A review of post-viral conditions and their commonalities with #longcovid #pasc. From post-polio to post-ebola, contrasting with the less specific #mecfs for which there is no one causative agent identified. Including reasonable speculation on mechanism. nature.com/articles/s4159…

#covid19 #longcovid The protectiveness against symptomatic infection of even boosted people 6+ months is ... dire. It significantly reduces severe outcomes, but... It is a shame we determined wearing a mask was too hard. #wearamask assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Some countries have registries of blood donations and healthcare attendances and diagnosis. Has anyone looked at the rates of CFS in those transfused with blood from people with presumed undiagnosed CFS? (or diagnosed where not excluded from giving blood). #mecfs #longcovid

New statistics on people disabled by #longcovid in the UK published by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Unfortunately, they are doubly useless. First, they are confidential. Second, they mix people unable to work for any reason with those unable to due to covid or longcovid. #mecfs ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

🚨From LOCOMOTIONstudy - impact of #LongCovid on productivity: ❗️51.7% reduced paid work hours ❗️Mean monthly work income ⬇️ 24.5% ❗️Average aggregate value of productivity loss since incident infection, extrapolated nationally: 🚨£5.7 billion🚨 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Interesting paper. Typo? 'Patients with depression (GAD-7 score >5, n = 12) tended to have lower kynurenic acid.' 'Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7)' isn't a depression test. Urine Metabolite Analysis to Identify Pathomechanisms of Long COVID journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11…

My 3 step vision and dream to defeat Long COVID and ME/CFS. We need accountable and rigorous research more than ever. We need frontline tools to arm patients with agency and dignity NOW. If you endorse this vision, please retweet and fight for it with me. #LongCOVID #MECFS