HELP Committee Hearing: Addressing Long COVID

[@GD.1031]

As someone with long hauler for over a year now, thank you Senator Sanders!!! ❤

[@ezza1236]

What r you’re symptoms chest pains

[@fuzzyelm1]

What’s a long hauler ? Lmao Bernie is the dumbest bastard ever he knows nothing about the science of covid but neither does the idiots that testify

[@ninja1antelope]

Thank you. So tired dealing with medical employers lack of long covid support of their front line workers. We are talking years of these symptoms.

[@sarahnicoleanastasia]

Yup! Going on 4 years of this crap 😡 I’ve received no answers or support or even validation besides my primary care

[@aurorafan2007]

@@sarahnicoleanastasia I've gotten nothing from any of my doctors.

[@Barry-tl3ru]

It will be the v not covid.

[@Yazzie101]

Thank you Bernie .. I have long covid for 3 yrs now had to stop working and stop driving 😢

[@stevesideris8364]

Very similar to chronic fatigue. Thank you, Senator, for shining light on this.

[@SolarVibeEnergy]

A part of it for sure #MEcfs #Dysautonomia #MCAS etc

[@martinn.1436]

So a majority of long covid is experienced by those that got the mRNA injection. Why isn't this the main focus of this hearing?

[@irvingcortez1399]

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[@gwilkins4617]

Yep, like sibling illnesses .. practically identical

[@Fizzy5pringwater]

@@SolarVibeEnergyand the blood clots, reperfusion problems, cellular energy dysfunction, and organ damage, evidence of red ragged fibres and myotosis in muscles, hearing loss tinnitus, vertigo, eye problems like vitreal detachment, convergence insufficiency, diplopia, brain stem inflammation, on and on and on. Almost every study finding can be found in ME/CFS.. things that were ignored and left the world unprepared for this event.

[@amangogna68]

You are amazing Senator and very caring !

[@breakupgoogle]

he isnt caring enough to hold our gov responsible for making the virus and releasing it killing tens of millions. or caring enough to make joe give everyone m4a. he doent care the dnc cheated him 2 times. he is a tool and a warmongerer.

[@brinnd330]

Except when it comes to Palestine…

[@aurorafan2007]

@@brinnd330 What about Palestine? Hamas has vowed to exterminate all Jewish people from the earth which is GENOCIDE. Also the Jews purchased that land which was untenanted, btw. Do you even know that? Anyway if anyone in the USA has a bug up their ass about "stolen land", they're LIVING ON IT. Give up your home to a Native person first, then we'll talk about "stolen" land in other countries. Who will put their money where their big fat mouth is? Who will be the first American who owns land and a home to give it back to the people who rightfully owned it when it was taken from them? I have not seen ONE American offer to make it right here on our own soil so they can just STFU about other countries until they do.

[@jamisonjenkins9224]

I have suffered for a year. The fatigue and brain fog are brutal. The pain is brutal. My anxiety and depression started after getting Covid and it hasn’t let up. I have 11 doctors on my team and they just pass me on to another doctor. Nobody wants to prescribe any medications. I belong to several support groups online and people get on nearly every day to say goodbye to the group as they intended to take their own lives that night. We need help. I know Big Pharma doesn’t care unless they can make billions. We just need help.

[@uk7769]

I hear you. same frustrations. hang in there, waiting for a break thru. now that senators are suffering same symptoms, maybe something will be done now. maybe. Thanks Bernie for at least giving a damn.

[@wildlightarts]

Thank You, Senator Bernie Sanders. Long Covid is very similar to Chronic Lyme Disease and Tick Borne Co-infections and diseases. I hope both illnesses will be addressed with more serious financial support and disability considerations. Lyme Disease is increasing, as are pandemics, alongside Climate Change. Chronic Inflammation can be deadly. Especially Heart Inflammation and Brain Inflammation, very serious long term results. I have both Long Covid and Chronic Lyme and Tick Borne Illness. Double Whammy.

[@andreinabarthly8543]

I've been advocating for this for years, even before the onset of COVID, yet my concerns were often disregarded. In addition to this, I've been grappling with long COVID, following on from complications stemming from another infection, ehrlichiosis. I'm relieved that our struggles are finally gaining the attention they deserve.

[@RuralRevolution]

Thank you members of the Senate for bringing this to light, helping us that are suffering. I'm tired of being told to see a physiatrist. Your work may help the Canadian government and Dr's from being scared.

[@silencedogood7297]

Bernie 2024 Thank you for all you do for all of us.

[@martinn.1436]

So Bernie and all the other Senators, except Sen. Marshall, showed they are just stooges for Big Pharma.

[@fuzzyelm1]

You are a total idiot ! Bernie bid a socialist ! Do you think that’s a good thing? Damn you are stupid

[@Yazzie101]

If you ran for president I’d vote for you! Again

[@Tf03]

As someone with long covid this makes me so hopeful. This video made me cry many times. Thank you so much Bernie.

[@sherliemagers2045]

I'm crying too.. Maybe something will change soon!

[@Tf03]

@@sherliemagers2045 🫶

[@A.Briggs628]

Thank you, Senator Sanders!! I admire your leadership, dedication, and empathy! I love you, and I support you, sir!

[@SolarVibeEnergy]

Although I'm from across the pond, sending my thanks Senator Sanders from #LongCovid supporter with #Dysautonomia #MECFS #MCAS #EDS #Hypermobility 👏

[@THuff808]

Thank you for bringing this issue to the front of discussion.

[@shellb1633]

I love this man - He continues to fight for us everyday ❤ Love you Bern, 'Wish you were my President

[@jimmieshrem953]

Thank you Senator Sanders! please help the millions suffering daily!

[@k9kamps]

I’m 77 and now totally disabled from long covid. I was an active 77 year old woman and now I spend at least half my time in bed. I was told to get IV therapy but cannot afford it and insurance won’t pay. The symptoms are awful and I feel like my life is spiraling down. It’s amazing fortunate to have a great daughter who makes meals for me and makes sure I eat I need a walker and see no light at the end of the tunnel. Only found doctors when I was emergent and thank my PCP who got me immediate. She was worried I was dying. Please we need help funds and doctors. Thank you Senator Sanders for trying to get that

[@k9kamps]

Also I do not leave my house except for doctor appointments and no longer enjoy my hobbies or retirement which is now all about making through the day. I am isolated and only see my daughter and grands I have to ask for help with everything which is hard for an independent person

[@uk7769]

If you have it, you know. But no one wants to acknowledge or cares anymore. People don't want to even talk about it. doctors have no idea what to do, so they guess. My symptoms i never had until i caught it in 2022. Still suffering, can't work. You are on your own. Zero help that i can find. A while longer, then im heading to Canada to see if i can be euthanized. Paid into the system my whole life, and i get zero help. Just sucks.

[@SantaFishes101]

same here...I daydream about legal euthanasia when there should be help and a cure already.

[@a247pms]

I’ve been suffering for almost 2 years, bouncing from Drs to ‘Specialists’ , testing, more blood draws, retesting, Heart Monitors, Echocardiograms, Stress tests, and on and on. Already had CFS/Fibo, this is a different level. I also feel my previous diagnosis leads Drs to disbelieve and write you off. Frustrating. I just want to go back to feeling as crappy as I felt 2 years ago with just CFS/Fibromyalgia. I’ll deal with that! I can’t continue like this living alone, loosing ground daily, can’t keep up physically, mentally nor financially. Overwhelmed with too long of a to do list and too short on energy each day. I’m burnt out. Each day I wake up hoping I’ll have enough to make progress. Help us Senators, Health Care, Please. 🙏🏻

[@kelseas5180]

Same long covid sister 😭 it’s so frustrating and devastating.

[@aurorafan2007]

Thank you for being a voice to the voiceless.

[@camilledomangue]

Thank you. I have Long Covid in the form of dysautonomia (POTS, SFN, etc) and my quality of life has decreased significantly. Watching the world move away from Covid mitigations is terrifying because another infection would likely harm me further. #CureLongCovid #CureMECFS

[@jkurtz3816]

Very well ran, informed and now lets see if we can act on this in a pro positive action.. As Americans

[@kathleenroberts6931]

Nothing will happen under a Republican-controlled House 😡...

[@silencedogood7297]

While republicans in the House are debating rules and arguing with their Speaker, and refusing to vote on extending the budget to keep our government running.. Bernie works !

[@silencedogood7297]

Democrats are doing their job. Republicans have not done theirs in years.

[@robynrobison4050]

I know all about dealing with long haul covid. I was the 8th person in the state of NH to get covid when it first hit the USA in early 2020 (meaning the 8th person who tested positive. I suspect there were many others who had mild covid, and they never got tested). I was basically bed ridden for 8 month. Didn't have many symptoms, I was just total exhausted from low oxygen levels and had no sense of taste or smell. It took all my energy just to get out of bed and go to the bathroom, and had to hire someone to do my grocery shopping and carry all my groceries up to my 3rd floor apartment. All and all I'm in pretty good health and I was in my late 50s. So I'm living proof LONG covid is real. It took many months before VA hospital sent me a breathing machine which immensely improved my oxygen levels, energy levels and ability to start leading a relatively normal life.

[@ninja1antelope]

It went around our building in 2019. Half the floor is comprised of Chinese nationals. They warned our employer and the employer did nothing as the entire floor emptied out with illness. Very frustrating.

[@martinn.1436]

Did you also get the covid vax? A family friend had covid and then got vaxed and now has "long covid" better defined as "vaccine injured.". That is a very bad combination and shouldn't have been recommended for those with natural immunity. Follow the money.

[@robynrobison4050]

@@Bellaciaociaociao28 Thank you

[@irvingcortez1399]

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[@vthilton]

Healthcare for All

[@uk7769]

FYI to other long haulers: A global expert in long COVID will discuss the effects of the infection in a public lecture on Jan. 25 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke.

[@Yazzie101]

Government doesn’t care we haven’t even got decent healthcare!

[@kathleenroberts6931]

Republican Senator Cassidy, is a Doctor, yet, lied to Jimmy Kimmel, voted to end Obama care, & the dying John McCain, voted no to end Obama care! President Obama wanted Universal Healthcare, but, GOP chopped it up, the GOP stopped 🛑 working for the American people, after President Eisenhower, last decent Republican President! 😡 Thank you, Senator Bernie Sanders & all the Progressive Democrats, who don't take corporate money...😊

[@MattJoycePro]

Thank you for speaking up for my friends with long covid. Their lives have been ruined.

[@paula5943]

I'm suffering for over two years now. Can't drive or work now. Have heart troubles and neuropathy brought on by covid. Still waiting on disability.

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

BERNIE SANDERS seems like the only one who cares.... Yesterday he addressed the Crimes of ISRAEL, the congress didn't want to listen. Today, he is addressing LONG COVID. After having COVID 3 times, I suffer from every symptom of long Covid....It brings HOPE in our Government that Bernie Sanders Truly CARES what are serious concerns from all AMERICAN CITIZENS. LONG COVID is REAL. THANK YOU BERNIE AND SENATOR CASSIDY.

[@chrisyVee]

What about the new one? X?

[@irvingcortez1399]

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[@brinnd330]

Yet he refuses to call for a ceasefire

[@uk7769]

Took me several days to get thru this whole video My summary: 4 years later we have no cure, still no approved symptom treatment, no existing drug approval, same old insurance bs and corrupt insurance denials and policy cancelation, three US senators suffering long covid, doctors have zero effective protocols for long covid diagnosis... basically nothing yet. there will be no cure obviously. Sufferers are on their own. I'd settle for symptom relief. What did i miss that would give the suffering some relief?

[@Yazzie101]

Thinking about this hearing I must say it gave me great acceptance of my tears of suffering! Thinking I’m going mad and hearing from these Drs that it’s not me and my symptoms are real and same as the sufferers! The fact it can be on par with heart disease and cancer is truly real.. from one day to the next I don’t know if I’ll be able to function and stress leave me brain dead not able to cope with life … we need healthcare to cover treatment of mainstream and natural .. my brain wants to live life but my abilities are debilitating!! Thank you Bernie please do more of this work bringing people snd Drs together! I learned a lot!

[@shaybritting6019]

Thanks for this Report ❤👍

[@Tf03]

Senator Murray coming through with questions that don’t get asked thank you so much senator Murray. 🙏

[@moranmike36]

We would like to see a Medicare for all, including vision, hearing and dental. Back when this was first written, it would have cost $4,000.00 per YEAR for the two of us.!

[@samueljsmith7311]

Thank you for addressing this. For three years now, I have experienced the symptoms of long covid: fatigue, pain, brain fog, headaches, and tinnitus. It's made me weary and limited my ability to do much more than the basics of life. Any exertion, either physically or cognitively, drains me. This is coming from someone who, pre-covid was playing racquetball every other day and had a high energy level. No more.

[@choosehope8729]

I hope there’s a better audio recording for those parts that are inaudible. Whoever is in charge of the AV needs to have a backup.

[@Thomas-mk9cu]

We really need much more research funding. Preferably not via the NHI as they are not up to speed.

[@thisisgusman]

SSDI and Ins companies could give tempory presumption of illness until the research finds the issues. js

[@ellenbruckermarshall4179]

A major concern for our workforce, families, and national resilience. Don’t assume your experience is ours. 3 years long covid and every day I wonder how we can go on ignoring long covid like we ignored ling Lyme disease.

[@gwilkins4617]

Me/CFS had been denied and ignored since the 80’s and earlier… I hope they take long COVID serous now..

[@shaybritting6019]

Thanks for this report ❤

[@crystalnavarro8012]

Sanders will forever be the one that got away. It should have been him😢

[@montasernuwar9239]

Very few like this man that really gets up in the morning and do good for man kind

[@SantaFishes101]

be one of them

[@Lucyverre]

Thank you for this

[@noormemon3534]

Thank you senator .I Pray to to GOD, Answer. Prayer.

[@weirdfishwoman]

Wow! What an amazing session!! Watched every minute. Thank you Bernie for being a voice for us ❤

[@uk7769]

Yep, my experience is the same. Insurance companies delay and delay so they don't have to pay. Insurance wants you to die, so they dont have to pay. Thats what they pay actuaries to do. Calculate how to avoid paying out the benefits patients have paid for for decades. Then they cancel your policy if that doesn't work either. Insurance is a massive rip off. All of it. Total 100% grift.

[@AngelaCoombs-j4v]

Bless you Bernie Sanders ❤ Your actions make the world a better place

[@cecilesmith6651]

my Drs wont discuss long covid, cant find anyone who will after searching for years. My first symptoms were brain fog or memory lock up, then the shortness of breath that was followed by heart palpatations sometimes so fast i feared my heart would explode other times so slow I would massage it and cheer it on. Very little can be accomplished in short spurts between rests, but thats what i work with now and thats not the half of it. I was disabled before covid. Now unabled to do much anything for my self and thats who i depend on. information ive found tells me nothing BLA BLA BLA. I dont leave my home anymore, and with the shape its in from my fatique and Illness I fear I would be to ashamed to go back in. guess i will just wait somemore

[@SantaFishes101]

unfortunately getting a dr to test for POTS is like finding a unicorn@@Kris-ib8sn

[@kimberleebrackley2793]

I was fully boosted, but now l know we must look into the v ax and boosters effect on the immune system. More science and less politics.

[@northernflicker1111]

Long hauler since March 2020. Completely disabled physically and cognitively.

[@magdalacasey2540]

THANK YOU! I feel seen and heard.

[@ClaudiaHoward-ow5dj]

I didn’t have Covid , but I had a Covid booster. Within days the symptoms started . I have every symptom, and then some . I had blood clots , and it scares , so much . Drs don’t want to talk about it , so I give up. Not just drs think you’re crazy , others do .

[@lafayettesaucier1595]

Thanks for bringing this up Bernie! We suffer...

[@tierrasworld]

Our living shouldn’t be about competition anymore!!!! I would like to fight for longevity In all through the willingness of one self.

[@TT-ue6xx]

Post viral illness has been ignored for decades in this country. Along with many other so called rare conditions. Our healthcare system prioritizes money over people's lives. There are so many in this country that need help but there's none and there's next to no safety net. Our system needs to be overhauled for everyone regardless of diagnosis. Most other countries, at the least, have support for chronic illnesses. There's nothing in the US. It's beyond time that changed. Ps- there's been scientific studies for decades that viruses can cause all of these symptoms and conditions. It's wild to me that doctors are acting like this is something new. Keep yourself safe because no one else in this country will.

[@breakupgoogle]

you mean these are injuries caused by the jab that is being covered up by corrupt medicine. Look at the excess death rate for further obvious evidence.

[@Yazzie101]

I made myself much worse as my short term disability at work had me go back before I was ready as Drs didn’t think time off was necessary! 4 times I got covid at work .. long term would not take the diagnosis! I was left without income and stress makes symptoms worse!

[@TT-ue6xx]

@@Yazzie101 Many doctors don't believe these illnesses are real. It happens with rare conditions as well. It's like if the doctors can't solve something in a 15 minute visit then they don't want to deal with you and if they can't see it they don't believe your symptoms. I am so sorry for what you're going through. I'm hopeful that long COVID will bring these long standing issues to light and everyone can get the help they need.

[@breakupgoogle]

how many jabs u get? @@Yazzie101

[@SolarVibeEnergy]

​@@TT-ue6xxI 2nd this 💯%

[@Emmygedden]

I have lived with chronic lyme disease most of my life. Just getting heard and believed took over a decade. After treatment with antibiotics, I was feeling better than I could ever remember. I had one shining summer of being healthy, 2018, then a new chronic fatigue set in during the fall. We thought the lyme was back, but I didn't respond to the treatments anymore. It took until 2021 that we realized it was something different. I got the covid vaccine in the late spring of 2021, and I got so much worse. With the symptoms worsening, I knew it was different from lyme. I happened on a video describing ME/CFS, and it fit. One doctor said ME/CFS was overblown, but my primary care provider believed me. We now figure I developed mild ME/CFS after clearing the chronic lyme out. Then, unfortunately, the covid vaccine exaserbated it to moderate ME/CFS. Now I'm just waiting, trying to live as comfortably as possible. Oh, and I have found some relief with Low-dose Naltrexone.

[@leilagomulka5690]

Wish you were our President

[@MaryannWalker-hs3fj]

Thank you Senator Sanders for bring attention to LC, long over due. I have had debilitating symptoms of LC for two years now, I lost my job of 34years because of it. There for we are struggling financially I had to buy health care on the market place for myself because to add me to my husbands insurance it was very expensive. With the loss of my job , I was the main money maker , I am now fighting with SSDI to approve me, It's been 9 months and still no approval what are we supposed to do to keep a roof over our head, why must I fight for months only to get denied and wait months or years for approval. I know some suffers in the same position living in their cars. How am I supposed to afford the high deductible and coinsurance with no money. The answer is I don't go to the Doctor because I am still fighting SSDI and can't afford the deductible and coinsurance so I not only am going to loose my house I can't seek medical attention. Should I just die, my life is in shambles please keep the pressure on Thank you

[@Daniea3]

The medical expert panelists are incredible! Please re-upload with improved audio. Thanks!

[@senecaute6072]

Thank you, Senator Sanders! A pharmacist cousin of mine has had COVID 4 times, 3 of them after the receiving the vaccine. She's had one operation to correct one of the effects. She's looking at another.

[@SantaFishes101]

what operation might I ask? none are approved treatments... I have ME/CFS for reference.

[@LYJManchesterUnited]

Ty even though I’m all the way in Singapore suffering from LC. I’m an athlete that is mostly homebound can’t work properly is REAL ITS SCARY pls HELP! My LC came 14 months AFTER INFECTION becareful !!

[@TheresaStoyka]

Thank you sir your such a caring man

[@charlesanzalone5846]

The vaccine is the reason

[@Daniea3]

Our schools didn't even get proper air filtration upgrades. Just been industry gaslighting all the way through! 🙄

[@tylerhackner9731]

Thank you for talking about this

[@LeslieDavis-jo3tm]

Thank you Bernie! I'm hoping mine will finally be addressed. 2 days ago I had a cognitive test to address my brain fog that has been getting worse and I have chronic fatigue syndrome for over 2 1/2 years.

[@krosmon]

Thank you for your reporting on this! I think I’ve had this since August, 2022 when I got covid for the second time. None of the local doctors or hospitals know or acknowledge ant knowlege of this awful disease. I finally had to make my own diagnosis as I have been in and out of the hospital every 90 days and the doctors can find nothing going on with my body in spite of high blood pressure, brain fog, extreme fatigue, constipation and food intolerance. The only clinic is in Seattle and they inly take patients who life in that county, and I don’t. I am almost 88 years old and would love some help with this issue.

[@kelseas5180]

I’m past my year 2 with LC 😢 32 yo female that was extremely active before I was a busy medical assistant for 10-12 hour days, heavy lifting at the gym for 1-2 hour after work, then mom duties. Repeat again after 6 hours of sleep. I have been trying to work on a small business 😢 but now I have no income. Denied SSDI, in the appeal process. Applied mid 2023. Not sure what to do about rent this month. Now I have dysautonomia, PoTS, MCAS, post exertional malaise, palpitations, chest pains, feels like my brain is swollen, tremors, migraines, brain fog, list goes on. Mom guilt is real 😢 I definitely feel like my now 4 yo has lost a lot of what my first son got to experience of being an active mommmy. I live in Oregon if anyone has resources.

[@ezza1236]

When did you get Covid ?

[@sisifoerrante]

We should all share this video on our social networks and send it to the Parliaments and Governments of the countries of the world that have never addressed the Long Covid issue

[@SantaFishes101]

very true!!you got my like :)

[@mdl8210]

Bernie 2024!!!!

[@freezeemagee]

Thank you senator Sanders for this hearing, not enough is being done to tackle the COVID crisis in this country. I do find it shocking, that knowing the facts that anyone can get long COVID any time they contract COVID that there is not a greater emphasis on reducing the risk of catching COVID in our CDC guidelines. We know that masks work at greatly reducing this risk and it was quite disconcerting to see that a large portion of the senators and aids were NOT wearing masks during this exact hearing. I hope the your committee can work with the CDC to put mask regulations in place to protect the public from this devastating disease.

[@SantaFishes101]

so true. no one wears masks when they save lives...tells me how much people really care. I live in fear and agony.

[@matthewcaldwell8100]

The concern over fraud is overblown for political purposes. America does this with every form of social spending: people are given unreasonably high burdens of proof if their medical conditions are any less obvious than being an amputee quadriplegic.

[@SantaFishes101]

YES!!! even a quadrapiegic will have trouble getting their needs met and on disability...I have heard of it more than once. what about the fraud the gov commits every year killing people and printing money to do it?? the audits prove the gov. is its own worst enemy!!!

[@sidali2590]

Thank u Bernie for president

[@darmaggi]

Thank you Bernie! Once again you prove to be an honest, principled politician who's in politics for the right reasons, to try and address the issues and concerns of your constituency while seeking to improve the way government works in service of, and to improve the lives of as many Americans as possible, on that road to an imaginary or ideal "more perfect union". Sadly, most of the time that road is more akin to a "yellow brick road" in a fantasy novel that leads to a non-existent imaginary world.

[@hannahbell165]

The symptoms of long haul are hard to explain, the severity of brain fog feels like a concussion or brain injury for most of us. The fatigue is crushing as in everything is heavy and you have to fall down it feels like the flu without the stuffy nose and this can be from just trying to fill out paperwork. It’s a terrible disease and we have been disowned, disbelieved, and dismissed. This is a good step. Love you Bernie. For the senator who interrupted about physical therapy… you are the problem. To answering the question about why don’t you exercise even a little- the new research is showing mitochondrial damage when we do. It literally is doing damage to our cells they cannot breath. Thank you for some attention to this life altering disease that has taken my 30’s and turned them into a battle. We need financial support or we are going to have a lot of homeless sick people right around the corner. We need medicine or we will have a lot of hopelessness- and suicide. We need help now.

[@pullingonthestrings]

My sister has long COVID and was unable to receive the care she needed for 2 years, she was turned away by multiple, multiple healthcare workers who blew it off as anxiety, everything these women are describing is true. Finally in 2023, she started working with a health professional who is currently researching the disease, and is actively experimenting with potential treatments for it. My sister is in pain and exhausted all day every day, she often throws up just from the exhaustion of standing. My family is white, many of us cannot afford healthcare due to the decreasing demand for employees and our mental disabilities/disorders, all of us who experience these have been denied disability due to our age or purported ability to work, and she has experienced everything that Ms. Vasquez is claiming to be a race issue. I really wish everything didn't have to be about race and gender these days, but I know the racial divide is only in its infancy. I can only hope that we can all eventually realize that we're all people, and your skin color is not the reason that the healthcare system doesn't care about you, they don't care about anyone but their sponsors and others who find them.

[@thisisgusman]

Check out dmso

[@SantaFishes101]

you don't understand. she is not saying that race/gender are 100% predictors of the outcome...just that they greatly affect your likelihood of getting helped and taken seriously. please understand. race and gender disparities are real. your privilege tells you otherwise because you aren't around enough people or do enough research to know else. I am sorry that happened to you, but it is usually worse for minorities. don't be daft. I was gonna like your comment as someone with ME/CFS...but since I am also a black and transgender man, I cannot...because I understand what you don't. unfortunately, long covid and ME/CFS are in themselves stigmatized. so think what your sister has experienced but 100X...and in near every facet of life. again though, very sorry for another victim...

[@kelliv2995]

💙

[@ThànhTrần-333]

I have had Long Haul Covid since July 2020, now I'm 98% bedridden and completely disabled. Please help us 🙏♥️ 😢

[@atiqueatiqullah6079]

God bless you honorable Senator Sander ❤❤❤❤

[@gregorybacher2883]

> 50 people, in Canada, including children, have died from a strain of strep throat. -- Source, CBC

[@cdcanada7182]

People's immune systems are weakened by covid. So their bodies cannot cope with other viruses/bacteria.

[@ForNika]

Hush Hush, Insurance Companies will go Broke

[@kimberleebrackley2793]

Thank you, Senator Bernie Sanders.

[@TheAngelaoddone]

Low dose naltrexone (LLDN), which can be obtained from a compounding pharmacy, also can help reduce inflammation.

[@northernflicker1111]

Took it for 9 months, didn't help.

[@TheAngelaoddone]

it's definitely not a cure. At most, it takes the edge off pain and is a safe prokinetic for people who have gastroparesis. Sorry you didn't find it helpful.@@northernflicker1111

[@elainemaldonado2932]

Senator Sanders I 🙏🏼you have great health for you we need you thank you for all you do Sir the best 💯

[@uptick888]

BERNIE BERNIE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️

[@sailordaigurren8225]

It's wild to me to see the republican head of the committee actually acknowledge the issue and express interest in addressing it. I guess, since he actually experienced it, he's more willing to acknowledge it for once.

[@kelseas5180]

For Sen. Cassidy, In regards to PT for also a former runner, heavy lifter. I did multiple weeks - months of PT. Took a break. Tried again, then it was decided PT is making me feel worse vs better very unfortunate. Cause I was beyond hopeful to start becoming physically active/fit 😢 I worked hard many years to build my athletic body.

[@julianvega2677]

This is the stuff that makes Bernie an advocate for Americans. I was beyond disappointed that there seemed to be no effort to make the Medicaid expansion permanent. Especially after the dems really rallied around aca during the Obama administration. Where did everyone go? We should never allow the regression of gains towards universal healthcare. We went backwards.😢

[@miguelchavez4060]

A SENATOR make a great diferent and conversetion on issues that maters long Covid is one

[@jamesdoumit1]

Do one of these for HPPD

[@TheBodynsoul1]

My 47 year old son and I have been struggling since Dec. 2021, i had second infection of Omynicron in 2022. My son has been to countless drs., specialists his hair falling out in small patches, tinnitus, cfs/me pots symptoms now losing his balance and providers pretend its anxiety or worse hypochondria?!!! He was a hard worker commercial door installer over 20 years!! Strong active family man...we've been let down by medical system so many times we're trying our best to encourage eachother but even our own families think we're just nuts its so isolating WE NEED HELP!!! we're indigenous from desert sw i think our immunity already compromised so easy to latch onto us genetically...possibly? We are using supplements, herbs, oils teas anything...😢we are alive but not living the grief is unbearable 💔

[@BrendaBurnam]

Volume on the last two speakers is not understandable. Can you correct it and repost? I would love to be able to hear both doctors in the last two thirds of the video.

[@SYF_Productions]

damn.. say what u want about the guy but i don’t see any well known people talk about it like this. wasn’t a huge fan of his prior but we need more of this. i’m 24 yo male struggling to live when i was at the gym 5x a week a year ago.. doctors: “it’s anxiety” ..

[@fuzzyelm1]

Two things I have not had covid or the vaccine ! And the people in my family that got covid treated it with the medication that Bernie sad we was not allowed to use and none of them had long term effects! It’s the people in the medical community that are causing death !

[@SwitzerlandEducation4471]

You are right 👍▶️❤😢😢

[@zack_120]

I dont know what that Dr. A-A was spewing out loudly 😱👎

[@Fizzy5pringwater]

If only ME/CFS had been taken seriously unanimously instead of by a minority of doctors and researchers who were scoffed at for asking for funding… Hillary Johnson’s THE WHY is an important and short read.