Wail of a Tale

10/21/2026

Long COVID shows up in the blood.

Researchers supported by the NIH RECOVER program found that people with Long COVID had inflammation lasting more than 180 days after infection, along with signs of a worn down immune system. A second group of patients showed the same pattern.

People who had more inflammation during their first infection were more likely to develop pain, cough, brain fog and fatigue later.

Read the study: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02353-x

10/15/2026

Access became a civil right, and then stopped at the threshold of breathable air.

Short 2 of The Air We Share (working title) is now on YouTube. It covers access to public space, from the Section 504 sit ins in 1977 to the ADA in 1990, and asks what access means when no one measures the air inside.

Watch: https://youtu.be/L819zm56C5M

Support the film:
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=HZHB5BZW5RYX8
Center for Independent Documentary: https://www.documentaries.org/films/the-air-we-share/

10/14/2026

Long COVID research just took an important step.

A study in the journal Cell took antibodies from people with Long COVID and neurological symptoms and moved them into mice. The mice then developed signs of fatigue, loss of balance, pain sensitivity and nerve damage, the same problems patients describe.

It is a mouse study, and it applies to one group of patients. But it points to a cause, not just a pattern. Preventing infections in the first place matters.

Read the study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.04.042

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Every school day, children walk into a shared room and breathe the same air. Who decides what that air is like?
The Air We Share (working title) is a new 10 minute short from Wail of a Tale Productions. It places real stories beside published research on repeat COVID infection in children and adults, and on the standard that exists for cleaner air in schools.
Featuring Plum Stone, CEO and Founder, Safer Air Project @[tag] Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, UNSW Sydney @[tag] Ylan Roy, Licensed Teacher, Vermont @[tag] Adam Van Bavel @[tag]
A film by Marty Pack, M.A., Exec MPA
Watch: https://youtu.be/cJhO-GsF86o
Made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council @[tag]. Archival footage courtesy of the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Please share it with your school community.

10/07/2026

Air and learning belong in the same conversation. Congress already put them there. The next step is simple: measure the air in classrooms and share what it shows.

10/06/2026

Thank you, Ohio Arts Council! Our short film The Air We Share (working title) is now streaming. It's about the air our kids breathe at school, and what we owe them.
Link in bio to watch.
The Air We Share (working title) is made possible in part by an investment of public funds from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.

10/03/2026

Meet Lisa Greenfield, an indoor air and environmental quality educator and advocate, in the Wail of a Tale Changemaker Series.

09/30/2026

Congress wrote students into the law. The World Trade Center Health Program covers people who lived, worked, or went to school in the disaster area. The 2010 law provides care for covered conditions with no deductibles or copays.
The students of 2001 are grown now. In today's classrooms, a carbon dioxide monitor can show a number no one in the room has been taught to read. Nobody is hiding it. The country never built the habit of asking. That question sits at the heart of The Air We Share, from Wail of a Tale Productions.
Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/laws.html