COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've noticed the same phenomenon. Online, in popular science magazines, everywhere. It's a tale as old as time. Whenever confronted with the unknown, humans will always seek comfort in superstition. I find mine in the scientific method. 161
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Day 1479—Nursing a PEM crash and this exchange from "Inside Britain’s Plague Nightmare | EP101+102 | The Black Death With Dan Snow" caught my attention. In the absence of facts, we always fill the gaps. With bullshit. It's evidence-based medicine or bust. Rigueur, esti. #LongCOVID #MECFS #pwME 053
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BRAIN RETRAINING THERAPY, summarized: [A false hope gives only false comfort - Gene Brewer] #LongCOVID #MECFS #pwME 061
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Of Course The Virus That Has Killed Millions Doesn’t Disable People 121269
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesClaus Ernst @clausernst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect' Someone apparently has never heard of long-term COVID effects, aka Long COVID. 075
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesUrsula Hofer @hoferu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Another disappointing long Covid antiviral trial. Longer duration nirmatrelvir-ritonavir also doesn't help.thelancet.comNirmatrelvir–ritonavir targeting viral persistence in post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) in the USA (RECOVER-VITAL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trialNirmatrelvir–ritonavir for 15 days or 25 days showed no evidence of benefit in long COVID in any of the three phenotypes studied. These findings suggest additional approaches to measuring the symptom ... 042
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 14/08/2026New Fact Sheet from the Science for ME (S4ME) Forum: "Management of severe and very severe ME/CFS" s4me.info/threads/fact... This is the fourth fact sheet published by the S4ME forum. I'll post links to the other three in the replies. 1/4 #MEcfs #SevereME #PwME #S4MEs4me.infoFact Sheet 4: Management of severe and very severe ME/CFSFact Sheet 4: Management of severe and very severe ME/CFS Published August 2026 Link to pdf: https://s4me.info/docs/Management of severe and very severe MECFS.pdf Discussion thread: Fact sheet #4 - M... 1159
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesDavid Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Heads up Canadian #crbox builders and PC fan air cleaner enthusiasts – Canadian Tire has a sale on 2-packs of Filtrete 1900 starting Thursday for $26.99 ($13.50 each). Normal price is $64.99, hope they are in stock by then. No rainchecks. @northboxsystems.bsky.social (That's like $9.64 each in USD) 58143
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"I mean... Your negativity clearly isn't helping that gaping wound from healing. Have you tried meditation?" 041
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"I'm just saying... Your negativity is probably hindering that gaping wound from healing faster" 021
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It's not the fall that hurts. It's the landing. #PEM #LongCOVID #MECFS 053
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Social media made us forget: Informed, respectful feedback matters. Everything else is gossip: be it praise or hate, it adds little to no value to the work. It targets our ego. The trick is to not read reviews—good or bad. Focus on the work. That is the signal. Everything else is noise. 010
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Informed, respectful feedback matters. Everything else is gossip: be it praise or hate, it adds little to no value to the work. It targets our ego. The best advice I ever got: Don't read reviews—good or bad. Focus on the work. That is the signal. Everything else is noise. 000
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesCOVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"We didn't optimize placement or air changes or make sure they were turned on so air filters don't work" The study's limitations aren't trivial: they're disqualifying. What SHOULD have been measured: fluid dynamics, viral presence, particulate spread, etc. was not. WTF. #JunkScience #HEPA #JAMA 043
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"We didn't optimize placement or air changes or make sure they were turned on so air filters don't work" The study's limitations aren't trivial: they're disqualifying. What SHOULD have been measured: fluid dynamics, viral presence, particulate spread, etc. was not. WTF. #JunkScience #HEPA #JAMA 043
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"We didn't optimize placement or air changes or make sure they were turned on so air filters don't work" The study's limitations aren't trivial: they're disqualifying. What SHOULD have been measured: fluid dynamics, viral presence, particulate spread, etc. was not. WTF. #JunkScience #HEPA #JAMA 07113
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 12/07/2026Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of July 6 - 12. s4me.info/threads/news... #MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLCs4me.infoNews in Brief - July 2026This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in July 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news. 0128
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesTom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Pacing in the Real World onelifelivedwell.substack.com/p/pacing-in-... Screenshot from AMMES July 2026 Newsletter #MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME 0154
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I may not know why me and not you I may not know what else I can do But there is one thing I know for sure For having read it in all the literature: "More research is needed." #LongCOVID #MECFS #PwME 011
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Day 1375 BRT: "Don't listen to your body. Talk over it. It's stuck in fight-or-flight. So just tell it to calm the fuck down." Couples therapists, hostage negotiators, diplomats: Cause that always works. BRT: "This is different. When it fails, we get to blame the victim." #LongCOVID #MECFS #pwME 042
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Perhaps People With Long Covid Should Talk About Something Else For A While 311731
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 10/06/2026"Oh, I can run. I just won’t get up the next day" …or the day after that. I guess the better sentence would have been: "…who no longer can 'afford' to" But then people would be like: "Why? They broke?" Yup. We definitely broke. In 'all' the wrong places. #LongCOVID #MECFS #pwME 0134
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Day 1369 — Spotted in the wild at a Triathlon/Duathlon this weekend. 💜❤️🩹❤️ Next time that little voice tells you nobody cares, remember that the best of us do, deeply. And that they, too, are out there. #LongCOVID #MECFS #pwME 449981
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"I will follow you Follow you wherever you may go There isn't an ocean too deep A mountain so high it can keep me away" - Bots, evidently 000
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Whoever is in your life, those who harm you, those who help you; those whom you know and those whom you do not know — let them off the hook, help them off the hook." Leonard Cohen on the antidote to anger and the meaning of resistance www.themarginalian.org/2026/06/03/l...themarginalian.orgLeonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of ResistanceOne of the commonest and most corrosive human reflexes is to react to helplessness with anger. We do it in our personal lives and we do it in our political lives. We are living through a time of un… 0259
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026That, and also this: BRT: "This cures Long COVID" Science: "Prove it" BRT: "Can't. Researchers are too afraid of activist backlash" So… you're saying you've cured cancer, but because of overwhelming skepticism you're NOT going to organize a bullet-proof double-blind RCT? 🤔🙄 021
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesCOVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Ladies, LADIES. The only reason there aren't studies on this actionable, 100% legitimate, undervalued cure is because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU. Scientists are AFRAID. Look at what happened to Semmelweis! tHiS iS nO diFfeReNt BRT isn't a racket, it's nothing like prayer healing. REPENT! #MECFS #Wired 1111
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesLong Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 02/06/2026🧵OF KEY CONCERNS We've now read Alan Levinovitz's WIRED piece on Long Covid. Our concern isn't that it discusses psychological theories. Our concern is that it repeatedly conflates criticism of evidence with creating a "climate of fear". Those are not the same thing. /1 416665
Reposted by COVID Chroniclesvalebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026After the awfully unscientific WIRED article on Long COVID feed your head with a great article on the late Barbara Ehrenreich who exposed the ‘Positive Thinking’ Industrycounterpunch.orgHow Barbara Ehrenreich Exposed the ‘Positive Thinking’ IndustryBusinesses that laid off masses of employees had a message that Ehrenreich encapsulated as, “you’re getting eliminated… but it’s really an opportunity for you. It’s a great thing; you’ve got to look a... 0247
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Long Covid Estimate Revised Up After Researchers Include People With Long Covid 116846
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesSusan @suziqleathers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Fck Data Centers!! 383183085321
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026But it only works if you believe it in, and you clearly don't. Saboteur! "The Nocebo is strong with these people." If only we WANTED to heal, we would! (And you're right that Joe Rogan would eat this shit up — and will, count on it, given the amount of hype BRT is getting lately) 060
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesThe Bully Pulpit 🇨🇦 @thebullypulpit.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Oh they are doing their job: maximize earnings. The farcical fallacy underpinning this piece serves one purpose: "Engagement" "The job" is what needs redefining (in politics, journalism, business). Someday, soon, society is going to realize that profit as the only driver is driving us off a cliff 073
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 01/06/2026WIRED has decided to hide comments pointing out that the author of the “It’s your fault for having Long COVID, you have it because you’re thinking and talking about having it instead of ignoring it” article has no qualifications to be talking about disease management. 113656
Reposted by COVID Chronicles🆂🆃🅴🆅🅴🅽 🌈☕🐸 @zencoffeebreak.com · 02/06/2026here's a WAY better Long COVID article. after you've read this evidence based one, the Wired article will seem very sillyrthm.comUnderstanding Long COVID: Causes, Symptoms, and What the Science SaysExplore a comprehensive, science-backed guide to Long COVID. Learn about biological causes, common symptoms like brain fog and PEM, diagnosis, and management. 24930
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Disagree that the evidence is mixed. I looked closely at the evidence in 2025 before shelling out the thousands it would cost for a full protocol. Trials designed, funded and performed by HBOT clinics showed improvements. Trials designed, funded and performed by third parties did not. 020
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Disagree that the evidence is mixed. I looked closely at the evidence in 2025 before shelling out the thousands it would cost for a full protocol. Trials designed, funded and performed by HBOT clinics showed improvements. Trials designed, funded and performed by third parties did not. 020
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesCOVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026@wired.com's premise is: BRT: "This cures Long COVID" Science: "Prove it" BRT: "Can't. Researchers are too afraid of the backlash" So… you're saying you've cured cancer, but because scientists are skeptical you're NOT going to organized a bullet-proof double-blind randomized control trial? 🤔🙄wired.comThe Painful Truth About Long CovidThere might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it. 3224
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026@wired.com's premise is: BRT: "This cures Long COVID" Science: "Prove it" BRT: "Can't. Researchers are too afraid of the backlash" So… you're saying you've cured cancer, but because scientists are skeptical you're NOT going to organized a bullet-proof double-blind randomized control trial? 🤔🙄wired.comThe Painful Truth About Long CovidThere might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it. 3224
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026That, there, is a problem I meet in all too many r/LongCOVIDrecovery posts. Check year-old stories & you'll find the OP has either: - Deleted their account - Stopped using their account - Only had a sprinkling of karma to begin with - Are still asking questions about treatments Testimonials ≠ RCTs 060
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesCOVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The upshot to BRT going mainstream (and I can't believe how absolutely everywhere it is now): We get to recycle the same posts. My only consolation is a slim one: The Wired piece on Long COVID will age about as well as climate skepticism. "Told you so" isn't the flex I thought it would be. 0132
COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The upshot to BRT going mainstream (and I can't believe how absolutely everywhere it is now): We get to recycle the same posts. My only consolation is a slim one: The Wired piece on Long COVID will age about as well as climate skepticism. "Told you so" isn't the flex I thought it would be. 0132
Reposted by COVID ChroniclesCOVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · 02/06/20261) Mention hard science only to dismiss it 2) Give the grift equal—nay, more—time & narrative approval 3) Watch engagement soar Climate obstructionism, anti-sanitary, anti-trans, anti-immigrant dog whistling all follow this lucrative recipe NYTimes, Atlantic do it Now @wired.com does too 0194