Clips from last week's #LongCOVID advocacy webinar hosted by The Global Feminisms Project and Institute for Research on Women & Gender with
Chimére L. Sweeney, Fiona Lowenstein, Pandemics Are Chronic!, Dona Kim Murphey, MD PhD, Lisa McCorkell, Netia McCray & Abigail A. Dumes:

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📢 This week! Join us on Friday, February 10th, at 12pm EST for a The Global Feminisms Project webinar on stories of Long COVID advocacy in the U.S.

Register: events.umich.edu/event/102235

with: Chimére L. Sweeney Fiona Lowenstein Pandemics Are Chronic! Dona Kim Murphey, MD PhD Lisa McCorkell Netia McCray & Abigail A. Dumes

.The Global Feminisms Project and IRWG will be hosting a webinar on Long #COVID Advocacy in the United States on Friday, Feb. 10th 12:00-1:00 pm EST. myumi.ch/DJp8E

Panelists: Chimére L. Sweeney Fiona Lowenstein Pandemics Are Chronic! Dona Kim Murphey, MD PhD Lisa McCorkell Netia McCray w/ Abigail A. Dumes

Excited to be moderating this webinar on Long COVID advocacy in the US on Feb. 10th from 12-1 PM EST with Chimére L. Sweeney, Fiona Lowenstein, Pandemics Are Chronic!, Dona Kim Murphey, MD PhD, Lisa McCorkell, & Netia McCray!

Register here: myumi.ch/DJp8E

The Global Feminisms Project Institute for Research on Women & Gender

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out Emma Broder (@HarvardHistSci)’s review of Abigail A. Dumes’s book _Divided Bodies: #LymeDisease , Contested Illness, & Evidence-Based Medicine_, pubbed 2020 Duke University Press

#HSTM #HistSci #histmed

Review available H-Net Reviews
h-net.org/reviews/showpd…

Thank you for the thought and care you put into this review, @charisboke! And for making connections that brought new light.

Beautifully said, Meghan O'Rourke!

Deeply appreciate these words of support, Meghan O'Rourke. Thank you!

Thank you for your thoughtful attention to this, Eric Topol!

Thank you so much for these very kind words, Josh Barocas, MD!

A great new piece on medical humility: “Acknowledging uncertainty” — what #LongCovid patients have called for — is a fitting refrain for our times. Starting with what we don’t know — and leading with humility and empathy — seems like a good place to begin. nytimes.com/2022/03/17/opi…

Thank you, Alexandra Sifferlin! It was an honor to work with you on this essay about #LongCovid , contested illness, and evidence-based medicine for New York Times Opinion.

Another important & deeply moving piece by Ed Yong is not here. '[T]he people I spoke with mostly want structural changes—better ventilation standards, widespread availability of tests, paid sick leave, and measures to improve vaccination rates. Above all else, they want flexibility[...]'

The State of Michigan and our federal partners are committed to increasing access to free at-home COVID-19 testing so Michiganders can quickly learn the status of their health and take actions to protect themselves and their loved ones. Here's how to access free tests: 1/4🧵

Thanks for mentioning Divided Bodies in this great piece, Rebecca Onion!
#lymedisease Duke University Press Jared Wadley

Testing is cheap in comparison to lost school time.

In an updated version of the pre-print Scott Gottlieb, MD mentioned below, we also describe benefits of 'Test to Stay': medrxiv.org/content/10.110… -- minimal change in transmission, significantly reduced costs.

What the ‘Lyme wars’ can teach us about COVID-19 and how to #findcommonground in the school reopening debate

The Conversation U.S. article by Abigail A. Dumes
theconversation.com/what-the-lyme-…

.U-M College of LSA medical & cultural anthropologist Abigail A. Dumes compares #LymeDisease controversy w/ #BackToSchool COVID-19 policies:

'The Lyme controversy offers 4 lessons on how parents, schools, elected officials & scientists can find common ground..'

theconversation.com/what-the-lyme-…