Notices by trendle.55 :signal: (trendless@zeroes.ca)

> Cloud server host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/vultr_content_controversy/

> It turned out these demands have been in place since before the January update; customers have only just noticed them now. Given Vultr hosts servers and storage in the cloud for its subscribers, some feared the biz was giving itself way too much ownership over their stuff, all in this age of AI training data being put up for sale by platforms. In response to online outcry, largely stemming from Reddit, Vultr in the past few hours rewrote its ToS to delete those asserted content rights.

That disturbing feeling when the overton window's been shifted so far right that formerly rational folk denounce all else as teetering on the distant edge of the left wing...

For anyone who wants to help test, I'd like to trial using Matrix for a voice chat at some point this weekend. If you've got an account on #ZeroesCA, you can get on https://talk.zeroes.ca without much friction. For folks elsewhere, all you need is a Matrix account on a federated server.

#CovidIsNotOver

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-023-00946-w

> COVID-19 has been linked to an increase in thyroid dysfunction among current and past patients. This Review discusses and evaluates the evidence for COVID-19 causing thyroid dysfunction, including after COVID-19 vaccination and during long COVID.

> The prevalence of abnormal thyroid function is around 15% in patients with COVID-19 and most commonly presents as non-thyroidal illness syndrome.

> SARS-CoV-2 can affect the thyroid directly or indirectly, possibly resulting in subacute thyroiditis and autoimmune thyroid disorders.

> Patients with pre-existing thyroid dysfunction do not appear to be at higher risk of adverse outcomes related to SARS-CoV-2 infection than members of the general population.

> Follow-up studies of survivors of COVID-19 in the past 2 years show no major long-term sequelae from SARS-CoV-2 infection on the thyroid.

> COVID-19 vaccination might be associated with subacute thyroiditis and Graves disease, although this is very uncommon, and COVID-19 vaccination is otherwise not associated with major changes in thyroid function and autoimmunity.

> Patients with pre-existing thyroid dysfunction can safely receive COVID-19 vaccination.

#CovidIsNotOver

#CDCSays git busy dyin'

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator #N95 #LongCovid

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-covid-primary-year.html

> Long COVID is estimated to have cost the UK at least an extra £23 million in GP and other primary care consultations each year, according to a new study of more than 950,000 electronic health care records following the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

> Dr. Louise Jackson from the Health Economics Unit at the University of Birmingham and co-lead author of the study said, "COVID-19 has led to a significant increase in the need for primary care services. As a result, the financial burden of people getting Long COVID is estimated to be between £23m and £60m per year in additional consultations from GPs, nurses, and other health practitioners.

"These costs represent only a part of the overall increase in health care resources needed to support people with Long COVID and should be considered in future pandemic planning."

> Dr. Shamil Haroon from the Institute of Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham and co-lead author of the study said,

"We have tried to calculate how much we need to support people with Long COVID in our health care system, as we know that many people have ongoing health issues following an infection.

"Using data from the earliest parts of the pandemic, we have been able to look at a balanced sample size of those who have had COVID and those who hadn't. These data show that the economic impact on primary care after COVID is not being felt equally in different communities and that access to care may vary among different parts of the population.

"We might expect that patients who are older or who have long-term health conditions will need additional primary care support, but we have also seen additional costs associated with being white and female.

"Long COVID as a condition also continues to be poorly understood and underdiagnosed. It's very likely that additional consultation time and resources have been needed for patients with Long COVID who don't have a formal diagnosis."

:farnsworth: 🔗 The cost of primary care consultations associated with long COVID in non-hospitalised adults: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data; Tufts et al, published November 20, 2023, BMC Primary Care https://bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-023-02196-1

#LongCovid #LetItRip #CantAffordCovid

Which High-Quality Covid Test Should You Buy? https://medium.com/@dibellatron/which-high-quality-covid-test-should-you-buy-3f2cd38f6e3c

@novid #NAAT #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver

@Brad the study, published December 8, 2020: https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/4/23/6051/474421/Evidence-of-thrombotic-microangiopathy-in-children

#CovidHarmsChildren #YesAllChildren

“An outbreak that can't be stopped or slowed, and in which the disease is spreading rapidly to many people within a localized community or region (such as a single country), is called an epidemic.” ✔️

“The word pandemic refers to an epidemic that has gone international: the disease, once localized in scope, now starts to appear in other countries and even on other continents, typically infecting a large number of people in a short amount of time. A pandemic often has significant economic and social ramifications due to its global impact.” ✔️

“The word endemic describes a disease that persists at a consistent level within a region with fairly predictable rates of infection and spread, making it easier to prevent future outbreaks.” ❌

We're still experiencing both the first and second; we've yet to experience the third.

Efforts to redefine the third in the manner of 'figuratively=literally' are ongoing.

But, no matter how hard we're trying to ensure consistent, high levels of community transmission, it's still far from predictable when one or more new variants will emerge and start the epidemic➡️pandemic cycle all over again.

#CovidIsNotOver #PandemicGroundhogDay

“For the first time, we can show that mitochondria, the vital energy producers within brain cells, particularly neurons, undergo damage, leading to disruptions in mitochondrial DNA. This initiates and spreads the disease like a wildfire through the brain… Our findings establish that the spread of the damaged genetic material, the mitochondrial DNA, causes the symptoms reminiscent of Parkinson's disease and its progression to dementia.”

Mitochondrial damage, you say? Are there any highly-transmissible, airborne viruses that cause such a thing? Surely we would do everything to stop them from ripping through the population over and over 🤔

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-mitochondrial-dna-triggers-parkinson-disease-like.html

Infection is not inevitable.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp #RespiratorOrBust @novid