I am Madeline Pod

Marcia AKA Madeline's 45-year long viral Epstein-Barr journey outlined in the podcast & petition(Links in bio). Her petition seeks not simply to save her life but to solve the problems of a disease that doesn't even have a category of coverage under a Canadian healthcare. It welcomes across Canada & international signers

Madeline is a performer (actress, singer), leader, mentor, advocate and community volunteer with her hands on a number of projects. Madeline is a joy to know. She loves gardening and The Sound of Music. Her friends describe her as "effervescent."

She's one of more than 600,000 Canadians living with longviral family of diseases including myalgic encephalomyelitis (which is twice as common as MS) that few drs are trained in. She & others face brutal &  painful deterioration without more gov supports, with still untold numbers of COVID-19 survivors joining them. Current StatsCanada says 37% of people after the 3rd covid infection develop longcovid