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On choices and consequences

Dr. Thomas Finch • 15 May 2023

❦ It’s not so much that there isn’t validity to the desire to live as though Covid is behind us.

It’s more that being an adult involves recognizing that choices have consequences.

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➲ Press Release ~ Canadian Hospitals Prepare to Test the Final Step in Engineered Infection Prevention (EIP): Real-Time Disinfection of the Air

by ACCESS Newswire (Canada) • 28 October 2026

“We have engineered our way to cleaner rooms, cleaner sinks and cleaner surfaces. The air is the last and most important piece. Real-time disinfection of the air, continuously, while patients and staff are in the room, is the step that ties the whole system together.”

NHS Staff Sickness Absence (England) 2009/2019–2026

by National Health Service (NHS) England / Charts by Tern / Graphics by C19.Life • Data accessed 28 May 2026 • 18 August 2026

— “What?! Binned by a cold?” NHS (England) Staff Sickness Absence Rates per Month (per 100k) by Staff Group and Condition 2019–2026.

📖 SARS-CoV-2 spike-driven reactivation of latent herpesviruses as a mechanistic link to post-viral diseases

by Jana et al / Trends Open: Cell Press • 13 July 2026

‘One plausible mechanism is the reactivation of latent human herpesviruses such as HHV-6, HHV-7, and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), which have increasingly been linked to long COVID [PASC] and ME/CFS-like phenotypes. These viruses persist lifelong in immune and neural cell populations and can reactivate under conditions of cytokine surges, oxidative stress, immune exhaustion, and mitochondrial dysfunction – the very milieu fostered by persistent [SARS-CoV-2] spike signalling.’

📖 Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control

by C Raina MacIntyre, Noor Bari et al / Respiratory Medicine • 13 February 2026

‘Breathing, speaking, coughing, and sneezing produce infectious aerosols in clinical environments. Coughing produces more aerosols than endotracheal intubation.’

A Raven’s Overview

by Zdeněk Vrožin MBA • 25 January 2026

‘In people with pre-existing dementia, SARS-CoV-2 infection is repeatedly associated with faster cognitive decline. For families, that can mean the difference between years at home and a rapid fall over months.’

✾ On SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19), brain damage, neurological damage, and dementia

by C19.Life... et al • 21 November 2025

‘Although COVID-19 was originally considered a respiratory illness, it is now well established that SARS-CoV-2 infection can have far-reaching impacts on the nervous system. Common neurological symptoms in Long COVID [PASC] include new-onset cognitive difficulties, dysautonomia, fatigue, and peripheral neuropathy.’ from ‘Neuroimmune pathophysiology of long COVID’ by Moen et al / Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (2025).

📖 Neurological and neurodevelopmental effects of Covid and MIS-C on children

by Byrne et al ~ Nature Pediatric Research / Bioengineer • 11 November 2025

‘The pediatric population, once thought to be relatively spared from severe outcomes, has presented with significant neurological manifestations that raise concerns about the short- and long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the developing nervous system.’

Knock-knock... It’s mild!

by C19.Life • 5 November 2025

“How mild can a disease be?” A copycat tale of mildness, Public Health, tobacco, and SARS-2.

A WHO’s Who of VOCs, VOIs and VUMs: Alphabet Stew and Numeric Ragout for Dummies

by C19.Life • 1 November 2025

“We’re going to need a bigger Greek alphabet.”

'The Approved List of biological agents'. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens / UKHSA.

On Hazard Group (HG) levels, the HSE, the UKHSA, COSHH, Notifiable Organisms, Notifiable Diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 in the UK

by United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) / Health & Safety Executive (HSE) / Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) / C19.Life • Accessed 23 Oct 2025 • 23 October 2025

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has designated SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, a Hazard Group 3 (HG3) pathogen that can cause severe human disease. The United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) classifies SARS-CoV-2 as a notifiable organism, and COVID-19 as a notifiable disease (2026).

📖 Guidance for Healthcare Employers and Workers on the use of Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) and respirators (FFP3 etc) to comply with the requirements of COSHH (2002) (England) (Updated 2025)

by The British Occupational Hygiene Society ~ COSHH and Healthcare Respiratory Protection • 20 October 2025

‘FRSMs [Surgical Masks] have never been considered either adequate or suitable equipment for protection against inhalable or respirable risks under COSHH.’

📖 Long COVID [PASC] associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the Omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

by Zhang et al / The Lancet: Infectious Diseases • 30 September 2025

‘Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. Our paediatric findings also align with adult studies. Research in adults shows that long COVID [PASC] symptoms often worsen with repeated infections, suggesting potential shared mechanisms across age groups.’

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