"I don't think the messaging has been strong enough," says David Putrino, the director of rehabilitation innovation for Mount Sinai Health System. "It is very clear that this is not a typical response to exercise."
“The tissue samples from long COVID patients revealed severe muscle damage, a disturbed immune response, and a buildup of microclots.”
“Young Covid-19 survivors say they would never have pushed themselves physically during recovery if they had known it may have played a role in triggering their long Covid, an expert says.”
“It’s only October 11th and we now have 3x the number of referrals to our Long COVID clinic than usual. THREE TIMES MORE.
50% of our referrals contracted COVID in 2024. Of those, half contracted COVID over summer 2024.
COVID prevention is the only to way to prevent Long COVID. We have to do better.”
“This implies that some people may be genetically predisposed to developing post-viral syndromes after COVID-19.
Overall, these findings provide important insights into the genetic basis of Long COVID.
“HEALTH UPDATE:
It has officially been one year since I contracted Covid-19 while on set for my movie that I’ve been working on.
I was once a very healthy 31-year old man, but now every day is a struggle for me.
A THREAD... 🧵”
Long-COVID rate among disabled people double that of able-bodied
People with disabilities are also more likely to have severe COVID-19, face treatment refusals, and be hospitalized, the researchers say.
“Our ‘new normal’ should not include at least 11% of the population falling chronically ill with long Covid after each infection…
…The narrative that we are back to normal.. is not based in reality."
AAI has written to @SenSanders to offer support for his recently introduced legislation, the "Long COVID Research Moonshot Act" which would, among other things, provide NIH with $1 billion/year for 10 years to support Long COVID research.
Read it here:
Simply Red singer Mick “revealed he's suffering with long COVID and is struggling with the after-effects of the virus.
Speaking to The Sun, Mick told how he suffers with heart palpitations and insomnia, explaining how he often wakes up in the middle of the night 'with my heart going ba-boom, ba-boom.'”
“The popular drag artist Themme Fatale has announced their retirement due to Long COVID:
“That’s all folks: Live, laugh, look out for each other during a mass disabling event.”
“It’s not over. And you are leaving people behind.”
The pandemic's ongoing impact on disabled people.
(So of course we will probably never get access to this.)
“The goal of this study is to confirm that niclosamide can solve the complex symptoms of Long COVID through multiple mechanisms such as virus suppression, inflammation suppression, and neuroprotection. We hope that the clinical trial will be successful and provide a practical treatment option for Long COVID patients, which will be historic."
Long Covid by another name
“Kaiser Permanente study finds 14% of people living with chronic fatigue-like syndrome developed it after an episode of COVID”
