You are a gift, Ed Yong! You introduced me to bird watching a year ago and it’s been a constant source of delight and awe amid my long covid struggles. Thank you for your advocacy and allyship. Seeing this piece today brought me joy!

I am also in it and I still can’t grasp the weight of it. Still in the stunned phase of things, I suppose.

Thank you for this! I’m in LA and can’t get a purifier shipped for the life of me. Ordered one and it’s stuck in Chino. Was on the phone with Air Doctor today for 45 min and in the end they disconnected my call. Air purifiers are the new toilet paper.

Methinks the EPA might stay mum because they don’t want to get sued. But yes… someone please help us! My pulmonologist told me yesterday that this is akin to a post 9/11 toxic situation then you have a whole city of people relying on Purple Air readings even when ash is falling from the sky.

Oh wow, very cool. I’m jealous you live close and can access care there!

As someone in LA right now who has Long Covid, thank you so much. I’m hoping there’s an option for expedited shipping. The smoke is ridiculous and my current unit is not keeping up.

UAP hunting is the new bird watching.

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Just to bust this myth: PEM is *not* just disproportionate fatigue. This is a huge misconception. PEM/PENE is a systemic, whole body response to over exertion, that involves inflammation, muscle damage, neuroinflammation, immune activation and metabolic dysfunction. It’s never just fatigue #MEcfs

Useless without a gold star to stick on it, so here ya go ⭐️

(Also they aren’t wrong in their assessment of your expertise!)

Thoughts on efficacy (or redundancy) of taking Rapamyacin and Metformin together?

So happy to see you both here on BS!