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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 2d

...deadly

Reposted by Colin Pidgeon

Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 4d

In our recommendations to the UK COVID Inquiry
we call for a nationwide public awareness campaign to explain clearly that Long Covid in children is a debilitating and potentially disabling long-term condition.

From 2024 - Parents accused of making it up.

inews.co.uk/news/parents...

‘It’s destroyed us’: Parents of children with long Covid accused of making it up

Doctors and parents say children are being threatened with being taken into care as medics struggle to diagnose their conditions and families are placed under suspicion

inews.co.uk

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 4d

Today's #poem for #last100daysof2025poetry is in response to the prompt 'in the waiting room'. It is dedicated to the current failure of #publichealth #covidisairborne

A poster about nosocomial infection with a haiku that reads:

In the waiting room
Nosocomial gifting
Brought me to my grave

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 6d

Image credit

"Sonoran Smiles" by Artotem is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 6d

Today's flashback #haiku is a #poem from a couple of years back.

I am proud of this one; it is one of my better efforts.

A smiling young woman with the text with the first two lines of a haiku:
Whenever you smile
The world happily smiles back

A second picture of a girl (my daughter Rosie) sitting in her wheelchair on the beach, watching the sun set over the sea. We tried to join the rest of the family on a walk across the beach. But I could not drag the wheelchair across the sand. So we watched the waves wash away the tracks in the sand as the sun dropped to the horizon.

The third line of the haiku reads

It hates your sickness

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8d

Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection.

"A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 U.S. children found those reinfected with COVID-19 during Omicron had over twice the risk of developing long COVID"

Source: archive.md/yFaMB

September 30, 2025

The GIST

Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection

by Lancet

edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 7d

#art #advocacy #longcovid #pots #mecfs

Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 7d

It draws attention to how debilitating post-Covid autonomic disturbances can be. Sometimes her HR will hit 150bpm while she is sitting still in a chair...

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 7d

Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social today in support of Sammie and @longcovidkids.bsky.social .

A group of Long COVID Kids supporters outside the inquiry building holding a banner and placards

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 12d

Today's prompt for #last100daysof2025poetry
is 'maritime'.

Here's my effort. The #poem is best enjoyed if you also listen to MC Hammer's I Can't Touch This as you read
#youcanttouchthis
#hammertime

An image of the Basque Goddess Mari, overlaid with a poem that reads:
Maritime
Like Hammertime
But for a Basque Goddess
Not a strange man
In extraordinary trousers

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 12d

@longcovidkids.bsky.social #youthadvocate Rosie has now shared the work from her #WeAreStillHere exhibition on her insta account, along with the explanation of what is behind the individual works.

www.instagram.com/rosiepidgeon...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 13d

#last100daysof2025poetry
Day 1: off prompt. In memory of the legend Dickie Bird

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 13d

#last100daysof2025poetry
Day 2: heritage day

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 17d

Betsy goes to work...

A Citroen 2CV in an office car park with the sun rising behind

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 18d

From my morning to yours...

Morning sunshine through a castle window, overlooking a lake. The Mountains of Mourne are in the distance.

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 20d

#art #artist #belfast

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 20d

Just sold a throw pillow, featuring my design of iconic Samson and Goliath cranes at Belfast docks.

Have a look at my redbubble site if you would like to see what else is on offer.

www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...

"Samson and Goliath" Pillow for Sale by pidgeonpaints

Iconic cranes from the Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built, towering over the city skyline. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

www.redbubble.com

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 21d

A cartoon pigeon held by some weird disembodied blue hands. Text reads,"it may look like nothing to the world, but to a pigeon in need, your kindness means everything"

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you for your tireless support of Rosie's work Ann!

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so.

She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs

Ann Forbes @aeforbes.bsky.social · 24d

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

Do you mind reminding me where on the planet you are? Broad area will do, not address 😉

Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

That's terrific, thank you Ann. I'll send it to her.

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

Rosie challenged visitors to contribute to Rona Lisa 2 by thinking of kind things they could say to people with #longcovid #mecfs. They were invited tonwrit on post its and add them to the piece.

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

Link to the exhibition brochure is here

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Finished brouchure.docx

Saturday 13th September - Friday 24th October This exhibition features the work created by Rosie Pidgeon and other children and young people with Long Covid. It is supported by the charity Long Covid ...

docs.google.com

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Colin Pidgeon @baldypidge.bsky.social · 24d

Walkthrough of the #WeAreStillHere exhibition that opened yesterday.

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