Thread by @Funkisfeminist1

Regarding this thread, there is one last thing that I want to share:

I am deeply grateful to all the people who have been trying to get the message about how a lot of ppl have been treated during the pandemic out.

(In English this time because this isn't just about Sweden)

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https://twitter.com/Funkisfeminist1/status/1543520099302252546

I feel ashamed for not supporting you more.

The reason for my silence is that I have ME, and in 2016, I started to dig into the PACE trial.

It was a horrible thing that unrolled.

I wrote a couple of texts about it, called (roughly translated) "Moods and (un)science".

You can find the summary at pacegranskaren.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/sin…

Basically, people with ME got used by insurance agencies (including Department of Work and Pensions) to make austerity legitimate.

Getting ME, getting really severely ill by iatrogenic harm and healthcare violence was traumatizing.

Then, when I started doing research, I found out about the scandal that is #PACEtrial (and everything that happened before and the aftermath).

Then the pandemic hit us, and I watched the same pattern happening once again.

In Britain, the mp Carol Monaghan has called the PACE trial the medical scandal of the century.

In Sweden, the scandal has been kept quiet.

I believe that is one of the reasons for why Long Covid could be so unscientifically regarded.

The ableism in the handling of the pandemic isn't new.

The ableist interpretation of the biopsychosocial model that seeks to blame long covid on unhelpful beliefs isn't new either.

People with ME have been dealing with this for a long time.

I can't be here and fight this fight anymore.

If you wish to find out the legacy that predicted the horrible treatment of people with long covid, please start your reading here.

pacegranskaren.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/sin…