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Brian EdwardsTiekert
@bedwardstiek
Something I think about is what if "embracing endemicity" doesn't *just* threaten the immune-compromised and otherwise vulnerable, but also incrementally chips away at the health of people who get repeated mild infections.
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Andy Slavitt 💙💛
@ASlavitt
In the US, cases are still down. But 2 things are worth watching. -Only 10% of cases are BA2 and since BA2 spreads approx 30% faster than omicron, expect it to follow Europe -About 1/3 of our early warning wastewater sites are showing increases 3/
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Brian EdwardsTiekert
@bedwardstiek
We think of vaxxed+unmasked exposures as a calculated risk with a small chance of a bad outcome. What if it's more like picking up smoking, wherein small damages that are fairly certain accumulate into bigger problems w/ multiple breakthroughs over time?
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SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
Nature - After infection with SARS-CoV-2, individuals show a greater reduction in grey matter thickness and tissue contrast in the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus; greater changes in...
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Jeffrey Phillips
@11thJeff
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@bedwardstiek
"Tell me you don't understand the science of epidemiology without telling me you don't understand it". And I'm not fan of dropping masks either; there's good reason to continue limiting the spread, but let's put down the energy crystals for a minute, read the science you quoted.
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Jeffrey Phillips
@11thJeff
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@bedwardstiek
The article you cite concerns mild infections that are still testably positive. Those can still lead to deleterious effects to the nervous system. It doesn't say much of anything about casual exposure that doesn't lead to an infection.
Jeffrey Phillips
@11thJeff
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@bedwardstiek
It's a small point, but it reads above to me like you're equating exposure to infection. I'm not willing to make that leap that exposure itself accumulates damage, so much as actually getting enough viral load to get sick (albeit mildly).
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