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Kelly Meiners PT, PhD
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Former professor and physical therapist/ athletic trainer disabled by Long COVID since 2021. #LongCOVID #POTS #MECFS
I’m a subject in the Recover Autonomic IVIG trial and was told months ago that funding cuts won’t impact this study. Today my nurse is no longer monitoring vital signs during my 6 hour infusion because of budget cuts. 🙄 #LongCOVID
March 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Thank you @rollingstone.com for the front page coverage

Make the invisible visible. Long Covid is REAL and a growing crisis
March 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It’s been 1,233 days for me suffering from a bedridden to homebound existence. For many others it’s been 5 years. We need help. #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay
#LongCOVIDAwarenessDay2025
5 years have passed and millions are affected globally

All are still waiting for a cure

#LongCovidAwarenessDay
March 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#LongCOVID #POTS #ME patients, please don’t ignore important symptoms. I’ve done a solid job of ignoring chest pain and recently found out I’ve had a heart attack and am in early stage heart failure.
February 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Happy Groundhog Day to fellow #pwLC, #pwME who feel like they are perpetually trapped on repeat. #LongCOVID
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Solidarity and peace to those suffering with #LongCOVID this holiday season. 😘
It’s my 4th year being homebound and unable to celebrate, and so far is the most difficult yet.
December 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Many of us at the @TheWHN worked many hours on this PSA and it has began getting a lot of attention. Thanks! whn.global/public-servi...
December 4, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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A lot of people don't realize that many patients with #LongCovid are now often being treated in Brain Injury Clinics, together with patients recovering from traumatic brain injury after a concussion. It's been hard to keep up with the literature, but here is a new one published yesterday #NeuroCovid
November 27, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Analysts at Swiss Re (one of the largest reinsurers in the life insurance industry, with huge financial incentives to get this right) estimated that current COVID policies will see excess deaths of ~3% in the US and ~2.5% in the UK for at least the next decade.

www.swissre.com/press-releas...
Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report | Swiss Re
Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report
www.swissre.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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My first post has to be about #LongCOVID

🔹 400 million individuals affected worldwide
🔹 $1 trillion in annual economic costs
🔹 Countless lives & communities shattered

The time for a comprehensive policy and research response is now!

Details in our review here www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine
This Review outlines the current state of scientific evidence on long COVID, discusses its impacts on patients, health systems, economies and global health metrics, and proposes a forward-looking rese...
www.nature.com
October 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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‘Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.’

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane.
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November 20, 2024 at 11:27 AM
#LongCovid is definitely more than fatigue in my experience, but glad it’s getting more media attention.
Long Fatigue: The exhaustion that lingers after an infection
Before long Covid there was post-viral fatigue – a mysterious set of illnesses caused by other infections. Now scientists are starting to unravel its secrets.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Happy to tell my story and contribute to this article. #longcovid #pots #mecfs
A 49-year-old professor and marathon runner came down with a relatively minor case of COVID in 2021. She stayed home from the office, even though her symptoms felt like nothing more than a bad cold. That quickly changed in the weeks after her initial infection cleared up.
Weathered COVID before? Scientists say every new infection puts you at risk of getting long COVID
The sometimes debilitating illness infects a third of people who come down with a case of COVID. Scientists and doctors are scrambling to understand and treat it.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM