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Martin W. Angler

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Science Journalist #LongCovid Context ABSW 2024 Awards Finalist theMHS 2024 Awards "Highly Commended" Portfolio muckrack.com/martinangler

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 31/01/2026

The keyword that is missing here is #prevention. The impact has been assessed, recovery is non-existent for many, and there is currently no preparedness to deal with #LongCovid / future pandemics. WHO's Strategic Plan still recommends surgical masks instead of KN95/FFP2. Not good enough.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 30/10/2025

@scripps.edu is launching a *fully remote* #LongCovid clinical #trial, testing a GLP-1 receptor agonist (the antidiabetic tirzepatide) vs placebo. Must be 18 or older, and US citizens only, with a documented LC diagnosis: longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/

a bearded man with glasses and a teal-colored tee is sitting on his bed with a laptop on his lap, the screen's light is reflected in his glasses.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 29/10/2025

The costs associated with #LongCovid amounted to 32 billion Euro in Germany, reducing the country's GDP by 0.75% - in 2024 alone. The German government's response: they are cutting the funding of Long Covid research by ~90%, according to Handelsblatt. 1/x

Numbers and text on white background that states (in German): 871.000 Germans suffer from Long Covid. Source: ME/CFS Research Foundation

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 30/09/2025

"Vielleicht die einzige Krankheit, bei der Sport eine signifikante Verschlechterung verursacht." Von einem Arzt/einer Ärztin mit #MECFS aus einem Reddit-Forum.

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As a doctor with me/cfs, this is probably the worst disease that exists. That is all.

Reasons:

1)CFS/ME has a worse quality of life then almost any other disease including COPD, most cancers, most heart attacks, strokes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

2) It often effects you young or in the prime of your life, destroying all your potential. Most other serious chronic illnesses occur later in life.

3) It effects your mental capacity as well as your body. Many illness only effect the body, but keep your brain relatively intact. Multiple studies show brain damage, decrease blood flow to the brain, decreased brain metabolism, etc.

4) Perhaps the ONLY disease where exercise makes you significantly worse.

5) ZERO good treatments and only a 5% chance of recovery.

6) Nearly impossible to get disability and treatments not covered by insurance making it financially devastating.

7) Doesn't kill you, so your life insurance is useless to provide for your family. (This is a negative for me. Most important thing to me is my family be taken care of. I am the sole provider for my family of 5, and this disease ruined my entire families lives. If it killed me, then they would get my life insurance money and be okay).

8) Doctors aren't trained in it and most don't believe you or can't help you in any way.

9) It occurs through no fault of your own. Many chronic disease effect those that don't take care of themselves. I exercised and ate right, didn't matter. I went from running marathons and doing crossfit to more disabled then your average 80 year old at 35 years old.

I am amazed that I learned about all these "terrible" diseases and disorders in medical school, and got this one...The worst of them all. I didn't know a person could suffer this much and still not die. I wish I had AIDS, MS, cancer, anything.....There are only very few diseases I can think of that are truly worse, ALS, Huntingtons Disease, and early onset parkinsons. That's about it.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 24/08/2025

#Masern: Südtirol ist mit Abstand das italienische Schlusslicht beim #Impfen (hellgelbe Provinz ganz oben auf der Karte, Kinder <2 Jahre). Italienweiter Durchschnitt: ca. 85% Südtirol: ca. 75% Alle anderen Regionen > 90% Ähnliche Zahlen bei #Polio-Impfungen bei 5/6-Jährigen.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 02/08/2025

This is the resolution of a 7T vs. a 3T MRI. It's like looking at a 4K screen vs. 720p. If your MRI results look fine, they could be. Or the pic was too blurry for the doc to see the details. Many patients hear "but your results look fine". We should talk more about uncertainty & not knowing.

The picture shows to identical brain cross-sections (black and white) side by side, seen from the top. The left cross-section shows a higher resolution version and is captioned "7-Tesla", while the right cross-section misses details and appear more blurry. It is captioned "3-Tesla". Pic by Mayo Clinic via Phoenix magazine

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 21/12/2024

A survey is collecting data from PAIS patients (post-Covid, Lyme, EBV etc) from all over the world. Participation is online. Here's the link: s2survey.net/pais/ It's run by the Medical University Vienna, @univie.ac.at and the Austrian society for ME/CFS. H/T @neurostingl.bsky.social!

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 18/11/2024

Govts: "How should we deal with this ongoing pandemic? And Long Covid?" Consensus:

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 17/11/2024

Same thing re: the uptick in long-term absences due to chronic illness. Again, there are potentially multiple factors at play. Yet, no mention of the pandemic as the graph goes up exponentially from 2020 (graph from same Telegraph article). Let's keep wondering.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 17/11/2024

Obviously, not all illnesses can be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic. But how someone can write an article about a soaring uptick in strokes and not even *mention C19 infections as a risk factor puzzles me. Covid's toll on the cardiovascular system is proven. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 14/11/2024

Germany's health minister says it's best not to contract #LongCovid & suggests vaccines. What about masks and clean air? They're cheap & efficient, yet there are no mandates in place for hospitals & doctors' offices - despite him having had the power to change that. The inertia is inexplicable.

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Martin W. Angler @martinangler.com · 13/11/2024

The Phase-2 #BC007 trial for treating #LongCovid has failed & joins the ranks of many interventional studies that have yielded negative results. Full (if brief) statement here: berlincures.com/en/news/phas...

Berlins Cures' Press Statement, released on 13 November 2024. The statement says:

"Topline results of Phase 2 Long Covid trial do not show evidence of superior efficacy of BC 007 over placebo arm"

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