S.Jones

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Chronically enraged that I've had ME/CFS since 1992. cfsgraphics.com

Shows a child sitting on hr father’s lap asking if she is going to get long covid. The father says everyone will get long COVID. The dog is concerned about who will walk him.
Shows a train conductor with a head resembling the head from The Scream by Munch. The conductor is saying "Welcome Aboard” to people with long COVID. The train is labeled the ME/CFS Express, and through the train’s windows, suffering people can be seen. The first long-COVID passenger being helped onto the train has a suitcase labeled "one way". A crowd of people labeled long Covid, including a child, is waiting to board the train.
Shows a doctor on the edge of a forest trying to put out a small COVID fire. There is a large fire in the forest behind the doctor labeled "long Covid". A frightened deer runs out of the forest to escape the fire. The deer is labeled ME/CFS. The cartoon shows that while Covid is somewhat less prevalent (though still a dangerous threat), the huge problems of Long Covid and ME/CFS still loom.
Shows a caricature of Simon Wessely, a British psychiatrist who believes that ME/CFS is a psychological illness. He has demeaned and damaged very sick patients with his faulty, baseless notions. The graphic shows him with a big cigar in his mouth and a CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) label on his shirt.
Shows a woman with ME/CFS propped up in bed with her cat. There is a brown blob on her head labeled “stigma”. A jet plane is flying overhead, dropping brown blobs onto the woman’s head. The jet is labeled “Medical Profession”. In large letters, the cartoon says “Enough Already”.
Shows a doctor speaking down to a female patient sitting on an exam table. The doctor is explaining that because she has ME/CFS, it is okay to gaslight her. The doctor admits that he didn’t study ME/CFS in medical school, and he doesn’t like to read medical research to keep up-to-date. He also says that because the patient is female, she is probably hysterical. The patient is rolling her eyes
Shows the scream and a monster with a chainsaw standing over a woman in bed. The woman in bed has ME/CFS and looks sick and frightened. The first monster is labeled Simon Wessely, and the 2nd monster is labeled pseudoscience.
Shows a sick man in a bed marking tallies on the wall representing the time he has been sick. He has devices for tube feeding attached to his abdomen. Written on the bed is “Severe ME Day August 8th.” A crow at the foot of the bed says, “Free Whitney Dafoe,” who is a person with severe ME who has been sick and alone in a darkened room for years.
Shows a sick man (Whitney Dafoe) lying on a bed with a feeding tube attached to his chest. With one hand, he is marking tallies on the wall to indicate the passage of time. There are many tally marks on the wall to indicate that he has been sick for a long time. There is a crow at the foot of the bed saying, “Free Whitney Dafoe."
Shows a man sitting in a chair with his daughter on his lap. The girl is asking her father if she is going to get long Covid. The father says yes, everyone will. The dog sitting at the man’s feet is asking who will walk the dog.
Shows a teacher in a classroom pointing to a chalkboard on which she has written “We’re going to save the chidren,(deliberately misspelled) aren’t we?” The teacher has a pink blob for a brain, labeled Covid Brain. Several children are not paying attention to the teacher and they have pink blob Covid Brains, too.
Shows a teacher in a classroom pointing to a chalkboard on which she has written “We’re going to save the chidren,(deliberately misspelled) aren’t we?” The teacher has a pink blob for a brain, labeled Covid Brain. Several children are not paying attention to the teacher and they have pink blob Covid Brains, too.
The cartoon shows a man sick in bed. Beside the bed is a walker, indicating that the man is disabled. There's a dog beside the bed. The man is saying, "If you don't want to wear a mask during Covid, you should purchase long-term disability insurance immediately. The dog says "If you can still get it!"
The cartoon shows a man sick in bed. Beside the bed is a walker, indicating that the man is disabled. There's a dog beside the bed. The man is saying, "If you don't want to wear a mask during Covid, you should purchase long-term disability insurance immediately. The dog says, "If you can still get it!"
Shows a man and woman walking past a building labeled ME/CFS Prison. The man is meant to resemble Francis Collins, head of the NIH, carrying bags of money. One bag is slung over his shoulder and it is labeled “billions” representing the NIH’s 47 billion dollar budget. The woman says to the man, “I hear they’re lifers,” and the man says,” Yeah, it’s a shame.” In the window of the ME/CFS prison is a person behind bars saying “Please help me.” A crow on the ground says “It’s a scandal.
Shows a doctor with a hose extinguishing a small bonfire labeled Covid. Behind the doctor is a raging forest fire labeled long Covid. Fleeing the fire is a deer with the label ME/CFS, a diagnosis often applied to long Covid patients The Cartoon depicts that while Covid cases are down from the pandemic high, the problem of Long Covid is still of major concern.
One side of the cartoon shows Anderson Cooper, a CNN reporter and commentator, talking about long Covid. The other side of the cartoon shows a person in bed saying "Welcome to post-viral hell!" The bottom of the bed shows the letters ME/CFS indicating the link to long Covid. A dog peeking out from under the bed says, "No cure, no treatments."
Shows a disabled man in a bed with a sad expression on his face. There is a walker by his bed to indicate that he is disabled. The bubble above the disabled man’s head reads: “If you don’t want to wear a mask during Covid, you should purchase long-term disability insurance immediately.” There is a dog on the floor beside the bed. The bubble over the dog’s head reads, “If you can still get it!"
Cartoon shows a crowd of people waiting to board a train called the ME/CFS Express. The people waiting all have the words “Long Covid” written on them. A train conductor is helping a passenger board the train. The conductor has a stylized face reminiscent of Edvard Munch’s face in his painting 'The Scream.” Above the conductor’s head is a bubble saying "Welcome Aboard." The passenger boarding the train is carrying a satchel that is labeled “one way.” Through the train windows, people in distress are seen.
This cartoon depicts a female teacher pointing to a chalkboard where she has written “We’re going to save the chidren, (intentionally misspelled) aren’t we?” The teacher has a large pink area of her brain colored pink and is labeled COVID brain. She has a grey cloud surrounding her head indicating brain damage or brain fog. The children in the classroom are facing the chalkboard and are seen from behind. Some of the children have pink brains and brain fog clouds above their heads. The afflicted children show physical signs of distress by being slumped over their desks or sleeping with their mouth open. The CDC has released a study that says there are one million children who have long COVID in this country.
Shows a teacher pointing to a chalkboard where she has written "We're going to save the chidren, aren't we? She has covid brain, which is indicated by a pink blob where her brain would be. Several children have pink blob brains suggesting that they are impaired, also.
Shows a teacher pointing to a blackboard where she has written "Were going to save the chidren, aren't we? The teacher's pink brain is labeled Covid Brain and some of the children have the same pink brain. A word is misspelled on the board indicating that the teacher is making cognitive mistakes from Covid Brain.
Shows an evil clown (labeled ME/CFS) popping out of a wind-up box (labeled COVID) frightening Francis Collins, former head of the NIH.