#covid blogging

[esperantoauthor]

My mental health is hanging by a thread and that thread is episodes of Taskmaster.

[grison-in-space]

waiting on the morning's COVID test. Honestly feels kind of like Groundhog Day. "If the little positive control line sees its positive COVID protein shadow, it means two more days of quarantine, but if it's sunny and therefore unaccompanied, I will no longer be tired all the time sometime soon!"

[void-of-unparalleled-chaos]

Love how I'm finally free from covid jail and the first thing I get slapped in the face with is a calc exam I missed half the lectures for. Wish me luck tomorrowm

[peepingcreek]

My lungs are working so hard and I appreciate her so much for the work she purs in to keep me alive

[necromatador]

Ugh I feel like ass

Chills at random but no fever

Almost full-body aches

Absolutely no appetite

Ugh ugh ugh my *skin* aches as I climb into bed to bundle up against chills!!!

This sucks!!!

[readysetjo]

my 11 year-old niece called to check on me 😭, my mom’s been checking on me every day, my work friends and bff asked me if I needed them to get me anything, I had some emotional release/ catchup time while stuck at home, my symptoms are mild, and my quarantine ends tomorrow AM. my heart feels both light and full rn ❤️

[grison-in-space]

oh thank fuck theres a video with a longer citstion

[truthcakes]

Light sensitivity ebbs and flows

Skin felt Bad earlier, very sensitive

Just now about ten minutes of feeling super warm

Not much of an appetite but that could just as easily be from being damn near sedentary

Nauseaaaa it comes and it goes

I feel like tomorrow is gonna be the Bad day

[halfmoonheart]

i just woke up and i'm well overdue for a dose of Tylenol and my fever is only 98.5 so that's pretty cool

[hillbillyoracle]

Now is the Time to Start Masking Again

If you stopped paying attention to COVID with the release of vaccines, you've missed a lot.

COVID is airborne.

Long COVID impacts 10% of people infected by COVID (though this is beginning to look like a low estimate). Risk of Long COVID goes up with each reinfection. Long COVID is worse than initially reported.

Bisexual and trans people are more likely to develop Long COVID.

Black and Hispanic folks are more likely than White folks experience more symptoms and health problems from Long COVID.

***COVID and Long COVID has much more in common with HIV and AIDS than the flu (28:19 - 38:30 of linked video)***

The Basics

[WEBSITE] You Have to Live Your Life

[ZINE] What's Up With COVID and How to Protect Yourself - 2024 Edition

[FAQ] r/ZeroCOVIDCommunity's FAQ and Resource List

"This is great and all but it's overwhelming. TL;DR?"

COVID is airborne. Long COVID is much more common (and serious/debilitating) than previously thought.

Mask with an N95 or better in all indoor spaces and outside when close to others. Improve your indoor air quality by opening windows and using fans/air filters.

Rapid tests are prone to false negatives so make sure to retest in 48 hours after exposure and/or when you develop symptoms. Isolate in the meantime. Consider upgrading to a NAAT (PlusLife, Metrix) or PCR (Lucira) if you have the money.

Things for you to do today:

buy some N95s or request some from a local mask bloc

open a window more often and/or buy an air purifier

buy the best COVID tests you can afford

Basics in Video Form

If you have limited time, watch the videos with * first. They will cover the basics in about 20 minutes.

*VIDEO: COVID is Airborne [2:53]

*VIDEO: What the latest research tells us about long COVID's most common symptoms [5:58]

*VIDEO: FDA warns of false negatives with at home COVID Tests [2:19]

*VIDEO: How to Stay Safe(r) at Home [10:35]

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VIDEO: The Astounding Physics of N95 Mask [6:08]

VIDEO: Mask Fit 101: Seal [4:07]

VIDEO: Mask Fit 101: Qualitative [3:49]

VIDEO: Mask Fit 102: Quantitative [5:04]

VIDEO: How to get [and give] FREE Masks [6:07]

VIDEO: Try this DIY indoor air purifier for cleaner air [4:22]

VIDEO: Why is EVERYONE more SICK [54:55]

Want to Get Involved?

Join your local Mask Bloc

No local Mask Bloc? Consider starting one

Talk to the people in your life about COVID

Print quality zines and spread them in your communities

Push for COVID Conscious changes in your spaces.

[lapdogchase]

"our generation would've fought back during slavery" y'all won't even wear a mask in year 5 of a mass-disabling pandemic

[3liza]

seeing a lot of people posting about "why is everyone acting so crazy lately what's going on" girl it's COVID. we did the research and we know for a fact that COVID gives you brain damage, microstrokes, and other serious cognitive pathology. it makes people stupid, impulsive, angry and crazy. it messes with your ability to process and store information. this is on top of the intense background stress that will make you act out even if you don't have brain damage. traffic accidents are up. road rage incidents are up. check my COVID tag I've reblogged and posted a lot of information on this. every single person who got COVID of any severity is at risk of having brain damage and cognitive problems of unknown severity, for an unpredictable length of time. it's not bullshit it's just the data as it has been measured

[grison-in-space]

you know those massage beds with the little padded hole fit your face so you can lie face straight down and also not die? why isn't there like a little padded contraption you can put your face in on a regular mattress so you can sleep face down like you've stolen a massage table and draped yourself over it for a nap

[void-of-unparalleled-chaos]

I just lost a fight with a childproof cap on a bottle of mucinex. This is evidence that I am not an adult, and therefore should not have to pay taxes. In this essay I will....

[peepingcreek]

Maybe death is such a taboo topic in America and the west because we can't acknowledge the thousands of deaths done in our name.

[theoverstimulated]

"You might think that because you’ve had COVID-19 and lived through it that repeat infections will impact you similarly, but “reinfections aren't harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.”

...If you want to maintain your current level of health and avoid potential damage to your body & organs (up to and including your brain & your heart) and/or want to live as long as possible, taking precautions to prevent COVID-19 infections is crucial."