# COVID-19 ## Covid causes brain damage for most people https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v1 *We used structural and functional brain scans from before and after infection, to compare longitudinal brain changes between these 394 COVID-19 patients and 388 controls who were matched for age, sex, ethnicity and interval between scans. We identified significant effects of COVID-19 in the brain with a loss of grey matter in the left parahippocampal gyrus, the left lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the left insula. When looking over the entire cortical surface, these results extended to the anterior cingulate cortex, supramarginal gyrus and temporal pole. We further compared COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalised (n=15) with those who had not (n=379), and while results were not significant, we found comparatively similar findings to the COVID-19 vs control group comparison, with, in addition, a greater loss of grey matter in the cingulate cortex, central nucleus of the amygdala and hippocampal cornu ammonis (all |Z|>3). Our findings thus consistently relate to loss of grey matter in limbic cortical areas directly linked to the primary olfactory and gustatory system.* ### Pfizer vaccine data "Pfizer vaccine data. Of particular interest is page 30. You’re welcome." - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/TheDigitalBers1/status/1498696655004049409?t=kuXRYUxNwm6twP43UKyfkw&s=19) ![[5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf]] # Delta Variant** ## "Delta Variant: Everything You Need to Know" https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/delta-variant-everything-you-need Tomas Pueyo Jul 13 2021 - [Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/1414935993560571911) ## Vaccine Effectiveness Analysis Effectiveness of Vaccines vs Delta variant based on UK data https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q-rMkSabF5Pu33rpq-xgHdyxZWXWsfqRrCpCwEBjCuo/edit#gid=0 ### Conclusion: According to this data: - Full vaccination vastly decreases the probability that a person will end up being counted as a Delta variant COVID case relative to people who are not fully vaccinated by 11.59x. - This difference is attributable to: - (1) a reduction in the rate of cases being reported due to minor or non-existent symptoms - (2) a reduction in the rate of transmission, OR - (3) a combination of the two (most likely) - Fully vaccinated people are still 74% as likely as non fully vaccinated people to die of the COVID-19, Delta variant. The vaccine does not appear to reduce the rate of death caused by the Delta variant. ### BBC Article https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57610998 #### 92,029 Delta cases between Feb 1 and Jun 22 The [latest Public Health England (PHE) figures](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/997418/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_17.pdf) show there were 92,029 confirmed Delta cases between 1 February and 22 June, most of which were identified in June. #### 58% of Delta infections were in completely unvaccinated people, 8% fully vaccinated Of these, 58% were in completely unvaccinated people and only 8% were fully vaccinated. For context, by the start of June more than half of adults in the UK were fully vaccinated. If the vaccine weren't helping, they would be expected to see more than half the cases. - #### => 34% Delta infections were in partially vaccinated people - #### => 53,376 unvaccinated - #### => 31,291 partially vaccinated - #### => 7,362 fully vaccinatedrive $0.502*fully$ ### Population of UK: 66.65 million (2019) ![[Screen Shot 2021-07-13 at 7.05.22 PM.png]] ### 50.2% fully vaccinated ![[Screen Shot 2021-07-13 at 6.52.50 PM.png]] ## CDC Data on breakthrough cases As of May 1, 2021, CDC transitioned from monitoring all reported vaccine breakthrough cases to focus on identifying and investigating only hospitalized or fatal cases due to any cause. This shift will help maximize the quality of the data collected on cases of greatest clinical and public health importance. Previous data on all vaccine breakthrough cases reported to CDC from January–April 2021 are [available](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7021e3.htm). #### Hospitalized or fatal COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases reported to CDC as of July 6, 2021 ![[Screen Shot 2021-07-13 at 10.24.15 PM.png]] ## Actual death statistics from [[CDC]] - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/i/status/1437193646877593609) by [@iamjasonbailey](https://twitter.com/iamjasonbailey) on [[September 12th, 2021]]: - OK. I’m tired of the emotional reasoning, so I went to the CDC’s website and sorted through the data myself. Here are the cold, hard facts as of 9/4/21. - TOTAL CASES (US): 40,048,255 - TOTAL DEATHS (US): 643,858 - DEATHS BY AGE: - 50-64 years: 106,674 (.27% of total cases) - 65-74 years: 144,020 (.36% of total cases) - 75-84 years: 173,655 (.43% of total cases) - 85+ years: 185,188 (.46% of total cases) - •TOTAL DEATHS account for 1.6% of total cases. - •78.1% of TOTAL DEATHS are over the age of 65. - •94.7% of TOTAL DEATHS are over the age of 50. - •6% of TOTAL DEATHS are attributed to Covid only. - •94% of TOTAL DEATHS have an average of 2.9 co-morbidities (12/6/20). - You’re scared. I get it. We all were at the beginning. But the data does not justify almost two years of cowering in fear, and it certainly does not justify mandates, especially for our children (188 total deaths ages 1-14). - IT’S TIME TO LOVE LIFE AGAIN. - Pro-vax, anti-vax, pro-mask, anti-mask, do your thing. I don’t care. - But you will NOT intimidate me or force me to drink your fear-infused Kool-Aid. - STOP WITH THE FEAR. - JUST STOP IT. - IT IS ABSURD AND COMPLETELY NONSENSICAL. - [Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Sex and Age | Data | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku) - [cdc.gov/nchs/data/heal…](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/health_policy/covid19-comorbidity-expanded-12092020-508.pdf) - For those asking for stats on younger populations. Straight from the CDC: - DEATHS as of 9/4/21 - 0-17 years: 412 (.001% of total cases) - 18-29 years: 3,043 (.0076% of total cases) - 30-39 years: 8,634 (.022% of total cases) - 40-49 years: 22,232 (.056% of total cases) ### Vaccine and deaths ![[20211103_044237.jpg]] So what is "pretty safe"? So you remember any other vaccine where three people you know had a heart attack?Do you know any other vaccine where anybody had a heart attack? Check in VAERS if you can find any vaccine with remotely the number of adverse reaction reports. (You can't) https://twitter.com/AStullkowski/status/1455625747247337474?t=3zDgNMScbf24M1TsybOzyw&s=19 ### Handwashing is a distraction By [[Naomi Wu]] https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1461145219806625796?t=AKr44g5micF006wmvWnfFw&s=19 Reminder: The purpose of public health warnings about handwashing is to move the burden of COVID mitigation off institutions and onto individuals so as to shield institutions from costly and unpopular investments in air filtration and mask enforcement. https://t.co/cDvw7gbt4K There have been fewer than a dozen cases of confirmed COVID fomite transmission. While handwashing is always a good idea, it does little specifically to mitigate the spread of COVID and is being used to deflect attention away from more effective measures. https://t.co/KWEyYaOlyr Masks work: https://t.co/htM6FW50Oe (fitted N95 and elastomeric work far better). Using CO2 as a proxy measurement for ventilation works: https://t.co/JaVyNSEXX7 Filtration works: https://t.co/WQSW59FsIO And of course, vaccines work: https://t.co/zq2cNS9Lnj ### Kids born during the pandemic have an average IQ 22 points lower than the mean https://twitter.com/Mangan150/status/1470827691527999494?t=g9_b3RmR3w-ZIVMrlotgGA&s=19 Children born during the pandemic have experienced a catastrophic - no other word I think - drop in cognitive development of 22 IQ points. https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.10.21261846v1 ![[20211215_001528.jpg]] ## Russian / Chinese narrative: US-funded bio weapons labs in Ukraine - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/i/status/1496935385452138499) by [@coltholomew](https://twitter.com/coltholomew) on [[February 24th, 2022]]: - 🧵Posting because this person's account was suspended... Otherwise I probably wouldn't have even heard of this or shared it: [pic.twitter.com/49bcdcoXVQ](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935385452138499/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/YDhtenpvmB](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935443602026497/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/lE8nJmmEhk](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935495074471947/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/TaHqIa6l5p](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935536279408641/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/WGWkO4V2kj](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935580525019137/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/sWnatxrXo5](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935622510059522/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/6tF0EGacXi](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935660632305664/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/oYE5cL8ZZ9](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935700175982605/photo/1) - [pic.twitter.com/aQ3uFS3neu](https://twitter.com/coltholomew/status/1496935736821571585/photo/1)