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How journalists report through the fog of long COVID - Poynter ‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’

9/2/21, 'How journalists report through the fog of long COVID'

'‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’

By: Molly McCluskey

www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

“I stopped wearing a mask for my mental health”

COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions

Long COVID treatments in 2025.

- Senolytics
- CXCR4 Inhibitors
- VT-109 / Bezisterim / BBB drugs
- IVIG
- Monoclonal antibodies (anti-spike, etc)
- Extended Antivirals
- IL-15 Superagonist
- Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Novel vaccines
- EV Blood Filtering

Combinations of all.

Long COVID mechanisms in 2025.

- Low-grade gut persistence
- Brain fog = inflammation outside brain
- T-cells target one enemy
- Nerve-attacking autoantibodies
- Spike protein is directly toxic
- Reactivated EBV/HHV
- FOXP4, APOE4, MTHFR
- Lasting bone marrow disruption

I wish people were as wary of COVID itself as they are of hearing about it or how to avoid it.

Thread: Healthcare for those with Long Covid is a disaster here in the US. Long story short, insurance decided to cover less for my asthma injections. Have been on the phone for over 2 hrs now with different programs trying to find another co-pay assistance.

I don't think Covid waves mean much anymore, since we've constantly got mutating strains of Covid in the community. Vaccines are lagging behind the variants. Masks protect against all variants and are 100% protection against Long Covid too.

My first covid infection was Feb 2020; it wrecked my lungs. I masked up&continued to mask because I have lupus& my beloved is also an autoimmune sufferer. My rheumatologist’s nurse gave me my 2nd inf., when I was asked to remove my mask to check my mouth. How I wish I hadn’t! Pretty disabled now.

Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world The Science Behind the Comparison To understand the differences between Far-UVC and filtration, we need ...

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Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers (June 2025)
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
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No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID. By Kate Hull Sep 2, 2023, 12:16 PM UTC If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu. It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall, an expert told Insider, but COVID-19 is still around. If you have flu symptoms, experts recommend getting tested for COVID-19 and staying home.

**Article from Sep 2, 2023**

"No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID."

"If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu"

"It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall... COVID-19 is still around"

Source: archive.md/aprjP

Not masking & cleaning indoor air sufficiently is our generations’ smoking habit. We will look back on it with shame & awe. I’m talking to you, Gen X & Millenials. Use some of that famous “nonconformity” and “undoing generational harms” productively on this v real, mundane, serious problem. Please.

I saw this sticker on the floor of a store a few days ago. Remember that brief moment of decency when people tried to take care of each other? Now were back to <gestures despondently> this. 😫
#CovidIsAirborne #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp

Haven’t read this and won’t because:

1. ‘Soap and water’ do not combat airborne viruses.

2. ‘Common sense’ suggests everyone understands virology so, why bother writing this book if everyone knows anyway? Is common sense all we need to fly an airplane?

#deathofexpertise
#covidisairborne
#WTF

Still seeing many of these leave the point frustratingly vague — so, listen up: if you step foot in a hospital, #WearARespirator, and if admitted, have someone bring you your #CorsiRosenthalBox and/or a #ConsumerGradePAPR. If you're outside 🇨🇦, invest in a portable #FarUVC lamp.

#CovidIsAirborne
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It's not good enough for governments to offload responsibility for public health onto individuals. Most people can't protect ourselves from #Covid because hospitals, schools, workplaces, public transport, churches & other indoor spaces have not been made #CovidSafe. This was & is a political choice

I feel like people think disabled people are cheeky rather than deeply serious when we say it’s a full-time job being disabled

the low-dose naltrexone I’m on for my fibro is really working 😊

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week? Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines and treatments, why are people still dying?

In the US, 300 people a week are dying of Covid.

1200 a month. 15,600 a year.

They’ve restricted COVID testing & reporting… so it’s safe to say those numbers are an undercount (and they don’t include the thousands being disabled)

Do they urge mask use? Clean air? No. They restrict vaccines:

Thank you so much! I have not tried Bliss probiotics yet, but already have access to the other supplies ☺️

Make sure the person testing you is wearing a mask.
Spray your nose before and after with TravelFlo. There are Bliss throat probiotics as well. And take a little air purifier with you and hold it under your face.
These are the things we do for the dentist. So far so good.

Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people The muscles of people who suffer from long Covid or the chronic illness ME/CVS respond differently to a workout after a period of inactivity than the muscles of people with a clean bill of health, a s...

Netherlands: Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people.

"Researchers also saw issues when it came to energy production. This came as a result of malfunctioning mitochondria, which are the energy factories of human cells."

nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...

When you wear a mask, you tell disabled and vulnerable people that their lives matter. That you don’t see them as expendable

You tell your others that you value community care

You tell the government that you know Covid isn’t over & you want better from public health

It’s a symbol of resistance

By Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats "One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"

By @prognosticchats.bsky.social

"One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"

We’ve been let down by so many people throughout the COVID pandemic. Governments, public health and each other.

But journalists disappoint me the most.

They report on the new variant with “razor blade throat” for clicks, but the articles minimize the threat and make no mention of masks.

Exciting news for our Queensland community! Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research. Stay tuned for location details very soon! If you’re an eligible AusME Registry participant in Queensland, check your inbox soon for more information. Not an AusME Registry member yet but interested in donating? If you’re in Brisbane, now’s the time! Click the link to join and support this important research. JOIN THE AusME TODAY!

(Queensland, Australia)

"Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research"
www.emerge.org.au/ausme/

From Emerge Australia e-newsletter
#LongCovid #MEcfs

Here's an animated map showing the spread of the NB.1.8.1 variant, and it’s child variants PQ.1 and PQ.2. The first sample was reported in England in January, but judging from it’s early spread, the origin was likely an undersampled region in Asia.
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Healthcare workers who refuse to mask for patients are putting their own politics & perceived comfort above the literal life of another person.

You know if they believed the patient was a risk to them, they would have an N95 on in a hurry.

Wear the mask. Its the right thing to do

😓 that's so disappointing 😔 thank for letting me know. Just so grateful to have doctors like you. Thank you for keeping patients safe 🙏

@drrebeccaryan.bsky.social Do you know any covid cautious 😷 gynaecologists in QLD?