Interview with Elle and Otto from 'Got Long Covid?' and 'Covid Safer PDX' about how Covid-19 affects our mental health, community, sense of self, and even modern concepts of madness. We also talk about why it can be so hard to convince people of things that seem obvious to some of us.

EDIT: A few times I misspoke and misnamed Otto's project. It is 'Covid Safer PDX'.

CW: Covid-19, isolation, suicidality, disablement

Guests:

• Elle: https://www.instagram.com/gotlongcovid/
• Otto: covidsaferpdx.com

Specific Episode Sources:

• Asymptomatic Transmission: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-transmission-asymptomatic/story?id=84599810

• Covid and Ventilation: https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20210521/masks-ventilation-upgrades-lowered-covid19-incidence-in-elementary-schools

• Covid orgs in your area: https://covidactionmap.org

• Ignaz Semmelweis: Carter, K. Codell; Carter, Barbara R. (2005), Childbed fever. A scientific biography of Ignaz Semmelweis, Transaction Publishers, ISBN 978-1-4128-0467-7

• Long Covid and Social Struggle: https://tempestmag.org/2024/07/long-covid-and-social-struggle/

• Global Prevalence of Long Covid: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39830235/
• Long Covid Science: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6
• Long Covid Rates: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2023001/article/00015-eng.htm

Other Resources/ Where to Start

• The People's CDC: https://peoplescdc.org/
• Covid risk modeling: https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
• Portland Clean Air Committee: https://linktr.ee/portlandcleanaircommittee
• Covid myths debunked: https://whyareyouwearingamask.com/
• Common Covid Questions: https://Youhavetoliveyour.life

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