Mastodawn

By Otto Kolbl and me:

Why were we so unprepared for #LongCOVID? Because long SARS was largely ignored and psychologized. Researchers failed to make the connection to #MECFS, #POTS, #SFN, etc. — despite having all the data.

German version coming soon!
https://ottokolbl.medium.com/we-ignored-long-sars-and-let-long-covid-suffer-the-same-fate-336372fe39d7

SARS’s Long Shadow: We Ignored Long SARS — And Let Long COVID Suffer the Same Fate

Christina Koch, Otto Kolbl

Medium

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Lyndsay Barwell

@juchti not only are ME/CFS and long covid clinics not testing for co-occuring conditions like POTS and still focused on services only from OTs and physios, they are closing long covid *and* ME/CFS clinics in the UK. I know if you can resolve high heart rate, it does make a difference even if there is still fatigue. If you can screen people for symptoms and advise them early it makes a difference. But this all seems to continue to be ignored.