Free Palestine (Katherine 😷)

Review article on long covid, really good (I’ve read about 60% of it so far)

Nothing about what we know so far makes me think masking is unnecessary or over-cautious.

I live my life without fear, masking in all shared indoor spaces. I’d like to be able to do more—but I wish more people understood that masks don’t have to be a reminder to be afraid.

Masks can be the opposite: the reason we don’t need to worry. That’s what it is for me.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology

Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and highlight key findings, including potential mechanisms, the overlap with other conditions and potential treatments. They also discuss challenges and recommendations for long COVID research and care.

Nature
Jan 18, 2023 at 1:47amWeb
Show threadFree Palestine (Katherine 😷)Jan 18, 2023

Not for nothing, this is the most legible nature paper I’ve ever seen—in terms of it having figures that can be useful to and interpreted by people outside a specific sub field.

Checked out the author institutions and then it all made a lot of sense.

Nice work folks.

Show threadDr. Elizabeth Sawin✨Jan 18, 2023
@cricketcrocker I was noticing that, but didn't look at the affiliations - what an interesting point!
Show threadJeff SamsonowJan 18, 2023
@cricketcrocker I've followed a couple of the authors on social for some time and they're among the best at explaining what's up with Covid in straightforward and simple ways. This review is already one of the most important reads of the year.
Show threadFree Palestine (Katherine 😷)Jan 19, 2023

@jeffsamsonow are any of them on a 🦣 server?

I’m going to recommend to my students that they use this paper as an example of how to write well and accessibly.

Show threadMillennialMaureenJan 18, 2023
@cricketcrocker Absolutely agree. Masking is what enables me to leave my apartment at all.
Show threadSiyehJan 19, 2023
@cricketcrocker it's sobering. felt like a gut punch reading that the effects of long covid will probably be lifelong. but I guess it's good someone is saying it plainly, if it's true. 😔
Show threadFree Palestine (Katherine 😷)Jan 19, 2023

@pandemoniumcrutch I’m sorry about the gut punch.

I hope it won’t be the case—whether it is or not, though, it’s sufficiently bad that the current policies are indefensible from a public health standpoint.

I hope more conversation and research will lead to a more systematic understanding (and ability to address). But as you say, that won’t happen without the hard true things being said.

Show threadSiyehJan 19, 2023
@cricketcrocker Totally. Everyone just seems like they have main character syndrome-- they assume nothing really bad will happen to Them, so they don't have to take things too seriously, right? It's hard not to wish a reality check on them, because then they'd be too tired to fix the policies. 😅