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Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help.
For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes.
ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
![A collage that depicts a 100% imaginary Post-Viral Fungal Takeover, with the annotation’s title in white: Long COVID: Is Fungal Infection a hidden driver?
—The Upper Lung: A physical, dense mycetoma (fungal ball) occupying a cavitary structural injury left behind by COVID-19.
—The Right Lung: Pink/orange Histoplasma nodes breaking free from collapsing granulomas.
—The Left Lung (Branching): An intricate maze of Aspergillus hyphae tunneling into blood vessels.
—The Left Lung (Clustered): Budding aggregates of Candida auris subverting immune cleanup.
The core intention of this image is to visually represent the systemic puzzle of Long COVID. It illustrates the profound frustration shared by patients and researchers alike, navigating a highly heterogeneous maze of chronic symptoms. By superimposing hyper-detailed biological structures over a dark, obscured background, the collage highlights that while standard clinical testing remains in a total 'blind spot,' an intricate, highly active microenvironment is altering the patient's internal biology. The lungs act as the primary battleground where acute viral injuries transition into chronic, hidden pathological drivers.
Julie made the collage by modifying and superimposing images credited to:
—Max Healthcare. Source: [https://www.maxhealthcare.in/blogs/histoplasmosis-symptoms]
—Dr Mohan Venkatesh Pulle. Source: [ https://drmohanvenkateshpulle.com/chest-programs/aspergilloma/ ]
—National Nurses United. Source: [https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/c-auris-what-nurses-need-to-know]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gioridukdc4udijly543nbob/bafkreih5biafiflq2x2u6ubr7znwaqhtdsb727pelgydazkfgxzfr3kdmm)
