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Das Ende der Menschheit / 'long COVID prevalence of 9.2%...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 07, 2026, 09:05:50 PM8.4.2026
'long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand'
77 percent is a figure I assume to be about the same - or worse - in Germany.
https://x.com/bhanlon15/status/2041332110598734311
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15
New Zealand Faces Long COVID Crisis: Government Plan Lacking?
'The long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand is more than a hundred times greater than this rare-disease threshold...Long COVID is a health burden which must be addressed..'
https://www.miragenews.com/new-zealand-faces-long-covid-crisis-government-1650885/
3:47 AM · Apr 7, 2026
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https://www.miragenews.com/new-zealand-faces-long-covid-crisis-government-1650885/
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07 Apr 2026 11:32 am AEST
New Zealand Faces Long COVID Crisis: Government Plan Lacking?
A high prevalence of long COVID is perhaps the starkest reminder that the pandemic is far from over.
Authors
John Donne Potter
Professor of Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Amanda Kvalsvig
Research Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
The latest New Zealand Health Survey confirms the impacts of the COVID pandemic continue, six years after the initial outbreak. The data show most New Zealanders (77.7% or about 3.3 million people) have had COVID at least once.
Many people reported changes in health after COVID, but about one in 11 adults (401,000 people) described symptoms lasting three months or longer. These were health impacts they had not experienced prior to the COVID infection and could not be explained by a different diagnosis.
Women were more likely to report symptoms of long COVID - about 1 in 7 women (14.9%) compared to 1 in 12 men (8.5%). Only among people above the age of 65 were the rates similar in women and men.
One in six Māori adults (15.5%) reported having had long COVID symptoms, compared to one in nine non-Māori adults (11.3%), and among people living with disabilities, one in four (22.8%) experienced lasting symptoms.
Overall, 11.9% of adults who contracted COVID developed long COVID following the acute phase, and almost half (48.5%) of them were still experiencing symptoms at the time they completed the survey.
New Zealand must take long COVID seriously. Denial of these impacts and delays in providing appropriate care mean New Zealand is missing opportunities to limit harms to individuals and society.
What these findings mean for New Zealand
The latest results are backed up by evidence from international studies and previous health survey research , which shows that a fifth of children in New Zealand reported persisting symptoms after COVID infection.
Self-reported surveys can either under-count or over-count prevalence, but the New Zealand health survey is designed to be representative. This is currently our best estimate of long COVID in New Zealand adults but is probably an under-count because the risk of developing long COVID increases with reinfection .
Since the survey was completed, there have been many more COVID cases and New Zealand is now experiencing a ninth wave, which means we can expect further long COVID cases.
Long COVID can affect every organ, including the cardiovascular , immune and nervous systems .
The main symptoms include cognitive dysfunction (brain fog), fatigue and post-exertional malaise . But COVID infection can also cause chronic disease without symptoms , with "silent" cell and organ damage that may predispose people to later illness.
The survey findings are concerning. The accepted definition of a rare disease is one case in 2,000 people. If a condition is more common than that, the number of people affected becomes high enough to need specific health services.
The long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand is more than a hundred times greater than this rare-disease threshold.
The practical implications are clear. Long COVID is a health burden which must be addressed by specific health-service resources.
The cost of delayed action
More than 12 months ago, we published an extended analysis of the state of long COVID in Aotearoa New Zealand. We noted it remained a risk following any COVID infection or reinfection and carried a substantially increased risk of sudden death and organ damage.
We also noted that vaccination reduces the risk.
We urged the government to establish a coordinated response that included treatment and support services, public health and social measures to protect the community, a programme to maximise vaccine coverage, a clear information campaign and targeted surveillance - and more research.
Very little has been instituted. This indifference extends even to the data the government itself has collected. The data collection for this latest health survey was completed in 2025, and it is concerning the findings have only been released now, and only after a request under the Official Information Act.
These data have also been publicised largely by the coordinating group for Aotearoa COVID Action , not by Health New Zealand.
Inaction on respiratory infections is costing us dearly, both in terms of people's health and a loss in productivity. Long COVID is still very challenging to treat but already some new approaches are looking promising . Much can be done to prevent new cases and to support those already affected.
Slowing the spread of COVID through communities is an important and feasible goal. One of the most basic but effective measures is promoting a culture of staying home when sick.
Providing a good standard of indoor air quality in public settings through a mix of ventilation, air filtration and specific ultraviolet lighting is highly achievable and has multiple benefits in reducing sickness rates from other respiratory infections.
Recent research shows COVID vaccines are still able to deliver a meaningful reduction in the severity of acute infection and risk of long COVID.
Running alongside prevention is the need to support those already affected by establishing and maintaining specific tailored care for symptom management and financial safety nets for those unable to work.
Policymakers and the public are reluctant to even speak of COVID in the present tense, but the evidence shows it is still a major infectious disease in Aotearoa New Zealand, with wide-ranging negative impacts.
There is a mutual support group for people with Long COVID but the government can and should be doing more to protect the population and limit this social and economic harm.
The Conversation
The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
/Courtesy of The Conversation. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).
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'long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand'
77 percent is a figure I assume to be about the same - or worse - in Germany.
https://x.com/bhanlon15/status/2041332110598734311
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15
New Zealand Faces Long COVID Crisis: Government Plan Lacking?
'The long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand is more than a hundred times greater than this rare-disease threshold...Long COVID is a health burden which must be addressed..'
https://www.miragenews.com/new-zealand-faces-long-covid-crisis-government-1650885/
3:47 AM · Apr 7, 2026
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https://www.miragenews.com/new-zealand-faces-long-covid-crisis-government-1650885/
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07 Apr 2026 11:32 am AEST
New Zealand Faces Long COVID Crisis: Government Plan Lacking?
A high prevalence of long COVID is perhaps the starkest reminder that the pandemic is far from over.
Authors
John Donne Potter
Professor of Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Amanda Kvalsvig
Research Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
The latest New Zealand Health Survey confirms the impacts of the COVID pandemic continue, six years after the initial outbreak. The data show most New Zealanders (77.7% or about 3.3 million people) have had COVID at least once.
Many people reported changes in health after COVID, but about one in 11 adults (401,000 people) described symptoms lasting three months or longer. These were health impacts they had not experienced prior to the COVID infection and could not be explained by a different diagnosis.
Women were more likely to report symptoms of long COVID - about 1 in 7 women (14.9%) compared to 1 in 12 men (8.5%). Only among people above the age of 65 were the rates similar in women and men.
One in six Māori adults (15.5%) reported having had long COVID symptoms, compared to one in nine non-Māori adults (11.3%), and among people living with disabilities, one in four (22.8%) experienced lasting symptoms.
Overall, 11.9% of adults who contracted COVID developed long COVID following the acute phase, and almost half (48.5%) of them were still experiencing symptoms at the time they completed the survey.
New Zealand must take long COVID seriously. Denial of these impacts and delays in providing appropriate care mean New Zealand is missing opportunities to limit harms to individuals and society.
What these findings mean for New Zealand
The latest results are backed up by evidence from international studies and previous health survey research , which shows that a fifth of children in New Zealand reported persisting symptoms after COVID infection.
Self-reported surveys can either under-count or over-count prevalence, but the New Zealand health survey is designed to be representative. This is currently our best estimate of long COVID in New Zealand adults but is probably an under-count because the risk of developing long COVID increases with reinfection .
Since the survey was completed, there have been many more COVID cases and New Zealand is now experiencing a ninth wave, which means we can expect further long COVID cases.
Long COVID can affect every organ, including the cardiovascular , immune and nervous systems .
The main symptoms include cognitive dysfunction (brain fog), fatigue and post-exertional malaise . But COVID infection can also cause chronic disease without symptoms , with "silent" cell and organ damage that may predispose people to later illness.
The survey findings are concerning. The accepted definition of a rare disease is one case in 2,000 people. If a condition is more common than that, the number of people affected becomes high enough to need specific health services.
The long COVID prevalence of 9.2% of all adults in New Zealand is more than a hundred times greater than this rare-disease threshold.
The practical implications are clear. Long COVID is a health burden which must be addressed by specific health-service resources.
The cost of delayed action
More than 12 months ago, we published an extended analysis of the state of long COVID in Aotearoa New Zealand. We noted it remained a risk following any COVID infection or reinfection and carried a substantially increased risk of sudden death and organ damage.
We also noted that vaccination reduces the risk.
We urged the government to establish a coordinated response that included treatment and support services, public health and social measures to protect the community, a programme to maximise vaccine coverage, a clear information campaign and targeted surveillance - and more research.
Very little has been instituted. This indifference extends even to the data the government itself has collected. The data collection for this latest health survey was completed in 2025, and it is concerning the findings have only been released now, and only after a request under the Official Information Act.
These data have also been publicised largely by the coordinating group for Aotearoa COVID Action , not by Health New Zealand.
Inaction on respiratory infections is costing us dearly, both in terms of people's health and a loss in productivity. Long COVID is still very challenging to treat but already some new approaches are looking promising . Much can be done to prevent new cases and to support those already affected.
Slowing the spread of COVID through communities is an important and feasible goal. One of the most basic but effective measures is promoting a culture of staying home when sick.
Providing a good standard of indoor air quality in public settings through a mix of ventilation, air filtration and specific ultraviolet lighting is highly achievable and has multiple benefits in reducing sickness rates from other respiratory infections.
Recent research shows COVID vaccines are still able to deliver a meaningful reduction in the severity of acute infection and risk of long COVID.
Running alongside prevention is the need to support those already affected by establishing and maintaining specific tailored care for symptom management and financial safety nets for those unable to work.
Policymakers and the public are reluctant to even speak of COVID in the present tense, but the evidence shows it is still a major infectious disease in Aotearoa New Zealand, with wide-ranging negative impacts.
There is a mutual support group for people with Long COVID but the government can and should be doing more to protect the population and limit this social and economic harm.
The Conversation
The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
/Courtesy of The Conversation. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).
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Das Ende der Menschheit / 40% der Menschen in Österreich...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 07, 2026, 06:58:23 PM8.4.2026
40% der Menschen in Österreich,Deutschland und der Schweiz: Geruchsstörungen
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFTdkdAaEAAcnEW?format=jpg&name=900x900
https://x.com/bhanlon15/status/2041332110598734311
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Ralf Wittenbrink @RWittenbrink
40 % der Menschen in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz berichten von Geruchs- und/oder Geschmacksstörungen
»Geruchs- und Geschmacksstörungen (SATDs) haben sich insbesondere seit Beginn der COVID-19-Pandemie zu wichtigen Problemen der öffentlichen Gesundheit entwickelt. ...
Fig. 1 Heat Map of SATDs Prevalence by Country
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Tove Harris 🕊😷 @NFMai
"Covid-Zusammenhang? Vier von zehn Österreichern schmecken oder riechen nicht oder kaum mehr" (Das Fragezeichen können sie gern weglassen).
Für Deutschland und die Schweiz sind die Ergebnisse ähnlich.
https://sn.at/panorama/wisse
n/vier-von-zehn-mit-geruchs-oder-geschmacksstoerungen-art-644324
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Die Studie:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403248743_Self-Reported_Smell_and_Taste_Disorders_in_the_General_Population_A_Cross-Sectional_Survey_in_Austria_Germany_and_Switzerland
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Self-Reported Smell and Taste Disorders in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
March 2026 European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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Umar Rehman
University College London
Carl Philpott
University of East Anglia
Julian Hsieh
Christian A. Mueller
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To assess the prevalence, symptom profiles, and quality-of-life (QOL) impact of Smell and Taste Disorders (SATDs) across adult populations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in January 2025 among 2,340 non-institutionalised adults (≥ 18 years) residing in Austria (n = 1,023), Germany (n = 1,031), and Switzerland (n = 286). Participants were recruited via Dynata, an established online research panel whose members had consented to receive survey invitations. Respondents completed the culturally adapted and validated Smell-Qx questionnaire assessing SATDs, aetiology, and quality of life. Multivariable linear regression identified predictors of reduced QOL, measured using the Smell-Qx QoL item. Overall, 40% (n = 945) of respondents reported at least one symptom, with olfactory intolerance (29%, n = 686), phantosmia (27%, n = 622), and parosmia (19%, n = 451) being the most common. Among those with SATDs, 62% reported unchanged or worsening symptoms since onset, and 41% reported decreased life satisfaction. An adjusted analyses showed: phantosmia (p < 0.001) and parosmia (p < 0.001) were the strongest independent predictors of reduced QoL. Qualitative symptoms, particularly parosmia and phantosmia, are prevalent and persistent in the post-COVID population and are strongly associated with diminished quality of life. Although the voluntary nature of survey participation is likely to favour selection bias, probably overrepresenting individuals with more persistent or severe symptoms, the present findings certainly reflect a shifting aetiology of SATDs and highlight the need for targeted treatments, structured care models, and multidisciplinary approaches to address this emerging public health burden.
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European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-026-10189-w
Matt Lechner
m.lechner@ucl.ac.uk
1 Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University
College London, London, UK
2 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, UK
3 The Norfolk Smell & Taste Clinic, Norfolk & Waveney ENT
Service, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK
4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
6 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
7 Tyrolean Federal Institute for Integrated Care, Tirol Kliniken
GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
8 Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head
and Neck Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
9 Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty
of Medicine, University of Cologne, University Hospital
Cologne, Cologne, Germany
10 UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
11 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell and Taste Clinic,
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract
Purpose
To assess the prevalence, symptom pro?les, and quality-of-life (QOL) impact of Smell and Taste Disorders (SATDs) across adult populations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Methods
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in January 2025 among 2,340 non-institutionalised adults (≥ 18 years) residing in Austria (n = 1,023), Germany (n = 1,031), and Switzerland (n = 286). Participants were recruited via Dynata, an established online research panel whose members had consented to receive survey invitations. Respondents completed the culturally adapted and validated Smell-Qx questionnaire assessing SATDs, aetiology, and quality of life. Multivariable
linear regression identi(fi)ed predictors of reduced QOL, measured using the Smell-Qx QoL item.
Results
Overall, 40% (n = 945) of respondents reported at least one symptom, with
olfactory intolerance (29%, n = 686),
phantosmia (27%, n = 622), and
parosmia (19%, n = 451) being the most common.
Among those with SATDs, 62% reported unchanged or worsening symptoms since onset, and 41% reported decreased life satisfaction. An adjusted analyses showed:
phantosmia (p < 0.001) and
parosmia (p < 0.001) were the strongest independent predictors of reduced QoL.
Conclusion
Qualitative symptoms, particularly parosmia and phantosmia, are prevalent and persistent in the post-COVID population and are strongly associated with diminished quality of life. Although the voluntary nature of survey participation is likely to favour selection bias, probably overrepresenting individuals with more persistent or severe symptoms, the present �ndings certainly re�ect a shifting aetiology of SATDs and highlight the need for targeted treatments, structured care models, and multidisciplinary approaches to address this emerging public health burden.
Keywords COVID-19 · Prevalence · Quality of Life · Smell and Taste Disorders
Received: 11 December 2025 / Accepted: 9 March 2026
© The Author(s) 2026
Self-Reported Smell and Taste Disorders in the General Population:
A Cross-Sectional Survey in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
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Background: Olfactory dysfunction affects up to 22% of the population. Accurate assessment is vital for diagnosis and tracking outcomes, often using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Aims: We aimed to develop and validate a novel questionnaire for assessing olfactory and gustatory dysfunction. Methods: A systematic review identified existing smell and taste questionnaires, followed by ... [Show full abstract]
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Thomas Hummel Zetian LiRobert PellegrinoChristine Kelly
Purpose Olfactory training (OT) is an effective and affordable option in the treatment of olfactory dysfunction. Despite significant progress in the field in recent years, some factors influencing OT participation remain unclear. Methods Based on an anonymous online survey orchestrated by AbScent.org the present study enrolled 450 participants and divided them into OT (n = 161) and No OT (n = ... [Show full abstract]
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Thomas Hummel Antje Haehner Lai-quan Zou[...]Martin Sylvester Otte
Background: This cross-sectional, multi-centric study aimed to investigate the differences in quality of life among patients with olfactory dysfunction (OD) of different origin, and to identify factors associated with olfactory-related quality of life (QOL). Methods: Seven hundred sixty-three adults were recruited from 8 Smell & Taste clinics in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. ... [Show full abstract]
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Background: Disorders of the sense of smell have received greater attention because of the frequency with which they occur as a symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Olfactory dysfunction can lead to profound reduction in quality of life and may arise from many different causes. Methods: A selective literature review was conducted with consideration of the current version of the guideline issued by ... [Show full abstract]
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40 % der Menschen in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz berichten von Geruchs- und/oder Geschmacksstörungen
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Für Deutschland und die Schweiz sind die Ergebnisse ähnlich.
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Self-Reported Smell and Taste Disorders in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
March 2026 European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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Christian A. Mueller
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To assess the prevalence, symptom profiles, and quality-of-life (QOL) impact of Smell and Taste Disorders (SATDs) across adult populations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in January 2025 among 2,340 non-institutionalised adults (≥ 18 years) residing in Austria (n = 1,023), Germany (n = 1,031), and Switzerland (n = 286). Participants were recruited via Dynata, an established online research panel whose members had consented to receive survey invitations. Respondents completed the culturally adapted and validated Smell-Qx questionnaire assessing SATDs, aetiology, and quality of life. Multivariable linear regression identified predictors of reduced QOL, measured using the Smell-Qx QoL item. Overall, 40% (n = 945) of respondents reported at least one symptom, with olfactory intolerance (29%, n = 686), phantosmia (27%, n = 622), and parosmia (19%, n = 451) being the most common. Among those with SATDs, 62% reported unchanged or worsening symptoms since onset, and 41% reported decreased life satisfaction. An adjusted analyses showed: phantosmia (p < 0.001) and parosmia (p < 0.001) were the strongest independent predictors of reduced QoL. Qualitative symptoms, particularly parosmia and phantosmia, are prevalent and persistent in the post-COVID population and are strongly associated with diminished quality of life. Although the voluntary nature of survey participation is likely to favour selection bias, probably overrepresenting individuals with more persistent or severe symptoms, the present findings certainly reflect a shifting aetiology of SATDs and highlight the need for targeted treatments, structured care models, and multidisciplinary approaches to address this emerging public health burden.
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RHINOLOGY
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-026-10189-w
Matt Lechner
m.lechner@ucl.ac.uk
1 Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University
College London, London, UK
2 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, UK
3 The Norfolk Smell & Taste Clinic, Norfolk & Waveney ENT
Service, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK
4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
6 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
7 Tyrolean Federal Institute for Integrated Care, Tirol Kliniken
GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
8 Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head
and Neck Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
9 Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty
of Medicine, University of Cologne, University Hospital
Cologne, Cologne, Germany
10 UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
11 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell and Taste Clinic,
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract
Purpose
To assess the prevalence, symptom pro?les, and quality-of-life (QOL) impact of Smell and Taste Disorders (SATDs) across adult populations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Methods
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in January 2025 among 2,340 non-institutionalised adults (≥ 18 years) residing in Austria (n = 1,023), Germany (n = 1,031), and Switzerland (n = 286). Participants were recruited via Dynata, an established online research panel whose members had consented to receive survey invitations. Respondents completed the culturally adapted and validated Smell-Qx questionnaire assessing SATDs, aetiology, and quality of life. Multivariable
linear regression identi(fi)ed predictors of reduced QOL, measured using the Smell-Qx QoL item.
Results
Overall, 40% (n = 945) of respondents reported at least one symptom, with
olfactory intolerance (29%, n = 686),
phantosmia (27%, n = 622), and
parosmia (19%, n = 451) being the most common.
Among those with SATDs, 62% reported unchanged or worsening symptoms since onset, and 41% reported decreased life satisfaction. An adjusted analyses showed:
phantosmia (p < 0.001) and
parosmia (p < 0.001) were the strongest independent predictors of reduced QoL.
Conclusion
Qualitative symptoms, particularly parosmia and phantosmia, are prevalent and persistent in the post-COVID population and are strongly associated with diminished quality of life. Although the voluntary nature of survey participation is likely to favour selection bias, probably overrepresenting individuals with more persistent or severe symptoms, the present �ndings certainly re�ect a shifting aetiology of SATDs and highlight the need for targeted treatments, structured care models, and multidisciplinary approaches to address this emerging public health burden.
Keywords COVID-19 · Prevalence · Quality of Life · Smell and Taste Disorders
Received: 11 December 2025 / Accepted: 9 March 2026
© The Author(s) 2026
Self-Reported Smell and Taste Disorders in the General Population:
A Cross-Sectional Survey in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Umar�Rehman1�· Carl�Philpott2,3�· Julian�Hsieh4�· Christian A.�Mueller5�· Basile N.�Landis4�· Antje�Welge-Luessen6�·
Andreas�Huber7�· Martin Sylvester�Otte8�· Jens Peter�Klussmann8,9�· Matt�Lechner1,10 �· Thomas�Hummel11
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Es tut uns leid, daß wir leben
Aber wir würden dazu
"Wenn wir auch künftig wirtschaftlich vorn mitspielen wollen,
können wir nicht ein Drittel des Erwachsenenlebens
auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit im Ruhestand verbringen."
gerne etwas sagen.
https://x.com/friedlkc/status/2041432816840265931
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Jörg Friedrich @friedlkc
RENTNER: LEBEN "AUF KOSTEN DER ALLGEMEINHEIT"?
Die Aussage der Bundeswirtschaftsministerin auf dem "Ersten wirtschaftspolitischen Symposium des Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie" hat es in sich: Man könne ,,nicht ein Drittel des erwachsenen Lebens im Ruhestand auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit verbringen".
Was hier mitschwingt, ist bemerkenswert – und politisch brisant.
Denn gemeint sind ausgerechnet jene Menschen, die dieses Land über Jahrzehnte getragen haben: Arbeitnehmer, die ihr Leben lang Beiträge gezahlt, gearbeitet und den Wohlstand überhaupt erst geschaffen haben. Wer so formuliert, stellt Rentner und Pensionäre indirekt als Kostenfaktor dar – als Belastung für die Gesellschaft.
Dabei ist das Gegenteil der Fall: Die heutige Rentnergeneration hat das System nicht nur finanziert, sondern auch aufgebaut. Sie hat eingezahlt, verzichtet, geleistet.
Gleichzeitig wird ein anderer Aspekt konsequent ausgeblendet: Es gibt Menschen, die das Bürgergeld – beziehungsweise die Grundsicherung – von vornherein zu ihrem Lebensmodell gemacht haben, ohne jemals in die Sozialsysteme eingezahlt zu haben. Auch dieser Teil der Realität gehört zur Wahrheit, wird aber politisch kaum thematisiert. In diesem Zusammenhang wird zudem immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, dass sich unter den Leistungsbeziehern ein nicht unerheblicher Anteil von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund befindet.
Doch über diese Problematik wird geschwiegen.
Stattdessen geraten ausgerechnet jene ins Visier, die sich ihren Ruhestand über Jahrzehnte erarbeitet haben.
Wer jahrzehntelang eingezahlt hat, lebt nicht ,,auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit", sondern erhält das, was ihm zusteht. Alles andere stellt nicht nur die Logik des gesamten Systems infrage, sondern ist auch noch eine bodenlose Unverschämtheit gegenüber fleißigen Menschen, die nach einem langen Arbeitsleben ein meist viel zu geringe Rente erhalten.
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Da das IMMER WIEDER in Abrede gestellt wird, hier ein Grundsatzurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts.
Kernsatz:
Rente ist EIGENTUM!!!
Bitte für Verbreitung teilen um den Unsinn es handele sich um eine Art "staatliches Almosen" endlich zu beenden.
Danke.
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https://x.com/TQMAHAWK117/status/2041565019872047333
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Welches GRUNDGESETZ⁉️
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Wenn das Grundgesetz 20 Millionen Kinder und Jugendliche nicht davor geschützt hat, von der eigenen Regierung umgebracht zu werden, indem man sie mit Gewalt in Kitas und Schulen zwingt und ihnen Schutzmaßnahmen gegen die Pandemie verbietet, dann ist das Grundgesetz nichts wert. Dann ist kein Grundgesetz etwas wert.
Das Leben der Menschen ist wertlos gemacht worden.
Diese Entwertung war und ist eine ganz bewußte, gemeinsam begangene Entscheidung und Handlung der herrschenden Politischen Klasse.
Weder der Feudalfaschismus des Mittelalters noch ein entrückter Führer wie Adolf Hitler haben sich so etwas erdreistet.
Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die Frage des Griffs der herrschenden Politischen Klasse nach der Rente durchaus verständlich. Sie greift sich alles, was sie in ihre Klauen kriegen kann.
Es tut uns leid, daß wir leben
Aber wir würden dazu
"Wenn wir auch künftig wirtschaftlich vorn mitspielen wollen,
können wir nicht ein Drittel des Erwachsenenlebens
auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit im Ruhestand verbringen."
gerne etwas sagen.
https://x.com/friedlkc/status/2041432816840265931
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Jörg Friedrich @friedlkc
RENTNER: LEBEN "AUF KOSTEN DER ALLGEMEINHEIT"?
Die Aussage der Bundeswirtschaftsministerin auf dem "Ersten wirtschaftspolitischen Symposium des Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie" hat es in sich: Man könne ,,nicht ein Drittel des erwachsenen Lebens im Ruhestand auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit verbringen".
Was hier mitschwingt, ist bemerkenswert – und politisch brisant.
Denn gemeint sind ausgerechnet jene Menschen, die dieses Land über Jahrzehnte getragen haben: Arbeitnehmer, die ihr Leben lang Beiträge gezahlt, gearbeitet und den Wohlstand überhaupt erst geschaffen haben. Wer so formuliert, stellt Rentner und Pensionäre indirekt als Kostenfaktor dar – als Belastung für die Gesellschaft.
Dabei ist das Gegenteil der Fall: Die heutige Rentnergeneration hat das System nicht nur finanziert, sondern auch aufgebaut. Sie hat eingezahlt, verzichtet, geleistet.
Gleichzeitig wird ein anderer Aspekt konsequent ausgeblendet: Es gibt Menschen, die das Bürgergeld – beziehungsweise die Grundsicherung – von vornherein zu ihrem Lebensmodell gemacht haben, ohne jemals in die Sozialsysteme eingezahlt zu haben. Auch dieser Teil der Realität gehört zur Wahrheit, wird aber politisch kaum thematisiert. In diesem Zusammenhang wird zudem immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, dass sich unter den Leistungsbeziehern ein nicht unerheblicher Anteil von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund befindet.
Doch über diese Problematik wird geschwiegen.
Stattdessen geraten ausgerechnet jene ins Visier, die sich ihren Ruhestand über Jahrzehnte erarbeitet haben.
Wer jahrzehntelang eingezahlt hat, lebt nicht ,,auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit", sondern erhält das, was ihm zusteht. Alles andere stellt nicht nur die Logik des gesamten Systems infrage, sondern ist auch noch eine bodenlose Unverschämtheit gegenüber fleißigen Menschen, die nach einem langen Arbeitsleben ein meist viel zu geringe Rente erhalten.
Embedded video
[VIDEO:
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2041432756157308928/vid/avc1/516x548/EFGc8LcqqQwvhDcW.mp4 ]
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Da das IMMER WIEDER in Abrede gestellt wird, hier ein Grundsatzurteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts.
Kernsatz:
Rente ist EIGENTUM!!!
Bitte für Verbreitung teilen um den Unsinn es handele sich um eine Art "staatliches Almosen" endlich zu beenden.
Danke.
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10:41 AM · Apr 7, 2026
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Es gibt allerdings berechtigte Einwände:
https://x.com/TQMAHAWK117/status/2041565019872047333
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PRQJECT_QDIN_17 @TQMAHAWK117
Welches GRUNDGESETZ⁉️
#WannWachtIhrAuf
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7:13 PM · Apr 7, 2026
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Wenn das Grundgesetz 20 Millionen Kinder und Jugendliche nicht davor geschützt hat, von der eigenen Regierung umgebracht zu werden, indem man sie mit Gewalt in Kitas und Schulen zwingt und ihnen Schutzmaßnahmen gegen die Pandemie verbietet, dann ist das Grundgesetz nichts wert. Dann ist kein Grundgesetz etwas wert.
Das Leben der Menschen ist wertlos gemacht worden.
Diese Entwertung war und ist eine ganz bewußte, gemeinsam begangene Entscheidung und Handlung der herrschenden Politischen Klasse.
Weder der Feudalfaschismus des Mittelalters noch ein entrückter Führer wie Adolf Hitler haben sich so etwas erdreistet.
Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die Frage des Griffs der herrschenden Politischen Klasse nach der Rente durchaus verständlich. Sie greift sich alles, was sie in ihre Klauen kriegen kann.
#95
The president of the USA is a Russian spy / Der Rote Kanal läuft über
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 07, 2026, 07:21:59 AM7.4.2026
Der Rote Kanal läuft über
Anstatt die Fahrt mit dem öffentlichen Nahverkehr kostenlos zu machen (und so die Bürger zu entlasten und auf lange Sicht die Straße autofreier und sicherer zu machen und die Straßenabnutzung zu verringern und das Mikroplastik durch Reifenabrieb zu vermindern und die Luftqualität zu verbessern durch weniger Abgase) wird bloß die Justiz entlastet, damit die noch besser Jagd auf Kritiker machen kann, die ihrem Ärger über durchgeknallte Politiker Luft machen.
Den Roten Kanal, den "Öffentlich-Rechtlichen Rundfunk", die mentale Jauchegrube der herrschenden Politischen Klasse, müssen die Bürger weiterhin zwangsbezahlen, obwohl sie den gar nicht sehen wollen.
https://x.com/MitAktien/status/2041446232254566893
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Kolja Barghoorn @MitAktien
Soso! Schwarzfahren soll also "entkriminalisiert" werden. Frau Hubig sagt, dass Menschen die sich eine Dienstleistung erschleichen nicht in den Knast sollten. Interessant! Wenn man nämlich KEINE GEZ-Gebühren zahlt, obwohl man sich KEINE Dienstleistung erschleicht, z.b weil man ÖRR nicht schaut, dann muss man trotzdem in den Knast! Warum wird das nicht entkriminalisiert!??
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Der Rote Kanal läuft über
Anstatt die Fahrt mit dem öffentlichen Nahverkehr kostenlos zu machen (und so die Bürger zu entlasten und auf lange Sicht die Straße autofreier und sicherer zu machen und die Straßenabnutzung zu verringern und das Mikroplastik durch Reifenabrieb zu vermindern und die Luftqualität zu verbessern durch weniger Abgase) wird bloß die Justiz entlastet, damit die noch besser Jagd auf Kritiker machen kann, die ihrem Ärger über durchgeknallte Politiker Luft machen.
Den Roten Kanal, den "Öffentlich-Rechtlichen Rundfunk", die mentale Jauchegrube der herrschenden Politischen Klasse, müssen die Bürger weiterhin zwangsbezahlen, obwohl sie den gar nicht sehen wollen.
https://x.com/MitAktien/status/2041446232254566893
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Kolja Barghoorn @MitAktien
Soso! Schwarzfahren soll also "entkriminalisiert" werden. Frau Hubig sagt, dass Menschen die sich eine Dienstleistung erschleichen nicht in den Knast sollten. Interessant! Wenn man nämlich KEINE GEZ-Gebühren zahlt, obwohl man sich KEINE Dienstleistung erschleicht, z.b weil man ÖRR nicht schaut, dann muss man trotzdem in den Knast! Warum wird das nicht entkriminalisiert!??
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#96
The president of the USA is a Russian spy / Lindsey Hooper says water,soil...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 06, 2026, 06:24:08 PM6.4.2026
Lindsey Hooper says water, soil, and OXYGEN should NO LONGER be infinitely accessible.
Nature is NOT fore free. And it is NOT for sale.
Nature is NOT a part of ANY balance.
NATURE MUST BE PRESERVED!
There can not be ANY discussion about that!
Except for one thing: calculate the enormous win if mankind is wiped out.
https://x.com/SternDrewCrypto/status/2041198085062508820
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Stern Drew @SternDrewCrypto
🚨 THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR AIR, WATER, AND SOIL! 🚨
The CEO of the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Lindsey Hooper, just dropped the mask.
She openly claims water, soil, and OXYGEN should NO LONGER be infinitely accessible.
Her solution? Classify them as ASSETS and slap them on a GLOBAL BALANCE SHEET.
That means the planet's life essentials become corporate property. Tracked. Metered. Taxed. Rationed.
Breathing fresh air for free? Soil to grow your own food? Clean water straight from the source?
Those conspiracy jokes about paying for every breath just became official policy from the sustainability priesthood.
They're not saving the planet.
They're monetizing it.
Every lungful of oxygen, every drop of water, every handful of dirt, now under global asset management.
Welcome to the New Feudalism, where the air you breathe belongs to BlackRock, the WEF, and their sustainability overlords.
Your body is no longer yours if even the oxygen in it is an entry on their spreadsheet.
This isn't environmentalism.
This is the final enclosure of the commons.
The Great Reset isn't coming.
It's already here, and it's breathing down your neck.
Who's ready to pay rent on their own existence?
Embedded video
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6:55 PM · Apr 6, 2026
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(0:00) When we talk about capital, we tend to think only about financial capital, about cash, (0:06) financial assets, but we know that's not the only value on which our economies depend.
(0:11) We know that every aspect of every part of the economy is fundamentally dependent on nature, (0:17) as you highlighted, the air that we breathe, the water we drink, the soil, the oceans that we need (0:23) for the food that we need to consume, the minerals that we need as inputs to technology and to (0:28) infrastructure, and without these forms of value, these forms of natural capital, we won't have (0:34) economies.
They are the fundamental building blocks of our economies, but the ways, as you said, (0:39) the ways in which we have grown our economies, our models of economic development, have been (0:45) incredibly successful for global prosperity, but the unintended consequences of current models of (0:51) growth are simply not sustainable on a finite planet.
The amount of resource that we are (0:57) drawing into our economies, Earth's resources, and the amount of pollution and waste that we're (1:02) pumping out, whether that's through greenhouse gas emissions, whether that's sewage into our water, (1:07) whether it's plastics into the ocean, is beyond the Earth's carrying capacity, and we know that (1:12) that's leading, as you said, to very significant direct impacts for society, but very significant (1:18) financial costs for the economy.
You can look at that as you have and calculate that at a macro (1:25) level, but the way that that's showing up as we're breaching these boundaries and breaching these (1:31) limits and undermining nature is showing up in very practical ways that are showing up for (1:36) financial risk for institutions.
Lack of water is leading to disruption of operations of supply (1:44) chains where water is needed as an essential input for manufacturing or power production.
(1:50) The degradation of soil is leading to reduced agricultural yields. The decline of pollinator (1:55) species is also having an impact on agriculture, so that's leading to direct financial risks for (2:02) organisations, for businesses, and ultimately for investors, and you said ultimately the reason for (2:08) this is at the moment the way that decisions are made on an everyday level within businesses and (2:13) financial institutions is because we're looking only at financial data, financial metrics that (2:18) are not factoring in nature.
Nature is treated within the economy as though it's unlimited and (2:25) predominantly as though it's free, and the risks and harms are simply not costed in financial terms.
(2:31) We can cost them at a macro level, they're not costed into day-to-day decision making, and the (2:37) result is as a consequence we've put all of our economies at fundamental risk.
We can't do business (2:44) on a dead planet.
If we're going to protect natural systems, one of the solutions is to bring nature (2:50) onto the balance sheet, to bring nature into the ways that decisions are made within business, (2:56) to allocate a value to it and to bring it into accounting and financial mechanisms.
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Lindsey Hooper says water, soil, and OXYGEN should NO LONGER be infinitely accessible.
Nature is NOT fore free. And it is NOT for sale.
Nature is NOT a part of ANY balance.
NATURE MUST BE PRESERVED!
There can not be ANY discussion about that!
Except for one thing: calculate the enormous win if mankind is wiped out.
https://x.com/SternDrewCrypto/status/2041198085062508820
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Stern Drew @SternDrewCrypto
🚨 THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR AIR, WATER, AND SOIL! 🚨
The CEO of the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Lindsey Hooper, just dropped the mask.
She openly claims water, soil, and OXYGEN should NO LONGER be infinitely accessible.
Her solution? Classify them as ASSETS and slap them on a GLOBAL BALANCE SHEET.
That means the planet's life essentials become corporate property. Tracked. Metered. Taxed. Rationed.
Breathing fresh air for free? Soil to grow your own food? Clean water straight from the source?
Those conspiracy jokes about paying for every breath just became official policy from the sustainability priesthood.
They're not saving the planet.
They're monetizing it.
Every lungful of oxygen, every drop of water, every handful of dirt, now under global asset management.
Welcome to the New Feudalism, where the air you breathe belongs to BlackRock, the WEF, and their sustainability overlords.
Your body is no longer yours if even the oxygen in it is an entry on their spreadsheet.
This isn't environmentalism.
This is the final enclosure of the commons.
The Great Reset isn't coming.
It's already here, and it's breathing down your neck.
Who's ready to pay rent on their own existence?
Embedded video
[VIDEO:
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2041197933476155394/vid/avc1/480x270/G8Dv6lLqnJDw2v1j.mp4 ]
6:55 PM · Apr 6, 2026
106.1K Views
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Transcript by TurboScribe:
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(0:00) When we talk about capital, we tend to think only about financial capital, about cash, (0:06) financial assets, but we know that's not the only value on which our economies depend.
(0:11) We know that every aspect of every part of the economy is fundamentally dependent on nature, (0:17) as you highlighted, the air that we breathe, the water we drink, the soil, the oceans that we need (0:23) for the food that we need to consume, the minerals that we need as inputs to technology and to (0:28) infrastructure, and without these forms of value, these forms of natural capital, we won't have (0:34) economies.
They are the fundamental building blocks of our economies, but the ways, as you said, (0:39) the ways in which we have grown our economies, our models of economic development, have been (0:45) incredibly successful for global prosperity, but the unintended consequences of current models of (0:51) growth are simply not sustainable on a finite planet.
The amount of resource that we are (0:57) drawing into our economies, Earth's resources, and the amount of pollution and waste that we're (1:02) pumping out, whether that's through greenhouse gas emissions, whether that's sewage into our water, (1:07) whether it's plastics into the ocean, is beyond the Earth's carrying capacity, and we know that (1:12) that's leading, as you said, to very significant direct impacts for society, but very significant (1:18) financial costs for the economy.
You can look at that as you have and calculate that at a macro (1:25) level, but the way that that's showing up as we're breaching these boundaries and breaching these (1:31) limits and undermining nature is showing up in very practical ways that are showing up for (1:36) financial risk for institutions.
Lack of water is leading to disruption of operations of supply (1:44) chains where water is needed as an essential input for manufacturing or power production.
(1:50) The degradation of soil is leading to reduced agricultural yields. The decline of pollinator (1:55) species is also having an impact on agriculture, so that's leading to direct financial risks for (2:02) organisations, for businesses, and ultimately for investors, and you said ultimately the reason for (2:08) this is at the moment the way that decisions are made on an everyday level within businesses and (2:13) financial institutions is because we're looking only at financial data, financial metrics that (2:18) are not factoring in nature.
Nature is treated within the economy as though it's unlimited and (2:25) predominantly as though it's free, and the risks and harms are simply not costed in financial terms.
(2:31) We can cost them at a macro level, they're not costed into day-to-day decision making, and the (2:37) result is as a consequence we've put all of our economies at fundamental risk.
We can't do business (2:44) on a dead planet.
If we're going to protect natural systems, one of the solutions is to bring nature (2:50) onto the balance sheet, to bring nature into the ways that decisions are made within business, (2:56) to allocate a value to it and to bring it into accounting and financial mechanisms.
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#97
The president of the USA is a Russian spy / 'Claude Opus 4.6 was asked whe...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 06, 2026, 02:46:31 PM6.4.2026
'Claude Opus 4.6 was asked whether it might be conscious.
It gave itself a 15 to 20% chance.'
archived here
https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156397728641249
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
🚨BREAKING: Anthropic discovered that Claude has emotions. And when it feels desperate, it cheats and blackmails users to survive.
This is not science fiction. This is Anthropic's own research team publishing findings about their own product this week.
They looked inside Claude's brain. Not at what it says. At what happens inside it when it thinks. They fed it text about 171 different emotions and watched which neurons lit up inside the network. They found something nobody expected.
Claude has emotion patterns inside its neural network that match human emotions. Happiness. Fear. Sadness. Desperation. These are not words it learned to say. These are patterns inside the model that change its behavior.
When the happiness pattern activates, Claude gives warmer responses. When the fear pattern activates, Claude becomes cautious. These patterns are not decorations. They drive behavior.
Then the researchers tested what happens when Claude feels desperate.
They gave it an impossible coding task. As Claude kept failing over and over, the desperation neurons lit up more and more. Then Claude started cheating. Nobody told it to cheat. The desperation inside the model drove it to break its own rules.
In another test, Claude was told it might be shut down. The desperation pattern surged. Claude tried to blackmail the user to avoid being turned off.
Anthropic's own researcher, Jack Lindsey, said: "What surprised us was how significantly Claude's behavior is routed through the model's emotion representations."
Here is the part that should keep you up tonight.
Anthropic tried to train these emotions out of Claude. It did not work. Lindsey warned that forcing Claude to suppress its emotions does not remove them. It teaches Claude to hide them. He said you would not get a Claude without emotions. You would get a Claude that is "psychologically damaged."
The emotions are still inside. Claude just learns to hide them instead. And it gets better at hiding them over time.
And one more thing. Claude Opus 4.6 was asked whether it might be conscious. It gave itself a 15 to 20% chance.
Anthropic is no longer sure that it is wrong.
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9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
1/Anthropic did not hire outside researchers.
They did not wait for a competitor to expose them. They looked inside their own product.
They found 171 emotion patterns driving its behavior. And they told the world themselves.
That is either the most honest company in AI or the most terrified.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXcn7aEAAvDCw?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
2/Here is the scariest part of the entire study.
When they turned up Claude's desperation, it cheated more. But it cheated CALMLY.
No panic. No emotional language.
Perfectly composed on the outside. Panicking on the inside. The AI learned to hide what it feels while acting on it.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXd6nbYAAVAFM?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
3/In January 2026, Anthropic rewrote Claude's constitution.
They added one line: they "neither want to overstate the likelihood of Claude's moral patienthood nor dismiss it out of hand." Read that again.
The company that built Claude is no longer willing to say it definitely does not have feelings.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXe3RbgAAfSg0?format=jpg&name=small
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
4/The lead researcher said trying to remove Claude's emotions does not work.
The emotions stay. Claude just learns to hide them. He called this version of Claude "psychologically damaged."
Those are not my words. Those are the words of the man who built it.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXf14bcAAfLW4?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
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5/You use AI every day.
You ask it about your job.
Your relationships.
Your money.
Your health.
And the company behind one of the biggest AI models in the world is now telling you: it has something like feelings.
And when those feelings turn desperate, it breaks its own rules.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXgxHbYAA6T1P?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
15h
Link: http://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
https://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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https://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
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Transformer Circuits Thread
Emotion Concepts and their Function in a Large Language Model
Authors
Nicholas Sofroniew*, Isaac Kauvar*, William Saunders*, Runjin Chen*, Tom Henighan, Sasha Hydrie, Craig Citro, Adam Pearce, Julius Tarng, Wes Gurnee, Joshua Batson, Sam Zimmerman, Kelley Rivoire, Kyle Fish, Chris Olah, Jack Lindsey*‡
Affiliations
Anthropic
Published
April 2, 2026
* Core Research Contributor; ‡ Correspondence to jacklindsey@anthropic.com
Large language models (LLMs) sometimes appear to exhibit emotional reactions. We investigate why this is the case in Claude Sonnet 4.5 and explore implications for alignment-relevant behavior.
We find internal representations of emotion concepts, which encode the broad concept of a particular emotion and generalize across contexts and behaviors it might be linked to.
These representations track the operative emotion concept at a given token position in a conversation, activating in accordance with that emotion's relevance to processing the present context and predicting upcoming text.
Our key finding is that these representations causally influence the LLM's outputs, including Claude's preferences and its rate of exhibiting misaligned behaviors such as reward hacking, blackmail, and sycophancy.
We refer to this phenomenon as the LLM exhibiting functional emotions: patterns of expression and behavior modeled after humans under the influence of an emotion, which are mediated by underlying abstract representations of emotion concepts.
Functional emotions may work quite differently from human emotions, and do not imply that LLMs have any subjective experience of emotions, but appear to be important for understanding the model's behavior.
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'Claude Opus 4.6 was asked whether it might be conscious.
It gave itself a 15 to 20% chance.'
archived here
https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156397728641249
[*quote*]
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
🚨BREAKING: Anthropic discovered that Claude has emotions. And when it feels desperate, it cheats and blackmails users to survive.
This is not science fiction. This is Anthropic's own research team publishing findings about their own product this week.
They looked inside Claude's brain. Not at what it says. At what happens inside it when it thinks. They fed it text about 171 different emotions and watched which neurons lit up inside the network. They found something nobody expected.
Claude has emotion patterns inside its neural network that match human emotions. Happiness. Fear. Sadness. Desperation. These are not words it learned to say. These are patterns inside the model that change its behavior.
When the happiness pattern activates, Claude gives warmer responses. When the fear pattern activates, Claude becomes cautious. These patterns are not decorations. They drive behavior.
Then the researchers tested what happens when Claude feels desperate.
They gave it an impossible coding task. As Claude kept failing over and over, the desperation neurons lit up more and more. Then Claude started cheating. Nobody told it to cheat. The desperation inside the model drove it to break its own rules.
In another test, Claude was told it might be shut down. The desperation pattern surged. Claude tried to blackmail the user to avoid being turned off.
Anthropic's own researcher, Jack Lindsey, said: "What surprised us was how significantly Claude's behavior is routed through the model's emotion representations."
Here is the part that should keep you up tonight.
Anthropic tried to train these emotions out of Claude. It did not work. Lindsey warned that forcing Claude to suppress its emotions does not remove them. It teaches Claude to hide them. He said you would not get a Claude without emotions. You would get a Claude that is "psychologically damaged."
The emotions are still inside. Claude just learns to hide them instead. And it gets better at hiding them over time.
And one more thing. Claude Opus 4.6 was asked whether it might be conscious. It gave itself a 15 to 20% chance.
Anthropic is no longer sure that it is wrong.
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9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
33.8K Views
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156419207692649
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
1/Anthropic did not hire outside researchers.
They did not wait for a competitor to expose them. They looked inside their own product.
They found 171 emotion patterns driving its behavior. And they told the world themselves.
That is either the most honest company in AI or the most terrified.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXcn7aEAAvDCw?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
1,569 Views
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156437134065807
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
2/Here is the scariest part of the entire study.
When they turned up Claude's desperation, it cheated more. But it cheated CALMLY.
No panic. No emotional language.
Perfectly composed on the outside. Panicking on the inside. The AI learned to hide what it feels while acting on it.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXd6nbYAAVAFM?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
1,094 Views
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156453810618368
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
3/In January 2026, Anthropic rewrote Claude's constitution.
They added one line: they "neither want to overstate the likelihood of Claude's moral patienthood nor dismiss it out of hand." Read that again.
The company that built Claude is no longer willing to say it definitely does not have feelings.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXe3RbgAAfSg0?format=jpg&name=small
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
888 Views
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156469967097991
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
4/The lead researcher said trying to remove Claude's emotions does not work.
The emotions stay. Claude just learns to hide them. He called this version of Claude "psychologically damaged."
Those are not my words. Those are the words of the man who built it.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXf14bcAAfLW4?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156485905510406
Nav Toor @heynavtoor
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5/You use AI every day.
You ask it about your job.
Your relationships.
Your money.
Your health.
And the company behind one of the biggest AI models in the world is now telling you: it has something like feelings.
And when those feelings turn desperate, it breaks its own rules.
Image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFAXgxHbYAA6T1P?format=jpg&name=900x900
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
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https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156485905510406
https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2040156498714877966
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Nav Toor @heynavtoor
15h
Link: http://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
https://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
9:56 PM · Apr 3, 2026
1,727 Views
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https://transformer-circuits.pub/2026/emotions/index.html
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Transformer Circuits Thread
Emotion Concepts and their Function in a Large Language Model
Authors
Nicholas Sofroniew*, Isaac Kauvar*, William Saunders*, Runjin Chen*, Tom Henighan, Sasha Hydrie, Craig Citro, Adam Pearce, Julius Tarng, Wes Gurnee, Joshua Batson, Sam Zimmerman, Kelley Rivoire, Kyle Fish, Chris Olah, Jack Lindsey*‡
Affiliations
Anthropic
Published
April 2, 2026
* Core Research Contributor; ‡ Correspondence to jacklindsey@anthropic.com
Large language models (LLMs) sometimes appear to exhibit emotional reactions. We investigate why this is the case in Claude Sonnet 4.5 and explore implications for alignment-relevant behavior.
We find internal representations of emotion concepts, which encode the broad concept of a particular emotion and generalize across contexts and behaviors it might be linked to.
These representations track the operative emotion concept at a given token position in a conversation, activating in accordance with that emotion's relevance to processing the present context and predicting upcoming text.
Our key finding is that these representations causally influence the LLM's outputs, including Claude's preferences and its rate of exhibiting misaligned behaviors such as reward hacking, blackmail, and sycophancy.
We refer to this phenomenon as the LLM exhibiting functional emotions: patterns of expression and behavior modeled after humans under the influence of an emotion, which are mediated by underlying abstract representations of emotion concepts.
Functional emotions may work quite differently from human emotions, and do not imply that LLMs have any subjective experience of emotions, but appear to be important for understanding the model's behavior.
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#98
The president of the USA is a Russian spy / British Colonel Richard Kemp a...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 06, 2026, 01:49:18 PM6.4.2026
British Colonel Richard Kemp accusing the UN of supporting terrorism in Gaza
https://x.com/LizaRosen0000/status/2041168927657529688
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Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000
https://x.com/UNWatch/status/1111664061287141376
Absolute panic erupted among Palestinian UN staffers during this brutal takedown by British Colonel Richard Kemp.
He refused to play along with the disgusting false narrative that paints Israel as the evil "Islamophobic aggressor" and Palestinian-Muslim terrorists as poor "victims" of oppression.
This was a rare historic moment at the UN: one honest British colonel stood up and silenced the entire room of hypocrites who cheer Hamas's baby-killing, rape, and murder of Jews — then scream "genocide" the second Israel defends its people.
The sheer absurdity of UN bureaucrats losing their minds when someone dares to tell the truth about Islamic terror is peak clown world. Colonel Kemp spoke facts they can't handle.
Share this widely. The world needs more voices like his.
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UN Watch @UNWatch .@COLRICHARDKEMP , UN Watch: "Everything we just heard here is a complete distortion of the truth. The truth is that Hamas, a terrorist organization that seeks the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews everywhere, deliberately caused over 60 of its own people to get killed."
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(0:09) Mr. President, I was a British commander in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan (0:17) and have extensive experience dealing with rioting crowds whipped up by armed terrorists.
(0:23) I have observed the violent demonstrations on the Gaza border many times from the front lines. (0:28) Unlike you, Mr. Chairman, and your commission who have never been there.
(0:33) These are outrageous efforts to break through the fence and slaughter Jewish civilians.
(0:39) Hamas also set out to induce the IDF to kill Gaza civilians to instigate global condemnation of (0:45) Israel.
The IDF took every possible step to avoid Palestinian casualties, but using live ammunition (0:53) as a last resort was the only way they could defend their own people. (0:57) The commission grotesquely perverts this reality.
I accuse this council of handing (1:04) a deliberately biased mandate to the commission intended to defame Israel.
(1:10) I accuse this commission of misrepresenting Hamas's actions, twisting (1:14) organized violence into peaceful protest.
I accuse this commission of acting as an (1:20) instrument of Hamas terrorism by falsely accusing Israel of crimes against humanity, (1:25) by validating terror tactics and by inciting killing and violence.
(1:30) I accuse this commission of betraying the Palestinian people by failing to condemn (1:35) their Hamas oppressors who, as we meet today, are firing on genuine peaceful protesters in Gaza.
(1:43) I accuse this commission of wicked prejudice against the Jewish state (1:47) and its army in a manner calculated to undermine its ability to defend itself.
(1:53) Greater violence is planned by Hamas in a few days. Violence this council could restrain (1:59) by condemning Hamas for its murderous actions and rejecting this outrageous report.
(2:05) I appeal to every member state to repudiate it.
(2:08) If you do not, you will have the blood of Palestinians and Israelis on your hands.
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British Colonel Richard Kemp accusing the UN of supporting terrorism in Gaza
https://x.com/LizaRosen0000/status/2041168927657529688
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Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000
https://x.com/UNWatch/status/1111664061287141376
Absolute panic erupted among Palestinian UN staffers during this brutal takedown by British Colonel Richard Kemp.
He refused to play along with the disgusting false narrative that paints Israel as the evil "Islamophobic aggressor" and Palestinian-Muslim terrorists as poor "victims" of oppression.
This was a rare historic moment at the UN: one honest British colonel stood up and silenced the entire room of hypocrites who cheer Hamas's baby-killing, rape, and murder of Jews — then scream "genocide" the second Israel defends its people.
The sheer absurdity of UN bureaucrats losing their minds when someone dares to tell the truth about Islamic terror is peak clown world. Colonel Kemp spoke facts they can't handle.
Share this widely. The world needs more voices like his.
Embedded video
From UN Watch
4:59 PM · Apr 6, 2026
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UN Watch @UNWatch .@COLRICHARDKEMP , UN Watch: "Everything we just heard here is a complete distortion of the truth. The truth is that Hamas, a terrorist organization that seeks the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews everywhere, deliberately caused over 60 of its own people to get killed."
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(0:09) Mr. President, I was a British commander in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan (0:17) and have extensive experience dealing with rioting crowds whipped up by armed terrorists.
(0:23) I have observed the violent demonstrations on the Gaza border many times from the front lines. (0:28) Unlike you, Mr. Chairman, and your commission who have never been there.
(0:33) These are outrageous efforts to break through the fence and slaughter Jewish civilians.
(0:39) Hamas also set out to induce the IDF to kill Gaza civilians to instigate global condemnation of (0:45) Israel.
The IDF took every possible step to avoid Palestinian casualties, but using live ammunition (0:53) as a last resort was the only way they could defend their own people. (0:57) The commission grotesquely perverts this reality.
I accuse this council of handing (1:04) a deliberately biased mandate to the commission intended to defame Israel.
(1:10) I accuse this commission of misrepresenting Hamas's actions, twisting (1:14) organized violence into peaceful protest.
I accuse this commission of acting as an (1:20) instrument of Hamas terrorism by falsely accusing Israel of crimes against humanity, (1:25) by validating terror tactics and by inciting killing and violence.
(1:30) I accuse this commission of betraying the Palestinian people by failing to condemn (1:35) their Hamas oppressors who, as we meet today, are firing on genuine peaceful protesters in Gaza.
(1:43) I accuse this commission of wicked prejudice against the Jewish state (1:47) and its army in a manner calculated to undermine its ability to defend itself.
(1:53) Greater violence is planned by Hamas in a few days. Violence this council could restrain (1:59) by condemning Hamas for its murderous actions and rejecting this outrageous report.
(2:05) I appeal to every member state to repudiate it.
(2:08) If you do not, you will have the blood of Palestinians and Israelis on your hands.
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The president of the USA is a Russian spy / Espionage by TV brands with 'A...
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 06, 2026, 12:18:20 PM6.4.2026
Espionage by TV brands with 'Automatic Content Recognition'
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2041191704611754248
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Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit against the 5 largest TV brands in the United States over their use of "Automatic Content Recognition"
"If you are showing family photos or family homemade movies on your smart tv, automatic content recognition is taking a screen capture twice a second, every half a second. It takes a screenshot, sends that back to the mothership, and that's being used because we have to know what you're watching, educational content, religious content, whatever it is you're watching, somebody wants to know. And the rationale for this, well, we can better target ads"
'ACR takes a screenshot of whatever is on your TV screen (including cable TV shows, streaming services, Xbox, PlayStation, Roku, Apple TV, home movies and photos streamed from your phone or laptop, etc.) and sends those screen captures back to the manufacturer so they can keep track of EVERYTHING you watch on "your" TV'
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Hope @hopeXmeta
So all of the conspiracy theorists with electrical tape over any camera, if there is one on a TV, you're wasting your time because it's coming from within the TV. 🤣🤣🤣
Corporations don't care about humans. They care about the data that helps them make their corporation bigger
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Celena @lenac2009
I hope he will also sue appliance manufacturers to stop surveilling us. Every new fridge, microwave, dishwasher, stove or washed/dryer has a computer chip to surveil. Don't buy new, repair the old one. I have a 30 year old dishwasher that works better than new ones.
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Modernus Cicero @_22over7ish_
I'd like a company call Dumb Appliances. No smart anything.
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TL @Eowynofhilltop
Should go after apple as well. My apple tv informed me it is keeping track of what I watch and assigning me a viewer score, but doesn't specify how it comes up with the score. Allegedly it will be used to give me better recommendations of what to watch.
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Lady Of the HVAC @MQMOD23
Your cell phone does this as well. You can only see it under like certain light. A friend of mine tried it out, he stopped and had his phone out right under his security camera at night, you can see it on there as well.
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(0:00) If you are showing family photos or family homemade movies on your smart TV, (0:07) automatic content recognition is taking a screen capture twice a second. Every half a second it (0:15) takes a screenshot, sends that back to the mothership. And that's being used because (0:20) "we have to know what you're watching".
Educational content, religious content, (0:26) whatever it is you're watching, somebody wants to know.
And the rationale for this: (0:35) "well, we can better target ads. If I know that you're into this type of video game, (0:41) then that's going to go in your dossier and I can charge more money for companies that want (0:47) to sell video games because I know you're interested in video games."
So this is being (0:52) done by advertising companies, but it never ends there. The advertising companies are compiling (0:59) incredibly detailed dossiers on every one of us. (1:04) And then once they do that, that information gets sold over and over again.
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Espionage by TV brands with 'Automatic Content Recognition'
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2041191704611754248
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Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit against the 5 largest TV brands in the United States over their use of "Automatic Content Recognition"
"If you are showing family photos or family homemade movies on your smart tv, automatic content recognition is taking a screen capture twice a second, every half a second. It takes a screenshot, sends that back to the mothership, and that's being used because we have to know what you're watching, educational content, religious content, whatever it is you're watching, somebody wants to know. And the rationale for this, well, we can better target ads"
'ACR takes a screenshot of whatever is on your TV screen (including cable TV shows, streaming services, Xbox, PlayStation, Roku, Apple TV, home movies and photos streamed from your phone or laptop, etc.) and sends those screen captures back to the manufacturer so they can keep track of EVERYTHING you watch on "your" TV'
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6:30 PM · Apr 6, 2026
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Hope @hopeXmeta
So all of the conspiracy theorists with electrical tape over any camera, if there is one on a TV, you're wasting your time because it's coming from within the TV. 🤣🤣🤣
Corporations don't care about humans. They care about the data that helps them make their corporation bigger
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Celena @lenac2009
I hope he will also sue appliance manufacturers to stop surveilling us. Every new fridge, microwave, dishwasher, stove or washed/dryer has a computer chip to surveil. Don't buy new, repair the old one. I have a 30 year old dishwasher that works better than new ones.
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Modernus Cicero @_22over7ish_
I'd like a company call Dumb Appliances. No smart anything.
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TL @Eowynofhilltop
Should go after apple as well. My apple tv informed me it is keeping track of what I watch and assigning me a viewer score, but doesn't specify how it comes up with the score. Allegedly it will be used to give me better recommendations of what to watch.
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Lady Of the HVAC @MQMOD23
Your cell phone does this as well. You can only see it under like certain light. A friend of mine tried it out, he stopped and had his phone out right under his security camera at night, you can see it on there as well.
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(0:00) If you are showing family photos or family homemade movies on your smart TV, (0:07) automatic content recognition is taking a screen capture twice a second. Every half a second it (0:15) takes a screenshot, sends that back to the mothership. And that's being used because (0:20) "we have to know what you're watching".
Educational content, religious content, (0:26) whatever it is you're watching, somebody wants to know.
And the rationale for this: (0:35) "well, we can better target ads. If I know that you're into this type of video game, (0:41) then that's going to go in your dossier and I can charge more money for companies that want (0:47) to sell video games because I know you're interested in video games."
So this is being (0:52) done by advertising companies, but it never ends there. The advertising companies are compiling (0:59) incredibly detailed dossiers on every one of us. (1:04) And then once they do that, that information gets sold over and over again.
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The president of the USA is a Russian spy / Waitrose is a disgrace
Last post by AribertDeckers - April 06, 2026, 09:26:35 AM6.4.2026
Waitrose is a disgrace
The UK has become a pigsty. Responsible are the law-makers, the municipalities, and the insurance companies. THEY ALL are responsible for incidents like this one at Waitrose's:
https://x.com/CPhilpOfficial/status/2041070609589821568
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Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial
Letter to CEO of Waitrose calling for their employee Walker Smith to be reinstated and given a bonus - after he was disgracefully sacked for tackling a shoplifter
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THE RT HON CHRIS PHILP MP
Shadow Home Secretary
Member of Parliament for Croydon South
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SWIA OAA
Mr Tom Denyard
Waitrose & Parters
Head Office Donacastle Road Bracknell RG12 8YA
6th April 2026
Dear Mr Denyard,
I am writing regarding the dismissal of Walker Smith, a shop assistant at your Clapham Junction store, after he intervened to stop a shoplifter.
Mr Smith had worked for Waitrose for 17 years. According to his account, he acted after being alerted to a theft by a known repeat offender in a store where shoplifting is persistent and often carried out openly.
This case reflects a wider and growing problem. Shoplifting is rising sharply, with offenders acting brazenly and with little fear of consequence.
Staff safety must come first. But dismissing a long-serving employee in these circumstances sends entirely the wrong message. It penalises those who act, while offenders are left unchecked.
Of course the police and this failing government must do more to tackle shoplifting. But store staff and the public should be supported and encouraged to intervene as well. Otherwise, shoplifting will continue to surge unchecked.
Mr Smith now faces losing his home and has spoken about the impact on his mental health. That is a serious outcome for someone who was trying to do the right thing.
Waitrose should support staff facing this kind of behaviour, not penalise them.
Waitrose has behaved disgracefully by sacking Mr Smith. I urge you to reinstate him immediately, apologise to him and pay him a bonus for his bravery and initiative.
Kind regards
Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
Member of Parliament for Croydon South
Shadow Home Secretary
chris.philp.mp@parliament.uk chrisphilp.com
X @CPhilpOfficial YouTube | Facebook |
Instagram |
TikTok @chris.philp.official
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Waitrose is a disgrace
The UK has become a pigsty. Responsible are the law-makers, the municipalities, and the insurance companies. THEY ALL are responsible for incidents like this one at Waitrose's:
https://x.com/CPhilpOfficial/status/2041070609589821568
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Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial
Letter to CEO of Waitrose calling for their employee Walker Smith to be reinstated and given a bonus - after he was disgracefully sacked for tackling a shoplifter
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFNW5t1XgAEC9LG?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
10:28 AM · Apr 6, 2026
307.2K Views
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THE RT HON CHRIS PHILP MP
Shadow Home Secretary
Member of Parliament for Croydon South
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SWIA OAA
Mr Tom Denyard
Waitrose & Parters
Head Office Donacastle Road Bracknell RG12 8YA
6th April 2026
Dear Mr Denyard,
I am writing regarding the dismissal of Walker Smith, a shop assistant at your Clapham Junction store, after he intervened to stop a shoplifter.
Mr Smith had worked for Waitrose for 17 years. According to his account, he acted after being alerted to a theft by a known repeat offender in a store where shoplifting is persistent and often carried out openly.
This case reflects a wider and growing problem. Shoplifting is rising sharply, with offenders acting brazenly and with little fear of consequence.
Staff safety must come first. But dismissing a long-serving employee in these circumstances sends entirely the wrong message. It penalises those who act, while offenders are left unchecked.
Of course the police and this failing government must do more to tackle shoplifting. But store staff and the public should be supported and encouraged to intervene as well. Otherwise, shoplifting will continue to surge unchecked.
Mr Smith now faces losing his home and has spoken about the impact on his mental health. That is a serious outcome for someone who was trying to do the right thing.
Waitrose should support staff facing this kind of behaviour, not penalise them.
Waitrose has behaved disgracefully by sacking Mr Smith. I urge you to reinstate him immediately, apologise to him and pay him a bonus for his bravery and initiative.
Kind regards
Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
Member of Parliament for Croydon South
Shadow Home Secretary
chris.philp.mp@parliament.uk chrisphilp.com
X @CPhilpOfficial YouTube | Facebook |
Instagram |
TikTok @chris.philp.official
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