Thread by @LongCovidNews

To trolls, minimizers and anti-vaxxers: #Longcovid pre-dates Covid vaccine deployment globally.

This tweet thread about long Covid is date-stamped 6th June 2020:

#diedsuddenly #DiedSuddenlydocumentary

https://twitter.com/james__glen/status/1269361160198983681

This YouTube video from @LongCovidSOS (Twitter account created July 2020) is date-stamped 8th July 2020. You can't fake a YouTube date stamp.

International long Covid patient groups appeared in mid-2020.
The @long_covid Support Group created on Facebook on 2nd May 2020, Twitter in July 2020.
French LC group @apresj20 created a Twitter account in July 2020. USA group @Covid19Long Haulers did too.

The #longCovid hashtag was first used on Twitter on 20th May 2020:

https://mobile.twitter.com/elisaperego78/status/1263172084055838721?s=20

The story about its conception was written in October 2020, published in the BMJ:
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/10/01…

NHS England News 7th October 2020:
"NHS to offer long covid sufferers help at specialist centres"

england.nhs.uk/2020/10/nhs-to…

UK Government NHS "Long Covid Recovery" video on YouTube date-stamped October 2020:

UK Government NICE: "COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19" (Long Covid), published in December 2020 following months of research.
nice.org.uk/guidance/NG188

BMJ July 2020: Covid-19: What do we know about “long covid”?

bmj.com/content/370/bm…

Heart issues with Covid were all over the news in 2020.
Myocarditis and pericarditis happens a lot after Covid.

https://mobile.twitter.com/1USNews/status/1344400895174344704