(Reposting a comment I made to Jesse Singal earlier this week, this was a morbidly fascinating story I dug through, and I think highlights how the media is incurious when reporting on Long Covid)
Saw this headline two weeks ago and did a deep dive:
"Man Who Lost Wife to Long COVID Marries Activist Who Helped Him Grieve in Stunning Sunset W…
(Reposting a comment I made to Jesse Singal earlier this week, this was a morbidly fascinating story I dug through, and I think highlights how the media is incurious when reporting on Long Covid)
Saw this headline two weeks ago and did a deep dive:
"Man Who Lost Wife to Long COVID Marries Activist Who Helped Him Grieve in Stunning Sunset Wedding"
>That seems like a tragic story, and I couldn't believe someone could die of Long Covid, wouldn't they simply have died of ... Covid? A little digging though... you realize she...
died of suicide.
As someone touched by suicide, this struck a nerve, so I read her entire public blog https://girltomom.com/about which chronicles her fight against Long Covid which she got in May 2020 (never mind she notes her Covid test was negative, she is certain what she is feeling is Long Covid).
This is a very, very sad blog as you go through the entries - especially once you realize she has suffered from Long Covid for close to 30 years (!), and despite dabbling with every pseudoscience out there (chiropractors, naturopaths, Reiki, acupuncture, etc) hasn't been able to cure it.
At no point though through any of the articles covering this tragic death did a single reporter note that she had Long Covid since the 90's and perhaps the people who suffer from Long Covid might be suffering from Somatic Symptom Disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or any of the other possible post Viral Illnesses which have always been with us.
Nor does anyone at People seem to think perhaps beaming about the centerpieces while Heidi's Widower marries his dead wife's close friend and founder of Long Covid Support might be in bad taste. That sunset was just so gorgeous!
If you know folks with post-viral ME or CFS who have been suffering for years, and you say "long COVID" to them ... I have found that their response is often highly unpleasant. Can't say as I blame them, honestly.
(Reposting a comment I made to Jesse Singal earlier this week, this was a morbidly fascinating story I dug through, and I think highlights how the media is incurious when reporting on Long Covid)
Saw this headline two weeks ago and did a deep dive:
"Man Who Lost Wife to Long COVID Marries Activist Who Helped Him Grieve in Stunning Sunset Wedding"
https://people.com/human-interest/long-covid-activists-nick-guthe-diana-berrent-marry-real-life-love/
>That seems like a tragic story, and I couldn't believe someone could die of Long Covid, wouldn't they simply have died of ... Covid? A little digging though... you realize she...
died of suicide.
As someone touched by suicide, this struck a nerve, so I read her entire public blog https://girltomom.com/about which chronicles her fight against Long Covid which she got in May 2020 (never mind she notes her Covid test was negative, she is certain what she is feeling is Long Covid).
This is a very, very sad blog as you go through the entries - especially once you realize she has suffered from Long Covid for close to 30 years (!), and despite dabbling with every pseudoscience out there (chiropractors, naturopaths, Reiki, acupuncture, etc) hasn't been able to cure it.
At no point though through any of the articles covering this tragic death did a single reporter note that she had Long Covid since the 90's and perhaps the people who suffer from Long Covid might be suffering from Somatic Symptom Disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or any of the other possible post Viral Illnesses which have always been with us.
Nor does anyone at People seem to think perhaps beaming about the centerpieces while Heidi's Widower marries his dead wife's close friend and founder of Long Covid Support might be in bad taste. That sunset was just so gorgeous!
Some people would accept this story as proof that Covid has been around for 30 yrs.
Pesky details are the bane of a good hypothesis.
If you know folks with post-viral ME or CFS who have been suffering for years, and you say "long COVID" to them ... I have found that their response is often highly unpleasant. Can't say as I blame them, honestly.