Matthew Halma (@MatthewHalma) profile picture

Biophysicist | #Postviral syndromes, #longCOVID, #PACVS | Open Source Medicine Foundation | https://nitter.gq/t.co/kWFDPz3ED2

Joined October 2022
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1/ PACVS (post-acute COVID-19 vaccination syndrome) is defined, for now, by persistent illness, not by a test. Proposed, mirroring NASEM Long COVID: a chronic condition after COVID vaccination, ≥3 months, continuous, relapsing-remitting or progressive, 1+ organ systems. #PACVS
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18/ The roadmap comes before everything else: acknowledge the population, define the syndrome (Delphi/consensus), endotype, then run trials. Cross-cutting weaknesses in the field: selection bias, infection confounding, reliance on preprints.
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