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Denmark: Omicron sub-variant BA.2 outcompetes BA.1

In December 2021, the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron accounted for just two percent of the samples analysed. More...

January 15, 2022January 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Denmark, Europe, Infection, Omicron, Reinfection, Symptoms, Transmission, Vaccine

USA: New daily Covid case rate is higher than any previous GLOBAL wave

BNONews are reporting that the USA has recorded 926,693 new Covid cases today, a new 7 day record. More...

January 15, 2022January 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Coronavirus, Hospitalization, Infection, Omicron, Reinfection, Testing, Transmission, USA

Man’s penis shrinks by 1.5 inches after Covid-19 infection

A man in his 30s has claimed that his penis shrunk by a total of 1.5 inches after contracting COVID-19 last July. More...

January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Fertility, Health, Infection, Side Effects, Symptoms

UK SAGE: New Omicron wave predicted for April 2022

“These projections are extended to the end of July 2022. More...

January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, England, Europe, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Reinfection, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

EMA: Transverse Myelitis listed as potential side effect of AstraZeneca and Janssen Covid vaccines

The Europe Medicines Agency has recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of AstraZeneca’s and Janssen’s (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccines. More...

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Coronavirus, Europe, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Janssen, Side Effects, UK, Vaccine

Spain: Healthcare workers should sacrifice themselves for the public good

A Spanish judge has ruled “health workers had the obligation to sacrifice their right to life and integrity, even without masks, for the benefit of the life and integrity of the rest of the population.” More...

January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, PPE, Reinfection, Spain

UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 2, 2022

A new report out today by the UK Health and Security Agency gives figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period in which Omicron became dominant in Britain. More...

January 13, 2022January 30, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Children, Coronavirus, Deaths, Elderly, England, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Moderna, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Revaccination, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Long COVID patients lack naive T and B cells

Nature article: “Patients with long COVID had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells and showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-β) and type III IFN (IFN-λ1) that remained persistently high at 8 months after infection”

“T cell activation (indicated by CD38 and HLA-DR), T cell exhaustion and increases in B cell plasmablasts occur during severe COVID-19”

Full Nature article: Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection

Dear people, please understand: the crux of these assumptions lie on prior t cell immunity, and the virus is one step ahead in this regard; it kills cd8+ t cells.