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Q: What should gov'ts do to decrease the harms of #COVID19 & in particular, #LongCovid?
Dr. Anne Bhéreur @Tortillou, a Montreal physician who has Long Covid herself and is a Long Covid advocate, answers first:
Key point - TELL people how this virus transmits.
Q: What should gov'ts do to decrease the harms of #COVID19 & in particular, #LongCovid?
Dr. Anne Bhéreur @Tortillou, a Montreal physician who has Long Covid herself and is a Long Covid advocate, answers first:
Key point - TELL people how this virus transmits.
2/5 Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @DGurdasani answers next:
#LongCovid changes the paradigm to mass infection being unacceptable, and this is why gov'ts don't want to talk about it. But 1 in 50 people in entire UK now have #LongCovid so ignoring it is destroying human capital.
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#LongCovid changes the paradigm to mass infection being unacceptable, and this is why gov'ts don't want to talk about it. But 1 in 50 people in entire UK now have #LongCovid so ignoring it is destroying human capital.
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3/5 @DrKarinaZeidler answers 3rd:
Letting transmission run wild is an equity issue with some groups bearing the burden of #LongCovid more than others.
#LongCovid will affect everyone in society though as the ripple effects will be felt everywhere.
Letting transmission run wild is an equity issue with some groups bearing the burden of #LongCovid more than others.
#LongCovid will affect everyone in society though as the ripple effects will be felt everywhere.
4/5
@DGurdasani: "The long term impacts of this pandemic will be measured in Long Covid."
"We can't be subjecting people to be chronically ill or disabled".
It is wrong to #LetItRip, knowing what we know now.
Listen to the rest of her concluding thoughts:
@DGurdasani: "The long term impacts of this pandemic will be measured in Long Covid."
"We can't be subjecting people to be chronically ill or disabled".
It is wrong to #LetItRip, knowing what we know now.
Listen to the rest of her concluding thoughts:
5/5
This 🧵highlights just one Q from the Q&A portion of @Protect_BC's briefing on #LongCovid.
There was much more information given in the rest of the briefing. @Tortillou & @dgurdasani1 have powerful and wise words to say.
Pass it on.
Watch:
This 🧵highlights just one Q from the Q&A portion of @Protect_BC's briefing on #LongCovid.
There was much more information given in the rest of the briefing. @Tortillou & @dgurdasani1 have powerful and wise words to say.
Pass it on.
Watch:
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