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Long COVID at a GlanceA clear summary to help you understand everything, without medical jargon.What is Long COVID?• Long COVID refers to symptoms that persist or appear after an infection with theCOVID-19 virus.• It is generally referred to as such when these symptoms last more than three months and cannot be explained byanother illness.• It can occur even after a mild initial infection and affects both adults andchildren.The Main Symptoms• Severe fatigue is the most common symptom: it does not go away with rest and limitsdaily activities.• Many people experience shortness of breath,...

The document weaves a step-by-step narrative, in which each step builds on a real-world source to take the story a little further:   Step 1 — The scientific seed. In June 2020, Changeux, Amoura, Rey, and Miyara (Institut Pasteur/Collège de France) published a hypothesis: SARS-CoV-2 might interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). They noted that a loop in the spike protein shares a short sequence similarity with snake neurotoxins (cobratoxin, bungarotoxin), and that nicotine might compete with the virus.     Step 2 — Extrapolation. The document transforms this partial...

Hospitals in Ruins: France Is Letting Its Patients Die There is a 99-year-old woman who spent 64 hours on a stretcher in the emergency room at Rouen University Hospital before being given a bed. There is an 80-year-old man who died after waiting 10 hours on a stretcher at Nantes University Hospital. The numbers are staggering, and there are real people behind them—families fighting for their loved ones, healthcare workers at their wits’ end, and patients who can no longer receive the care they need. According to a nurse in the emergency room at Clichy, the number of patients in the ER has...

mRNA Vaccines and Cardiac Effects: What the Authorities Have Finally Acknowledged We were told it was safe. We were told that any questions were just misinformation. We were told to trust the authorities. A few years later, the authorities themselves have acknowledged what thousands of people had reported through their suffering: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can cause serious heart inflammation. The EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee recommended adding myocarditis and pericarditis to the list of side effects for these vaccines and including a warning to raise awareness among...

Lyme Disease: The Medical Odyssey, Plum Island, and Unanswered Questions Tens of thousands of French people are living through the hell of chronic Lyme disease. Overwhelming fatigue, constant joint pain, cognitive impairments, insomnia, partial paralysis. They seek medical help. They’re told it’s all in their heads. They seek help again. They’re told the tests are negative. They wander, alone, through a healthcare system that still refuses to fully acknowledge their suffering. Nearly 47,000 cases of Lyme disease were diagnosed in France in 2021, but this number could be much higher since...