#longCOVID #chronicillness #disability

I recently made it to my roof deck after 2 long years. I wrote about my deep gratitude for the progress I’ve made as a Long COVID patient against the backdrop of my hunger for more. I dream of a life I’ve lost, even as I’m thankful for the one I have. www.thegauntlet.news/p/i-see-the-...

this article by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social still provides the gold standard breakdown of how the left shotgunned the right-wing kool-aid as soon as it was apparent that protecting against COVID would be a marathon rather than a sprint, vaccines notwithstanding www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...

This is one of the best resources I've come across that explains the reasons why people no longer trust public health officials. From @sharpflower.bsky.social and featuring @juliadoubleday.bsky.social www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad... #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #CleanTheAir

Viktor Orban eating shit is going to keep me positive today.

This is excellent.

Long COVID can affect any and all organ systems in the body. It can impact the heart, lungs, digestive system, pancreas, brain, kidneys, liver, and more. It can harm the immune system. For this reason, the damage it can leave behind in a body may seem random, strange, or hard to believe. #LongCOVID

"Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead to serious illnesses in the future." www.news-medical.net/news/2026031...

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A raw and difficult personal essay from me about being too sick to write on Long COVID Awareness Day, and about feeling withdrawn and despondent since the death of my mother. “[My mom] was a fighter, who raised a fighter. I pray the fight returns to me.” www.thegauntlet.news/p/dont-get-a...

"We’re too #sick to participate, too sick to #protest, too sick to object, too sick to demand our seat at the table. Why demand a seat for someone too sick to sit up?" (My Year of Rest & Relaxation): buff.ly/cS70RUm by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social #LongCOVID #disability #pwME #NEisVoid #spoonie

A raw and difficult personal essay from me about being too sick to write on Long COVID Awareness Day, and about feeling withdrawn and despondent since the death of my mother. “[My mom] was a fighter, who raised a fighter. I pray the fight returns to me.” www.thegauntlet.news/p/dont-get-a...

“COVID-19 really has had a profound impact in terms of long-lasting symptoms that affect all kinds of different parts of the body, at a much higher rate than we usually see from other viruses,”

Institutional abandonment played a role in paving the way for fascism. As @juliadoubleday.bsky.social said on a recent episode of Public Health is Dead, “you’re not resisting fascism if you’re not making your spaces accessible to disabled people during a pandemic”

"It should have been intuitive that a virus killing adults would not be perfectly safe for children to catch, but economic and political interests were behind the wheel- not kids’ wellbeing- as pundits and influencers raced to proclaim that children would not and could not be hurt by infections."

Boosting.

*still nodding sagely* we should do nothing to fix this problem

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Explicitly capitalist media is telling you that getting/continuing to get COVID is really bad for you and is, mortifyingly, still doing more to warn you than most public health leaders are. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... 🎁 Link below

“It’s a drain on society at every single level,” —Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes of Health, on LongCovid but sure, it's the people imploring others to prevent these issues who are the problem

Been in a daze since my partner's best friend died last week It's the 3rd loss we have experienced in the last year I'm still mourning my mom's death My kid is home because, like me, they're feeling it all Thank you @juliadoubleday.bsky.social for giving words to what this loss feels like

A little over a month ago, I lost my mom. I wrote about grieving, learning about grieving, and ultimately learning that there's no wrong way to do it. My mom was an agnostic, but she believed in art, language, creation, and love. This is for you mama www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-ghost-...

A little over a month ago, I lost my mom. I wrote about grieving, learning about grieving, and ultimately learning that there's no wrong way to do it. My mom was an agnostic, but she believed in art, language, creation, and love. This is for you mama www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-ghost-...

I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.

"It’s a vicious cycle; people attend unsafe events. They become #disabled with #LongCOVID. They’re too sick to attend events. They’re too sick to demand safety and #accessibility ..More people drop out of public life.": buff.ly/OTGatVX by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social #LongHauler #disability

Every time I hear about Davos I can’t help but think of this classic from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social 😷❄️🦠 www.thegauntlet.news/p/billionair...

Thank you to Daniella of the 'Public Health Is Dead' podcast as well as @juliadoubleday.bsky.social (The Gauntlet) for their contributions during this episode! While the episode discusses media coverage of the pandemic in general, there is a fair amount of discussion about impacts on children.

If you read my Substack, you know my mother was in the ICU over Christmas. I’m so sad to have to update you all that my mom passed away on 1/3/2026, after nearly 2 weeks there. Our hearts are broken and we will never be the same. If love could’ve saved you, you’d still be with us mom ❤️

"Why are kids sick all the time now?" If people actually wanted to know, they'd listen to the answer. #ItsCovid

Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.

UPDATE Australia’s New South Wales Police Force say that 16 people have been killed in the Bondi Beach massacre and 40 people remain hospitalized.

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"We’re too #sick to participate, too sick to #protest, too sick to object, too sick to demand our seat at the table. Why demand a seat for someone too sick to sit up?" (My Year of Rest & Relaxation): buff.ly/BZ37S5K by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social #LongCOVID #disability #ChronicPain

Sounds like a cool course! My favorite would probably be anything written by Julia Doubleday. I really really appreciate her writing about living with long covid. She posted a great new essay just a couple days ago bsky.app/profile/juli...

A thoughtful post from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social about seizing the moment while living with serious #chronicillness. #disability #longCOVID

2 years in to living with Long COVID, my life has changed drastically- and so have I. My latest personal essay talks about how a life steeped in crashes and pain lends itself to mindful gratitude in the interludes of quiet relief. www.thegauntlet.news/p/uneasy-peace

New piece I wrote for @thesicktimes.org on the need to ask people with Long COVID what they are going through. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...

a great listen once again from Public Health is Dead www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...

if you’re proudly vaccinated against COVID but you don’t bother with other precautions like masking in indoor spaces, you’re actually *undermining the effectiveness of the vaccine* @juliadoubleday.bsky.social dropping truth on the “public heath is dead” podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

@juliadoubleday.bsky.social on the “public health is dead” podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Love this latest Public Health is Dead episode from @DaniAtomicus with @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & @wanderingkayli.bsky.social A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative 🎯 www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...

An excellent podcast combined with an excellent guest. Give it a listen! #PublicHealth #Media #LongCovid

I was delighted to join the great @DaniAtomicus on her stellar podcast Public Health is Dead. Kayli Jamison, a Long COVID activist in Canada who I much admire, was also featured. I encourage you all to listen & subscribe to support this excellent work. www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...

Listen here or on your favourite podcast app (& heads-up: we’re working on taking the whole show off Spotify) www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...