Notices by Dr Joe Pajak (joepajak@mstdn.science)

'Luke Durant has discovered the largest known prime number:
M1⃣3⃣6⃣2⃣7⃣9⃣8⃣4⃣1⃣
It's over 41 million digits long!
A 'Mersenne' prime, after 17th century French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne.' @NewSparkes @NewScientist @Margherita_B_ @SmithsonianMag
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452686-amateur-sleuth-finds-largest-known-prime-number-with-41-million-digits/

'More than 8 million deaths might have been avoided during the COVID-19 pandemic if safe and effective new vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 were developed and delivered within the first three months, @imperialcollege modelling shows.' https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/256938/imperial-modelling-shows-100-days-mission/?utm_medium=email

'Around 400 million people globally have Long COVID, costing the global economy about $1 trillion every year. Long COVID is disabling on an individual level, and because of its multisystemic nature, it puts strain on health systems and on the economy.'
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

With many thanks to Ruth Ann Crystal MD, @CatchTheBaby, http://drruth.substack.com, for highlighting 'the mega-review on the science, research and policy effects of Long COVID' by @zalaly @VirusesImmunity @EricTopol et al. @Nature #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOver
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

'Vaccination helps protect against severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths arising from COVID-19.
Eligible groups in the UK this autumn:
Adults aged 65yrs and over
Residents in a care home for older adults
Those aged 6 months to 64yrs in specific clinical risk groups.' @UKHSA

'Who’s eligible in the UK for the 2024 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Autumn Booster’?
Credit: Blog Editor, 2 August 2024 - Coronavirus (COVID-19), Immunisation and vaccination.'
@UKHSA

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/02/whos-eligible-for-the-2024-covid-19-vaccine-or-autumn-booster/

'Vaccination continues to help protect against severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths arising from COVID-19. Between November, December and January over 38,000 people were admitted to hospital with the virus.'
Source: @UKHSA blog

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/02/whos-eligible-for-the-2024-covid-19-vaccine-or-autumn-booster/

An incalculable loss: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is linked to 'all kinds of troubling health complications - from cardiovascular problems like heart attacks to neurological problems' - and still it is able to circulate, mutate, disable, and kill... @thenation
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/why-covid-keeps-winning/

'Unless the lessons are learned and fundamental change is implemented, the human and financial cost and sacrifice of the pandemic will have been in vain.' Says Baroness Hallett @covidinquiryuk
Let's hope new UK government recognises current error of ignoring COVID is still here.

'This is a wake-up call!
The virus that causes the disease known as COVID-19, hasn’t gone away and this is certainly not a seasonal infection.' @LawrenceYoung11
It's airborne, and a health risk. We don't yet understand the full implications of Long COVID.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/new-covid-variant-unusual-symptom-33082975

'A combination of new, more infectious virus variants and waning immunity is likely contributing to the increased levels of infection. The hope is that this will not result in a big wave of infection, but we need to keep a close watch.' @LawrenceYoung11
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/covid-cases-new-variant-hospitalisations-data-b2567094.html

Tallaght Hospital, @TUH_Tallaghtin, Dublin, has suspended all patient visits, due to outbreaks of Covid and Norovirus, except in circumstances of end of life care and critical illness - action in order to protect staff, patients and visitors.' @DublinLive
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/tallaght-hospital-bans-visitors-due-29371805

COVID hasn't gone away! And, those pretending it has, can't wish it away by ignoring facts, which include: #COVIDisAIRBORNE.
'Due to the increase in COVID and Norovirus illness in recent days @TUH_Tallaghtin Hospital has introduced restricted visiting.'
https://tuh.ie/News/TUH-is-Closed-to-Visitors.html

In Ireland, there's been 'a surge in confirmed COVID cases and hospitalisations - experts warn that COVID is once again on the rise in Ireland and across Europe'. 'Numbers indicate an upward trend of the virus continuing.' @hpscireland Report: @emma_kh505
https://www.thesun.ie/health/13186701/urgent-warning-cases-new-covid-variant-skyrocket-symptoms-health/

'While all agencies & experts now admit to COVID’s airborne spread, little has been done to make indoor spaces safer for us all, and the clinically vulnerable in particular, for whom shops, workplaces, restaurants, & even clinical settings are now high-risk areas.'💯Desmond Whyms

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/learn-lessons-covid-before-another-deadly-disease-strikes-observer-letters

‘Long COVID is an infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after #SARSCoV2 infection and is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems.’ @theNASEM
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27768/a-long-covid-definition-a-chronic-systemic-disease-state-with

“No one should suffer from stigma, fear or lack of access to treatment anymore – everyone deserves the right to a healthy life.”
Elton John, Founder
Elton John AIDS Foundation @ejaf🏳️🌈
Elton John AIDS Foundation | Ending HIV Stigma
#SpeakUpSingOutGiveaway

'Free Covid tests hard to come by, vaccines restricted to the old and infirm, and mitigations to prevent the spread of Covid and other airborne respiratory diseases – masking in indoor public spaces, filtration and clean air – are rare.' @LabourHub
Why?
https://labourhub.org.uk/2024/05/28/wheres-covid-gone/

A majority of British voters now believe Brexit was a mistake.
A mistake our children will be paying for, for years to come. A selfish, short-sighted decision, rooted in racism and xenophobia. The world is in a dangerous place, what a time to be isolated.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/04/11/why-most-people-regret-brexit

'COVID-19 leaves an 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 mark on the brain...
The essay by @zalaly from the previous tweet [and below], was originally reprinted with permission from @ConversationUS, an online publication covering the latest research'. @sciam
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-are/

'Adding 'brain fog' to the staggering list of longer term problems caused by COVID must make us question what we’re allowing to happen to those being exposed to multiple infections with this virus, including our children.'💯@SGriffin_Lab @kathsci2601 @mnt
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-have-we-learned-about-brain-fog-in-long-covid-so-far?utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MNT%20Daily%20News&utm_content=2024-02-26&apid=38228910&rvid=1607e08b06a36da99553e53d58fb3788ee38d6d683c382437c98043f24db1fb6