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@admin Deutschland fliegt blind in eine demographische Katastrophe und ruiniert seine Kinder durch #Normalitätssimulation . Kann nur schlechter werden. Stattdessen hängen Leute wie eine kaputte Schallplatte bei den "#Lockdowns" und versuchen "Entwicklungsrückstände" daran anzuhängen.Anstatt zu sehen, wie einsam gerade #Schattenfamilien und #Immunkomprimierte sind, sieht man nur seine eigene "Einsamkeit". #LanzAbsetzen #AlleHabenVerloren

"...the tenor of reporting and public opinion seems to be that “lockdowns were terrible and so we must not have lockdowns again”. This is the wrong lesson. Lockdowns are terrible but so are unchecked deadly pandemics. The question should be “lockdowns were terrible, so how can we prevent the spread of a new pandemic so we never need one again?”
Prof Christina Pagel spot on as usual

#Covid19 #Lockdowns #Pandemic

We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdown
christinapagel.substack.com/p/

Diving into Data & Decision making · We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdownBy Christina Pagel

𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀: ‘𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮-𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁’ 𝗸𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗴𝘁 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲

Vijf jaar na het uitbreken van de coronacrisis in Nederland toont een ruime meerderheid begrip voor het handelen van de overheid in die tijd, blijkt uit onderzoek van het RTL Nieuwspanel. Het kabinet-Rutte dat vanaf maart 2020 lockdowns, avondklok en thuisonderwijs afkondigde om verspreiding van...

rtl.nl/nieuws/rtl-nieuwspanel/

RTL Nieuws · Begrip voor lockdowns: ‘corona-kabinet’ krijgt een voldoendeVijf jaar na het uitbreken van de coronacrisis in Nederland toont een ruime meerderheid begrip voor het handelen van de overheid in die tijd, blijkt uit onderzoek van het RTL Nieuwspanel. Het kabinet-Rutte dat vanaf maart 2020 lockdowns, avondklok en thuisonderwijs afkondigde om verspreiding van het virus tegen te gaan, krijgt een voldoende voor de keuzes die het maakte.

Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser – „The Whale“ (2022)

Jetzt mal ehrlich: Dieser Film war ein Monster. Auch wenn es „nur“ drei Oscars dafür gab, hat dieses kleine Kammerspiel für mich 22/23 die Saison als größte Überraschung dominiert. Es war schlicht unglaublich, was Arronofsky und Fraser aus einem Theaterstück extrahiert und auf die Leinwand gebracht haben. (ARD)

NexxtPress · Mediathekperlen | Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser - „The Whale“ (2022)
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Blah blah blah - #LOCKDOWNS ATE MY HOMEWORK

“a substantial proportion of pediatric #COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms exhibit abnormal neuroimaging findings - 43.74% of #children in the included studies demonstrating such abnormalities”

#Samara #SamaraSARS #SamaraHealth #SamaraVirus

nature.com/articles/s41598-024

NatureNeuroimaging findings in children with COVID-19 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Scientific ReportsThe COVID-19 pandemic has impacted individuals differently, and there's been a growing body of evidence pointing to neurological complications caused by the virus. However, our understanding of the range of neurological issues linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is limited. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the abnormal neuroimaging findings in pediatric COVID-19 patients, shedding light on this crucial aspect of the disease's impact on children. We conducted an extensive search in the PubMed, Medline, and ScienceDirect databases for observational studies reporting neuroimaging findings of the brain and spinal cord in children with COVID-19 between December 1, 2019, and October 30, 2021. Grey literature sources, including medRxiv and Google Scholar, were also explored. Pooled proportions of abnormal neuroimaging findings, categorized into neurovascular findings, ADEM-like lesions, encephalitic pattern, myelitis, transient splenial lesions, and other anomalies, were calculated using a random-effects model. Between-study heterogeneity was assessed using the χ2 statistic for pooled proportions and the inconsistency index I2. The Quality of the studies was evaluated using the NIH Quality Assessment Tool and the adapted Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. Our search yielded 9,605 articles, with 96 studies (involving 327 pediatric patients) included in the qualitative analysis. Of these, five reports (encompassing 111 patients) underwent quantitative analysis. The pooled proportion of pediatric COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms and exhibiting abnormal neuroimaging findings was 43.74%. These findings were further categorized into neurovascular findings (8.22%), ADEM-like lesions (7.69%), encephalitic pattern (13.95%), myelitis (4.60%), transient splenial lesions (16.26%), and other abnormalities (12.03%). Insignificant between-study heterogeneity was observed in all categories, and our analysis did not reveal significant publication bias. In conclusion, a substantial proportion of pediatric COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms have abnormal neuroimaging findings, underscoring the need for vigilant monitoring of neurological complications in this vulnerable population. Standardized reporting and long-term follow-up studies are essential to fully understand the implications of these findings. Collaborative research efforts will deepen our understanding of COVID-19's neurological dimensions in children and enhance clinical care for this population.

I remember how during the early part of the COVID pandemic, cops kept harassing people for exercising outside. I remember when all park benches were removed because sitting down outside was no longer allowed. I remember having to sit on the cold ground when I got tired while out walking because there was nowhere to sit. I remember human shit on the sidewalks because public bathrooms were all shut down. I remember when people hugged through big sheets of plastic. I remember long lines outside of grocery stores. I remember not being allowed to purchase exercise equipment because it wasn't considered an essential. #Pandemic #covid #lockdowns

I have questions about this study. For example, did they compare the brains of teens who haven't had Covid with those who have? Were there differences?

Teen brains 'aged' during Covid lockdowns, new research suggests
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NBC News · Teen brains 'aged' during Covid lockdowns, new research suggestsBy Patrick Martin

#Covid #lockdowns and #vaccines saved almost a million lives in the US over the last four years. There’s the really important part. If you stop reading now, remember that. Everything else is commentary.

The number will grow over time, because covid is still killing people. Last time I checked, it accounted for 0.4% of US deaths, 30-40 per day. Thirty or forty people who desperately wanted another year, another month, another day, another hour. Thirty or forty grieving families. Thirty or forty lifetimes of memory gone. Thirty or forty worlds entire.

Better than hundreds, or thousands, and if you don’t remember those days then it’s because you’ve made yourself forget. I can’t say I blame you.

Cost, you say? Cost? I’m sure economists can break it down to the penny. Places I loved died, as surely as people. Ruined careers, shattered dreams, lives not ended but made less. Yes. I acknowledge this.

I say the real cost cannot be measured in money. The nineteenth crow broke us. We have collective post-covid syndrome, and it’s not going away any time soon. Our sanity, not just as individuals but as a people, was maybe never that great to start with. Now it’s staggering down the alley talking to itself, grabbing onto walls for support, and baby, there’s no detox for that.

Some of those eight hundred thousand actively take the side of a virus against their fellow human beings. They survived not because of science or medicine or even plain luck, but because of some special virtue. They were chosen by divine favor. They came through okay, so it was never that bad. They know it was a commie plot. Whatever. You’ve heard it all before.

Not a majority, I still believe that. A hundred thousand? Two? Three?

Enough, along with tens of millions of others.

There it is, the worst cost of all. We tolerate their continued existence, these traitors to humanity, because the alternative is horror. Because we still hope, desperately, that we might be able to bring some of them around. Because they’re our families and friends. Because we’re better than them.

We pay for them, every day, and we will keep paying for the rest of our lives.

Next time, and there will be a next time, they’ll be ready. Will you? Eight hundred thousand saved—and over a million gone. They’ll do their best to add to the latter number. For anyone you love, whatever side they’re on, stand up. Do what’s right, and never stop pushing others to do the same.

Maybe it’s time for me to stop banging this drum. I don’t believe that, though. The next virus, or bacterium, or parasite … it will be ready too.

colorado.edu/today/2024/05/09/

CU Boulder Today · Social distancing plus vaccines prevented 800,000 COVID deaths, but at great costThings like lockdowns, school closures and masking worked surprisingly well to contain infections long enough for a vaccine to be developed, new research shows. But with better planning, the authors say, the U.S. could manage future pandemics with less economic pain.

"#Facemask directives have been more effective at controlling the spread of #COVID19 than #lockdowns or #physicaldistancing" mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/654

MDPIThe Risk of Aircraft-Acquired SARS-CoV-2 Transmission during Commercial Flights: A Systematic ReviewThe aircraft-acquired transmission of SARS-CoV-2 poses a public health risk. Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and analysis of articles, published prior to vaccines being available, from 24 January 2020 to 20 April 2021 to identify factors important for transmission. Articles were included if they mentioned index cases and identifiable flight duration, and excluded if they discussed non-commercial aircraft, airflow or transmission models, cases without flight data, or that were unable to determine in-flight transmission. From the 15 articles selected for in-depth review, 50 total flights were analyzed by flight duration both as a categorical variable—short (<3 h), medium (3–6 h), or long flights (>6 h)—and as a continuous variable with case counts modeled by negative binomial regression. Compared to short flights without masking, medium and long flights without masking were associated with 4.66-fold increase (95% CI: [1.01, 21.52]; p < 0.0001) and 25.93-fold increase in incidence rates (95% CI: [4.1, 164]; p < 0.0001), respectively; long flights with enforced masking had no transmission reported. A 1 h increase in flight duration was associated with 1.53-fold (95% CI: [1.19, 1.66]; p < 0.001) increase in the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of cases. Masking should be considered for long flights.

@Wen do find it staggering most of these sort of things talking about the problem caused by the rise in long term sickness never mention impact of #lockdowns #Covid #LongCovid #CaringResponsibilies Where we are in rural #NorthYorkshire there is bugger all in the way #MentalHealth services or support for #carers already. We work with many people with severe mental health issues who have lost their support from social workers or psychiatric nurses and do a lot of advocacy trying to get appropriate help. This is just desperate 'skiver bashing' to try and win a few votes.