There's a Senate hearing on Long COVID today. Notice that Long COVID advocates are all wearing high quality masks? That's because they understand we are in a surge and each reinfection increases the risk of developing Long COVID.
Watch the Senate hearing on Long COVID here: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/addressing-long-covid-advancing-research-and-improving-patient-care
@luckytran
Thanks for the reminder!
I tuned in and was happy to hear Dr. Harkins talking about post-exertional malaise and Dr. Al-Aly talking about post viral ME/CFS. Both of these have been very low priority for so many years, not even taught in med school. ME/CFS has been ignored by all but a few dedicated researchers.
But it's much harder to ignore these things now that the pandemic has triggered so many new cases of disabling chronic illness!
@donkeyblam
Yes. Sad, but true.
The text in the image is from "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management"
Link = https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(21)00513-9/fulltext
@jonn @luckytran I totally understand the frustration of local shops ditching good options and not entirely trusting Amazon due to counterfeit concerns.
Fortunately, the UK has an excellent online resource:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk
They even stock my top pick respirator - the Dräger 1920 FFP2/1950 N95:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/drager-x-plore-1920-ffp2-unvalved-respirator-mask-medium-large/
(Unfortunately, the Small is out of stock.)
Of course they also have the ever popular 3M Aura:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/3M-9320
(Plus several other varieties of Aura.)
@Texan_Reverend hi, Eric, sorry for spamming, I just want to say that the interactions like these, especially given that I'm sending messages from my own server to your server, make me step back and reflect upon the value #fediverse has in the quality of our lives. Truly, a small internet long lost.
P.S.
Ordered 100 masks, thank you again!
@jonn It's not spamming, just talking, so no worries.
I also really value both the quality of interactions and the underlying systems here.
I'm really glad that the site ended up being helpful to you, and I hope it works out well for others you share it with, too.
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