An Update On Dianna's Health
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as an example of how severe long COVID and ME/CFS can become.
What it is
A health update from the Physics Girl channel explaining that Dianna Cowern has been seriously ill with long COVID and ME/CFS, and that new science videos are postponed.
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What Hacker News said
Cites jcims · 2023-03 · on “I broke a wine glass with my voice (2018) [video]”
Dianna (Physics Girl) is currently experiencing severe complications from ME/CFS/long COVID. Per the last update on her twitter: The last weeks were scary. ER visits were hard. Dianna still can’t walk, or even sit up in bed. But we see signs of progress. Sleeping more. Eating more. More treatments coming. Update here - [this video] [LINK]
Cites audunw · 2023-07 · on “Fatigue Is So Much More Than Being Tired”
I’m reminded of Physics Girl who got a very serious case of long covid fatigue. Really shows you how devastating it can be [this video]
Cites quenched · 2023-08 · on “Brandon Gilles Dies from Long-Covid, Electrical Engineer and Spatial AI Pioneer”
While long Covid is an encompassing term, there is symptom overlap between long COVID and ME/CFS. Around 50% of people with long COVID meet the criteria for a diagnosis of ME/CFS. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] Mild ME/CFS is usually associated with around 50% reduction in daily functioning. Moderate will usually lead to people being housebound and intermittently bed-bound. Severe and very severe are associated with a level of suffering that is hard to imagine possible. An example of someone becoming severe is PhysicsGirl - Dianna Cowern. [this video] The associated severe dysautonomia means that people are unable to sit or stand and often they can not eat or digest. They may require intravenous nutrition.
Cites aestetix · 2023-08 · on “WASF3 disrupts mitochondria and may mediate exercise intolerance in CFS”
The two easy areas I can cite are the lackluster results of the RECOVER initiative ( [LINK] ), and the complete failure of any government to distribute vaccines well. Another: 19 September 2022, US President Biden declares COVID to be "over" [LINK] Meanwhile, it is easy to get Pfizer and Moderna vaccines (mRNA based), and hard to get Novavax (protein based). By hard I mean impossible. mRNA are not well understood, have nasty side effects for some people (including me), and lose their efficacy after a few months, thus the need for boosters. You can verify this with blood tests that show antibody levels. With Novavax, which is based on technology that's been around for 20 years, it appears (ba
Cites ugh123 · 2023-08 · on “WASF3 disrupts mitochondria and may mediate exercise intolerance in CFS”
For those not aware of the extreme cases of long covid, see "Physics Girl" Dianna Cowern and her illness. [this video]
Cites PaulKeeble · 2023-09 · on “What Happened to Dianna Cowern – Physics Girl? Dianna Cowern Health Update [video]”
She did her own video when she first become extremely ill with Long Covid: [this video] There has also been a few updates on shorts showing the extent of how severely unwell she is. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] She also gives some updates on twitter/X as well. She has severe to very severe ME/CFS brought on by Long Covid. This disease is brutal, its one of the most deblitating diseases with the worst quality of life known and it has almost no research funding for decades. She is one of many millions now missing from life stuck in bed suffering with no one offering any help.
Cites moffkalast · 2023-11 · on “SARS-CoV-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure”
Well maybe a practical example [0] would be more convincing. It's really infuriating that most people still seem to discount even the existence of long covid. [0] [this video]