In the business press
I read that “The pandemic
might be over,
but new research indicates
long Covid
is likely to reverberate
across OECD economies,
costing up to $135 billion
a year over the next decade,”
which really seems to suggest
that the pandemic
is not yet over.
I’m so sorry you had to join our crew 😢
Masking matters & Long Covid Awareness continues:
The virus may present initially as “just a cold” but then……
Financial Times: 'Long Covid projected to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year'
'New research forecasts hit to GDP from lower productivity and workers quitting because of long-term illness'
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90% of people who get long covid (see post below) had only seemingly mild symptoms. Everyone is at risk. It’s also airborne! We must start preventing or every wave we will have a mountain more chronically ill.
The messaging shouldn’t be ‘its no more serious than the last infection’ listen, does 🧵
After one Covid infection ➡️➡️➡️
Mimic stroke, Parkinson’s & MS patients
Two years speech & physical therapy
No longer able to teach
Registered to Brain Donor Project
Five years disabled
Needless to say……I agree with bulletin point #5.
💯💯💯💯💯
Sharing my long Covid story isn’t about me. It’s about people like this. I don’t want you to have to experience the
Debilitating,
Life altering,
Crushing,
Heartbreak
I’ve dealt with because of one infection.
You don’t want Long Covid.
Please take my word for it.
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“I fell through (the cracks) b/c the healthcare system wasn’t designed for conditions like mine”
“Alongside relief of someone acknowledging my suffering, was the devastating realization there is no cure, no clear treatment plan, and this could affect me for years”
- former D1 & USA swimmer
Two years of PT and speech, I still mimic stroke, Parkinson’s & MS patients at times courtesy of Covid.
And, since after 5 years I’m not cured, I’ve registered with the Brain Donor Project in hopes of helping solve this mystery.
Thank you!!! And if you have any colleagues that need help understanding what it means to be ripped out of your life by long covid, feel free to share my story.
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Thank you @foushee.house.gov for sponsoring a resolution to help raise awareness for Long Covid.
Please help out by contacting your representatives to help get the recognition we need.
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Follow-up article:
“People with Long Covid share warning to others over brutal symptoms…..lasting YEARS”
Protect yourself. 😷💉
And if you do get sick, test yourself. It’s possible that one infection ➡️ disabled. And you’ll need proof.
Ask me how I know. 📖
May I suggest a lovely memoir:
My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked:
Why do they call
the BA.3.2. Covid variant
“Cicada”?
I said I did not know.
So she replied:
Because being in
this pandemic’s 7th year
makes you want to go outside
and scream.
And then, neither of us laughed.
My covid infection that caused me to be disabled by long COVID happened prior to vaccination.
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A screen shot from FB of the Today Show page with a headline: the heavily mutated new BA.3.2 covid variant, a.k.a. “cicada “is spreading in the least 25 United States the CDC said what to know about it spread and symptoms. Featuring a woman walking wearing a mask. Under I include the reactions in the screenshot. 1.3K laughing, 137 thumbs up, 45 sad, 33 wow, and the angry face is cut off.
Of the 1.6K reactions, 1.3K are laughing? I’d like to think it was because of the name “Cicada” but my gut says it’s not.
An example why Long Covid Awareness is necessary.
One infection = 5 years disabled.
“But keeping …. a healthy respect for the powers of viruses circulating among us isn’t a bad idea.”
Yes. Please.
“They might affect us in more lasting ways than a few days of lethargy and snot.”
And in Long Covid’s case it’s five years of lasting.
Hope looks like similiar findings for Long Covid….
If you were/are in the healthcare field and are living with Long Covid, please fill out this survey (to help out a grad student): twu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Cover of A Litlle Less Broken: title is in bold white letters over a pink cracked vase holding flowers on a blue background.
Fascinating that Long Covid mimics neurodivergence.
Marian Schembari’s description of noise, light, touch & food sensitivities, along with the “thousand steps involved in showering and personal hygiene” has me nodding along.
Her narration of the audiobook is 👍 Highly recommend!
Thoughts of Dog 2026 daily calendar says: it’s okay to have no thoughts, sometimes, there is absolutely nothing going on up there. With a picture of a cartoon dog and a blank thought bubble.
To my fellow Long Covid & dynamically disabled people:
@chronicillness.bsky.social
Screenshot from Reverse-LC study on clinical trials .org stating “Documented SARS-CoV-2 infection, six or more months prior to screening, confirmed with acceptable documentation.
If you think you might have Covid, please test. If you are one of the unlucky like me who ended up with Long Covid, some clinical trials require positive test evidence.
From Reverse-LC:
The Reverse-LC trial for Long Covid is worth the effort if you are able.
It took me four years to be well enough to participate and it wasn’t all roses, but I’m glad I did it.
Anyone else wake up sad and exhausted after Long Covid Awareness day wondering……
How did we get here?
One infection gave us an awareness day?
Why are we still battling this?
Is this forever?
