Recording of the "On the Violence of Psychologisation of Postviral Illness: A Habermasian Solution?" talk - w. myself, @ffhambu.bsky.social, Sonja Hannibal & @privilegienschreck.bsky.social is now available online (with subs!) 😍 #LongCovid #MECFS #Injustice t.co/jQYqzfIQNe

Today is the day. Teamslink in comments below.

This hybrid event suddenly got a lot more interesting!!😍Fabian Fritz @ffhambu.bsky.social, Mirja Nicolas @privilegienschreck.bsky.social & Sonja Hannibal will now also be part this debate on "The Violence of Psychologisation of Postviral Illnesses: A Habermasian Solution?"- Tuesday 23/09, 12pm

STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG: Doktorand(inne)nstelle in der die existenziellen Auswirkungen von Long Covid durch das Prisma der vielfältigen "Tödlichkeit", insbesondere "lebendiger Tod", sozialer Tod und Selbstmord, erforscht werden. 👇 #MECFS #MCAS #Suizid #Tod #Deutsch

WE ARE HIRING! PhD position in Ethics and Social Philosophy (Long Covid). Deadline 12 October. Are you a passionate PhD candidate in practical philosophy, eager to explore health, illness, death, & the existential impact of Long Covid? Apply now for this unique PhD position! 1/5

I am so happy that pur Panel (in German) on "The Violence of #Psychologisation: #LongCovid and other postviral illnesses" went well. It consisted of 4 presentations, the first by myself on the epistemological problems of the BPS model and the need for a postviral ethics.

Neue link!! #Psychologisierung #Gewalt #LongCovid #MECFS #MCAS uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/3628436005...

Morgen (04.09) geht die Konferenz der Kritischen Psychologie los. 😍 Unser Panel zum Thema "Die Gewalt der Psychologisierung: #LongCOVID und andere postvirale Infektionen" beginnt um 18 Uhr. Der Livestream ist hier: www.youtube.com/live/y0xvESX... #MCAS #MECFS #ethics #epistemicinjustice

Hat jemand Erfahrung damit? #MCAS #LongCovid

Amazing article by the wonderful and amazing @buechnerronja.bsky.social 😍😍😍 on the stigmatisation and psychologisation of #LongCovid and post-VAC. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

You hand over your child's drawing for another child to their mother, and say: "my daughter wanted to tell you that the drawing has a few mistakes on it"... The mother replies: "that does not matter, she cannot see it anyway. She lies in the dark" #SevereME #LongCovid #kids

This is a very exciting and groundbreaking project! 🔥This research has investigated the quality of antibody responses to the Covid spike protein. In 65% of the Long Covid population there is either a reduced quality of antibody response or an overactivation. www.linkedin.com/posts/jsnick...

Ich mag ja kritische Wissenschaft. Neuerdings vor allem, wenn es um Long-COVID und ME/cfs geht :) www.kritische-psychologie.de/2025/was-tun...

#LongCovid #MECFS #PAIS #QFever #MCAS #philosophy #death #deadliness

Exteemely pleased to announce that the NWO (Dutch Research Council) has granted my four year research project on: "Dying a Continuous Death: A Critical Phenomenology of Living Death, Social Death and Suicide Ideation amongst #LongCovid Patients in the Netherlands and Germany"

Hoewel het #BPS model mooi klinkt, is het wetenschappelijk problematisch & heeft het voor #PAIS patiënten tot een groot epistemisch onrecht geleid. Patienten werden niet gehoord en liepen (en lopen) ook nog eens lichamelijke en psychische schade op. #Qfever #MECFS #MCAS #LongCovid #Ethics 1/3

Embrace the existential dread. Blogpost on how a sticker, given by a colleague, touched upon the fundamental nature of a new way of being in the world that #PAIS, #LongCovid and #MCAS forcefully and painfully provoked. www.viviennematthiesboon.com/post/embrace...

Extremely pleased with the Golden Series of @rackmask.bsky.social and the Flower masks from @zhouliangmask.bsky.social Will also buy their black edition. They are the best FFP2/FFP3 masks I have experienced so far (tried many!!), and some colourful patterns offer some much needed aesthetic relief.

Kamala Harris warnte 2 Wochen vor der US-Wahl in 3 Minuten vor allem, was Trump macht, wenn er Präsident ist. Bislang ist genau alles davon eingetreten.

Dysfuntioneren richtlijnen + beroepsvereniging zoals NVK mbt #MEcvs en in daglicht. 🧵 Start met een reeks berichten via @zurhake.bsky.social nos.nl/artikel/2569... nos.nl/artikel/2569... 20.00 uur NOS Journaal 1e item npo.nl/start/serie/... Radiofragment: www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n... 1/8

To gather my recorded talks and publications on #LongCovid, #PAIS, #PostviralEthics, Political #Trauma and #CriticalTheory in one place, I have given into the pressure and launched a personal website. You can find it here: Www.viviennematthiesboon.com

7) en natuurlijk zowel het 6 uur als het 8 uur journaal!!

Ook even hier, vandaag een belangrijke dag in Nederland. Waarin hopelijk zijn nu echt wel de eerste breukjes in het BPS dogma gemaakt door de belangrijke rapportages van Sander Zurhake maar ook vooral alle inspanningen van de MEcvs Vereniging. Alle bijdragen volgen hieronder op een rijtje.

The "MECVS Vereniging" organised a very important meeting today about the coercion and pressure children (and their parents/carers) with #MECFS experience in the Netherlands. I first presented on the epistemological problems of the BPS model, and the serious medical harms

It was thirty years ago that I was last in this place, where I had spent a lot of time with certain people that were and are close to me. I never thought I'd be able to see them again, let alone walk around this place. Truly wonderful time. #Bratislava #LongCovid #MCAS #youth #memories

Off to Vienna, to speak about the invisibility of and lack of political and social solidarity with #LongCovid, #MECFS and #PAIS patients at the Health and Solidarity conference - together with my colleague Prof Tamar Sharon. #empiricalethics #solidarity #injustice

Looking forward to the PCNN | Post-COVID Netwerk Nederland heidag tomorrow. We give an update on Platform 3 (Ethics), but also (the wonderful!!) Chiara Silipigni and I will present a critical ethical evaluation of the BioPsychoSocial (BPS) model. 👇

#AfDverbot 👇

DANKE an die Städtegruppen, die heute eine der #Liegenddemos auf die Beine gestellt haben. Danke, an alle, die mit demonstriert haben. Wir sind noch dabei, Bilder, Eindrücke und Rückmeldungen zu sortieren, aber eines lässt sich schon mit Gewissheit sagen: Großartig, was wir zusammen gewuppt haben.

Danke Berlin 💙 @liegenddemo.bsky.social Fotos: @mariahwa.bsky.social #MECFS

Ich bin sehr zufrieden. Meine Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Bürgermeister von Kleve verlief gut und unsere Gruppe wird im Juni einen Termin mit ihm haben, um mehr über #LongCovid und #MECFS zu sprechen. Ich bin jetzt völlig fertig ... aber es war gut.

"So ist zum Beispiel die Mutter eines an „Long Covid“ leidenden Kindes angekündigt. Sie soll über Herausforderungen sprechen" Oh, wer könnte das sein?🙃👇 rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/...

Super important paper that shows #LongCovid and #MECFS are not (!!) the same as deconditioning www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

"this study elucidates the mechanism underlying virus-triggered activation of MCs and has the potential to aid in the development of MC-targeted antiviral therapeutic strategies" #MCAS #LongCovid journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Rückblick: Aktion zum 1. Mai 2020. 2025 ist Infektionsschutz noch immer nicht als Teil des Arbeitsschutzes anerkannt — Menschen erkranken weiter vermeidbar auf Arbeit an Long Covid. Niemanden interessiert's.

Doctors as patients documentary - Dutch with English subtitles. #MECFS, #MCAS, #LongCovid youtu.be/J0ywwLIfH_w?...

Good news for #MCAS patients (of which there are many in #LongCovid and #MECFS groups). Researchers in Bonn have been able to turn off the MRGPRX2 receptor in mice and human mast cells. Important news!! 👇👇👇 www.t-online.de/gesundheit/a...

Delphi consensus paper on #LongCovid link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dus vandaag paar #LongCovid resultaten binnen: TNF Apha veel te hoog (was te verwachten), Leukotrien ook veel te hoog (ook te verwachten, en er moet dus een differentiale diagnose #MCAS vs Mastozytose komen), CD57 en NK cellen veel te laag en vooral reactivatie van Zoster virus

How do parents of chronically ille children that cannot go to school cope financially? This is such a nightmare...

Workshop on Post-COVID ethics: Video recordings and short summaries are now available. From @vmatthiesboon.bsky.social et al. www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... Screenshot is from the latest Science for ME weekly update #LongCovid #MEcfs

#LongCovid, #MECFS and #PAIS are medical and ethical emergencies. Though many people fail to recognise this as such. On the ethical issues, our website with the video recordings of the talks held at the #postviralethics conference is now online!! 👇 www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

#LongCovid, #MECFS and #PAIS are medical and ethical emergencies. Though many people fail to recognise this as such. On the ethical issues, our website with the video recordings of the talks held at the #postviralethics conference is now online!! 👇 www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Extremely useful and nuanced overview article of therapeutic studies that target autoantibodies in #MECFS, #LongCovid and #PAIS.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

Mother Jones: 'For Some Disabled Protestors, “Hands Off” Went Virtual' “We know we have to teach everyone how to include us.” 'At a Hands Off rally for people with Long Covid, Amanda Finley was filled with emotions.' www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I just saw that one can bow buy my book on political trauma in Egypt in paperback form through amazon. Unfortunately a lot of parallels to #LongCovid, #MECFS #MCAS can be drawn, including the extreme isolation, demoralisation and utter societal indifference/disconnect. amzn.eu/d/1GPuxiv

🚨 BREAKING: #LongCOVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, according to patient representatives in the initiative. bit.ly/3FO8LuQ

Very important podcast and literature summary of the relation between #MCAS and #MECFS and #LongCovid. MCAS often falls off the table, or is viewed as a mere food allergy rather than the complex immunological illness it is 👇 www.mastzellenhilfe.de/mcas-und-me-...

Man hat ja immer wieder die gewagte These gehört, #LongCovid hätte was mit politischer Einstellung, vor allem "links" oder "woke", zu tun. In dieser Studie, waren jedenfalls Bundesstaaten wie Mississippi oder West Virginia LC-Hotspots... 1/2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...