Multi-Modal Sensoriality and Online Community-Based Support in the Long Covid Choir.

Long covid involves diverse chronic physical and cognitive symptoms with poorly understood mechanisms and limited treatment options. Many affected individuals turn to community groups for support. Drawing on ethnographic research with the Long Covid Choir, a patient-run online singing and support group, in this paper I examine how participants use overlapping sensory experiences to cultivate belonging, foster biosocial solidarity, structure care, and counter isolation. Through shared auditory and visual practices - collective breathing, guided mindfulness, and gentle stretching - the choir cultivates multi-sensory connection. These activities foster digitally mediated social intimacy for individuals who face significant barriers to in-person participation.