In this episode of Still Here: The Sick Times' team recaps the Spring 2025 PolyBio Research Symposium on Long COVID. And disabled journalist Lygia Navarro talks about the language we use for Long COVID, rounding up reader responses to a survey about terms used to describe aspects of the Long COVID experience.

The transcript for this podcast is⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ available on The Sick Times’ website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can jump to specific sections of the podcast and transcript below:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:07) Recapping the Spring 2025 PolyBio Research Foundation Symposium on Long COVID

(00:14:55) A Long COVID language revolution

(00:28:42) Outro

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Mentioned in this episode (in order of appearance):

• The Sick Times: Live blog: Following the Spring 2025 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID and related diseases
• PolyBio Research Foundation Youtube: PolyBio Spring 2025 Symposium
• The Sick Times: Live blog: Following the Fall 2024 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID research
• The Sick Times: I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body

Additional audio in this episode: 

• Rude Mechanical Orchestra: Which Side Are You On? (orig. Florence Reece)