why is stress so bad for our immune systems?
study finds that stress not only impacts the heart and blood pressure, but it also ages our immune systems and makes it more difficult to fight infections, like covid-19.
“we’ve had a big change over the last short while with the economic situation,” paula allen, senior vice-president of research and well-being at lifeworks, told the toronto star . “we’ve had more uncertainty and anxiety in our lives, and that seems to be the big factor that made the difference in last month’s drop.”
in case the who’s declaration of monkeypox as a global emergency has you wondering how worried you should be, perhaps you may be interested in the opinion of faheem younos, chief of infectious diseases at the university of maryland, who tweeted that “the risk of monkeypox becoming a covid like pandemic is zero%.”
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monkeypox cases are concerning but the risk of this becoming a covid like pandemic is zero%
— faheem younus, md (@faheemyounus) may 23, 2022
why? this virus:
- is not novel…
- is typically not deadly
- is less contagious than covid
- has been around for 5 decades
- is prevented by smallpox vaccine
stay calm folks:)
effective july 25, we are suspending mandatory masks and physical distancing in our buildings, vehicles and collections events.
— canadian blood services (@canadaslifeline) july 25, 2022
although not required, masks help curb the spread of covid-19 and are welcome in our environments and available to anyone who chooses to wear them. pic.twitter.com/okcmtr8hgy
as one might expect, the comments are full of tweets expressing outrage, including one from dr. nili myrth (@nilikm): “ my patients who reliably donate to @canadaslifeline aren’t going to show up if masks aren’t required. if you want donations, make it safe.”
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