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 (DIR) Post #Acij2DZZVcQZSlKups by deborahh@mstdn.ca
       2023-12-11T15:45:23Z
       
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       https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.HxbC.efD9YqoKWjqn&hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share@ScottEdelman https://wandering.shop/@ScottEdelman/111562426297412277#covid19 #longcovid #giftarticle
       
 (DIR) Post #Acij2EUe5Q56Jm2UnQ by deborahh@mstdn.ca
       2023-12-11T19:00:05Z
       
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       "Dismissal & gaslighting — you’re just depressed; it’s in your head — are among the worst aspects of long Covid, and can be as crushing as the physical suffering. They’re hard to fight because the symptoms can be so beyond the realm of everyday experience … Journalism, then, can be a conduit for empathy, putting words to the indescribable and clarifying the unfathomable for people too sick to do it themselves."-ed yong
       
 (DIR) Post #Acij2GakHi9IpGuOa8 by deborahh@mstdn.ca
       2023-12-12T01:00:02Z
       
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       "… I hope that this serves as a guide to reporting on patients with chronic energy-limiting illness, a call to do more such reporting, & a mission statement about why such work is necessary & what it can achieve. It’s really about journalism as a whole, & how this work made me re-evaluate some of what I had internalized about my industry’s values and practices. It forced me to do better. I hope this piece inspires others in the same way."- ed yong