Baby Ruthless
@baby-ruthless.bsky.social
Friendly neighborhood plague victim. #LongCovid 1st wave.
"Everybody I like is either dead or not feeling very well." -Tom Waits
"Everybody I like is either dead or not feeling very well." -Tom Waits
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😷 Masks aren't traumatising.
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
😷 Masks aren't traumatising.
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
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These people are incapable of actually doing their jobs because they are absurdly unqualified.
They’re only capable of grievance politics on Twitter.
They’re only capable of grievance politics on Twitter.
Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
These people are incapable of actually doing their jobs because they are absurdly unqualified.
They’re only capable of grievance politics on Twitter.
They’re only capable of grievance politics on Twitter.
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RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
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#LongCOVID keeps almost 90,000 people bedridden, but pot of research [funding] is almost over: 'Hopeless situation'
@longcovidnederland.bsky.social
#TranslateLongCOVID
#LongCOVID keeps almost 90,000 people bedridden, but pot of research [funding] is almost over: 'Hopeless situation'
@longcovidnederland.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#LongCOVID keeps almost 90,000 people bedridden, but pot of research [funding] is almost over: 'Hopeless situation'
@longcovidnederland.bsky.social
#TranslateLongCOVID
#LongCOVID keeps almost 90,000 people bedridden, but pot of research [funding] is almost over: 'Hopeless situation'
@longcovidnederland.bsky.social
#TranslateLongCOVID
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Appalling. Martin Kulldorff, who was a lead author of the Great Barrington declaration which promoted mass infection with COVID and spread disinformation about vaccines, has been appointed HHS Chief science officer.
Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job
The head of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee is leaving to take a leadership role within the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.statnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Appalling. Martin Kulldorff, who was a lead author of the Great Barrington declaration which promoted mass infection with COVID and spread disinformation about vaccines, has been appointed HHS Chief science officer.
In 2021 Dhruv Khullar wrote a long covid skeptic article, saying the illness was possibly “somatic hypervigilance”, claimed sick people had "disregard for expertise", and quoted Vinay Prasad, the man who is destroying access to vaccines.
He contributed to the anti-science rhetoric he complains about
He contributed to the anti-science rhetoric he complains about
New Yorker: The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
by Dhruv Khullar
bit.ly/4a66rMT
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
by Dhruv Khullar
bit.ly/4a66rMT
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In 2021 Dhruv Khullar wrote a long covid skeptic article, saying the illness was possibly “somatic hypervigilance”, claimed sick people had "disregard for expertise", and quoted Vinay Prasad, the man who is destroying access to vaccines.
He contributed to the anti-science rhetoric he complains about
He contributed to the anti-science rhetoric he complains about
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"Even when tests look normal" is the bane of our existence. Tests available to most doctors look normal. The doctors can see nothing wrong and Dx something nonsensical. Yet we are very ill. Some of us have been sick for more than half a decade. More people get long COVID every year. We need help.
Could lung issues be behind the brain fog and sleep trouble seen in Long COVID? 🧠💨 New imaging shows subtle gas-exchange problems may link lungs to lingering symptoms - even when tests look normal. Dive in: www.news-medical.net/news/2025112... #LongCovid #BrainFog
Poor lung gas exchange may help explain lingering brain symptoms in Long COVID
This study found that people with Long COVID more than two years after infection showed normal lung tests and brain structure, yet reported significant sleep and cognitive symptoms. Subtle correlation...
www.news-medical.net
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"Even when tests look normal" is the bane of our existence. Tests available to most doctors look normal. The doctors can see nothing wrong and Dx something nonsensical. Yet we are very ill. Some of us have been sick for more than half a decade. More people get long COVID every year. We need help.
How can you claim to treat long covid if you have not read anything about long covid? Not the CDC website, not a medical journal, not a news article, not Wikipedia: NOTHING.
"Sorry, there's no neurologist on staff, but perhaps you'd like to see a nurse who's really into conspiracy theories?"
"Sorry, there's no neurologist on staff, but perhaps you'd like to see a nurse who's really into conspiracy theories?"
Ppl w #LongCovid in nyc: avoid the Mt Sinai clinic in union square.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How can you claim to treat long covid if you have not read anything about long covid? Not the CDC website, not a medical journal, not a news article, not Wikipedia: NOTHING.
"Sorry, there's no neurologist on staff, but perhaps you'd like to see a nurse who's really into conspiracy theories?"
"Sorry, there's no neurologist on staff, but perhaps you'd like to see a nurse who's really into conspiracy theories?"
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in western medicine the burden of proof for calling an illness "psychosomatic" is so low that it's basically free. as long as you don't literally see someone bleeding out the ears you can just say "you're making it up" and it's considered a legitimate explanation with 0 repercussions if you're wrong
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
in western medicine the burden of proof for calling an illness "psychosomatic" is so low that it's basically free. as long as you don't literally see someone bleeding out the ears you can just say "you're making it up" and it's considered a legitimate explanation with 0 repercussions if you're wrong
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Nature: 'Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts'
'..current knowledge on its economic impacts, including macroeconomic, cost-of-illness..are estimated at an average annual burden of $1 trillion globally...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'..current knowledge on its economic impacts, including macroeconomic, cost-of-illness..are estimated at an average annual burden of $1 trillion globally...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts - npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nature: 'Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts'
'..current knowledge on its economic impacts, including macroeconomic, cost-of-illness..are estimated at an average annual burden of $1 trillion globally...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'..current knowledge on its economic impacts, including macroeconomic, cost-of-illness..are estimated at an average annual burden of $1 trillion globally...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Germany set to allocate 500 millions euros in 10 years for the study of post-infectious diseases such as Long Covid and ME/CFS
www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/K...
www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/K...
www.bmftr.bund.de
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Germany set to allocate 500 millions euros in 10 years for the study of post-infectious diseases such as Long Covid and ME/CFS
www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/K...
www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/K...
Epstein-Barr virus has now been linked with lupus and multiple sclerosis. It's frequently reactivated in ME and long covid. An extremely common virus that people assumed was "normal" has been causing untold misery.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Stanford Medicine scientists tie lupus to a virus nearly all of us carry
The Epstein-Barr virus can convert B cells it’s infected into diabolical overlords that reprogram myriad other immune cells to attack our tissues, Stanford Medicine scientists have found.
med.stanford.edu
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Epstein-Barr virus has now been linked with lupus and multiple sclerosis. It's frequently reactivated in ME and long covid. An extremely common virus that people assumed was "normal" has been causing untold misery.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Unbelievable waste of resources.
Unsurprisingly, none of the “brain training interventions” tested in the RECOVER-NEURO Long Covid trial showed efficacy
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.
jamanetwork.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Unbelievable waste of resources.
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Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
"The reduction in naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells further supports the notion of persistent immune activation in these patients, potentially due to chronic persistence of SARS-CoV-2 antigens in tissues or hyperimmune activation and autoimmunity."
The dysregulated immune system in #LongCovid with #MECFS. with sex-specific changes, increased inflammation (as seen by cells, chemokines and cytokines), and disrupted hormone levels www.cell.com/cell-reports...
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"The reduction in naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells further supports the notion of persistent immune activation in these patients, potentially due to chronic persistence of SARS-CoV-2 antigens in tissues or hyperimmune activation and autoimmunity."
we're going to be subjected to years and years of this, aren't we? covid's effects were accurately and widely predicted in 2020 by doctors, researchers, and patients, and it seems no one in media bothered to read any of it
YOUNG AMERICANS FACE RISING MEMORY TROUBLES — AND IT’S NOT AN AGEING ISSUE •A LONG-TERM SURVEY OF OVER 4.5 MILLION U.S. ADULTS (2013–2023) FOUND SELF-REPORTED “SERIOUS DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING, REMEMBERING OR MAKING DECISIONS” ROSE FROM ABOUT 5.3% TO 7.4%.
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
we're going to be subjected to years and years of this, aren't we? covid's effects were accurately and widely predicted in 2020 by doctors, researchers, and patients, and it seems no one in media bothered to read any of it
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Gosh, if only there was a scientific explanation for why so many working age people got terribly sick and developed long term chronic health problems between 2019 and 2024...
Truly a mystery we will never solve
/snark
Truly a mystery we will never solve
/snark
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Gosh, if only there was a scientific explanation for why so many working age people got terribly sick and developed long term chronic health problems between 2019 and 2024...
Truly a mystery we will never solve
/snark
Truly a mystery we will never solve
/snark
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American Journal of Managed Care:'COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Adolescents'
'Given the profound impact [long COVID] can have on the health & well-being of adolescents & the lack of available treatments, these findings support vaccination'
www.ajmc.com/view/covid-1...
'Given the profound impact [long COVID] can have on the health & well-being of adolescents & the lack of available treatments, these findings support vaccination'
www.ajmc.com/view/covid-1...
COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Adolescents | AJMC
COVID-19 vaccination before infection lowered long COVID risk in adolescents, highlighting vaccines as an effective prevention strategy.
www.ajmc.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
American Journal of Managed Care:'COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Adolescents'
'Given the profound impact [long COVID] can have on the health & well-being of adolescents & the lack of available treatments, these findings support vaccination'
www.ajmc.com/view/covid-1...
'Given the profound impact [long COVID] can have on the health & well-being of adolescents & the lack of available treatments, these findings support vaccination'
www.ajmc.com/view/covid-1...
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There are 2 articles in the Guardian:
1️⃣ stating that exhaustion is at EPIDEMIC levels
2️⃣ "The UK’s productivity crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our economy and long-term health conditions in the workforce are a major factor in this"
🤦♀️Neither mentions #LongCovid
1️⃣ stating that exhaustion is at EPIDEMIC levels
2️⃣ "The UK’s productivity crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our economy and long-term health conditions in the workforce are a major factor in this"
🤦♀️Neither mentions #LongCovid
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There are 2 articles in the Guardian:
1️⃣ stating that exhaustion is at EPIDEMIC levels
2️⃣ "The UK’s productivity crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our economy and long-term health conditions in the workforce are a major factor in this"
🤦♀️Neither mentions #LongCovid
1️⃣ stating that exhaustion is at EPIDEMIC levels
2️⃣ "The UK’s productivity crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our economy and long-term health conditions in the workforce are a major factor in this"
🤦♀️Neither mentions #LongCovid
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This is some of the best journalism covering Long Covid. No BS, just the facts.
Please support if you're able!
Our community relies on their comprehensive reporting.
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Our community relies on their comprehensive reporting.
Thanks!
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We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is some of the best journalism covering Long Covid. No BS, just the facts.
Please support if you're able!
Our community relies on their comprehensive reporting.
Thanks!
Please support if you're able!
Our community relies on their comprehensive reporting.
Thanks!
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I’m excited about this—GLP1s have shown benefit in so many illnesses, glad to see what they might do for Long Covid!
Also, they can be expensive and hard to access, so great opportunity to have a 50% chance of getting it for free!
Trial’s all done from home, available to US folks (except Hawaii).
Also, they can be expensive and hard to access, so great opportunity to have a 50% chance of getting it for free!
Trial’s all done from home, available to US folks (except Hawaii).
The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is open for enrollment for people with Long COVID. More info at visit longcovid.scripps.edu.
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’m excited about this—GLP1s have shown benefit in so many illnesses, glad to see what they might do for Long Covid!
Also, they can be expensive and hard to access, so great opportunity to have a 50% chance of getting it for free!
Trial’s all done from home, available to US folks (except Hawaii).
Also, they can be expensive and hard to access, so great opportunity to have a 50% chance of getting it for free!
Trial’s all done from home, available to US folks (except Hawaii).
if someone recovers from long covid they cannot wait to leave the illness and everyone with it behind. we can't even motivate people who have experienced it to fight for a better world because of stigma. they leave a note to say "this fixed me, and if it didn't fix you it's because you're a failure"
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
if someone recovers from long covid they cannot wait to leave the illness and everyone with it behind. we can't even motivate people who have experienced it to fight for a better world because of stigma. they leave a note to say "this fixed me, and if it didn't fix you it's because you're a failure"
i fear the plan for long covid is the same plan to be used for all future disasters.
-the government turns away
-the media turns away
-friends and family turn away
-suffering is downplayed and mocked
-nothing is fixed, ensuring others meet the same cruel fate and face the same abandonment
-the government turns away
-the media turns away
-friends and family turn away
-suffering is downplayed and mocked
-nothing is fixed, ensuring others meet the same cruel fate and face the same abandonment
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
i fear the plan for long covid is the same plan to be used for all future disasters.
-the government turns away
-the media turns away
-friends and family turn away
-suffering is downplayed and mocked
-nothing is fixed, ensuring others meet the same cruel fate and face the same abandonment
-the government turns away
-the media turns away
-friends and family turn away
-suffering is downplayed and mocked
-nothing is fixed, ensuring others meet the same cruel fate and face the same abandonment