Thread by @fearnley_k

I am a doctor who contracted covid caring for covid patients at work. Failure to provide RPE left me and my colleagues knowingly exposed to deadly airborne pathogen. Previously fit and well, no co-morbidities, I am a shell of my former self. 🧵 @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus 1/10

Diagnoses so far include, encephalitis, central sleep apnoea, myopericarditis, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, dysautomnia, POTs, PEM/PESE. 14 mths into this illness, I am still housebound. 2/10

After dedicating the last decade of my life to becoming a doctor & placing myself into significant debt, I now face the threat of dismissal. 3/10

My story is not unique. 1.5 Million people in the UK are suffering.
Many have now entered their third year of illness.

Lost jobs. Lost families. Lost homes. How do @Conservatives plan on financially supporting & caring for those with Long Covid? 4/10

Long Covid is a public health emergency, currently absent of treatment or cure. It affects a large proportion of our working population. The economic impact and degree of human suffering is staggering.

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We are unlikely to get better on our own. There is an ongoing pathological process which urgently needs to be addressed. 6/10

To date, £50 million has been pledged to Long Covid research. This is pocket change when track and trace cost £37 billion.

Furthermore, a large chunk of this £50M has been wasted on meaningless research which fails to address the underlying pathophysiology. @NIHRresearch 7/10

The economic & human cost of Long Covid is significant and urgently warrants increased funding. 8/10

Within the published literature there is evidence of viral debris/ #viralpersistance, & #autoimmunity & #microclots. We know the former can trigger the latter.@NIH @NIHRresearch @NIHDirector @sajidjavid why is #Paxlovid4LongCovid #antivirals not being trialled Long Covid? 9/10

Attention all those with Long Covid. Lets make our voice heard. Share your story today. Make #Paxlovid4LongCovid viral. 10/10