Woman gets hantavirus, told by doctors it's probably anxiety

[prism@infosec.exchange]

@skinnylatte We're really ready for another pandemic. Every five years or so we all just need a reset. Right? I'm looking forward to it.

[odoruhako@mastodon.social]

@prism @skinnylatte We didn't finish the last one yet...

[somcak@beige.party]

@skinnylatte sounds about right.

[cycling_liz@mastodon.social]

@skinnylatte ...and not a single woman was surprised.

[sindarina@ngmx.com]

@skinnylatte Urgh.

[crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange]

@skinnylatte

Oh so theyve progressed from histeria to anxiety?

[helle@tacobelllabs.net]

@skinnylatte About what I'd expect from the medical system, about what every woman expects.

[kfitz@hcommons.social]

@skinnylatte @kate My experience of the medical profession in a fucking nutshell.

[zenheathen@beige.party]

@skinnylatte Oh, shit. I read that headline and chuckled at what the Onion came up with today. Then I saw that it wasn't the Onion.

[finchhaven@sfba.social]

@skinnylatte

"female hysteria"

mhmm...

[ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social]

@prism @skinnylatte

The current pandemic has not fixed this. In fact, Long Covid is a good example of how illnesses which mostly affect women are not taken seriously (eg, get less research funding)

"Systematic Underfunding of Long Covid, ME/CFS, and Other Debilitating Diseases That Disproportionately Affect Women"

Solve Science Spotlight: Systematic Underfunding of Long Covid, ME/CFS, and Other Debilitating Diseases That Disproportionately Affect Women - Solve ME/CFS Initiative

Dr. Karen Bonuck's research team found that six of the ten most underfunded conditions were those affecting women more than men, including ME/CFS and Long Covid.

Solve ME/CFS Initiative (solvecfs.org)

"… the NIH must do a better job at funding severely debilitating diseases that disproportionately affect women more than men, like Long Covid and ME/CFS"

[transitbiker@urbanists.social]

@skinnylatte what a fucking shitshow. Everyone onboard should have been isolated in quarantine for 6 weeks in one place. JFC. My partner has been told that valid concerns about things were “anxiety”. She is an incredibly intelligent woman & she’s been treated like a mental patient over legit things. I bring it up & I’m taken seriously. When this happens, I’m sure to point out the double standard. Even women doctors are guilty of this!!!

[wronglang@bayes.club]

@skinnylatte wow, that's a classic story

[felipeb@hachyderm.io]

@skinnylatte you are probably hysterical, here, use this vibrator

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

@skinnylatte @funnymonkey Classic

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@skinnylatte That's the kind of public-health vigilance that lets us all sleep at night.

*chattering teeth sound*

[stephanie@ottawa.place]

@skinnylatte ah yes of course. I hope she wasn't also overweight, cause that's when they just send you home without even listening to you

[401matthall@mastodon.xyz]

@skinnylatte

Well... That was predictable. <sigh>

[401matthall@mastodon.xyz]

...

"We could run tests... But it's Friday and as you can see it's gettin' kinda late... So... We're gonna go with anxiety," looks at spouse, "She's got anxiety, right? Sure she does. M'kay. That's it. Go home and relax. It's not like you're dying."

...

[alison@beige.party]

@skinnylatte That tracks with the way women are treated in medical settings.