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Covid causes lung cancer, might cause other cancers
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cvirtueI saw a statement online [with no citations, you fool writer] that Covid causes cancer, so I read several research papers from the past year to find out if this was true. There are two quoted and linked below. Papers from earlier in the pandemic have a lot of "we need more data/time" sorts of conclusions.
It looks to me that it causes lung cancer but other cancers are not yet proven. Note: there are several other viruses known to cause cancers.
September 2025: The double-edged sword: How SARS-CoV-2 might fuel lung cancer: Investigating the potential oncogenic mechanisms of the novel coronavirus in lung carcinogenesis
“It has been proven [other research] that although the SARS virus is not capable of integrating into the host genome, it uses the mechanisms of other human oncoviruses to cause lung cancer.”
“the emerging hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 infection might actively contribute to de novo carcinogenesis or accelerate the progression of existing, previously undetected, or dormant cancers. This proposition is supported by observations of increased cancer-related deaths and accelerated metastatic lung disease among cancer survivors who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2. The mechanisms underpinning this potential oncogenic influence are multifaceted and are currently a significant area of active research(Chia et al., 2024a, 2024b).”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098299725000779
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April 2025:
The viral oncogenesis of COVID-19 and its impact on cancer progression, long-term risks, treatment complexities, and research strategies
“definitive evidence directly linking SARS-CoV-2 to tumorigenesis remains elusive.”
“even patients with less severe disease—those hospitalized but not requiring intensive care—show increased risks for HER2-positive breast cancer, esophageal cancer, and stomach cancer” [Rundown of cancer types and evidence follows Table 3]
www.explorationpub.com/Journals/em/Article/1001314
Covid still low in eastern Mass, not so for Flu
Dec. 29th, 2025 04:01 pmcvirtueAt present, transmission levels are low in my area. Standard flu is high (not on this chart - v high in NYC and other areas.). Note that Eastern Mass levels are not representative of the whole state or of New England generally.
NB: it looks like at least one of my public health newsletters is using the term SARS2 instead of the probably-filtered-by-some-platforms "Covid-19". rolls eyes
The full term would be SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2)
Other infectious:
If you go looking for news on Bird Flu, you should search for “highly pathogenic avian influenza” -HPAI- which is the term many sources are using because bird flu is several different individual viruses.
The USA is still not assertively testing for bird flu; it's entirely up to individual farms and/or states to report anything to the Feds. I think this is just ASKING for a huge human pandemic of bird flu to happen soonish. Especially as bird flu is transmitted between farms on the WIND.
You'll see bird flu strains noted with the initials-and-letters scheme such as H5N1, H5N4, H5N3. Standard human flu also has designations with the same scheme; for example, the influenza type that is surging now in the US (and causing a lot of ER visits) is H3N2.
The designation of "200 RNA copies per ml" (X axis) as "low transmission" is something I figured out by reading a lot of articles and also text/English opinions about eastern MA transmission about a year ago. I doubt you could find anyone official saying "X level on this wastewater chart is low transmission."
[image: Current COVID wastewater chart Dec 2025.png]
Book-gifts
Dec. 26th, 2025 02:38 pmmikroThe other one I received was Fashioning Japanese Subcultures(second edition), by Yuniya Kawamura. This one I asked for, from my Mother. I started it as soon as I could, and I plan to read it for a few hours on the plane/at the airport tomorrow. Subculture is a topic I am very interested in, and very probably why I end up doing things like wearing lolita fashion, and having a neocities website. Kawamura, who studied sociology, now works at FIT. She is the "de facto head of the schools Japanese department" according to a person in my local fashion community that was in one of her classes. But anyway, she has a great new and well researched perspective on subculture/neotribes and it is so so very interesting. I would recommend the book to anyone who likes academic writing or niche fashion.
I am not a great writer, and I have a hard time with words. I feel like that comes across in my posts here, but I want to be able to improve my speech and writing, so I will keep trying without becoming too word jumbled.
I hope everyone has a Happy new year and had a good holiday week!
Holidays
Dec. 23rd, 2025 04:48 pmmikroThere are a few stores there I am excited to go to, mainly being the John Fluevog store.. I have always wanted boots from there but never done it because I worry about the fit and don't want to go through the whole buy and send back to get another size fiasco. So hopefully if they fit well, I will be able to buy a dream pair of shoes :].
I finished a few embroidery projects for gifts for people over there I am excited to give, I may talk about later in Jan. in some kind of big crafts I did in the past month and a half post. When I get back I plan to make a bead tapestry thing for my sister, and I want to get fabric to make myself a new dress. We will see...
That's all for now, I am a bit burnt out and discouraged the past few days. Running around with family can be fun but is very very exhausting.
