✨How I Recovered from Long Covid PEM:✨ Hey everyone, I've waited a while to share this - I wanted to make sure my improvements stuck. It's been almost a year now, in total - wow! 1/ longcovidbegone.substack.com/p/my-recover...

La Jolla researchers screened 56 small molecules and found a new class that binds ETF1, a host protein, to disrupt viral ribosomal frameshifting. These compounds blocked SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and other viruses without harming cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thx for highlighting @sun-in-winter12.bsky.social

Wow... seems like pretty strong evidence for SARS-CoV-2 persistence in pediatric Long COVID....

Hey everyone, ICYMI I wanted to highlight this groundbreaking #LongCOVID preprint. Personally, I've found there may be a lot of truth to this idea: **High anti-spike antibodies that don’t wane 6 months after infection may be a sign of viral persistence** 1/ 👇 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Huge finding from the. @polybiorf.bsky.social & UCSF team! #LongCovid patients have abnormally low levels of Natural Killer cells- the immune cells responsible for clearing virally infected cells. This finding is consistent with the growing evidence for viral persistence as a cause of LC. 1/

Study in the US with 172 participants. Slower viral clearance during COVID-19 increased long COVID risk, especially in women. Risk rose with more symptoms, like abdominal pain, nausea, and body aches. Early viral dynamics may explain long COVID. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

it's fairly easy to acknowledge that polio is a terrible disease now because it hasn't been a real threat for decades. Polio only appears in period films. Meanwhile long covid is similarly destroying futures but the stories are not represented in popular culture and thinking about it scares people.

mood. #longcovid

Cats can get a persistent infection of Coronavirus, FIP, that persists in a reservoir in the gut. It's treated with a 12 week course of the antiviral, Remdesivir, used in the treatment of Covid-19.

Medical mysongyny leaves women in pain for years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... See also Endometriosis: 190 million unheard voices www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn

The Sick Times: 'With no approved treatments and little support, people with Long COVID turn to online drug markets' 'The slow progress on clinical trials for Long COVID has been a source of frustration for both researchers and patients.' By Hannah Buttle thesicktimes.org/2024/12/12/w...

I would add that rejecting "viewpoint diversity" is the entire point of the academy. We evaluate the value of ideas, and drop charlatans claiming global warming isn't real, discrimination doesn't exist, or vaccines cause autism. They've lost in the "marketplace of ideas" so are rigging the game.

Has anyone had luck with Endocalyx Pro or Arterosil for #longcovid? (Or another blood vessel supplement?)

New ME Research UK-funded study: HERV activation segregates ME/CFS from #fibromyalgia while defining a novel nosologic entity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @meresearchuk.bsky.social

I feel like we need a sexy biopic of Louis Pasteur starring Timothee Chalamet for people to realize maybe he was on to something.

It is exhausting having to research and figure out everything from black plastics to best ventilation practices to COVID vaccine schedules, I know this is a wild idea but have we thought about creating publicly funded government bodies that could manage and regulate this stuff on our behalf

Potentially exciting news: longcovidtheanswers.com/monoclnal-an...

AstraZeneca Evusheld 2.0(sipavibart) to be tested in Long COVID. FDA approval in next 30 days -> IRB. Study to start in January 2025.

#LawTwitter What duty does or should a private company owe patients when effective treatment by the company was developed with federal dollars? www.nih.gov/news-events/... h/t @sun-in-winter12.bsky.social for raising this question

Salon: 'Why conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID are still so mysterious' 'A disease that's prevalent in women highlights the female sex bias in medicine' www.salon.com/2024/12/08/w...

At the heart of so many injustices is this simple counter message: there are enough resources for everyone on this planet to safely lead lives of dignity, and anyone who pretends otherwise is lying

West Australian: “New imaging shows virus invading the body and lingering for years, potentially explaining Long COVID” “The international team of scientists believe what they have discovered can help explain long COVID” t.co/0AvxbAwMyC

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks a cellular lipid (PI4P) in the Golgi to boost its replication. This disrupts cellular DNA damage response by activating the ATM kinase in the cytoplasm. Blocking ATM hinders viral replication, hinting at a new therapeutic strategy. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Has anyone tried alpha-ketoglutarate supplementation for #longcovid? Looks like it could actually inhibit viral replication + boost the activity of immune cells (H/t to my friend L for finding this!) 1/

We shouldn’t motivate climate action by saying it will prevent some apocalyptic version of the world because it’s an insult to the countless millions of people who live under those conditions today.

If you’re interested in how I research accounts- please feel free to read this thread about my entire morning and most of my afternoon 🙃

Want to make a difference? Learn history critical of nationalist narratives. Read a book by someone who isn’t white or cishet. Listen to a podcast that challenges ableism and fatphobia. Share, pass it on. Fascism thrives on ignorance and resentment. Shared history and empathy are one way to fight.

No, I know better because I'm Queer and old enough to remember when they had to be legislatively forced to give a shit about us. You're forgetting that they're people, and are frequently products of their culture. The US has a fuckin mainline of fascist bullshit running in its veins, and it's in

all of its institutions. Dr's used to say cigarettes were good. Dr's still chronically under treat fat people. Dr's frequently try to "fix" intersex babies. Plenty of Dr's still recommend male circumcision in the US, just because it's the cultural norm. They're just people, and they can be wrong.

I just need everyone to know that homosexuality was a mental disorder in the DSM until 1973. Hysteria was a diagnosis in the DSM until 1980. Multiple Sclerosis was called “the fakers disease.” Drapetomania was a mental disorder that caused enslaved black ppl to seek freedom.

I want a curriculum that ensures young people understand the impact of flying, enables them to plan international journeys using more sustainable transport options & makes them aware that microadventures close to home can be just as fulfilling as long distance travel 👣

Science Alert: 'Mysterious Driving Factor Behind Long COVID May Have Been Identified' 'Increased awareness of the biomedical basis of long COVID should prompt clinicians to take patients more seriously as they attempt to access the treatments & services..' www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-d...

Let's remind folks that 800,000 Americans died from Covid while Trump was president. Let's also remember that 1.5 million more Americans have died from Covid because Joe Biden decided the economy was more important. Don't lick a killers boots and say it's tasty.

Israel killed 100 people in Gaza today. I listened to NPR this evening, and this wasn’t even reported in passing. There was even a report about an initiative to save endangered wolves somewhere, but no mention of the 100 people who were killed in less than 24 hours.

Anthropologie just added an Adaptive Friendly tab to their site! This is so wonderful-25M+ Americans, including kids, are living with Long Covid

Blood vessel wall (endothelial) inflammation as a key to multi-organ complications of Covid and #LongCovid @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to share this story by @josephvlee.bsky.social for @vox.com that places #LandBack in the larger context for our planet. The Land Back movement is not only an important cultural story—it could also prove key in the fight to build climate resilience. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

Marilyn Manson dropped his defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood and has to pay her $300,000 legal fees. Diddy was denied bail a third time. Happy Thanksgiving!

People who think “the markets” will save us from climate change do not understand that capitalism created climate change.