Dr Elisa Perego
@elisaperego78
#LongCovid | Covid || researcher || inequality, health, disability in present | past || patient-led research || medicine history || MA PhD | โ MD || views own
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19-05-2011 09:56:07
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Four years ago today the term #LongCovid was first used as a Twitter hashtag. A single tweet by a patient linked a grassroots movement of people, who weren't recovering from Covid. Feels strange to tweet this another time. So much research. So many articles. We're still fighting
Four years ago today.
#LongCovid
Thank you for your continued advocacy, Dr Perego ๐ Dr Elisa Perego
A really important thread documenting the history of #LongCovid by Dr Elisa Perego. Please read and share.
Il y a quatre ans aujourd'hui, le terme #LongCovid รฉtait utilisรฉ pour la premiรจre fois comme hashtag sur Twitter.
Merci Dr Elisa Perego ๐
Dr Elisa Perego Karl Jennings Xabier Ostale Thank you and the small group of patients who first brought out the term Long COVID. Humanity owes you all a great deal.๐๐๐๐๐๐
Four years ago today, the term โLong Covidโ was first used by Dr Elisa Perego right here on X/Twitter to describe her own experience of not recovering from Covid.
Today, itโs a globally recognised term used to describe the condition now affecting millions worldwideโฆ
#LongCovid