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@prowerfox.bsky.social
Punny, crafts, chronic illness, math, snow They/Them
Airborne viruses are viruses that can spread when an infected person breathes virus particles into the air & another person breathes them in. As the flu, COVID-19, measles, & other airborne viruses continue to spread, learn more about airborne virus transmission & how to protect yourself & others!
The Carney/Poilievre sketches on This Hour Has 22 Minutes are so good. This has potential to be one of the all-time great political comedy dynamics
For decades, people with ME/CFS struggled for recognition while researchers struggled for funding. Then came Covid. My latest for @bloomberg.com on how Long Covid is transforming the science of infection-associated chronic illness. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chronic Fatigue Was Neglected for Decades. Then Came Covid
ME/CFS patients battled for recognition as researchers struggled for funding. The pandemic finally gave science the scale to start finding answers.
bloomberg.com
it may be worth recirculating today too that newly elected Michigan Sen. Abdul El-Sayed authored this 2022 article in The New Republic: "Long Covid Is Just Getting Started. We're Not Ready for It.” newrepublic.com/article/1654...
Long Covid Is Just Getting Started. We’re Not Ready for It.
Even after the pandemic, we don’t know what Covid holds for us. But we should be prepared.
newrepublic.com
This is the disease for which I research and advocate: #MECFS. Even mild presentation is life-changing, and this is what severe looks like. People are surprised so many of us were athletes. They want to believe this can only happen to people who were already unwell. www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...
Beth Dobbin: British Olympic sprinter in bed for 22 hours a day after ME diagnosis
Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.
bbc.com
was there no way to make this joke without punching down at people trying to build safe spaces…?
Is it just me, or did we just have a global pandemic that has killed tens of millions and has left hundreds of millions more chronically ill/disabled?
If you can't handle me at my worst, honestly, congratulations on your healthy boundaries. I’m a lot.
Why sleep experts say B.C. made the wrong call on daylight time @savestandard.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Why sleep experts say B.C. made the wrong call on daylight time
As people in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and parts of Ontario prepare to spend their first winter without turning the clocks back, sleep experts are warning the move to permanent daylight tim...
ctvnews.ca
As an ex-NHS psychiatrist who learnt ME was a psychiatric condition before the discredited PACE trial pushed that hypothesis & as someone who’s experienced long Covid I’m behind this campaign. ➕📣 regular reminder Prof Simon Wessley of PACE fame is now appointed to gaslight trans people the same way⬇️
Binita Kane@binitakane.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is what allyship looks like: 360 sportspeople - including Olympians Dina Asher-Smith and Tom Daley - have signed a letter to the prime minister calling on him to meet former sprinter Beth Dobbin and commit to increased funding towards ME research. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is no joke, and it's been with us for a long time. We see it after every major pandemic, such as the Black Death and Spanish Flu, and again after Covid.
@bethdobbin.bsky.social · 6d agoHi everyone, I’m new to Bluesky but we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others.
Everyone follow and give Beth Dobbin some love immediately! She’s putting way more energy than she can afford into getting funding for the horrific disease #ME for the sake of all of us. *A disease that has multiplied exponentially since the beginning of the pandemic #LongCovid
@bethdobbin.bsky.social · 6d agoHi everyone, I’m new to Bluesky but we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others.
THIS!! My dad was learning new surgical techniques for SPANISH FLU-INDUCED PARKINSONS IN THE LATE 1950s! COVID is a neurotropical vascular disease that has disabled MILLIONS and will be causing long term health damage for decades to come.
Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 6d agoFor me the worst health messaging has been that Covid is mild for most people, and the sole focus on the ACUTE Infection and NOT what can come after in ANYONE. Also the risk to clinically vulnerable who can die.
Hi everyone, I’m new to Bluesky but we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others.
Chronic illness acronyms: I propose normalizing GOMO (grief over missing out) instead of FOMO (fear of missing out). Keep getting asked if I’m having FOMO but it’s really almost always grief. #MECFS #LongCovid #pasc #pwme #ChronicIllness #IWantToBeLivingLifeNotPacing
Two unparalleled storytellers with a shared conviction that each of us should have a say in how our own story end. GNU Sir Patrick Stewart
When I was young I heard some enterprising and engaging captain say that the future could be a place wherein “we work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity,” and though I knew that I might not see that day I always thought it was up to each of us to make it so.
This summer, I travelled to northeast BC to report on news deserts. What I found was a small but dedicated network of local journalists who continue to tell the stories that matter to their communities — despite the challenges. First in my 5-part series for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Every Paper in One BC Region Closed. Reporters Refused to Give Up | The Tyee
First in a Tyee series on scrappy journalists making local news deserts bloom.
thetyee.ca
"N95 masks prevented almost all new infections" #COVID #maskup #N95s #publichealth #publictransportation
Denis - The COVID Info Guy@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2w agoA Study of 40 COVID and flu outbreaks on planes found infection risk was highest near infected passengers. • N95 masks prevented almost all new infections • Surgical masks filtering 50% of particles cut infections by 85%, versus 35% from doubling clean air • Ventilation alone may not be enough
New favourite internet abbreviation: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)
Apparently in some parts of Europe they refer to the XFG Covid variant which is currently surging as “American Covid,” but meanwhile here in some parts of America we refer to all of the Covid variants which are currently spreading as “why is everyone sick?”
Who gets counted in Long COVID research? Our new paper shows that routine study inclusion rules change who gets represented, even among people already diagnosed with Long COVID. A fuller medical record ≠ a more representative cohort. 🧪 doi.org/10.1186/s129... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assessing the impact of additional inclusion criteria on the representativeness of EHR-based long COVID cohorts identified using U09.9 - BMC Medicine
Background Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used to study Long COVID, yet cohort inclusion criteria may systematically affect cohort composition, shaping how findings are interpreted and to...
link.springer.com
One from the archives - 24 October 2024 "STEVIE NICKS, SINGER & LEGEND"
![Chronically ill people when their medications start to work:
"I'll be damned i've been faking this entire time"
[a pic of a cat reading the paper with his coffee]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreid3hfx2gbvqxdggbjt4pn7zmzvdjfous36hbs5gnuyxgdw3dyqqgm)
