Posted on 09/12/2023 3:02:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
— We must keep the virus, and long COVID, center stage
Katz is a researcher, Perlowski is a cardiologist and long COVID patient, and Taylor is a community engagement leader. All three are involved with the RECOVER long COVID initiative.
This year marks the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over time, as the virus morphed and continued to disrupt our daily lives, people around the world grew tired of COVID restrictions. As a result, we saw mask mandates liftopens in a new tab or window, social distancing practices fade, and vaccination rates declineopens in a new tab or window as more shots became available. Understandably, people were -- and still are -- longing for pre-pandemic normalcy. Nonetheless, a looming reality remains: With hundreds of deathsopens in a new tab or window and thousands of hospitalizationsopens in a new tab or window each week in the U.S. alone, the pandemic is neither over nor behind us.
To date, there have been more than 770 millionopens in a new tab or window cases of COVID-19 worldwide. While ranges vary, approximately 10%opens in a new tab or window of adults in the U.S. who have contracted the virus are currently experiencing long-term symptoms. Persistent fatigue, cognitive issues, shortness of breath, and chest pain often top the list of reported maladies. For some, these symptoms resolve after a few months, but many others report debilitating health issues for years, causing them to seek employment in less demanding jobs or leaveopens in a new tab or window the workforce altogether. Many of those who endure these persistent symptoms -- which we've all come to know as long COVID -- experience disruption in their everyday lives, often reaching beyond the physical realm.
Recent estimates show that the average cost of long COVID care per person is approximately $9,000opens in a new tab or window per year, with families of patients often sharing that financial responsibility. What's more, though long COVID has been recognized as a disabilityopens in a new tab or window, some people have reportedopens in a new tab or window barriers to filing successful insurance claims, adding healthcare costs to an already heavy burden of chronic illness.
Living in a state with one of the highest COVID-19 mortality ratesopens in a new tab or window for Black people at the time, I (Taylor) recall the earlier days of the pandemic in Atlanta. First came the chaos and then came the devastation that seemed to disproportionately impact communities of color. I watched in horror as family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors lost loved ones to a virus we seemed to know little about. While the racial and ethnic disparities of COVID-19 quickly became clear, it was also clear that these disparities were more societal than biological. Atlanta -- the city I love -- went from being a place of rich, Black history, to one ridden with fear and loss. When people began to develop health issues beyond their acute illness, members of our community banded together to find out why.
In 2020, following a growing number of reported health issues several weeks to months after COVID infection, patients drove scientists and policy-makers to fund new research into what patients coined "long COVID." This collective advocacy kindled programs like RECOVERopens in a new tab or window (Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery), a nationwide initiative dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing long COVID. To date, over 400 researchers, more than 50 patient, caregiver, and community representatives, and over 25,000 study participants have joined the RECOVER effort to help unravel the many mysteries of long COVID. We are three of those people working within the effort -- a patient representative, researcher, and community engagement leader -- and we're here to emphasize why keeping COVID-19 front and center is critical, despite society's desire to put it in our rearview.
So far, insights gained from RECOVER research have:
-Characterized the risk of long COVID for different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
-Explored racial and ethnic disparities seen among long COVID patients
-Identified potential risk factors for the condition, such as sleep apnea, that may help inform future treatment -Some of the patients who called attention to and helped name long COVID were also involved in developing the RECOVER study protocols pushing for representation at the forefront. Thus far, RECOVER observational cohort studies have enrolled people from all 50 states and Puerto Rico with the goal to closely match the diversity of the U.S. population. And our researchers are now analyzing over 50,000 samples of blood, urine, and body tissues, as well as highly detailed imaging and mobile health data to better understand the causes and broad health effects of the elusive condition. In July, RECOVER announced open enrollment for a new arm of the study -- clinical trials -- which will evaluate long COVID treatments through drugs, biologics, medical devices, and other therapies. The viral persistence (RECOVER-VITAL) and cognitive dysfunction (RECOVER-NEURO) trials are the first to launch.
Despite the ongoing research efforts, nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, and the continued devastation COVID inflicts on people across the globe, we must also recognize yet another reality: the evolving virus at the core of the current pandemic has placed us at a crossroads. Many public health emergencies enacted by governments have already or will one day come to an endopens in a new tab or window. At the same time, given the unpredictable nature of viruses -- and current uptick in cases globally -- we must acknowledge the ongoing need to continue surveillance, vaccinationopens in a new tab or window, and research programs to protect the health of communities worldwide and alleviate the suffering of long COVID patients.
Everyday actions can also help. We can be advocates in our own circles by educating those who may not be aware of long COVID's impact. We can remember that COVID safeguards -- such as masking and testing protocols -- don't only protect ourselves, but also others, like the elderly or those susceptible to becoming seriously ill, including those with long COVID. We can trust that good science takes time, and that researchers around the world are simultaneously and collaboratively searching for solutions.
After years of restrictions, many may declare the current phase of the pandemic as COVID's final act. But driven by the pursuit of science, prospect of hope, and the millions still seeking answers, we are committed to keeping the virus center stage.
Stuart Katz, MD,opens in a new tab or window is principal investigator of the RECOVER Clinical Science Core at NYU Langone Health. Alice Perlowski, MD, MA,opens in a new tab or window is founding director and chief medical officer of Blooming Magnolia (a non-profit providing grant support to long COVID patients), a cardiologist, and a patient representative of the RECOVER study. Brittany Taylor, MPH,opens in a new tab or window is a community impact director at the American Heart Association and co-chair of the RECOVER National Community Engagement Group. The views expressed in this article are the authors' alone and should be considered independent of RECOVER and its collaborating institutions.
The medical industrial complex DESTROYED MY TRUST in them. They all need to STFU for a good long while.
No, it marks the third year of government orchestrated Covid hysteria.
We will never be *done* with Covid until the government cannot use it any more to control people.
how many people died FROM covid
the answer is we do not know
we know it is less than the official count
AIDS’ reign as the most political disease in history was upended by covid. That doesn’t look to change anytime soon.
If the militant gay lobby was worth its salt it would be working to wreck the covid narrative and get AIDS’ position back.
How many people died from Covid? If you ask that question then it opens to the question how many people doors from vaccination? Given that a rudimentary understanding of science and virology are you able to see that those who stare Covid wild type deaths are grossly over counted while Covid vaccination deaths are overwhelmingly undercounted are mutually exclusive positions?
The money quote comes right at the end.
I keep thinking I need to change my Tagline, but then it becomes relevant again.
I wish you had proofread it first. It says, “opens in a new tab or window” about every 10 words.
Is it possible toopens in a new tab or window to edit the file youopens in a new fIle or window uploaded?
Called covid 19 cause pandemic started in late 2019. It is close to late 2023. That’s closer to 4 years...not 3 years as the article says.
AI generated article.
The WHO issued a first (and then revised) methodology for classification of Covid, the "arrows up" diagrams showing the goal of heightening the hysteria by increasing the diagnoses. That document, from 16 April 2020, becomes more difficult to find online as search engines respond to various methods of raising or lowering results.
The original PDF is included in an affidavit related to a case in Alberta Canada, and so the included document is fully reproduced as evidentiary. A look through the WHO "how to" is most revealing.
Source: https://www.jccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/04-Affidavit-of-Patricia-Wood.pdf
Having followed the Covid "event," after 3 1/2 years of "official" data and using the standard method for calculating a mortality rate, the worldwide mortality rate for this has been less than 1/10th of one percent.
The WHO forecast a 3.4 percent per year mortality. It was hugely mistaken.
Thus, as has been said, "It's the newest franchise. Stay tuned for the sequels and reboot."
Take note of the article from MedPage Today, that missing from the prose is the word, vaccine. A look to the additional sites which may be found in connection with the authors of the paper, their "long covid" experiences and medical services offered also assiduously avoid "vaccine," as if "long Covid" is only an effect of this SARS CoV2 infection, while not addressed is which of the authors is "vaccinated" and "boosted."
How one tells any story, and what details are missing may be "seen." What is missing are names like Pfizer, Moderna and words like mRNA and vaccine. Long Covid seems to not like to appear in media alongside "vaccine."
From the MedPage article -- "Despite the ongoing research efforts, nearly 7 million deaths worldwide..."
From World Population Review: 8,005,176,000 World Population by Country 2023 ( https://worldpopulationreview.com/ )
Simple arithmetic --
( circa 7,000,000 deaths over 3 1.2 years / 8,005,176,000 population ) x 100 = 0.08744 percent mortality rate over 3 1/2 years.
The Covid "event" participants know that most of the world is inumerate. Big numbers confuse and confound, and sound "really BIG."
Placed in context, the MedPage article's "sort of" data tells one story by impressions, but another story when read closely.
Best wishes to all.
IT’S OVER, NOT PLAYING.
anyone with the vax and those who had covid, or don’t want to get it, look into Dr McCullough’s Spike Support. Japanese study shows Nattokinase degrades the spike protein. Spike support contains other natural stuff also.
Elderly need zinc & D3. We don’t get enuf D3 because we stop producing it when outside and don’t go outside!
the only issue i have with the ad is that it says you will get back to be healthy but the spike protein can cause heart damage which may be irreversible. take it anyway.
and get ivermectin.
https://www.twc.health/products/long-haul-formula
Degradative Effect of Nattokinase on Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36080170/
The election infection.
They finally found the perfect means to steal every single one and will never let go of that.
(From the news site):"To date, there have been more than 770 million(opens in a new tab or window) cases of COVID-19 worldwide.
While ranges vary, approximately 10%(opens in a new tab or window) of adults in the U.S. who have contracted the virus are currently experiencing long-term symptoms.
Persistent fatigue, cognitive issues, shortness of breath, and chest pain often top the list of reported maladies. (Emphasis Mine)
For some, these symptoms resolve after a few months, but many others report debilitating health issues for years,
causing them to seek employment in less demanding jobs or leave(opens in a new tab or window) the workforce altogether.
Many of those who endure these persistent symptoms -- which we've all come to know as long COVID -- experience disruption in their everyday lives,
often reaching beyond the physical realm."
" Recent estimates show that the average cost of long COVID care per person is approximately $9,000(opens in a new tab or window) per year, with families of patients often sharing that financial responsibility.
What's more, though long COVID has been recognized as a disability (opens in a new tab or window), some people have reported(opens in a new tab or window)
barriers to filing successful insurance claims, adding healthcare costs to an already heavy burden of chronic illness."
So far, insights gained from RECOVER research have:
-Characterized the risk of long COVID for different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus..."
-"Explored racial and ethnic disparities seen among long COVID patients ..."
-"Identified potential risk factors for the condition, such as sleep apnea, that may help inform future treatment"
-"Some of the patients who called attention to and helped name long COVID were also involved in developing the RECOVER study protocols pushing for representation at the forefront.
"Despite the ongoing research efforts, nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, and the continued devastation COVID inflicts on people across the globe,
we must also recognize yet another reality: the evolving virus at the core of the current pandemic has placed us at a crossroads..."
(The article continues with more information)
Interesting CVs on those authors...
Thanks for the links, and reinforcing the need for certain key nutrients. Every time the CDC encourages people to get the vaccine the recommend a number of preventive measures, but they never mention strengthening the immune system with nutrition and supplements. I got sick because I had gained weight while worrying about and helping 3 loved ones with cancer. My BMI was 27.5 and I had become D insufficient. I soon discovered an article posted by ConservativeMind saying that having a BMI above 25 makes you need more Vitamin D as it goes into your fat instead of your blood stream.
About 6 months ago I also began to suspect that spike protein was the issue, (not/or in addition to mRNA). Back in late 2020 or early 2021, a friend with Leiden Factor 5 illness had a very severe reaction to his Moderna. I did more digging, and ended up sending my city government a report suggesting that when supervising vaccine sites, they should pay special attention to people with Factor 5 Leiden or with Sickle Cell Anemia. I calculated that perhaps 35,000 people in our city might have those factors, as there is a sizeable black population.
Black and other dark skinned people need more Vitamin D as they do not absorb the D formed in their skin as well. In addition, we find the Covid rate in southern states rising in August and September because everyone is inside avoiding the heat with their air conditioning. Get sunshine, get Vitamin D or get Covid!!
That crossroad is that we should put pressure on our government to insist the government fund decent amounts of research on healthy nutrition and supplements. NIH should certainly be studying inputs that Big Pharma won’t because there is no profit in it. I wonder what micro percent of Fauci’s $6 billion budget was NOT spend on Big Pharma associated research like that flop Remdesivir. It was proven by a Turkish study that IV Vitamin C, 24 grams daily for several days was far, far more effective cutting hospitalization from 45 to 15 days. Gee wiz, no drug company is going to get rich from that, nor will the for profit hospitals.
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