we might be starting to talk more about how long covid is decimating people’s health, ability to work and exercise etc. but there’s almost no discussion in mainstream media about how it’s affecting relationships.
tldr: it’s ripping them apart
Hayley Gleeson
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Hayley Gleeson
@Hayley_Gleeson
- kids with long covid are losing huge chunks of their childhood to a devastating illness few people take seriously. but in too many cases doctors, teachers—the very people who should be helping them—are shrugging their shoulders, blaming them, prescribing potentially harmful
- imagine losing a loved one because they caught covid in hospital, a place they should’ve been safe. is it ok for kids to catch covid in ICU? cancer patients? nurses? as hospitals roll back precautions, too many are catching the virus and dying, doctors say
- mounting evidence shows covid is worth avoiding yet so many of us have become complacent. why? three experts share their covid safety strategies and reflect on what must happen if we're to blunt the growing health crisis the pandemic is causing
- long covid isn't just stopping people from working, exercising, socialising, living independently. it's also snuffing out patients' dreams of having children, and complicating pregnancy for those who are able to conceive
- “when she was pitching a lot of these ideas in the ’90s, she was treated as a heretic…viruses have historically been tied to cancer…but this idea that they can really impact neurological outcomes, i think is really gathering a lot of steam at the moment.”Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's. trib.al/NwRsim1
- thousands of patients caught covid in victorian public hospitals in the past two years – and hundreds died – fuelling concerns that health services are not taking strong enough precautions against airborne viruses
- Replying to @Hayley_Gleesoni spoke to many families for this piece—i got off every call and cried. so many kids feel invisible, unheard. so many parents feel like they're living on another planet: their child is desperately unwell but people around them don't (or don't want to) understand because "covid is
- Replying to @Hayley_Gleesonit doesn't have to be like this. we know enough about LC and ME/CFS to do better, yet in australia we can't even implement the recs of the parliamentary inquiry into long covid. comprehensive clinical guidelines. GP/paed education and training. guidance and support for teachers.
- the victorian govt is funding a trial, led by @BurnetInstitute, to assess the efficacy of germicidal UV light in reducing covid + other airborne viruses in aged care facilities. minister is up early this morning, has already visited one facility where tech has been installed
- here's the data (obtained under FOI) showing what % of people hospitalised w covid in victoria in 2022-23 caught the virus in hospital abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…
Up to 25% of #COVID-19 cases in hospitals are acquired after admission. A new study finds simple measures like testing on admission and staff wearing N95 masks could save lives and reduce overall costs. Read more: burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-… - a woman who has long covid + an "impaired" immune system after catching the virus at work (aged care) says the "gist" of her legal action against her employer is that "she should have been safe at work but wasn't and how drastically her life has changed" heraldsun.com.au/leader/mothero…
- Thousands of patients caught COVID in NSW hospitals last year and hundreds died, new data shows
- given the covid inquiry's emphasis on trust/transparency, why aren't govts frank about the calculations behind their decisions? why don't they say, e.g. we know current settings are going to cost x lives, lead to x cases of long covid, but they're costs we're comfortable bearing?Peter Collignon just went on ABC Radio Canberra on COVID and said we need to balance restrictions with the ‘value’ of human lives in the pandemic, that the value of a life is $50,000 and the value of a 15 year old is greater than the value of an older disabled person #eugenics
