Ten words you need to know to understand how we can be entering the seventh year of the covid pandemic.

Talking Again in 2025 I started eating again in 2024.  After 11 years not eating a crumb of food or even drinking a drop of water.  I got all fluids and nutrition from tubes inserted into my body.  For 11 years.   In 2025 I have another big improvement to announce.   I have

Researchers studied 99 COVID-19 patients and found that SARS-CoV-2’s nucleocapsid protein can trigger complement activation even without matching antibodies. This suggests the N protein may play a larger role than spike in severe immune overreactions. https://t.co/prvdaOWG6K

UC Irvine scientists report that Long COVID may be driven by hidden reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 lingering in organs for months or years. These reservoirs keep the immune system overstimulated, leading to fatigue, brain fog, and organ damage. https://t.co/z5U1NCCQZ0

It can feel lonely navigating the #LongCOVID a life-changing disease that affects over 400 million people worldwide. Sign up for our newsletter and join others who want fact-based news without COVID-19 denial, minimizing, or gaslighting. https://t.co/ZSY5E2SlOB

I’ve spent 3 years photographing people with #MECFS, a condition I’ve lived with since 1987. 50 people. Invisible & incurable illness. The work shows at Oxo Tower in September. Updates & book info here: https://t.co/XKdL5WrOEz #InvisibleIllness #PhotographyForChange

.@SecKennedy opens the Long COVID Consortium at HHS, stating he convened today’s roundtables for people who “don’t know where to go, and feel their voices aren’t being listened to.”

@SecKennedy @RogerMarshallMD @DrMakaryFDA @NIHDirector_Jay @LongCFoundation @PutrinoLab @DrBobRedfield51 @NIH @Invivyd @polybioRF @brucep13 @MichaelPelusoMD @ARPAHealth It sounds like some real news was just made today by @SecKennedy @HHSGov: it appears @ARPAHealth WILL now take on #LongCOVID for the first time, after two years of patient advocacy & outreach! A huge testament to our Hill partners & community engagement. #HHSLongCOVID 14/x

Tomorrow's HHS gathering of #LongCOVID experts is a critical meeting & opportunity for US patients. If I could share "Five Ideas Secretary Kennedy Could Just Decide Today" with these high-level officials—that don't require any new legislation, rules or funding now—they'd be: 1/x

UCSF researchers review new evidence showing Epstein-Barr virus is not just linked but required for multiple sclerosis. Nearly 100% of MS patients have prior EBV infection and risk rises 32-fold after catching the virus. https://t.co/VbT7zm8LYy

NEW @thesicktimes: RECOVER-TLC announces new clinical trials, responses from the Long COVID community are mixed. Story includes new info from today's workshop & comments from NIAID's Joseph Breen:

The complement system detects & eliminates pathogens; however, when overactivated, it can become harmful to the host. Rafael Bayarri-Olmos et al. summarize the latest understanding of the role of complement in #LongCOVID pathogenesis (open access)👇🏼 (1/) https://t.co/7jdUVw7Ba7

We discovered that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the body & brain borders years after infection, driving inflammation & brain vulnerability, a mechanism for Long COVID. 🧠 https://t.co/IEGx7HIrXf 💉 Vaccine: https://t.co/1YniGZqwYw 🔬 Method: https://t.co/2sPQra6sHZ

Just passed two months post #Pemgarda & still doing amazing. 🥂 Thank you @Invivyd! I posted previously, my post-vax symptoms began in January 2024 & were similar to those reported by post-viral long haulers. I still get lots of DMs from people asking if the effects have faded

“Many controls who didn’t identify as having #LongCovid, filled out questionnaires indicating they did have it.” — @AzolaAlba, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine #KeystoneSymposia

Oxford researchers tracked 576 people in the UK with long-lasting COVID infections and found that while most showed little viral change, a small group developed rapid mutations, some matching those in known variants. Late-stage transmission was rare. https://t.co/tpZdbfNhVx

Paris researchers studied golden hamsters and found that SARS-CoV-2 can persist in the brainstem for 80 days, triggering gene changes linked to neurodegeneration and causing depression-like behavior, memory loss, and anxiety-like symptoms. https://t.co/wF2YulVkTy

Torrance and Phoenix researchers analyzed blood from 14 long COVID patients and found SARS-CoV-2 peptides in serum extracellular vesicles, suggesting a potential biomarker for lingering viral activity. https://t.co/zzVdCe3pRg

Hepatitis C Found in Brain Lining Linked to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder A new study reveals hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the brain lining of people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, suggesting infection may play a role in these psychiatric conditions. Researchers

REPLACEMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE (AND RHEUMATOLOGICAL) DISEASES WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT CAUSE AN AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSE We reaffirm that the root cause is environmental agents primarily microorganisms https://t.co/b4CqPJeajm Also applicable to: Cancer Atherosclerosis Alzheimer Others