Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

Thanks for transcribing the text from the tweets. Twitter was not working for me yesterday afternoon. I just kept getting the loading image (GIF of a circle) but nothing ever loaded. But it's loading for me again.

Anyway, I noticed that the text from very first tweet is missing so I thought I'd add it (even though it should not be needed when that embedded tweet is able to be displayed).

Threads where the sentences span tweets are fairly difficult for me to read, but here's the text from the first two tweets:

"Many changes are always needed, of course, but I'm seeing a specific need to shift an aspect of how mainstream media reports on #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex chronic illnesses. Recently there has been a slew of articles written by "learned doctors" (or even the 1/"

"spouses of physicians) that aim to minimize, deny or psychologize #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex chronic illnesses. The problem is that mainstream media gives these article too much weight because they were written by folks with certain credentials who work at certain 2/"

 

"WHO Executive Director @DrMikeRyan warning about immune dysfunction, direct viral damage, vascular harm and neurological issues being seen in people with Long Covid."