Lingering pathogens have been a big part of Chinese medicine, documented as early as 2,000 B.C. So much of the medicine operates around the interstices, ecapsulated spaces, and empirical evidence that lingering pathogens are not considered special or even rare.

The treatment of disabled people is always the canary. If patient communities can be erased to reduce risk, any inconvenient group can be next. Listen to disabled people.

If you’re not in the U.S., repealing Section 230 still affects you. Most major platforms are U.S.-based or depend on U.S. infrastructure (payments, app stores, hosting). When U.S. liability increases, censorship is global everywhere, not just in the U.S.

Repealing Section 230 is an LGBT+ issue. Under NSPM-7, platforms can be held liable for content the government deems radical on gender and family values which will lead to the censorship of LGBT+ voices. NSPM-7 categorizes a lot of free speech as violence.

Repealing Section 230 is a civil rights issue. The ADA recognizes digital spaces as public accommodations and infrastructure. Policies that predictably silence disabled people function like physical barriers to entry. Section 230 is an access issue.

NSPM-7 redefines vast categories of speech as indicators of violence. Repealing Section 230 then makes platforms liable for hosting that speech. The predictable result is sweeping, preemptive censorship of anyone who isn't a fascist.

@KatBoniface @Naomi_D_Harvey @ClemensMarliani An initial worsening of symptoms on herbs like Gou Teng is not unusual if the patient has a lot of neurovascular inflammation/instability. Some people do better starting with gentler stabilizers like Fu Shen or Huang Jing before trying anything that modulates perfusion/glutamate.

Repealing Section 230 isn’t a tech tweak - it’s a civil rights issue. The ADA recognizes digital spaces as public accommodations. Policies that predictably silence disabled people function like physical barriers to entry. This will end internet access.

The CDC data have been released, and nationally transmission is up 61% from Nov 29 to Dec 6. We are in a 12th wave.

Repealing Section 230 will wholly erase Long Covid communities online. Not because patients are wrong but because platforms will preemptively censor medical discussion to avoid liability. Patient knowledge will disappear forever. That’s just one of the many dangers.

Congress is rushing 18 censorship bills through the end of session with no debate - all under the guise of “protecting children.” Meanwhile, Palantir + the govt are weaponizing AI to police free speech. Say goodbye to a free internet, and hello to an imperial broadcasting system.

Long COVID Incidence Proportion in Adults and Children Between 2020 and 2024: "Incidence [of Long Covid] did not decrease over time, reinforcing Long Covid as a continuing concern." https://t.co/8nSLAZz1Ms

Palantir doesn't store data - they’re building an engine to automate surveillance, censorship, and enforcement for the U.S. government. It's basically hooking NSPM-7 up to AI - automated policing of anyone who disagrees with Stephen Miller. https://t.co/tXJgBQp3Do

This isn’t meant as an attack. Everyone is affected by medical dismissal. The point is that those with relative privilege tend to encounter it less frequently, while multiply marginalized folks face well-documented barriers to diagnosis and care across cultures.

For many men, especially çïş white men, Long Covid has meant their first real encounter with medical dismissal. The notion of being uniquely wronged comes from freshly entering a landscape others have navigated their whole lives.

@Mike_Honey_

From what I understand, BA.3.2 and BA.3.2.2 carry the hallmarks of chronic-infecting variants. If they spread widely, they’d be the first variants of this type to do so - which might mean more chronic infections and more viral mutation? @Mike_Honey_ ?

Gentle reminder that viral (/particle) persistence is confirmed in ~50–70% of people after COVID-19, based on a weighted average of studies - mostly involving those with chronic symptoms, underlying conditions, or who underwent biopsy or autopsy.

Galen (129–216 CE) was perhaps the most influential medical thinker in Western history, a physician of the Roman Empire.

Both Hippocrates and Galen were likely describing Long Malaria, the cause of which was endemic around the Mediterranean. Malaria is one of the oldest infections known to cause prolonged fatigue, cognitive slowing, and exercise intolerance long after the acute fever resolves.

Chinese medicine wasn’t the only tradition documenting chronic illness after infection. Hippocrates (400 BCE) described months of exhaustion and slow recovery, and Galen later noted lingering brain fog and exercise intolerance after fevers. Long Covid has many ancient ancestors.