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[covid-safer-hotties]

[chastainromanova]

wear a damn mask

[littlegreenwyvy]

Something that bothers me is, when I ask friends/family/anybody to take COVID safety measures, how often it's framed as a 'my comfort' thing. Even if they're willing to do it, it's always "How many days until you feel comfortable with me unmasking after my trip?¹" Like obviously I don't care 'why' someone takes these safety measures as long as it's happening at all, but the point isn't that it makes me 'uncomfortable' if someone isn't isolating after a trip, the point is that it's UNSAFE, and THAT'S why I'm uncomfortable about it!

It's frustrating.

¹ The answer is "Until you've tested negative on days 3, 5, and 7" or without testing "two weeks" is a good rule of thumb, assuming no symptoms

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Dozens of Alberta scientists, doctors and researchers have penned an open letter calling on the Alberta government to reject the recommendations contained in its recently released pandemic response report. The group, including experts in infectious disease, pediatrics, virology and immunology, says it is essential government policies are based on well-established scientific evidence, and it claims the task force misrepresents data. "We collectively request that the 'Alberta's COVID-19 Pandemic Response' report … be officially dismissed for use as a source of information for both public and provincial policy, as it inaccurately reflects the body of scientific evidence," the letter states.

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[covid-safer-hotties]

[in4newz]

I just want to say

i am not gonna lie a lot of you seem to be treating "presumption of innocence" as a technicality, a legal loophole, a little *wink wink, nudge nudge* "he's the shooter lol except uuuh presumed innocent amirite" when talking about the mangione trial

some posts will have a "well we just don't know, he could have done it but he also could have not" stance thats Slightly better, but even that is not enough.

Luigi Mangione is innocent. the prosecution, during the trial, would need to produce convincing, direct evidence (not the stupid forged shit the cops obviously planted) and i highly doubt that they'll be able to, hence why they're banking on getting everyone to treat him as the shooter already.

As the man himself said: This is completely unjust and is an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.

[anarchotahdigism]

"join an org to stop fascism!"

The same orgs filled with abusers, grifters, & exist solely to capture radical energy & safely convert it into profit for the few people at the top all while disabling & killing marginalized people by refusing to mask?

Fuck orgs, fuck your yt advice on "revolution."

Y'all aren't gonna do shit except continue to abandon marginalized people you've deemed surplus to "the revolution" while fascism worsen & the climate collapses.

Buncha fuckin LARPers.

[fourgottencoast]

the reason why there are so many TB outbreaks happening in the first place is because of how immune damage and immunosuppression as a result of covid increases the risk of opportunistic infections and/or reactivation of latent viruses like TB. please start caring again and mask up (with proper n95 or kn95 respirators, not cloth or surgical) because you will find yourself just as abandoned by society/govt as the elderly, disabled, and children have been for the past 5 years.

"In case anyone missed it, the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has now spread to Ohio.

[The Republican Administration] has ordered the CDC to not report on this"

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[lapdogchase]

the "new normal" couldve been respirators & rapid tests & hepa filters & universal basic income & accessibility & caring about other people.........

edit: if ur reblogging this but u dont REGULARLY mask in public in ur daily life u should reflect on that ❤️

[animentality]

[repostedpoliticalarts]

For my birthday last year, my co-workers gave me covid. We had fun throwing him at the unsuspecting and shouting “you caught Covid!”

Just to avoid manifesting anything I also got the plushie for covid post-vaccine, aka Dead Covid!

If someone “caught” covid, you could throw this one to “cure” them.

bacteriophage plush anon made me think of my own similar yet much worse creature

behold the gonorrhea plush my brother was gifted as a baby. stunning work

very cute! i think someone was trying to hex your brother

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

In light of Brian Thompson being shot dead on my birthday (🎉🥳🎂) I'd like to share a personal story about UnitedHealthcare.

During the peak of COVID, my family all got sick. I couldn't be on my parents' insurance because they were both older and on Medicare. So, I had insurance through my University: UnitedHealthcare.

For some reason, rather than roll-over each year, I got a new plan each year that ended after May and didn't start until August, so I was uninsured for the summer months, but it was a weird situation that the university denied, and told us we were supposed to be insured year-round, it was messy.

Both of my parents went to the hospital, and I got sick too. I had to take care of my pets, and myself, and try to stay alive and keep my pets alive when I was so weak I could hardly move. When my parents came home, my condition got dramatically worse (I think my body knew it couldn't give out, because there was nobody to take care of me, so once my parents were okay, it completely crashed and failed.)

I started experiencing emergency symptoms. It was a bit hard to breathe, my chest hurt, and I was extremely delirious. I wanted to call my insurance to see if I was covered (this was during the summer) and I was connected to some nice person, probably making minimum wage, who told me with caution in her voice that my plan was expired. I had no active insurance, but she urged me to go to an emergency room. I remember saying something to the effect of "You just told me I don't have insurance, I can't go to the hospital, I can't afford it."

She sounded so genuinely worried and scared. I remember she said "You really don't sound good, you sound really sick, please call 9-1-1" and I think I just said "I can't afford it without insurance, don't worry, I think I'll be okay."

And she paused and said "I don't want to hang up the phone with you like this." And it sounded like she was holding back tears. And I don't remember what I said, I think that I would be okay, and I hung up.

I still think about her. I wonder if that phone call haunted her, or if she had dozens of calls like that a day. I wonder if she thinks about it at all, if she wonders if I died after she told me I didn't have insurance and therefore couldn't go to the hospital without incurring a tremendous financial burden. I wonder if she feels guilt or blame-- of course she shouldn't, it wouldn't have been her fault if anything had happened to me. Maybe it's self-centered to wonder if she thinks about it. I'm not the main character and it was just her job. But, still.

I think about how evil it was that we were put in that situation. Because offering year-long continuous coverage through the university plan would maybe cut into profits, maybe not benefit shareholders enough, maybe cut into Thompson's $10 million salary. While his minimum wage administrators have to feel afraid to hang up the phone, because on the other line someone might be dying, and they wouldn't know. While his patients hang up and decide to take their chances rather than put their family through that trauma.

This is UnitedHealthcare. This is Brian Thompson's legacy. This is why, understandably, an entire nation is jubilant that he was gunned down like the vermin he was. I don't care about his widow. I feel pity for his children, despite the fact that they will inherit millions, but I feel more pity for the children of his victims patients who are gone because they didn't want THEIR children to inherit crippling debt. Brian Thompson got what he fucking deserved. I pray that he not be the only one. I pray for continued safety, peace , and anonymity for his killer.

American healthcare is a disease.

[stephenist]

Source

CDC Wastewater Viral Activity Monitoring

BreatheTeq