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Jessie Chaffee
@jessielchaffee.bsky.social
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Author of Florence in Ecstasy. Living with and writing about #longcovid https://lithub.com/a-single-ray-of-light-on-ray-bradburys-all-summer-in-a-day-and-living-in-the-shadow-of-long-covid/ www.JessieChaffee.com
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After playing anagrams for several hours via Game Pigeon on my phone with my son, who is in college, he wrote between classes and said, “Mom, stop.” Fun to write this for @oldstermag.bsky.social thank you @saribotton.bsky.social
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Word Games
Diane Mehta on learning the frantic art of scrambling for words from her speedy and strategic 21-year-old son.
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OH COME ON. NIH cancels a 34-year-old longitudinal study on women's health that started with 160,000 volunteers and continues to answer urgent questions about aging, heart disease, cancer & more 🧪 in @science.org
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
Was just reading through your excellent newsletter and saw you linked to my essay—thank you! So kind of you. And thank you for all the vital info!!!
Margot! So happy to be connected here and THANK YOU for the comment support—I was so grateful for that 🙏❤️ And sending you strength and good wishes for your writing and health. And I’m excited to read your work!
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Long COVID and viral reactivation are linked. Our latest trial focuses on repurposing existing, broad spectrum antivirals to reduce symptoms in adults with #LongCOVID. Our clinical trial is currently recruiting! Email [email protected] to inquire
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“Being immunocompromised, I need to avoid getting infected again with COVID or anything else, so wearing a face mask is essential.”— Behind the BreatheTeq KN95 is Katie Holten holding a sign that says, “STOP the COUP” supporting
#MaskTogetherAmerica
#Handsoff Public Health!
Thank you so much—I really hope it raises awareness. And I'm so glad to hear there's more LC coverage ahead! 🙏❤️
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Powerful, gorgeous, hard read that is also a little about Stonewall and ends up being a lot about resisting erasure. The Women's House of Detention seems like a pretty important thing to remember right now.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing, @violetblue.bsky.social, and thank you for the kind words ❤️ And thank you for your ongoing coverage on C19 and LC 🙏❤️
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An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases. Severe advocates are putting themselves at risk. It’s time for advocacy organizations to step up. bit.ly/42fSrue
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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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Thank you so much, Lisa ❤️
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Deze komt vandaag heel hard bij me binnen. Wat een mooi literair essay over leven met long covid, de impact ervan op je dagelijks leven, en het gevecht om erkenning.

Ik ben iets minder ziek dan de schrijfster - ik kan oa een paar keer per week de deur uit en ong 4 uur p/d licht actief zijn. Maar..
A moving piece:
“I feel the full weight of this missed day, how it sits upon all the other missings of these years with #LongCovid - Christmas with family…beach with my son…parties, concerts, time with friends, writing, reading, traveling, imagining… things I did when I wasn’t trapped in this body”
Very grateful to have my essay about living with #longcovid, and the many missings it has wrought, up on @literaryhub.bsky.social.