Thread by @bad_batch_rex

BC desperately needs this story to be picked up by the press. Long Covid sufferers have been abandoned, uninformed by our PHO, BCPH, our government. The scandal is how long they all knew & did not warn the public. Every day more BCers are becoming infected w/Covid, not 1/ BCPoli

https://twitter.com/bad_batch_rex/status/1652746636073009153

…fully understanding the risks of long Covid. Many will become long Covid sufferers, including children.
#BCMedia please cover this story. Please investigate. #BCPoli #DoNoHarm 2/
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Long Covid is going to affect BCers for decades. Those already suffering need diagnosis, treatment, the BC Long Covid clinics have been shuttered.
More cases must be prevented
3/ #BCPoli

BC is so fortunate to have such a dedicated and talented researcher @littleann4ever
So much information for the BC press in their research for this important story
4/ #DoNoHarm #BCPoli

https://twitter.com/littleann4ever/status/1652889466527453185

@Protect_BC has been a desperately needed source for information for BCers. This dedicated group has been doing BCPH’s job warning & informing the public. Their collaboration with @littleann4ever is a must read for this important story of BC’s long Covid mishandling. 5/ #BCPoli

https://twitter.com/protect_bc/status/1646546954674130948

This is how many people can be affected by long Covid. As BC lifted masking in Healthcare settings while Covid is running rampant.
Covid is not over, BCPH has stopped counting.
Every day more BCers will go on to become long Covid sufferers. TY @MamaToronto
6/ #BCPoli #DoNoHarm

https://twitter.com/mamatoronto/status/1653055688690606080

I am grateful to everyone who has shared research/information on this BC long Covid scandal. The sheer scale of the damage done to BCers will not be fully known for years. But we can stop more people from being harmed. Please #BCPress take up this story for all our sakes #BCPoli

This is IF a person knows about long Covid, IF a person knows about the (now virtual) BC long Covid clinics. These are very big IFS for BCers. 💔
So many barriers, so much withholding of information from the BC public.
TY @littleann4ever
8/
#LongCovid #BCPol
#NoMoreBarriersBCPH

https://twitter.com/bad_batch_rex/status/1653105689496281088

TY @ChristineGuent8 great article by @brish_ti ‘At the Saanich Peninsula Hospital ER, a doctor says more patients without family doctors are showing up with post-COVID complications & other, worsening afflictions’
Unbelievable BC govt shuttered these desperately needed clinics 9/

https://twitter.com/christineguent8/status/1653106066186723328

‘for…long COVID patients interviewed by CityNews—they feel let down by what they consider a downgrade to their long COVID care.
“I’ve gone from being a vital participant in life,running with the wind in my hair,to a little old lady who sits & watches the world go by” 10/ #BCPoli

https://twitter.com/littleann4ever/status/1653112613868568576

But remember Dr Henry’s stern letter pressuring Drs 2 return 2 in person visits?
“Potential drawbacks of providing only virtual care could result in unnecessary emergency room visits when patients are unable to access necessary face-2-face visits…11/
#WhatsTheDifference #BCPoli

https://twitter.com/littleann4ever/status/1653114277841227778

‘…specialist referrals that lack sufficient or pertinent clinical information for accurate triaging & care, & lack of access to important preventive and screening health services’ said the letter.
“With appropriate measures in place, we expect…12 #BCPoli
castanet.net/news/BC/345030…

‘…all practitioners to resume routine in-person visits based on clinical needs & patient preferences”
…letter ends with a hint the province may decide to reduce or eliminate the ability for doctors to bill the medical system for virtual appointments’

Discrepancy is glaring /13