Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid

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March is Long Covid Awareness Month.

Millions still live with life-altering symptoms & remain without consistent care.
Research funding does not reflect the scale of the crisis

We are calling for sustained investment into research & policy change

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EXCLUSIVE: the DWP has a secret team planting benefit fraud propaganda in the mainstream media In an exclusive report, the Canary reveals that the DWP has internal guidance on placing propaganda in the MSM - including doxing claimants

The DWP has a secret team planting benefit fraud propaganda in the mainstream media

EXCELLENT investigation by my @thecanaryuk.bsky.social
colleague Hannah Sharland www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

YouTube video by andersnordhagen Danser's Inferno - Sombre Guitar ( Latin Jazz Fusion 1972)

Dingwalls / London soul / jazz club classic, and well sampled for dancefloor monsters by Me & You (TM Juke & @robertluis.bsky.social on @truthoughts.bsky.social) on Sneaker Thief from the Floating Heavy album, and earlier by LTJ X-perience.

#SoulJazz #JazzDance

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Dr Margaret O'Hara, from the pressure group Long Covid Support, said: "We feel really strongly that's it's just being swept under the carpet now. There's a real attitude of see no Covid, hear no Covid. "We are being left in some kind of void."

Six years on from the pandemic, Thompson said there were "hundreds of thousands of people" in the UK with significant long Covid who could not work and were "not acknowledged" "I never thought I'd be someone who'd need to claim benefits. I was a doctor, I was going to be working, and I can't and that's devastating," she said.

#LongCovid

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YouTube video by andersnordhagen Danser's Inferno - Sombre Guitar ( Latin Jazz Fusion 1972)

Dingwalls / London soul / jazz club classic, and well sampled for dancefloor monsters by Me & You (TM Juke & @robertluis.bsky.social on @truthoughts.bsky.social) on Sneaker Thief from the Floating Heavy album, and earlier by LTJ X-perience.

#SoulJazz #JazzDance

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Sympathies and best wishes. I do experience what many refer to as 'brain fog', but it's only one aspect of many for me.

I use terms like cognitive dysfunction, decline, impairment, but that doesn't cover ie head aches / pressure & 'brain on fire'. I often just call it brain damage - because it is.

What I said, but in more detail. Thanks @northwestbylines.co.uk

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Long Covid: Symptoms fluctuate but often worsen, impacts on life, work & income tend to worsen, full recovery is rare (5%), 27% reported worsening after cognitive exertion, less than half had a formal diagnosis (would be much lower still in some countries), cognitive dysfunction (62%) is common.

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Thanks @audhdeepd1ve.bsky.social - adding this here for the benefit of anyone else reading this 🙏

Fuck. I know there's been some (way too many) people with Long Covid who have ended their lives too. It's a fucking disgrace.

Best wishes to you.

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Thanks Milly. I don't remember ever seeing that in any research papers, but I'm pretty sure I've heard it mentioned by #pwLC several times. Suspect not common, but suspect you're not alone. No idea (& unqualified to guess) what the reasons might be. Wonder if people with #MECFS have any ideas??

Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds - United Kingdom The new research - published in the British Journal of Cancer - was the largest ever of its kind, and included data from various studies across the world,

Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds

https://www.europesays.com/uk/792718/

The new research – published in the British Journal of Cancer – was the largest ever of its…

Update Fri 27/2

*** CALL TO ACTION***
PLEASE continue to donate & share: we now have to cover cost of carers 24/7 as well as legal fees

Since the last update, there have been 3 different plans involving escape via private ambulance to 3 different hospitals

#MECFS

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Hi Suz. I personally don't use the term brain fog much except to communicate with people because maybe they've heard of it or it sounds descriptive. Cognitive dysfunction is a broader term that includes 'brain fog' but also many other things that might not be working well in the brain post Covid.

New scientific research in Cumbria explores how hidden fungal networks shape treescapes in the UK’s uplands - Inside Ecology Cumbria Connect, the landscape-scale nature recovery programme, has secured new funding for its science programme to investigate how underground fungal networks influence the success of woodland creat...

New scientific research in Cumbria explores how hidden fungal networks shape treescapes in the UK’s uplands #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange
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ME/CFS Scandal Follow up The ME/CFS scandal goes much deeper than my 27-minute explainer video. That was just an introduction — how for decades patients were told…

My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views.

Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.

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*With apologies to the many good people who I'm sure did their best and offered care & support.

#SARS #Covid

2) To add to the above, I don't have a paper to hand but from memory: A high proportion of survivors of SARS1 were debilitated by Long Sars. No one* ever helped to make them better. They were abandoned* and largely not recovered 20 years later. The seriousness of #LongCovid is not a surprise.

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Update Fri 27/2

*** CALL TO ACTION***
PLEASE continue to donate & share: we now have to cover cost of carers 24/7 as well as legal fees

Since the last update, there have been 3 different plans involving escape via private ambulance to 3 different hospitals

#MECFS

www.gofundme.com/f/severemerg...

What I said, but in more detail. Thanks @northwestbylines.co.uk

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Thanks. I don't know, others will know more but guessing it might be like dodgy coppers under investigation who retire and nothing happens. Sympathy is in short supply for him, but my wrath is focused on the whole government + public health leaders - devastating failure, made the problem even worse.

Long Covid: Symptoms fluctuate but often worsen, impacts on life, work & income tend to worsen, full recovery is rare (5%), 27% reported worsening after cognitive exertion, less than half had a formal diagnosis (would be much lower still in some countries), cognitive dysfunction (62%) is common.

On #GortonandDenton by-election, #Covid, #LongCovid and the Loudest Silence

What I said, but in more detail. Thanks @northwestbylines.co.uk

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What I said, but in more detail. Thanks @northwestbylines.co.uk

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YouTube video by ITV News We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see

BREAKING NEWS

The Joint Intelligence Committee report Starmer & Co. didn't want you to see in full is uncovered

Listen to what they didn't want you to hear, and you will understand why

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The loudest silence As Gorton and Denton went to the polls in a close-run contest, one thing seemed to be forgotten: the reason for the by-election is met with silence

As Gorton and Denton went to the polls in a close-run contest, one thing seemed to be forgotten: the reason for the by-election is met with silence  | Pen Scrivener