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5 Jan, 4 tweets, 4 min read
‘Just because we have not yet identified a biomarker…. does not mean biomarkers do not exist. We just need to look harder.’ Brilliant article by @resiapretorius on her landmark discovery #LongCovid #MECFS #TeamClots #MedEd #MedTwitter #pwME #COVID19 1/n
Really proud to be collaborating with Resia; we will be publishing the work we did with Dr Beate Jaeger & @KraterMartin before too long. Meanwhile #LongCovid clinics need to stop telling patients ‘we don’t know anything about #LongCovid’. We do. The slides don’t lie 2/n
#LongCovid is a public health emergency; it is a mass disabling event. Laboratories round the world need to start examining the blood of longhaulers ASAP- the protocols are simple & published for all to access 3/n
This needs to be urgently followed by well-designed trials of anticoagulation; enough #LongCovid research money has been spent on pointless studies like CLoCk. Sufferers need biomedical diagnostics & treatment now. #TeamClots are doing all we can; the world needs to wake up

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Dr Asad Khan FRCP FRACP 🇵🇸🇳🇿🇮🇳🇬🇧#FBLC Profile picture
29 Dec 21
Preprint of results of triple therapy in 24 South African #LongCovid patients researchsquare.com/article/rs-120…
This is to be followed up very soon by papers related to work in Germany that Dr Jaeger, myself & others collaborated with the SA group on. The aim of these studies is to influence policymakers/researchers/clinicians. The more evidence the stronger the case for treatment
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Well that was a slap in the face. We were falling ill, dying or developing #LongCovid despite washing our hands till they bled. I was saying #COVIDisAirborne- why wouldn’t a respiratory virus be? Nobody around me listened at the time. The droplet lobby’s narrative persisted 1/n
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THREAD: I’m going to let you in on a little secret. In March 2020 millions of people across the globe- including a disproportionate number of healthcare workers like me- got in touch with each other and signed a pact. We all decided to fake a new illness.
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The #LongCovid community can learn a lot from those suffering with #MECFS. We should welcome their attempts to reach out- it’s in our interest to collaborate. And if #MECFS patients end up getting the recognition & care they deserve due to #LongCovid research- good I say!
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Recommendations for the Management of Long Covid; ⁦@bmj_latest⁩ rejected (apparently we did not consult the correct experts- there are none, doctor-patients are the closest) & ⁦@TheLancet⁩ has declined as well. Preprint here- please publicise papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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