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To the many Long Covid patients, as well as ME/CFS sufferers I talked with, and to so many with chronic conditions who feel abandoned and gaslit by the medical system: I'm sorry. Yes, these conditions are complex, but our approach has too often been callous dismissal. Not okay.

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I spent most of my summer researching our Long Covid response—I plan more pieces, an essay can only fit so much—and I cannot really find words to express how much I despaired on behalf of the many patients I talked with. It's just not okay to abandon so many people like this.

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And while some of what gets classified as Long Covid are indeed lingering issues that resolve, an aftermath not unheard of for other illnesses, there are A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH A DEBILITATING CHRONIC CONDITION and they need help, disability insurance, support and more NOW.

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And our dreadful treatment of Long Covid patients, I believe, is a continuation of dismissal of many chronic conditions historically with versions of "in your head, dear". Obviously, ME/CFS is a crucial example, but not just. Multiple Sclerosis. Ulcers. The examples are many.

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Long Covid sufferers have waited too long for help, and things need to change, *now*. Research isn't fast or broad enough. Some clinicians still lack awareness, and patients face uphill battles. Vague definitions impede progress. New NYT piece. #LongCovid nytimes.com/2022/08/25/opi

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Bonnie Kavoussi

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"Neither academia — prone to silos and drawn to work that leads to notable publications, which can leave important questions underexplored — nor the private sector — focused on profits — is up to the task alone."

Opinion | Long Covid Sufferers Have Waited Too Long for Help

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A major new approach is needed to solve many postviral conditions.

Gregg Gonsalves

@gregggonsalves

Really great piece by

Opinion | Long Covid Sufferers Have Waited Too Long for Help

. Long Covid Sufferers Have Waited Too Long for Help

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A major new approach is needed to solve many postviral conditions.

Eric Topol

@EricTopol

Important on #LongCovid —

@BrookingsInst

report on loss of ability to work and the financial toll brookings.edu/research/new-d by

@kathrynsbach

—"A whole new approach is needed" nytimes.com/2022/08/25/opi by

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Once you look, post-viral ailments are everywhere. Research could unlock many chronic conditions, not just Long Covid or ME/CFS. I call on

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& Congress to establish a National Institute for Postviral Conditions. We will all benefit. It's necessary. nytimes.com/2022/08/25/opi

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Morgan Stephens

@morganstephensa

Re: article suggesting Long Covid is exaggerated (not going to link it), let me ask, would someone at the beginning of a career they worked half a decade for, paid for her education, employed at her dream news org, just stop working, unless absolutely debilitated by it? No.

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Michael Hobbes

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Last week, Boston Children's Hospital was deluged with harassment after a misleading tweet from Libs of TikTok. This week, Bari Weiss's newsletter repeats the misleading framing and frets about the free speech rights of the people sending threats. I am without words.

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Mark Bergen

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Frisco folks: come hear me gab about the Tube with the inimitable

@CaseyNewton

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next month! It'll be a hoot.

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Erin Woo

@erinkwoo

I flew down to LA last week for LA Tech Week: seven days of wall-to-wall parties, networking and branded sparkling water to celebrate LA's startup ecosystem — and, some attendees groused,

@a16z

. my dispatch from inside the week's most exclusive events:

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Andrew Chen, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, was waiting outside The Bungalow, a bar in Santa Monica, Calif., before heading to an after-party when he noticed that his colleague Connie Chan...