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Do you think you should be doing that?

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2 months
If you don't believe in the range of severity, the amount of community prevalence, and how repeat infections can make long covid worse, then you're still participating in denialism. It's not enough to accept that it exists, you must acknowledge the scale of the problem as well.
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2 months
Three of the largest American cities, all run by Democratic mayors in states run by Democratic governors are looking to ban masks. They did so with Biden in the White House. Democrats do not give a shit about public health.
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BREAKING: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she is discussing a mask ban for protests with the City Attorney.
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"Immunocompromised people should just stay home" I have a coworker that let me know today that he's immunocompromised but feels like he can't tell our employer that because he's worried that could factor in in future layoffs due to increased group health plan rates.
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When public health says "we need to learn to live with covid, it's going to be with us forever, and endemic covid has arrived", people seem to have interpreted that as covid is with us but is no longer a threat. This is public health's communications failure.
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MS can take up to 30 years from an EBV infection to show. Chronic HIV 10 years. What makes so sure you know everything there is to know about Long Covid?
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Unless we normalize masking in as many contexts as possible, our governments will pass mask bans one jurisdiction at a time until it's criminalized everywhere.
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3 months
None. We should implement clean air infrastructure in all public spaces, identify outbreaks quickly and provide supports for people to stay home and properly recover while also preventing onward transmission. Supply fit testing and respirators in communities with outbreaks too.
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@GhostOfSocrates Exactly how many decades should we have been locked down?
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Devouring texts on 1918 influenza pandemic, AIDS, cholera, polio, and even the history of asbestos has helped contextualize the current SARS2 pandemic and the upcoming potential avian influenza one.
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We need to be careful to not isolate the pandemic from the context of history we need to understand it. This time isn't as unique as people think. The way societies reacted to it were based on the attitudes and structures of those societies since before the pandemic.
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Just wanted to say unequivocally that the actions by the CDC to withhold recommendations for safer spaces through a targeted clean air rate via ventilation and filtration was an evil act. They knew from the get go what steps would be needed and why they were needed.
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It's airborne. You can't duck. You need to trap it. With an N95.
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NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck
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A very famous doctor just posted that they are now infected with covid for the first time in three years. About a year ago they were talking about how we all just need to do a personal risk assessment. I hope they reflect on how public health risks shouldn't be borne individually
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As noted elsewhere, these aren't mini waves. This is a consistently high tide. The term mini wave doesn't do it justice given that even at our lowest, we're seeing 5x more community transmission than the pre-omicron peaks.
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COVID-19 Won't Have Influenza's Seasonal Pattern Of Spread: Report

The pandemic may be over, but SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay.

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1 year
Them: Are you gonna wear a mask forever Me: Yes
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2 years
"Do you expect us to mask forever?" I don't expect you to do anything. I on the other hand will continue masking until the following are available: 1. PrEP reducing risk of infection down to 1 in 1000 2. Community levels are estimated at 1 in 100k 3. Long covid treatments
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My partner and our youngest went on a short plane ride to go away for a few days. They masked everywhere and cleaned the air in their hotel room before eating and drinking. They tested throughout and continue to test to identify if an infection event occurred.
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4 months
People that work remote still interact with others. They don't have solitude. It's weird to not understand that a physical space isn't necessary for engagement.
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People who work 100% remotely, do you miss coworkers or do you prefer the solitude?
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In the last few weeks I've seen so many adults blame their continued illnesses on exposure from their kids. Can I just say how traumatizing such insinuations can be for those kids?
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The last time the ACLU posted about masks was in January of 2022. As masks became vilified even by the CDC, where is the ACLU today? Why aren't they speaking up as multiple states and cities seek to ban their use in public spaces?
@ACLU
ACLU
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BREAKING: A federal appeals court ruled in favor of students with disabilities challenging Iowa’s ban on mask mandates in schools.  This is a win for students with disabilities who face serious harm from the threat of COVID-19. We won’t stop fighting to protect ALL students.
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Them: "I hate getting sick." Me: "Me too. That's why I wear one of these." <points to respirator on my face> Them: <exasperated/confused/or blank look>
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I frequently wear my respirator when alone in between destinations. Donning and doffing as stretches the head bands which reduces tension and may compromise seal of done too often.
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@robsmithonline My favorite is still seeing them driving, alone, with a mask on. Protecting themselves from themselves, I guess 😂
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Someone just claimed that being able to smell cigarette or marijuana smoke isn't an indicator of airborne biopathogen risk. This is wrong. Being able to smell things a distance away means that those aerosolized particles were able to travel all the way to your breathing zone.
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1 year
In my personal life I've had to apply a lot of game theory when it comes to advocacy. I can't speak to close friends and family about protecting themselves from covid because they're not in a place that allows them to accept information that runs counter to their biases.
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As a reminder, mask mandates are never coming back. Except when you're in a building with a bunch of old rich white people.
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COVID infections within the state Senate has forced a return to mandatory masking on the...

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"It's not covid" Most commonly used phrase at workplaces today.
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The WHO says 1 in 10 people will eventually be afflicted with long covid and face symptoms that require "long term care". That amounts to ~800M people worldwide. How many do you think will actually get access to any care? How many will get access to sufficient care?
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If you see someone in a trail wearing a mask then by definition, they're not by themselves. 🤷
@dshawn306
🇨🇦DShawn🇮🇪
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@Christy4Change I've actually seen people along the trails, in the countryside here, by themselves with a mask on. Scared of catching covid from the trees? Maybe a gopher? What the af!? 🤦🤦
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Them: Why are you still wearing a mask? Me: Aside from protecting me against infection, it serves as a reminder to the rest of you that the pandemic is still with us maiming and killing our friends, family, and neighbours. The question is, why aren't you?
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If getting infected repeatedly with pathogens is supposed to build your immune system, why are people getting infected repeatedly?
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In the last few days we've seen more papers implicate SARS2 as the cause for RSV surge in paediatric cases, diabetes, and dementia. I don't really know how public health and media are content to keep quiet on these findings. But the betrayals keep coming.
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Virus A infects 90% of people in the world and kills 1% immediately. Virus B infects 1% of people in the world and kills 90% immediately. Public health virus A is better. And ignores that Virus A eventually disables 10%, hospitalizes 5%, sends 2% to ICU, etc.
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This asshole told you to stop wearing a mask after you were vaccinated. If you got long covid since then, you should be blaming Biden.
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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Don’t inject bleach. And don’t vote for the guy who told you to inject bleach.
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Mask mandates are never coming back except when you're elite athletes that deserve to be protected.
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Face masks to return at Tour de France to limit COVID-19 cases in the peloton
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After meeting with 3 of the top long covid researchers on the planet, all of whom said they wear respirators in public to protect themselves from long covid and in solidarity with their patients, Bob decides do a 25 tweet thread justifying smashing his face on a metal trash can.
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8 months
How am I acting currently? Given a moderate uptick in Covid over the past two months, I’m back to masking in crowded and poorly ventilated places, particularly when I don’t need to talk. When I do mask, I always use an N95; I see no reason to wear a less effective mask. (2/25)
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What's bizarre to me are jurisdictions like New Zealand, Atlantic Canada, etc. that adopted a zero covid approach for the first couple years of the pandemic and saw NEGATIVE excess deaths, just decided "well those people should have just died anyways" and removed protections.
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If by lockdown you mean the two months of working and school from home for my household, that wasn't a big deal. Or did you mean having to wear masks at the grocery store and other spaces where people congregated? The definition of lockdown seems quite fluid with these people.
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These people do not understand what "covid is airborne" means if they think such selective masking is sufficient for safety.
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7 months
lol not for long 🤪
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I don't really understand why we've made things so complicated. Put on an N95 everywhere you're sharing air with others. Max out UV, ventilation, and filtration in all facilities. Prioritize spaces where people can't mask continuously. Test and isolate when exposed unmasked.
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Went to a restaurant patio yesterday. Had a daiquiri in one gulp. Kept my respirator on the entire evening otherwise. Chatted with my boss and jr. dev who were in town for a work event. Stayed for 4 hours with great outdoor ventilation the entire time. Then walked home.
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People complaining about vaccine safety but happily accepting live virus infections, what's up with that?
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"We can't talk about outdoor transmission because it will make people that still eat outdoors with loved ones feel bad" is surely a take. People can do what they want but we do them a disservice by providing an incomplete picture of how airborne pathogens transmit.
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1 year
Just curious what everyone's plan will be when outdoor pollution becomes so toxic that fresh air no longer exists. And since clean indoor air was never codified and enforced when we had the opportunity, will you just accept that life for yourself and your kids?
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8 months
Anyone that acquired an illness at this hospital should use these tweets in future lawsuits as evidence of negligence.
@royalhospital
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT
@royalhospital
8 months
… This reduction means that we are now ceasing the requirements to wear masks in clinical areas. We would like to say a huge thank you for your support and compliance and helping us to protect our colleagues and patients. We will continue to review the decision.
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The goal for PPE isn't to wear them forever. It's to wear them while a threat exists that the PPE can mitigate. The forever will be warranted when we don't do what we need to do in order to remove that threat. Which is why we need to push for the use of all the tools.
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1 year
High risk = anyone with the dozens of risk factors on the CDC covid page High risk = anyone that's had covid before High risk = anyone with ACE2 receptors High risk = anyone
@CNN
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If you're at high risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, it's time to dust off those N95 masks.
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Muriel wins worse person on the internet today. Imagine how broken you must be to make such claims about a stranger just for wearing a respirator. One that looks amazing actually and protects the wearer and those around them.
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1 year
People seem really scared that if others begin to mask, that they might be compelled in some way to perform acts of community care.
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@SH3G3TSiiT Your humanity is airborne. You should try to catch it.
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8 months
For those that stopped masking, the best time to start again was weeks ago. The next best time is today. Protect yourselves and your community by wearing well fitting N95s.
@MLS_Dave
David Christopher 🏥🥼 🇵🇸
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8 months
Everyone is sick. I haven't seen it this bad since Omicron BA.1. It's not all covid. We got flu, RSV, bacterial respiratory sh*t & the usual "common cold" viruses as well. But people are getting their asses kicked & staying sick for weeks. Going anywhere unmasked is not safe.🦠🤒
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It's hard to maintain a relationship with people that stigmatize responsible behaviours. It's hard to trust these people after. Without my partner, this would be an extremely lonely time for me and I'm grateful for her support.
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4 months
Repeat infection with covid is going to have lasting effects on a population level which will be exacerbated by climate change outcomes and our weak institutions won't be able to meet the needs of the privileged let alone the marginalized.
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What's your unpopular opinion about Covid that would land you in this position.
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Things the CDC cautions us about: Raw eggs Raw milk Raw cookie dough Things the CDC doesn't caution us about: Raw covid
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I still mask around people that have tested because our safety measures are imperfect and masking isn't that big of a deal. I mask outdoors because of stories of others' lived experiences where they say that the most likely source of their infection event was outdoors.
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1 year
Mask mandates are never coming back (except when you have a private jet and have a chauffeur to drive you to your private jet from the concourse).
@RealGayArbys
lizwhatsherface
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1 year
WOW. Major airports have private terminals where the ultra-wealthy board their private jets. And guess what? The drivers who shuttle people from their planes? They wear masks without even being asked. They're required to! Because the rich expect this! It's STANDARD, around them!
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"We are following existing public health guidelines" This phrase has been weaponized by institutions all around the world so that they can do the minimum necessary for compliance which obviously is insufficient for safety.
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It shouldn't have to be said but drugs like these need to be deployed at no cost to individuals world wide. Conquering preventable illness is a worthy goal for all of society. Not just for the wealthy.
@AP
The Associated Press
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Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'
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8 months
Shit. Lockdowns. Expect Erie County to have higher rates of disease for the next 5 years now.
@accuweather
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A travel ban is in effect for most of Erie County, NY, on Sunday as a major winter storm brings gusty winds and several feet of heavy snow to Western New York. #NYwx
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Someone ask Fauci if he expects her to fall by the wayside and why or why not.
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1 year
During wild type, while we had various health measures in place to prevent infection, we could expect to be infected with SARS2 once every 10 years. Now we expect to see 15 to 20 infections over that time period. We are not in a better place. It's a different ballgame.
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Outdoor transmission of SARS2 happens. We have plenty of data on it. We can't keep claiming that every sublineage of Omicron yields an ever more transmissible strain while ignoring the implications for outdoor spread.
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N95 respirators are the best value anti-aging tool today. They're an excellent way to prevent inhalation of age-accelerating particles like SARS-CoV-2.
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The covid safe community disagrees on many things such as the what safety means and how much to mask, views on the conflict in the Middle East, and definitions on long covid. But we do seem united in our annoyance at Bob Wachter. I guess that's a start.
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If you don't value your time or if you don't feel like you're angry enough, make sure to watch C Span today live with Walensky
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N95 respirators can't prevent the build up of biopathogens over time unless everyone's compelled to wear them continuously. Ventilation/filtration/UV can't intercept those same pathogens quick enough when you're near an infectious person. #UseAllTheTools
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People don't seem to get it. If we work towards elimination of SARS-CoV-2 through environmental health measures, we're also working towards elimination of all other airborne pathogens. That is a multi trillion dollar windfall that we keep putting off.
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Is it normal for a school to have 10%+ absences on multiple occasions during a school year? Is it normal for a child to be absent for 30% of instructional time? Is it normal for adults to spend all their sick days within the first 2 months of the year?
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Anyone still taking precautions is seen as a buzzkill by others. My MIL told my partner that our continued vigilance makes MIL feel worse than when my partner's ex husband cheated. As always MIL centres herself as the aggrieved party.
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The sad reality is that people now view the vulnerable as THE people who ruined their lives. After all - mask mandates & stay at home orders were sold as a means of “protecting the vulnerable”. People are angry their “normal” was altered & they’re not being subtle about it. /9
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Just wear an N95 or better mask. And I know the next question is "but how do we eat and drink". If eating and drinking in public is the only reason keeping you from caring about your neighbours, then you should do some reflection on that.
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Anytime a child is harmed by the carelessness of the institutions and adults around them, we need to all take it as a personal insult. One that must be rectified by calling the perpetrators to account. This is year 4 everyone. What the hell are we doing.
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None of this would be necessary if we as a society worked towards reducing transmission in all spaces. Using a mix of health measures, we could eliminate this threat for sufficiently long periods with a warning system to let us know when to bring back protections.
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Doctor and nurse asked my partner why she was still wearing a mask. "Are you sick" "Were you exposed" Note, doctor and nurse were unmasked. Thanks for risking her health assholes.
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If you wear disposable N95s, reduce the number of times you don/doff to extend the life of your respirator or change them out more frequently. And be gentle when you remove it. I know lots of folks pull theirs down to take bites/sips of nourishment throughout the day.
@michael_hoerger
Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA
@michael_hoerger
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New study in #JAMA Network Open: Testing the limits of #N95 fit through extensive re-donning and re-use in medical settings. Deep dive: 🔥🔥🔥 Healthcare workers were given fit-tested N95 respirators ( #masks ). Here's what happened. 🔹Same N95 worn for 5 shifts 🔹Shifts
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Wokecrates
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My partner and our youngest need human interaction face to face. Or to do other activities in public while my eldest and I have no such requirement. Obviously this presents some challenges during a pandemic. So we have some rules in place.
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Wokecrates
@GhostOfSocrates
2 months
Most crimes are done without masks. So we should mandate masks to prevent crime.
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@GhostOfSocrates
1 year
They did not choose to get their loved ones sick. They did not choose to be forced into pathogen filled rooms with poor ventilation. They do not have sufficient agency to protect themselves and others around them.
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@GhostOfSocrates
1 month
It's amazing that Trump putting a bandage on his ear was mimicked by so many. Imagine if Biden put an N95 over his mouth and nose after learning about his infection? Imagine if he put one on during any of his campaign trails? Why are the Dems so bad at this?
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1 year
I just woke up in a world where the guy that made Family Guy is showing more wisdom and empathy than our public health officials. Thanks for speaking up @SethMacFarlane . Also we're f'in boned aren't we?
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@GhostOfSocrates
5 months
No. Wear a mask in public at all times. Good ventilation can reduce the risk of infection but is insufficient if our goal is actual safety. We need to maximize on respiratory protection to the best of our privilege. To protect ourselves, our loved ones, and those without means.
@WHOWPRO
World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific
@WHOWPRO
5 months
When you have doubts about ventilation in enclosed spaces, #WearAMask to help protect yourself and others from COVID-19, flu and other respiratory illnesses. #StaySafe
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@GhostOfSocrates
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We wear respirators at home as needed and run air filters 24/7 to prevent onward transmission there as well. By opting for a multi layered approach and not relying on wholly on precautions outside the home, we've been able to prevent transmission in our home.
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@GhostOfSocrates
1 year
And I know that my story isn't unique. So many of us are in the same boat.
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1 year
This is a very real moral quandary for me. My regular social circle was dozens of friends in the restaurant industry. Old coworkers in the tech industry. Plus other family and friends. But no one's wanted to hear the messaging. And every time I speak up, a bridge is burned.
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1 year
One of the great evils perpetrated by public health and other anti-mandate academics and decision makers through the pandemic has been the weaponization of mental health harms in children. It's been the scapegoat used to deny protections against known dangers from SARS2 infection
@tylerblack32
Tyler Black, MD
@tylerblack32
1 year
PEER-REVIEWED Publication! Thrilled that our peer-reviewed commentary has been published, representing over a year of work in adding necessary commentary regarding the use of evidence in pediatric mental health during the pandemic. FREE, OPEN ACCESS: /1
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1 year
"Just because someone's coughing doesn't mean they have a respiratory virus. It could be a chronic cough from something else." True but no one's testing and there's a ton of sick people out there and no reason why you can't both have a chronic condition and be infected.
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@GhostOfSocrates
1 year
To everyone that did a personal risk assessment leading to taking their masks off in the last year or so, thanks. Capitalist interests smelled weakness and pounced. Next up: banning masks outright in public.
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1 year
Approximate costs of a year's worth of covid avoidance: $100 in respirators 100 indoor events with friends skipped (avg 2 per week) 10 office events skipped (1 per month) 500 hours masked I work from home and mask when I go outside or at home sometimes.
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1 year
If 90% of us gets infected an average of 1.5 times a year with a pathogen the causes immune dysregulation for 1/2 year each time, what does that mean for us as a society when it comes to how we interact with other viruses, bacteria, fungi, chemical and other pathogens?
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There's a moral injury that occurs when the people around us don't fully align on perceived risk. I can choose to either become bitter and angry about that or I can work within the context presented and figure out how to care for everyone.
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@GhostOfSocrates
9 months
I stopped communicating covid safety to friends since Dec 2021 as they became vaxxed and relaxed. I knew how this story was going to end. People don't want to hear bad news and they end up shooting the messenger.
@wrath_776
bubblewrath.bsky.social
@wrath_776
9 months
I try not to take it personally but it actually really fucking sucks that basically everyone I've ever known has been happy to abandon me because I am vocal about spreading disease being a shitty thing to do.
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If your kid has been sick more than 10 times in the last years or you've been sick more than 5 times then you may all be suffering from immune dysregulation. Please read the latest articles on the coronavirus from The Atlantic or Washington Post to get your daily dose of cope.
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@GhostOfSocrates
1 year
Fifty percent of men suffer from erectile dysfunction. I know personally zero men that have come forward to tell me about it. Long covid exists without needing you to be told about it by your friends.
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Wokecrates
@GhostOfSocrates
9 months
HIV disease progression is slower. HIV has PReP. HIV has antivirals to prevent AIDS. HIV has killed in decades what SARS did in a few years. HIV has infected millions. SARS2 billions. Long covid is a far bigger threat.
@LazarusLong13
Lazarus Long
@LazarusLong13
9 months
I called it Airborne AIDS, and people lost their mind. Where are they now? BTW? Time to double down. HIV does not kill in the acute, SC2 does. AIDS is a late effect, occurring after years. With all of the varied impacts SC2 has on the immune system OTHER than on TCells?
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I might wear a mask forever or might not. What I do know is that this person will be inhaling the maximum viral dose they can on a regular basis of a wide variety of airborne pathogens which will dramatically shorten their life span and quality of life remaining.
@peaches1907
peaches
@peaches1907
9 months
@ibrake4ants @kksheld @TheChefsGardens @BigMike849245 @CDCgov Are you going to wear a mask FOREVER?
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@GhostOfSocrates
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I see covid cautious people getting annoyed at protestors wearing face coverings and respirators. Masks work regardless of one's political ideology or reason for wearing them. Protests are densely packed social events that risk becoming super spreaders.
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@GhostOfSocrates
5 months
"We can't enforce mask requirements on attendees!" -- Event organizers everywhere Uhhh you sure can!
@chantz_y
chantzy
@chantz_y
5 months
Wow! Look at the safety measures taken for the SFU event with Ed Yong this week - amazing. This is how to build an inclusive event 👏🏼👏🏼
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1 year
Covid does bad things to people's memories.
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1 year
This is the first time I went to a restaurant in years. Not because it's hard to stay safe but because it's hard for me to see people put themselves in harm's way and I don't like being participatory to it even indirectly. Would prefer to just do this kind of thing in my backyard
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1 year
Do I share this information with them and have them gaslight me and dismiss me? By doing so it'll make it harder to get them to come along in the future. As they have dug their heels into a position they can't extricate themselves from easily. There's ego at play.
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@GhostOfSocrates
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My risk tolerance is much lower than everyone else's and we adapt so that folks can participate in society in a manner that respects everyone's needs for health and safety.
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@GhostOfSocrates
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My partner went on a hike with friends/coworkers today. Originally supposed to be 8+ of them. Now it's down to 3. Any guesses why? 🙃 Also this is why I'm adamant that we wear protection outdoors. She'll be with potentially infectious people all day in close quarters.
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1 year
Just sayin...
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Fed study ties 1918 flu pandemic to Nazi Party gains

The paper examined municipal spending levels and voter extremism in Germany from the time of the initial influenza outbreak until 1933.

www.politico.com
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@GhostOfSocrates
11 months
"What, you think you're better than the experts?" If your expert's solution to managing the pandemic is "be infected some more" then yep I do think I'm better than them. 🤷
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