Chantal Britt
@chantalbritt.bsky.social
Science journalist/comms, researcher, chronically impatient & difficult patient. Long covid, ME, ProVaxx, AntiGlobuli
@ BFH, Long Covid Switzerland, Europe, Kids Switzerland, ENOVAT, SPO, EUPATI
Ex Bloomberg, Swissinfo, SAKK, ESCMID, SCAHT, 3RCC
@ BFH, Long Covid Switzerland, Europe, Kids Switzerland, ENOVAT, SPO, EUPATI
Ex Bloomberg, Swissinfo, SAKK, ESCMID, SCAHT, 3RCC
Presenting our poster with recommendations in patient involvement at the 48th IHF World Hospital Congress in Geneva. The poster is about the unimedsuisse project with all university hospitals. We probably still have way to go.
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Presenting our poster with recommendations in patient involvement at the 48th IHF World Hospital Congress in Geneva. The poster is about the unimedsuisse project with all university hospitals. We probably still have way to go.
Five years ago we started our group on long covid which was the foundation for @longcovidch.bsky.social. I would not change a thing looking back. We have come a long way but it has taken a toll.
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Five years ago we started our group on long covid which was the foundation for @longcovidch.bsky.social. I would not change a thing looking back. We have come a long way but it has taken a toll.
The motion for a Swiss Strategy for postinfectious conditions was approved! We , the patient organisations for long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis thank all who made this possible! What a day!
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The motion for a Swiss Strategy for postinfectious conditions was approved! We , the patient organisations for long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis thank all who made this possible! What a day!
Copenhagen airport and Denmark in general are well ahead of many countries for when it comes to recognising invisible illnesses such as long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis.
May 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Copenhagen airport and Denmark in general are well ahead of many countries for when it comes to recognising invisible illnesses such as long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis.
If the consultations for children and adolescents listed by the federal office of health, only LUKS is left. We would hope that kids in KSSG and KSGR would be diagnosed.
April 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
If the consultations for children and adolescents listed by the federal office of health, only LUKS is left. We would hope that kids in KSSG and KSGR would be diagnosed.
I will start a collection of events illustrating my cognitive dysfunction due to long covid. None of this would have happened pre covid. None. Never.
I l“left“ my laptop at CPH.
I tried to bake bread at 85 degrees instead of 185 degrees C last week.
I’m wearing two different shoes today.
I l“left“ my laptop at CPH.
I tried to bake bread at 85 degrees instead of 185 degrees C last week.
I’m wearing two different shoes today.
April 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I will start a collection of events illustrating my cognitive dysfunction due to long covid. None of this would have happened pre covid. None. Never.
I l“left“ my laptop at CPH.
I tried to bake bread at 85 degrees instead of 185 degrees C last week.
I’m wearing two different shoes today.
I l“left“ my laptop at CPH.
I tried to bake bread at 85 degrees instead of 185 degrees C last week.
I’m wearing two different shoes today.
Story of my life after covid. 5 years #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis and counting. If there is one thing I don’t regret it‘s advocacy for post-acute infectious conditions with the all-grrrrl team @longcovidch.bsky.social @swisslc-kids.bsky.social and all advocates at Long Covid Europe!
March 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Story of my life after covid. 5 years #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis and counting. If there is one thing I don’t regret it‘s advocacy for post-acute infectious conditions with the all-grrrrl team @longcovidch.bsky.social @swisslc-kids.bsky.social and all advocates at Long Covid Europe!
We published a response to the magazine of the Swiss research funding body. Their article gaslighted people living with #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #mecfs. We pointed out that targeted funding would help generate the desperately needed evidence on these neglected postinfectious conditions.
March 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We published a response to the magazine of the Swiss research funding body. Their article gaslighted people living with #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #mecfs. We pointed out that targeted funding would help generate the desperately needed evidence on these neglected postinfectious conditions.
Today like any other day over the past 5 years I want to draw your attention to the fact that we are witnessing a mass-disabling event with worldwide over 400 million adults, adolescents and children living with #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelities #postvac and other postinfectious conditions.
March 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Today like any other day over the past 5 years I want to draw your attention to the fact that we are witnessing a mass-disabling event with worldwide over 400 million adults, adolescents and children living with #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelities #postvac and other postinfectious conditions.
Ladies running @longcovidch.bsky.social @swisslc-kids.bsky.social holding their retreat to decide on strategy! All sick with #longcovid, and 3/7 too sick to attend in person. That‘s the reality of #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #mecfs international women‘s day. Gender data gap! #genderhealth
March 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ladies running @longcovidch.bsky.social @swisslc-kids.bsky.social holding their retreat to decide on strategy! All sick with #longcovid, and 3/7 too sick to attend in person. That‘s the reality of #longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #mecfs international women‘s day. Gender data gap! #genderhealth
5 years ago I went to a concert.
I wasn’t aware of risks of acute covid, sequelae or my predisposition for immune disorders.
06/03/20 d0
10/03/20 mild acute
16/03/20 - tachycardia, myocarditis, lung & muscle problems, exertion intolerance
#longcovid #longcovidawareness #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
I wasn’t aware of risks of acute covid, sequelae or my predisposition for immune disorders.
06/03/20 d0
10/03/20 mild acute
16/03/20 - tachycardia, myocarditis, lung & muscle problems, exertion intolerance
#longcovid #longcovidawareness #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
March 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
5 years ago I went to a concert.
I wasn’t aware of risks of acute covid, sequelae or my predisposition for immune disorders.
06/03/20 d0
10/03/20 mild acute
16/03/20 - tachycardia, myocarditis, lung & muscle problems, exertion intolerance
#longcovid #longcovidawareness #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
I wasn’t aware of risks of acute covid, sequelae or my predisposition for immune disorders.
06/03/20 d0
10/03/20 mild acute
16/03/20 - tachycardia, myocarditis, lung & muscle problems, exertion intolerance
#longcovid #longcovidawareness #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Der SoZ-Artikel „Woke wankt“ triggert mich. Bei Artikel und Definitionen werden tendenziöse Haltung und Narrativ klar. Beim „Neurodiversität“ steht Diagnosen *sollen* als neurologische Variationen verstanden werden und nicht *etwa* als Defizite. „Sollen“ und „etwa“ bringen mich auf die Palme.
December 1, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Der SoZ-Artikel „Woke wankt“ triggert mich. Bei Artikel und Definitionen werden tendenziöse Haltung und Narrativ klar. Beim „Neurodiversität“ steht Diagnosen *sollen* als neurologische Variationen verstanden werden und nicht *etwa* als Defizite. „Sollen“ und „etwa“ bringen mich auf die Palme.
SGME hat gepostet über Wichtigkeit richtiger Diagnosestellung und Tatsache dass es Spontanheilung gibt <12 Monaten. 3m ist nicht chronisch ist und 6m auch nicht immer. ME, CFS, CF, postvirale Beschwerden, Long Covid. Alles mit und ohne Belastungsintoleranz, PEM, PENE/PESE. Sie hatte wohl nicht ME.
November 24, 2024 at 8:49 AM
SGME hat gepostet über Wichtigkeit richtiger Diagnosestellung und Tatsache dass es Spontanheilung gibt <12 Monaten. 3m ist nicht chronisch ist und 6m auch nicht immer. ME, CFS, CF, postvirale Beschwerden, Long Covid. Alles mit und ohne Belastungsintoleranz, PEM, PENE/PESE. Sie hatte wohl nicht ME.
People pushing brain retraining as a cure for long covid or myalgic encephalomyelitis have been clearly brain washed. The harm graded exercise and cognitive behavioural therapies did and do is enormous. Commercial interests explain the narrative. Follow the money.
me-pedia.org/wiki/Lightni...
me-pedia.org/wiki/Lightni...
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM
People pushing brain retraining as a cure for long covid or myalgic encephalomyelitis have been clearly brain washed. The harm graded exercise and cognitive behavioural therapies did and do is enormous. Commercial interests explain the narrative. Follow the money.
me-pedia.org/wiki/Lightni...
me-pedia.org/wiki/Lightni...
I‘m chuffed to have won the prix courage for our advocacy work for long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis. This is me with the Swiss-German fraction of our patient organisation Long Covid Switzerland. We rock! The team also includes two Swiss-French ladies and one for the Italian speaking part.
November 21, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I‘m chuffed to have won the prix courage for our advocacy work for long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis. This is me with the Swiss-German fraction of our patient organisation Long Covid Switzerland. We rock! The team also includes two Swiss-French ladies and one for the Italian speaking part.
1722 days or 4 years and 8 months I’ve had to live with long covid and/or myalgic encephalomyelitis.
I’m stable at an unsatisfactory level, which doesn’t allow me to work full time or practice sports. Officially the severity of my disease is “mild”. I have never felt well again. I miss running.
I’m stable at an unsatisfactory level, which doesn’t allow me to work full time or practice sports. Officially the severity of my disease is “mild”. I have never felt well again. I miss running.
November 21, 2024 at 6:25 AM
1722 days or 4 years and 8 months I’ve had to live with long covid and/or myalgic encephalomyelitis.
I’m stable at an unsatisfactory level, which doesn’t allow me to work full time or practice sports. Officially the severity of my disease is “mild”. I have never felt well again. I miss running.
I’m stable at an unsatisfactory level, which doesn’t allow me to work full time or practice sports. Officially the severity of my disease is “mild”. I have never felt well again. I miss running.
The 1st Swiss symposium on patient & public engagement in healthcare. I’m proud to be part of the event team. We discuss patient knowledge link.springer.com/article/10.1... and also about transformative engagement, which really makes an impact on care, research, education and policy. www.ppienet.ch
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 AM
The 1st Swiss symposium on patient & public engagement in healthcare. I’m proud to be part of the event team. We discuss patient knowledge link.springer.com/article/10.1... and also about transformative engagement, which really makes an impact on care, research, education and policy. www.ppienet.ch
Deactivated my accounts (personal, Long Covid Switzerland, Long Covid Kids Switzerland) on x. That’s the end of an era… Twitter was my lifeline during the pandemic. It was empowering to be connected to all those great people and to learn from them. Happy to connect here.
November 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Deactivated my accounts (personal, Long Covid Switzerland, Long Covid Kids Switzerland) on x. That’s the end of an era… Twitter was my lifeline during the pandemic. It was empowering to be connected to all those great people and to learn from them. Happy to connect here.
Yesterday with people from work we shared the most inspiring books we had recently read. I realised I no longer read. I’m no longer able to because I can’t concentrate, grasp, process and memorise information. Long covid and ME w/ symptoms like cognitive dysfunction suck. I miss reading & sports.
April 25, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Yesterday with people from work we shared the most inspiring books we had recently read. I realised I no longer read. I’m no longer able to because I can’t concentrate, grasp, process and memorise information. Long covid and ME w/ symptoms like cognitive dysfunction suck. I miss reading & sports.
My comms department is still in recovery, apologies. I’m chuffed to have won the Swiss Viktor award 2024 for the most outstanding personality in healthcare for my #longcovid #mecfs advocacy work. This week has been crazy. Lobbying, research deadlines, media, and this award last night. Thank you all.
March 15, 2024 at 11:50 PM
My comms department is still in recovery, apologies. I’m chuffed to have won the Swiss Viktor award 2024 for the most outstanding personality in healthcare for my #longcovid #mecfs advocacy work. This week has been crazy. Lobbying, research deadlines, media, and this award last night. Thank you all.
Crazy… 4 years ago at the concert where I was infected & I joked about „spreading the germs“… 4 years later I‘m still sick w/ #longcovid #mecfs, there is no biomarker/diagnosis, no therapy and no support. Can’t turn back time. And no longer want to because I virtually met you!
March 7, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Crazy… 4 years ago at the concert where I was infected & I joked about „spreading the germs“… 4 years later I‘m still sick w/ #longcovid #mecfs, there is no biomarker/diagnosis, no therapy and no support. Can’t turn back time. And no longer want to because I virtually met you!
Hospitals and health authorities are once again surprised and observing closely that the number of pneumonia cases requiring hospitalisation is soaring.
Covid dysregulates and weakens the immune system. Severity and prevalence of respiratory infections is rising. Can we put two and two together?
Covid dysregulates and weakens the immune system. Severity and prevalence of respiratory infections is rising. Can we put two and two together?
March 3, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Hospitals and health authorities are once again surprised and observing closely that the number of pneumonia cases requiring hospitalisation is soaring.
Covid dysregulates and weakens the immune system. Severity and prevalence of respiratory infections is rising. Can we put two and two together?
Covid dysregulates and weakens the immune system. Severity and prevalence of respiratory infections is rising. Can we put two and two together?
I will continue my patient engagement advocacy work to make sure that Swiss university hospitals like Inselspital in Bern will not only conduct research for and about us but truly with us!
December 24, 2023 at 12:35 PM
I will continue my patient engagement advocacy work to make sure that Swiss university hospitals like Inselspital in Bern will not only conduct research for and about us but truly with us!
I’m glad I managed to go there and I hope next year we will have some presentations from Germany. Some motivated researchers, many with experience from HIV. Not enough from ME/CFS. We need to merge those communities! We need to build alliances and a consortium for post-acute infectious conditions!
December 9, 2023 at 2:08 PM
I’m glad I managed to go there and I hope next year we will have some presentations from Germany. Some motivated researchers, many with experience from HIV. Not enough from ME/CFS. We need to merge those communities! We need to build alliances and a consortium for post-acute infectious conditions!