Important: Covid endothelial damage and why protective measures are still essential

[jmbar2]

Very sobering 12 minute presentation by a cardiologist on how Covid affects the microvasculature in all parts of the body. Worth the time to listen.

She is very worried about the long-term prospects of the more than 6 million people who've had Covid already. Mask up! You don't want any reinfections.

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

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Ty for sharing!

[walkingman]

2. Very informative - we all need to just try and stay as safe as possible.

No one should EVER take a chance on becoming ill.

Wear that mask, especially when around large crowds - RSV, Flu, Covid - all good reasons.

[Hekate]

3. Kick

[Wild blueberry]

4. Clear and urgent

Thank you for posting this.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Reinfection increases the risk of long COVID

That was the key part in my mind for those who need a reason to mask up.
For those who are suffering from Long Covid, she talks about diagnostic tests and treatments that are available but that many in the medical field are unaware of.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. Makes much clearer the threat of relaxing precautions, and the need for vaccination and boosters.

I've been hearing people speak the foolish notion that COVID is done. This even though China has recently locked down a whole city. There are reports of outbreaks in LA and other cities. The national press seem to think these are outliers, not indicators of another infection cycle. Evidently they have no awareness of remarks made previously by various experts that this would happen due to mutation of the original COVID strain, and knock-on effects of COVID survival.

As a COVID survivor (I was vaccinated) this report makes me wonder if I'll need to spend the rest of my life in social isolation to prevent a recurrence. It also worries me that I live in a state where the Governor, legislature and state officials are in denial about COVID, except where it has actually killed people. 1/3 of our population have had COVID and recovered. Based on this report I have to wonder if recovery was an appropriate term.

[jmbar2]

7. I had a mild case, but taking no chances

Was also fully vaxxed. I do feel like it reduced my lung capacity - get winded easily on walks.

I'm supposed to start substitute teaching soon - spending a lot of time researching best masks. Scares me to death, but I have to bring in more to cover expenses. Basically, risking my life to cover the rent.

Really bad choices...

[Ford_Prefect]

8. I hear you. Really bad choices indeed.

[Prairie_Seagull]

9. Should be picked up by MSM.

Woman sounds legit and caring. I have read studies that make similar claims so maybe this will get more attention.

This is not over, I have had a couple of unexplained strokes ( I am fine....I think) which seem to be contestant with what is being explored here and elsewhere. One of many key take away for me is the idea that even if you had a case of Covid without symptoms, (in which case how would you know you had it) you could still be in store for issues going forward. I am not trying to scare anyone. Just warn. WTF

Please be safe.

[bahboo]

10. will watch later...thx for posting...

I have had at least one nasty case of covid, and suspect I had a very early case as well. I was otherwise healthy and active, late 60's, but a lot has gone haywire in the last year and a half. Afib, hyperthyroidism, blood sugar a bit high, hormonal imbalance. It sucks. Feeling better, but a long ways to go...

[Orrex]

11. And yet I have been ridiculed very recently, even here, for continued caution

"wE cAn'T wEaR mAsKs FoReVeR," I'm mockingly told.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. "more than 6 million people who've had Covid already"?

More like 600 million

[LymphocyteLover]

13. defginitely it is important to avoid it-- get VACCINATED! Get the new booster!

[rurallib]

14. Got to watch again later, but it seems like the battle with covid

is just beginning. This is one tough opponent - it'll get you now and later.

[dweller]

16. Not sure how many of you

read and understand everything in a study like this one

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02051-3


But just the abstract is scary, indeed. Plus it’s current, Nov 10, 2022


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[jmbar2]

18. Thanks - important article

[woodsprite]

17. Have a friend with long covid who just had vascular surgery on her leg.

Next month they’ll do her other leg to help blood flow.

[jmbar2]

19. Scary - I hope it works for her.

[dweller]

20. Another Rae Duncan clip

https://m.

pay attention pls

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[jmbar2]

21. Thanks for posting!

Should probably be a new thread. This is very important.

[dweller]

22. Pls post if you want to

for reasons I can’t go into right now, I’m not posting new threads.

So post if you want


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[dweller]

23. This post hit DU earlier today

The Gig is Up, and It Feels Weird
The German Minister of Public Health just confirmed what scientists have been trying to tell the world about Covid.

Jessica Wildfire

Jan 21

The mainstream news is spending a lot of time on Germany’s recent decision to scrap mask mandates on long train rides. There’s another story they probably won’t cover just yet, but it’s far more important. As German health minister Karl Lauterbach recently said during an interview with the Rheinische Post, multiple infections with Covid are causing “an immune deficiency that can no longer be cured.” He refers to studies, most of which I’ve gathered here.

There’s overwhelming evidence now that Covid infects and hijacks your immune cells. Researchers are still learning the details, but the takeaway is clear. Even just a couple of bouts with Covid can hamper your immune system for a long time, maybe permanently. It leaves you vulnerable to all other kinds of viral and bacterial infections. It leaves you open to fungal infections too, and those are especially dangerous. So the experts who tried to warn everyone were right the whole time, and the message is leaking out.

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/the-gig-is-up-and-it-feels-weird?utm_medium=reader2

Wish it were from a better source, but perhaps that news is imminent


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[jmbar2]

24. I saw this from another source - cannot remember where. Will look for it.

It is very sobering. I am a mask fanatic. Thanks for posting.

[dweller]

25. New COVID Antiviral Cuts Hospitalizations in Half

An injection of a type of interferon drastically reduced the risk of severe COVID in a late-stage trial

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217630983




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[dweller]

26. 32 relatively new articles on Covid

Many on Covid and your immune system

https://raindrop.io/JW_Lists/covid-and-the-immune-system-30487300



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[jmbar2]

27. Thanks so much!

The science evolves so rapidly, it's nice to get these updates.