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Euro News: Long Covid could cost up to €115.3bn per year over the next decade, study shows

"Long Covid could cost between €58.54 billion ($68 billion) and €115.3 billion ($135 billion) annually across OECD countries, including 21 EU member states, in the next decade, according to recent findings."

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/13/long-covid-costs-could-cost-up-to-1153bn-per-year-over-the-next-decade-study-shows

Information on OECD countries here: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/members-partners.html

#MECFS #LongCovid #PostCovidMECFS #EconomicCost

Many of you have probably made the experience, that it is easier to think while lying down.
I've made this experience even early, when I barely had any symptoms of orthostatic intolerance and wouldn't even notice it most of the time, unless I was upside down.

But until recently, I haven't paid attention to this also affecting executive functions more, that I would have expected.
Making decisions, making plans and starting a task "mentally" is easier from bed.

#MECFS #OrthostaticIntolerance

In the summer, past me dried a bunch of herbs. Late fall me made them into a container of herbal tea. Spring me is really grateful for this cup of tea. I can still do things. MECFS sucks, but I still can make nice things. Very slowly.

#mecfs #ouchThatsTasty

(Not a recommendation)
The Canadian Pain Society's 2026 conference presented two posters from the McMaster group.

https://www.s4me.info/threads/physical-activity-for-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-a-clinical-practice-guideline-2026-kirsh-et-al.49684/

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

#MEcfs #PwME #ME #MyalgicE
@mecfs

“Trial By Error: Some Things I’ve Read Recently…” By David Tuller  / 9 April 2026 

https://virology.ws/2026/04/09/trial-by-error-some-things-ive-read-recently-4/

#MEcfs #LongCovid @mecfs @longcovid