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The Long COVID Tipping Point?
The Long COVID Tipping Point?

“Imagine the impact over the next decade. This isn’t just about individuals; it’s a 10% chance of our doctors, pilots, presidents, soldiers, and police officers all grappling with the debilitating effects of Long COVID. When essential roles in society are consistently compromised, the risks are stacked like blocks in an increasingly unstable tower—one that can only lean so far before it topples. The more we ignore the impact of Long COVID, the closer we edge toward this collapse.

The toll of Long COVID is not a hypothetical future but an unfolding reality. As it affects more people, it strains every facet of society—healthcare, insurance rates, disability programs, and economic productivity. “

·x.com·
The Long COVID Tipping Point?
THE UNRAVELLING - A SCIENTIST . AN ARTIST . A FATHER
THE UNRAVELLING - A SCIENTIST . AN ARTIST . A FATHER

“Self-funded short documentary about the true nature of Covid / Sars-CoV-2, and the impact that Long Covid has had on one family.

Derived from material photographed in Sept. 2024 for the feature length documentary project THE UNRAVELLING, currently in pre-production / development.”

Self-funded short documentary about the true nature of Covid / Sars-CoV-2, and the impact that Long Covid has had on one family. Derived from material photographed in Sept. 2024 for the feature length documentary project THE UNRAVELLING, currently in pre-production / development.
·vimeo.com·
THE UNRAVELLING - A SCIENTIST . AN ARTIST . A FATHER
A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.
A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.

November 5, 2024: “A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.”

·x.com·
A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.
Britain has closed its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoods | Devi Sridhar
Britain has closed its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoods | Devi Sridhar
“Britain has closedana its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoods”
Britain has closed its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoodsDevi Sridhar
·theguardian.com·
Britain has closed its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoods | Devi Sridhar
A is circulating (unfortunately spread and amplified by a famous virologist) claiming that is now like influenza.
A is circulating (unfortunately spread and amplified by a famous virologist) claiming that is now like influenza.

In 2024, the facts are clear: COVID far outpaced flu in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths.

COVID also carries the added burden of long COVID, a far more complex, multi-system condition than the long-term effects seen with flu.

COVID is not like the flu. It never was!

·x.com·
A is circulating (unfortunately spread and amplified by a famous virologist) claiming that is now like influenza.
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests

Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in African countries report ongoing symptoms, with fatigue being the most common.

Up to 25% of patients experience mental health issues like PTSD and anxiety, which African health systems are unprepared to address.

·gavi.org·
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests
We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern
We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern

“We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern

With lives being turned upside down by sudden illness and a steady mortality rate related to the disease, Covid and its after-effects are still looming menacingly over us. Zoë Beaty talks to experts and those suffering to find out more”

·independent.co.uk·
We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern
New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work
New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

Approximately 16 million working-age Americans (aged 18 to 65) have long Covid today.

Of those, 2 to 4 million are out of work due to long Covid.

The annual cost of those lost wages alone is around $170 billion a year (potentially as high as $230 billion).

Not. The. Flu. Not. Mild. NOT. OVER.

Actually, Democrats, Covid DOES continue to rule our lives.

·brookings.edu·
New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work
Findings Associated with Prolonged COVID-19 Recovery among... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Findings Associated with Prolonged COVID-19 Recovery among... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Massachusetts study of 280 healthcare workers 3 years post-Covid: 73.4% with Long Covid reported worse quality of life, depression, anxiety, & stress.

Fear of Covid reinfection similar between groups.

Support needed.

·journals.lww.com·
Findings Associated with Prolonged COVID-19 Recovery among... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Long COVID among healthcare workers: a narrative review of definitions, prevalence, symptoms, risk factors and impacts | British Medical Bulletin | Oxford Academic
Long COVID among healthcare workers: a narrative review of definitions, prevalence, symptoms, risk factors and impacts | British Medical Bulletin | Oxford Academic

The impact on our healthcare workforce is immense, occurring at the same time the general population needs our help more as they too are sickened and disabled by long-covid and post-covid conditions.

in a review of 56 literature studies: Long Covid is “prevalent" among Health Care workers who become infected by SARS-CoV-2

·academic.oup.com·
Long COVID among healthcare workers: a narrative review of definitions, prevalence, symptoms, risk factors and impacts | British Medical Bulletin | Oxford Academic