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Julia Doubleday
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Writer of The Gauntlet, about COVID and public health.

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · Feb 7
Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many.

A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
What is Long COVID?
A Beginner's Guide
www.thegauntlet.news
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magdalenahorvat.bsky.social
"there were people who did still care. These were people who advocated for mitigations, loudly and clearly, who masked in public spaces, who organized mask distributions, who shared mutual aid, and held mask-required events"

@juliadoubleday.bsky.social 💯 ❤️
The Pandemic Has Been a Portal (for a few of us)
It's true that most people keep choosing "normalcy". But the COVID conscious community is showing us a radical new way forward, that centers care
www.thegauntlet.news
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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quarantegan.bsky.social
"Why are kids sick all the time now?"

If people actually wanted to know, they'd listen to the answer.

#ItsCovid
juliadoubleday.bsky.social Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · Jun 16
After abandoning every mitigation and infecting kids repeatedly, our media wants to know: why do so many children have Long COVID?

My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...
Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health
www.thegauntlet.news
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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astrokatie.com
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.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
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.
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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publichealthaction.bsky.social
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December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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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
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
It's been a year since I contracted COVID-19 and developed Long COVID. I've had to face my worst fears, but I'm still here.
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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migs846.bsky.social
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

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juliadoubleday.bsky.social Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 29d
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
Uneasy Peace
Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes
www.thegauntlet.news
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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marushka-t.bsky.social
A thoughtful post from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social about seizing the moment while living with serious #chronicillness.

#disability #longCOVID
juliadoubleday.bsky.social Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 29d
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
Uneasy Peace
Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes
www.thegauntlet.news
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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magdalenahorvat.bsky.social
💕 Beautiful as always, @juliadoubleday.bsky.social

"I can sit at my window, looking down at the streets I can’t even walk anymore, and my heart will be full just from watching the rain. I think back to 2019..."
Uneasy Peace
Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes
www.thegauntlet.news
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
juliadoubleday.bsky.social
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
Uneasy Peace
Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes
www.thegauntlet.news
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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philipandrewhoover.bsky.social
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...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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daveruder.bsky.social
a great listen once again from Public Health is Dead www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
How the media has helped manufacture consent for COVID to be "over" and contributed to the decline of public health
www.publichealthisdead.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social
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

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All of this goes back to the fact that people don't understand the limits of the COVID vaccines. They don't understand what the COVID vaccines do and don't do. They don't understand the way the COVID virus is mutating around vaccine protection. “So like, I've seen people saying like, oh, well, if you wear a mask, that means you don't trust the vaccine. Well, no, I mean, you're harming the vaccine by not masking because you're allowing the vaccine, which is supposed to be a last line of defense against the virus, to be a first line of defense against the virus.”
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social on the “public health is dead” podcast:

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"One of the things I always think about is when people take their new babies—their new-ass babies—out into public. Like, this is the same virus that you as an adult hid in your house from for a year, and now you're taking your new baby out that is not vaccinated. Like, don't do that. Like, do not do that. It is still neuroinvasive. It is still a vascular virus that will damage your blood vessels. It will damage your immune system. It will damage your baby."
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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chantzy.bsky.social
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...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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maskblocwr.bsky.social
An excellent podcast combined with an excellent guest. Give it a listen! #PublicHealth #Media #LongCovid
juliadoubleday.bsky.social Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · Nov 29
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...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
juliadoubleday.bsky.social
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...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
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...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
How has the media contributed to manufacturing consent for COVID to be “over” (and the decline of public health in general)? New episode ft. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social and @wanderingkayli.bsky.social as well as some comments from former COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
sharpflower.bsky.social Da(N95)iella @sharpflower.bsky.social · Oct 30
In the editing room! 🎙️ Bad Press: how the media manufactures consent in the era of COVID. Public health is often in the news but it’s not always covered well. Power influences the narratives we hear from outlets and journalists. Coming soon w/ Julia Doubleday + Kayli Jamieson. Don’t miss it! 🩷💚💀
Old-looking photo of a newspaper covering a woman's face while she's reading in a shiny robe at a breakfast table. “Public Health is Dead" pink and green podcast logo text is overlaid and the background is a CDC-sourced image of mpox under the microscope.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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wanderingkayli.bsky.social
Such an honour to be a part of this episode in my favourite podcast with such an incredible production team! I shared a few findings from my Thesis research on news discourses on COVID. Amazing insights from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & narration from host Daniella really tie it all together 🦠
sharpflower.bsky.social Da(N95)iella @sharpflower.bsky.social · Nov 28
How has the media contributed to manufacturing consent for COVID to be “over” (and the decline of public health in general)? New episode ft. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social and @wanderingkayli.bsky.social as well as some comments from former COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
sharpflower.bsky.social Da(N95)iella @sharpflower.bsky.social · Oct 30
In the editing room! 🎙️ Bad Press: how the media manufactures consent in the era of COVID. Public health is often in the news but it’s not always covered well. Power influences the narratives we hear from outlets and journalists. Coming soon w/ Julia Doubleday + Kayli Jamieson. Don’t miss it! 🩷💚💀
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected

ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Ottawa citizen screenshot of headline from Nov 18 - sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
juliadoubleday.bsky.social
I can’t walk bc of the last (ongoing) pandemic. I’ve been homebound w long covid for over a year . But thanks!!!!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social
dunno how she could’ve been more explicit. and yet …
ladylettera32.bsky.social Lady Lettera 😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · Nov 17
If you're posting tributes to Alice Wong but aren't wearing a well fitted respirator indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outdoors when it's crowded than I think you misunderstood the assignment.

You care about others?
Prove it.

Wear a mask.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM