COVID-19 News and Discussions

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COVID Autopsies Reveal The Virus Spreading Through The 'Entire Body'
by Carly Cassela
January 9, 2023

Introduction:

(Science Alert) COVID-19 is defined as a respiratory infection, but the effects of the novel coronavirus are certainly not confined to any one organ.

Dozens of recent autopsies show persistent evidence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the body, including in the lungs, the heart, the spleen, the kidneys, the liver, the colon, the thorax, muscles, nerves, the reproductive tract, the eye, and the brain.

In one particular autopsy, remnants of the novel coronavirus were found in the brain of a deceased patient 230 days after they first started showing symptoms.

"Our data indicate that in some patients SARS-CoV-2 can cause systemic infection and persist in the body for months," conclude the authors of the study, led by researchers at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In the past, autopsies on those who have contracted COVID-19 have shown preliminary signs of multi-organ spread, with genetic remnants of the virus showing up in a myriad of tissues, organs, and fluids.

Read more here: https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-aut ... tire-body

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BBC criticised for letting cardiologist ‘hijack’ interview with false Covid jab claim

Fri 13 Jan 2023 17.50 GMT

The BBC has come under fire from scientists for interviewing a cardiologist who claimed certain Covid vaccines could be behind excess deaths from coronary artery disease.

Experts have criticised Dr Aseem Malhotra’s appearance on the corporation’s news channel on Friday, accusing him of pushing “extreme fringe” views, which are “misguided”, “dangerous” and could mislead the public.

Scientists have described the doctor as “hijacking” an interview on statins to air his views, causing BBC staff to be “alarmed and embarrassed” by their booking. Malhotra recently retweeted a video by the MP Andrew Bridgen, who had the Tory whip removed on Wednesday after comparing the use of Covid vaccines to the Holocaust.

After criticising new guidance on statins, he cited British Heart Foundation (BHF) figures that suggested there had been more than 30,000 excess deaths linked to heart disease since Covid first arrived.

Malhotra, a cardiologist at ROC Private Clinic, claimed mRNA Covid vaccines play a role, saying his “own research” showed “Covid mRNA vaccines do carry a cardiovascular risk”. He added that he has called for the vaccine rollout to be suspended pending an inquiry because of the “uncertainty” behind excess deaths.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... ase-deaths

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3 years ago today lol…

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China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed
Source: AP

By JOE McDONALD today

BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed.

The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19 since Dec. 8, the National Health Commission announced. It said those “deaths related to COVID” occurred in hospitals, which left open the possibility more people also might have died at home.

The report would more than double China’s official COVID-19 death toll to 10,775 since the disease was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019.

China stopped reporting data on COVID-19 deaths and infections after abruptly lifting anti-virus controls in early December despite a surge in infections that began in October and has filled hospitals with feverish, wheezing patients.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-china ... osition_04

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This might explain the reports about children getting strep throats.

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Antiviral Compound Could be Broadly Efficient in the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2
January 20, 2023

Introduction:

(Medical Xpress) A new study led by Gonçalo Bernardes, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) and Professor at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), published recently in the journal ACS Central Science, reports the discovery of a compound efficient in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 that could be broadly applied to treat different variants of the virus.

The researchers discovered that the compound piperlongumine (PL), extracted from the long pepper, the natural ingredient used most extensively in Indian medical systems, has a potent antiviral effect in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 in mice.

"We found that PL delays disease progression and reduces lung inflammation in a mouse model mimicking SARS-CoV-2 infection," says Gonçalo Bernardes, leader of the study.

"The action of this compound in the organism, which was previously studied in the treatment of cancer, is the induction of a stress response in the host cells. In our work, we saw that this stress response is selective for infected cells. This is quite advantageous because PL acts on the cells infected by the virus and not on the virus itself, making it a potential antiviral treatment that can be efficient in upcoming variants of SARS-CoV-2 or even different viruses, to fight future outbreaks," continues Bernardes.

The researchers tested PL treatment in mice infected with alpha, delta and omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the treatment is efficient in decreasing the amount of virus in the three different variants.

Read more here: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01 ... ment.html

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For someone who is leading very transformative companies (Tesla, Boring, SpaceX, Neuralink, etc.), Elon is pretty dumb.

He's not even trying to actively correct the incredible amount of misinformation that is propagating in the same thread. You can sense he's actually trying to lead them on without seemingly going against the Covid vaccine. He's hedging for Twitter's bottom line.

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Covid Outbreak Has Infected 80% Of China's Population, Says Country's Chief Epidemiologist
Source: Benzinga

China's National Health Commission (NHC) has reported that nearly 60,000 people have died of Covid since the country abandoned its zero-Covid policy in early December.

A prominent government scientist now says that the possibility of a Covid-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote, as 80% of people have been infected.

Chinese officials worry that the increase in travel related to the Lunar New Year celebration may bring a surge in Covid cases. Still, the chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wu Zunyou, said that a second Covid wave is unlikely in the near term, reports Reuters.

A National Health Commission official said that China has passed the peak of Covid patients in fever clinics, emergency rooms, and with critical conditions.

Read more: https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/01/305 ... emiologist

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3 years ago today lol…

"No evidence of X", according to the leading experts and politicians.

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Mainland China reports 12,660 COVID-19 deaths in week as Lunar New Year begins

Source: United Press International

Mainland China rang in the Lunar New Year with large family gatherings and big public celebrations without the strict "zero-Covid" policy, despite a surge in cases and deaths, including 12,660 in the past week

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Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News ... 674398798/

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The Covid Pandemic Drives Pfizer's 2022 Revenue to a Record $100 Billion
Source: CNBC

Pfizer sold $37.8 billion of its Covid vaccine last year, a small increase of 3% compared with 2021 as demand for the shots slowed. Sales of Paxlovid, however, surged to $18.9 billion in 2022, which was the first full year the antiviral pill was available. Pfizer expects its revenue to decline in 2023 by as much as 33% to a range of $67 billion to $71 billion as the world emerges from the pandemic and demand for its blockbuster Covid drugs slows.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic propelled pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s earnings to a record $100 billion last year, almost $57 billion of which was driven by its vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid, the company reported Tuesday.

The vaccine accounted for $37.8 billion, up just 3% from 2021, of Pfizer’s total sales as demand for the shots slowed. But sales of its blockbuster antiviral treatment made up for that softening, surging to $18.9 billion in 2022, the first full year that Paxlovid was on the market.

Pfizer’s combined sales from its Covid vaccine and antiviral treatment generated more revenue last year than it had in total sales in 2019, before the pandemic became a global crisis that killed more than 6.8 million people and upended world markets. Those results won’t be repeated this year...

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/the-cov ... llion.html

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CA no longer pursuing COVID vaccine mandate for K-12 schools, public health department says
Source: ABC7 Eyewitness News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California won't make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools.

The California Department of Public Health said Friday it is not exploring emergency rules to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required school vaccinations.

That's a reversal from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2021 announcement that the state would add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of mandated vaccinations for kids to attend school. Last year, state officials delayed that requirement until at least the summer of 2023.

Now public health officials say they are no longer moving ahead with the effort as the state prepares to end its coronavirus emergency on Feb. 28.

Read more: https://abc7.com/california-covid-vacci ... /12768012/

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Young people are more likely to die of heart attacks post-COVID, study finds. But why?

A recent study found that heart attacks in people ages 25 to 44 increased by 30% compared to the expected number over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Feb. 9, 2023, 7:47 PM GMT / Source: TODAY

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“Young people are obviously not really supposed to die of heart attack. They’re not really supposed to have heart attacks at all,” Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars Sinai and co-author of the study, told TODAY in a segment aired Feb. 9.

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The reason for the relative rise in young people in particular is unclear, but one theory, Cheng said, is that the virus's impact on the cardiovascular system in some people may be due to an excessive immune system response and that young people are more likely to have stronger immune systems.

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If you've been infected with COVID-19, especially multiple times, Cheng also encouraged staying on top of your risk factors for heart disease, such as your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, heart attack deaths were trending downward in the United States, but the pandemic appears to have reversed the progress, according to the Cedars Sinai research.

"I'd love to say we're ... coming out on the other side and we can think of COVID more so like the common cold. Unfortunately, that is not the case. ... That is eminently clear from all of the data," Cheng said. "This is not even just like the flu. ... This virus is still very different from any other virus we have seen in our lifetime."

https://www.today.com/health/covid-hear ... -rcna69903

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Comprehensive Study Provides Evidence on Natural Immunity Protection by COVID-19 Variant and How Protection Fades Over Time
February 16, 2023

Introduction:

(EurekAlert)
• Largest review and meta-analysis assessing the extent of protection following COVID-19 infection by variant and how durable that protection is against different variants, including 65 studies from 19 countries.

• For people who have been infected with COVID-19 at least once before, natural immunity against severe disease (hospitalisation and death) was strong and long-lasting for all variants (88% or greater at 10 months post infection).

• Past infection with pre-Omicron variants provided substantially reduced natural immunity protection against reinfection with Omicron BA.1 (36% at 10 months after infection).

• The researchers say we should recognise the natural immunity in people who have recently been infected with COVID-19, but warn that their findings should not discourage vaccination because it is the safest way to acquire immunity.

Read more of the EurekAlert article here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/979806

For a technical presentation of the results of the study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lan ... /fulltect

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Higher ivermectin dose, longer duration still futile for COVID, trial finds

Mary Van Beusekom, MS
February 21, 2023

A randomized, controlled trial (RCT) shows that even at a higher dose and longer treatment duration, the antimalarial drug ivermectin didn't shorten the time to a sustained recovery from COVID-19.

In the double-blind trial, published yesterday in JAMA, a team led by Duke University researchers evaluated time to sustained recovery among 1,206 COVID-19 patients at 93 US sites from Feb 16 to Jul 22, 2022, with follow-up until Nov 10, 2022. Sustained recovery was considered at least 3 days without symptoms.

Patients were at least 30 years old and had two or more symptoms for no more than 7 days, 59.1% were women, and 83.5% reported receiving two or more COVID-19 vaccine doses.

The trial was part of the ongoing Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines 6 (ACTIV-6), which was designed to assess the effectiveness of repurposed drugs such as ivermectin in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hig ... rial-finds