First Update From Dianna (Physics Girl)

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Physics Girl creator Dianna Cowern shares an update on her health, struggling with long COVID and ME/CFS. It includes documentary footage and links for supporting her recovery.

Shared in threads on chronic fatigue and her return as an update on how she is doing.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@kgwxd2025 · in “PEM Fatigue Can Shatter a Person”

Hadn't thought to check for updates on Physics Girl in a long while, looks like things are improving! [VIDEO]

@jjraden2025 · in “Problem solving using Markov chains (2007) [pdf]”

Speaking of eyes, Veritasium's occasional collaborator Dianna Cowern (Physics Girl) is doing much better after complications from long covid left her bedridden for two years. It's good to see her up and at 'em. Her latest video, showing her out of bed and going for short walks, is here: [VIDEO]

@ck22026 · in “My first science video in 3 years (Pysics Girl)”

video about her long-covid battle and recovery here: [VIDEO] (caution for those currently sick as it's a rough watch at first)