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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2024 19:57:34 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2024 10:41:15 GMT
Germany’s Coronavirus Commission of Enquiry aims to criminalise protective measures Tamino Dreisam www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/12/wzgj-a12.htmlAfter the federal and state governments lifted all coronavirus protection measures and allowed the virus to run free, proclaiming the myth of the “end of the pandemic,” they are now moving to criminalise the protective measures taken in the past. This is what is behind the debate about setting up a Commission of Enquiry.
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2024 17:47:07 GMT
Cardiology The risks of POTS after COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection: more studies are needed Svetlana Blitshteyn & Artur Fedorowski Nature Cardiovascular Research volume 1, pages1119–1120 (2022) www.nature.com/articles/s44161-022-00180-zPostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) can follow COVID-19 as part of the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but it can also develop after COVID-19 vaccination, although at a lower frequency. Vaccines represent one of the most groundbreaking scientific advances that substantially reduced the mortality and morbidity associated with various infectious pathogens. Since the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in the USA in December 2020, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 has remained the most effective and influential global public health strategy to mitigate the pandemic. However, reports of post-vaccination adverse events involving various cardiovascular and neurological manifestations, including POTS, have been mounting in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System1. POTS, a common disorder of the autonomic nervous system, is characterized by an increase in heart rate of at least 30 beats per minute within 10 minutes of standing and symptoms of orthostatic intolerance, such as pre-syncope, palpitations, light-headedness, generalized weakness, headache and nausea, with symptom duration exceeding three months2. In the USA, the pre-pandemic prevalence of POTS has been estimated to be in the range of 500,000–3,000,000 people, affecting predominantly women of reproductive age and roughly 1 in 100 teenagers3. However, current prevalence is likely significantly higher owing to post-COVID-19 POTS, which can develop as part of the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)4,5. New-onset POTS can also follow vaccination (Fig. 1) and was reported in the literature after immunization with Gardasil, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, in 2010 and, more recently, after the administration of COVID-19 vaccines6,7,8. However, a causative relationship between HPV vaccines and increased incidence of POTS has not been thoroughly investigated. This is despite several case series reported from different countries and two studies that demonstrated an increased signal for POTS and its associated symptom clusters following HPV vaccination, based on data from the World Health Organization’s pharmacovigilance database and a meta-analysis of clinical study reports from 24 clinical trials9,10,11.
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2024 18:30:48 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2024 18:57:59 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2024 22:52:19 GMT
DESPAIR AND DISPARITY: THE UNEVEN BURDENS OF COVID-19 Addressing how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice. truthout.org/series/despair-and-disparity-the-uneven-burdens-of-covid-19/Series Introduction Since COVID-19 hit the United States, it’s been at the top of every news outlet’s headlines. However, the disparate impact and deep injustices that the crisis has wrought often go unmentioned. So do the underlying oppressive systems that allowed the pandemic to reach the magnitude that it has. Truthout is taking on these injustices with a broad-ranging series, “Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19,” which addresses how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice. Through investigative reporting and dynamic analysis, we’ll paint a real picture of this pandemic’s implications — and sketch a bold new image of what a post-pandemic world could look like. In this series, journalists, activists, organizers and thinkers, many of whom have been brutally impacted by the crisis themselves, will share stories and insights that point the way toward a transformed future.
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2024 18:28:06 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 20, 2024 14:35:22 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2024 10:54:48 GMT
UK virtually ends free vaccines as COVID-19 continues to spread Ioan Petrescu 17 hours ago www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/21/awnl-a21.htmlMore than four years since the UK reported its initial case of COVID-19, the virus continues to spread. Despite decreases in infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates following the recent winter surge, there are few barriers preventing a rebound of the pandemic. The Conservative government, as with governments internationally, and with the enthusiastic backing of the Labour opposition, has eliminated all public health measures related to COVID, prioritizing economic gains for corporations over public health in a profits before life approach. Consequently, the SARS-COV-2 virus still infects tens of thousands weekly, leading to hundreds of deaths and leaving thousands suffering from the often severe long-term effects of Long COVID. A new milestone in the policy of letting the virus run rampant was reached last week as NHS England launched its spring COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Compared to previous years, significantly fewer people will have access to a free jab, despite Mary Ramsay, who directs immunisations at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), admitting that COVID is still spreading widely in the population and can cause severe infection and death.
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