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Sammie McFarland
@sammiemc.bsky.social
Long Covid Kids Founder & CEO
Hoping to be on the right side of history.
♿️#LongCovid ✳️#CleanAir 🙋🏻‍♀️Campaigner
🧠🧡🫀#LongCovidKids
🌊#ColdWater 🧜🏻‍♀️#Swimming
🧘🏻#Pilates coach - #Pacing since 2020 🦠 😷
🫅🏼#CoronationChampion 💥#Volunteer
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2. The CLoCK study was designed prior to the development of the consensus core outcomes which did not select the #ChalderFatigueScale as the recommended outcome measure for assessing fatigue in paediatric Long Covid.
Table 3
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Quotes from;
@sammiemc.bsky.social Founder & CEO
@kirstyes.bsky.social OT & Health Lead
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social Trustee, Long Covid Researcher
on behalf of #LongCovidKids
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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🎁 We hope to raise £17,500 in just 1 wk.
These vital funds will support our “Voices, Support & Hope for Children with Long Covid” project.
Find out more, inc how to get involved -sign up to our newsletter - using the link in the footer of our website.
www.longcovidkids.org
#LongCovidKids #Christmas
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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our work with young people living with Long Covid and overlapping illnesses - like Eden.

Want to have your LCK donations doubled this #Christmas? ⭐
2 - 9 December, you can make double the difference with one donation. Save the date now!

#YouthAdvisoryBoard #YouthPanel #LongCovid #Charity #Donate
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hi. Welcome 👋 I look forward to listening in - sounds like a good fit for me!

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It hurts every cell in my body that parents weren’t warned about infection risk in the early pandemic.
I welcome this information from the RCPCH but it needs to be louder and everywhere. Hopefully it will flood media outlets this week.
#Parenting #Information #Flu #Chidren #PostViralIllness
Even previously healthy children can become seriously ill with flu, the Royal College of #Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said.
A troublesome mutant strain of the flu is believed to be behind a concerning early spike in flu cases, which experts say may be more severe than usual.
This is because
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Read recommendations at the bottom of my witness statement for Module 8.

You will also find @helen-goss.bsky.social statement on behalf of LCK Scotland.

All LCK’s submissions and statements are listed here.

www.longcovidkids.org/uk-covid-inq...
UK COVID INQUIRY | Long Covid Kids
This page outlines Long Covid Kids’ involvement in the UK COVID-19 inquiry, sharing how we’ve represented children, young people, and families affected by Long Covid and related conditions at a nation...
www.longcovidkids.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Post infectious diseases alter young lives.
It’s our duty as a society to provide info,protect children, reduce risk.

A clear #PublicHealth campaign is one of my many recommendations to the UK COVID Inquiry on behalf of LCK
#ChildrensRights #LongCovidKids

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⚠️ No parent should ever be in this position, no child should be refused healthcare.
If the truth had been shared with the general public, we wouldn’t have been left without support.

Module 8. U.K. COVID Inquiry
@longcovidkids.bsky.social

#CovidInquiry #LongCovidKids #Parenting
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It is a privilege to represent the paediatric community, amplify young voices & share insights from families with lived experience.
Looking back at @ LCK's early work I will always be grateful to our #volunteers - inc @drsuepeters.bsky.social
👉#Blog
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@icancmeresearch.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM