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Long Covid Support Aotearoa
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Bringing forward the lived experience of people with Long Covid in NZ to help and connect with the community
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 12h
We're new to Bluesky.

We are a New Zealand support group bringing forward the lived experience of our community with Long Covid and advocating for awareness, treatment, supports, and prevention.
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 6h
You're welcome 🌸
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 9h
Thank you 🌸
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 10h
Timeline synchronicity. Give @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social a warm welcome Kikorangi 🇳🇿. Wish you didn’t have to exist, but glad you’re here. ❤️
Screenshot of two sequential posts in my timeline: Long Covid Support Aotearoa: We're new to Bluesky. We are a New Zealand support group bringing forward the lived experience of our community with Long Covid and advocating for awareness, treatment, supports, and prevention. And a post linking a TVNZ news story: Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid www.1news.co.nz
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 10h
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 11h
Yep, exactly ❤️
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 11h
Thanks 🫂
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 11h
Make sure you watch the full 15 minute clip! We shed a few tears.
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 11h
Thank you!
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 12h
We're new to Bluesky.

We are a New Zealand support group bringing forward the lived experience of our community with Long Covid and advocating for awareness, treatment, supports, and prevention.
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 13h
Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...
Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
www.1news.co.nz
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 1d
Remember that Herald article that said the economy has Long Covid? We had a few things to say about that.

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Why Long Covid needs more attention – beyond cute headlines – Long Covid Support Aotearoa
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 6d
We need to get serious about protecting our tamariki. Study finds Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection.
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/long...
A photographic image of an abandoned grey teddy bear lying facedown on a path outside a house. The text above reads: A second infection doubles a child's Long Covid risk. The background color is a light aqua and Aotearoa Covid Action's logo is at the bottom of the graphic. Photo by Trym Nilsen on Unsplash.
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d
Latest episode: Physio Lauren Turner discusses calming the nervous system and Sarah Hoefhamer discusses her lived experience of MECFS www.mpr.nz/show/sickand...
Sick and Tired Aotearoa
A show that shines a light on chronic and invisible illnesses in Aotearoa.
www.mpr.nz
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 8d
Each day, we breathe more than 7,000 litres of air. Unsurprisingly, the quality of this air really matters. And given most of us spend a significant part of the day inside, clean indoor air is essential.

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Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 7d
Awesome idea!
#longcovid #maskbloc #maskup
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 13d
Wellington! Some of our Covid aware folks have set up a mask bloc.
This mask bloc can't run without the generosity of donors. Five dollars may mean that a checkout worker can take 5 masks that they can reuse for months.
chuffed.org/project/1510...
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Wellington Mask Bloc
We are Aotearoa Covid Action, a grassroots advocacy group that has risen up in the wake of Aotearoa New Zealand no longer having a credible plan to control the spread of Covid in our schools, workplac...
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 8d
We are so humbled to have met our donation goal of $500 after only two days after launching our ACA Wellington Mask Bloc donation page. Its so heartening that people believe in this cause so much that they are still willing to donate in a recession. We have set a new goal of $1000.
Yellow image with purple stylised mask graphic in a circle and ACA logo
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 29d
We support the call to focus on air quality. We need clean air in schools, hospitals, and workplaces to reduce the transmission of air borne viruses such as Covid-19.
#CleanAir #longcovid

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Poor indoor air quality costing the country a billion dollars each year, researchers say
A public health expert says polluted air is costing the country about a billion dollars each year in healthcare costs and decreased productivity.
www.rnz.co.nz
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · Sep 9
Studies show how common long COVID is globally and in teens.

Long COVID is highly prevalent in a new global analysis published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

A second study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found many teens had lingering symptoms, though most resolved within 3 months.
Studies show how common long COVID is globally and in teens
www.cidrap.umn.edu
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 29d
The latest episode of Sick and Tired Aotearoa podcast features Larisa Hockey talking about Long Covid Support Aotearoa www.mpr.nz/show/sickand...
Sick and Tired Aotearoa
A show that shines a light on chronic and invisible illnesses in Aotearoa.
www.mpr.nz
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 29d
Free conference on PANS Pandas by @panspandasuk.bsky.social

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Navigating PANS and PANDAS - PANS PANDAS UK
Welcome to PANS PANDAS UK. This is our Navigating PANS and PANDAS page.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · Aug 31
Our board game social was a success yesterday! Thanks to the D*List for giving us 3 free hours in their office space in Auckland and to Cheeky Parrot Games which provided the games library. We hope to arrange more get togethers like this. We had about 25 people brave Auckland's weather to attend.
A group of 4 people wearing masks sitting around a table playing a board game holding cards
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · Sep 1
Sick and Tired Aotearoa: Episode 4 shines a light on CRPS

www.mpr.nz/show/sickand...
Sick and Tired Aotearoa
A show that shines a light on chronic and invisible illnesses in Aotearoa.
www.mpr.nz
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Keith Muise @keithmuise.bsky.social · Aug 31
#GetLoud #Covid #MaskUp #LongCovid #LongCovidKids
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Keith Muise @keithmuise.bsky.social · Aug 29
I died my hair blue to raise Awareness for Covid and Long Covid.

If you’d like to help support my efforts to educate, and help pay for more billboards, please do so.
A share goes a long way as well.
gofund.me/7817f5f5

#backtoschool #covid19 #LongCovid #kids #news #friday #weekend
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ARTSTRADA MAGAZINE @artstradamagazine.bsky.social · Aug 31
This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or post COVID-19 (long COVID), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
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List of deaths due to COVID-19 - Wikipedia
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · Aug 27
These results were from a survey of 121 adults across Australia living with long Covid. They had caught Covid between February 2020 and June 2022.
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