Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health
After abandoning every mitigation and infecting kids repeatedly, our media wants to know: why do so many children have Long COVID?
My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...
16.06.2025 02:20 โ ๐ 709 ๐ 365 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 41
When you become chronically ill, your world shrinks.
You canโt do a lot of the things you used to. People disappear. It can be an isolating existence.
That said, you learn to slow down, simplify your life & reject rampant consumerism.
These skills will be invaluable when facing whatโs to come
10.05.2025 04:57 โ ๐ 357 ๐ 66 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 1
11.04.2025 11:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I donโt know who needs to hear this but if youโre letting your kid catch covid over & over, they can still get things like measlesโeven if theyโre vaccinated. Why? Because vaccines arenโt as effective in immunocompromised people. And what does covid do really well? It makes people immunocompromised
07.04.2025 15:37 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Providers like them are rare gems in a broken system and society.
25.03.2025 14:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just got an email this morning that Iโm losing my neuro ophthalmologist. Sheโs leaving to pursue other things. ๐ญ I loved this doctor so much! Sheโs helped me in so many ways. I already lost my amazing primary care doctor last year (still havenโt replaced them), and now this.
25.03.2025 14:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
COVID, flu, measles, and all airborne viruses can seriously harm anyone, not just people who are immunocompromised. EVERYONE has a medical reason to wear a mask at any time and in any place.
21.03.2025 22:17 โ ๐ 2161 ๐ 668 ๐ฌ 27 ๐ 23
While also failing to realize that chronic illness and disability from ignoring the science will cause them inconvenience of all kinds too.
21.03.2025 18:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ppl are so mad at RFK Jr. But let's stop pretending that ppl actually care about the science. Bc if they did, they would still be in masks right now & demanding/pushing for clean air in our schools, healthcare, etc. Ppl only care about the science that doesn't cause them inconvenience of any kind.
21.03.2025 18:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Soooo whereโs those masks they said were required at their event? So unserious ๐๐
21.03.2025 15:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Soooo whereโs those masks they said were required at their event? So unserious ๐๐
21.03.2025 15:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฃ CALL TO ACTION FOR ILLINOISANS ๐ฃ
The Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill (SB2193) is now in the Appropriations-Education committee. Please email/call your state senator to voice your support/ask them to co-sponsor the bill. See the script below.
Not from IL??? Then pls repost. Thanks!
20.03.2025 00:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Yep. Weโre bombing cancer centers. This country disgusts me.
18.03.2025 18:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
It is understandable that you
feel unwell,
for you live in sickening times:
the state of the world
will nauseate you,
the fear for the future
will exhaust you,
the spreading viruses
will infect you,
in these sickening times
what would be worrisome
is if you felt fine.
18.03.2025 16:02 โ ๐ 122 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1
Fascists want us divided, uninformed and sick. A sick, apathetic population wonโt put up much of a fight.
Protect your health. Read local independent journalists. Support libraries, community fridges & food banks. Give to mutual aid. Wear a mask.
Strong inclusive communities will save lives
18.03.2025 05:35 โ ๐ 487 ๐ 183 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 4
In terms of the pandemic, this problem is worldwide with governments and societies. It isnโt isolated to just the U.S.
17.03.2025 23:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
TODAY IS LONG COVID AWARENESS DAY!
On #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay, help raise #awareness by sharing facts about #LongCOVID! #FactsMatter
15 Facts | 15 Hours | #FiveYearsLater
See the thread below for individual facts to post! Share them all, tag a friend. #longcovidawareness2025
15.03.2025 13:54 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 3
Today marks the five year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic. Some things I want people to remember:
The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day
COVID is airborne. Itโs always been airborne.
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12.03.2025 05:12 โ ๐ 858 ๐ 332 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 17
When someone becomes disabled or chronically ill, people will twist themselves into knots finding a way to blame them. They need to find fault so they donโt have to face the randomness of life.
The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.
Good health is not a guarantee.
11.03.2025 04:40 โ ๐ 1840 ๐ 541 ๐ฌ 44 ๐ 34
Meanwhile we have schools like my childrenโs that have the nerve to spotlight their 20+ absences during an IEP meeting & ask if thereโs anything they could do to help. Yeah, advocate for masks and clean air in your school. But all we get are responseโs like, โyeah, viruses can be tricky. Iโm sorryโ
09.03.2025 01:11 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Vaccines work best when we reduce transmission. Letting c19 rip fuels chronic illness, disability, weakens immune responses, and makes even the best vaccines less effective. If you care about public health, you should care about masking too.
03.03.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs 2025 and people are still mad at anti vaxxers while refusing to maskโactively creating more immunocompromised people and making vaccines less effective. You canโt be pro science while ignoring how repeated infections fuel long term vulnerability.
03.03.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Yesterday morning on my way to drop my kids off at school, I see a train on the train tracks up ahead. As Iโm getting ready to pass under the bridge, I see an oil tanker pass by w/ spray paint on it that read โAre you paying attention yet??โ It definitely got my heart palpitations going & triggered.
28.02.2025 15:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs hard to explain the hope I had at the beginning of the pandemic. I was scared, but I also thought we were going to become a more inclusive society. We would care more about chronic illness.
Having that hope ripped away and replaced with eugenics & fascism has been incredibly painful.
25.02.2025 04:50 โ ๐ 1211 ๐ 213 ๐ฌ 35 ๐ 12
I am 38. Covid aged me by 30 years. No, thatโs not an exaggeration. And yes it took 4 infections in 5 years to reach this point. My partner jokingly makes fun of me and my old lady ways ๐
19.02.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Long covid is making adjustments you never wanted to makeโlike cutting your hair because you canโt take care of it anymore.
13.02.2025 23:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yep, happened here in Illinois too with one of the health systems. I donโt think it was a big one, but still. ๐
13.02.2025 14:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
When youโre chronically ill, your baseline is everything. Managing it can be a full time job.
Non disabled people canโt understand how hard we work to ration energy, avoid infections & minimize setbacks.
Even when you do everything โrightโ, progress can be wiped out in an instant ๐งต
12.02.2025 03:31 โ ๐ 590 ๐ 147 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 13
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