Tonight, millions of #Longhaulers were hoping that @POTUS would become a champion for #LongCovid by utilizing his platform to create more awareness & educate the American people about the sheer devastation Long Covid has caused & will continue to cause for decades. He didn't.
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We hoped @potus would continue to emphasize mitigation efforts being essential in our battle against #COVID19 & #LongCovid. Instead, Americans were told they could remove their masks as we move back towards a "safer normal" & that those vaccinated & boosted are protected.
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For #Longhaulers, there is no "return to normal." We also know that people can still get infected with #COVID19 even if vaccinated. While vaccination helps prevent severe disease during acute infection, we KNOW that #LongCovid most commonly occurs in mild-moderate cases.
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Long Covid has also been documented to occur after asymptomatic infections at rates as high as 32% in one study out of CA. This is why it is essential to continue to "stack" our mitigation efforts & stop dangerous messaging that can lead to lifelong disability for millions.
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Throughout the entire #pandemic, there has been ZERO public messagine about #LongCovid, its dangers & impacts or its prevalence. This information alone could potentially change behaviors to help us better mitigate the pandemic in general & better prevent disability from LC.
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Instead @POTUS decided to completly ignore this mass disabling event, permanently removing people from the workforce & school, contributing to billions of dollars in debt for #Longhaulers, roadblocks to assistance, & complete disregard for pandemic precautions that save lives.
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@Potus, if you cannot even mention the words #LongCovid, how can we count on you to take action to help 8-33 million #Longhaulers in the U.S. alone? How can you tell us you value first responders & HCW's, educators & single parents when you are willing to count us as a loss?
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We are not expendable. Lax mitigation efforts in exchange for a return to "normalcy," that in reality, actually prevent the return to normalcy, create more disability, & accumulate greater costs for all, for decades to come & cripples the medical system even more so than now.
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We are people. We are sons & daughters, mothers & fathers, neighbors, front line workers, & your childs teachers. We are the people who one day got sick & never got better, who had bright futures & families & now, we are a shadow of the person we used to be.
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@POTUS we need immediate action to assist the #LongCovid community, but you cannot begin to help us until you publicly acknowledge #LongCovid & implement LC Assistance Programs & a LC Task Force & work w/ the LC community to do so. #PRIORITIZELONGCOVID bit.ly/LCComReq
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Please see our formal response to @POTUS here.
https://twitter.com/C19LH_Advocacy/status/1499179296400846850?s=20&t=wY9VeMzRROtjuh26fp68Zg
Please see our formal response to @POTUS here.
https://twitter.com/C19LH_Advocacy/status/1499179296400846850?s=20&t=wY9VeMzRROtjuh26fp68Zg
Please see our formal response to @POTUS here.
https://twitter.com/C19LH_Advocacy/status/1499179296400846850?s=20&t=wY9VeMzRROtjuh26fp68Zg
Please see our formal response to @POTUS here.
https://twitter.com/C19LH_Advocacy/status/1499179296400846850?s=20&t=wY9VeMzRROtjuh26fp68Zg
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