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#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

🚨Kids aren't immune to Long COVID.

New Australian modelling study:

➡️"Vaccination of children 6 months to 11 years can reduce the burden of LC in this age group, especially at high coverage rates. "

➡️"Recurrent infections in children may result in an ongoing or increasing burden of chronic disease and disability, so vaccination policy should consider LC prevention."

Thanks:
#Globalbiosec et al.👏
#LongCOVID #KidsHealth #ProtectChildren
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X26002501?via%3Dihub

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Phenotyping Pediatric Long COVID: Symptom Clusters from a Longitudinal Multicenter Italian Cohort
🧵 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2024445744824918099.html

underscoring that NO age group is entirely spared and tailored management should account for residual risks across ALL! EVEN BETTER:
#PROTECTCHILDREN #MITIGATION #AVOIDREINFECTIONS

#LongcovidKids
//cc @whn @ABScientist

@kunstkadootjes op X schreef:

📌 Is 👇onderzoek van
@rivm betrouwbaar en goed uitgevoerd? Hoe valt dit te rijmen met de vele wetenschappelijke onderzoeken die wel verontrustende uitkomsten geven na een Sars-cov2 infectie zoals orgaanschade?
#HarrySpoelstra @davidjoffe64
@drseanmullen

https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/kans-op-post-covid-na-corona-kleiner-geworden

//cc @alleburgers @ABScientist @whnnl

#LongCOVID #Netherlands #RIVM

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

🔥Why are vaccination and masks important for pregnant women?

"Prenatal SARS2 inf in pregnant women is linked to developmental delays in toddlers,with cytokine and chemokine changes associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes at 24m"

PROTECT CHILDREN 😡

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-025-04192-w

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Co-infections and Reactivation of some Herpesviruses (HHV) and Measles Virus (MeV) in Egyptian Cancer Patients infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

😲OOOH NO!

I hope this isn’t true for the general post-C19 public

https://jenci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43046-025-00275-1 1/3

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:
💔Breaking sad news:

A Dutch and Frenchman died, a third saved during the tour for cycling tourists while climbing hills of the famous 112y old TOUR OF FLANDERS today( ±3K participants).

Need I remind you that C19 maybe the elephant in the room here, as Dr Brugada and I have mentioned👇
#Arrhythmia
https://nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20250405_94034952

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

03/18/2025; BREAKING: Belgium media waking up!,

“Heart specialist Pedro Brugada after athlete Michael Somers suddenly has to stop: “Scar tissue on the heart is more common since covid””

"Scar tissue is a problem that can often be related to a corona infection in the past, there are several studies on this.” #Myocardialarrythmia 1/2

https://hln.be/meer-sport/https-contenteditor-dnr-persgroep-net-story-67d92b3425aace06d9c77c3a~ae20da40/

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF POST-COVID-19 ARRHYTHMIAS; Insights from a single center study.

Again, again and again:

“Continuous monitoring is essential to manage long-term cardiovascular effects in post-COVID patients.”
(Reinfections reinforce this recommendation!)

https://jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/S0735-1097%2825%2900780-6

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Cognitive Sequelae of COVID-19: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Approaches

🔥Impressive overview with a triple bottom-line:
1. SarsCoV2 clearly can damage your brains(4 pathways).
2. W’re still a long way from finding solutions.
3. Avoid SarsCoV2 was and remains your best option! 1/13

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cns.70348

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence

🔥A Canadian meta-analysis of 483 531 adults and children with new or persistent symptoms at least 3 months after their confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection( →dec 2023).

➡️More than 50% of COVID-19 survivors experienced at least one PCC symptom up to 2 years after their initial infection. 1/2

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-45-no-3-2025/global-prevalence-post-covid-19-condition-systematic-review-meta-analysis-prospective-evidence.html

@trishgreenhalgh #HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

"In summary, extensive evidence generated during the covid-19 pandemic confirms the superiority of respirators and supports the use of masks and respirators in the community during periods of high epidemic activity."
➡️ Excellent article, masks work, but let's not forget #CleanAir, and we need #Preparedness!

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Long-term clinical outcome and exercise capacity in SARS-CoV-2-positive elite athletes

🔥Study on German Olympic training center athletes with mild infections(65 athletes/2020-2021). 1/6

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12662-025-01024-1

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Impact of COVID-19 infection on Kawasaki disease and immune status in children

🔥Interesting study also because of their conclusions, again demonstrating the deleterious C19 impact on the immunity system of our children. 1/4

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-91042-8

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

🔥Breaking news:
#H5N1 in #Belgium poultry farm. Site is being isolated.....as radio news just told us. If I heard correctly, first case in 3 years, but no further details yet! #TickTickTick

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Increased Risk of Hospitalization for Various Disorders After #COVID19 Infection: A Cohort Study of the UK Biobank Spanning over a hundred Disease Categories 1/7

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118225000349

#HarrySpoelstra:

There you have it as we warned you:

🔥"In addition, we found that working memory declined with age and MULTIPLE COVID-19 infections, particularly in the diagnosed long COVID group."

➡️ MULTIPLE INFECTIONS=
➡️ REINFECTIONS! 😷

2\🧵
Source
.via ht #HarrySpoelstra 🙋

https://forall.social/@alleburgers/113829363537468705

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Unlike common pneumonia, COVID-19 is a risk factor for multiple cardiovascular diseases: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study

‼️SURPRISE for the ignorant, not for us!

➡️COVID-19 can increase the risk of stable angina(SA), unstable angina(UA), heart failure(HF), and myocardial infarction(MI).

➡️Study provides strong evidence for a causal relationship between COVID-19 and CVDs,

1/2

#HarrySpoelstra

A sad anniversary of a long row of further disastrous "mistakes," destroying all #who credibility, with many, many succumbing to C19 and many developing LC, grandparents, parents and children!😡

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Altered Lipid Metabolism in Recovered SARS Patients TWELVE YEARS after Infection.

😢For those still dreaming....

➡️LONG-TERM Metabolic abnormalities including hyperlipidemia and altered glucose metabolism were reported in SARS-CoV-1 infection survivors, more than a decade after recovery‼️

➡️LONG-SARS1 also casts a sad shadow after 12y's......

Please avoid SarsCoV2, especially reinfections!

https://nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09536-z

#HarrySpoelstra

Frist, they come, one by one.... tick, tick, tick #H5N1

#HarrySpoelstra on wrote:

"Warning level for respiratory infections raised to code orange: face masks recommended again for those who are ill," and in busy places, with ventilation recommendations and....🙄hand washing! #Belgium

The SM public reactions are depressing, from a broad refusal, denialism of the situation, Cochrane mask don't work study abuse again, and more....😱

Meanwhile, hospitals and GP's are now at their limits with Influenza, Covid-19 and RSV. 1/2

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/01/09/code-oranje-luchtweginfecties-mondmaskers-aanbevolen-voor-mense/

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

Imagine already having #CleanAir and masks in healthcare settings....😷

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

SARS-CoV-2 Productively Infects Human Hepatocytes and Induces Cell Death

🔥Excellent study and a reminder that SarsCoV2 can damage your LIVER! 1/9

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.70156

#HarrySpoelstra on X wrote:

I don't like that 2020 déjà vu feeling! #H5N1 #RIP

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2462815-us-reports-first-human-death-related-to-bird-flu/

#HarrySpoelstra wrote on X:

#LongCOVID Breakthrough: Spike Proteins Persist in Brain for Years(German study/earlier post)

but now with a New Year's disappointment for anti-vaxxers:

"Pfizer #mRNA COVID-19 vaccine significantly reduces the accumulation of spike protein in the brain."

https://scitechdaily.com/long-covid-breakthrough-spike-proteins-persist-in-brain-for-years/