Astrid Meyer-Knutsen
@astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social
Interests: ME/CFS, Long Covid, politics, science, nature and animals. Norwegian but post mostly in English. Newbie allotment gardener.
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'Long COVID patients face more than double the healthcare costs after diagnosis'
'"Long COVID is a debilitating disease for patients, presenting in a myriad of ways, with far-reaching implications for those affected."
www.news-medical.net/news/2025120...
'"Long COVID is a debilitating disease for patients, presenting in a myriad of ways, with far-reaching implications for those affected."
www.news-medical.net/news/2025120...
Long COVID patients face more than double the healthcare costs after diagnosis
People with Long COVID use the health service significantly more than they did before their diagnosis. These patients need to use GP, outpatient, inpatient and emergency department services more than ...
www.news-medical.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
'Long COVID patients face more than double the healthcare costs after diagnosis'
'"Long COVID is a debilitating disease for patients, presenting in a myriad of ways, with far-reaching implications for those affected."
www.news-medical.net/news/2025120...
'"Long COVID is a debilitating disease for patients, presenting in a myriad of ways, with far-reaching implications for those affected."
www.news-medical.net/news/2025120...
- In conclusion, in this population-based study with three years of follow-up, we found that individuals affected by PCC reported consistently lower work ability than those without PCC, with little change over time.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Work ability trajectories and sick leave in individuals with post COVID-19 condition: 3-year follow-up of a population-based cohort
The study highlights the prolonged impact of PCC on work-related functioning and underscores
the need for targeted occupational, clinical and social measures for those affected.
www.thelancet.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
- In conclusion, in this population-based study with three years of follow-up, we found that individuals affected by PCC reported consistently lower work ability than those without PCC, with little change over time.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Yale Medicine: Quick Question: Do We Know What Causes Long COVID?
Iwasaki: "There’s been so much progress that’s been made in this area of Long COVID research...there are hypotheses that we’re testing..both at the basic science level and..through..clinical trials'
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Iwasaki: "There’s been so much progress that’s been made in this area of Long COVID research...there are hypotheses that we’re testing..both at the basic science level and..through..clinical trials'
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Quick Question: Do We Know What Causes Long COVID?
During an interview on the Health & Veritas podcast, Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, discussed post-acute infection syndromes, like Long COVID, and what we’re learning
medicine.yale.edu
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yale Medicine: Quick Question: Do We Know What Causes Long COVID?
Iwasaki: "There’s been so much progress that’s been made in this area of Long COVID research...there are hypotheses that we’re testing..both at the basic science level and..through..clinical trials'
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Iwasaki: "There’s been so much progress that’s been made in this area of Long COVID research...there are hypotheses that we’re testing..both at the basic science level and..through..clinical trials'
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
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Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news for the week of Nov. 24 - 30.
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
News in Brief - November 2025
This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in November 2025 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.
www.s4me.info
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news for the week of Nov. 24 - 30.
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
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A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
“… coerced infection—the complete lack of mitigation and the normalization of mass and repeated infection of a debilitating virus—is ubiquitous throughout society.“
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
Our Culture of Coerced Infection
“You Do You”—unless you are trying to protect yourself from Covid
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
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Another day, another study that suggests this virus is not good for our kids to keep catching
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Another day, another study that suggests this virus is not good for our kids to keep catching
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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'New survey highlights essential role of virtual care for long COVID patients'
"Many of the 621 survey respondents from across the country shared how lifesaving and essential these virtual services are...reduces risk of infections, travel time, and PEM"
www.news-medical.net/news/2025112...
"Many of the 621 survey respondents from across the country shared how lifesaving and essential these virtual services are...reduces risk of infections, travel time, and PEM"
www.news-medical.net/news/2025112...
New survey highlights essential role of virtual care for long COVID patients
Preliminary results of a national survey conducted by researchers at the Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences (SFU FHS) has found that Canadians with Long COVID identified virtual health...
www.news-medical.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
'New survey highlights essential role of virtual care for long COVID patients'
"Many of the 621 survey respondents from across the country shared how lifesaving and essential these virtual services are...reduces risk of infections, travel time, and PEM"
www.news-medical.net/news/2025112...
"Many of the 621 survey respondents from across the country shared how lifesaving and essential these virtual services are...reduces risk of infections, travel time, and PEM"
www.news-medical.net/news/2025112...
Virtual health is also a great way to reduce risk of re-infections which we know can lead to deterioration. Seeking healthcare shouldn't come with the risk of leaving the appointment with a new Covid-infection.
Simon Fraser University: 'National survey finds virtual health ‘essential’ for Long COVID support: SFU report'
'PEM, or Post-Exertional Malaise, is common in many people with Long COVID, meaning that physical, mental, or sensory activity triggers can cause a flare-up..'
www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...
'PEM, or Post-Exertional Malaise, is common in many people with Long COVID, meaning that physical, mental, or sensory activity triggers can cause a flare-up..'
www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...
National survey finds virtual health ‘essential’ for Long COVID support: SFU report
Researchers at the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences surveyed Canadian Long COVID patients, and found that many people with the condition consider virtual care "lifesaving and essential," while also noti...
www.sfu.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Virtual health is also a great way to reduce risk of re-infections which we know can lead to deterioration. Seeking healthcare shouldn't come with the risk of leaving the appointment with a new Covid-infection.
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Medscape: 'How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims'
By Miriam E. Tucker
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
By Miriam E. Tucker
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims
A disability attorney specializing in chronic disabling conditions and a physician with extensive experience helping patients file claims offer advice.
www.medscape.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Medscape: 'How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims'
By Miriam E. Tucker
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
By Miriam E. Tucker
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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What You Need to Know About COVID, November 2025
I invite you to read this article I compiled for the World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social.
whn.global/what-you-nee...
I invite you to read this article I compiled for the World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social.
whn.global/what-you-nee...
What You Need to Know About COVID, November 2025 - WHN
COVID is the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2). The virus is spread via infectious aerosols, exhaled by an infected person who may or may not dis...
whn.global
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
What You Need to Know About COVID, November 2025
I invite you to read this article I compiled for the World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social.
whn.global/what-you-nee...
I invite you to read this article I compiled for the World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social.
whn.global/what-you-nee...
- ME som diagnos har funnits länge men trots det är vården fortfarande splittrad kring diagnosen. Det förekommer missförstånd och ibland kan det bli väldigt fel när patienter till exempel uppmanas att träna, trots att de bara blir sämre, säger Per Julin
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
Maja, 21, är sängliggande – dygnet runt: ”Har bett om att få dö”
AVESTA. Säsongsjobb i Sälen och utlandsresor. För tre år sedan såg 21-åriga Maja ljust på framtiden. I dag är hennes enda dröm att ta sig ut ur det sovrum där
www.aftonbladet.se
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
- ME som diagnos har funnits länge men trots det är vården fortfarande splittrad kring diagnosen. Det förekommer missförstånd och ibland kan det bli väldigt fel när patienter till exempel uppmanas att träna, trots att de bara blir sämre, säger Per Julin
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
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CIDRAP: 'Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests'
"The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS..) can provide valuable insights.."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
"The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS..) can provide valuable insights.."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
CIDRAP: 'Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests'
"The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS..) can provide valuable insights.."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
"The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS..) can provide valuable insights.."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
- Vi i Norsk Covidforening kjenner til at barn ikke blir tatt på alvor og ikke får riktig medisinsk behandling fordi behandleren ikke har tilstrekkelig kunnskap om sykdomsmekanismene.
tidsskriftet.no/2025/11/deba...
tidsskriftet.no/2025/11/deba...
Senfølger etter covid-19
24.11.2025: Debatt - Dersom norske barneleger følger veilederen om senfølger etter covid-19, risikerer de å feilbehandle alvorlig syke barn.
tidsskriftet.no
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
- Vi i Norsk Covidforening kjenner til at barn ikke blir tatt på alvor og ikke får riktig medisinsk behandling fordi behandleren ikke har tilstrekkelig kunnskap om sykdomsmekanismene.
tidsskriftet.no/2025/11/deba...
tidsskriftet.no/2025/11/deba...
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Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news for the week of Nov. 17 - 23.
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
News in Brief - November 2025
This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in November 2025 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.
www.s4me.info
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news for the week of Nov. 17 - 23.
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
Topics:
News, advocacy and articles
Coming events
Research news and commentary
& Published research
www.s4me.info/threads/news...
- The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS) can provide valuable insights for projecting and mitigating the long-term economic burden of long COVID
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts - npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
- The economic modelling and management strategies for other chronic post-viral syndromes or debilitating conditions (e.g., ME/CFS) can provide valuable insights for projecting and mitigating the long-term economic burden of long COVID
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Forslag til karensdag som faktisk funker:
Du får ikke lønn for de dagene du går sjuk på jobb.
Du får ikke lønn for de dagene du går sjuk på jobb.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Forslag til karensdag som faktisk funker:
Du får ikke lønn for de dagene du går sjuk på jobb.
Du får ikke lønn for de dagene du går sjuk på jobb.
- HIV researchers know that the virus remains in a viral reservoir in the body, and they think this may be true for long COVID.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Important Long-COVID Lessons From AIDS Researchers
The search for long-COVID treatments echoes the previous struggles against HIV/AIDS. Now researchers are taking lessons from those breakthroughs to make new progress.
www.medscape.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
- HIV researchers know that the virus remains in a viral reservoir in the body, and they think this may be true for long COVID.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How Labour Negate Progressive Ideas Through ‘Divide and Rule’ | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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- Influensa ikke bare betyr en uke i senga med feber. Risikoen for slag og hjerteinfarkt øker som følge av influensainfeksjon, sier Cox.
www.nrk.no/vestland/eks...
www.nrk.no/vestland/eks...
Eksperter spår tiårets verste influensasesong – disse fordelene har influensavaksinen
Influensa betyr ikke bare en uke i senga med feber, advarer forskere. Risikoen for å få slag, hjerteinfarkt og forhøyet blodtrykk øker også.
www.nrk.no
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
- Influensa ikke bare betyr en uke i senga med feber. Risikoen for slag og hjerteinfarkt øker som følge av influensainfeksjon, sier Cox.
www.nrk.no/vestland/eks...
www.nrk.no/vestland/eks...
Tekna Magasin med god artikkel om ME som inkluderer intervju med pasient Jørn Tore Haugen og forsker Olav Mella.
www.tekna.no/magasinet/ma...
www.tekna.no/magasinet/ma...
Jørn Tore har ikke kunnet jobbe på 13 år
Jørn Tore Haugen måtte slutte i jobben på grunn av ME, men har fremdeles ikke gitt opp håpet om en tilbakekomst til arbeidslivet.
www.tekna.no
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tekna Magasin med god artikkel om ME som inkluderer intervju med pasient Jørn Tore Haugen og forsker Olav Mella.
www.tekna.no/magasinet/ma...
www.tekna.no/magasinet/ma...
Antallet nordmenn som dør som følge av høyt blodtrykk har mer enn doblet seg de siste fem årene. – Kan skyldes koronaviruset, mener kardiolog. FHI skylder på endring i registrering av dødsfall.
www.nrk.no/buskerud/fle...
www.nrk.no/buskerud/fle...
Flere dødsfall: – Covid-19 kan gi høyt blodtrykk
Antallet nordmenn som dør som følge av høyt blodtrykk har mer enn doblet seg de siste fem årene. – Kan skyldes koronaviruset, mener kardiolog. FHI skylder på endring i registrering av dødsfall.
www.nrk.no
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Antallet nordmenn som dør som følge av høyt blodtrykk har mer enn doblet seg de siste fem årene. – Kan skyldes koronaviruset, mener kardiolog. FHI skylder på endring i registrering av dødsfall.
www.nrk.no/buskerud/fle...
www.nrk.no/buskerud/fle...