Long COVID Doctor: “We Don’t Know What We’re Dealing With” | Amanpour and Company

China’s reversal on its Zero COVID Policy has produced a wave of infection that has overwhelmed many hospitals. Research published in Chinese state media suggests more than 900 million people in the country were likely infected with COVID in a wave that peaked nearly two weeks after restrictions were lifted. Symptoms can persist beyond the initial infection, lasting for weeks, months, or even years. Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, director of the Long COVID Initiative at Brown University, joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain why the disease is so difficult to diagnose.
Originally aired on January 13, 2023
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[@Mindaful]

I am still alive, but barely living. Going on month 6 of being bedridden. 70+ symptoms with everything from dysautonomia & POTS, GI issues, neuropathy, insomnia, hair loss, brain fog & cognitive issues, Tachycardia & Bradycardia. Doctors have basically told me I’m on my own. Nice to hear it being acknowledged and spoken about more at least lately.

[@Mindaful]

And yes, mental health is naturally affected by Long Covid.

[@user-xs9835]

Are you vaccinated?

[@val4803]

Did you get vaxed? Most likely - yes, you did. Think about it

[@val4803]

@@user-xs9835 HAHAHA!!! I asked her the same question, she is probably injured by the vax

[@alchemydp]

Look into the Dynamic Neural Retraining System. It has saved my husband.

[@AlexMakosz]

Excellent content. As someone who is still recovering and was debilitated for around 14 months, I feel there has been a complete failure at the health policy level to deal with covid appropriately and to communicate the long-term risks of the virus. This type of information sharing is desperately needed.

[@thomasclementz8149]

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE SYNDROME!

[@christistruth3112]

@@thomasclementz8149 yes.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

It's a vaccine side effect.

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

@@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 no

[@thomasholt63]

Well Said

[@GrapeWrath]

Thank you for shedding a light of awareness to this treacherous disease some of us have been dealing with for 3 years now. thank you, Hari.

[@midnull6009]

long covid symptoms are very generic symptoms of ANY viral infection. Also, a lot of ppl who DO have these symptoms were originally struggling with depression and or obesity, aka lifestyle issues. Go start exercising regularly. It's a miracle ppl pharma's can't package and sell. :) Here's an actual dr talking about "long covid" and ppl who are actually "sick". He's siting a huge UK study as his source. It's a good read. :)

[@GrapeWrath]

@@midnull6009 next time, read the comment in full. I used the word 'us', as in myself too. I have Long Covid and I could tell you that you should read more about it instead of posting silly advice as if. Learn...

[@jrann2667]

I also have had long Covid for almost 3 years. We had a clinic at a nearby state hospital that I went to for support and medication, but they closed. My PCP tends to sniff at any treatment for long Covid, so not much help from him. I am retired but had hoped to get a part-time job. The chronic tiredness and brain fog preclude that. It is discouraging.

[@whohan779]

​@@midnull6009 Labeling depression as merely a "lifestyle issues" is like labeling a quadriplegic as having a "willpower issue", like why don't they just walk again? Jeez, you're a special kind of dumb if you really think depression can just be cured by a better lifestyle (even if it very rarely can). If you really just think its all a big plot and ploy I need to tell you, other than those involved in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, big pharma is merely reacting to a new demand, not creating it (apart from certain vaccine-injury which is an issue that needs to be acknowledged). "Go start exercising regularly." is actually extremely poor blanket advice for ME/CFS-like aftereffects of Covid as it depleats a minuscule amount of energy affected people still have.

[@brendacurrie358]

@@jrann2667 I’m trying to return to work as well after 3 years with long covid - it’s hard - any luck with part- time work ?

[@patriciagootgeld9273]

I've had "long EB" since 1978. I have been marginalized, blown off, and kicked around by doctors and everyone else for decades. Now I have long Covid. The microscopic morsel of respect I have encountered 4 decades later is night and day. About time. I may die of metastatic cancer before they figure this out, but a crumb of being believed and seen will go home with me. "Home" is looking good these days.

[@sassi7966]

Oh wow its rare for me to see in the comments someone who had a cfs type illness and then got covid and long covid. I don't know what to do! Will the Dr help me now? They didn't before. I got cfs 9 years ago. Went down to 30% energy level. I lost everyone and everything. And now it's happening all over again! 😭 I maybe gained 5% energy back in 9 years! But now I'm worse, I'm at about 20%. I can only work one half shift per week and I'm getting sickness benefits. But if I lose my job completely I won't have much reason to carry on..

[@spocksdaughter9641]

Yup, I have hope the auto immune/nerve system get respect it never had!

[@patriciagootgeld9273]

@@sassi7966 I've been reading scads of articles all over the web for months concerning how people [mostly left abandoned] with the ruins of Epstein Barr have become sitting ducks for Long Covid. I'm glad I have cancer to die from because EB has destroyed decades of my life. My ex screwed me over in my divorce saying I was "malingering". I am done here. The way I was exposed to Covid after isolating for 3 three years has me in a blind rage. I have asthma too. No one has been human or considerate. Not once. Will be glad to gone. I don't give a F*** about what happens to those people anymore.

[@paul2019monte]

The devastating effects of being abused while ill for so long are almost worse than the illness itself. People have no idea what it's really like if they don't experience it.

[@paul2019monte]

@@sassi7966 💔😪

[@mcsmith732]

Might want to try combining Long COVID research with that of Fibromyalgia and CFS. They all have some close similarities and all seem to have something to do with the autoimmune system. Plus both Fibro and CFS symptoms usually start after a hard physical shock or various illnesses. Doctors hate these kind of disabling illnesses since they can't seem to find a definitive diagnosis, a cause, a cure or even effective treatment for the varying symptoms. And if doctors think that they have a hard time dealing with these illnesses, they should try to imagine what it's like to be the ones who have to live with these chronic conditions. Physicians tend to label this stuff "syndromes" because they don't know what else to call them. From my experience, they should just go ahead and label these things diseases. Maybe it would help to inspire funding for some substantial research. There have been millions of Americans suffering from similar conditions even before Long COVID manifested.

[@NiceDreamXO]

Yes!! I agree. Took the words right out of my mouth. Everything you said. I've noticed the similarities of long covid to fibro/cfs and autoimmune disease as well. And yes, I wish people, especially doctors, would have more empathy for those suffering long term.

[@randallhesse5011]

ME/CFS, and don't forget about the post exertional malaise.

[@mandyb2803]

YES! I had a severe reaction to an anti biotic that did this to me. I would not notice if I had long covid or not, as I suffered for years before. Most doctors laugh me off. But I did a lot of research. Actually even flu can mess you up like she says - research that if you are interested. It appears that some people have genes which are affected by certain things leading to the fibro / cfs issues - which possibly could be caused in people from infections, medications, and even things we eat and so on. It would be a real starting point to study people who live away from society entirely (a few I know not many) and if they have fibro and cfs - Ill bet the do not.

[@Lisabug2659]

I was told by rheumatologist that many ME/CFS sufferers experienced a viral infection, asked if I had mono ever in my life, yes. Then asked about trauma. Yes, my youngest son was killed in an accident last year, and Yes, it took me a year in 1994 and several surgeries to “recover” with disability from car crash. The blood factor that measures inflammation in the body is high, and I got Covid at Christmas. Fatigue and cognitive issues or brain fog is something I had to deal with for years. My episodes of muscle pain flare up more than the regular daily symptoms. Still dealing with shortness of breath and fatigue that gets worse by 3pm. It’s so very difficult as quality of life is so affected. Anyone dealing with these type symptoms should be taken seriously.

[@ex8280]

@@Lisabug2659 if you haven't already, Try the keto diet for a couple weeks. It should help with inflammation. I think a lot of ailments we have come from our diet. Keto seems to be best when it comes to dealing with inflammation.

[@NiceDreamXO]

This is right on. Thank you for shining the spotlight on long term effects. I wish people would understand that for many (e.g., those who already know what living with incurable chronic illness is like), the fear isn't always death. Death is swift and certain. The real fear is exacerbating or incurring yet another set of relentless, painful, debilitating, and costly long term health problems. Nobody wants to live a life of that.

[@lat1419]

No one wants to live like that. However, death by euthanasia is not an alternative. Making every effort to enable people with chronic disease and illness live full and happy lives is.

[@NiceDreamXO]

@@lat1419 Yes, that would much appreciated. But in my experience, nobody has the care or time to actually help with that. Not even doctors.

[@lat1419]

@@NiceDreamXO my experience too. It's a sad world.

[@kelleywyskiel8513]

I agree.

[@brandonletsgo1594]

Its not long covid its VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS

[@carolinesser-miles6608]

Thank you for giving voice to this. I have been down with it for three years now, and I cannot believe how it is ignored by so many. Death isn't the only threat. Everyday pain and fatigue and the brainfog are horrible.

[@harmonyroselane421]

My heart goes out to you. Truly. Same with post-Lyme patients. Millions of us were forced out of our careers due to so many horrible symptoms. We live in the shadows of the four walls of home, financially ruined by seeing dozens of doctors whose treatments didn’t work. I remain hopeful for you and myself and millions of others in similar situations. Blessings to you. ❤️

[@solarnaut]

thank you for speaking to it, as well. And sympathy for your challenges. The opportunity to be conscious in this "modern world" is both AWESOME and, at times, painful and frightening. Life is both fragile and resilient, with HOPE essential as water and oxygen. Here is hoping for more sunny moments and days along the journey. B-)

[@donovan2723]

Are you still suffering from Long Covid as active? Or do you have signs of improvement? I am myself 20 months into Long Covid and I can't describe that experience as anything other than Pure Hell... Just halfway december I finally have my brains back. I can think clearly now without feeling fogged. I finally remember stuff. The never ending feeling of exhaustion 24/7 is slowly getting less and less.. There's finally a sight and believe to clamp on that things get better. I'm still far from feeling like my old self though. I just want to tell you this to let you know that an end to this hell does exist. Stay strong. Stay hopeful and keep on struggling until then.

[@carolinesser-miles6608]

@@donovan2723 Hello fellow wanderer! I am stupid and push myself too hard again and again, and end up with relapses. Brainfog is tough right now, and I just lost a tooth in record time, pain, fatigue. But I just did my first group fitness class in 3 years!! It moves, but you need to learn to live with it in the meantime. Good luck to you.

[@donovan2723]

@@carolinesser-miles6608 I'm happy to hear there are some signs of improvement. But I know you've been feeling dead inside, exhausted, for a long time. It's easy to lose hope then. And a lack of hope also damages your body and psyche. Right now I push myself too hard too and end up with relapses. But can you blame us after sitting tight for soo long? I want to get out there again lol. But still we must remain patient and smart about it. Good luck to you too and I wholeheartedly wish you the best. Long Covid Fist Bump.

[@catherinecrow5662]

Why don't you interview patients who have Long Covid ? That might be more relatable to viewers

[@stanleysteamer3212]

Imagine if we invested in disease research as much as we spend on bombs and foreign proxy wars

[@wendylm4770]

I really want to be in that study they mentioned. I’m going to try and contact someone about it. I’ve had long Covid sine January 2021. I can’t work, I can’t keep up with housework, personal care, the fatigue is debilitating, I’m not the same person I was, I’m a shell of what I was. For lack of a better term, I’m stupid now, headaches are daily, physical activity causes malaise, I feel sick all the time with random muscle and joint pains. I had been a full time worker for 35 years in Accounting and Office Management. Not working has been devastating to my self worth. Not being able to contribute to the household monetarily is humiliating and demoralizing. Pre Covid, I never uttered the words “I can’t.” Now, I just can’t all the time, everyday. I can’t even visualize myself being able to work. I know I can’t, and at the same time I can’t accept it either. This is not living. My poor husband, he’s so supportive, while carrying everything on his own, while battling the ptsd he got from my time in the hospital, on the vent in a coma for two weeks, in the hospital for a month. My daughter moved back in last year to help with the house chores. This is all so devastating on so many different levels. I’m not suicidal, I just don’t want to be here anymore. I just cry for Jesus to take me.

[@rebeccadraus2620]

I just want you to know I’m going through the same thing. Fatigue, nausea and headaches daily, I can’t speak right, I can’t think. I can walk but often get tired after a few minutes and need help. I can’t shower on my own. I feel useless. I was a Special Education Teacher. I will not ever teach again. My joints hurt so bad most days I don’t do much. My doctor says it all depression. Now they say I have to see a therapist. I’ve asked about king Covid since this all started 11 months ago. I am just like you. I was active. Worked 8-12 hours per day. Now I can vacuum a rug and have to take a break. I pray that the good lord will just take me home. I feel like a burden to my family that I have always taken care of. It’s so hard to speak but at least I can type. Sending prayers that you and I both recover. Please know you’re not alone. I have felt alone for the last 5 months even though my family gives me so much love and support.

[@roseogrady8785]

Big Hug.

[@sorayaaziz2491]

I listened in disbelief as there was a clear precedent to long COVID in the whole epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. I was a former sufferer of the latter, having experienced ? spontaneous remission in 2017/2018, 29 years after onset (following a series of vaccinations of DPT, BCG and OPV in Mona, Jamaica as a requirement of their Medical Sciences programme at that time - 1989). Even as a medical practitioner, I was gaslighted by the medical fraternity. There was absolutely zero compassion, zero rehabilitation and zero financial assistance when I could not work. So I agree with Starfish 21. Even now, the medical fraternity refuses to turn to M.E./C.F.S sufferers for lessons learned, or maybe it is just ignorance or inability to connect the dots. My heart goes out to those suffering with Long Covid and vaccine injury and I will continue to pray for them.

[@ex8280]

Have you tried a Keto Diet? I'm curious if what you are eating is causing these diseases. Some of the stuff they put in our food is poison.

[@theobserver9131]

Hari is the best interviewer I have ever heard. I propose that he should be the example for all aspiring interviewers.

[@theobserver9131]

He asks good questions, lets his guests answer, AND LISTENS!

[@michaeltrower741]

Yeah, Christiane has a good crew.

[@martinrodgers6114]

thank you PBS for discussing this without the hype so common on other news channels.

[@mercy3219]

I am so hesitant to report this, but my sister was one of the early Long-Covid and participated in the study group the first year of the pandemic. She was completely disabled with the virus stealing her stamina, cycling through exacerbations that left her in bed for days, and triggered underlying health problems. The doctors and scientists were willing to try things -- before they became heavily politicized. The recommendation that actually provided relief was to purchase the injectable vial of i v e r m e c t i m and then the oral administration where 100 ml per 100 lbs weight mixed into molasses, taken orally. After two flare-ups of Covid, she no longer had the severe symptoms. The records from this early study should be available to Brown University where the conditions and proposed treatments were discussed openly among this early group. It seems that follow-ups with the people and staff involved in the group would be helpful in advancing their current research.

[@ark194]

@@mercy3219 My 2nd Pfizer vaccine cured most of my long haul. I think I have seen you on forums before pushing your ivermectin.

[@mercy3219]

@@ark194 Actually, I just started posting comments after a long hiatus. I have watched clips from both sides of the treatment isle for Covid-19. I've never thought of myself as pushing anything -- so your comment was a surprise! Back in 2020 when the politics around its use were churning, I did want to see more research directed towards confirming or denying the value IVM brings. Discussions picked up and I faded into the background as I didn't see the number of tests or test subjects create anything convincing one way or another. Perhaps now that the dust has cleared, ivm may have another opportunity as a possible treatment among treatments. In my opinion, it would be a shame if ivm was categorically dismissed when some of the early long-haulers found relief -- even though this serves as anecdotal evidence, there are groups of doctors and medical researchers advocating for it based on their findings. BTW: Watching the various news organs depict IVM as the tube of paste that animals ingest was a slant that did not allow for the more legitimate use of sterile vials of the injectable form being added to molasses for an oral treatment where amounts used are dictated by the weight of the patient. It wasn't a cavalier move to pull a tube off the shelf at a livestock supply store and use it. In the absence of the tablets that mysteriously had become unavailable, the alternative was devised in the lab by experts.

[@mercy3219]

@@ark194 Pretty silly. Haven't written about this in approximately three years.... Seems like a backhanded way to discredit. You may say what you like, of course.

[@raybod1775]

@@ark194 Same here, got over long term Covid after second Moderna booster.

[@sebastianaminoff9703]

Excellent coverage! As someone who suffers from Long Covid and has followed the research for years, this researcher is spot on!

[@MamaRestInPeace1424]

Micro Clotting is one of the biggest problems with Long Covid. They know that Viral Persistence is keeping alot of Long Covid patients sick. Doctors need to be up front with patients and tell them about how the Spike Proteins are making rounds through the body, landing in different organs and tissue causing inflammation, which keeps the Cytokines active, leading to other disease states. Example, the Spike Protein in the body ling after infection is causing inflammation in the Pancreas, now we see an explosion of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes. The Spike Protein is a slow burn worm that quietly covertly keeps revving the Immune System, keeping Long Haulers down. The key is patients who had the infection need to know if they are still having issues, the Spike Protein is still making its rounds through the body. Another thing patients don’t know is the area in the body that hosts the largest number of Ace 2 Receptors is in the gut, in the Intestines. Until the Viral Persistence is dealt with, the S1 will continue to cause advancing disease states by way of Micro Clotting and Inflammation which keeps the Cytokines in over drive. The Spike Protein is causing the misery in Long Haulers, and researchers need to find a way to shut it down and also modulating the Immune System response, if not the clotting and inflammation will continue. Lastly, people who suffer Long Covid are sicker than they are told, the D-Dimers can be normal, the CT and MRI Imaging normal too, they are NOT able to pick up the tiny Micro Clotting until it leads to other issues including permanent injury or death.

[@marilynshepherd6480]

If you claim to have followed the ''research for years'' what precisely did you follow, the PCR were fake and they were the only way anyone ever claimed they had SARS

[@larsgsanger3105]

Spot on global-fraud🌎🐑

[@randymorgan8375]

I got covid before Christmas by new Years Eve 23, I was so incredibly sick, and I'm still struggling!! Breathing can be very difficult some days.. Be safe everyone, this is truly a nightmare.

[@MamaRestInPeace1424]

Micro Clotting is one of the biggest problems with Long Covid. They know that Viral Persistence is keeping alot of Long Covid patients sick. Doctors need to be up front with patients and tell them about how the Spike Proteins are making rounds through the body, landing in different organs and tissue causing inflammation, which keeps the Cytokines active, leading to other disease states. Example, the Spike Protein in the body ling after infection is causing inflammation in the Pancreas, now we see an explosion of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes. The Spike Protein is a slow burn worm that quietly covertly keeps revving the Immune System, keeping Long Haulers down. The key is patients who had the infection need to know if they are still having issues, the Spike Protein is still making its rounds through the body. Another thing patients don’t know is the area in the body that hosts the largest number of Ace 2 Receptors is in the gut, in the Intestines. Until the Viral Persistence is dealt with, the S1 will continue to cause advancing disease states by way of Micro Clotting and Inflammation which keeps the Cytokines in over drive. The Spike Protein is causing the misery in Long Haulers, and researchers need to find a way to shut it down and also modulating the Immune System response, if not the clotting and inflammation will continue. Lastly, people who suffer Long Covid are sicker than they are told, the D-Dimers can be normal, the CT and MRI Imaging normal too, they are NOT able to pick up the tiny Micro Clotting until it leads to other issues including permanent injury or death.

[@duurnamets9678]

Sick from a Fear Virus Covid 19 isn't a Virus its a Agenda Wake UP They use the normal Flu.

[@kathleenking47]

Have you been taking vitamin D3 and zinc?

[@thomasclementz8149]

How many doses of experimental gene therapy did you take before having CONvid?

[@amberc3728]

❤

[@Scapegrace74]

Thanks for the assistance and great advice in the ER of Miriam Hospital, in Providence, about eight years ago. It meant a lot to me, Dr. Beaudoin, and I really appreciated it then and still do now.

[@therealdeal3672]

Yep, almost 3 years, and I have not been the same since I met that damn virus! Wasn't hospitalized but did have a nasty case in March of 2020. CT scan for other stuff revealed linear scarring on my lungs. I have zero stamina when I've been pretty darn healthy my whole life, previously. I've tried to get back in condition but with low stamina and slow bounce back, I have not yet succeeded. At 62 I wonder if I will bounce back. But I'm committed to keeping working on it. I wish I could be retired because I'm exhausted all the time.

[@juneelle370]

And faith and true hope! The body can restore with the Spirit! ❤️

[@carriejuranek7209]

Look into DNRS program it has greatly helped me. Somatic therapy acupunture

[@andyroach420]

A great report. This is news we should be paying attention to. Thank you all involved in the health field.

[@Deborah-dg7ni]

More people in the health field need to understand what it is and how to treat it!

[@stephdrake2521]

Hari is getting good … I’m proud of you man 🎉. I was a critic of him before . Glad he’s more in tuned with the interview.

[@patsanzone8019]

If we had learned our lesson first and foremost we would be making sure that gain of function research was stopped immediately. We would be making sure that the pharmaceutical industry didn't obscenely profit from illness. Universal health care should be passed immediately. Freedom of speech would be protected, and ideas shared freely among the industry. This should never again be made a political issue . Empathy over hatred . That would be the first place to start.

[@autumnkarr2805]

I think this really sheds light on that fact that we still know so very little about the immune system. I pray that in the coming years they figure something out. Not only for long covid but all autoimmune diseases.

[@midnull6009]

...this is not long covid it's fatigue due to all the scares and bs the government put us through. People are all mentally and physically fatigued from all this mandated and enforced bullshit. We're on lockdown for a while...couldn't see families...lost businesses, lost friends due to politics, were called murderess. What did you people expect was going to happen? They should all start exercising.

[@kellyberry4173]

They are BRUTAL

[@harmonyroselane421]

I’ve had post-Lyme and was bedridden for seven years. I woke up a year ago. Every day is still a sick day. Please study both long syndromes and share research!

[@carolinesser-miles6608]

I am so sorry to hear that. Check out the song Hi Ren by Ren. It took him 10 years altogether after Lyme, but he is so much fitter now.

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

You could be in luck! The massive numbers affected by LC will propel research.

[@harmonyroselane421]

@@carolinesser-miles6608 Through streaming-down-my-face, ugly-cry tears, I just watched him perform the most guttural piece of art I’ve ever experienced in my 65 years. Single-handedly wrote my story, too. Thank you SO much for reaching out! I’ll be binge-watching his channel to learn more about this remarkable guy.

[@harmonyroselane421]

@@Cathy-xi8cb Thank you-I’m counting on it, and if not in my lifetime, I hope like hell after I’m gone, not one more person has to reinvent the wheel each time another person gets sick, falls out of the workplace and lands in bed, broken and sick, cast aside. I’ve always been a glass-half-full person, so I’m following “The Longs”. Thank you for the encouragement!

[@carriejuranek7209]

Look into DNRS program it has greatly helped me. Somatic therapy acupunture

[@annalisette5897]

A couple years ago in the middle of the pandemic, death rates were the big news. At the same time, there were whispers about "Long COVID". In comments I left in various places I suggested that Long COVID was a very serious risk that would permanently destroy lives. In my geographical area we previously had terrible outbreaks of "unknown" "really tough" viruses, according to our doctors. A number of people who were sickened needed months to recover and some never fully recovered. For some there were protracted battles to qualify for disability payments based upon "fibromyalgia" and "chronic fatigue". I think the world is settling on a more accurate term for these disabling conditions as ME/CFS. Medical science should have seen these things coming with any pandemic caused by a novel and deadly virus! They had plenty of years to get ready except until now, patients with such symptoms were labelled mental!

[@ex8280]

Multiple symptoms = more money. more money more disease. So the solution would probably be the cheapest. So I would say, change your diet, and excecise. Personally I would go with the keto diet. Cut that sugar out completely.

[@normlang1994]

Are vaccine side effects being included in "Long Covid" issues? I just learned today, that my tinnitus, which began after my first booster, is potentially a COVID vaccine side effect.

[@trishab6220]

I dont think any of the stats stack up! As if Vaccine side effects would get a mention.

[@rohinihyde4766]

Exactly my thoughts Norm. I have lost my ability to walk soon after my 1st covid jab 15 months ago. I have never had covid, otherwise i would probably be treated as a long covid sufferer.

[@_filifjonkan4290]

A friend of mine got severe tinnitus from the vaccine. She got an expensive new treatment for tinnitus with a 33% chance of success and lucky for her she got better (not 100%)

[@robertsteinbach7325]

Most of my friends that have long COVID got COVID before the vaccine.

[@veronicastewart7239]

@@rohinihyde4766 yes. My chiropractor fixed mine.

[@Starfish2145]

The people who have had ME/CFS are finally starting to be feel vindicated

[@ex8280]

I'm an anti-vaxxer and I feel vindicated too for hoarding horse paste.

[@juneelle370]

What has helped me is focusing on health health health… no sugar. None. No gluten. None. Organic veggies and plants. Probiotics. You wouldn’t believe the hell I went through the first year and a half after… still have some symptoms but listen--it is VERY important to stay empowered and optimistic and connection with Creator. I don’t want that “long covid” label on me. The body can restore. Keep your mind and body and spirit active in LOVE & FAITH & HOPE

[@ex8280]

Amen!

[@amyjohnson2000]

You are right on with this I just got covid for the first time in dec-2022 I although test negative for covid still have stuffy nose, sneezing, cough, loss of taste, loss of smell, on and off diarrhea with body aches, weakness, etc.. and just wondering how anybody is able to work and I found no help through the local hospitals may God bless this lady and her family for hitting this right on and may God bless and heal us all I was thinking we should do a day of prayer for all covid infected people u.s day of prayer let's make it happen 🙏

[@scottdorsey8220]

Are you sure you didn't simply have a case of the flu? It's still a thing.

[@amyjohnson2000]

@@scottdorsey8220 I've had the flu before it's never lasted longer than 48 hours for me or anyone I know I've also never lost my taste, smell or had some of these other symptoms with the flu even a bad flu don't do this so my question to you is have you ever had the flu..... because there is a clear difference between the two your attitude is why this isn't getting any better for people covid is a real illness and needs alot more study for the people but glad to see you care about your fellow American......hope you caught all that sarcasm

[@ex8280]

@@amyjohnson2000 Go get some eyeVerMessin, take it with some fatty food. The virus or part of the virus might still be in your body. You will need to flush it out with that for a few days. If it doesn't work, change your diet to a Keto diet. It'll limit your exposure to inflammation. As the spike protein of the Virus/vassine causes inflammation. Personally I would do both at the same time. And definitely don't get anymore of the sauce or the Covid. They are both toxic.

[@sanehumanbeing7019]

Excellent analysis of the effects of long COVID. It will be a drain on our health care system, our workplaces, our economy, not to mention the many personal lives whose productivity, potential and quality of life is negatively affected by it. We do need to find the treatment for it, and we need to be prepared the next time a new illness breaks out.

[@val4803]

The treatment is already there: Booster! Get boosted! LOL

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

@@val4803 Didn't help me!

[@francescachristy8761]

Plus all those already suffering years of ME following other viral infections...

[@lw1zfog]

post viral syndrome rebranded

[@lukecastle2538]

Working out, eating healthy, sunlight. That’s all you need, why would you take poison from big pharma? The biggest criminals in the world

[@mike9rr]

Dr.Beaudoin gives a great 15 minute overview of the situation. Here's what I hope for: in addition to any targeted type approaches, i.e. new monoclonals or whatever or identifying specific inflammatory markers, that we renew interest in basic health practices like not smoking/vaping, getting enough sleep, recognizing health inequalities and overcoming those barriers. Finally - and this may sound crazy - creating more loving communities.

[@mike9rr]

@@honey...salguod Sorry, I do not.

[@lat1419]

Clean food, optimal nutrition, health and wellbeing. All needed to heal

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

Jesus, you guys want to basically crucify this guy, Mike, because he dared to mention that we needed more love in the communities. He's right! Especially in the US, there's this individualistic, me first, cold, unloving attitude among most people. GTHOH.

[@fifteenbyfive]

Early 2020: "We know what we're doing. It's The Science." Early 2023: "We have no idea what's going on."

[@richardhulton8894]

Thank you for covering this. My partner has been suffering for a year, and has been mostly housebound and on disability for 7 months. People suffering need diagnostic testing and treatment.

[@midnull6009]

wanna see a miracle? tell them to go start exercising

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Aids?

[@sirouskhazaie4968]

My wife is suffering from ME for ten years now . Exercise is the worst thing you can do when you have this diseas . You got to stay within your energy limit , or you will go downhill .

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@sirouskhazaie4968 My cousin's son is a special forces soldier and he lost a lot of fitness due to Covid.

[@thomasclementz8149]

How many doses of experimental gene therapy did he take?

[@ellenmacklin4986]

Thank you! Some people think Long Covid isn't real but the one who has it definitely knows it is! Very debilitating and scary!

[@robertalynn3459]

There needs to be some national support/assistance for those who are suffering and lost their source of income because of this.

[@ammerudgrenda]

I agree…as long as the individual was properly vaccinated.

[@ex8280]

They have them everyday, it's called Tractor supply wharehouse. Isle b5 apple flavored with a picture of a horse on the box.

[@jojojam6012]

Whats not mentioned here is the Post Vac Syndrome, which is symptoms following the Covid vaccination, and which are similar to Long Covid symptoms. I experienced crippling joint pains after my first jab and had to take cortisone for over a year.

[@peacenholiness6855]

Daily prayer and meditation helps

[@darlene2709]

@@peacenholiness6855 "The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine - with three vaccines - all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”

[@richardtheriault9121]

The inflammatory response from the jab does seem to trigger cases in a few, but the massive inflammation and destruction from the virus is the primary cause as evidenced by the numbers of long covid from the first year of the pandemic. Still, people with autoimmune problems and hyperimmune responses should council with their docs about those two risks. Trying to avoid a small risk from the jab and then getting a massive problem from the virus...

[@ex8280]

the vassine made it's way there and set up shop making spike protein to inflame your joints.

[@jenniferparks5901]

I think we are doing a disservice to those who are not and can not be labeled disabled from long covid, but their symptoms impact their ability to work, think, and function on a daily. I know because I'm going through it. Im also dealing with physical issues as well, but not impaired enough that it prevents me from working, but prevents me from doing what is expected of me all of the time. Basically, it is not enough to be a disability, but affected enough that it has changed my entire life and way of functioning. Many people that I know personally are getting fired from time off or reprimanded for not being able to keep up with work standards anymore or making more mistakes than usual. This is HUGE, and I wish we would put more focus on this so the world, including our employers have a better grasp on what is happening to many of their employees. It's all very messy, and I'm ashamed at literally how our country is handling it, specifically when it comes to support with employment, aka time off, medical needs, and insurance. It's quite disgusting.

[@lat1419]

You misunderstand the term disabled. It doesn't mean quadriplegic, or unable to function. It simply jeans there are issues that affect you daily. You are disabled. Own it. I worked for many years with progressively disabling arthritis. It wasn't the reason I retired. I had certain workplace adaptations that reflected the "value" generated through my quality of work.

[@jenniferparks5901]

@lat1419 no I understand the term. I'm going by the legal acceptance of what's considered a disability in my state.

[@jenniferparks5901]

@lat1419 basically my long haul covid symptoms do not have to and are not covered under my employment to protect me or those who have been fired.

[@lat1419]

@@jenniferparks5901 ots different in other states, and other countries. I'm in the UK. However your insurance and employers define disability, others have definitions based on the individual and not on their cash value as a "claim" against profits.

[@jenniferparks5901]

@lat1419 one could only here in the States this will happen. You can be "disabled", but can't legally get money for disability. I'll tell you I've seen people meet the criteria and still get denied. So they either force work or become homeless. There's no middleman. It's horrible.

[@patriciaward6960]

I have had so many issues since COVID in July. Neither my husband nor I am back to normal. I had chronic fatigue before covid, but now I have serious digestive issues, and more fatigue, and I rarely feel well enough to stay out of bed all day.

[@ex8280]

Stop drinking soda.

[@wzupppp]

Im 14 months into long covid, dreams shattered

[@RossAllan-kw3lw]

Go to your local chemist and purchase a broad spectrum multivitamin/supplement which should include Zinc and Quercetin. Typically this multivitamin/supplement will contain Vitamins A, B6, B12, C etc. etc. Quercetin helps the body absorb the Zinc into the cells. You are providing your body with Trace Elements, Vitamins and other substances that might or might not be in your normal diet. Take the capsules at the rate as shown on the packaging. You should notice an effect within a week.

[@wzupppp]

@@RossAllan-kw3lw you havent seen my kitchen cabinet lol

[@RossAllan-kw3lw]

@@wzupppp So taking Multivitamins has not worked ?

[@wzupppp]

@@RossAllan-kw3lw nope

[@James-lu4en]

Did you get the vax as this may be why

[@alexserrano2599]

Jesus!! It’s blood clotting all over one’s microvasculature. Anywhere these corona spike protein fragments end up flowing to, that’s where you will develop ischemic and hypoxic tissues due to abnormal micro clotting. These tissues can be ANY type of tissue, skeletal muscle, nerve fibers, brain tissue, any organ in your abdomen, anything that has microvasculature. This explains the wide variety of symptoms. Just two weeks ago my eyeballs have begun to hurt, MY EYEBALLS!!. I tire of these academics afraid of being excommunicated for not mentioning what many patients AND doctors are saying and have been saying for over a year at least. It’s going to take a multibillion, multi year, NIH or CDC study to even get to the point of prescribing anticoagulants as soon as someone gets covid to minimize the damage if the person is one of the unlucky ones that has the conditions (still an unknown but chronic stress or a recent episode of acute stress seem to be a common theme in these patients) to develop long covid. Geez medical establishment! We are in deep deep deep doo-doo in this country when it comes to health care. Alright. Rant’s out.

[@richardtheriault9121]

Microclots are a real problem as you mention, but like chicken pox gets into the nerves, so can this virus as we've recently learned. The actual virus also damages other organs. It seems to be as you say, but also more paths. Great rant, IMO

[@Truth1561]

My boss is suffering from long COVID and thinks it should just be called ME. She was such a strong healthy woman- an osteopath which is very physical work, I never knew her to go off sick. Now she regularly goes sick and has had to reduce how many patients she sees even on a good day 🙁- it’s 2 years since she caught COVID.

[@amandapeterson3659]

did she get the clot shot

[@ex8280]

Tell your boss to go to the FLCCC site, and give you raise.

[@thomasholt63]

He asked great questions and she answered with outstanding answers for sure and I appreciate this information and I am glad that I ran across this video

[@dominique217]

Caught covid Aug 2021, have neither smelled nor tasted since. It sucks.

[@pf100andahalf]

@@condor2529 It has to be anything but covid with you, right? It can't be covid, right? Covid isn't real in your head, right?

[@WayneTwitch]

If its been that long you will never get it back sadly

[@pf100andahalf]

@@WayneTwitch You can't know that one way or the other. People wake up from coma's after 20 years. People get cancer and sometimes it goes away on its own. People have strokes and can't talk and then over time can talk again. People get hit on the head and then speak french when they never could before. Nobody knows for sure what will happen or when it will happen.

[@dominique217]

@@WayneTwitch ☹️

[@WayneTwitch]

@@dominique217 I did read a article someone just got their taste back after 2 years. So there is hope but what causes loss of smell is major damage to nerves and if its bad it may never recover.

[@lynns4426]

Many people said they knew the risk and that it was no big deal. I especially heard this from individuals with a family member with chronic health problems. The rush to get back to normal has consequences.

[@IMeMineWho]

Amen. I was a rock singer who played indoor venues and had a good following; now I let only a few friends and a boyfd over who mask and are vaxed. I will only play outdoor venues. I was viewed by other some of my both vaxed and unvaxed extended fam and friends as overcautious, but other than in Feb. 2000 where I may have got it or it may have been a very bad cold, I have never caught it (knock wood) but I wear a kn or n95 if I go out of my apt. The friends and family members urging me to gather with them have all caught covid at least once, one of them is high risk, but travelled extensively. I believe the government did its citizens a huge disservive rushing everyone back out whilst abandoning all protocols and mandates, and the media as well by acting like the vaccine was a panacea when all specialized doctors advised the vaccine and boosters should be used in tandem with masking and other protocols and was meant to keep people out of the hospital and morgue, not necessarily to be going to bars.

[@lynns4426]

@Douglas Dunlap how is anything I said "unhinged". I just said everyone said it wasn't a big deal to them.

[@lynns4426]

@Suzanne Diamond, you did the right thing by being cautious. My best friend was a drummer and tried to be cautious as well, outdoor venues, distancing, and masking, but unfortunately, he passed away before the vaccine schedule started. Those of us who are at high risk or are caregivers to high risk family or patients saw things a lot differently than the nay sayers. We've been laughed at and mocked. I just did what my son's doctors advised me to do. The people in my area are on their 4th or 5th infection. It doesn't matter what our health department says or what the emergency room employees tell them either. We still mask intermittently, too. It usually depends on where we are and who we're around. Thank you for sharing, and you keep traveling and stay safe. 🙏🏽❤️

[@bsylvia1]

Really interesting interview! Thank you Hari & Dr. Francesca!

[@Jess-kz2wn]

The cost for my daughter for health insurance for her family has been $38,000 last year and her total medical bills were $17,000, last year. (out of pocket expenses) she She has two children on the autism spectrum. It is a hopeless situation. As seniors we are helping as much as we can. In all the years that the affordable act was started they have failed to provide Children's hospital coverage which is absurd. How could you not be depressed when you can not workj full time to get insurance, and your husband works as many hours as he can possibly work. The system is completely broken. We try to rely on faith, but it is really hard to watch the nightmare that there is no way to earn enough money to take care of medical bills. If her husband, as a small bussiness man could get affordable health care, it would be wonderful, but that is yet to happen. After all these years the GOP has failed to improve the system for small business men. My daughter had Covid in April, 2020. Her son lost his sense of taste and smell in November of 2020. Neither have recovered as of yet. My daughter could work some hours, but not enough to get insurance. She does work the hours she can handle, but it does not help with the insurance problem.

[@ex8280]

​@Bart Solari Learning Ukrainian would help too.

[@gimpee8113]

The health care is so expensive in the USA. i could not believe it. Learn self help, learn meridian point which is accupuncture point. No needle is needed, use your finger. God created our body with healing mechanism. I just finished working on my head which i think i have dementia. Much better but still have spelling error. take 2 months an hr a day pressing on the points n massaging my head.

[@patricialongo5870]

The 1918 flu kept taking lives for years in my family. The failure to learn is a political choice.

[@AlbertoGarcia-yb4ih]

Wonder if it had anything to do with radio waves then and G 5 now?

[@nosuchthing8]

@@AlbertoGarcia-yb4ih were you always a knucklehead? You know pandemics and epidemics have been around for thousands of years, right?

[@gusmonster59]

How can the 1918 flu continue to take lives? It was a flu in a time when the medical field didn't have the knowledge to treat it or how to support the body. Comparisons to the 1918 flu needs to stop.

[@nosuchthing8]

@@gusmonster59 they didn't say the Spanish flu was taking lives NOW. Just that the Spanish flu had taken lives in the past. And the Spanish flu evolved and changed. It's not nearly as lethal as it was back then. The same is happening with covid. In 2020 400,000 lives were lost in America. By early 2023 the number has dropped to 200,000 a year. Once covid drops to below 100,000 a year we should be OK. Right now seasonal flu kills 50k a year in america.

[@patricialongo5870]

@@gusmonster59 vaccines and masks were used and ignored back then. What you want is your past. Some people came from a very different world war one.

[@mariaalejandraacero-escude4640]

Thank you !!! .. US still without universal health care… but taxing the working families😢

[@val4803]

What is the cost of the health insurance in the US? Here in Canada we have a universal health care, but guess what? - people are dying in the ER triage when they have to wait for 5-7 hrs being in critical condition and don't get to be seen by a doc - many cases and all over the news. Make your own conclusion

[@mariaalejandraacero-escude4640]

@@val4803 you are right.

[@richardtheriault9121]

Our favorite sin tax is on those workers.

[@greenthumb8266]

Have had LC for almost three years, there’s no way I’m still alive, brain lesions, swollen spinal cord, low blood volume POTS no appetite taste or smell, lost 70 pounds. My joints feel too loose especially hips and knees, blurry vision no depth perception. Things that have helped…. Drink BodyArmor all day long, compression yoga pants, Zyrtec and Pepcid daily to reduce ridiculously high histamine levels, and Methylprednisolone ( took it for an injured shoulder for 6 days) all most back to normal as long as I pace myself.

[@lukecastle2538]

Wow. Sounds really bad from a virus that came naturally out of a wet market 😂 . I’m sure it wasn’t enhanced in some laboratory 😆

[@Deborah-dg7ni]

It's so common, and so serious. Unless you or a close loved one has it, you have no idea how serious it is.

[@justthe2ofusindempines]

Thank you for having our voices 🙏🏼 We so need more advocates and the world needs to acknowledge that this is a real thing because it has and will continue to effect every aspect of being, just because you do not maybe know someone personally, there will be some kind of effect on everyone.

[@nevsart5884]

I’ve had Long Covid for over three years (bedridden), the question I would like answered is, what can we do to get better? For example, has then been anybody recovered using ivermectin? Having Long Covid leads to suicide, please do don’t undermine this terrible condition!

[@abram730]

They haven't yet started to investigate it. The medical industry is about profit, not research. They opened treatment clinics before they had done any research, much less had any treatments. Just greed. The medical industry causes more deaths than they prevent.

[@cpt_kirkwood]

IVM didn’t work for me. I’m Vax injured and was treated by people who also treat long haulers. It was in a cocktail that didn’t really help. For me it’s just time that heals me but for others I know they aren’t getting better

[@amberc3728]

❤

[@ex8280]

Iv3r messin helps nuetralize the spike protein, You will need it if you want to be completely healed. Do not get the vassine, as it turn your cells into a factory that makes the pure version of the spike protein, and it makes it forever, because they never added a stop button. And there is no way to remove these cells either.

[@elisaorozco9494]

I'm dealing with Long Covid and am taking Ivermectin, which is helping. It also helped me when I had a case of Covid about five months ago. I never took the VAX. Also, taking OTC histamines has REALLY helped with the frequent, debilitating pressure headaches. More & more information from L.C. sufferers in coming online and we can learn a lot from each other. Good Luck!

[@christiandreamer8728]

It’s possible that there are many people with long Covid that aren’t sure if that’s what they have

[@phatpurrly]

Pharma directed “healthcare” is uniquely unqualified to handle this (autoimmune dysfunction) other than viewing this as a profit opportunity. My post tick borne disease syndrome that presented very similarly to long Covid didn’t relent until I learned to self advocate and work with alternative approaches. It was a years long pursuit and I learned to live with an atrophied life. Now I’m experiencing post Covid symptoms after my 2nd infection in 2022. I have no expectations of an MD directed solution and assume I’ll have to dig myself out.

[@lynns4426]

Which tick was it, if you don't mind me asking. I'm in a gardening group, and we are currently learning about the different types of ticks and what diseases they carry. I'm sorry that you are going through that as well.

[@mike-williams]

Americans forget they're looking through the weird lense of diabolic American healthcare. It's not a medical or budget problem, it's a political problem. While most of the US continues to vote against their own interests you're going to have shitty healthcare, education and other social services, plus a lower life expectancy than the rest of the developed world

[@nancychace8619]

Different regions of the country have different kinds of ticks. Check out your local vector control office to learn which ones are in your area and act accordingly. I think a deet product might help to deter them, otherwise stay covered. Also I think white clothing helps if I remember correctly. Talk with vector control. Learn how to extract them. In my area of California I learned to unscrew them out of our animals on a ranch. Ghastly little creatures.

[@carolinesser-miles6608]

There is nothing clear yet, I think, but I hope the masses of people will allow bigger studies. Hopefully that'll help MS and Lyme disease etc as well.

[@starlightbarking9495]

Aww I’m so sorry to hear that, that is awful. It is very difficult to have diseases that science doesnt yet have the answers for.

[@takeruyamato6703]

During the first week of September go 2019, I was infected from a group of Wuhan tourists who were using a unit next to my condo in Tokyo. I went through hell and survived at the age of 62. My elderly neighbors were not so lucky and 99% of the elderly residents above 70 perished. My condo has 310 units and about a 1000 residents. there were about 250 elderlies above 60 and I was one of the fortunate survivors. I am still living through various symptoms every single day. Most of the Japanese doctors here in Tokyo diagnosed my symptoms as old age. They are scared to say covid fearing reprisals from pro-chinese government agencies and political parties, such as the left wing of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeitou, the governing parties. I wish the Americans will put more pressure on our pro-chinese government so we can actually work on a cure for the disease. I don't understand why the world is so nice to CCP after what they did to us, and allowed a another round of Chinese tourists to spread a new covid variant across the planet.

[@raybod1775]

Second Moderna booster helped me. If you haven’t, multiple vaccinations against Covid seems to help.

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

Really? I have been scared of being 💉.

[@Jess-kz2wn]

The wealthy are not paying their fair share. Bother my daughters paid more income tax than Donald Trump for example. The innsurance companies have strong pacts to keep making money while many people lose everything over bankrupsty from health issues. Cannada does it better. We should be looking at that coutnry and how they do it.

[@Mindaful]

I waited 10 months for an echocardiogram. People die waiting for tests. It’s not doing too much better over here.

[@Worthfishing]

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

You might want to consider emigrating to Canada. You will find, however, that the wait to see a therapist or even an allergist could be months, if not a year. You won't be on the hook to pay, but you unless you have an emergency or an acute illness like an infection or broken bone, you are going to WAIT FOR TREATMENT. That is "how they do it".

[@nosuchthing8]

@@Cathy-xi8cb do you live in Canada? Why don't we hear about this from anyone that lives in canada?

[@richardtheriault9121]

@@nosuchthing8 Spot on.

[@sarahsheehanmedical]

I started writing 5 years ago and through 7 infections and their effects on my health I processed terrible medical care and now I'm waiting for relief for 2 years now and it just gets worse and worse.

[@vtsaltcave]

Any discussion on whether people with long covid are vaxed? It is amazing that all of these reports whether aired or in papers do not mention this and yet many persons who contracted covid were then also vaxed by doctors.

[@myleshagar9722]

The obscuration, gaslighting, and censoring of this huge issue is criminal negligence.

[@smr4219]

Yeah and i dont see any other comments on this. Suspicious. They worked on the comment section hard this time:)

[@ts-hy3bp]

Yeah is it long COVID or long booster effects

[@smr4219]

@@ts-hy3bp how bout too many people feeding the narrative of long covid? Are these real people or bots????

[@whohan779]

Any discussion on whether people like you get so riled up on that question? You can be vaxxed and have LC but no (severe) side-effect of the vaccine, it's not mutually exclusive. Yes, we should ask that question, but don't you think it would make you feel even worse if you had LC and likely would've got it either way (other than avoiding exposure) and now having to justify if you just once received a jab, maybe as part of keeping your job or staying in contact with certain radical family acquaintances?

[@cidercik]

For this alone, I wear a mask indoors, avoid crowds, no air/train travel or concerts. It's not worth my health.

[@nosuchthing8]

Same here. I do indulge in buffets once every few months. Wear a mask up until the moment I eat.

[@cidercik]

@@nosuchthing8 We'll go to eat, but at times when we know we can either sit outside or when the place only has one or 2 people. So far so good!

[@nosuchthing8]

@@cidercik same here

[@ramdev9578]

Keep taking the boosters every 3 months. They are really effective.

[@leighnapier4505]

@@ramdev9578 , ugh 😑

[@chapman9230]

I had to walk out of a work lunch because people lucky enough to have survived unscathed were minimising covid and re writing the pandemic history. It is so frustrating.

[@thomasclementz8149]

Please take you next shot of experimental gene therapy till you drop! :)

[@beeARTcanada]

Clean fasting (water only) for 72 hours pre chemo therapy, is known to rebuild the immune system anew, and strengthen white blood cells. Maybe doing this for long haulers would strengthen their immune system….?

[@richardtheriault9121]

I wonder also, having fasted for health with great results. wish to see some studies though, as if fasting could make things worse I wouldn't want to be encouraging it. (I really think it would help, But don't have any evidence)

[@beeARTcanada]

@@richardtheriault9121 Individuals can ask their doctors about it, and research it for themselves.

[@laurabone3228]

Thank you for covering this. Thank you for the questions you've asked. I appreciate her articulation of the layers of problems that come from governmental willful neglect of post-viral illnesses and the people who contract them. We were determined to be disposable decades ago. It's harder to ignore after a mass disabling event, but they're managing to do so, mostly. The Long Covid Clinics aren't delivering even after all that money we allocated. The RECOVER initiative isn't supporting recovery at all. There is no financial safety net for patients. Few get disability. No mortgage or rental assistance. We can't access quality healthcare. WThe wait to see a doctor for so-called specialists is over a year. These clinics by and large are not helping people. We're sending money in the wrong directions and leaving current sufferers stranded. I had a "mild" case contracted before we knew the virus was here. I went to bed-bound for over a year. I'm making improvements but I can't say recovery is something I can count on.

[@rdallas81]

Everyone suffers in life. There are no exceptions. There is no promise of tomorrow written anywhere and this idea that governments or health care systems are to blame is arrogance and pride.

[@rdallas81]

I hope you heal well and healthy. Sorry you suffered for over a year. You should look into alternative medicine. Some things you can do at Home may greatly assist in your recovery. Things like high dose vitamin c, and exercising, meditation, prayer.

[@laurabone3228]

@@rdallas81 Taxpayers fund government agencies such as CDC, NIH, FDA to research, teach, mandate, license, and develop technologies that treat modern diseases. What do you mean by governments aren't responsible? The decades of history on the governments's willful refusal to research post-viral illness is fraught with corruption. Misallocation of taxpayer money Congress devoted to studying post-viral illness (while lying to congress) is a reason the medical system is entirely ignorant about how to treat their patients, let alone to not harm them because they don't have training. . We are experiencing a global mass disabling event that affects more than the individuals. It's a major economic threat to our economy and it exacerbates burdens on the medical system. Government is wholly responsible for leading public health, policy, research, with the taxpayer funds they are allocated.

[@alicequayle4625]

@@rdallas81 exercise can be really dangerous. There is some terrible advice out there. There is decent advice from Long Covid Physio. Or maybe called Physios for Long Covid.

[@rdallas81]

@@alicequayle4625 Exercise is not dangerous. people sitting around on the internet over calorized and oversized is unhealthy. people who take untested antiviral injectables are unhealthy. after all we all see athletes dopping dead on the fields.

[@mariajurgens9889]

Here in Germany there are physicians who do a bloodwash for clients with longcovid. They remove bloodclots and spikeproteins from the bloodstream. There is a lot of success and people from all over Europe come to these doctors.

[@asinelliplatamona8348]

Would That Be Done With "Pure Blood" or Pre-Jabbed Blood ? ?

[@mariajurgens9889]

@@asinelliplatamona8348 As much as I know, they place a "washingmashine" (excuse me for this not accurate word) inbetween a bloodvessel and wait until all the blood is gone through. They repeat this procedure as often as nessecary.

[@elisaorozco9494]

They are doing that here in California, too. I just watched a video on it.

[@rcat32]

I think I was one of the first to get COVID a couple years ago in late November, when I was often around a lot of Asian students at the University of Pittsburgh library in Pennsylvania, some of who may have received an infected package from Wuhan or China. Suddenly I was severely sick, hot and feverish, in bed constantly when not rushing to the bathroom-- when normally I never got colds or flu. I had NO appetite either and could not force myself to eat and I lost ten pounds. By the time I thought to get myself to the VA hospital, my fever was breaking that very morning, and I guess they didn't do anything for me-- I don't think they knew anything about the viruses existence. Then for the next couple year as I had extreme exhaustion, depression and brain fog to where I moved much more slowly and did not function well at a time when I had a lot to do. I have no diagnosis though. I feel lucky to be alive! I've really struggled to get going again. Im 71.

[@amyhayutin1738]

I think it was hitting the US long before they announced it in China. Some of us here in rural Western CO had all kinds of strange symptoms around Christmas and early January 2020. Then a friend came to visit me from Scotland and was really sick for several weeks. I was recovering from my last rounds of chemo for non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. My girlfriends made me chase my friend out of my house for fear I would get sick with a lowered immunity. I was declared cancer free in February just in time for the national announcement of covid. It’s been one thing after another for so many of us. Best wishes to you.

[@myleshagar9722]

"An infected package"? Millions of Amazon packages from China were never checked or disinfected and nothing resulted.

[@vienna517]

Your report suggests that being with Asian students was the direct cause of your getting Covid-19. Please do not spread this kind of false news, it only further escalates the anti Asian attacks and violence against innocent people who have no correlation the being catching Covid-19. Wishing you a complete recovery, it is a serious problem for many who are suffering from long Covid.

[@marilynshepherd6480]

What utter nonsense, no virus in history ever lived on a package, talk about gullible and racist

[@chasetonga]

There was no such thing as the virus clinging to packages that spent weeks getting from one country to another.

[@ark194]

I wish there would be attention paid to high-risk jobs and the way covid has destroyed the industry. I am a massage therapist and we are NOT protected at our jobs. Our industries are not putting into place policies that protect us because the spa owners want people to think covid is over so they can make money, preventing workers from having the ability to have clients wear masks. A massage therapist is in a room with another person for usually an hour and sometimes a foot away from anothers' face, breathing the air of their clients. Sadly, people who get a massage now are probably more likely to be less careful with covid precautions because a massage IS a high-risk activity. I can't even begin to count how many times I started a massage job where I was promised safety through precautions, only to discover the first day at work that there were empty promises. PLEASE pay attention to this. Keep us safe on our jobs so we can stay in our careers. I am about to start a job where, once again, I was promised safety precautions that were empty promises. I have long covid and am healthier than others, but this has destroyed me in many ways.

[@oliviaelliott4623]

March 2020 still suffering. Going through a flare now. I've realized my hormones are a trigger. 2-3 days prior to cycle I have spike in HR and tightness in chest and SOB sitting. My chest aches a lot...just to what degree. I've been diagnosed long covid by immunology, but treatments aren't there. Antihistamines and pepcid and continue with my inhalers. With insurance 300-400 dollars per appointment. I am just trying to research on my own now

[@joeybaby.]

Well this pandemic definitely exposed our deficits in "health care" So many Individuals are actively and chronically suffering from this syndrome , yet primary healthcare providers do not or choose not to acknowledge symptoms: chronic cough , loss of smell and taste , mental "fogginess" unwarranted exhaustion ,the list goes on and on. The U.S. has responded more like a third world nation .

[@gimpee8113]

we can do self help using meridian point. our finger act like needle. press for few second each time. I help myself of demantia, take 2 month to work on my head, an hr a day. now pretty good but still have some spelling error. But can swallow and sleep much better.

[@Serena.Hope.Eternal]

I am a veteran and my primary care doctor at the VA is completely indifferent to what I've been going through health-wise. I have no faith in getting answers or appropriate medical care. Which in turn has affected my mental health and quality of life.

[@ex8280]

My sister works at a VA as a nurse. I don't know what it is, but I think being around sick people make them numb/indifferent to their patient's concern. But If you want to treat yourself, you might want to try looking into FLCCC (FrontLine Covid Critical Care). They have lists of protocols for post covid/vaccination, that are safe for you to try. I think you can contact them if you want to talk to a doctor. I used their protocol as a preventative for catching covid. It's a good place to start. Good luck, and get well.

[@jamesmedina2062]

I think what you primarily highlight is a major cultural weakness in the United States. People are numb and act numb showing little empathy for one another. We are an ultra-capitalistic society which is essentially selfishness. After living in Denver for a while I visited the Philippines and did not want to return because people there demonstrated so much more natural emotion and empathy. I had been injured and was using crutches when I was there. After returning to Denver it was again a very lonely existence. One of the best things though is immigration because some amazing people come here from all over the world.

[@user-vz3fh6oj7d]

@James, Exactly! You are one of the few that can actually see this. This is so true!

[@elisaorozco9494]

As a veteran, I thought that you could now seek private medical care and the V.A. will pick up the bill. My neighbor is a VietNam Vet and he goes to private physicians for his Long Covid issues. Best of luck and thank you for your service!!!

[@sakinahabdulbari6884]

Thank you.

[@tinman4585]

So Will someone actually do something about the people involved in lab made viruses?

[@TheHiddenTrueSecrets]

it's crazy how they don't know what's causing these things or they don't want to admit that a certain juice jab is responsible?

[@darlene2709]

If we dug up all the people who have died from COVID-19 and asked them if they would take the vaccine, I bet they would say yes. We owe a debt of gratitude to the developers of the vaccines, all vaccine trial volunteers, those who have been vaccinated so far, and all healthcare workers who risk their lives to help the rest of us, including those who refuse to follow science or medical advice.

[@TheHiddenTrueSecrets]

@@darlene2709 good, please get your booster, and stay asleep

[@darlene2709]

@@TheHiddenTrueSecrets Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik calls for death of 46 year old anti-vax deputy DA Kelly Ernby to be 'MOCKED' along with all unvaccinated who've died from COVID: 'No other way to make sure the lessons of these teachable moments are heard'

[@ebthedoc4992]

Thanks from a retired Doc, to Hari, and to Dr. Beaudoin, for helping increase awareness of the concomitant disease complex we’re calling Long COVID. I’ve been shouting since Coronavirus-SARS2 first popped up, for several reasons. My Dad was an immunologist / allergist, and his uncle was a Flu victim of 1918, who caught the “Sleepy Sickness” that hit so many (until 1929), and who suffered from the subsequent Parkinsonism for the rest of his long life. That concomitant ailment was also a pleomorphic / pleochronic complex of syndromes. I think that both Long-Form diseases are most probably linked to immune endovasculitis of our smallest blood vessels in a wide variety of organ systems (neural, cardio-pulmonary, renal, gastro-enteric, sensory, integumentary, endocrine, coagulopathies!), explaining the variegated picture confronting us now. We’re not looking hard enough, or casting our net wide enough! Dr. Beaudoin is quite right to mention the potentially immense social costs. But we should also be assessing the excess-death statistics (very alarming!) much more critically. To me, it’s quite frightening: science denialism has become so pervasive that many death certificates simply state some organ failure (heart-lung / kidney / enteric / liver / pancreas, stroke, dementia, etc.), without mention of recent COVID-19, or vaccination status. Coroners should be qualified, not elected. And partisan politicization of a pandemic is a thing of deepest evil! And we must remember that the chief driver for Dezinformatsiya is our worst foe in the Kremlin, with his cheaply-bought Repugnithugs, over here !!!

[@larsgsanger3105]

Yeah, it ”popped up” from a computer-model, faking all sars (fakery)

[@richardtheriault9121]

Thank you. With your expert knowledge, do you have any info or opinion on fasting, whether intermittent of longer chunks, as to how that would help or hinder long covid? Some people are pushing it, and I've done fasting with great results for other health effects(I don't have long covid But I'm interested) Thanks for any reply and google terms to find any research links. Blessings to you and peace and joy in your life of service.

[@larsgsanger3105]

@@richardtheriault9121 You’re not dealing with an educated or a scientist, there’s is no paper that supports a sars-path0gen what_so_ever🍏This is the end of c-|9-narrat|ve

[@richardtheriault9121]

@@larsgsanger3105 bs

[@aprilgarnett55]

Thank you, I have been dealing with all these different symptoms since having Covid and then getting it again, even though I was vaccinated..and been feeling insane as I go from Dr to Dr to try to figure it out, and being told the tests are all normal, but I feel awful and fatigued 90% of my life now, when I was extremely active athlete before

[@kellypabrua192]

I feel alone with my long covid it’s horrible

[@David-dh4gn]

Excellent Interview. I've had long covid for several months. Particularly affected my heart and head, with palpatations, headaches and dizziness. Shortness of breath and fatigue. In august I changed my diet and stopped working to try and get fit. I feel better, but some days I revert back to earlier symptoms. It's a struggle and the whole health system here in the UK is severely inadaquate. I've had to spend money on private tests and consultancy because the NHS do not want to know. The system is failing hundreds of thousands of people. A real tragedy and a national disgrace.

[@surreal6670]

Please share, did you take the jab shortly after having covld?

[@David-dh4gn]

@@surreal6670 Last jab was June 2021

[@marilynshepherd6480]

@@David-dh4gn Oh for god's sake look up the side effects of the jabs, they are just what you describe.

[@David-dh4gn]

@@marilynshepherd6480 They are also symptoms of covid.

[@jessicacortez7017]

Same symptoms 11 months in this long covid nightmare. Don't worry the US is failing us also over here.

[@sstchan924]

Are there differences between patients recovered from Covid of early alphabet to Omicron variants in term of long Covid?

[@nemesisprime7518]

Watch Dr.John Campbell on KZbin, he may have some answers

[@richardtheriault9121]

@@nemesisprime7518 He also has disinformation in the form of implying things, which his follower eat up and spread. He was awesome early in the pandemic, but seems off the rails now and is more like click bait, IMO.

[@katejudson8907]

People with M.E. have been languishing, and dying in the ignorances and denials of the medical industry for soooo long. We hoped long COVID might bring attention to our existence, but. ...

[@standup1099]

I had cov for 6 days then back to normal symptoms where a headache and legs felt strained it's very strange how it effects everyone so differently, it would be interesting if they could record how many long cov sufferers also took 💉

[@kathleenking47]

I wonder, but not all people have bad effects from shot, although many do

[@ark194]

My 2nd Pfizer cured my long covid. There have been studies about this. I believe people did have bad after effects, but some of us were cured...thank God.

[@jojosviolethaven322]

Or didn't.

[@ark194]

I have no doubt many became ill even up to death, but for me and many others, it cured our long covid.

[@anthonypeterson428]

A lot of people I know who got long Covid, didn't really rest after they got Covid especially after symptoms went away. If you get Covid, it's a good idea to rest and take it easy for a couple of weeks after symptoms go away.

[@vinzenzvega4445]

Absolutely. Even after an influenza you need to take it easy and eat super clean with hey little sugar and no alcohol for four weeks

[@elissaanne1953]

I still have post covid pneumonia problems such as loss of taste, unable to gain weight back, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Covid is a biological weapon, definitely targeting neurological problems. I am normally very healthy, 69, nonsmoker and non drinker. I deal with it. Exercise and read, stay busy. But, I'm not the same. The most difficult part is shortness of breath. I was always picky eater, and now that is worse. Certain foods are just a turn-off, very weird. I acquired covid pneumonia in August 2021 and just recently can eat meat and eggs. It's a struggle, but at least I did not die! I'm 5'9". I got down to 93lbs and gained weight up to 110. Cannot seem to get past. I also contracted scoliosis due to not being able to stand up straight for over 3 months. I'm highly educated and have always worked. So now I'm semi retired because I have 7 rescue animals to care for, which I love! Stay busy, mind and body!

[@gimpee8113]

use accupressure massage on the head. Look up meridian on the head. Use your finger to massage all this points. I have dementia, i treat myself. Massage my head for 1 hour a day for several weeks now. Muscus come out from nose and eyes for 2 weeks. The eyes part is itch and swelling. Can drink alot more water now.

[@elisaorozco9494]

Lots of online info from other LC sufferers. I've learned a lot from them. Don't give up. Keep searching and trying different things. Thanks for rescuing the animals!!!

[@thenicegall5310]

This is a very important interview. Thank you.

[@SassyO100]

Thank you for bringing light toLong Covid which I’ve been suffering of from way back in early 2020. Mild flu illness for 8 weeks so no hospitalisation. Symptoms started with fatigue and then oral Planus lichen which affects the oral mucosa. From there I went down hill till now where it’s affected my reproductive organs and my cycle stopped suddenly. This illness is debilitating. I’ve gone from weight training 4 times a week to nil, only now am I forcing myself to do alittle movement a day whilst I build up gradually. The US needs to group with other nations with their research as here in the UK research too is going on but not being filtered through to general practitioners (Doctors). This impacts the dismissal sufferers are experiencing and doctors micro managing symptoms which is not effective as this condition mimics alot of other conditions like diabetes and menopause and CFS/NE which don’t dhow up in lab results. I’ve not had the chance to talk openly to a doctor about the myriad of symptoms I have which have now meant I had to leave my job, exhausted my life savings and don’t have any way of earning a living to just live to then try and get myself better. There so far doesn’t seem to be any help medically or financially because this is not recognised.

[@felixmoyoedonmi]

Most people suffering from long covid are vaccinated. So, how do you separate long covid from the jab and long covid from the natural infection.

[@Claire-sj9mp]

Agree ..the only ones I know with health issues are the vaxxed ..and a few family members never had covid but got 2 doses of vax.

[@Starfish2145]

Well you’re definitely dealing with blood clotting and immune dysfunction. They have done more research in the UK and Europe then they have here. Need to filter the blood

[@jay-wl2di]

From the vaccin yes

[@carolecarr5210]

Thanks Doctor, stay well.

[@gothicpagan.666]

The real problem is simply that the exact same symptoms are explainable by many other causes. CDC clearly need to stop talking and start researching.

[@hdfitting]

Her discounting "regular long covid" because we can get out of bed pisses me off. If she would feel the pain we feel she'd think differently. I have post covid Narcolepsy 2, fibromyalgia, tachycardia, bilateral carpal tunnel, insomnia, muscle tension/spasms/pain, joint pain, cognitive/vision decline, urinary issues, digestive issues and more. Trust me, if my family didn't rely on me completely, I wouldn't get out of bed!

[@stelltame227]

Did the vax cause this? The vax side effects listed include all of the above.

[@elaineandstevecorke7006]

We're you vaxxed? Trying to distinguish between vvax and long covid.

[@Ashley-bm9gc]

@@elaineandstevecorke7006 You are trying to distinguish in the youtube comment section? 🤨

[@elaineandstevecorke7006]

The truth starts with the people. Just need to watch for bots and shills.

[@ApprendreSansEcole]

I had long covid (as many others) before the vax roll out. Haven’t been vaxxed but know that vaccine injured often manifest similarly to long covid.

[@tomkatdj]

As a long Covid sufferer……there is no such thing as long Covid. We are not talking about one definable set of symptoms, one diagnosis and one treatment. These are a vast range of follow on conditions, heart and lungs were damaged, that will flow on to other things, for instance in my case I have had pneumonia on and off ever since the initial infection which I did not perceive as particularly serious. That has lead to a reduction in physical activity, i used to go mountain climbing every week, now a simple incline wears me out after a short time. That has lead to other things such as reduced overall fitness, increased weight and the general effects of low blood oxygen levels. So yes, I can go to work and function in some capacity, but no, I’m not okay. It’s the domino run with many different arms, and we need to deal with the individual underlying conditions caused by it, following wherever it goes.

[@carolinesser-miles6608]

Sorry about your journey. Most of my symptoms can be linked to the gastro and nervous system strands, though I am also intrigued by the fascia research. To me it looks like a syndrome with different symptom groups.

[@surreal6670]

Probably took a jab while not fully recovered from covld. There are no "long covid" patients who are unvacclnated

[@funbarsolaris2822]

@@surreal6670 Oh yes there are... millions in fact but you are in denial because you don't want to admit that's true. There are people who went round saying there is no covid and no such thing as long covid... until they got long covid and have their lives upended. Maybe you wont learn until it happens to you

[@cpt_kirkwood]

For some people this is true. For others we had a very mild case of covid and no detectable damage on scans or tests

[@Clara87006]

I'm starting to walk again for this is a nightmare.

[@pascalevite1136]

Among those who have to deal with long covid, how many : were treated when they were sick? (asked to stay at home and wait for recovery in France in 2020, not allowed to take certain treatments) How many were vaccinated before or after getting covid?

[@neilifill4819]

Sigh… perhaps early mismanagement of the virus has prevented the type of attention needed to COVID at the individual citizen level. While face coverings and vaccines may not have prevented long COVID, we may not have seen such a wild and widespread proliferation. It’s almost as if we have multiple pandemics: 1) an ever-mutating virus, 2) prolonged illness, and 3) unhelpful skepticism.

[@val4803]

There is no such thing as "mismanagement of the virus", the virus cannot be managed, it comes and goes whenever and wherever it is supposed to. You are too ignorant and arrogant

[@neilifill4819]

@@val4803 you’re right. We cannot manage a virus. Try this: early mismanagement of the messaging concerning the virus. Am I less arrogant and ignorant now?

[@ex8280]

It was a sad day when they banned HCQ because Trump said it helped with Covid.

[@mikefobear589]

I got the current booster 2 weeks ago. I wasn't planning on getting the booster but changed my mind. Glad I did.

[@stelltame227]

I hope your experiment works out for you..... in the long run.

[@marilynshepherd6480]

What on earth for, they are not vaccines.

[@donwithyashit1473]

I haven’t been able to breath “normal” since I got Covid almost 1.5 years ago. I have asthma and it is way worse now. I have trouble going number two. It can be exhausting. I have been on large doses of meds 8 nebulizer treatments a day. Oxygen over night. I might as well be dead. All I can offer my family is my wisdom. Is that enough?

[@janiceacaron7951]

I'm into my 4th YEAR of dealing with long covid!!!

[@jimgill5706]

Are you testing vitamin D level in people with long covid? If not, why not? The majority of people worldwide have low D levels and this is very dangerous to their health.

[@badbenito]

Three years into a pandemic and we still don't have Universal healthcare. Thanks a lot Congress!! #PublicOptionNow

[@traiandanciu8139]

If theoretically, at some patients, after SARS COV2 infection auto antybody like rheumatoid factor occur, and increase blood viscousity (when blood temperature decrease) ,may be (?)must avoid low temperature and high blood viscousity( at low temperature, induced by tendency of erytrocyte aggregation )using N-Acetylcysteine?

[@chasetonga]

None of this matters. It isn’t like the entire US health system actually CARES about people. It is absolutely shameful in this country.

[@s.k.mcintee5854]

Long covid is just one of the devastating effects from surviving infection, so if you are considering the increasing costs from an increase in organ damage, for example, we will be paying dearly for healthcare for the next 75 years, as mamed survivors work through their life spans as less productive citizens. If we had been faster and more complete on health protocols, like wearing masks and washing hands, we probably would not have the COViD surcharge on insurance premiums we will have here onward. It is like a life span tax on existance. Prevention would have protected us from this cost. It is opportunity lost for the current generation.

[@val4803]

I say, long covid is just a cover story for the vax injury

[@ex8280]

Im in California, everyone did that(except the rioters). Yet it didn't stop the infection. As a matter of fact infection/death increased.

[@richardtheriault9121]

@@ex8280 As a medical person I remember well that people would NOT mask appropriately, not covering their nose, pulling it down to speak, cough , sneeze. So no we did not do that! 'cause "ma rights!" So yes, a highly infectious disease spread...who'da thunk it?

[@spartacusforlife1508]

If I remember correctly the first autopsies of covid related cadavers were found to have blood clots throughout the body. Many surviving covid patients were seen to have miniscule blood clots. Could this be the cause of long covid and if so shouldn't blood thinners be used as soon as possible?

[@jay-wl2di]

Right now Ryan cole made a new discovery fibrous clots and many other reports in vaccinated. Nattokisease can help for clotting and aspirine. You should watch him on rumble. I always was provax but this vaccine and the virus there is something fishy.

[@ex8280]

No, blood thinner will send the virus deeper into your body. Post infection maybe. But really they should be treating people with Iv3rmessin/HCQ asap to prevent the virus from replicating. Unfortunately its more profitable to banned their distribution.

[@pastordfc]

Serious chat! Congrats

[@deathveteranxd6650]

I dont mean to be a deby downer but ms and cfs where defined and recognized as a chronic condition 50+ years ago and we still have no answers. Long covid is vary similar to these conditions. Im on the impression that we will have to be our own best advocate, and push for answers. 2+ years with the condition myself is terrible.