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

Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

@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!

#LongCovid #MEcfs #PEM #ChronicIllness

@ahimsa_pdx @luckytran Wow those haven't been taught in med school? When I was very young, for no particular reason, I read up a lot about some of those things.

@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