Mark Hinton
mintonman.bsky.social
Mark Hinton
@mintonman.bsky.social
Reposted by Mark Hinton
Article from a couple of days ago about the impact of repeat covid infections, the resultant long covid & the discrimination that follows.

As governments fail us, these articles might be the only way for the tide of denial to change.

🧵 of key quotes:

www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid
Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Mark Hinton
Prof Brian Hughes (@bmhughes.bsky.social) has written an excellent blog on this paper:

“That BMJ review of Long Covid therapies does not show what it says it does”: thesciencebit.net/2024/11/28/t...
That BMJ review of Long Covid therapies does not show what it says it does
The BMJ have published a “living systematic review” of interventions for the management of Long Covid. It sets out to gather all relevant studies, and to comb their findings in order to see what works...
thesciencebit.net
November 29, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Reposted by Mark Hinton
Actually, no; the CBT and rehab claims were based on biased material. Risk-of-bias assessments for those were tucked away in supplements instead of the main paper. By professor Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social:

thesciencebit.net/2024/11/28/t...
That BMJ review of Long Covid therapies does not show what it says it does
The BMJ have published a “living systematic review” of interventions for the management of Long Covid. It sets out to gather all relevant studies, and to comb their findings in order to see what works...
thesciencebit.net
November 29, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by Mark Hinton
High risk of #bias (see online supplements 5&6*) &/or no control in all studies using CBT or physical activity & rehab interventions for patients with #LongCovid

Remove these & reach a different conclusion re efficacy of these interventions

* acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

#MedSky
November 30, 2024 at 9:15 AM