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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen

@astridmeyerknutsen

Interests: ME/CFS, Long Covid, politics, science, nature and animals. Norwegian but post mostly in English. Newbie allotment gardener.

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Uvanlig svak økning i levealderen i Norge Økningen i forventet levealder i Norge er svak fra 2024 til 2025. For menn er dette den svakeste utviklingen på 30 år om man ser bort fra pandemiåret 2022.

– At gjenstående levetid synker, er litt uvanlig og stikk i strid med forventningen om at vi stadig blir eldre

www.dagensmedisin.no/folkehelse-i...

12.03.2026 14:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Så enig.

Storebrands respons til den store økningen av postviral sykdom? Å droppe det fra uføreforsikringen.

Profitt blir viktigere enn å være folk sikkerhetsnett.

La oss heller styrke velferdsstaten.

12.03.2026 11:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Skal ME-skandalen få fortsette? Les Ola Didrik Saugstads og Rolf Rønnings innlegg.

Saugstad/Rønning:

- Det må forventes at de som er med i diskusjonen om ME, tar seg tid til å sette seg inn i den omfattende biomedisinske forskningslitteraturen om ME...

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

12.03.2026 10:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Long Covid: Past, Present and Future – ft. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly
Long Covid: Past, Present and Future – ft. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly YouTube video by Canadian Covid Society

I joined Dr. Susan Kuo from @longcovidcan-co.bsky.social to talk about Long COVID — what we've learned, where we are, and what's ahead.

youtu.be/T3WD-tTFSWQ

11.03.2026 13:55 👍 39 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
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Does getting sick boost the immune system? Do young children have to get sick to improve their immune systems? Dr. Donald Vinh explains why some people seem to get sick more often that others.

"Let it rip" is not an effective public health / infectious disease strategy. My thoughts below.

Does getting sick boost the immune system? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/vid...

10.03.2026 19:30 👍 134 🔁 43 💬 12 📌 6

This was great! Thanks for sharing.

11.03.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Does getting sick boost the immune system? Do young children have to get sick to improve their immune systems? Dr. Donald Vinh explains why some people seem to get sick more often that others.

What amazing and efficient myth busting from Dr. Donald Vinh.

- Getting infections is NOT a wellness strategy.

- Reducing infections does NOT weaken the immune system.

AND he encourages to use science to reduce infections 😍

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/vid...

11.03.2026 14:33 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

The immune system is not a muscle.

It is a cleansing fire.

It causes collateral damage.

It has a limited supply of fuel.

It can get out of control.

Don’t burn your whole house down every time by catching every disease without caution.

11.03.2026 07:28 👍 539 🔁 189 💬 6 📌 10
Episode 46 – Professor David Putrino Returns – Emerge Australia

Thanks to @emergeaustralia.bsky.social for bringing me on to discuss #longCOVID, #MECFS and other infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses. A great conversation about the need for precision and personalized medicine to address these issues:

emerge.org.au/podcast/epis...

10.03.2026 11:25 👍 38 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 3
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Chronic fatigue over chronic fatigue reform - Medical Republic A parliament hearing has heard from ME/CFS advocates on where and how healthcare needs to step up to address the under-recognised field.

- “I feel personally that long covid is the biggest health crisis to-be that Australia has encountered at this stage,” Dr Tippett said.

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/chronic-fati...

10.03.2026 11:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

- anyone who has respiratory symptoms should stay home

10.03.2026 00:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Study links working while sick to higher risk of future absence

Allowing workers to stay home when sick pays off in the long run!

- Workers who report going to work while sick, a phenomenon known as presenteeism, may be more likely to miss work due to illness in the future

www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...

09.03.2026 20:54 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

- Apart from getting boosters - which were available every six months for people over 30 - Baker said self-isolation was the next best way to stop the spread.

09.03.2026 16:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Som ME-syk taler man sant gang på gang, men blir sjelden trodd DEBATT: Hvor lenge skal svært syke mennesker bli sykere i møte med NAV og norsk helsevesen, skriver innsenderen?

Frøydis Lilledalen med knakende god kronikk om de elendige forholdene for ME-pasienter i dagens helsevesen:

- Det finnes 43 ulike retningslinjer for kreft.
Det burde være en no-brainer å lage egne retningslinjer for ME og long-covid-pasienter.

www.forskersonen.no/debattinnleg...

09.03.2026 13:48 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
News in Brief - March 2026 This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in March 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.

Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of Mar. 2 - 8:

Topics:
News, advocacy, articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
Published research

www.s4me.info/threads/news...

#MEcfs #LongCovid

08.03.2026 20:14 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

This is how it's done.
Simple.
Just do it.
#Prevent infection.

It's not rocket science 🚀

08.03.2026 17:23 👍 34 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Babies with COVID-19 develop more serious disease than those with RSV, US data reveal

Children under 2 hospitalized for COVID-19 are more likely to die or become seriously ill than babies with RSV, according to a new study.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

07.03.2026 03:20 👍 119 🔁 65 💬 2 📌 10
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What We Forget About Covid Will Shape the Next Pandemic As the pandemic recedes, our collective memory is softening the fear and chaos. That shift could determine how we handle the next crisis.

Bloomberg: 'What We Forget About Covid Will Shape the Next Pandemic'

'As many as 400 million people are estimated to be living with long Covid...long Covid remains variably defined, inconsistently treated and unevenly supported.'

By Jason Gale

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

06.03.2026 15:34 👍 26 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
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Not enough people are talking about this sudden increase in disability.

03.03.2026 22:13 👍 117 🔁 47 💬 3 📌 2
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Report: COVID survivors at nearly 5 times the risk for kidney failure SARS-CoV-2 infection was also implicated in new-onset chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and end-stage renal disease.

Nasr Ghahramani, MD:

- Individuals with COVID-19 infection may need more frequent and more prolonged monitoring of their kidney function to enable earlier detection and possible preventative interventions

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/rep...

03.03.2026 20:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Trial By Error: Norway's Problematic Draft Guideline Combining Long-Term Fatigue and ME/CFS | Virology Blog By David Tuller, DrPH On February 4th, the Norwegian Directorate of Health published a draft of a “national professional guideline” for diagnosis, managemen ...

“Norway’s Problematic Draft Guideline Combining Long-Term Fatigue and ME/CFS” by @davetuller1.bsky.social

virology.ws/2026/03/02/t...

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

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03.03.2026 15:28 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
DISSENS TIL HELSEDIREKTORATETS HØRINGSUTKAST: UTMATTELSE – LANGVARIG UTMATTELSE, INKL. ME/CFS Norsk Covidforening fremmer en formell dissens til høringsutkastet for den nasjonale retningslinjen om langvarig utmattelse. Utkastet mangler faglig presisjon, bryter med internasjonale standarder og ...

Norsk Covid-forening tar dissens til Helsedirektoratets høringsutkast om retningslinjer for langvarig utmattelse og ME/CFS. Les den gode og grundige begrunnelsen her:

covidforeningen.no/Nyheter/ID/7...

03.03.2026 12:51 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Episode 8: "Treating ME and Long Covid with Dr. Binita Kane" | HLTH Chat Podcast
Episode 8: "Treating ME and Long Covid with Dr. Binita Kane" | HLTH Chat Podcast YouTube video by HLTH Compliance

Just over a year ago, I left my 25 year NHS career to dedicate my life to a group of patients who remain largely unseen and unheard by the NHS - people with severe #LongCOVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (#ME). 🧵

youtu.be/pk00btt7CVs?...

03.03.2026 08:20 👍 118 🔁 45 💬 4 📌 3
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Alle har litt rett om langvarig utmattelse Debatten preges av at man snakker forbi hverandre.

Kielland/Grønningsæter:

- Basert på vår forskning, forblir vårt viktigste innspill til retningslinjene å skille behandlingsanbefalingene til pasienter med ME/CFS og gruppen som sliter med annen langvarig utmattelse.

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

02.03.2026 14:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
News in Brief - February 2026 This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in Februray 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.

Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news for the week of Feb. 23 - Mar. 1:

Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research

www.s4me.info/threads/news...

01.03.2026 23:04 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Health group calls on B.C. to bring back mask mandates | News DoNoHarm BC is calling on B.C. to reinstate mask mandates in medical settings in order to protect patients from medical harm.

“Even without hospitalization, many of these infections have long-term consequences, from organ damage and immune issues to increased risks of cancer and dementia. It’s unconscionable that we aren’t doing everything we can to reduce these risks"

dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

01.03.2026 20:10 👍 71 🔁 35 💬 2 📌 1
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Blyth ex-GP says long Covid patients are being forgotten The NHS in the North East and Cumbria is closing its last dedicated long Covid clinics this month.

- Covid isn't over. We'd love it to be, and the messaging might sound like it is, but it's not gone and it's still causing long Covid

www.bbc.com/news/article...

01.03.2026 17:57 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Långvarig POTS drabbar många svenskar ”Innan covid gjorde jag allt med min son”

Good to see some information in Swedish media about POTS caused by Covid-19 infections.

But unfortunately presented as something someone is still struggling with since the pandemic.

"During Covid" is NOW and the virus continues to cause damage as POTS.

www.tv4.se/artikel/6XIF...

01.03.2026 17:25 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

- ..driven primarily by increasing utilization rather than care intensity, suggesting an evolving chronic disease burden with substantial and growing economic implications.

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01.03.2026 14:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Progressively Widening Healthcare Costs in Long COVID Over Five Years Background Long COVID affects millions worldwide, yet the long-term trajectory of healthcare costs remains poorly characterized. Prior studies with limited follow-up have documented elevated but stabl...

- Contrary to assumptions of post-acute recovery, Long COVID is associated with progressively widening healthcare costs over five years,

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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

01.03.2026 14:10 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0