Robert DeRosa
@robertderosa.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Long COVID advocate | Former 🇯🇵🇸🇬 int’l educator | MPP | Disabled by #LongCOVID since 02/2020 | Fighting for treatment & recognition | Views are my own
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Despite the cold, people with Long COVID, doctors, and allies gathered across Canada for #LongCOVIDawarenessday
Great to see familiar faces like @robertderosa.bsky.social and Dr. Angela Cheung from @longcovidweb.bsky.social
Great to see familiar faces like @robertderosa.bsky.social and Dr. Angela Cheung from @longcovidweb.bsky.social
March 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Despite the cold, people with Long COVID, doctors, and allies gathered across Canada for #LongCOVIDawarenessday
Great to see familiar faces like @robertderosa.bsky.social and Dr. Angela Cheung from @longcovidweb.bsky.social
Great to see familiar faces like @robertderosa.bsky.social and Dr. Angela Cheung from @longcovidweb.bsky.social
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A closer look at the ways Long COVID breaks our hearts. Submitted by people with Long COVID across Canada. Thank you Robert DeRosa for printing and laminating these!
March 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A closer look at the ways Long COVID breaks our hearts. Submitted by people with Long COVID across Canada. Thank you Robert DeRosa for printing and laminating these!
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"Even in suffering, there’s agency here. We are not just patients; we are storytellers reclaiming what this illness has taken from us." - Robert DeRosa, community advisory group member
Read more: bit.ly/4tgsgQC
Read more: bit.ly/4tgsgQC
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Even in suffering, there’s agency here. We are not just patients; we are storytellers reclaiming what this illness has taken from us." - Robert DeRosa, community advisory group member
Read more: bit.ly/4tgsgQC
Read more: bit.ly/4tgsgQC
Living with severe #LongCOVID for 5.5 years means every day is a fight just to survive.
I rely on ongoing support just to afford uncovered medications, basic care, and the treatments that keep me stable enough to get through each day.
Every share or donation helps: www.gofundme.com/f/robertlong...
I rely on ongoing support just to afford uncovered medications, basic care, and the treatments that keep me stable enough to get through each day.
Every share or donation helps: www.gofundme.com/f/robertlong...
Donate to Help Robert Access Life-Saving Long COVID Treatment, organized by Robert DeRosa
Help Robert Access Life-Saving Long COVID Treatment
5.5 Years of Su… Robert DeRosa needs your support for Help Robert Access Life-Saving Long COVID Treatment
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August 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Living with severe #LongCOVID for 5.5 years means every day is a fight just to survive.
I rely on ongoing support just to afford uncovered medications, basic care, and the treatments that keep me stable enough to get through each day.
Every share or donation helps: www.gofundme.com/f/robertlong...
I rely on ongoing support just to afford uncovered medications, basic care, and the treatments that keep me stable enough to get through each day.
Every share or donation helps: www.gofundme.com/f/robertlong...
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Robert DeRosa, 42, was a marathon runner and teacher before long COVID upended his life. He fell ill after a Disney vacation to Florida in February 2020. Now unable to work, he lives with his dad and rarely leaves home. “You feel powerless,” he says. “No one’s fighting for you.”
archive.md/n4120
archive.md/n4120
June 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Robert DeRosa, 42, was a marathon runner and teacher before long COVID upended his life. He fell ill after a Disney vacation to Florida in February 2020. Now unable to work, he lives with his dad and rarely leaves home. “You feel powerless,” he says. “No one’s fighting for you.”
archive.md/n4120
archive.md/n4120
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Robert DeRosa, a 42-year-old living in Hamilton, Ont., all these symptoms... DeRosa even experienced tooth & hair loss, as well as insomnia & PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). "I feel like a shadow of myself," DeRosa told Yahoo Canada. "It's been 4 years now. I just want my life back".
Yahoo Life: 'It's been 5 years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Canadians are still struggling with long COVID: 'It's like losing your life without dying'
ca.style.yahoo.com/its-been-5-y...
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It's been 5 years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Canadians are still struggling with long COVID: 'It's like losing your life without dying'
According to Statistics Canada, one in nine Canadian adults have experienced long-term COVID-19 symptoms.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Robert DeRosa, a 42-year-old living in Hamilton, Ont., all these symptoms... DeRosa even experienced tooth & hair loss, as well as insomnia & PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). "I feel like a shadow of myself," DeRosa told Yahoo Canada. "It's been 4 years now. I just want my life back".
🌟 Big news! I’m able to confirm the City of Hamilton signature sign will shine teal from dusk March 15 to dawn March 16 for International Long COVID Awareness Day. 💙 Let’s light up awareness. CURE LONG COVID NOW! Share this & spread the word!
#LongCOVIDAwareness #longCOVID #HamOnt #HamOntSign
#LongCOVIDAwareness #longCOVID #HamOnt #HamOntSign
March 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌟 Big news! I’m able to confirm the City of Hamilton signature sign will shine teal from dusk March 15 to dawn March 16 for International Long COVID Awareness Day. 💙 Let’s light up awareness. CURE LONG COVID NOW! Share this & spread the word!
#LongCOVIDAwareness #longCOVID #HamOnt #HamOntSign
#LongCOVIDAwareness #longCOVID #HamOnt #HamOntSign
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November 13, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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