Lisa McCorkell Thank you for the shoutout, Lisa McCorkell! The recording is available to view online here: youtu.be/nNejfkzuSdw

.Dysautonomia Intl. President Lauren Stiles and other patient advocates are quoted in this article exploring what the NIH has done with $1.15B in US taxpayer funds allocated to #LongCOVID research. 1/🧵 muckrock.com/news/archives/…

With the FDA public meeting for #LongCovid coming up tomorrow, it's a good time to think about: what kind of drugs *could* we trial for #LongCovid? The possibilities are honestly endless! Here is a sampling (absolutely not inclusive):

Shaney Wright Simon Wessely The only mass psychogenic illness we see is the delusional disorder found in some clinicians who are incapable of putting aside their ego to learn something new, who live in an alternate reality where ignoring facts that don’t conform to their biases is the norm. They need help.

In fact the corruption of some scientists by vested interests has contributed to creating an idea of 'no consensus' in many of these areas decades after consensus was reached (e.g. smoking and cancer) - to actively undermine facts, and rationalise lack of protective policies.