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I fell ill with & #39;mild& #39; #Covid19 on 19 March, 2 whole months ago. Lockdown hadn& #39;t happened yet. UK unis were still teaching F2F. Today, Day 62, I& #39;m still besieged by symptoms, including intense fatigue
We need to get our heads round Covid debility https://thepolyphony.org/2020/04/15/of-smell-and-loss-tweets-from-a-covid-19-sickbed/">https://thepolyphony.org/2020/04/1... 1/
We need to get our heads round Covid debility https://thepolyphony.org/2020/04/15/of-smell-and-loss-tweets-from-a-covid-19-sickbed/">https://thepolyphony.org/2020/04/1... 1/
In the last couple of weeks, it& #39;s become much clearer that many with & #39;mild& #39; Covid have prolonged symptoms. Current estimates are that 1 in 20 (5%) experience long-term on/off symptoms – but there& #39;s still so much we don& #39;t know https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/weird-hell-professor-advent-calendar-covid-19-symptoms-paul-garner">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... 2/
Paul Garner& #39;s @PaulGarnerWoof& #39;s @bmj_latest blog on 5 May made visible how painful & long a trajectory #Covid19 – in & #39;mild& #39; form – can have. Many of us greeted, with relief, his account of multiple, seemingly unending, symptoms in many parts of body 3/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/05/paul-garner-people-who-have-a-more-protracted-illness-need-help-to-understand-and-cope-with-the-constantly-shifting-bizarre-symptoms/">https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/...
Scientists and clinicians are increasingly pointing to the complex vascular manifestations of #Covid19. Much is still unknown about how much of this arises from direct effects of the virus or from the body’s immune response https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-headaches-to-covid-toes-coronavirus-symptoms-are-a-bizarre-mix1/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/f... 4/
Many of us with & #39;mild& #39; Covid have experienced significant pain, inflammation, and bodily disturbances many days from start of presumed infection. I was taken to A&E on Day 34 w acute abdominal pain. Day 62 and my finger joints are still red & swollen https://twitter.com/felicitycallard/status/1253016786716557312?s=20">https://twitter.com/felicityc... 5/
(When I read abt childhood inflammatory disorder #PIMSTS – often manifesting wks after Covid infection, & bringing abdom pain, conjunctivitis, rashes – I can& #39;t not think back back to my Day 34, which brought those same symptoms (see e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/health/coronavirus-multisystem-fnflammatory-syndrome-children-teenagers.html))">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/1... 6/
We don& #39;t know yet what the long-term consequences of #Covid19 will be – either for those who& #39;ve been critically/severely ill and in hospital, or for those who have been ill at home. Medics are making some predictions from other viral illnesses https://elemental.medium.com/the-long-term-health-impacts-of-being-infected-with-the-coronavirus-d3a03f3cb6e8">https://elemental.medium.com/the-long-... 7/
The original definition of & #39;mild& #39; #Covid19 looks to be under pressure. Severe medical events (including cardiac arrest, strokes) are occurring in some with few, & #39;mild& #39;, or no Covid symptoms. Many with & #39; #mild& #39; #symptoms are not recovering within 14 days 8/ http://somatosphere.net/2020/mild-covid.html/">https://somatosphere.net/2020/mild...
Many of us are finding that our attempts to return to physical/mental activity are thwarted by relapses. On the few occasions I& #39;ve managed a bit of work these last 2 months, I& #39;ve often then crashed for the next day(s). I& #39;ve now been advised to rest...rest...rest 9/
But many sick people – partic those w precarious jobs – will be forced to work before they& #39;ve recovered.
SAGE (late Feb) estimated 14 days& #39; absence duration – w & #39;most cases probably resolv[ing] 7 days after symptom start& #39;. Is this still the estimate? 10/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882716/19-current-understanding-covid-19-compared-with-nrsa-pandemic-influenza-26022020.pdf">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
![But many sick people – partic those w precarious jobs – will be forced to work before they& #39;ve recovered. SAGE (late Feb) estimated 14 days& #39; absence duration – w & #39;most cases probably resolv[ing] 7 days after symptom start& #39;. Is this still the estimate? 10/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYYIknQWoAgBUvm.png "But many sick people – partic those w precarious jobs – will be forced to work before they& #39;ve recovered. SAGE (late Feb) estimated 14 days& #39; absence duration – w & #39;most cases probably resolv[ing] 7 days after symptom start& #39;. Is this still the estimate? 10/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...")
SAGE (late Feb) estimated 14 days& #39; absence duration – w & #39;most cases probably resolv[ing] 7 days after symptom start& #39;. Is this still the estimate? 10/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882716/19-current-understanding-covid-19-compared-with-nrsa-pandemic-influenza-26022020.pdf">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
Is this being built into workload planning? <said in forlorn voice, more as a rhetorical question>
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The order of the day for unis looks to be shedding precarious/fixed-term (& probably also permanent) staff, upping workloads of those who will remain, continuing w bureaucratic evaluation activities.
Many unis already struggle to support those w disabilities, chronic illness 12/
Many unis already struggle to support those w disabilities, chronic illness 12/
How can we insist in the coming months for space and time for rest and recuperation in sites that are deeply resistant to acknowledging the need for either?
I know this struggle – I co-ran a project on rest ( @hubbubgroup) to try to grapple with this https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/Wuw2MSIAACtd3SsS">https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/Wuw... 13/
I know this struggle – I co-ran a project on rest ( @hubbubgroup) to try to grapple with this https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/Wuw2MSIAACtd3SsS">https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/Wuw... 13/
While resting on my bed, I& #39;ve been thinking a lot about rest, and fatigue, and recovery – what they even might look like in relation to #Covid19, given current political and political-economic priorities. This morning I read this: https://twitter.com/lottelydia/status/1262655475377737728?s=20">https://twitter.com/lottelydi... 14/
Thinking of all those struggling with recuperation from #Covid19 and other illnesses. But now I need to get off Twitter. I& #39;ll be berated by my friend for being on here in the first place (sorry @SophiePow_ll 
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No-one would say Twitter is restful
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No-one would say Twitter is restful
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