Thread by @danaparish

Just hung up w friend who called for advice.

She contracted Covid 2 mos ago.

She is 39, active, “healthy.“

Still v sick, can’t work, short of breath, coughing etc.

I asked if she treated early & she said her doc told her, “You’re young, no need.”

This is malpractice.

In what universe do MDs think it’s cool to let a persistent, organ & vascular-destroying virus run its natural course when we know early treatment can reduce worst outcomes?

Wtaf is your logic here?

PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELVES & loved ones to get early treatment.

Do not trust this virus. A mild case still confers high risk of #LongCovid, which may not present for weeks or months or more.

Do all you can to mitigate symptoms down the road. It’s Russian Roulette.

I’ve been screaming into the void abt this for over two years.

It is standard of care in medicine to treat early (when poss) to ward off worst outcomes.

Would you wait to treat cancer? HIV? Strep? Lyme?

NO.

Don’t wait for COVID to disseminate either!

If your own doc won’t treat you, do a telemed w an urgent care (or go in) or telemed with Plush Care. I’m sure others can post more options.

The # of ppl asking whether she was vaxxed (yes) demonstrates how many still sadly don’t know that getting #Longcovid in spite of being highly vaxxed is common.

Vaccine only nominally reduces that risk. That’s why I wear N95s— to block infection & eliminate LC risk.