@aquasscum
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

Wie wäre es, wenn ihr hier auf Mastodon #LongCovid und #corona etwas ernster nehmen würdet!

Einmal pro Woche ein Tröt zum Abwassermonitoring wäre schön! Welche Varianten breiten sich gerade aus?

Eure Sprachlosigkeit erzeugt den verheerend falschen Eindruck, Corona sei kein Problem mehr...

Wie viele Infizierte entwickeln nochmal Long Covid? Wer hat ein erhöhtes Risiko Long Covid zu entwickeln?

Schweigen von euch. 🤨😷😬

Had a mild #COVID19 infection?
Doesn’t mean it’s mild.

#SARS-Cov-2 can behave like HIV or Polio. It can cause internal damage long after apparent recovery.

Mild initial infection does not = mild disease.

Multiple studies show this. #LongCovid
nbcnews.com/health/health-news…

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Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County seeking an injunction to stop the enforcement of mask bans.

This is exactly the kind of action we need to see happen against discriminatory & ableist mask bans.

Law enforcement should not be the arbiter of who is “sick enough” to legally wear a mask. Many disabilities are invisible - and police are NOT doctors.

For more on the Nassau County mask ban and why it’s discriminatory - as well as why everyone (disabled or not) should be allowed to wear a mask - read my article here: disabledginger.com/p/nassau-co…

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans

med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/11…

Nassau County, NY Makes Masking Illegal - Why Medical Exemptions Aren't the Answer

Defendants of mask bans point to medical exemptions as proof that disabled people have nothing to worry about. They're wrong. A look at why bans are ableist, discriminatory and dangerous.

^{Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)}

I urge everyone to read this post from Lucky Tran about a proposed mask ban in Nassau County that would see people fined $1000 for wearing a mask. As soon as North Carolina passed their mask ban - we began seeing other cities and states follow suit.

Mask bans are wrong. Period. We are in an airborne pandemic where one of our best and only tools remains a well fitted respirator. The idea that people should have to carry around a medical exemption (which not everyone can obtain) or face fines and/or arrest is ableist and discriminatory. These bans force disabled people out of society because they don’t allow us to exist safely in public spaces - and they will increase the spread of Covid.

Call, email, post… speak out against these bans. Let lawmakers know you won’t visit any city or state that doesn’t allow people to wear a medical device for personal protection and community care.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #MaskBan #BoycottNC #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #NorthCarolina #NewYork #UglyLaws #NewJersey

med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/11…

I never thought I'd end up with a chronic illness where the most useful health advice comes from an old Vaudeville joke:

Patient: Doc, it hurts when I do this!

Doctor: Then don't do that!

#MEcfs #LongCovid #NEISvoid #PEM #StopRestPace #Humor

On a more serious note, here's a web page with information on pacing so you can avoid PEM (post-exertional malaise, also called post-exertional symptom exacerbation).

Scroll down to see links to pacing and management guides.

meaction.net/stoprestpace/

EDIT: Pacing is not a treatment, it's just a way to try to minimize symptoms!

We need to find better treatments, or a cure, but sadly this is what we have right now.

#MEcfs #LongCovid #PEM #StopRestPace

Stop. Rest. Pace. - #MEAction Network

If you are new to Long COVID or ME/CFS, it is important to learn how to #StopRestPace.

^{#MEAction Network}

Da beklage ich erst heute noch die mangelnde Medienberichterstattung zur aktuellen #Corona-Lage - und finde plötzlich dieses tolle Meinungsstück. 👏

"Und wer einen Fuß in die Tür der wenigen #LongCovid-Ambulanzen bekommen will, muss oft Monate warten. Eine wirkliche Strategie ist nicht in Sicht. Angesichts der steigenden Fallzahlen ist das ziemlich leichtsinnig."

nrz.de/politik/article40664678…

Corona: Es ist keine Langzeit-Strategie in Sicht

Michael Minholz kommentiert.

^{Michael Minholz (Neue Rhein/Neue Ruhr Zeitung)}

New Leicester (UK) #MEcfs & #PostCovid study that is recruiting

Investigating the impact of ME/CFS & #LongCOVID on visual perception & sustained attention using Pupil Frequency Tagging & EEG

dougiebarrett.github.io/Lab/pa…
ME Research UK-funded

Not a biopsychosocial study

@mecfs

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

Julia Doubleday (The Gauntlet) takes on that horrendous article on NPR:

"NPR’s decision to platform a piece about the difficulty of navigating life with a spouse who can’t dine indoors, instead of a piece about the difficulty of navigating a society that has made dining indoors unsafe for vulnerable groups, is just that- a decision, and a political one. It is part of an ongoing effort to cast those who cannot play along with the “back to normal” fantasy- those who are being harmed and killed by it- as weird, paranoid, crazy, annoying, and “the problem.”

Long COVID is a major thorn in the side of the “back to normal” approach to COVID. While some people (appear) to recover well from COVID, many others suffer long-term post-COVID health problems."

thegauntlet.news/p/disabled-pe…

#LongCOVID #AntiAbleism #CovidIsNotOver

Sharing for a friend. Please boost/repost!

Parent or teacher interested in a Covid safe school?! Centered in disability justice. One is forming in MA/RI, location TBD. Email for more info or with questions!

@disability @mcas
@chronicillness
@disabilityjustice
@education @neurodivergents

#Covid #MaskUp #LongCovid #Education #disability #justice #school #k12

A really good summary by Cort Johnson on the Dutch research about #LongCovid muscle damage and malfunction. As I write this, my legs are hurting healthrising.org/blog/2024/01/…

Kudos to Patient Led Research Collaborative for funding this so fast!

Exercise Causes Muscle Damage and Energy Depletion in Long COVID - Health Rising

One of the dangers facing the long-COVID research field was an over-emphasis on immune functioning and an under-emphasis on metabolism and energy production.

^{Cort Johnson (Health Rising: Finding Answers for ME/CFS, FM and Chronic Pain Patients)}

"Oxygen extraction by the body’s tissues was compromised in patients who had symptoms of #exerciseIntolerance after #COVID"

"Patients are told that their symptoms are a result of deconditioning, or decline from lack of physical activity.
Our findings contradict that hypothesis."

#PostCovid #LongCovid #PEM #MECFS #corona #covid19

news.yale.edu/2023/12/19/study…

Study helps explain post-COVID exercise intolerance

Exercise intolerance is one symptom associated with long COVID. A new study helps explain its cause.

^YaleNews

SARS-CoV-2 attacks the mitochondria in cells, depleting their energy.

"researchers found that the virus blocks specific genes that use oxygen to create ATP, forcing the body to deplete finite energy reserves in the body. Without an energy source, cells throughout the body begin to starve, with the cells powering the brain and the heart suffering the most.”

news.unchealthcare.org/2023/10…

#LongCovid #Covid19

Researchers Show SARS-Cov-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure | Newsroom

An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID sympt…

^{kpdaniel (Newsroom)}

"Study Finds There Are 4 Subtypes of Long COVID"

#LongCovid #research
Article here: prevention.com/health/a4243380…

Study here: nature.com/articles/s41591-022…

Important!

Share this article with everyone. It is outstanding

You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List, by
@JessicaLexicus

#Covid
#CovidIsNotOver
#LongCOVID
#MaskUp

jessicawildfire.substack.com/p…

You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List

Show this to your friends and family.

^{Jessica Wildfire (OK Doomer)}