Biden officially announced his campaign

[tacokick]

May 11, 2023 21:09:17 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I think Biden having post covid issues is a valid concern. I do not see him as having covid before as a positive in any way. You can get it multiple times, even if you have been vaccinated. Each time comes with an increased risk of a disability or complications. Is he more at risk for post covid issues given his age and the stress of his job and any pre-existing conditions he had? Maybe, I don't think he is any more at risk than #45. Potentially more at risk than VP Harris. Part of the problem is you don't know if you are going to be one of the people suddenly impacted by a long term complication. We have no standard for post covid testing to see if you have micro-clots or immune damage or whatever new bad thing they are warning about this week. They don't seem to be doing anything to prevent any of this either. We are just continuing to let covid spread. So the risk for re-infection remains high.


After COVID-19, experts say watch for these potential heart and brain problems
www.stroke.org/en/news/2022/03/31/after-covid-19-experts-say-watch-for-these-potential-heart-and-brain-problems
The possible long-term effects include "a myriad of symptoms affecting different organs," said Dr. José Biller, director of the COVID-19 neurology clinic at Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. "So, it could be the lungs, it could be cardiovascular, it could be the nervous system, it could be mental health or behavioral problems."

Estimates vary widely on how many people may be affected. Research suggests about 10% to 20% of people experience mid- or long-term issues from COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization.

This article links to this study www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3
Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19

Portion of the abstract
We show that, beyond the first 30 d after infection, individuals with COVID-19 are at increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease spanning several categories, including cerebrovascular disorders, dysrhythmias, ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease, pericarditis, myocarditis, heart failure and thromboembolic disease. These risks and burdens were evident even among individuals who were not hospitalized during the acute phase of the infection and increased in a graded fashion according to the care setting during the acute phase (non-hospitalized, hospitalized and admitted to intensive care). Our results provide evidence that the risk and 1-year burden of cardiovascular disease in survivors of acute COVID-19 are substantial.

Potential Immune System Issues
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-19-study-suggests-long-term-damage-immune-system

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is unknown since our case reporting system has become unreliable and substantially undercounts cases. In England, as of the week ending March 7, 2023, 1 in 40 people is positive for COVID-19, and reinfections are frequently occurring. Fayette Klaassen, MD, et al estimate that as of November 9, 2022, 94% of the U.S. population has been infected by SARS-CoV-2, and 65% of the United States population has been infected multiple times. Between December 2, 2021, to November 9, 2022, almost twice as many reinfections as primary infections have occurred. During this period, it is estimated there have been over 200 (118-292) million cases of reinfections. Scott Burkholz, MD, et al concluded, "Our analysis suggests that a single infection from SARS-CoV-2 may not generate the protective immunity required to defend against reinfections from emerging Omicron lineages.”

One of the most concerning long-term effects of COVID-19 is immune dysfunction or hypofunction. Confirmatory research by Fei Gao, PhD, et al was reported this week and summarized in a National Institute of Health news release, which stated:

"… findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV." The authors conclude that this dysfunction causes lasting damage and may “contribute to long COVID, perhaps rendering patients unable to respond robustly to subsequent infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants or other pathogens.”


Do Repeat COVID Infections Increase the Risk of Severe Disease or Long COVID?

Many repeat infections are mild, but some studies suggest people who have been infected with COVID more than once are at a greater risk of severe disease or long COVID

www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-repeat-covid-infections-increase-the-risk-of-severe-disease-or-long-covid/

Thank you for posting this! This is very clear and concise.

Hopefully this will click with those who are still in the dark, clearly the links that have been posted before haven’t for some reason.

I’d add

Compared to uninfected individuals, the likelihood of COVID-19 patients dying was up to 81 times higher in the first three weeks of infection and remained five times higher up to 18 months later.

www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/covid-19-patients-retain-elevated-risk-of-death-for-at-least-18-months-after-inf

[pixy0stix]

Right, but those issues are something that we all face, as do his peers and colleagues. It's not unique to him. At some point those statistics all even out to any person the Ds nominate are going to have that against them, making the point moot.

[k3am]

I don’t care about the possibility of him getting covid. He’s old as hell. Retirement goals in this country are age 65, realistic or not. Why are we having people so far past that age running for what is arguably the most demanding job in the country?

[notreal]

Three of the last 5 presidents we had were all born in the summer of 1946 so we (the country) really need some change in who we see as presidential.

[mcsangel2]

May 11, 2023 21:29:21 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Right, but those issues are something that we all face, as do his peers and colleagues. It's not unique to him. At some point those statistics all even out to any person the Ds nominate are going to have that against them, making the point moot.

Yeah, this was kinda my point too.

[mpm]

May 12, 2023 9:20:33 GMT -5 notreal said:

Three of the last 5 presidents we had were all born in the summer of 1946 so we (the country) really need some change in who we see as presidential.

I’d be mad about a 55-year old white male nominee too, tbh.

[basilosaurus]

I wish I could be as optimistic as this guy. SOrry for those who are paywalled. This is the biggest takeaway:

"This cycle, that hope is well founded. Republicans are doing everything wrong. They are talking to their voters about Trump’s personal grievances and about boutique culture-war issues that their own base does not much care about, such as the state of Florida’s “war on Disney.” At the same time, Republican leaders are confronting Democratic voters with extremist threats on issues they care intensely about: bans on abortion medication by mail, restrictions on the freedom of young women to travel across state lines, attacks on student voting rights, proposed big cuts to Medicaid and food stamps in the GOP debt-ceiling ransom demand. Republicans offer no economic message and no affirming vision, even as they make new moves to police women’s bodies and start a land war in Mexico. They are well on their way to earning a deep, nasty defeat—and the smell of that defeat may be an additional draw to the polls for the Democratic-leaning constituencies that will inflict it."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/gop-republicans-2024-election-biden-trump/673856/

[noodleoo]

May 18, 2023 3:11:30 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I wish I could be as optimistic as this guy. SOrry for those who are paywalled. This is the biggest takeaway:

"This cycle, that hope is well founded. Republicans are doing everything wrong. They are talking to their voters about Trump’s personal grievances and about boutique culture-war issues that their own base does not much care about, such as the state of Florida’s “war on Disney.” At the same time, Republican leaders are confronting Democratic voters with extremist threats on issues they care intensely about: bans on abortion medication by mail, restrictions on the freedom of young women to travel across state lines, attacks on student voting rights, proposed big cuts to Medicaid and food stamps in the GOP debt-ceiling ransom demand. Republicans offer no economic message and no affirming vision, even as they make new moves to police women’s bodies and start a land war in Mexico. They are well on their way to earning a deep, nasty defeat—and the smell of that defeat may be an additional draw to the polls for the Democratic-leaning constituencies that will inflict it."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/gop-republicans-2024-election-biden-trump/673856/

Paywalled for me so I can't read it, but what the what to the bolded? Is that something I missed?

[fortnightlily]

May 18, 2023 8:42:22 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

May 18, 2023 3:11:30 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I wish I could be as optimistic as this guy. SOrry for those who are paywalled. This is the biggest takeaway:

"This cycle, that hope is well founded. Republicans are doing everything wrong. They are talking to their voters about Trump’s personal grievances and about boutique culture-war issues that their own base does not much care about, such as the state of Florida’s “war on Disney.” At the same time, Republican leaders are confronting Democratic voters with extremist threats on issues they care intensely about: bans on abortion medication by mail, restrictions on the freedom of young women to travel across state lines, attacks on student voting rights, proposed big cuts to Medicaid and food stamps in the GOP debt-ceiling ransom demand. Republicans offer no economic message and no affirming vision, even as they make new moves to police women’s bodies and start a land war in Mexico. They are well on their way to earning a deep, nasty defeat—and the smell of that defeat may be an additional draw to the polls for the Democratic-leaning constituencies that will inflict it."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/gop-republicans-2024-election-biden-trump/673856/

Paywalled for me so I can't read it, but what the what to the bolded? Is that something I missed?

Some state legislatures have tried to introduce laws preventing women from obtaining abortions out of state.

[Bad Dingo]

May 18, 2023 8:42:22 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

May 18, 2023 3:11:30 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I wish I could be as optimistic as this guy. SOrry for those who are paywalled. This is the biggest takeaway:

"This cycle, that hope is well founded. Republicans are doing everything wrong. They are talking to their voters about Trump’s personal grievances and about boutique culture-war issues that their own base does not much care about, such as the state of Florida’s “war on Disney.” At the same time, Republican leaders are confronting Democratic voters with extremist threats on issues they care intensely about: bans on abortion medication by mail, restrictions on the freedom of young women to travel across state lines, attacks on student voting rights, proposed big cuts to Medicaid and food stamps in the GOP debt-ceiling ransom demand. Republicans offer no economic message and no affirming vision, even as they make new moves to police women’s bodies and start a land war in Mexico. They are well on their way to earning a deep, nasty defeat—and the smell of that defeat may be an additional draw to the polls for the Democratic-leaning constituencies that will inflict it."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/gop-republicans-2024-election-biden-trump/673856/

Paywalled for me so I can't read it, but what the what to the bolded? Is that something I missed?

www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/idaho-most-extreme-anti-abortion-state-law-restricts-travel-rcna78225