2025-09-27 General

COVID-19 It’s a bit hard to tell what is happening with COVID-19 in BC because of the lack of data, but COVID-19 in Canada overall is definitely going up. Long COVID 🫑 This paper from the USA (2025-09-16) looked at Long COVID in active duty service members and found: COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness πŸ«€πŸ’‰… Continue reading 2025-09-27 General

2025-09-21 General

Long COVID πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰β€ΌοΈ This case studies paper from USA (2025-02-09) reports that all nine of the study patients who got stellate ganglion blocks for three consecutive weeks improved significantly! I’m surprised that I missed it in February, and that there hasn’t been more excitement about it, as these are hugely encouraging results! 😒 This study… Continue reading 2025-09-21 General

2025-09-13 General

COVID-19 Vaccines πŸ’° This preprint (2025-09-04) estimates that the return on the investment in developing COVID-19 vaccines was between $59.8–$475 per dollar invested. COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness This paper from USA (2025-09-08) reports that children who had COVID-19 infections were more likely to have new-onset depression afterwards. Compared to children who did not have… Continue reading 2025-09-13 General

2025-08-31 General

COVID-19 Vaccines πŸ˜²πŸ’‰ This preprint from USA (2025-08-27) reports that vaccine-only immunity with a KP.2 vaccine (as tested in blood) is better against LP.8.1, LF.7.1, NB.1.8.1, XFG, and BA.3.2 than hybrid immunity with the KP.2 vaccine! I find it a bit suspicious that they were able to find sixteen people who had gotten a KP.2… Continue reading 2025-08-31 General

2025-08-16 General

English-language health news this week has been swamped with political news from USA. It has not been fun to wade through articles on the CDC shooter, various politically-motivated firings of competent people, various notifications of programs being shut down, etc. COVID-19 Vaccines πŸ’‰ I WAS MISINFORMED! Last week, I said that you couldn’t get COVID-19… Continue reading 2025-08-16 General

2025-07-26 General

COVID-19 Long COVID β€ΌοΈβ€ΌοΈβ€ΌοΈπŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰This article (2025-07-22) and this paper from Canada (2025-07-07) say that scientists have found a really easy blood test to diagnose ME/CFS! (They look for the protein SMPDL3B.) This is both great for testing purposes but also suggests a treatment! They haven’t looked for SMPDL3B in Long COVID patients yet, but I… Continue reading 2025-07-26 General

2025-07-12 General

Wastewater levels are all going down. Was that tiny little our summer wave? Did we already peak???? Long COVID β€ΌοΈπŸ˜¬ This preprint from Spain (2025-07-04) found that Long COVID prevalence was 3-10 times higher in individuals with three or more infections than in those with only one recorded infection. This paper from Denmark (2025-05-13) reports… Continue reading 2025-07-12 General

2025-06-20 General

🌊 This article from Singapore (2025-06-14) says that their wave is now peaking, about five or six weeks after their wave started in late April. That feels a bit fast to me — we usually see two months from the start to the peak here. I’m also a bit surprised that COVID-19 growth here has… Continue reading 2025-06-20 General

2025-05-18 General

COVID-19 COVID cases are still low in BC, but rising slightly. As a heads up, Taiwan (2025-05-13), Singapore (2025-05-13), Hong Kong (2025-05-15) Vietnam (2025-05-14), Thailand (2025-05-10) and Iran (2025-05-12) are noting an increase in cases. Long COVID πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ This paper from Italy (2025-04-27) reports that people with Long COVID have more abnormalities (microhemorrhages, dilations, and… Continue reading 2025-05-18 General