More tweets on Long Covid

Where have all the workers gone? 16 million Americans between ages 18 to 65 are experiencing Covid symptoms long after infection. ➡️New report estimates **2 million to 4 million** of those people are currently out of work due to #LongCovid.#CovidIsNotOver https://t.co/0U33gHPL3x
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 27, 2022

A new report found some 16 million Americans of working age have long COVID and about 2 to 4 million are not working as they struggle with their symptoms. https://t.co/aBObe6615w
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 27, 2022

A prospective study of #LongCovid in young (median age=21), healthy, males (93%), with controls: "new evidence that even infections in young adults can lead to sequelae that persist several months"https://t.co/379fy4HmMW pic.twitter.com/mp8METJrE6
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 26, 2022

In Opinion

“Long Covid sufferers who caught the virus early have entered their third year with the condition,” Zeynep Tufekci writes. “They’re running out of savings, treatment options and hope.”https://t.co/VAO8zArREB
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 26, 2022

Many of long covid’s medical mysteries are still to be uncovered, a reader writes in #PostLetters.https://t.co/5kskXOFcAl
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 22, 2022

I wrote about where we stand with #LongCovid after a cluster of new studies https://t.co/PcV84cbRyy @latimes pic.twitter.com/jNAD5y9KNB
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 21, 2022

More on ventilation to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Excellent support for the use of air cleaners (HEPA and #CorsiRosenthalBox) to increase the ventilation rate. It is pretty simple. “Distribute + Dilute + Remove“ to decrease both short-range and long-range transmission. https://t.co/zlnv2RNxmq
— Jim Rosenthal (@JimRosenthal4) August 21, 2022

It is past time to take steps to clean indoor air. Humans take 22,000 breaths per day. Air is the #1 exposure route to all pollution and pathogens. Why are we not taking the necessary steps to clean indoor air? Public health benefits will extend well beyond COVID-19.(4/4)
— Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. (@kprather88) July 24, 2022

Throughout the epidemic, there have been efforts to make this about personal responsibility—started w masking/distancing—> get vaxx —> ‘you do you’

While we were left to solve an epidemic as individuals, where were the efforts at improving systems, such as upgrading ventilation?
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) June 9, 2022

It's time to pay attn to indoor air quality, much like we do for outdoor air, or water. We spend 90% of our time indoors, and clean air is essential for our health and wellbeing. With thanks to @linseymarr @j_g_allen @CorsIAQ @kprather88 and @WBahnfleth https://t.co/P3JQTSDTQU
— Tanya Lewis (@tanyalewis314) June 8, 2022

Omicron BA.5

Why the Omicron offshoot BA.5 is a big deal – My comments @CNN https://t.co/GaWho4cWxD
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) July 14, 2022

Nearly two-and-a-half years since the coronavirus pandemic began, the most infectious and transmissible variant yet has arrived https://t.co/sRjfyyFCcu
— CNN (@CNN) July 13, 2022

The symptoms of coronavirus subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are similar to those of earlier versions of Omicron, experts said. https://t.co/99LjLvFADJ pic.twitter.com/Ss3MlYyck5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 14, 2022

🚨I wrote about BA.5—the latest coronavirus variant to rise to dominance—and why it matters.

This is an attempt to clearly lay out what we know about it, and to cut through the morass of misinformation that has already accumulated around it. 1/ https://t.co/j1sbQh2QaM
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) July 11, 2022

The latest omicron offshoot, BA.5, has quickly become dominant in the United States, and thanks to its elusiveness when encountering the human immune system, is driving a wave of cases across the country.https://t.co/wKaGYu0UYq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 10, 2022

The New York Times and others on the Covid-19 BA-5 subvariant

The symptoms of coronavirus subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are similar to those of earlier versions of Omicron, experts said. https://t.co/WIkKYeRt9m pic.twitter.com/hYTgcAdHYN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 8, 2022

Will say it again — I am fully vaccinated and was reinfected with Covid-19 less than 5 weeks after my first Covid infection.

I didn't think it was possible. It's very, very possible, and likely going to become more common: https://t.co/GHNSkqlwap
— Talya Minsberg (@tminsberg) July 7, 2022

Two super-infectious coronavirus strains have shown the ability to reinfect even those who recently contracted an earlier Omicron subvariant.

Experts and officials say there are sensible steps residents can take to protect themselves. https://t.co/DnPElGWvak
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 7, 2022

BA.5 is now the dominant U.S. variant and may pose the biggest threat to immune protection yet https://t.co/8fY8ZDCm8h
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 7, 2022

Impact of the BA.5 Variant in the United Stateshttps://t.co/DUxqHMgHGz by @LaurenLeatherby
“I think there’s an underappreciation of what it’s going to do to the country, and it already is exerting its effect” pic.twitter.com/yBIoIIr7fE
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 7, 2022

You can now get COVID again within 4 weeks because of the new Omicron BA.5 variant, health expert says https://t.co/gOEgS9Cxag
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 9, 2022

The recent COVID surge has been tied to a subvariant of omicron known as BA.5, the most transmissible subvariant yet. https://t.co/85qtASiVGC
— Axios (@axios) July 9, 2022

1/ Six COVID experts explain why Omicron BA.5 is such a concern, and what they're doing to avoid it
by @BusinessInsider's @Hilarx & @natmusumeci https://t.co/x3ik8IKhvW

Hint: you've heard it all before pic.twitter.com/xl1qpDoC3q
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 (@celinegounder) July 9, 2022

BA.5 got started in S. Africa and Portugal. Besides affecting much of Western Europe and the US now, it is leading to new surges in the Asian-Pacific region and South America. In most regions deaths have remained low to date@OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/CbO1qpeuwA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 9, 2022

Racial disparities and Covid

Research published last month found that Whites who learned about racial disparities in covid were more indifferent to precautionary measures. https://t.co/l7dK1OBayF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 28, 2022

Hit hard by COVID-19, Black Americans share their grief https://t.co/SxeFjiVOBg
— TIME (@TIME) June 20, 2022

How COVID exposed racial disparities in all aspects of the healthcare system https://t.co/dyXCeuiAPV
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) June 20, 2022

More on socially distanced baptisms from early in the pandemic

early pandemic pics of socially distanced baptisms will be in history books one day pic.twitter.com/gnNHTeTrdF
— matt (@mattxiv) June 19, 2022

Covid death statistics

White Americans death rate for COVID exceeds all others now…Behavioral choice drives this.

I predicted this back in March 2021, wrote an Oped titled, “Dear White America, You in Danger Girl”. I submitted to the @nytimes & others, all rejected. No one believed me.
Read Oped 🧵 pic.twitter.com/tE86xRAgor
— Ebony Jade Hilton, MD (@EbonyJHilton_MD) June 9, 2022

So I am asking for a retraction this piece by the @NYTimes. This piece by @DLeonhardt is just wrong. Why? 1/ https://t.co/4uav4gTGBI
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

The CDC’s dataset has been updated to include data from March

In March 2022, 40.6% of covid deaths were in people who were fully vaccinated (22.2% vaccinated with primary series, 18.4% boosted). This is not the time to give up on masking and other NPIshttps://t.co/Q7fQ4WM84f . https://t.co/ieozTXi1D2
— Artie Vierkant (@avierkant) May 22, 2022

Death by partisanship?

“Over the past year, the Covid death rate for white Americans has been 14 percent higher than the rate for Black Americans and 72 percent higher than the Latino rate, according to the latest C.D.C. data.” https://t.co/l2UB5p2Wtq
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 9, 2022

from the article linked to above:

Only about 60 percent of Republican adults are vaccinated, compared with about 75 percent of independents and more than 90 percent of Democrats, according to Kaiser. And Republicans are both disproportionately white and older. Together, these facts help explain why the white death rate has recently been higher than the Asian, Black or Latino rate.

1. So today I want to write a thread I've been nervous to write.

In January and February, according to CDC data, 42% of ppl who died of Covid were vaccinated.

It's possible that in the near future, a MAJORITY of people dying of Covid may be vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/FXZovXBBEW
— Dr. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) May 12, 2022

Improving ventilation reduces the spread of COVID-19

It's time to pay attn to indoor air quality, much like we do for outdoor air, or water. We spend 90% of our time indoors, and clean air is essential for our health and wellbeing. With thanks to @linseymarr @j_g_allen @CorsIAQ @kprather88 and @WBahnfleth https://t.co/P3JQTSDTQU
— Tanya Lewis (@tanyalewis314) June 8, 2022

Don't stop washing your hands, but DEFINITELY take care of your ventilation and air out your rooms.

Today it's WARM, so maybe open your windows for a bit.
Get an air purifier.
Got a furnace? Change those filters! https://t.co/3yQ6RRbSZp
— B'more City Health (@BMore_Healthy) December 25, 2021

📌Airborne virus implications: 200+ experts now declare that the coronavirus can stay aloft for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting people who inhale. This risk is highest in crowded indoor spaces with poor ventilation. What does this mean?🧵https://t.co/SNYPKnmXog
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 8, 2020

Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82% | Reuters https://t.co/LQ8nX7Mvju
— Dr Satoshi Akima FRACP 『秋間聰』 (@ToshiAkima) June 3, 2022

New @CDCMMWR looks at what K-12 schools are doing to improve ventilation to help reduce the spread of #COVID19. Most reported low-cost improvements like moving activities outside. Learn more: https://t.co/0iiWSpBoVn. pic.twitter.com/1FoLSdZrg8
— CDC (@CDCgov) June 8, 2022

improving ventilation is one of the best strategies we have for reducing COVID-19 risk in schools, yet many are about to reopen with the same air systems they had in 2020.

for @TIME, I explored what schools should be doing and what's holding them back: https://t.co/YlCIKUe2Qa pic.twitter.com/Y3upFqML5M
— betsy ladyzhets 📊 (@betsyladyzhets) August 16, 2022

Pulse oximeters overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin

This is heartbreaking and preventable!

Inaccurate oxygen readings delayed /prevented potentially life-saving COVID therapies in Black and Hispanic patients. It’s know that pulse oximeter readings overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin.https://t.co/VngsrDlazp
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) May 31, 2022

Doctors have sometimes failed to diagnose serious Covid cases for people of color — and FDA says one reason may be flaws in pulse oximeters.

"It’s really shocking that it was only until 2021 for the FDA to actually issue an alert" — @uche_blackstock https://t.co/QqQKSqqMEu
— Ben Leonard (@_BenLeonard_) July 2, 2022

Tweets on returning to offices

*NEW* from The New York Times – the company is delaying our return to office date in June because New York City moved to the high covid alert level, and the company is now strongly encouraging employees to wear masks in common areas at our office.
— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) May 18, 2022

The battle against the return to office has begun (online).
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) April 6, 2022

More than 1,400 Apple employees signed an open letter to the company asking to reconsider the office-return policy (3 days at the office)

“Stop treating us like school kids who need to be told when to be where and what homework to do,” the letter readshttps://t.co/hKhMefVZ5M
— Lucia Velasco (@jones_lucia) May 15, 2022

Amid rising Covid cases Apple delayed and modified its return-to-office plans this month where employees were required to return at least three days a week, a blow to the company's efforts to restore normalcy to its operations. https://t.co/QMdTndXelO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 17, 2022

The return to the office movement has highlighted the disconnect between executives, managers and their employees. The supervisors want everyone to come back to their offices. Meanwhile, employees are perfectly happy working remotely. https://t.co/N9I7V4uHsj
— Forbes (@Forbes) May 21, 2022

They are totally losing this one, so I'm enjoying it no end. Is inexorable global phenomenon eg:https://t.co/2mGRpFmjeq
— Kate Smith (@Iceship) May 13, 2022

From @charterworks: The efforts of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs to get employees back in the office are two case studies worthy of examination.

The big-picture takeaway is the same. Take a hard line on return-to-office schedules at your own risk https://t.co/hen54qof3V
— TIME (@TIME) May 16, 2022