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"Mild/severe" for covid was initially based on respiratory symptoms only and the risk of developing respiratory failure. Covid can, easily, be a severe disease. It can be deceptive, as life-threatening problems like "silent hypoxia" or coagulopathy might be pauci-symptomatic
Vaccination status, the variant from which you are infected, prior immunity, your health status etc. can make a difference in short- and long-term outcomes. But covid overall is not a mild disease. It caused one of the most devastating pandemics in human history
One of the first publications in the world openly tackling the narrative around "mild covid" here by @felicitycallard | out in May 2020
somatosphere.net/2020/mild-covi…
somatosphere.net/2020/mild-covi…
Letter: the pandemic is not over. I agree. I'm pleased to see here recognition of #LongCovid and the risks to the public. Just a note: the @CDCgov openly addressed SARS-CoV-2 sequelae a few days ago. But we've known about Long Covid for over 2 years 🧵
concordmonitor.com/-46654136
concordmonitor.com/-46654136
Reports of prolonged covid illness started to emerge from early hotspots like Lombardy, the UK, Spain, France in March to April 2020. People affected by covid, often left at home with no care, gathered on social and other media e.g. Twitter to share their experiences
#LongCovid
#LongCovid
Many of the earliest advocates and patient-researchers were so ill to have to resort to little pieces of writing like tweets, or blogs, to describe, in a completely innovative way, a new disease
@felicitycallard and I recount the story here
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
@felicitycallard and I recount the story here
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
2022 has brought new #Covid narrative -
1 #Virus getting weaker
2 #Vaccine situation fine as is
3 We don't need #publichealth measures any more
Really?
Some of my colleagues from academia, @WHO & @ApiJectCorp worked to put together this 🧵
#50CovidBeliefs
1 #Virus getting weaker
2 #Vaccine situation fine as is
3 We don't need #publichealth measures any more
Really?
Some of my colleagues from academia, @WHO & @ApiJectCorp worked to put together this 🧵
#50CovidBeliefs
Full pdf at injectionsafetyaccess.com/50-covid-belie…
Thx commenters & others fighting to get story right
@EricTopol @DrEricDing @JeremyFarrar @paimadhu @ashishkjha @ASlavitt @PeterHotez @rajpanjabi @globalhlthtwit @LawrenceGostin @Craig_A_Spencer @mvankerkhove @DrAbdiMahamud @krishna_u
Thx commenters & others fighting to get story right
@EricTopol @DrEricDing @JeremyFarrar @paimadhu @ashishkjha @ASlavitt @PeterHotez @rajpanjabi @globalhlthtwit @LawrenceGostin @Craig_A_Spencer @mvankerkhove @DrAbdiMahamud @krishna_u
& those fighting to get #COVID19 narrative right in #media-even harder!
@jriggers @rosafurneaux @iamandyhoffman @georgia_coan @megtirrell @paisleydodds @ButiniCecilia @KatherineEban @NPRMichel @yveyong @PostOpinions @latimesopinion @NPR
#50CovidBeliefs
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@jriggers @rosafurneaux @iamandyhoffman @georgia_coan @megtirrell @paisleydodds @ButiniCecilia @KatherineEban @NPRMichel @yveyong @PostOpinions @latimesopinion @NPR
#50CovidBeliefs
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This is a scary, concerning, but excellent point we all have to reflect upon --- especially as patients and researchers. We've seen a large amount of erroneous, incorrect views about SARS-CoV-2 coming from public health experts and those in healthcare
#LongCovid
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#LongCovid
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These erroneous ideas included comparing covid --- a SARS like disease --- to a "flu" or a "cold" | denial about #LongCovid and the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pediatric patients ----> #LongCovidKids, MIS-C etc. | Denial of airborne transmission #COVIDisAirborne
Promotion of herd immunity and mass infection theories | Great Barrington Declaration | #MildCovid | denial of the multi-system nature of covid, including its vascular, neurological and clotting components | "endemic covid" = mild
#LongCovid was defined by the patient-advocate-researchers who first identified | named the condition as a prolonged form of severe covid, indeed 🔥
This is in the 2020 peer-reviewed | medical literature
Policy makers are trying to minimize it to promote erroneous policy
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This is in the 2020 peer-reviewed | medical literature
Policy makers are trying to minimize it to promote erroneous policy
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For example, prominent #LongCovid researcher Prof. @felicitycallard successfully and powerfully questioned the "mild covid" narrative in a May 2020 academic publication
#MildCovid
somatosphere.net/2020/mild-covi…
#MildCovid
somatosphere.net/2020/mild-covi…
In "How and Why Patients Made Long Covid" @felicitycallard and I make clear many early #LongCovid advocates | patient researchers had severe, life threatening covid
Many were left at home with no care in extreme conditions. These are real people
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Many were left at home with no care in extreme conditions. These are real people
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
I recommend reading this great thread about the long-lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Again, this isn't news. We patient-researchers in the first wave had correctly, scientifically, defined covid as a multi-system and prolonged disease ---> #LongCovid
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Again, this isn't news. We patient-researchers in the first wave had correctly, scientifically, defined covid as a multi-system and prolonged disease ---> #LongCovid
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The narrative that covid was a respiratory disease, mild and short in the young, was wrong. It was blown away by patients in the early 2020, including in academic peer-reviewed pieces
The rise of #LongCovid is narrated in my paper with @felicitycallard
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The rise of #LongCovid is narrated in my paper with @felicitycallard
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
I also suggest to read this great piece by physician-researcher @zalaly in the @guardian on the critical impact of #LongCovid patient-led advocacy and research in medicine
amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
This post is for the millions of Ontarians who will contract Covid and be in need of financial & medical assistance.
To the #longcovid deniers, you’re simply wrong and you will be sorry. We have the receipts.
To the #longcovid deniers, you’re simply wrong and you will be sorry. We have the receipts.
Some call this fear-mongering; I call it being realistic.
To those pragmatists out there, dismissing the need for accurate covid testing, you’re missing some vital information and giving bad advice.
I hope you’re wrong. I don’t think I am.
To those pragmatists out there, dismissing the need for accurate covid testing, you’re missing some vital information and giving bad advice.
I hope you’re wrong. I don’t think I am.
PCR testing is limited. CMOH says to use a RAT or get a $75 antibody test, wh/ requires Dr requisition, & may be problematic if vaccinated (wh/ most of us are). DR. MOORE HAS TAKEN AWAY OUR FREE ACCESS TO ACCURATE PCR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
Absolutely this about #LongCovid Covid is long
The issue for many is not the acute, early viral infection. This is often mild, or barely symptomatic. The hardest part is the prolonged disease process
This is why covid is such a treat to personal wellbeing, society and healthcare
The issue for many is not the acute, early viral infection. This is often mild, or barely symptomatic. The hardest part is the prolonged disease process
This is why covid is such a treat to personal wellbeing, society and healthcare
We know from both the lived experience of patients and now the scientific literature that SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers prolonged disease processes in basically all body systems and organs. Strong is impact on coagulation, immunological, and endothelial function
#LongCovid
#LongCovid
Persistence of at least viral parts such as for example the spike protein, is also demonstrated by an increasing number of publications.
These triggers for prolonged pathology are not *rare*. SARS-CoV-2 is an extremely dangerous pathogen for many people.
#LongCovid
These triggers for prolonged pathology are not *rare*. SARS-CoV-2 is an extremely dangerous pathogen for many people.
#LongCovid
