Today In Labor History April 7, 2020: Folk music legend, John Prine, died of Covid.
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This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about how Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought, a growing conservation burial movement, the sprawling 'metroburb' where 'Severance' is filmed, and nine more.
https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/04/featured-links-april-7-2025.html
#AI, #COVID19, #Environment, #Finance, #Medical, #Movies #TV, #Politics, #Programming, #Science, #Security, #Society, #Space, #Technology
coredump3.blogspot.comFeatured Links - April 7, 2025Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about. A floor-cleaning robot Starliner’s flight to the space s...
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Dysautonomia in long COVID is prevalent and could explain the frequency of symptoms
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.25324564v1
#dysautonomia @dysautonomia #pots @pots @longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #PASC #postcovid
#CovidBrain
@covid19 #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2
medRxiv · Dysautonomia in long COVID is prevalent and could explain the frequency of symptomsBackground Long COVID presents with a variety of symptoms. Some of those symptoms could be related to autonomic dysfunction. Our aim is to evaluate the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in long COVID patients.
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study and included all consecutive patients enrolled in several clinical research studies. We performed the following autonomic dysfunction markers: heart rate variability, heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure changes during NASA lean test, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and a COMPASS-31 scale. We used linear regression to calculate the contribution of each dysautonomia measure on symptom burden as measured by the modified COVID-19 Yorkshire scale.
Results We included 100 patients for this study. Our sample had a mean age of 56+/-11 years, included 53% minorities and 32% were women. Dysautonomia as defined by an abnormal COMPASS-31 was seen in 82%; 95% 72-89 while cardiovascular resting dysautonomia as represented by an abnormal heart rate variability was seen in 60%; 95% 48-70 of the population, orthostatic hypotension in 12% and POTS in 10%. In our adjusted analysis, we found that the beta coefficient for the COMPASS-31 score (0.37) was significant on changes in a self-reported long COVID symptom burden. The orthostatic intolerance and gastrointestinal domains of the COMPASS-31 was associated the highest long COVID symptom burden.
Conclusion Dysautonomia is common in long COVID patients and contributes to the overall symptoms seen in long COVID. Identifying dysautonomia has important diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
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New UK research:
Long-term effects of #SARSCoV2 infection on blood vessels and blood pressure
"Persistent vascular dysfunction and BP increase post-COVID-19 underscore the need for further studies on the long-term risk of hypertension & cardiovascular disease”
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #LC #PASC #postcovid
@covid19 #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
Sarah's Tasmanian 'career change' sounds like a dream — until you hear her full story
By Hayley Gleeson
What about the people who change their career not to scratch some creative or philanthropic itch or make a truckload of money, but out of necessity — because illness or injury derailed or destroyed their ability to work?
ABC News · When illness forced Sarah out of work, she thought she'd be off for six months. It turned into eight years
At least during #covid19 we knew the world was working towards the same goal. This time it's the opposite, and therefore, much worse.
Huh. New #CovidIsAirborne case-controlled study from Ontario in Feb 2021.
#COVID19 outbreak at a residential apartment building in Northern Ontario, Canada
> being on the upper floors (OR: 10.4; 95% CI: 1.63–66.9) and within three adjacent vertical lines (OR: 28.3; 3.57–225) were both significantly associated with being a case of COVID-19, after adjusting for age. An assessment of the building’s ventilation found uncontrolled air leakage between apartment units. Findings from the multiple components of this investigation are suggestive of aerosol transmission between units.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268824000256
H/t @DickZoutman
It's time to start digging in to my mask project!
I need good, solid resources to back up a presentation I'll be giving to the local public. What are the most reliable and ethical doctors, journalists, advocates, research, statistics, or sites that you've seen?
I'll be talking about air quality, advocating environmental justice through citizen science and mutual aid, and my focus is going to be ventilation and masking.
The program is organized by a local group of folks that started putting up air sensors all over town because of toxic chemical leaks from nearby refineries. They got a grant through a university, and they may be able to help me out in getting an air quality sensor so I can test the CO2 in local buildings. I'd also like to be able to pass out some mask samples. I've been trying to find info on other things like sip valves, elastomeric respirator exhaust valve filter adapters, good sites to buy masks and so on.
Since these issues got politicized and the CDC and WHO are increasingly corrupt/hamstrung, finding good info is a fuckin MESS. I could really use some help!
What's been very interesting to me is, the folks who promote masking are usually ALSO right on other issues. Masks are required at the local anarchist book fairs, for example, which to me says a LOT. The people I follow here on Mastodon who are solidly against genocide, fascism, capitalism, and lesser evilism are the SAME people who are solidly for issues like universal healthcare, right to repair, accessibility, direct action, labor organizing, etc etc-- you have a moral consistency that inspires my respect and hope, and I want to learn more from you!
Next post below will be where I list the sources I've collected, updating as I go.
#masks
#respirators
#ventilation
#COVID19
#covidCautious
#birdFlu
#H5N1
#measles
#publicHealth
#airQuality
#environmentalJustice
#mutualAid
#purpleAir
#citizenScience
Pourquoi porter le masque en 2025 ? Les explications du Youtubeur Alistair dans un article. C'est clair, lumineux, complet et les gens de gauche devraient lire ça et l'afficher partout merci.
https://alistairh.fr/5-raisons-de-porter-le-masque/
#covid19 #covid #pandémie #masque #santéPublique #fraternité #sororite #santé #autodéfenseSanitaire #AlistairHParadoxae
alistairh.fr5 raisons de porter le masque en 2025 😷 – Alistair Houdayer – HParadoxæ
Here's an animated map showing the spread of the XFJ variant. The first sample was detected in Cote d'Ivoire in late August. After a long pause, a second sample was detected in South Africa in December. Then it appeared in New York in late February and soon began spreading more widely.
Recently classified XFJ is a recombinant of LF.7 and LS.2. LF.7 is descended from FLiRT JN.1.16.1. LF.7 added several Spike mutations: T22N, S31P, K182R, R190S and K444. LS.2 was descended from JN.1.18.5.
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Swarm_Bees_outdoor_stereo by leonseptavaux -- https://freesound.org/s/573839/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
With the LP.8.1.* variant on the way to dominance in most places, it is time to ponder which variant might drive the next wave.
The leading contenders at this point are LF.7.7.2, LF.7.9, NB.1.8.1, XEC.25.1 XFH and (new) XFJ.
I show them here using a log scale, so you can compare their growth rates vs the most common LP.8.1.* sub-lineage: LP.8.1.1. There are more recent samples available, but the frequency analysis becomes increasingly distorted due to low volumes and patchy coverage.
An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases https://thesicktimes.org/2025/04/04/an-international-emergency-task-force-is-urgently-needed-for-severe-long-covid-and-me-crisis-cases/ #ME #MECFS #LongCovid #Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver
The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis · An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases - The Sick TimesWithout one, Severe advocates are putting themselves at risk. It’s time for advocacy organizations to step up. Writer’s note: In this essay, I deliberately capitalize different categories of ME in order to give each the weight and dignity they deserve. I also choose to distinguish between the Sick and the Well to highlight our status
"COVID-19 re-infection doubles risk of long COVID in kids, young adults, data reveal"
"These findings emphasize the ongoing risk of PASC with reinfection, regardless of severity."
www.cidrap.umn.eduCOVID-19 re-infection doubles risk of long COVID in kids, young adults, data revealThe second infection was also tied to a 50% or greater increase in several specific long-COVID conditions, including myocarditis and fatigue.
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer , Covid , and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
#archive #cancer #covid #covid19 #alzheimer
https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/
404 Media · Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost ForeverDays before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
Here's the latest variant picture for Canada to mid-March. Further samples been back-filled from Ontario, for a more complete picture.
The XEC.* variant is still dominant but has declined to 34%.
The LP.8.1.* variant is challenging at around 24%, probably overhauling the JN.1.* + DeFLuQE variants.
There might be some recent rebound in the FLuQE and FLiRT variants, as unfettered variant evolution continues.
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to mid-March.
XEC.* continues to dominate, although fairly flat at around 50-60%.
The LP.8.1.* variant grew to around 17%, challenging the DeFLuQE variants as the new heir-apparent. It’s growth trajectory is quite slow.
