Vaccines Are Like Clothing: They Wear Out Over Time
This is a concept that many within the Western world are seemingly unable to grasp: vaccines work in the same way as clothes, and while...
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- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Long Haulers got Funding for the NIH: Understand This
We were called attention-seeking while we implored the public to listen to our pleas. Hypochondriacs and psychologically unwell while our...
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Long Haulers Act
The click-bait feel-good stories relating to #longhaulers magically feeling recovered post-jab, feeling “back to normal”, or otherwise no...
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
The Long COVID Precedent
TW: This applies to everyone that contracts #covid, as this precedent talks to all studied SARS and MERS survivors regardless of acute...
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Chronic Illness Grief Iceberg
We all know that the tip of an iceberg represents a small fraction of what actually exists. We hear about it in terms of mental health,...
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Western Society is Our Worst Toxic Relationship
Everyone loves dogs, right? So here’s a dog telling you that if given the choice between a mask and a muzzle, the mask is always a better...
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Full Cost of Travel During a Global Pandemic
his should really be common knowledge, but since governments still prioritize profits over people and people still boycott mask wearing,...
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Human Being > Human Doing
Many view disability as something to overcome. As an identity that’s lesser, misled by a societal script that’s worked hard to brainwash...
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Social Media Advocay is Accessible Advocacy
A year ago tomorrow, on April 10, I blatantly said in the news (@7news: https://whdh.com/news/boston-resident-who-contracted-covid-19-say...
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Dear Long Hauler
Just a cheeky little loving smile to every single #longcovid patient no matter where you are on your journey, what injustices or pains...
- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
COVID-19 Variants and the Current Vaccines
As a follow-on to my last graphic and some of the wholly uninformed comments that I received (which have since been removed because...
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Fully Vaccinated?
Going to tell my kids that this was my vaccine card.💙 I don’t care what your sister’s husband’s dog decided to do, unless they go by the...
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
In Memory of Kent Taylor, a Long COVID Victim
CONTENT WARNING: Suicide There are no words. Just an overwhelming hope that maybe this will be the post that you chose to share. To save...
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
A Seed is Planted in the Spring
For today’s #firstdayofspring, I hope more than anything that you share. Not because I think it’s some amazing creation, but because I...
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
Stop Deflecting Onto Chronic Illness Patients
This is part 1 of “So You Want to End the Pandemic But Don’t Know How?” and it’s something that must occur first, since much is resting...
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
A Long COVID Birthday Wish
For my 33rd birthday I wish that the public stopped resisting reality and choosing to ignore the growing #longcovid crisis (recognizing...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Medical Sexism and Chronic Illness: How is This Still Happening? It's 2021 and There's No Excuse.
There is an epidemic within the medical community of doctors gaslighting women with chronic illness. While I never realized this before...
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Long COVID is Serious
After 10 months of serious illness, close to 10 months of advocacy from patients like myself, @fi_lowenstein and @shelbyhedgecock, &...
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
It's a Privilege to Learn About Long COVID and Not Live it
If you aren’t already familiar with #longcovid, welcome to Earth! Earth’s species of humanoids are battling a global, skyrocketing...
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Your Future Depends Upon Your Carrying About Chronic Illness
I don’t know how many ways we said “you should care about the health of others” in 2020...and the lack of actual responsibility being...
- Dec 27, 2020
- 2 min
Things That Long COVID Isn't
To preemptively get ahead of the “this is fear-mongering” comments that those who share reality get, this is my reality and the reality...
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Societally Naughty or Nice?
Yes, I changed the Christmas song to fit 2020 needs, and yes, Santa should be referred to as a “they” and not a “he” because this is 2020...
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
My Unwanted Long COVID Pregnancy
My spoons are completely used up at the moment and it has been a tough day processing what 9 months of #longcovid means for me, but there...
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Post-Viral Chronic Illness is a Feminist Issue
There really isn’t much more to say (outside of the additional fact that Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and all femme of color face this...
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