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VirusSucks.com@virussucks· 27d

BARDA canceled 22 mRNA vaccine projects worth some $500 million. Kaufman said he supports the decision, as he believes there's not enough research into how people have been affected by the COVID-19 mRNA #vaccines. He lacks scientific understanding of this technology and is unwilling to ask experts.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· 27d

Is an MPH who is an infectious disease containment specialist the right person to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), an agency with HHS? I'd prefer an mechanical engineer who is a health and safety expert than Sean G. Kaufman. They understand airborne viruses.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· 27d

#SARS-CoV-2 spike-driven reactivation of latent herpesviruses as a mechanistic link to post-viral diseases www.cell.com/trends-open/... #LongCOVID #medsky

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· 27d

Wildfires in Northern Canada are spewing PM 2.5 particulate matter across Ontario, NY, NH, and MA. It's a good day to wear an N95 respirator outdoors, even though the weather is hot🔥. The world needs to wean itself off fossil fuels ASAP, otherwise, it'll just get worse.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· 27d

Little dopamine hits suppress some neurological #LongCOVID symptoms. A friend sent me a webcam link so I could see her at a waterfront party. There's a cover band playing Mama Mia, Dancing Queen, and other songs.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 13

🚨27.6% of survivors have a cognitive impairment! 😳A study reviewing 2.7 million post-COVID cases and 30 million controls found a 50% increased risk for newly diagnosed AD, and 44% increase in the risk of newly diagnosed PD at 3–24 months after recovering from #COVID.🚨 #LongCOVID #neurosky #medsky

A meta-analysis of six studies with 175 patients at least 3 weeks after the diagnosis of COVID-19 and 275 healthy individuals Sobrino-Relano et al. [65] found that individuals who had recovered from COVID-19 showed significant cognitive deficits compared to controls. A further systematic review of 7912 COVID-19 survivors two years after the infection reported cognitive impairment in 27.6% of the cases [66]. Finally, a systematic review of 12 cohort studies involving 2.7 million post-COVID cases and 30 million controls found a 50% increased risk for newly diagnosed AD, and 44% increase in the risk of newly diagnosed PD at 3–24 months after recovering from COVID-19. The authors suggested developing a comprehensive surveillance program for neurodegenerative diseases in recovered COVID-19 patients [67]. It should be noted that several confounding factors could not be considered in this meta-analysis, and some patients might have already suffered from AD or PD, which was unmasked or identified when these persons sought for medical help due to COVID-19

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-025-13110-3

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 11

🚨The magnitude of (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND loss in long COVID is similar to other illnesses with common pathology and symptoms, such as the ventral striatum and caudate of mild to moderate Parkinson's disease and the dorsal putamen of REM sleep behaviour disorder.😳 #medsky #neurosky #LongCOVID

In conclusion, (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND were lower in the ventral striatum, dorsal putamen and dorsal caudate in adults with long COVID. Lower ventral striatal (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND correlated with apathy and cognitive concerns. Lower dorsal putamen (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND correlated with motor slowing and lower dorsal caudate (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND correlated with worse verbal memory performance. These symptoms that correlated with reductions in (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND are also important neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID. The magnitude of (+)[11C]DTBZ BPND loss in long COVID is similar to other illnesses with common pathology and symptoms, such as the ventral striatum and caudate of mild to moderate Parkinson's disease and the dorsal putamen of REM sleep behaviour disorder).23,24,26 Given the heterogeneity of long COVID, future studies in larger, similarly well-controlled cohorts would help confirm the robustness and generalisability of these findings. Such studies could also test whether interventions aimed at restoring dopamine-releasing synapses and/or augmenting tonic and phasic dopamine release in the ventral striatum, dorsal putamen, and dorsal caudate influence correlated symptoms in long COVID.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964%2826%2900222-7/fulltext

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 11

Prucalopride (sold under brand names like Motegrity and Resolor) is a prescription gastrointestinal prokinetic medication used to treat chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) in adults. It also helps improve cognitive function. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Treat #LongCOVID IBS & Cognition

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 10

Age-Related Neurodegeneration Prevention Through mTOR Inhibition: Potential Mechanisms and Remaining Questions pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Curr Top Med Chem. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 24. #medsky #LongCOVID #neurosky

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 10

What physicians prescribe weekly low dose sirolimus for #LongCOVID? What labs are required for monitoring? J Transl Med. 2025 Oct 21;23:1148. doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-07213-8 Low-dose rapamycin alleviates clinical symptoms of fatigue and PEM in ME/CFS patients via improvement of autophagy

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 8

Mechanistically it's plausible via autophagy induction, BBB/vascular protection, preservation of AQP4 polarization, and its anti-inflammatory effects on astrocytes or its immune modulation and overall autophagy.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 8

Encephalomyelitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. It includes conditions like acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Eg. Neuroinflammation which often develops into intense headaches. #LongCOVID

Covid leaves lasting brain damage that flu does not

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 7

Predatory pricing order by Trump that Walmart will happily comply with, to undercut smaller meat shops and grocery stores. Trump's Communist command economy undermine antitrust laws. Who knew that Communists would brand themselves as Republicans? The DSP needs a rebrand. Eg. Good Democrats

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 6

Did Epstein arrange for this $25 million FIFA president payoff in April 2018, after receiving this email to contact Mr. Infantino? An investigation into the financial records of the Epstein files is essential.

email to contact Mr. Infantino on April 3, 2018

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 6

Life Sciences Claude Hackathon starts tomorrow! cerebralvalley.ai/e/built-with... Claude Science is an AI workbench that brings literature, data, code, and compute into a single research environment, and we want researchers, clinicians, bioinformaticians, and biotech builders to explore.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 5

FIFA received a mysterious $25 billion bid from the Middle East and Asia for control over two tournaments, The New York Times reported. That comes as FIFA's attempts to raise revenues for the global soccer body ahead FIFA President Gianni Infantino's possible reelection. Apr 10, 2018 #Epsteinfiles

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 5

The sentence includes 12 months of house arrest, with exceptions for medical emergencies involving family, travel for employment, legal obligations, medical appointments, and religious services. She is permitted up to five hours per week for necessities of life and ...

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 4

The tumor microenvironment (TME), composed of immune cells, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells, has emerged as critical to pathogenesis, prognosis and treatment for cancer.

The tumor microenvironment surrounds the pancreatic cancer cells in red, consisting of immune cells (green), fibroblasts, endothelial cells (lining of blood vessels, and matrix.
Recently, Professor Aaron Newman at Stanford and colleagues from many US leading centers published a landmark paper in Nature. It may ultimately be considered one of the most important leaps in cancer diagnostics in decades.

Ground Truths is a reader-supported

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-breakthrough-blood-test-for-cancer

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 3

Studies of the Neuropathogenesis of #LongCOVID youtu.be/vhR-8RV-ymo Neuroimaging suggests brain atrophy, changes in white matter tract integrity, and altered regional brain perfusion in Long COVID patients. Research is also exploring the lymphatic and glymphatic systems of the brain (20:06-20:55).

"Tomorrow and Tomorrow...Studies of the Neuropathogenesis of Long COVID - Serena Spudich, MD" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/vhR-8RV-ymo

Presenter: Serena Spudich, MD, Yale University, United States
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=rx17xoAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Lecture: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... Studies of the Neuropathogenesis of Long COVID
Presented in Session 5: Diagnostics, Biomarkers, and End Points

Demystifying Long COVID International Conference 2024

Autoimmunity: While an initial case of psychosis post-COVID responded miraculously to IVIG and showed a novel anti-neuronal antibody (15:56-17:02), a larger survey revealed no significant differences in autoantibody recognition between post-COVID recovered and Long COVID groups, indicating that many people with COVID might have autoantibodies recognizing brain tissue without symptoms (17:05-17:36).
Viral Persistence: The study found no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 antigen persistence in CSF using nucleic capsid antigen or PCR (17:39-18:05).

Plasma Markers and Brain Imaging (18:07-20:55):
Acute Phase Proteins and Coagulopathy: Long COVID patients showed persistent abnormalities in acute phase proteins and coagulopathy markers in plasma, often falling between acute hospitalized COVID patients and post-COVID recovered individuals (18:07-19:23).
Endotheliopathy and Platelet Activation: Endotheliopathy and platelet activation markers were persistently elevated in Long COVID, suggesting ongoing vascular issues (19:25-19:37). These markers also correlated with cognitive domains, particularly verbal learning (19:53-20:02).
Neuroimaging (Lindsay McAlpine's Work): Preliminary findings from neuroimaging suggest brain atrophy, changes in white matter tract integrity, and altered regional brain perfusion in Long COVID patients. Research is also exploring the lymphatic and glymphatic systems of the brain (20:06-20:55).

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 3

It's painful to watch the self-destructive decisions of countries that fail to confront the reasons for the rising rates of illness and a decreasing labour force: - Disability - Poor airborne mitigation systems - Ignoring disabling viruses and ongoing pandemics #medsky

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 3

It's the hedging language that confound ordinary people that's made people distrust scientists. Especially, when it's obvious that the scientists were wrong because they don't follow real life data on their own. This obviously incorrect story in @nbcnews.com should have been updated in July 2022.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 3

I am leveraging Claude AI to parse through research studies and articles faster than #LongCOVID researchers can, to develop a holistic understanding of the virus, what it does to the body, what treatments work and what ones don't work. I'm more like Spock than Bones.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 3

My goal is to figure out how to prevent neuroinflammation in #LongCOVID patients, including myself, to stop my meningioma tumor growth. I feel like Bones in the Miri episode: the landing crew all got infected with a #virus that ages adults rapidly. I'm racing against time to find a treatment.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 2

Bill Pulte is in the DNI chair to potentially collect voter information about people who are on social media platforms so that they can run hyper-targeted ads like Cambridge Analytica. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill... A dragnet of user IP addresses and detailed user information in TX, LA, etc:

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 2

Tell the Texas court that tracking IP addresses and the location of consumer social media users is illegal under California's pen register section of CIPA, as it's an invasion of privacy. A similar law applies in Quebec.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 1

@bsky.app is in violation of a federal court injunction: Louisiana passed the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act, requiring social media platforms to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors. Judge John W. deGravelles permanently enjoined the law in Dec 2025

A U.S. federal judge has blocked Louisiana’s proposed social media age verification law, delivering a setback to state-level efforts aimed at regulating online access for minors. The law, formally titled the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act, was scheduled to begin enforcement within days, despite having technically taken effect on July 2025; however, state officials agreed not to enforce it until December 19, 2025.

The legislation was passed in 2023 and would have compelled social media and content-sharing platforms, such as Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube, and Discord, to have age verification systems and parents’ consent policies in place. It was aimed at restricting children’s access to harmful materials on the Internet, such as pornography and other explicit material, and enhancing the level of child safety on the web.

Judge John W. deGravelles has ruled that the law had constitutional issues. He claimed that both the age verification and parental consent clauses were over- and under-inclusive, as well as criticized the statute in general for a broad definition of what constitutes a social media platform. The court said that such uncertainty posed a risk to inconsistent application and excessive load on platforms and users.

The ruling is a major victory for NetChoice, a trade association in the technology industry, that appealed the law. NetChoice claimed that the law violated First Amendment rights and posed privacy and security concerns tied to collecting sensitive identity data for access to speech online.

On the verge of the ruling, NetChoice pointed out that poorly crafted age assurance mechanisms may have unintended effects. The group cautioned that mandatory age verification, without privacy-preserving technologies, would expose users to data misuse and surveillance risks. It also referred to overseas cases in which such laws have ...
https://shuftipro.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-social-media-age-verification-law/

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jul 1

Who did Trump Slaughter at the FTC and the DOJ that were involved in investigating the Ticketmaster and egg price rigging cases before Trump was sworn in last year? Attorney General James Secures More Than 50 Million Eggs and $3.3 Million After Uncovering Illegal Scheme to Manipulate Egg Prices

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-secures-more-50-million-eggs-and-33-million-after

Attorney General James Secures More Than 50 Million Eggs and $3.3 Million After Uncovering Illegal Scheme To Manipulate Egg Prices
Attorney General James Secures More Than 50 Million Eggs and $3.3 Million After Uncovering Illegal Scheme to Manipulate Egg Prices
Investigation into Nation’s Largest Egg Producers Revealed Illegal Scheme That Raised Costs for Consumers and Businesses
June 29, 2026
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured more than 50 million eggs for consumers nationwide and $3.3 million from some of the nation’s largest egg producers for colluding behind the scenes to raise prices. A bipartisan multistate investigation led by the Office of the New York Attorney General (OAG) alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman’s Egg Ranch (Hickman’s) illegally coordinated for years to influence a daily price index for eggs, which artificially increased prices for retailers and consumers throughout the country. Of the 53 million eggs obtained through the settlement, approximately 4.9 million eggs will be delivered directly to food banks and community organizations serving New Yorkers.

“When powerful corporations collude behind the scenes to raise prices, working families suffer the costs,” Attorney General James. “These egg producers manipulated the market to squeeze even more profit out of consumers and businesses. By shutting this scheme down and delivering millions of eggs to those in need, we’re sending a clear message that companies will not get away with illegal price hikes in New York.”

Egg price riggers made political campaign contributions to state reps and their advocate in Congress: GOP Rep. Randy Feenstra.

Here's Feenstra's tight connection with Trump and Trump's endorsement of Feenstra for Governor of Iowa.

There's more to this story.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jun 29

Sarcoidosis is abnormal collections of inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomata. The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph nodes. Less commonly affected are the eyes, liver, heart, and brain, though any organ can be affected. It's treatable, if diagnosed early enough.

Sarcoidosis, also known as Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease, is a non-infectious granulomatous disease involving abnormal collections of inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomata. The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph nodes. Less commonly affected are the eyes, liver, heart, and brain, though any organ can be affected. The signs and symptoms depend on the organ involved. Often, no symptoms or only mild symptoms are seen. When it affects the lungs, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, or chest pain may occur. Some may have Löfgren syndrome, with fever, enlarged hilar lymph nodes, arthritis, and a rash known as erythema nodosum. The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown. Some believe it may be due to an immune reaction to a trigger such as an infection or chemicals in those who are genetically predisposed. Those with affected family members are at greater risk. Diagnosis is partly based on signs and symptoms, which may be supported by biopsy Continued in Wikipedia
Usual onset 20–50 years old, More common in women
Duration Few years to long term
Causes Unknown
Risk factors Family history
Diagnostic method Based on symptoms and tissue biopsy
Differential diagnosis Tuberculosis, lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, pulmonary eosinophilia
Treatment Ibuprofen, prednisone, methotrexate
Prognosis Mortality 1–7%

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jun 26

Brexit was quarterbacked by Jeffrey Epstein as his chaos agents fueled tribalism. Elon and others in the Movement are trying to swallow Alberta. Hello CSIS: Do your job and inform the PM and some federal prosecutors.

VirusSucks.com@virussucks· Jun 25

Billionaires love inflation. They raise prices but not the wages of their workers.