To trolls, minimizers and anti-vaxxers: #Longcovid pre-dates Covid vaccine deployment globally.
This tweet thread about long Covid is date-stamped 6th June 2020:
#diedsuddenly #DiedSuddenlydocumentary
This YouTube video from @LongCovidSOS (Twitter account created July 2020) is date-stamped 8th July 2020. You can't fake a YouTube date stamp.
International long Covid patient groups appeared in mid-2020.
The @long_covid Support Group created on Facebook on 2nd May 2020, Twitter in July 2020.
French LC group @apresj20 created a Twitter account in July 2020. USA group @Covid19Long Haulers did too.
The #longCovid hashtag was first used on Twitter on 20th May 2020:
The story about its conception was written in October 2020, published in the BMJ:
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/10/01…
NHS England News 7th October 2020:
"NHS to offer long covid sufferers help at specialist centres"
england.nhs.uk/2020/10/nhs-to…
UK Government NHS "Long Covid Recovery" video on YouTube date-stamped October 2020:
UK Government NICE: "COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19" (Long Covid), published in December 2020 following months of research.
nice.org.uk/guidance/NG188
BMJ July 2020: Covid-19: What do we know about “long covid”?
bmj.com/content/370/bm…
Heart issues with Covid were all over the news in 2020.
Myocarditis and pericarditis happens a lot after Covid.
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