Thread by @fi_lowenstein

here's an end of year writing recap that doubles as a resource list! bc when I got COVID in March, I pivoted to writing almost exclusively about COVID patient issues, starting two days after I was discharged from Mt. Sinai, with this @nytopinion piece: nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opi…

On April 13, I wrote a follow-up in @nytopinion. It's one of the first reported pieces on what we now call #LongCovid, and it connected me with many of you...nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opi…

around that same time @rabbisabbi and I co-wrote a piece for @itsbodypolitic about how to support a friend with COVID. Sadly, still very relevant today: wearebodypolitic.com/bodytype/2020/…

In May, I wrote about the @itsbodypolitic support group for @voxdotcom vox.com/2020/5/21/2126…

That same week, I published pieces in @TeenVogue on COVID patients facing social isolation + losing friends teenvogue.com/story/covid-19… and @tonic_cbd on cannabis and COVID recovery (tonicvibes.com/blog/cannabis-…).

In June, I wrote about what COVID patients online were calling "symptom relapse" (we now understand it to likely be a form of post-exertion malaise) for
@voxdotcom vox.com/2020/6/4/21274…

The following month, I wrote about the testing reliability and access issues impacting COVID patients, and the "myth of the perfect patient" for @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In August, after writing a lot about COVID patient issues (and being interviewed as a patient and advocate), I wrote a guide to telling COVID patient stories for @CJR cjr.org/covering_the_p…

I spent the fall researching a couple of topics I'd previously avoided, because they felt complex, messy, and in some cases, very personal. One such topic was caregiving for COVID patients -- my piece for @elemental came out in December: elemental.medium.com/the-people-who…

This isn't everything I've written this year (more of my work can be seen at fionalowenstein.com/writing), but it's most of my pieces on COVID patient issues. I'm very proud of this list, bc I wish articles like these had existed when I first got sick, and now they do 💜

and yes, I'm sitting on more pitches about COVID patient issues that I haven't yet seen addressed in the media. So, if you're an editor commissioning in January, and want to highlight this topic, I'm your guy!