#covid19 crisis

[acquisory]

COVID - 19-LOOMING STAGFLATION

In an unprecedented move, in the face of COVID — 19, India locked itself down for 3 weeks. The economic repercussions of lock down are expected to be felt for months. With a large population, and already faltering growth rate, India will need to choose between fiscal prudence and keeping our economy afloat. India’s growth was anyways steadily decelerating over the past many quarters presenting challenges to policymakers tasked with reviving growth. Now COVID — 19 has disrupted supply chain and sapped business confidence. Before COVID — 19, there were hopes of a gradual rebound in economic activities led by a bumper winter crop and signs from sectors including automobile which were experiencing some optimism. Now, as a possible global recession looms with the widening outbreak, forecasters are revising growth estimates downwards.

Various Indian industries, viz., electronics, pharmaceuticals, automobile manufacturers, apparel industry, etc., all sourced many of their crucial raw materials from China. An earlier full lock down in China has disrupted supply chain globally. Serious production shortages will be faced not only by large enterprises, but more importantly by MSMEs which contribute almost 40% of India’s GDP. In addition, with global travel industry at a complete standstill, hospitality and related sectors are facing a severe downturn. The result: possible huge unemployment and slackening demand.

In India there are growing fears that ‘stagflation’ — a term coined to reflect the twin strains of a stagnant economy and rising consumer prices — is squeezing household incomes as COVID spreads. Stagflation is when demand remains stagnant, with rising prices. Another noticeable feature of stagflation economy is unemployment or lack of job security, which make people spend less. India is experiencing decade high unemployment. With manufacturing shutting down in organized and unorganized sectors, services industry being hard hit, consumer demand may become flat or even decelerate. Under normal circumstances, this would have led to a deflationary spiral. However, under the current unprecedented circumstances, shortage of products due to supply chain disruption may eventually lead to spike in…

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[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved in our archive

HIV/AIDS & COVID-19, particularly long COVID, share several significant similarities, especially in terms of viral persistence, T cell damage, immune system dysfunction, & activation of other pathogens. These parallels are important for understanding the long-term effects of both infections and their impact on the immune system.

1. Viral Persistence

Both HIV & SARS-CoV-2 can persist in the body, leading to chronic symptoms & immune system complications. In HIV, the virus establishes reservoirs in various tissues, allowing it to evade immune detection and antiretroviral therapy (ART), leading to lifelong infection. Similarly, recent studies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital suggest that a subset of people with long COVID may harbor persistent SARS-CoV-2 proteins in their blood, potentially explaining ongoing symptoms months after the acute infection has resolved[4][10]. This viral persistence is thought to drive chronic inflammation and immune dysfunction in both.

In long COVID, viral reservoirs have been identified in multiple organs, including the gut, blood, & nervous system[12]. This mirrors HIV's ability to persist in tissue reservoirs such as lymphoid tissues. For both viruses, this persistence can lead to prolonged immune activation & may contribute to ongoing symptoms like fatigue, cognitive issues, & cardiovascular problems.

2. T Cell Damage & Exhaustion

Both HIV and SARS-CoV-2 cause significant damage to T cells, particularly CD4+ T cells. In HIV infection, CD4+ T cells are directly targeted by the virus, leading to their depletion over time and resulting in severe immunodeficiency if untreated. Similarly, severe COVID-19 has been associated with a reduction in CD4+ T cells due to excessive immune activation and exhaustion[1][2]. In both, CD8+ T cells also become dysfunctional due to chronic exposure to viral antigens.

T cell exhaustion is a common feature in both infections. In HIV, chronic infection leads to high levels of inhibitory receptors like PD-1 on T cells, contributing to their reduced functionality[2]. In severe COVID-19 cases, similar markers of T cell exhaustion (e.g., PD-1 and TIM-3) are observed[1]. This exhaustion impairs the body's ability to clear the virus effectively and contributes to prolonged illness.

3. Immune System Dysfunction

Both HIV/AIDS & long COVID can lead to profound immune system dysfunction. In HIV infection, even with effective ART, individuals often experience chronic immune activation and systemic inflammation due to incomplete immune recovery[6][9]. This persistent immune activation is linked to increased susceptibility to other infections and long-term health complications.

Similarly, long COVID is believed to involve ongoing immune dysregulation even after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection has passed. Some studies suggest that persistent viral proteins may continue stimulating the immune system, leading to chronic inflammation[4][12]. This ongoing immune activation may explain why some individuals experience prolonged symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, or cardiovascular issues even after clearing the virus from most tissues.

4. Activation of Other Pathogens

Both HIV/AIDS and long COVID are associated with the reactivation of latent pathogens due to weakened immune surveillance. In people living with HIV (PLWH), co-infections with viruses like Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) are common due to compromised immunity[7]. Similarly, studies have shown that reactivation of latent viruses such as EBV may contribute to long COVID symptoms[7]

In both conditions, the weakened immune system's inability to control these latent infections can exacerbate symptoms and complicate recovery. For example, EBV reactivation has been linked with neurocognitive symptoms in long COVID patients[7], while opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia are common in advanced HIV/AIDS patients[3]

So, HIV/AIDS and long COVID share several key similarities regarding viral persistence, T cell damage, immune system dysfunction, and the reactivation of other pathogens. These shared features highlight the importance of understanding how chronic viral infections can lead to long-term health consequences through mechanisms like persistent viral reservoirs and ongoing immune activation. Insights from HIV research may help inform treatment strategies for long COVID, especially in targeting viral persistence with antiviral therapies or addressing chronic immune dysfunction.

Sources

[1] SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1: So Different yet so Alike. Immune ... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9608044/

[2] Sharing CD4+ T Cell Loss: When COVID-19 and HIV Collide on ... www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.596631/full

[3] Overview of SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults living with HIV www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00070-9/fulltext

[4] Study Finds Persistent Infection Could Explain Long COVID in Some ... www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/study-finds-persistent-infection-could-explain-long-covid-in-some-people

[5] New COVID studies show varied viral clearance time in patients with ... www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-covid-studies-show-varied-viral-clearance-time-patients-lower-immunity

[6] Immunologic Interplay Between HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11904-023-00647-z

[7] Long COVID in people living with HIV - PMC - PubMed Central pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10167544/

[8] Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an ... - NCBI www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673303/

[9] The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in people with HIV - Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41423-023-01087-w

[10] Persistent infection could explain long COVID in some people, study ... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241009122346.htm

[11] Plasma-based antigen persistence in the post-acute phase of ... www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00211-1/fulltext

[12] Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus—and help patients in ... www.science.org/content/article/long-covid-trials-aim-clear-lingering-virus-help-patients-need

[thelandofbritain]

Scientists not consulted on Eat Out to Help Out - Sir Patrick Vallance - BBC News

Read this article to see how Johnson. Sunak and the other idiot, Hancock, who was Health Minister at the time, did not have a clue during the pandemic in Britain.

Far from managing and containing the spread of Covid, they made it worse by imposing Tory political dogma and sheer callousness ("let them die, they've had their time anyway" with regard to the elderly).

These men are guilty of lies, incompetence and sheer ignorance... and then covering up their appalling actions afterwards. They effectively committed crimes against the British public at large through their misdeeds and wrong decision-making. This cost people's lives.

They should all be prosecuted and jailed... but instead we allow them to get away with their callous crimes as if nothing happened, and then let them go on to make more stinking money on the back of it from tacky TV game shows and public speaking tours, as if they were heroes.

Britain is one messed-up country, and these political chancers have made fools of us.

[bluebyrd-bookreviews]

Funeral Diva by Pamela Sneed is not necessarily an easy read emotionally, but god to I recommend it

The book is a mix of prose and poetry as Sneed explores her life as a black adopted girl who grew up to be a lesbian in New York during the AIDS crisis and more modern politics of Trump and COVID-19. It's a lot of everything packed into 148 pages, but Sneed is good at what she does

If you are interested about any of these topics, please check out this book. The push and pull and blending of time and stories while never losing how distinct they all are is just so impressive and the poem "Funeral Diva" made me cry in public

[andysouldancer]

WE DON'T F**KING BELIEVE YOU!!!! 😠

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"The release of the Ontario Ombudsman’s new report on the province’s Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) warrants reflection on the primary role of the tribunal: evictions.

The Ombudsman wrote that tenants and landlords share a common interest in making the LTB run smoothly. In truth, a more efficient approach to processing cases at the LTB will only further speed up evictions and serve to facilitate the profit-making of landlords who can raise rents on vacant units once sitting tenants have been removed.

Despite the LTB’s many internal issues, the main reason the tribunal is overwhelmed is due to the sheer volume of eviction cases landlords file against tenants. Tribunals Ontario reported that in 2021-2022, 88 per cent of all applications received by the LTB were filed by landlords against tenants, and in 89 per cent of those applications (more than 48,500), landlords sought to evict tenants.

Landlords also added to the much-discussed backlog of cases at the LTB throughout the entirety of the pandemic, as the Ontario government allowed them to continue to file for eviction against tenants uninterrupted. In fact, the Ombudsman reported that during the first pandemic lockdown in March 2020, when eviction hearings were paused for a short time, the LTB still struggled to process the high number of applications it continued to receive.

The discussion surrounding the problems at the LTB often neglects to mention the political history of the tribunal. In 1997, the Mike Harris Conservative government enacted the Tenant Protection Act, which eliminated rent control on vacant units between tenants, instituting what is known as vacancy decontrol. At the same time, the law removed landlord-tenant cases from the provincial court system and created the precursor to the LTB to handle them, the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal.

During the legislative debate at the time, the minister of housing said that his government’s goal was to create favourable conditions for investment in housing. In reality, his government made it more potentially profitable for landlords to evict tenants, and failed to encourage the construction of any significant amount of new, purpose-built rental housing."

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A friend added this:

"According to this article and the Ombudsman's report, in 2021-22, 88 percent of applications to LTB were by landlords against tenants. Of that 88 percent, 89 percent were landlords seeking evictions. In other words, 78 percent of all LTB applications are for evictions!

I can hear the cries now: "If tenants have problems, they can also file with the LTB!" The vast majority of tenant problems are immediate problems, like shit that needs fixing and harassment and illegal behaviour by landlords. Most tenant problems are not solved by the LTB and often not even solved by landlords. Many tenants fix their own problems because waiting for the landlord is a hassle. The LTB is a virtual non-factor in the lives of tenants, but the landlord's means of getting rid of tenants they don't want or who stand in the way of a profitable new redevelopment.

The above numbers put into perspective the grievance of landlords that the LTB has too long a backlog. It is the volume of eviction applications that is the source of the backlog. And by pure coincidence we've been pelted with news story after story since the start of the pandemic of the worst possible tenants living rent-free for many months while the poor landlord's family is caught in the lurch while establishing their little neo-feudal exploitation scheme. You don't even need to read the press. The Terrorizing Tenant is a story you'll hear often enough.

Are the landlords calling for the LTB to be expanded to meet needs? No, their intimate collaborators in government are seeking efficiencies! You see, the the backlog is a problem to be solved by efficiency! Never mind the avalanche of eviction applications from landlords!

How many of these evictions are the disgusting and widely-abused practice of renovictions? Aren't renovictions an unnecessary burden to the LTB? And if the LTB is so burdened, why isn't it the LTB expanded to meet the demand? None of it makes sense because what's really at play here is setting up a public institution to fail because it insufficiently serves the interests of those parasitically profiting off other people's wages and basic need for shelter.

The pattern is pretty similar in healthcare and education and numerous other public institutions that are starved into failure, populated with wrecker-managers, and then reorganized (or contracted out) in the interests of profit-seeking sections of the business class.

Combined with a raft of new developer-demanded rules on housing (the end of municipal oversight in the development of new buildings of 12 or fewer units; the end of environmental protection and conservation), the renoviction blitzkrieg will only continue to throw thousands of people out of their homes while spoiling the environment - all for the profit and power of people who are driving this province to hell.

The landowning class won decisive battles in the 1990s and now we live in the aftermath of their class war victory. A new and restored publicly-financed co-operative and public housing program is decades overdue. The abolition of landlordism is centuries overdue."

[questifer]

It's Been A While

Some of you have been following me on Twitter for quite a while now, but for everyone else I'd like to summarize just where I've been and what I have been up to since I left Tumblr. I was going to write this out all in one post, but as it turns out recapping 3 years' worth of dramatic life and career events is a lot. So today, I'll be posting only the first part: Why I left Blizzard and what happened next.

Chapter One: The End of an Era

Last time I was active on here, it was around the 2019 Blizzcon in which I helped create the Bastion Blizzcon Demo. It was a hard Blizzcon and many who were staying with me at the con may have noticed that I was struggling to enjoy myself. As it turned out, the journey up to shipping that demo had been extremely difficult for me. I didn't know it at the time, but I was also in the throes of a 6 month long manic episode. To summarize without going into too much detail, I became extremely paranoid about my coworkers talking behind my back, making choices without consulting me that impacted my work, and dismissing me when I raised concerns. That paranoia manifested in anger that I struggled to contain and so I damaged several important work relationships along the way. I also was barely sleeping, had developed extreme caffeine sensitivity, and ended up at urgent care for gastritis and heart palpitations on more than one occasion. At its peak, I would come home from work and scream-cry on my floor and contemplate either quitting or committing suicide. It became very clear to me that this wasn't your run-of-the-mill creative psychosis that comes over me on occasion when the work itself gets hard. I'll get into the diagnosis, how my psychiatrist and I recognized the manic episode, and how I got to where I am now in a later post. By the time COVID hit and we were all sent home in March 2020, I could not have been happier to get out of the office with people I no longer trusted or thought liked me at all. All at once the social pressure to put on a happy face, respond to people walking up to my desk randomly, and moderate my chaotic emotional state evaporated. With the context of only being perceived while on video calls, I gained the ability to control how I interacted with others. I thought this change in attitude would improve my relationship with my peers, but sadly it didn't. They had already decided I was a horrible collaborator and no longer advocated for me behind closed doors. In truth, I don't really blame them, but I do wish they had given me the benefit of the doubt. It was not business as usual up in my brain-meats. After 4 months of more of the same, I updated my resume and browsed LinkedIn for roles that raised my interest. In truth I had been daydreaming about something new, something with less baggage, but my love for WoW, my team, and Blizzard was still extremely strong. I was very conflicted about leaving. When an opportunity arose to work with a studio in Sweden on an IP that I really liked, it presented a rather romantic idea of what my life could be. I could break clean with all that had been going on at Blizzard. I could live somewhere new and different. I could finally prove that I was not just a WoW quest designer, but a game designer of considerable skill. My friends and family were encouraging but I did not hear them when they brought up very reasonable concerns. Was it too far? How would I do without a support system? Was there another way to accomplish my goals? It was extreme, and I knew it, but a part of me felt that the world would just prevent me from going if I wasn't meant to. And that's how I learned just how easy it was to sell almost everything I owned, pack my life into 3 suitcases, get on a plane, and suddenly live in Sweden.

And with that, I'll pick up with the Sweden Saga in my next post.

[battleangel]

Who Cares About a Bunch of Dead Black & Brown People?

"Canadian wildfires" from this summer, if you remember them, were a "100 wildfires that started simultaneously in Canada". Yeah, okay.

Yet, if you recall, all the videos on the news and social media were of the smoke that completely filled and covered the sky on the east coast of the U.S. like a literal alien attack movie, like ID4.

People on social media reported seeing mushroom clouds and bombs being tested in NYC.

This is because the government was testing alien weaponry including bombs.

Right after the "Canadian wildfires", a former CIA director admitted in a Congressional hearing that "non-human remains" aka alien remains had been found by the government for years.

During this time this past summer, record levels of air pollution and toxicity were reported on the east coast as well as record humidity.

Yes, due to climate change but also due to government testing of confiscated alien weaponry and bombs that polluted the air and created unheard of levels of humidity.

Climate change has been known for decades and yet nothing real has been done about capitalism which drives every aspect of climate change, from the destruction of the rainforest by fast food conglomerates, to greenhouse gas emissions fueled by the auto industry, factory farming practices responsible for ethane from animal feces which is a huge climate change contributor plus all the millions of gallons of water required, drilling for oil, oil spills, oceanic pollution from non-biodegradable trash that ends up in the ocean, endless Amazon warehouses, endless SHEIN & Amazon landfills, air conditioning house at 70 degrees at all times, endless cars clogging the highway all rushing to nowhere to sit in traffic to waste the day away inside in a building wasting your life away for a paycheck & benefits, emitting pollutants out of your exhaust pipe smoke smog killing the environment depleting the ozone layer creating smog difficult to breathe, dirty machines belching smoke and gas on concrete highways to hell.

Yet noone does anything about rampant overconsumption, wastefulness, mindless spending, mindless buying, keeping up with the joneses, wasting money at IKEA, buying furniture to impress guests that never even come over, consumerism, materialism, oversized portions of food at restaurants, fast fashion worn today thrown in a landfill tomorrow, private jets killing the environment flying to nowhere for nothing, drones delivering Amazon packages that nobody needed in a day much less an hour and nobody does anything but to demand Amazon Prime deliveries in half an hour and Elon Musk is colonizing Mars and Bezos is flying rich wypipo to the moon.

This weekend, IGN via Bloomberg  reported 50k year old zombie viruses being released due to climate change causing Siberian glaciers to melt.

Government wants disabled, immunocompromised, elderly, lower income black and brown people gone. As many as possible.

Whoever else dies is just collateral damage.

Why?

Because by 2030, white people will become the minority in the US if current birthing trends continue and they will be replaced with blacks and hispanics making up the majority as their birth rates are much higher than white peoples especially amongst hispanics.

The elites are using the government to do whatever it can to reduce and delay this trend before white people become the minority in the US.

The government also wants to reduce Medicaid and Medicare enrollment as well as the money spent on these programs and what better way to do that than weaponizing viruses (COVID & 50k year old "zombie" viruses) via policies to kill off lower income food service, fast food and big box retail employees, people living in inner cities, disabled and the elderly, the majority of whom are black and hispanic?

Look at Beyonces and Taylor Swifts concerts over the summer, all the crowds and unmasking despite an increase in COVID cases, mutated COVID cases and long COVID cases with severe health consequences including extended hospitalizations and lung damage.

Why did noone care that this COVID resurgence was happening alongside the Eras and Renaissance tours with literally over a million people in attendance, extremely large crowds gathering with a real chance of concert attendees infecting one other?

Because, as we saw with George Floyd and the temporary black squares on Instagram, once the performative virtue signaling stage of COVID was over, nobody gave a fuck anymore and the elites know most people dont really gaf about poor, disabled, elderly black & brown people so the new COVID mantra became "stay tf inside if youre vulnerable, I aint wearing a mask to Eras or Renaissance cuz I look tew cute".

They correctly surmised people were o-v-a-h it and most had been summoned back to their wage slave 9 to 5 life of drudgery so they knew people wouldnt complain about the concerts as they had already done their "say her name Breonna Taylor" performative virtue signalling bullshit and now they wanted to shake their dreads to Slayonce and Taylor.

Who cares about a bunch of dead poor, disabled, elderly black & brown people anyway?

[jayjuno]

If you never stopped wearing a mask- 

Thanks for not jumping off the bridge with everyone else.

[strawberriessandcigarettes]

do you also feel like life has been paused since 2020? Like I don’t remember the last time I truly felt alive in the last three years. Idk something is off, I feel stuck in a montage of a black and white film that no one would like to watch 🫠

[insightfultake]

Climate Change Causes Viruses to Erupt Like Never Before

The climate change discussion appears to be on the elite list of the morality of humankind that elevates human beings on the same pedestal as the creator of the universe. Having said that, if climate changes are not handled seriously, it will make the earth unhospitable to live in. We are still in the grip of COVID-19, which causes many deaths across the world, as per the recent report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to send out an alert message before the mega event like the Paris Olympics 2024. Nipah and Chandipura viruses have always been parading here and there....read more

[acquisory]

THE YEAR OF COVID – WE LOOK BACK TO THE FUTURE

“ WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock, and we are deeply concerned, both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. ” — Director General, WHO, March 2020

With these few words, WHO made clear that the way we lived was going to change imminently — and it did. It has been a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed the ways in which each of us relates to the world. We look back at how India fared in the last 12 months and how the next 12 moths may have in store for all of us.

For us, more than a public health crisis, it has been a year of economic crisis manifested most severely in the labour market.

Experts feared that India would suffer heavily, economically, and otherwise. Tried and tested methodology predicted almost 300 mn infections by….

Read more here: https://www.acquisory.com/ArticleDetails/84/THE-YEAR-OF-COVID-%E2%80%93-WE-LOOK-BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE

[natugardener]

War, COVID and Emigration Exacerbate Declining Births

[novedadesmadrid]

España pide el fin de la crisis sanitaria del COVID-19 y la obligatoriedad del uso de mascarillas en hospitales y farmacias

Para recibir alertas de noticias gratuitas en tiempo real directamente en su bandeja de entrada, regístrese para recibir nuestros correos electrónicos de noticias Regístrese para recibir nuestros correos electrónicos de noticias gratuitos El Gobierno español declaró este martes el fin de la crisis sanitaria provocada por la pandemia de la COVID-19 y dijo que las personas ya no están obligadas a…

[binimom]

China on the brink of recession?

China's economic situation and challenges

Imagine a bustling, vibrant marketplace where the aroma of freshly cooked street food fills the air and the sound of vendors haggling over prices echoes through the streets. This is a snapshot of China's once thriving economy, but as the sun sets on this vibrant scene, a storm of economic decline looms.

China, the world's second largest economy, is currently facing a recession. The colorful dragon that once set world markets on fire is now gasping for air, struggling to stay afloat. With a real estate bubble ready to burst, a pandemic that refuses to loosen its grip, and a trade war with the United States that is hurting no one, China's economic future hangs in the balance.

Causes of China's economic slowdown

The causes of China's economic downturn can be summarized in three main ways

First, the real estate market crisis: Soaring real estate prices in China have made it difficult for the middle class to buy a home, reducing their purchasing power. This has put a significant strain on the country's economy, as the real estate sector plays an important role in growth. The unsustainable rise in housing prices has raised concerns about a potential bubble that could cause further damage to the economy if it bursts. Second, the impact of COVID-19: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted consumption in China. As people face lockdowns, job losses, and financial uncertainty, consumer spending has dropped. This drop in consumption has further slowed the economy, as it relies heavily on domestic and foreign consumer demand for Chinese goods and services. Third, the trade war with the US: The ongoing trade war between China and the US has also contributed to the economic slowdown. Both countries have imposed tariffs and restrictions on each other's goods, hurting Chinese exports and disrupting global supply chains. The conflict has reduced trade between the two countries, which negatively affects the Chinese economy as it relies heavily on exports for growth.

[poeticjazztice2]

Dementia's #DarkMatter and My Alternative COVID-19 Causation Hypothesis

#HeartfeltThanks to @bbcradio4, neurologist @Jules_Montague, co-host William Miller, couple Geraint and Jacqui and everyone else responsible for this episode of the 5-part series "Dementia: Unexpected Stories Of the Mind", which is about "atypical" symptoms of dementia that are now emerging from the darkness of excessively academic, media-politically muzzled medicine into the light of real life.

The series not only supports the unwritten New Covenant (uNC) based, male-female interdependence focused, psycho-biological hypothesis at the heart of my alternative COVID-19 causation hypothesis, it intersects with my more than FOUR decades old, home and community based interaction with neurological #DarkMatter in ways that are exquisitely intriguing.

Basically, my evolving #COVID19 causation hypothesis is simply building on a secular-and-religious-world-views bridging approach to research that I first hinted at in my November, 1982 poem "Communion", where I describe the experience of the Spirit of the LIVING GOD communing with my spirit, as "intercourse/ with the nucleus of/reality".

I had embarked on an evangelical fundamentalist Christian journey and joined a well known Barbadian Pentecostal church in June that year, as I explain in my book The Bible: Beauty and Terror Reconciled, and through "Communion" I seek to convey my sense of what the apostle Paul apparently has in mind in Romans 8:16, where he writes "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God", according to the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.

Forty years later, I have a much deeper appreciation of how my relationship with my earthly, biological parents and other Barbadian authority figures predisposed me toward the "daft", dark matter matter - of Pentecostalism.

A father myself now, to an 18 year-old daughter and 14 year-old son, I see more clearly than ever the difficulty and importance of co-creating a male-female balance and interdependence focused language with their mother: a glossolalia or "speaking in tongues" proximate, new language of love and trust that is unique to our familial nucleus. So I could not agree more with Montague, when she tells her co-host Miller,

"In medical school, when we learnt about dementia we mainly learned about memory loss. But that changed over my 15 years as a doctor. But to be frank about this William, I've understood more about dementia I feel from visiting our interviewees in this series than from whole swathes of my medical career."

It is through my interactions and observations as a domestic carer, in both formal and informal, unpaid roles that I acquired the practical and theoretical building blocks that allowed me to construct my male-female interdependence focused #COVID19 causation hypothesis in December 2020.

This home-based, cognition-affection constructing material includes experiences dating back at least to my mid 1980s familial care for my nephew Jamal and my voluntary, church-based visits with the late Sanderson Calixte, an elderly fellow member with me of Peoples Cathedral, in Barbados, and various paid and unpaid roles I have held with Norwich Justice and Peace, Surlingham Community Primary School, Domino's Pizza, Better Healthcare Services Limited, Norwich City College, the National Union of Journalists and other entities, since moving to England in 2006.

Of these paid and unpaid roles, that of being a husband and father and as a Health Care Assistant (HCA) stand out most prominently as "laboratories" in which I was able to immerse myself, consciously or unconsciously, in the age old, perennial balance\battle of the sexes, as explicit references and allusions to these "gender gyrations" (Lewd Logic, 2000) in my literary and wider creative output from 1982 to the present suggest.

The heterosexual feminist focus of my #COVID19 hypothesis on the woman, in the Jewish prophet Jeremiah's cryptic question and declaration "How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man," (Jeremiah 31:22) is predicted by my work with the former UNIFEM, now UN Women to stem violence against women.

It is presaged by my selection of at least two Women's Studies courses, as I pursued my Linguistics degree at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus, in Barbados.

It can be "tracked and traced" to my eclectic literary tribute to my mother's and other women's shaping of my sensitivities in the e-book Woman-I-Zen (2012), in my March 2005 Fundamentalist Feminism essay, warning of the dangers of an evangelical, fundamentalist Christian approximating variant of feminism and in other cutting edge writings.

I also reinforced the existential, human ecology focused understanding of male-female "compassing", immersion and interdependence in my Careful Conversation With Selma James project, where I subtly foreground a link between human nature and all nature.

This treatment of gender balance as a meteorological phenomenon, or, more explicitly, a sexual "climax crisis" that is not only comparable with but intimately linked to the "climate crisis" is taken up in my #COVID19 hypothesis, where I link media political generated "information inflammation" to the destruction of the earth's ozone layer.

Dementia can thus be viewed as a more fixed, intransigent form of 'brain fog'. It can be located on a continuum of clouded judgement or perception, consistent with my #COVID19 causation hypothesis which suggests that the viral virility of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen is interdependent with gender confusion among humans.

I propose,

"...given COVID-19's well documented impact on the mind, inducing delirium, feelings of exhaustion and other psychosomatic manifestations, called "malaise" by a British Medical Journal (BMJ) article cited here extensively, might it be worth considering the possibility that SARS-CoV-2's virility and reproductive efficacy is interdependent with a radical (albeit gradual, possibly), change in human bio-psychology?

"In other words, might some seismic alteration in human bio-psychology and psychosocial relations have occurred that predisposes human beings to infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, of which the delusions and other neurological or bio-psychological disease insults are "atypical" symptoms?

"Might the much noted penetrative, or binding power of the protein spikes on the envelope which surrounds the virus' core genec material be a consequence of or a complement to a catastrophic, or at least perilous bio-psychological permeability that has opened up in the individual consciences and/or collective unconscious of human beings, much like the hole in the earth's ozone layer?