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Prof Brendan Crabb AC
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Important thread to take your time with and to bookmark -
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puts together an awful lot here. Thorough summary of the science around #LongCovid and the brain.
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1/🧵 The Haunting Brain Science of Long COVID 🧠 @washingtonpost Aug 25 📍Brain shrinking 📍Corona ghosts 📍Autoimmunity 📍Clinical clusters “The good news is that in some pts #LongCovid #BrainFog may not be permanent.” Link👇 but paywall so see 🧵 wapo.st/3wvPBlF
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Gaoqian Feng
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Our FcR induction-decay study is online. Many thanks to all my collaborators for this fantastic piece of work.
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New @BurnetInstitute research in @BMCMedicine provides new insights into how young children’s immune systems respond to the global frontline RTS,S #malaria vaccine, including the impact past malaria exposure has on that response. 👉🏽 burnet.edu.au/news/1666_ @BurnetMalaria
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Thinking of postgrad study in 2023? Join a Student Info Session to learn more about Burnet's research projects across Life Sciences (6 Sep), and Public Health + International Development (8 Sep). Register today → bit.ly/studentinfoses #StudyAtBurnet #Honours #PhD #ScienceWeek
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COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths continue to tick upwards as
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Director Prof Brendan Crabb warns Australia is losing its battle with the virus. "What the numbers say is that we're simply not winning,"
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Repeat waves prompt 'long COVID' fears
COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise as a leading infectious diseases expert warns Australia is losing its battle with the virus.Burnet Institute director Brendan Crabb says current...
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"With COVID we've lost our way in talking about herd immunity by infection as though a mild version of the virus can help us build immunity,"
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"Infection as a strategy to avoid infection and the effects of infection fails the pub test."
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"Don't think just because you've had one there's no problem in getting a second infection. There's every reason to try to stop getting a second or a third infection and reduce the chances of long COVID. I worry about (long COVID) more than I worry about the acute effects."
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"Each time you get infected, long COVID accumulates, and this is extremely worrying. It means that there is no wall of immunity built by infection against the impacts of infection. So this is all the more reason why we have to be very anti-infection in our strategy.
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" ... it's nuts to get infected to protect yourself against infection. We haven't grasped the fact that having lots of virus in our community is bad. The virus has continued to literally mutate to get around the immunity that we have. We have to change to reduce transmission.
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" ... as though infection is in some way our friend and a 'mild' version of the virus can help us build immunity. Infection as a strategy to avoid infection and the effects of infection fails the pub test. It doesn't just fail any sort of scientific test ...
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IMSA increased community support for adolescents’ health and strengthened the capacity of schools and health providers to deliver high quality education and services. Evidence from 5 years shows how an integrated model can be replicated elsewhere. 3/4
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