CDC announces Infection Initiated Chronic Conditions Understanding and Engagement (ICUE) program

New CDC Foundation Program Focuses on Creating Partnerships to Address Chronic Conditions Caused by Infections, Including Long COVID
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...nfections-including-long-covid-301694675.html

People with Long COVID can develop symptoms, including activity limitation, difficulty breathing and chest or muscle pain, that are hard to distinguish from other causes. These symptoms can persist even when medical exams such as x-rays and blood tests are normal, making it difficult for patients to get an accurate diagnosis or care. Long COVID can severely hinder a person's ability to work, attend school or engage in everyday activities. These are struggles that many people with infection-related chronic conditions—including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS)— also experience.​

This better not be the whole budget because otherwise it would qualify as a cruel joke and a textbook example of showing priorities through budgets.

This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $250,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.​

 

Seriously, this better not be the whole budget. My ex-girlfriend was studio manager for a major video game development company and their Christmas party was more expensive than this.

 

The CDC should never play poker. This is the opposite of a poker face.

 

The voluntary and non-profit sectors are always expected to do a lot for not much compensation.

Not that this view makes it right. Not at all.

 

It sounds like they're just hosting a bunch of meetings between ME, long Covid, etc. advocacy groups. I see a possibility for benefits, but not concrete or direct ones.