Dr. Lucky Tran Aug 9, 2023

“So how long am I going to do this? Until indoor air is safe for all, until vaccines prevent transmission, until there’s a cure for long covid. Until I’m not risking my family’s future on a grocery run. The truth is that however immortal we feel, we are all just one infection away from a new life.”

Please read this key piece by Madeline Miller. The pandemic isn’t over until we can prevent Long COVID. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/09/madeline-miller-long-covid-post-pandemic/

Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.

No matter how immortal we feel, we are all — still — at risk of developing crushing, life-altering symptoms.

The Washington Post
Show threadDr. Lucky Tran 
This piece makes a great argument that we can't really consider the pandemic over because millions are suffering from Long COVID. Sadly the Post's editors undermined it by removing the original title “I have long covid. For the millions like me, the pandemic isn’t over,” and categorizing the piece as "post pandemic."
Aug 9, 2023 at 8:05pmWeb
Show threadUgh (“ugh”)Aug 9, 2023

@luckytran @maloki Typesetter error. Should be

“Post” Pandemic

Show threadJ.H.NoyesAug 10, 2023
@luckytran
Pathology indicates that all that have had Covid continue to suffer injury because the virus isn't gone. Focusing on Long Covid plays right into the hands of those that perpetuate ableist and eugenicist narratives. It blames the canary for dying rather than the coal gas that killed it.
Show threadErin KissaneAug 10, 2023
@luckytran Honestly, the pandemic isn’t over for anyone, so I’m glad they changed the hed. The new one hits harder IMO, and the first one felt dismissive and less personal.
Show threadcostrikeAug 10, 2023
@luckytran I wonder who influenced the title change?
Show threadJob DestroyerAug 10, 2023

@luckytran

The pandemic isn't over for the hundreds of thousands people contracting new cases