Ischemic stroke can follow COVID-19 vaccination but is much more common with COVID-19 infection itself

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Authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-5996 Hugh S Markus Correspondence to Professor Hugh S Markus, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK; hsm32@medschl.cam.ac.uk Thrombotic complications occurring as part of COVID-19 related vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia (VITT) can include ischaemic stroke as well as cerebral venous thrombosis The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on stroke. While there […]

Post-COVID-19 Tachycardia Syndrome: A Distinct Phenotype of Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

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Authors: Marcus Ståhlberg, MD, PhD,a,⁎ Ulrika Reistam, MD,a Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD,b,c Humberto Villacorta, MD,d Yu Horiuchi, MD,e Jeroen Bax, MD,f Bertram Pitt, MD,g Simon Matskeplishvili, MD,h Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, PhD,i,j Immo Weichert, MD,k Khalid Bin Thani, MD,l and Alan Maisel, MDm Am J Med. 2021 Dec; 134(12): 1451–1456.Published online 2021 Aug. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.07.004 Abstract In this paper we highlight the presence of tachycardia in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome by […]

More bad news on Covid vaccines and myocarditis in men under 40 – even as more colleges require booster shots for students

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Authors: Alex Berenson Reads Jan 5831 A huge new study has found the risk of serious heart problems called myocarditis in men under 40 soars with each dose of a Covid mRNA vaccine – and is sharply higher than the risk from a coronavirus infection itself. The findings call into sharp question the efforts by […]

Adverse Ocular Events following COVID-19 Vaccination

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Authors: Taher K. Eleiwa,1Eric D. Gaier,2,3,4,5Abid Haseeb,6Reem H. ElSheikh,7Ahmed B. Sallam,8 and Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny8 Inflamm Res. 2021 Sep 24 : 1–5.doi: 10.1007/s00011-021-01506-6 [Epub ahead of print] We read with interest the article “Acute reduction of visual acuity and visual field after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 2nd dose” by Santovito and Pinna [1]. The timeline of events beginning after the vaccination […]

Review of COVID-19, part 1: Abdominal manifestations in adults and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

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Authors: Devaraju Kanmaniraja,a,⁎ Jessica Kurian,a Justin Holder,a Molly Somberg Gunther,a Victoria Chernyak,b Kevin Hsu,a Jimmy Lee,a Andrew Mcclelland,a Shira E. Slasky,a Jenna Le,a and Zina J. Riccia Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has affected almost every country in the world, resulting in severe morbidity, mortality and economic hardship, and altering the landscape of […]

Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists

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Authors: Marianne Guenot December 1, 2021 Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists Omicron was named a “variant of concern” in part because of its peculiar set of mutations. It is not yet clear whether this variant spreads faster or causes more severe infections. It’s not yet […]

Focused Protection

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Focused Protection: The Middle Ground between Lockdowns and “Let it Rip.” Jay Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta, Martin KulldorffNovember 25, 2020 Both COVID-19 itself and the lockdown policy reactions have had enormous adverse consequences for patients in the US and around the world. While the harm from COVID-19 infections are well represented in news stories every day, […]

T-Cells “Minimize” Damage Caused By Omicron, Studies Show

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Authors: Joseph Adinolfi Jr.  Two new studies – one from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and one from the University of Cape Town in South Africa – have just reminded humanity that our antibodies aren’t the last line of defense against COVID, and its newest variant, omicron. Both have confirmed that T-cells, what Bloomberg describes as the […]