Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid
@thrivingplanet.bsky.social
Was: Facilitation & organisational culture nerd for do-gooders; climate & sustainability. Healthy, athletic; MTB, ski, mountaineering, outdoors. Everything on pause: Long Covid is brutal.
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island) ⓥ🇨🇭
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island) ⓥ🇨🇭
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COVID-19: A NEW DISEASE PARADIGM
What if SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect us even after the initial symptoms fade?
johnsnowproject.org
In Sep '23 this John Snow Project* article drew together the science on Covid viral persistence, advancing a hypothesis with implications so great most prefer to pretend it's not happening*.
🚨 There is only Long Covid & asymptomatic #LongCovid 🚨
🧵 1/23
johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-n...
🚨 There is only Long Covid & asymptomatic #LongCovid 🚨
🧵 1/23
johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-n...
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As MPs prepare to debate Russian interference, the government could choose transparency and call a full independent inquiry.
Here's why that's necessary: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
Here's why that's necessary: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
Britain still hasn't looked
A democracy that won’t investigate its own weaknesses - is a weak democracy. Let’s make sure Parliament doesn’t look away again.
citizensreunited.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
As MPs prepare to debate Russian interference, the government could choose transparency and call a full independent inquiry.
Here's why that's necessary: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
Here's why that's necessary: citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
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Why does the global economy need to end its obsession with GDP growth?
1️⃣ Growth does not equal wellbeing and equity
2️⃣ We are far from decoupling the stock of atmospheric carbon dioxide from economic growth
Find more reasons in this insightful overview 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1️⃣ Growth does not equal wellbeing and equity
2️⃣ We are far from decoupling the stock of atmospheric carbon dioxide from economic growth
Find more reasons in this insightful overview 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Why does the global economy need to end its obsession with GDP growth?
1️⃣ Growth does not equal wellbeing and equity
2️⃣ We are far from decoupling the stock of atmospheric carbon dioxide from economic growth
Find more reasons in this insightful overview 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1️⃣ Growth does not equal wellbeing and equity
2️⃣ We are far from decoupling the stock of atmospheric carbon dioxide from economic growth
Find more reasons in this insightful overview 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Whilst less common, it’s a myth that asymptomatic COVID means you can’t get long COVID, risk appears to be higher in women in this study.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Long-COVID in patients with a history of mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: a Nationwide Cohort Study
Evaluating the prevalence of long-COVID symptoms in patients with a history of mild or asymptomatic infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the factors assoc...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Whilst less common, it’s a myth that asymptomatic COVID means you can’t get long COVID, risk appears to be higher in women in this study.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🧠 New study: neurological #LongCOVID symptoms associated w/ a marker of brain inflammation that has been tied to Alzheimer’s
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
🧠 New study: neurological #LongCOVID symptoms associated w/ a marker of brain inflammation that has been tied to Alzheimer’s
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
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This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.
Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US – will the UK be next? | Good Law Project
Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS
goodlaw.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.
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Same here.
Not sure if we know the comparable figures for the UK.
The combined cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS on the German economy, largely due to productivity losses and reduced workforce participation, was estimated at €63.1 billion in 2024, or roughly 1.5% of the nation's GDP.
#LongCovid
Not sure if we know the comparable figures for the UK.
The combined cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS on the German economy, largely due to productivity losses and reduced workforce participation, was estimated at €63.1 billion in 2024, or roughly 1.5% of the nation's GDP.
#LongCovid
“Nearly 2% of the adult workforce in the U.S. is unable to work because of ME/CFS or long COVID, costing the economy between $30-50 billion annually in lost productivity and health care costs.”
🙋♀️
Me. Right here. Lost productivity.
And no, I had no prior history.
And no, I can’t try harder.
🙋♀️
Me. Right here. Lost productivity.
And no, I had no prior history.
And no, I can’t try harder.
The effects of long COVID - Illinois Times, the capital city's weekly source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
Though COVID deniers still exist, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in our communities in 2020 and beyond. Those unfortunate enough to catch the original strain were more likely to die or be serious...
www.illinoistimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Same here.
Not sure if we know the comparable figures for the UK.
The combined cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS on the German economy, largely due to productivity losses and reduced workforce participation, was estimated at €63.1 billion in 2024, or roughly 1.5% of the nation's GDP.
#LongCovid
Not sure if we know the comparable figures for the UK.
The combined cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS on the German economy, largely due to productivity losses and reduced workforce participation, was estimated at €63.1 billion in 2024, or roughly 1.5% of the nation's GDP.
#LongCovid
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Reposted by Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid
"I got COVID in hospital - my kidneys started to back up, you know, everything that started that could, all seemed to converge at the same time"
Interview with Phil Collins on his hospital acquired Covid infection. Hospitals + need to be safer 😷
#cleanair #ventilation
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Interview with Phil Collins on his hospital acquired Covid infection. Hospitals + need to be safer 😷
#cleanair #ventilation
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Eras - Phil Collins - Episode 4: Against All Odds - BBC Sounds
Retirement is easier said than done for the hardest working man in pop.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"I got COVID in hospital - my kidneys started to back up, you know, everything that started that could, all seemed to converge at the same time"
Interview with Phil Collins on his hospital acquired Covid infection. Hospitals + need to be safer 😷
#cleanair #ventilation
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Interview with Phil Collins on his hospital acquired Covid infection. Hospitals + need to be safer 😷
#cleanair #ventilation
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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"Children with a history of COVID-19 infection showed a persistent reduction in left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS), indicating subclinical myocardial dysfunction despite normal conventional echocardiographic findings."
#LongCovid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#LongCovid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Long term cardiovascular effects on COVID-19 infection in children. The need for monitoring
Although SARS-CoV-2 infection has been associated with mild illness in children, concerns have emerged regarding potential long-term cardiovascular an…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"Children with a history of COVID-19 infection showed a persistent reduction in left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS), indicating subclinical myocardial dysfunction despite normal conventional echocardiographic findings."
#LongCovid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#LongCovid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Copernicus reported that 2025 was the third warmest year on record. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level 🧪💡
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
Copernicus: 2025 was the third hottest year on record
Copernicus data show that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, only marginally (0.01°C) cooler than 2023, and 0.13°C cooler than 2024 – the warmest year on record. The past 11 years have been th...
climate.copernicus.eu
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Copernicus reported that 2025 was the third warmest year on record. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level 🧪💡
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
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Essential reading for everyone in the medical profession, regarding #longCOVID and the need to listen to patients. This one, by an MD, is going to get printed out and brought to a lot of appointments.
Also worth reflecting on the role of humility in "building the plane while we flew it".
#medsky
Also worth reflecting on the role of humility in "building the plane while we flew it".
#medsky
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Essential reading for everyone in the medical profession, regarding #longCOVID and the need to listen to patients. This one, by an MD, is going to get printed out and brought to a lot of appointments.
Also worth reflecting on the role of humility in "building the plane while we flew it".
#medsky
Also worth reflecting on the role of humility in "building the plane while we flew it".
#medsky
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This is laughable given Trump actually supported the deal. Get your facts straight! www.itn.co.uk/news/badenoc...
Badenoch: Trump is 'right' on Chagos deal | ITN
Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch says that President Donald Trump is "right" to criticise the UK's decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last year, saying that it is "not in the natio...
www.itn.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is laughable given Trump actually supported the deal. Get your facts straight! www.itn.co.uk/news/badenoc...
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At least 100 #nuclear power stations have been built just a few meters above sea-level and will be increasingly threatened by serious flooding caused by accelerating #climate driven sea-level rise and more frequent storm surge.
nsip-documents.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/published-do...
nsip-documents.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/published-do...
nsip-documents.planninginspectorate.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 PM
At least 100 #nuclear power stations have been built just a few meters above sea-level and will be increasingly threatened by serious flooding caused by accelerating #climate driven sea-level rise and more frequent storm surge.
nsip-documents.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/published-do...
nsip-documents.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/published-do...
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A new report has just demonstrated how the government tried to remove racism from its understanding of the 2024 race riots
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
How the UK government laundered racist violence after the 2024 race riots
A new report has just demonstrated how the government tried to remove racism from its understanding of the 2024 race riots
www.thecanary.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
A new report has just demonstrated how the government tried to remove racism from its understanding of the 2024 race riots
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
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Reposted by Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid
I know two people who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's after COVID. One was 35, the other 64, when they were diagnosed.
One simple decision could indelibly alter the trajectory of life: To mask or not to mask.
One simple decision could indelibly alter the trajectory of life: To mask or not to mask.
The Sun: 'Long Covid ‘increases your risk of Alzheimer’s’ – sparking fears of dementia timebomb for 2million Brits'
'Those who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered.'
www.thesun.co.uk/health/37917...
'Those who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered.'
www.thesun.co.uk/health/37917...
Long Covid 'ups Alzheimer's risk'… sparking dementia timebomb fear for millions
THOSE who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered. Almost one in 10 Brits are believed to have the condition, also called post-Covid syn…
www.thesun.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I know two people who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's after COVID. One was 35, the other 64, when they were diagnosed.
One simple decision could indelibly alter the trajectory of life: To mask or not to mask.
One simple decision could indelibly alter the trajectory of life: To mask or not to mask.
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Imagine if instead of reading about this in a British tabloid, you were hearing this from your concerned family doctor, who was also masked in an #N95, running an air cleaner in their consulting room, with the window slightly open (in wintry locales).
Imagine that.
Instead, after 6 years, no...
Imagine that.
Instead, after 6 years, no...
The Sun: 'Long Covid ‘increases your risk of Alzheimer’s’ – sparking fears of dementia timebomb for 2million Brits'
'Those who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered.'
www.thesun.co.uk/health/37917...
'Those who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered.'
www.thesun.co.uk/health/37917...
Long Covid 'ups Alzheimer's risk'… sparking dementia timebomb fear for millions
THOSE who are suffering from long Covid could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s, US scientists have discovered. Almost one in 10 Brits are believed to have the condition, also called post-Covid syn…
www.thesun.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Imagine if instead of reading about this in a British tabloid, you were hearing this from your concerned family doctor, who was also masked in an #N95, running an air cleaner in their consulting room, with the window slightly open (in wintry locales).
Imagine that.
Instead, after 6 years, no...
Imagine that.
Instead, after 6 years, no...
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Reminder that just a month ago the Swiss Government rejected using Palantir in any role in Switzerland's Government.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Reminder that just a month ago the Swiss Government rejected using Palantir in any role in Switzerland's Government.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
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Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Pete' disappears in Cumbria raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier ‘Pete’ disappears in Cumbria
A satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Pete’ has ‘disappeared’ in Cumbria, according to a Natural England spreadsheet. Pete was tagged as a nestling in Cumbria in 2021 (Tag #…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Pete' disappears in Cumbria raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...
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I'm pleased to welcome Andrew Rosindell to Reform. With any luck most people will have forgotten he was a Tory MP, because he didn't come into Parliament for nearly two years while he was being investigated for sexual assault and rape.
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I'm pleased to welcome Andrew Rosindell to Reform. With any luck most people will have forgotten he was a Tory MP, because he didn't come into Parliament for nearly two years while he was being investigated for sexual assault and rape.
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Government has done well in securing record offshore wind capacity. Renewables are the future!
But when the power reaches our homes, too much of it goes straight out the windows of our cold leaky houses.
So now it's time for govt to insulate every home that needs it.
But when the power reaches our homes, too much of it goes straight out the windows of our cold leaky houses.
So now it's time for govt to insulate every home that needs it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Government has done well in securing record offshore wind capacity. Renewables are the future!
But when the power reaches our homes, too much of it goes straight out the windows of our cold leaky houses.
So now it's time for govt to insulate every home that needs it.
But when the power reaches our homes, too much of it goes straight out the windows of our cold leaky houses.
So now it's time for govt to insulate every home that needs it.
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It’s good that Elon Musk has backed down in the face of consequences.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It’s good that Elon Musk has backed down in the face of consequences.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.
But he must still be held to account for what he is: a purveyor of child pornography.