CLK
@lelania.bsky.social
PsychNP, Midwife, knitter, sci-fi and fantasy fan. Living with EDS and long covid. Still masking.
Very good information in this thread about norovirus.
#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
January 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Very good information in this thread about norovirus.
This started a year and a half after the pandemic started.
December 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This started a year and a half after the pandemic started.
This is nauseating.
God I wish this sort of story wasn’t familiar. www.propublica.org/article/thom...
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:10 AM
This is nauseating.
Want…
December 8, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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It’s giving Tuesday & international day of ppl w disabilities!
Donate to my gfm or Venmo @itssvee to help me reach my medical fundraising goal 🌸
Heres some dj centered projects I worked on:
www.upturn.org/static/files...
+ free resources:
vashetc.com/collections/...
empwrtc.com/zine-archive/
Donate to my gfm or Venmo @itssvee to help me reach my medical fundraising goal 🌸
Heres some dj centered projects I worked on:
www.upturn.org/static/files...
+ free resources:
vashetc.com/collections/...
empwrtc.com/zine-archive/
December 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
It’s giving Tuesday & international day of ppl w disabilities!
Donate to my gfm or Venmo @itssvee to help me reach my medical fundraising goal 🌸
Heres some dj centered projects I worked on:
www.upturn.org/static/files...
+ free resources:
vashetc.com/collections/...
empwrtc.com/zine-archive/
Donate to my gfm or Venmo @itssvee to help me reach my medical fundraising goal 🌸
Heres some dj centered projects I worked on:
www.upturn.org/static/files...
+ free resources:
vashetc.com/collections/...
empwrtc.com/zine-archive/
This message is critical to disseminate to the public. Disability, chronic illness and becoming “high risk” are always around the corner for even the healthiest of us.
When COVID first hit and I wrote articles on why we need masking and wider vaccine coverage for the vulnerable, my husband and I were the picture of health.
Now we’re both high risk - no, I don’t want to talk about it - proving that we’re all one diagnosis away from needing protection.
#COVID
Now we’re both high risk - no, I don’t want to talk about it - proving that we’re all one diagnosis away from needing protection.
#COVID
If you refuse to wear a mask to protect disabled people - you’re really not in a position to tell us we shouldn’t worry that assisted death policies will turn into euthanasia.
Covid showed how little society cares about us - there’s no reason to believe you will protect us now.
Covid showed how little society cares about us - there’s no reason to believe you will protect us now.
December 2, 2024 at 1:07 PM
This message is critical to disseminate to the public. Disability, chronic illness and becoming “high risk” are always around the corner for even the healthiest of us.
Good summary about PEM.
December 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Good summary about PEM.
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Informative article from Medscape that outline challenges of #mcas diagnosis & management in contemporary practice ie #longcovid #hypermobility #dysautonomia, & traditionally in #mecfs
Does Mast Cell Activation Underlie Multiple Ills? Unclear... Miriam E. Tucker via Medscape, October 2024
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
#EDS #MCAS #hEDS #HSD #POTS #Dysatuonomia #MastCells #Medicine #Science #Illness #ChronicIllness #NEISvoid #MedSky #Doctors #Zebras
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
#EDS #MCAS #hEDS #HSD #POTS #Dysatuonomia #MastCells #Medicine #Science #Illness #ChronicIllness #NEISvoid #MedSky #Doctors #Zebras
Does Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Underlie Multiple Ills?
There is controversy over the diagnostic criteria, with one proposed definition placing it at the center of many other co-occurring complex, chronic illnesses.
www.medscape.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Informative article from Medscape that outline challenges of #mcas diagnosis & management in contemporary practice ie #longcovid #hypermobility #dysautonomia, & traditionally in #mecfs
Graded exercise was encouraged for me early on after I had recovered from the acute phase of Covid and then the post viral period (where I had an EBV reactivation) because the people providing care didn’t understand ME/CFS. It prolonged my illness by repeatedly sapping my energy.
This story is one of the most disturbing I've ever covered. It's about how the views of a deeply weird ideological sect affected science, medicine and the media, with devastating impacts on patients. Please read and pass on. This horror has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maeve Boothby O’Neill died because of a discredited view of ME. How was this allowed to happen? | George Monbiot
Chronic fatigue syndrome is as physiological as a broken leg. We must learn all we can from this tragic case, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Graded exercise was encouraged for me early on after I had recovered from the acute phase of Covid and then the post viral period (where I had an EBV reactivation) because the people providing care didn’t understand ME/CFS. It prolonged my illness by repeatedly sapping my energy.
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This has become a narrative that I've been seeing among conservative-leaning self-proclaimed science advocates.
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
This has become a narrative that I've been seeing among conservative-leaning self-proclaimed science advocates.
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It’s clear by now that state abortion bans are having a seismic impact on health care. But they are also introducing a dangerous new dynamic for anyone who happens to conceive.
Help us report on maternal health.
Help us report on maternal health.
How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team
For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths. Our reporting has sparked change. Now, we are investigating the…
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November 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
It’s clear by now that state abortion bans are having a seismic impact on health care. But they are also introducing a dangerous new dynamic for anyone who happens to conceive.
Help us report on maternal health.
Help us report on maternal health.
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This is what we've been saying since Dobbs
The people hardest hit by abortion restrictions aren't going to be from wealthy mostly white communities
It's going to be people in medical emergencies
It's going to be people with preexisting conditions
It's going to be underserved communities
#Medsky
The people hardest hit by abortion restrictions aren't going to be from wealthy mostly white communities
It's going to be people in medical emergencies
It's going to be people with preexisting conditions
It's going to be underserved communities
#Medsky
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This is what we've been saying since Dobbs
The people hardest hit by abortion restrictions aren't going to be from wealthy mostly white communities
It's going to be people in medical emergencies
It's going to be people with preexisting conditions
It's going to be underserved communities
#Medsky
The people hardest hit by abortion restrictions aren't going to be from wealthy mostly white communities
It's going to be people in medical emergencies
It's going to be people with preexisting conditions
It's going to be underserved communities
#Medsky
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He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
This is going to be the play moving forward. Stack these committees with people willing to bury the deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2024 at 2:34 PM
This is going to be the play moving forward. Stack these committees with people willing to bury the deaths.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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This narrative is problematic
1. No evidence that vaccines cause autism
2. Vaccines save lives & prevent cancer
3. These narratives are contributing to the emergence of vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles pertussis - all things that will NOT MAHA despite what the new administration says).
1. No evidence that vaccines cause autism
2. Vaccines save lives & prevent cancer
3. These narratives are contributing to the emergence of vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles pertussis - all things that will NOT MAHA despite what the new administration says).
November 23, 2024 at 2:27 AM
This narrative is problematic
1. No evidence that vaccines cause autism
2. Vaccines save lives & prevent cancer
3. These narratives are contributing to the emergence of vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles pertussis - all things that will NOT MAHA despite what the new administration says).
1. No evidence that vaccines cause autism
2. Vaccines save lives & prevent cancer
3. These narratives are contributing to the emergence of vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles pertussis - all things that will NOT MAHA despite what the new administration says).
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Long COVID patients have significantly higher levels of six inflammatory molecules in their blood.
This includes Von Willebrand Factor, platelet factor 4, serum amyloid A, α-2-antiplasmin, E-selectin, and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This includes Von Willebrand Factor, platelet factor 4, serum amyloid A, α-2-antiplasmin, E-selectin, and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Increased levels of inflammatory molecules in blood of Long COVID patients point to thrombotic endotheliitis
The prevailing hypotheses for the persistent symptoms of Long COVID have been narrowed down to immune dysregulation and autoantibodies, widespread organ damage, viral persistence, and fibrinaloid micr...
www.medrxiv.org
November 22, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Long COVID patients have significantly higher levels of six inflammatory molecules in their blood.
This includes Von Willebrand Factor, platelet factor 4, serum amyloid A, α-2-antiplasmin, E-selectin, and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This includes Von Willebrand Factor, platelet factor 4, serum amyloid A, α-2-antiplasmin, E-selectin, and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America.
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
November 21, 2024 at 11:16 PM
This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America.
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
November 21, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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In recent weeks, there have been reports of increasing bird flu hospitalizations, new mpox strains, deadly foodborne bacterial outbreaks, measles cases up 20%, and Long COVID prevalence may be much higher.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
In recent weeks, there have been reports of increasing bird flu hospitalizations, new mpox strains, deadly foodborne bacterial outbreaks, measles cases up 20%, and Long COVID prevalence may be much higher.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
And yet the US plans to appoint an anti-vaxxer as its top health official.
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I always seem to have a voice of calm reason in my head whenever I read an article by @awaisaftab.bsky.social. This one I think epitomises calm reason - and explains what psychiatric diagnoses can and cannot do
psyche.co/ideas/what-a...
psyche.co/ideas/what-a...
What a psychiatric diagnosis means – and what it doesn’t mean | Psyche Ideas
With stigma and misunderstanding surrounding mental health, it’s vital to know the benefits and limits of a formal diagnosis
psyche.co
November 18, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I always seem to have a voice of calm reason in my head whenever I read an article by @awaisaftab.bsky.social. This one I think epitomises calm reason - and explains what psychiatric diagnoses can and cannot do
psyche.co/ideas/what-a...
psyche.co/ideas/what-a...