Alissa Doth

Sent you a PM!

Are you looking for social security disability support or private (erisa?) disability support? They might help to narrow down the support or expertise. Best of luck!

I am hopeful that some of these trials will yield treatment options for patients with long COVID.

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 virus or its remnants are considered to one of the underpinnings of Long Covid. A new review on the mechanism, candidate treatments, and ongoing trials targeting the virus reservoir
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How is this ok?

Same!!

Pubmed returned a 403 error for me and a few colleagues on Tuesday afternoon for about 5 minutes - I hope it was accidental and not related to everything going on with restrictions!

My 15 year old is afraid of using AI for school work because their school has equated use AI with cheating. No discussion of appropriate use. It will be hard to unlearn that and consider where it is appropriate to use when the message they are getting is that students can be expelled if they use AI.

A home combo test was able to identify a family member's case of Influenza A, and they were able to get a Tamiflu Rx early. Check that "cold" early to see if it's more than that!

This is exactly how I feel. It's a moment to practice radical kindness.

So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration.

Big mistake. Huge.

Persistent symptoms and clinical findings in adults with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/post-COVID-19 syndrome in the second year after acute infection: A population-based, nested case-control study In a population-based case-control study, Raphael Peter and colleagues investigate the clinical characteristics and diagnostic findings in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.

The persistence of #LongCovid at 2 years in a prospective cohort of ~1,000 affected individuals with matched controls, with multi-system objective assessments including cognitive testing, lung function, and exercise capacity
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine... open-access

I think more people will find you if you keep ME/CFS in the name. If focusing exclusively on studies and science, #1. If going to expand focus to be beyond just science, #2. #3 wouldn't be clear to me that you focus on ME/CFS, and ME Unravelled might be a broad search string that would miss people.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has Surged Since The Pandemic, Study Reveals Scientists are growing concerned that infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be triggering more cases of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

Surprise.

www.sciencealert.com/chronic-fati...

Just came back from a work trip to Asia. I love how many masked people were in Tokyo, and to a lesser extent Seoul. Half the people on the train in Tokyo were masked. Back home, I only saw two other masked families out today in Minneapolis even with the COVID / flu / RSV going around.

Science tells us that portable air filters reduce infections. It's time for public health authorities to make this clear Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health advisors and politicians have shared mixed messages about the utility of portable air filters…

"Science tells us that portable air filters reduce infections. It's time for public health authorities to make this clear"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Dr. Vernon and her team determined that new incidence cases of ME/CFS were 15 times higher than pre-pandemic levels.

These findings provide additional evidence that infections, including those caused by SARS-CoV-2, can lead to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)."
#MECFS #LongCovid

What to Know About ME/CFS, a Complex Condition That Involves Crushing Fatigue and So Much More Above all, it’s important that you don’t push through your symptoms.

For those not familiar with ME/CFS, this is a good intro overview. There are also very good more detailed accounts and research, but this is a nice digestible high-level intro summary we shared with extended family members who thought having long covid just meant a loss of taste or smell.

Covid infection can cause lasting cognitive impairment, memory issues, clinical anxiety and depression, obsessive behaviour, brain fog, PTSD-like symptoms, insomnia, increased risk of psychosis, mood swings, heightened stress responses.

And that's just a taste.

Wear a mask.

Important Covid editorial @science.org by Maria Van Kerkhove
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hopefully some of these options will help people with ME/CFS-related mitochondrial disfunction.

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Long Covid’s Invisible Toll on Public Health | David Putrino | TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon

Thank you so much to @marksylvester for inviting me to contribute to this @TEDx Santa Barbara salon, discussing #LongCOVID, the scope of the problem, and what’s to be done next. Appreciate the opportunity to platform these issues on the (virtual) stage 🙏🏻

youtu.be/4XWHLUu6e38?...

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 24 December 2024

🆕 Special edition of the epidemiological update on COVID-19 with an overview of the situation since the disease was first reported to WHO nearly five years ago. WHO published the first situation report on COVID-19 in January 2020. Read more: 🔗 www.who.int/publications...

I mask to protect myself, my family, and my community. Off to replenish my stock from @bonafidemasks.bsky.social! ☺️😷

This is an excellent thread by David Putrino, one that I’d like to add to with my own personal and professional experience.

“Don’t give up hope”: Long COVID advocates and researchers say crucial work will continue under Trump - The Sick Times As incoming President Donald Trump has announced a growing list of top nominees who’ve denied science and public health, people with Long COVID are preparing for an administration likely to be less fr...

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: I covered what the incoming Trump administration may mean for #LongCovid and related disease research and advocacy. thesicktimes.org/2024/11/26/d...
(obsessed with the featured image by @mileswgriffis.bsky.social !)

SARS-CoV-2 Variant Trackers Join the conversation

Variant trackers are moving their way over here, and there is now a Starter Pack for COVID Variant Trackers if people are interested:

go.bsky.app/GXgmcd1

#COVID #SARS-CoV-2 #Variant #Trackers #Omicron

Economic burden of Long Covid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Don't remove your mask indoors. Aerosols < 5 micrometers can persist in the air for hours.

PSA: 🚨 DO NOT TAKE YOUR MASK OFF INDOORS, even if there is no one else around.🚨

The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne

Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n

Long Covid Weekly #117: LC causing billions of dollars in productivity losses, further research into exercise intolerance causes Hi everyone

One of my favorite emails every week is the Long Covid Weekly Newsletter (Substack). I agree with today's issue: we are indeed waiting for treatments. open.substack.com/pub/longcovi...