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"On May 11, 2023, the federal public health emergency declaration for COVID-19
came to an end. Only a few months later, and cases are already starting to
surge across the country again. This decision was made despite emerging science
surrounding long COVID – a condition in which symptoms of the disease linger
for months or even years. While the general public ignores and downplays the
risk of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, long COVID may well prove to
be one of the biggest health problems of the 21st Century, presenting a real
risk that a secondary pandemic of chronic illness will be overlooked.
While things seem to be getting back to normal for most people, those with long
COVID are still suffering – and this suffering will likely continue on
indefinitely if nothing is done to change course.
As previously reported by
Salon, an alarming scientific pattern is revealing
itself across intersecting areas of research, which suggests that long COVID
could be linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's – having to do
with the misfolding of alpha-synuclein proteins in the human nervous system.
This misfolding is possibly triggered by an initial COVID infection and can
lead to unwanted accumulation of alpha-synuclein and the formation of Lewy
bodies, resulting in neurological disorders.
It's imperative that we follow this trail of science all the way through to the
end. We can hope it's disproved, but ignoring it will leave us headed in the
direction of disaster: debilitating, chronic, irreversible health conditions —
or what some are calling a "mass-disabling event."
However, as a result of the Public Health Emergency Act expiring, COVID
research and tracking has become more difficult. Coverage for tests, contact
tracing, research funding, data reporting – it's all been thrown out the
window, along with what little COVID precaution was left. Yet every COVID
infection still puts an individual at risk of developing long COVID – which,
according to the data, is increasingly likely among the less vaccinated and the
more times you've contracted the virus."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
