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https://thesicktimes.org/2024/09/03/as-a-doctor-im-disappointed-in-my-colleagues-for-ignoring-long-covid-i-made-a-resource-to-educate-them-and-the-public/>
"Back in early 2020, the news of the strange illness causing terrible
pneumonias in China saddened me, but I believed I was safe in Canada. Within
weeks, there was a reckoning: thousands were dying on my doorstep, too.
Directors of an independent living residence at the start of the pandemic asked
me to become the residence’s COVID-19 advisor. They had no qualified medical
staff, despite supporting elderly residents. Back in those early days, anyone
with a medical qualification was commandeered to help in any way they could.
Confronted with the task of providing guidance to the nonmedical staff taking
care of these residents, I decided to learn everything I could about the
pandemic. At that time, about 1,000 papers were being published every month
detailing research into every aspect of the coronavirus. Of course, I couldn’t
read all of them, but I read as many as I could and built a breadth and depth
of evidenced-based knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. I wrote up the
protocols and during my tenure as COVID-19 Advisor for this residence, we kept
COVID out.
As a family physician seeing COVID-19 in my practice, I came to recognize that
so many of my colleagues and patients had no idea how to keep themselves safe
from the coronavirus, nor were they aware of its long-term risks. I saw the
need to take action and effect change, which ultimately led me to becoming an
advocate for Long COVID awareness.
I started the medical education company Kojala Medical, aiming to provide
evidenced-based information about medical issues in a form patients could
understand and reliably trust. I wanted a credible, trustworthy site to which I
could refer my patients, colleagues, friends and family. We started with a
focus on COVID-19 and have now expanded to Long COVID, with the site
longcovidtheanswers.com."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: September 5, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-111460405
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
