When I talk to people about the ongoing impact of COVID, I find it helpful to lead with a concrete, undeniable indicator, which is that there are about 3,000,000 more disabled workers in the US than at pandemic onset.

Novak again sick ...maybe he should understand Long covid ...this article ...audio is excellent.. recommend everyone to listen to this audio and Novak wake up you have long covid 😷😷😷😷😷😷😷

Alzheimer's Protein Detected in Long COVID Patients respiratory-therapy.com/diso…

COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠 There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain. This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but which many people seem to be blissfully unaware of. So let’s dig into what we know… 🧵

Earlier in the week, I described this COVID infection as having intense neurologic symptoms. Every round of this virus opens its own unique Pandora's box of horrors, some last only through the acute phase, but others remain permanently. Whenever an infection starts, I fear what it will bring. I had to have a hard conversation about what COVID and bartonella can do to the mind with my therapist today. I've experienced issues with bartonella and PANS (from VZV, but also other infections) in the past. COVID has triggered emotional volatility before, but nothing like the surreality of this infection. At onset, insomnia, vivid dreams, word finding issues, worsened POTS, and even confusion about reality began. I insisted during a conversation that rhyming names were the same word, and though funny, my inability to tell the difference was foreshadowing. As the infection progressed, I developed intense headaches and altered taste. I felt like i was floating and dissociated, as though my experience was not quite real. My emotions, especially anger, have been exagerated. I seem to be able to write well and speak passably, but then logic fails me to more emotional decision making. I scramble the order of recent events. I have difficulty sensing how long ago something occurred and also have been moving slowly, losing time. My personality and mood quickly shifts, I think paranoid things like my parents intentionally tried to infect me, and I've acted impulsively. I've thought, said, and done things that were totally out of character this week. My therapist and I talked about the most extreme effects COVID can have on the mind, such as COVID psychosis which she had seen. We both agreed that I need to stay on Paxlovid, that this is the virus or other infection, and not the drug. Rifampin's effects on liver enzymes prevented Paxlovid from being at therapeutic levels. We still don't know if Pax concentration is where it needs to be yet. It could take 2 weeks for rifampin's effects to wear off. Meanwhile bartonella is rebounding without the rifampin. Sweats have begun and petechiae have appeared on my legs. In the past, bartonella has triggered invasive thoughts, "spiritual" experiences, and general proclivity to say too much of things i would never mean or say at a normal time. There's probably a specific term for that, but I end up apologizing or losing friends over stuff I've said during a bartonella brain episode. It's somewhat comparable to being impaired on anesthesia or loopy on antihistamines. Immuneglobulin yesterday brought some relief. I don't know how long it will last because the fatigue and headache are returning. My therapist was glad I was seemingly turning a corner after the IG. I have 4 more doses of Pax in this box, and will do at least one more box. The first box almost didn't count due to the wash out effect from rifampin, effectively making my treatment delayed over a week past onset. This infection has been a nightmare, literally in my mind and physically. The exposure was so unnecessary, and I still need to have tough conversations with my parents once my brain works and emotions stabilize. Right now they are avoiding me because they are ironically afraid of catching the COVID they likely gave to me. I am doing everything I can to treat the virus right now, but the rifampin had me at a disadvantage from the start. I hope this wasn't too rambling or scrambled- it was the best I could manage under the circumstances.

This video has been shared >16,000 times and watched a quarter-million times on lG. The comments are a mix of 1) genuine concern, 2) far-right conspiracy theories, & 3) liberal geospatial prejudice. lG link in comment

California is on fire with COVlD. 🔥

I mentioned how the CDC is juking their COVlD map & level categories to make everything seem lower. This 3-min video explains it. It's at a half-million views across social media, high for a stats PPT. Please get the word out to news outlets. 🧵10/11 xitter.cf/michael_hoerger/status…

Early Edition: PMC COVlD Update, Week of Aug 17, 2026 (US) 🔥15 states/territories with COVlD outbreaks 🔥Worst in CA, AK, HI, TX, GU 🔥Reporting irregularities in TX 🔥2.2 million estimated infections/week 🔥1 in 144 people estimated infectious Details: See Alt text. 🧵(1/4)