Scientists just found a reason for the exhaustion of long COVID — microscopic clots in the blood. The study was published in the Journal of Medical Virology. Researchers discovered that patients with the condition have nearly twenty times more microscopic blood clots than healthy individuals. Unlike typical clots, these 'microclots' are wrapped in sticky, web-like structures made of DNA and enzymes released by white blood cells. These webs, known as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), act as structural armor, preventing the body from naturally breaking down the clots. This leads to a persistent blockage in the capillaries—the body's smallest blood vessels—which starves tissues of oxygen and drives chronic inflammation. This discovery marks a massive shift in how post-viral illnesses are understood. Historically, many Long COVID patients struggled to find validation because standard blood tests routinely came back normal. By showing that these microscopic clots are structurally bound to NETs, scientists are paving the way for targeted treatments, such as therapies designed to dissolve these persistent blocks. It also offers a glimmer of hope for millions suffering from other poorly understood chronic conditions, such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), where similar microclotting patterns have been observed. source: Thierry, A. R., Usher, T., Sanchez, C., Turner, S., Venter, C., Pastor, B., Waters, M., Thompson, A., Mirandola, A., Pisareva, E., Prevostel, C., Laubscher, G. J., Kell, D. B., & Pretorius, E. Circulating Microclots Are Structurally Associated With Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Their Amounts Are Elevated in Long COVID Patients. Journal of Medical Virology, 97(10), e70613.

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Jfc. I thought this was the old one, where 74% of Covid cases in Welsh hospitals CAUGHT IT IN THE HOSPITAL. But no! This is current! And 71% of Covid cases in Welsh hospitals CAUGHT IT IN THE HOSPITAL. Have they thought of applying some ... infection control? At the hospitals?

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NHS alert over ‘shocking’ rise in strokes in middle age Cases among those in their 50s have increased by 55 per cent – faster than any other age group Economically inactive due to long-term sickness, aged 16-64 archive.ph/rWbxK

The Israeli army has dropped phosphorus bombs on the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah municipality, near the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, reports Lebanon’s National News Agency. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/6wndd4

Best 'bonus moment of doom' ever? "we’re heating the planet 10 times faster than ever before in planetary history. And this fact alone means that scientific models are hampered, likely incomplete and inaccurate, because there’s no precedent for what’s happening." counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/…

True innit

The UK’s spy chiefs examined the impacts of the collapse of overseas ecosystems, under pressure of climate crisis and biodiversity loss, on UK’s national security. Their findings? “Apocalyptic.” UK defence and society at risk, impacts within 5 years. theguardian.com/environment/…

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That would be Covid

Absolutely Transmission mitigations put in place to protect children from being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus had a dramatic effect on curtailing infection with other airborne viruses like RSV and influenza We learned what worked (ventilation, masking, distancing) and then forgot it immediately

Excess deaths from disease in preschool-aged (0-4 yrs) children continue at rates 10% or higher than before the 2020 pandemic SARS-Cov-2 ("COVID") has become, like polio before it, holoendemic

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Of all mammals on Earth, 96% are either livestock or humans. Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals and half of plants theguardian.com/environment/…