Just finished Department Q on Netflix, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Except... The portrayal of spinal cord injury... What physios were doing... The inaccuracies were tough to ignore - much to my husband's annoyance every time I shouted at the screen

Don't normalize or look away young people leaving their jobs in the prime of their careers because of #LongCovid. This happens while our grants for infectious disease research continue to be cut or drastically reduced. This anti-science movement will lead to societal collapse.

If you think societal collapse is an exaggeration, I suggest you read the impact of #LongCovid calculated by an economist. He had to calculate it twice *so far*, as the numbers continue to grow. hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/…

Nick Wellings No sympathy received here. Friends bugger off so don’t even talk to you anymore let alone offer sympathy! Release from responsibilities? You still have the same ones but without the finances to deal with them, so additional stress!

⭐️ Help us to reach 20,000 signatures this weekend ⭐️ Please sign our Parliamentary Petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7068… #PoTSPetition

The cost of chronic illness isn’t just physical. It’s losing friends and family. Losing time. Losing dreams. Losing pieces of who you used to be. Losing hobbies. Losing jobs. Losing stability. All while being shamed for not “staying positive.”

A reminder of what the global research output on #MECFS looks like, when compared to other diseases 😳 In the US at least, each of these other diseases now has a lower burden (measured in DALYs) than ME/CFS - and yet ME is barely off the floor. #MECFS #LongCovid

RIP Bridget O'Shea ‘think of the time you had flu, think about how it would impact yr life if you felt that way every day for months on end -empathize The smallest morsel of sympathy can make 🌎 of difference for someone suffering misunderstood illness bridgetoshea.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Bruh, no matter what you’re dealing with, once your health takes a hit, that becomes your only real problem. Never underestimate the value of good health.

The ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan is out. As expected, it doesn’t deliver. Karen breaks down the big gaps, small wins, and what comes next. 👇🏻 It's deeply disappointing, but this is not the end. #ThereForME will keep fighting for action, not words.

The Covid pandemic accelerated brain aging as seen in UK Biobank paired MRI, 2 cohorts nature.com/articles/s4146…

What happens when you compare brain scans from people before and after the pandemic started? A new study with 996 participants shows the pandemic accelerated brain aging for all, but those infected with COVID also presented reduced cognitive performance. #NeuroCovid #LongCovid

I am not okay If anyone comes in the comments justifying #starvation of babies - you are not welcome here. Check your humanity. A deliberate man made famine. A deliberate ethnic cleansing Please keep posting, keep sharing, keep talking, keep petitioning to your leaders and MPs

Sympathetic neural overdrive, vascular dysfunction, and diminished exercise capacity in patients with long COVID-19: a long-term study of cardiovascular sequelae(2 years) 🔥Small but very interesting study, confirming their earlier 3 months LC findings! ➡️"In the present study,

There are multiple ways to deny long covid. I actually prefer the outright denial over the insidious, "long covid is real but.." The "but" exists to let the air out of the tires, while presenting as a reasonable take. It's better to block these accounts than to engage with them.

1/2 We have 3 days until our petition closes, how many signatures can we get before then? WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please share far and wide to highlight the lack of healthcare services for people with #PoTS Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7068… #PoTSPetition #NHS #LackOfServices

2/2 While there is currently no permanent cure for #PoTS, studies indicate that 90% of people with a diagnosis have improved symptoms due to medically guided treatments. Many people wait years to get the diagnosis & medical support that could dramatically improve quality of life!

🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 HSE are holding their AGM on 29th July. I have tabled 3 questions in advance. These may be of interest to healthcare workers - those still in service and those who were injured by Covid and can no longer work (or are limited as to what they can do).

I can’t wait to see if this gets aired, if it doesn’t, is it evidence of a coverup? #covid #CovidTruth #COVIDisAirborne #LongCovidAwareness #longcovid Long Covid SOS @longcovidsos.bsky.social Key Workers Petition UK LongCovidNurses&MidwivesUK 💙🌈 #TeamLCNMUK #FBLC Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ The BMA @Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith PhD RetiredOT 💙💛 Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Steve Darling MP Karen Hargrave @karenlhargrave.🦋.social @OT_Skiff/Helen

…tivemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Our paper on perioperative and anesthetic considerations and guidelines for Long COVID/ PASC is officially published. If you are undergoing surgery or a procedure, we hope this manuscript can be a useful tool. In the manuscript we bring up post COVID