Profound immune dysfunction, t-cell exhaustion, dysautonomia & SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence in bone marrow... I think NIHR Research owes #LongCovid patients an apology for blowing millions on obesity/diet shake, CBT & exercise studies back in 2021, & doing next to nothing since.

I was so grateful to be invited to the unveiling of the ‘The Tree of Memories’ 🌳 💛 a stained glass window which is dedicated to North West Workers who died from #Covid & those living with #LongCovid
Unveiled by NW Covid bereaved families 💛 Thank you
Solidarity & Love to all

Someone tell the PM that the issue with sick(fit) notes is not the notes themselves but the deteriorating health of the nation. The PM address should’ve been about how to improve population health & reduce the health determinants gap not about punitive measures for the sick.

🌈KimInFlorida🌴 Long Covid SOS Rachel Hext Long Covid Patient Action Group UK Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids Long Covid Support 🌍 Long Covid Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LongCovidNurses&MidwivesUK 💙🌈 #TeamLCNMUK #FBLC Long Covid Doctors for Action Key Workers Petition UK Long COVID Physio International Long Covid Awareness Yes. My husband saw 2 GPs with cardiac changes post Covid who had to google the connection as they didn’t know it was possible. The misinformation in medical circles is worryingly common.

From the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Covid infection-
‘Most reported symptom … was a runny nose, followed by a cough. Other common symptoms were tiredness, a sore throat and a headache.

And yet, this is what the NHS says…

We should still test & isolate!
Rishi Sunak #LongCovid please share!

Do you ever find yourself struggle to catch your breath, taking a deep breath or taking a bunch of breaths between words when talking?

That’s known as air hunger.

Here's a good reason from Dr. Scheldon Kress on why some patients with Dysautonomia suffer with this.

'Both…

This is one of the many messages I’ve had regarding the lack of information about the damage Covid can do. Thanks for sharing K8

This is the reality of post covid conditions

Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) Long Covid Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 MaryR RN rtd, BA hons SW💙#FBLC I have done FOI’s to many aspects of the NHS and despite sacking hoards of staff with #LongCovid , they aren’t admitting to recording how many staff are affected. From early days there were many of us campaigning for this data to be recorded. Now we have to rely on weak data 😞

2 million people in England and Scotland with #LongCovid
What are the figures for Wales and Northern Ireland?

The fact is the numbers are increasing as are the the numbers economically inactive.

The Elephant is rampaging around the room Rishi Sunak

Long Covid SOS Long Covid Support 🌍

I actually believe the reality is much higher than this for these reasons

- Stigma
- Denial
- No appropriate testing
- Limited data collection

Long Covid Patient Action Group UK Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids Long Covid Support 🌍 Long Covid SOS Long Covid Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LongCovidNurses&MidwivesUK 💙🌈 #TeamLCNMUK #FBLC Long Covid Doctors for Action Key Workers Petition UK Long COVID Physio International Long Covid Awareness

Really interesting! Take a read!
Thanks David Osborn for your continued work on this ❤️

International Long Covid Awareness Long Covid Support 🌍 Long Covid SOS Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids LongCovidNurses&MidwivesUK 💙🌈 #TeamLCNMUK #FBLC Long Covid Patient Action Group UK Covid Action Scotland Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition Long Covid Doctors for Action @hazards-campaign Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) tern

pslhub.org/learn/coronavi…

We are very proud of our founder member Cass for having the energy and tenacity to speak at the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry on behalf of Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition. 👏
Check out their awesome video, Cass appears first -

youtube.com/live/Q9KCIBAzy…

Conor Browne With the increasing evidence mounting up about viral persistence & long-term illness, it’s astonishing that more businesses aren’t factoring this into resilience strategies, & implementing their own Covid awareness & safety programmes.

Conor Browne Those infected with SARS in 2003 (when studied 8 years out - with no vaccines) found human health increasingly worse across the board.

People could simply not show symptoms for a while...(this happens in HIV, I believe). We knew this was possible.

4. As such, we face a future with an ever-increasing percentage of the global population suffering from chronic health conditions as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection or re-infection. Viral persistence + high transmissibility + fast re-infection is a bad combination.

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3. It is vital to remember that SARS-CoV-2 is a highly transmissible virus with a propensity to relatively rapidly re-infect people. At the population level, this means that viral persistence - with all the health problems it can potentially cause - may well become the norm.

2. ... immune system to attack. In some of the samples, the researchers found that the virus could be active'.

This phenomenon of viral persistence is obviously no surprise to the many extremely talented researchers who have been mooting it for years.

1. 'They detected portions of viral RNA for up to two years after infection, although there was no evidence that the person had become reinfected. They found it in the connective tissue where immune cells are located, suggesting that the viral fragments were causing the...

6/ from a preventable disease just as long as “we are not one of the ones it disables” when we already have the technology and the science and the guidelines to know how we
Could be protecting all of us better …we just need the political will. End/

5/ is showing Long Covid is impacting population health & economies significantly
6) the results of point 5 may push some into poverty, further exacerbations health inequality
7) it’s just plain selfish to think it’s “ok” for a significant portion of society to become disabled