I thought this headline was a joke when I first read it, but no…it's real. I've signed a petition telling Ofgem to reject Musk's application to supply electricity to British households. Will you join me and add your name?

Please consider signing this & writing to your MP. Eløn Musko MEDDLES & EXPLOITS.

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Gorgeous!!😷

and long covid is more common in kids than childhood asthma.

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.

Thank you!!

Indeed. ✊🏼

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.

I hope you’re feeling OK. Sorry you got this ugly virus. 🫩

Don't be me. Mask up please. I'm a dummy.

Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome A large study of ME/CFS included more than 15,000 people and identified eight locations in the genome linked to the disease.

Live Science: 'Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome'

'A large study of ME/CFS included more than 15,000 people and identified eight locations in the genome linked to the disease.'

#DecodeME

www.livescience.com/health/genet...

Air polution, airborne viruses that can transmit asymptomatically, wildfire smoke.

So many reasons to wear an N95 or better equivalent both indoors and outdoors!

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Wow. They look a bit like aliens as well, don’t they? 😍

Me too, PlaguePoet. Me too.

Avital & exciting book. And. One of the most beautifully, evocatively written pieces of non-fiction I’ve encountered.

I read the Secret Life of Plants; I was so disappointed, it took me a long time to try the subject again. So glad I did!

It takes a lot to really excite a 69yo. This. ⤵️

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Yes. Thank you. I’ve been through all the Bvitamin tests, & tried B12 & B1 supplements. It didn’t help, unfortunately.

Case-Control Study of Individuals With Small Fiber Neuropathy After COVID-19 | Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ObjectivesTo report a case-control study of new-onset small fiber neuropathy (SFN) after COVID-19 with invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing (iCPET). SFN is a critical objective finding in long CO...

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When Nerve Pain and Numbness Are Linked to Long COVID Clinicians have recently identified peripheral neuropathy in some Long COVID patients.

For those with nerve pain you have reason to believe may be a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection, some useful info:

www.yalemedicine.org/news/when-ne...

New Evidence Supports Autoimmunity as One of Long COVID’s Underlying Drivers Mice that received antibodies from Long COVID patients showed symptoms including pain and dizziness, a Yale-led study has found.

medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

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Now I have long covid as well. Everything that afflicts me is autoimmune.

Is long covid an autoimmune disease?

When the pandemic first raged in 2020, & ‘long covid’ first emerged, I remember saying to myself, ‘this is like lupus! Gawd NO, if this virus gives people a lupus-like condition…no, no, no’. I had suffered with lupus for 25yrs at that time.
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Just ran across this. In the ongoing discourse around what LC is, many people reject anything that isn’t ME/CFS.

But as we in this community know, LC takes many forms, attacking any & every part of the body. …/2

The wider countryside butterfly survey – can you help? Love butterflies? Help science & nature by joining the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) – just two to four summer walks can make a difference!

Butterflies in crisis:

In 2024, Norfolk saw declines of 86% in Holly Blues, 93% in Small Coppers, and 72% in Brimstones.

Join the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) and help scientists track vital changes in butterfly populations.

There’s a lot of people who want to fight fascism yet won’t wear a mask

Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand. They’re coming for the disabled and chronically ill

Wearing a mask shows solidarity with disabled people, while also protecting your health so you’re better equipped for the fight

Mask up

Magnolia flower

Woodland path in shadow, with red rhododendrons

Rock steps up the woodland path

Woodland path, sun & shadow

Along the woodland pathways in Borde Hill Gardens, West Sussex

Path beneath the trees, spring sun & shadows

Little rock garden with daffodils

Brilliant red camellias with sun shining through the petals

Beautiful shadows of old oaks

Spring, Borde Hill Gardens, West Sussex, UK

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce

“While drug shortages have become a problem globally in recent years, the UK is facing “a worsening situation” compared with the rest of Europe because of Brexit”

Excellent work, Brexiters.
Absolutely nailing our sovereign right to be self-harmingly idiotic.

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