Douglas Kell
@dbkell.bsky.social
Research Scientist who prefers facts to lies. Focus on Long COVID. Free book: http://osf.io/pnxcs/.
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This comprehensive study of treatment outcomes in 3,925 patients with #ME/CFS & #LongCOVID, examined over 150 supplements, #OTC medications, prescription medications -
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This comprehensive study of treatment outcomes in 3,925 patients with #ME/CFS & #LongCOVID, examined over 150 supplements, #OTC medications, prescription medications -
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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This comprehensive study of treatment outcomes in 3,925 patients with #ME/CFS & #LongCOVID, examined over 150 supplements, #OTC medications, prescription medications -
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This comprehensive study of treatment outcomes in 3,925 patients with #ME/CFS & #LongCOVID, examined over 150 supplements, #OTC medications, prescription medications -
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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"In the early era of HIV, we tried single-drug therapies, but nothing worked. Two drugs, that didn’t really work. Three drugs – boom":
www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
"In the early era of HIV, we tried single-drug therapies, but nothing worked. Two drugs, that didn’t really work. Three drugs – boom":
www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
Solving Long COVID: How Decades of HIV Research Paved the Way
Discover how UCSF is leading the charge in Long COVID research, uncovering key findings that advance our understanding of the condition. UCSF researchers have adapted innovative tools and methodologie...
www.ucsf.edu
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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"In the early era of HIV, we tried single-drug therapies, but nothing worked. Two drugs, that didn’t really work. Three drugs – boom":
www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
"In the early era of HIV, we tried single-drug therapies, but nothing worked. Two drugs, that didn’t really work. Three drugs – boom":
www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
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Pay attention to this -
⚠️ "...there's going to be a number of Trials done on single drug therapy and they will fail I can predict it now..."
#DrJacoLaubscher
Pay attention to this -
⚠️ "...there's going to be a number of Trials done on single drug therapy and they will fail I can predict it now..."
#DrJacoLaubscher
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Pay attention to this -
⚠️ "...there's going to be a number of Trials done on single drug therapy and they will fail I can predict it now..."
#DrJacoLaubscher
Pay attention to this -
⚠️ "...there's going to be a number of Trials done on single drug therapy and they will fail I can predict it now..."
#DrJacoLaubscher
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"How soon do most people notice benefits from proteolytic enzymes?
The vast majority (3/4) reported benefits in under 2 weeks, and 42% noticed benefits within just 1 week":
open.substack.com/pub/pharmd/p...
"How soon do most people notice benefits from proteolytic enzymes?
The vast majority (3/4) reported benefits in under 2 weeks, and 42% noticed benefits within just 1 week":
open.substack.com/pub/pharmd/p...
TREAT ME Survey: Individual Treatment Results
Proteolytic Enzymes (Nattokinase, Lumbrokinase, Serrapeptase)
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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"How soon do most people notice benefits from proteolytic enzymes?
The vast majority (3/4) reported benefits in under 2 weeks, and 42% noticed benefits within just 1 week":
open.substack.com/pub/pharmd/p...
"How soon do most people notice benefits from proteolytic enzymes?
The vast majority (3/4) reported benefits in under 2 weeks, and 42% noticed benefits within just 1 week":
open.substack.com/pub/pharmd/p...
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I rarely repost any advice on apparent silver bullets for #LongCOVID, because I don't want to raise false hope. However, I make any exception for the #Microclot hypothesis.
Anecdotally, it appeared to significantly help my son & I -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
I rarely repost any advice on apparent silver bullets for #LongCOVID, because I don't want to raise false hope. However, I make any exception for the #Microclot hypothesis.
Anecdotally, it appeared to significantly help my son & I -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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I rarely repost any advice on apparent silver bullets for #LongCOVID, because I don't want to raise false hope. However, I make any exception for the #Microclot hypothesis.
Anecdotally, it appeared to significantly help my son & I -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
I rarely repost any advice on apparent silver bullets for #LongCOVID, because I don't want to raise false hope. However, I make any exception for the #Microclot hypothesis.
Anecdotally, it appeared to significantly help my son & I -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
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There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
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BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
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Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
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Ongoing genocide by terrorist russia. 🤬
Russia is clearly committing genocide. Trying to freeze the people into submission is a clear breach of one Geneva convention.
Now bombing passenger trains is, as Zelenskyy says here, just brushed off.
It was 5th story on a BBC radio bulletin an hour ago.
Now bombing passenger trains is, as Zelenskyy says here, just brushed off.
It was 5th story on a BBC radio bulletin an hour ago.
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Ongoing genocide by terrorist russia. 🤬
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
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Next, I tried the same regimen on my then 23-year old son. And within weeks he noticed an improvement in multiple, unexplained severe pains in internal organs, & an amelioration of some of his #LongCOVID symptoms.
More resources here, courtesy of @dbkell.bsky.social -
dbkgroup.org/longcovid/
Next, I tried the same regimen on my then 23-year old son. And within weeks he noticed an improvement in multiple, unexplained severe pains in internal organs, & an amelioration of some of his #LongCOVID symptoms.
More resources here, courtesy of @dbkell.bsky.social -
dbkgroup.org/longcovid/
Long COVID and the role of fibrin amyloid (fibrinaloid) microclots « Bioanalytical Sciences Group
dbkgroup.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Next, I tried the same regimen on my then 23-year old son. And within weeks he noticed an improvement in multiple, unexplained severe pains in internal organs, & an amelioration of some of his #LongCOVID symptoms.
More resources here, courtesy of @dbkell.bsky.social -
dbkgroup.org/longcovid/
Next, I tried the same regimen on my then 23-year old son. And within weeks he noticed an improvement in multiple, unexplained severe pains in internal organs, & an amelioration of some of his #LongCOVID symptoms.
More resources here, courtesy of @dbkell.bsky.social -
dbkgroup.org/longcovid/
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I can't tell you how many times I have spelled this word for health providers who feign mild interest but somehow never get around to looking it up.
"But what exactly is #Nattokinase, and why does it work?":
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
youtu.be/6q2WS4NuiBQ?...
I can't tell you how many times I have spelled this word for health providers who feign mild interest but somehow never get around to looking it up.
"But what exactly is #Nattokinase, and why does it work?":
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
youtu.be/6q2WS4NuiBQ?...
Can Nattokinase Help Break Down 'Microclots'? | With Prof Resia Pretorius & Prof Doug Kell
YouTube video by Gez Medinger
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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I can't tell you how many times I have spelled this word for health providers who feign mild interest but somehow never get around to looking it up.
"But what exactly is #Nattokinase, and why does it work?":
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
youtu.be/6q2WS4NuiBQ?...
I can't tell you how many times I have spelled this word for health providers who feign mild interest but somehow never get around to looking it up.
"But what exactly is #Nattokinase, and why does it work?":
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
youtu.be/6q2WS4NuiBQ?...
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Massimo Nunes, Loren Kell, Anouk Slaghekke, Rob CI Wüst, Burtram C. Fielding, Douglas B. Kell & Etheresia Pretorius
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social et al.
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social et al.
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Massimo Nunes, Loren Kell, Anouk Slaghekke, Rob CI Wüst, Burtram C. Fielding, Douglas B. Kell & Etheresia Pretorius
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social et al.
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social et al.
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🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
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Those of us who developed unexplained bruising, among other vascular symptoms during the early years of #LongCOVID, are not at all surprised by this -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
Those of us who developed unexplained bruising, among other vascular symptoms during the early years of #LongCOVID, are not at all surprised by this -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
Strange changes found in blood of long Covid patients
Strange changes found in blood of long Covid patients
Strange changes found in blood of long Covid patients
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Those of us who developed unexplained bruising, among other vascular symptoms during the early years of #LongCOVID, are not at all surprised by this -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
Those of us who developed unexplained bruising, among other vascular symptoms during the early years of #LongCOVID, are not at all surprised by this -
@resiapretorius.bsky.social
@dbkell.bsky.social
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Long COVID: pathophysiological factors and abnormalities of coagulation
Acute COVID-19 infection is followed by prolonged symptoms in approximately one in ten cases: known as Long COVID. The disease affects ~65 million ind…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little. @fatigatioev.bsky.social @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social @erinraeburn.bsky.social @annabookwriter.bsky.social @bettinagrande.bsky.social @dbkell.bsky.social @jefflubellc19.bsky.social
Poignant sequel to Rilke’s poem The Panther by Veronica Ashenhurst who has severe ME/CFS: www.westtrestlereview.com/wtr_septembe...
Rilke's Panther Befriends Me by Veronica Ashenhurst
Now, the cat soars through rooms
of sky, roars at stars, and recalls old years
of midnight hunts. He springs his unbound will,
and comes to condole with me. I can see
his paws, claws withdrawn like sw...
www.westtrestlereview.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Veronica's poem will resonate with pts trapped in their ME cage, yearning to escape pain & to live a little. @fatigatioev.bsky.social @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social @erinraeburn.bsky.social @annabookwriter.bsky.social @bettinagrande.bsky.social @dbkell.bsky.social @jefflubellc19.bsky.social
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If *anyone* still thinks this grifting, piss-taking, moneyed spiv and his grifting, piss-taking, moneyed spiv mates are in this for them, then they need to be sent this. Every day.
Farage is literally laughing his way to the bank and betraying this country as he goes.
Farage is literally laughing his way to the bank and betraying this country as he goes.
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If *anyone* still thinks this grifting, piss-taking, moneyed spiv and his grifting, piss-taking, moneyed spiv mates are in this for them, then they need to be sent this. Every day.
Farage is literally laughing his way to the bank and betraying this country as he goes.
Farage is literally laughing his way to the bank and betraying this country as he goes.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Assessing the Health and Functionality of the Microcirculation Using Thermal Imaging. Preprint with @resiapretorius www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #preprints via @Preprints_org #TeamClots
www.preprints.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Assessing the Health and Functionality of the Microcirculation Using Thermal Imaging. Preprint with @resiapretorius www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #preprints via @Preprints_org #TeamClots
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🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
#tinnitus is a frequent symptom for #pwLC, #pwME and others. @resiapretorius.bsky.social and I think the evidence is strong (and self-consistent) that it is often caused by #microclots and summarise it at www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #TeamClots
www.preprints.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#tinnitus is a frequent symptom for #pwLC, #pwME and others. @resiapretorius.bsky.social and I think the evidence is strong (and self-consistent) that it is often caused by #microclots and summarise it at www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #TeamClots
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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Immunosky #publichealth
Recent research has shown that human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) have been altered by #SARSCoV2 🦠This could have implications for both viral persistence and the development of #LongCOVID, with the Omicron subvariants having a more prominent effect.
Recent research has shown that human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) have been altered by #SARSCoV2 🦠This could have implications for both viral persistence and the development of #LongCOVID, with the Omicron subvariants having a more prominent effect.
August 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Immunosky #publichealth
Recent research has shown that human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) have been altered by #SARSCoV2 🦠This could have implications for both viral persistence and the development of #LongCOVID, with the Omicron subvariants having a more prominent effect.
Recent research has shown that human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) have been altered by #SARSCoV2 🦠This could have implications for both viral persistence and the development of #LongCOVID, with the Omicron subvariants having a more prominent effect.
New preprint with @resiapretorius.bsky.social showing the amyloidogenic potential of the proteome of thrombi in various embolisms and atherosclerotic plaques. #TeamClots www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
www.preprints.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New preprint with @resiapretorius.bsky.social showing the amyloidogenic potential of the proteome of thrombi in various embolisms and atherosclerotic plaques. #TeamClots www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...