Some highlights from @ducky 's weekly roundup https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2025/12/05/2025-12-05-general/:
One study found
people with Long COVID had elevated levels of T-cells specific to SARS-CoV-2, chicken pox/shingles, and/or Epstein-Barr Virus.
in millions of
adults under 60 in France [...] They found that vaccinated people were 25% less likely to die than unvaccinated people during an average of 45 months of followup
In Sweden - take with salt as there could be other lifestyle / diet changes - the
incidence of diabetes in children rose 30% after the start of the pandemic, compared to the pre-pandemic
Evidence for Metformin's value piles up and up and up:
people who got metformin on Day 0 or Day 1 had about a 60% lower risk of Long COVID or death.
COVID-19 during pregnancy has significant risk to the fetus:
babies who were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in the womb were 29% more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 36 months after birth compared to babies who were not exposed
Re: waning and cross-effectiveness,
KP.2 and KP.3 strains were able to evade XBB.1.5 vaccines.
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