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Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of I Contain Multitudes (2016). Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo http://edyong.me  (he/him)

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    Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 20 Aug 2020

    A few COVID-19 long-haulers told me they too disbelieved folks with ME/CFS and similar illnesses until they experienced something similar firsthand—and now deeply regret their previous skepticism. (Some folks w/ ME/CFS have said the same.) 1/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/ …

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      2. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 20 Aug 2020

        I asked David Putrino, who runs a Mt Sinai program, why he believes long-haulers when so many physicians do not. This is what he said. 2/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/ …pic.twitter.com/GNff8IYg3X

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      3. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 20 Aug 2020

        After my 1st long-hauler piece, I got an email asking if I have ME/CFS or similar—fwiw I don’t—on the assumption that ppl who don’t have these illnesses rarely write about them. That felt like a searing indictment. I think about it a lot. 3/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/ …

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      4. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 20 Aug 2020

        Yes it’s harder to imagine something w/o experiencing it 1st-hand, but as my friend @sarahmarieramey (who has ME/CFS) said to me, “isn’t that what empathy is? To be able to feel something you haven’t experienced yourself. The lack of empathy for this kind of problem is hard.” 4/

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      5. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 20 Aug 2020

        That lack of empathy hasn't just been tolerated but has also, in some circles, been actively valorised and conflated with critical thinking. I’ve been guilty of that in the past. Covering this story has been a lesson, and one I’m still learning. /Fin

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      2. Jane again‏ @ClearlyJane 20 Aug 2020
        Replying to @edyong209

        Being believed is huge.

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      3. Living Not Existing  💙‏ @livingnexisting 20 Aug 2020
        Replying to @ClearlyJane @edyong209

        It is so so is.

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      2. Howl Media Group‏ @howlmedia 20 Aug 2020
        Replying to @edyong209 @JeffreyGoldberg

        Wonderful article. Do you know if there are any people still hospitalized as a result of COVID infections from March or April?

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      3. Martina J‏ @Martinaj70 20 Aug 2020
        Replying to @howlmedia @edyong209 @JeffreyGoldberg

        Yes. Out of ICU but too sick to go.home

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      2. Mama Mouse‏ @nelsonholly 20 Aug 2020
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        I have friends with invisible disabilities like fibromyalgia & adult ADHD. Getting well people to believe the disabling influence of those conditions is exhausting. They become unpaid teachers, knowing every day that usually they will be disbelieved. 1/

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      3. Mama Mouse‏ @nelsonholly 20 Aug 2020
        Replying to @nelsonholly @edyong209 @MicroPeptideMir

        It’s the mirror twin of the “teaching task” Blacks have — explaining every day that despite being black, they are not disabled, but have the same strengths and abilities as the general population. In both cases, they suffer from unfair and cruel assumptions. End/

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