We've seen a distinct drop in interest in these conditions as people have memory-holed COVID; they'd like to forget infection-associated chronic conditions, but they're impacting everyone, including kids. I'm the Scientific Director at #MEAction, and I advocate for #MECFS, #LongCOVID, & other IACCs.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As I lay in bed with PEM, always grateful to my colleague @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for helping bring M.E. into mainstream attention. The way people with M.E. are ignored and actively harmed by medics who have been trusted to help them is a hidden scandal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

JAMA: 'Long COVID: The Problem Society Wants to Forget: A Healthy Dialogue With E. Wesley Ely' jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Long COVID: The Problem Society Wants to Forget

Long COVID, including the difficulty in defining it and caring for patients experiencing it, is discussed by JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, professor of medici...

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NEW ⭐: The Sick Times is listed as a finalist in NASW's Journalism Awards for our story on axed RECOVER grants for #LongCOVID. We're so proud of our small publication; Congrats to all the finalists and winners from ProPublica, NYT, the Guardian, Science, and others! www.nasw.org/2026Sciencei...

Announcing the 2026 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners

The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the <strong>2026 NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards.</strong> This year, NASW is awar...

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Dirty Work by Nicky Hager is in the catalogue now. Hot tip for you Bluesky buddies in Ōtautahi Christchurch! christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^DR

I don't want to do your dirty work

Alt: Tony Soprano singing Dirty Work

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For @thesicktimes.org, I covered a petition that over 1,700 people have signed calling for a pause to a trial that's applying for ethical approval to test a psuedoscientific program for #LongCOVID called The Lightning Process. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/p... 1/n

Today is the International Day of Sign Languages and the 75th anniversary of the World Federation of the Deaf! This year's theme is "Declaring Deaf People's Human Rights", of which reasonable accommodations are a huge part. To learn more check out our Easy Read document at: tinyurl.com/5ywadrau

Canterbury locals, come meet the candidates and get your questions answered on disability issues. Saturday 26 September, 12 to 3:30pm (forum starts 1pm) BrainTree Wellness Centre, 70 Langdons Road, Papanui RSVP: Kaituitui.Ootautahi@dpa.org.nz or via linktr.ee/RoadToTheElectionCHCH

Today @thesicktimes.org: People with Long COVID are demanding a pause and review for a planned clinical trial that would test the Lightning Process, a pseudoscientific mind-body treatment. By @spichaksimon.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/p...

People with Long COVID demand pause of McMaster University clinical trial - The Sick Times

The trial, run by researchers at McMaster University in Canada, is testing the Lightning Process, a pseudoscientific mind-body program that outside experts have heavily criticized.

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Today, the Booker Prize Foundation announced the six books on the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist. buff.ly/Nz4VNdp

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Booker Prize.

Today, the Booker Prize Foundation announced the six books on the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist, whittled down from the “Booker’s Dozen” announced in July. The Booker is the UK’s mo…

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I'm at Unity Bookshop Wellington for the Nicky Hager book launch. The event is not due to start until 6 pm, but the room is mostly full already and filling up fast.

The Disability Debate, hosted by The D*List and The University of Auckland Disabled Students Association Join live in-person at The University of Auckland Grafton campus, or jump on the livestream to participate from anywhere in Aotearoa.

Elections 2026: Disability Debate

With the upcoming elections in Aotearoa, AUDSA and The D*List invite you all to debate the issues that matter to Deaf and disabled communities.

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COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women "People are so unaware of the myriad conditions COVID-19 can trigger and exacerbate." "Long COVID is a well-documented illness" producing "outcomes like ME, POTS and autoimmune disease" and "increasing risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots"

This needs a serious look -- NZ First copied their health policy almost word-for-word from the website of an advocacy group stuffed with fringe practitioners and for-profit "supplement" pedlars... www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

NZ First’s health policy copy-pasted from advocacy group’s website

New Zealand First released a health policy on Sunday that is largely copy-and-pasted from a charitable trust called Make New Zealand Healthy.

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Did you know this month is Cervical Screening Awareness month? If you have a cervix, now is a good time to check if you need a cervical screening. Find our Easy Read docs about cervical screening in our Easy Read Library at: tinyurl.com/yc3u4ydz

"It’s very telling that POTS, ME, and EDS are all listed as common “sickfluencer” diagnoses. These are all associated with Long COVID and were considered relatively rare prior to COVID-19." thesicktimes.org/2026/09/21/c...

COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times

The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...

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Today @thesicktimes.org: We republished a recent piece by Julia Doubleday at The Gauntlet, pushing back on a much-derided ableist article in The Telegraph. "The state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences."

COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times

The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...

thesicktimes.org

After each online support group, we’ll share a few reflections from Timothy’s Shared Wisdom. This week: navigating others’ limitations, practicing acceptance, and finding meaning amid chronic illness. Get the full monthly recaps by email: https://bit.ly/3POhK4d

Intending to write another column about the treatment of #ME/CFS patients this week, pegged to new research findings on the biological basis. My question for sufferers: Are any of you still being offered inappropriate (psych/GET etc) "treatments"? Please email george at monbiot dot info. Thanks.

#MEcfs #PwME #CFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome @cgatist.bsky.social

A blog about the response of many denialist dismissive cognitive dissonance comments on social media whenever they are confronted with very severe ME in the media. anilvanderzee.com/the-rush-to-... #pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing

The rush to dismiss severe ME or Long Covid in the media may harm you or your loved ones in the future. - Anil van der Zee

The last couple of weeks my social media has had a lot more traffic. Partly due to my own story in the media, but also because other people with (very) severe ME or infectious associated chronic illne...

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🧵 Being awake when others are asleep, being asleep when others are awake, feeling exhausted but not sleepy, waking up several times a night, waking up in the morning feeling unrefreshed...sleep dysfunction manifests in countless ways in ME/CFS www.meresearch.org.uk/the-experien... #MEcfs #PwME 1/

Oh this is a beautifil project. (Havent gone into the personal messages yet as I need some more emotional energy myself to explore them) www.iwouldbehereificould.com

I Would Be Here If I Could... – Giving voice and presence to people with M.E. and Long Covid

The largest collaborative art project in the UK co-curated with people with M.E. and Long Covid, giving voice and presence to those who are now absent from the everyday.

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As a seperate post, to make it easy for #BirdOfTheYear reuse

Jennifer McCalla describes Long COVID as a full-time job, with vertigo, heart rate spikes, exhaustion and cognitive problems despite normal tests. Being believed became part of healing. www.publicsource.org/pots-long-co...

I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job

Jennifer McCalla doesn't look sick, but living with long COVID and POTS is a full-time job. She writes about invisible illness and the fight to be believed.

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🦠 Study: Repeat SARS-C0V-2 infections were linked to a higher odds of new health conditions 📝 Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and post-treatment Lyme disease are included as priorities in the new NIAID 2026-2030 Strategic Plan thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/r...

"Public health behaviours are easier to maintain when everyone else is practising them. As fewer people are wearing masks or staying home when unwell, the norm shifts; it becomes harder for individuals to continue these precautions even when they want to." newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/18/t...

The mask has slipped on flu prevention

Comment from Auckland University: NZ’s severe late flu surge strained hospitals and exposed falling vaccination rates as public health habits from the pandemic faded

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