Long Covid: An Anthropological Perspective

Long Covid: An Anthropological Perspective

Thresholds is a Biological Theory that Incorporates Social and Ecological Realities

Thresholds is not a theory of trauma but rather one of entanglements, with a spotlight on biological inflections

Emily Mendenhall
Jan 20, 2026
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There are many arguments that suggest I use a trauma-based theory for thresholds. My intention of amplifying thresholds was in fact the opposite: to shine a light on the very real fact that conditions like ME and LC are biological problems. What biological problem is at the heart of dysregulation, however, is difficult to measure in a quick clinical vis…

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