British Columbia is not going to release provincial COVID-19 data next week, so I’m not going to publish a BC post next week. I haven’t decided if I’m going to publish a General post next week or not. This week, I felt like I didn’t have much material to work with. Partly, it might be… Continue reading 2023-12-22 General
Category: Long COVID
2023-12-15 General
Long COVID This (long) report from StatCan says that people who reported two COVID-19 infections were 1.7 times more likely to have Long COVID than people who only had one infection; people who had more than two were 2.6 times more likely to have Long COVID than those who had one infection. COVID-19 is not… Continue reading 2023-12-15 General
2023-12-08 General
This week’s post is a little short because I performed a rapid unscheduled cranio-planetary docking maneuver while on a bike ride. (I’m fine — helmets are awesome! — but I’m taking it easy for a few days.) Long COVID Two weeks ago, I reported on a case studies paper which found that nicotine patches helped… Continue reading 2023-12-08 General
2023-12-01 General
Long COVID This preprint from USA (2023-11-08) discussed a small study with 16 Long COVID patients who had small fiber neuropathy verified by skin biopsies. Eight of the patients got intravenous immunoglobulin and saw big improvements. This paper from Pakistan (20231122) found that people who were fully vaccinated were 62% less likely to get Long… Continue reading 2023-12-01 General
2023-11-25 General
Pathology This paper from USA says that 48.5% of people hospitalized with COVID-related fungal infections died, while only 12.3% of people hospitalized with non-COVID-associated fungal infections died. This paper from Taiwan found that people who got COVID-19 infections were 59% more likely to get shingles in the following year than controls. This report from Korea… Continue reading 2023-11-25 General
2023-11-17 General
Long COVID This paper from Austria found that Epstein-Barr Virus antibody or DNA levels did not seem to be any different in Long COVID patients than controls (people who had had COVID-19 infections but did not get Long COVID). They also did not find markers of inflammation from viral infections in the Long COVID patients.… Continue reading 2023-11-17 General
2023-11-10 General
Long COVID This paper from Italy found that people continue to recover taste and smell for at least three years after losing it due to COVID-19 infection. This paper from USA said that children under 5 years old who had been infected with COVID-19 were 40% more likely to get RSV than controls. Vaccines Intranasal… Continue reading 2023-11-10 General
2023-11-03 General
I read a paper which referred to “short COVID” to the acute, initial illness — y’know, the thing that lasts a week or two — and I think I might start using that term! Long COVID I haven’t talked about Long COVID biomarkers much because most biomarkers are relatively obscure proteins that you and I… Continue reading 2023-11-03 General
2023-10-27 General
Long COVID This preprint from USA says they used PET scans to look at inflammation in the brains of long haulers, and found more inflammation in long haulers than in controls. This preprint from many places says that they found evidence of reactivation of herpesvirus type 6 in long haulers (mostly a childhood disease, where… Continue reading 2023-10-27 General
2023-10-20 General
Other News These aren’t COVID-19 pieces, but I think they are important. I had thought that RSV vaccinations weren’t available in Canada yet because NACI and the province had not figured out the parameters, but they are! My flu shot vaccinator said that they have RSV on hand. It costs a bunch (almost $300), but… Continue reading 2023-10-20 General