Abigail A. Dumes
@AbigailADumes
Asst. prof. in WGS @ UM. Med anthro w/ focus on gender, contested illness, and ID. Current project on Long COVID. https://t.co/LMrd5FGxvs
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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:
fb.watch/iHydkFISws/
📢 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…
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[...]'
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-…