Send us your thoughts, photos, voice notes (for our podcast), and more from Long COVID Awareness Day 😷
Whether you’re participating from home/bed or in person at an action, we’d love to hear from you!
Scientists/science writers I found in Grammarly's 'expert review' system: David Spiegelhalter, Ivan Oransky, Mary Roach, Rebecca Skloot, Ed Yong, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Deborah Blum, Tom Knight, Michael E Mann, Corinne Le Quere. [pic: results of 5 trials w/ free burner acct]. No doubt many more.
We're thrilled to release the #LongCovid Treatment Guide! This is a collaboration with @rthm.bsky.social to help patients & providers explore treatment options together.
The guide focuses on 24 medications, but includes a few other interventions for breadth /1
looking to report on folks with Long COVID in US prisons. if you have a penpal or loved one inside, it would be awesome if you can ask them if they know anyone who suspects they have it!
if you know someone or have an idea where I might look, my signal is @freeze.16 and email rebelprof@proton.me
I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.
Delfi started working on this as our summer intern last year. It's truly been a massive project, and I think really captures the current state of Long COVID care -- or lack thereof -- in the U.S. clinics.thesicktimes.org
In 2022, I counted more than 400 healthcare centers in the U.S. offering Long COVID care. @delfimarchese.bsky.social followed up three years later, and found many of them have closed... or at least failed to respond to our inquiries.
Her investigation for @thesicktimes.org: clinics.thesicktimes.org
Can anyone point me to a resource on how sign "Long COVID" in American Sign Language? I've seen various ways from spelling it out, to using the sign for "Coronavirus" or "COVID-19" followed by "Long" or "Stay". I'm curious if there is any official guidance/recommendations. Many thanks 🙏
For a story in @thesicktimes.org, seeking organizers in any left movement work who’ve taken a break or fully stepped away from organizing sometime since 2020 due to Long COVID. They can be anonymous in the piece and may reach out directly at longdefeat.08 on Signal #LongCOVID #NEISvoid
I've been watching the Netflix show Apple Cider Vinegar about a wellness scammer, and much of it is kinda cheesy but I enjoyed that the penultimate episode ends with a dramatic rendition of someone getting a "no surprises" email from a journalist.
This is so frustrating and disheartening. I spent months in 2020-21 on this feature about how all psychologists needed to prepare for an influx of Long Covid patients, yet APA's work largely stopped there. www.apa.org/monitor/2021...
Miles, a white, bearded man in his early 30s poses for a selfie infront of City Hall in Los Angeles. He wears a n-95 mask, white shirt, and bolo tie. It’s a sunny, Southern California day.
Three supporters of the Long COVID Awareness Day motion stand outside city hall. They all wear high quality black masks and pose for a photo infront of colorful tile.
BREAKING: the city of Los Angeles just officially recognized Long COVID Awareness Day, and will light City Hall teal in observation of the day on March 15.
I was at the City Hall meeting and just spoke with the advocates that made it happen. Story to come in @thesicktimes.org!
Today @thesicktimes.org: Elizabeth Yuko examines why people with Long COVID struggle to get appropriate mental health care. One big issue, she found, is that professional associations haven't offered guidance on the disease. thesicktimes.org/2026/02/24/s...
Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for February 24, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "moderate*" (orange) and slightly increasing (represented with a diagonal up arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly decreasing (diagonal down arrow). Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions." The middle text reads, “The U.S.’s long winter of airborne virus spread continues. COVID-19 is still spreading at higher levels in some parts of the country, particularly in the Midwest, and may be increasing further in other regions. — Betsy Ladyzhets.” The following slides feature quotes from the COVID-19 trends report at The Sick Times.
The U.S.’s long winter of airborne virus spread continues. COVID-19 is still spreading at higher levels in some parts of the country, particularly in the Midwest, and may be increasing further in other regions.
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's weekly COVID-19 trends report: bit.ly/4ayluyC
This was the coolest event! If you have any interest in writing Long COVID stories — or just generally want to feel encouraged by being surrounded by a panel of incredible people who just get it — you should definitely check it out!
Recording is now up! bsky.app/profile/bets...
We've also published an article with key takeaways and tips from the event, by @mileswgriffis.bsky.social. thesicktimes.org/2026/02/24/h...
The recording of our event last week on pitching and writing op-eds about Long COVID is now available on YouTube and on our website! @thesicktimes.org youtu.be/9qS6yFwP0OY?...
This was a really great event! I'm looking forward to sharing the recording in the next couple of days.
“I don’t think you can write to armor yourself against trolls and I don’t think you should," says @madelinemiller.bsky.social. Lots of amazing advice and insight at this panel from @thesicktimes.org!
Not quite the same but I’ve been thinking about how so many of us do audio, radio, DJ, performance work in respirators. I’m live on the radio for 2-3 hour shifts plus prep work, masked the whole time. No one can tell who’s masking on a radio or podcast mic, but we’re out there!
Today @thesicktimes.org: Some musicians are prioritizing COVID-19 precautions at concerts, protecting themselves and their fans while making the shows more inclusive.
By @katiechow.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/t...
For @thesicktimes.org, I looked at the state of COVID safety in live music and how artists and event producers can still protect themselves and audiences thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/t...
Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for February 17, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reported a slight decrease (represented with a diagonal down arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "moderate*" (orange) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions." Text: Both COVID-19 and the seasonal flu have been spreading at higher levels in the U.S. for months now, and that trend is likely to continue with both pathogens for several more weeks. While national COVID-19 metrics are stable or slowly declining, the disease is increasing in concentration in some parts of the country as it decreases in others.
Both COVID-19 and the seasonal flu have been spreading at higher levels in the U.S. for months now, and that trend is likely to continue with both pathogens for several more weeks.
Read this week's full COVID-19 trends report from
@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kQaEaD
One of my favorite things to do is discover a new favorite Mountain Goats song. Especially good if it's a song from a lo-fi record* but there is a recent live recording where Jon Wurster and Matt Douglas are really having fun with it**
(*"Orange Ball of Pain," **the "Going to Princeton" version)
This review does a good job at highlighting some problems I felt while reading a review copy of the book.
This part in particular worried me: "Mendenhall side-eyes 'biomedicine' and 'quick fixes like pharmaceuticals.'"
Many of us get to a basic level of functioning thanks to pills.
“I could spend this essay demanding the federal government restore these databases. But I learned something during the AIDS epidemic… Waiting for Washington to do the right thing can mean watching people die while politicians debate. So let me propose what we can build while we wait.”
This piece started as a letter to the editors that Shielding wrote in response to our posting an excerpt from the book (which we later took down). I really appreciated that we were able to expand it into a full review, and of course pay Shielding for this important critique!
Today @thesicktimes.org: Shielding Cournoyer reviews the book "Invisible Illness."
"Though Mendenhall accurately acknowledges the harm of psychologizing illness, her thesis does exactly that." thesicktimes.org/2026/02/13/i...
A fantastic opportunity for budding writers!
Registration link in post 👇
