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

'The costs associated with working days lost due to Long COVID could potentially cost the UK economy up to £20billion a year.' Senior author, Professor, @ManuellGomes @UCL_IEHC @CSJMagazine @uclnews
#CovidIsNotOver #COVID #COVID19
Nota bene: @wesstreeting
https://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/46597/long-covid-could-cost-the-economy-billions-every-year

'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/