim.
15/15 Like
@mvankerkhove
we have hope and trust in the tools that are recommended by the
@WHO
and others: respirator masks, testing, isolation, vaccines, clean air, and therapeutics.
10/15 Or was it when the Royal College of Nursing and other medical unions and organizations joined the World Health Organization and the John Snow Project in calling for the return of masks in healthcare?
The Royal College of Nursing and the World Health Organization join the John Snow Project in calling for universal masking in healthcare. Download our open letter and send it to your local healthcare provider and/or political representative:
7/15 Or when the US NIH advised that, “The persistent symptoms after COVID-19 that have been described in children are similar to those seen in adults." And that, "Cardiopulmonary injury, neurocognitive impairment, and new-onset diabetes may occur.”
8/15 Or when the
@WHO
and a number of government agencies advised people that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid catching SARS-CoV-2 and getting COVID-19?
9/15 Was it when Statistics Canada published data showing the risk of Long Covid increases with reinfection? Or when the Chief Science Adviser to the Canadian government advised people to avoid COVID-19 infection?
6/15 Or when the US Department of Health and Human Services said, “To prevent Long COVID the best protection remains to prevent COVID-19 in the first place by taking precautions like staying up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine.”
Absolutely correct of
@ashishkjha
to flag that BA.2.86 may represent an increased transmission risk. People should follow the official US & international government guidelines to protect themselves against Long COVID:
3 questions
1. Is it more transmissible?
2. Does it cause more severe disease
3. Will our tests, vax, & treatments still work
We don't know the answers yet
But preliminarily, I suspect
#1
may be yes
#2
likely no
#3
likely yes
So as usual, lets get data to drive our response