In a study titled, “Aerosol particle emission increases exponentially above moderate exercise intensity resulting in superemission during maximal exercise,” researchers examined whether exercise intensity might influence the likelihood of a superspreader event. From the paper: “We therefore recommend for exercise up to an intensity of ∼2 W/kg to consider keeping a distance of >1.5 m […]
Covid reinfections are not benign: ~39,000 people w/reinfections vs ~5.4 million controls indicates extensive and persistent risk with a “dose-response” (more risk with repeat reinfections) https://t.co/v8nZXBEuNd by @zalaly @BCBowe @Biostayan @WUSTLmed @VAResearch pic.twitter.com/U4pPQZLEaB — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 21, 2022 Key findings include: “Compared to the non-infected control group, those who only had one infection […]
Between April 2020 and June 2021, researchers observed more Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) admissions for Covid than for the flu. The researchers concluded that without Covid mitigations in place, they would expect to see “a volume of critical illness and death in unimmunized children that is markedly higher than what is typically seen with influenza.” […]
Professor Jeremy Nicholson, the director of the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University, has some very interesting thoughts on the potential long-term effects of Omicron: His team’s research has shown that even people who experienced only mild symptoms with earlier variants of Covid-19 were at risk of developing Long Covid and he thinks it […]
A new study out of the UK indicates that 75% of Covid patients are still suffering symptoms, one year after contracting the virus. In total, 2320 participants discharged from hospital between March 7, 2020, and April 18, 2021, were assessed five months after discharge. Of those, 807 participants were still being tracked at 12 months. […]