Binita Kane

@binitakane.bsky.social

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Long COVID/ME interested lung doctor | Campaigner | Independent SAGE | Co-Founder South Asian Heritage Month | Diversity Power List 24/25 Website: https://thelongcovidclinic.co.uk Linktree: https://linktr.ee/binitakane

Collaboration for Change poster: experts and advocates shaping the future of ME and Long Covid. Image shows speakers; Dr William Weir, Prof Tom Trinick, Dr Binita Kane and Prof Chris Ponting

Newspaper article by Jessica Rawley in the Times ‘parents accused of faking their children’s Long Covid’.

Excerpt from Cerebra.org report showing high levels of allegations of FII, more likely if parents are disabled and the harm it causes to families.

Wording on slide ‘Evidence tells us that the mother (or female caregiver) is nearly always involved as the instigator of FII and that the father’s involvement is variable.

Multi choice Q: A a parent does not accept reassurance about their child’s health B A child does not respond well to prescribed medication C a parent continually seeks medical opinions D a child’s presentation does not match reported symptoms.

Slide with boxes, one showing ‘Maria instructs her daughter’s teachers to limit her PE and insists on a specific diet without any medical reason’.

A slide showing boxes with multiple symptoms and traits commonly seen in post-viral conditions eg allergies, ADHD, sleep problems.

Image with Rumi quote: ‘somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there’.

I Long for an Internet where it would be possible to talk in a totally nuanced way about things. Where you could say I am broadly on your side about this, but I also think about this, without people thinking you are the other side. I long for sideless conversations. Conversations as spherical as the world we live in.

Picture of Binita Kane and Peter Rowe