polybiorf.bsky.social
501(c)3 transforming how #LongCovid, #ME/CFS & Lyme+ are studied, diagnosed, and treated. Leading the #LongCovid Research Consortium.
👤 Joined on 17 November 2024
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@polybiorf.bsky.socialWe have known for a while that #LongCOVID pathobiology for many involves reactivation of various herpesviruses. As we continue to validate this it is great to see this work coming out in collaboration with @VirusesImmunity’s incredible team. Here we www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/
Show PostBREAKING: 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!
Show Post“HIV taught us how chronic viral infections can affect the body long after initial illness, and how important it is to involve patients in that research,” said @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social. “Applying those lessons to #LongCovid has helped us accelerate discovery” www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
Show PostWe need academics & communicators to shed light on the health & human rights scandal of #SevereME. And to sound the alarm about #LongCovid. My illness has been progressive & I worry about teens now unable to dance like before but still able to study, embarking on a slow story of exponential loss…
Show Postbut what people with #ME & #LC urgently need is better biomedical research investment in infection-associated chronic conditions (like @openmedf.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social are doing), and access to disability benefits (which get extra blocked if authorities falsely believe CBT is an answer)
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