From chronic fatigue to long COVID
Article in Royal College of Nursing magazine
The title and intro do the usual "chronic fatigue" thing, but really CFS.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/opinion/2021/september/long-covid-19-experience-chronic-fatigue
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/scientists-egos-key-barrier-to-progress-covid-vaccine-pioneer-katalin-kariko
An article about Prof Katalin Karikó, who pioneered mRNA vaccines, and the skepticism and hardships she faced in academia before joining BioNTech.
Quotes (bolding mine)...
This is a really good article about the research they are doing. It's about old age, but I think many here would recognize a lot of it.
https://theconversation.com/loneliness-loss-and-regret-what-getting-old-really-feels-like-new-study-157731?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
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I thought we could not conclude autoimmunity is likely out of the picture as long as we dont know how to target long lived plasma cells? I mean b-cells dont really matter at that point if im not mistanken, as the autoimmune plasma...
Split from Possibility of ME or PVFS after COVID-19, Long Covid
The Atlantic Long COVID Is Everyone's Problem by Ed Yong
quote:
One of the biggest misconceptions about long COVID is that it is entirely new. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may have emerged in 2019, but many infections can lead to...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/30/withdrawal-planned-guidance-me-leaves-patients-distraught
Natalie Grover seems to be getting nearer to understanding the problem, even if still a little way away. Some reasonable quotes from me. Some from Sharpe and Chalder as well.
I just realised I can access the BBC science magazine on Scribd.
Very short articles but may prompt you to dig deeper
Suggestion re developing a vaccine for IBD
I'm reading "A Fungal Vaccine Could Boost Your Microbiome And Prevent Gut Disease" on Scribd.
Check it out...
Author: Litsa Dremousis, who has written similar articles for the Washington Post before, from the perspective of a pwME.
"Congress has allocated $1.15 billion to the National Institutes of Health for long covid research, and ME advocacy groups such as M.E. Action Network are lobbying NIH to...
Author:
Richard Meade
Research Fellow in Economics, and in Social Sciences & Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
He also used to suffer from ME/CFS and compares the two in the article as well.
"The social costs of long COVID should not be underestimated. For example, suppose an...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
Researchers and regulators say Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, creates...
Link to article in today's Guardian.
A topic that resembles aircraft circling yet never landing .
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/24/covid-vulnerable-life-death-toll-old-disabled
full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/21/long-covid-recovery-coronavirus
eta:
note: there appears to be a 'bastardized' version of this article, presumably created by bots, circulating.
(the one I've spotted is from NZ).
This is the kind of issue that makes physicians roll their eyes, which is exactly why it is important to discuss as it can't be fixed from the outside. Technically with the backdrop of Long Covid but it's a general discussion...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/alzheimer-treatment-FDA-aducanumab.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
They’ve spent billions on Alzheimer’s and sounds like they still have nothing. Worth reading even though it’s not about MECFS.
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