Lou Thornley
@Lou_vs_ME
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Prevention trumps harm. Ramp up pandemic protections. Might look well at times - but battery often flat. #MECFS #LongCovid
Aotearoa New Zealand
Joined October 2023
🧵 Six months since I wrote this. Nothing has changed for the better. Much is worse. - NZ still has no #LongCovid clinics - no $ for biomed research - no MPs talking about LC - no public comms on risks of repeat infections - no set mask rules in healthcare or aged resid care 1/
Wrote an opinion piece for the media #LongCovid - why you don't want it, how NZ could lower it & ways to avoid it. #MECFS #pwlc #pwme
#minhealthnz #tewhatuora
#whaikaha
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@erikmoldwarrior Thanks, interesting. And it's great that now more advanced scanning tech can help validate or update earlier results.
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RT @LongCovidHell: “Viral infections contribute to 15–20% of all human cancers. As obligatory intracellular parasites, viruses encode prote…
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RT @bhanlon15: Griffith University: 'Large hippocampus detected in Long COVID and ME/CFS patients' '..published today in PLOS ONE, used on…
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RT @JohnVsJonVsME: New to #JohnVsJonVsME MEmeing and want to spread the ❤️ this week to the Jo(h)ns, asking them to cover #GreatestMEdicalS…
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Yep, relevant here too
Feels like a good time for a little reminder: Countries aren't supposed to be run like businesses. Countries are supposed to spend money to support and serve their people. This means spending to support those living below the poverty line, the disabled and historically 1/
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RT @loscharlos: “A new study has found that young adults who have recovered from COVID-19 show distinct patterns of brain activity during c…
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RT @NzDeanne: @hubermanlab @NIH MECFS urgently needs to be solved. My beautiful son is 19 & has suffered since he was 13. He is bedbound &…
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RT @DanMissailidis: Thank you to those who have reached out! Still looking! Please email me at the below address if you are a person with M…
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RT @PhillyPhile215: This kind of energy is why I am so excited for the Kiwis and Aussies to start off the #JohnVsJonVsME LoveFest next week…
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RT @HarrySpoelstra: 🔥"Long COVID is blood vessel damage, brain damage, organ damage, immune system damage, and mitochondrial damage. It is…
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RT @WiredWoozle: Surely someone with a quiet spare room could use extra income (rent + carer’s allowance). Victoria, Australia. Please shar…
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RT @KyleDChurch: Anyway, if you want to help build a new kind of journalism and news consider helping some of us out Doesn't have to be us…
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RT @arijitchakrav: Julia Doubleday’s science communication is on point. This is the post to send to people who are interested in learning…
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RT @cstroeckw: For anyone considering fundraising for ME/CFS, here’s a great "how-to" guide by Carmen, who recently raised $80k for bio-med…
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RT @MEResearchUK: A review highlighted that approximately half of patients symptomatic for orthostatic intolerance do not meet the heart ra…
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RT @atranscendedman: A UK-US study found 77-83% of long COVID disease signatures were reproducible, confirming genetic risk. Key genes: T…
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RT @TomKindlon: New Solve ME-Funded Study: Stellate Ganglion Block reduces symptoms of SARS-CoV-2-induced ME/CFS: A prospective cohort pil…
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