#immunity debt

[jjsanguine]

My face is still asymmetrical from having bell's palsy as a kid, and I can't prove it but I feel like whatever virus paralysed my face when I was 5ish also kneecapped my immune system because as a nominally healthy person I was getting sick, like too sick to leave my bed, for days at a time multiple times a year even before the pandemic and everyone just being straight up pro COVID propagation now

You know how sometimes you catch someone in a lie, and so they tell an even bigger lie to try and cover up the first lie they told?

Well, that’s happening right now.

Last winter, a handful of celebrity doctors went on mainstream news networks to assure us that Omicron was “mild.” They carpet-bombed us with articles and tweets, doing their best to brainwash everyone.

They were wrong.

In the end, real science junked that idea. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that Omicron killed more people than previous variants, even when adjusting for other factors. Another study by doctors at Massachusetts General and Harvard Medical found that Omicron was just as deadly. In fact, “the risks of hospitalization and mortality were nearly identical.” As it turns out, the entire idea of “mild” Omicron was based on an old, flawed idea known as the law of declining virulence, developed by a doctor who was studying tick-borne disease in cows. It was debunked decades ago.

Most epidemiologists know that viruses don’t magically evolve to become milder. Virus evolution is random and chaotic.

In some cases, viruses evolve to become more deadly.

A handful of actual scientists tried to explain all this last winter, including disease experts at Johns Hopkins. A handful of other established experts spoke out against this myth. As a microbiologist at Penn State told Politifact, “You can’t just say it’s going to become nicer.” They were largely ignored, because everyone already sort of believed the misinformation. If they knew it was based on a study about cows, they probably would’ve thought twice.

This year, the makers of “it’s mild” are back.

They’re selling “immunity debt.”

We should be skeptical.

Schools and daycares are sending letters home to parents talking about this “immunity debt.” They’re saying that healthy children are getting sicker, even dying, because they weren’t exposed to enough germs over the last two years. Newspapers and TV stations across the country are running with it, proposing it as a “possible reason” for this year’s explosion in pediatric hospitalizations. Meanwhile, major medical organizations have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to declare an emergency over an “alarming surge of pediatric hospitalizations” due to a range of respiratory viruses, including Covid.

A lot of people are drinking the “immunity debt” kool-aid.

After all, Americans have believed for generations that getting sick is “good for you.” We think our immune system behaves like a muscle. We worry that if we’re not giving it a workout, we’ll get weak.

It’s a myth, just like the law of declining virulence.

Here’s why.

[lenterablog]

Batuk Pilek pada Anak Akibat Immunity Debt

Batuk pilek adalah kondisi umum yang sering dialami oleh anak-anak. Hal ini biasanya disebabkan oleh virus dan dapat menyebar dengan cepat di antara teman sekolah, keluarga, dan masyarakat. Meskipun batuk pilek biasanya dianggap sebagai kondisi yang ringan dan dapat sembuh dengan sendirinya, namun ada beberapa kasus yang bisa berdampak serius, terutama pada anak-anak dengan sistem kekebalan tubuh…

[pandemic-info]

"Is anyone else's immune system totally shot since the 'COVID era'?"

Thread. Lots of informed comments, surprisingly.

The answer is yes: lots of peoples' immune systems are totally shot because that's what COVID does: attacks your entire body / vascular system / brain. It is not only respiratory. Long COVID is also a major issue with no reliable treatment.

And the idea that one should "exercise" their immune system by getting sick more is false, a misunderstanding of how immunity works.

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Your immune system is not a muscle. It does not require exercise. Stressing it doesn't make you healthier. That's not how vaccines work. Vaccines are information, disease is stress. You read books, you don't beat your body with them to "get stronger". emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 2:16 PM · Dec 3, 2023

[liminalweirdo]

Florida surgeon general urges public to use psychic powers in lieu of listening to experts -- lmfao literally

"In his Florida clinic, Osborn said he does not recommend the influenza vaccine to patients, as "the infection itself nearly always assumes a benign course in low-risk individuals, and similarly, I do not believe that our immune systems should be deprived of challenges.""

repeat after me. there is no such thing as immunity debt, there is no such thing as immunity debt, there is no such thing as immunity debt, you do not need TO CHALLENGE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, LITERALLY YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY WORKING HELLO?!?!?!?

The state surgeon general urged Floridians to make their own decisions based on their particular "resonance of truth," rather than on "very educated people telling you what you should think." "When they try to convince you to be comfortable and agree with things that don’t feel comfortable, [that] don’t feel like things you should agree with, that is a sign, right? That’s a gift," he said.

Florida surgeon general urges public to use psychic powers in lieu of listening to experts.

[mistninja]

love expressing the tinniest hope for the future and getting a lecture about how immature and childish i am and how i need to realize im too poor to enjoy life. they hate me for my relentless optimism

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

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[albonium]

night time ramble

i haven't told my doctor about my adhd diagnostic last year because i'm scared he'll treat me differently afterwards or think i just have anxiety (which i do have a tiny bit but i've had mental health issues for a while now, i know how to differenciate what i feel thankfully). my previous doctor ignored all of my graves disease symptoms because she knew i have anxiety. i had lost 25+ kg, had arythmia, couldn't sleep, pooped about 234 times a day, had swollen red hands. she didn't even send me to a cardiologist or made me do a blood test. "it's just anxiety". i don't think smart watches are reliable when it comes to heart monitoring but mine kept telling me i had problems. it was all dismissed. "it's anxiety". untreated graves disease (hyperthyoidism) can have serious consequences if it's untreated. along with this i was so tired i could barely work and almost had car crashes, i drove through red lights bc of how sleepy i was.

so now i'm really worried about not being taken seriously if i even mention being slightly sad or anxious, let alone having adhd as a adult woman, which is so often dismissed. my life rn is really hard because of adhd i haven't found a single behavioural therapist that could maybe help me, even through i don't think organisation tips would help lol. i'd like to try a treatment but that would be dangerous for me because of other health issues aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[adalrikr]

🧃 “Here dear! Great job out there!”

Erk flusters at the visage of the woman who hands him yet another juice box, taking it with a bashful bow of his head. He really didn't need anymore, but she seemed nice enough.

"Thank you... milady..." He gets the feeling that he doesn't want to stick around for too long as his cheeks burn slightly though. She seemed like she would be the coddling type, and Erk certainly didn't feel like being coddled right now.

"I... I did my best..."

[doggirlnarcolepsy]

Help Two Disabled Trans Women Survive the Holidays, Finally Move Out of Mold Hell, and Get a Fresh Start

Basically, my wife and I need to move as soon as possible. Our apartment is a death trap to stay in and our landlord is annually billing us thousands in extra heating bills because of the leaky moldy windows and shitty construction.

Multiple tenants keep contacting him regarding mold and window installation, but he just shrugs it off, does some shoddy contract work or mold removal, and charges us for it. (for reference the balcony door with the shelf was installed less than 4 years ago, 1½ years after we moved in, when the last one wouldn't close).

On top of debt from unforeseen utility bills, they slapped us with an "extra heating expenditure bill" covering all of last year and tried to charge the extra 11000dkk onto that month's rent. We managed to get them to generously negotiate a 3-month payment plan instead and they agreed (raising our rent further). The very next week they informed us that they're suddenly raising our annual base rent by almost 900dkk and monthly heating bill by 825dkk, meaning we're currently paying over $1500+ a month for a frigid mold-infested shit hole that leaves us with almost nothing to actually live off.

Please I'm begging someone to get us out of this place, it actually killing both of us after living here for almost 6 years. We're both feeling it heavily affecting our health (like my wife having to be hospitalized multiple times due to pulmonary/respiratory issues, our terrible immune systems and the constant coughing with black specks in our phlegm).

Any donations people are kind enough to share are going towards moving-out costs, damages incurred to this apartment in the 6 years we've lived here (we're both psychotic), any landlord-move-out-bullshittery they will undoubtedly try to get away with (the housing union we live in is notorious for this kind of behavior) and helping towards the new apartments security deposit/first month's rent

My Paypal: https://paypal.me/queensizeddonger

$0 / $3500

[ghost-sharks]

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[empresa-journal]

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Most people think America faces a banking crisis that could bring down the entire economy. Consequently, some investors are dumping bank stocks such as JPM. People fear a banking crisis because of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. For example, analysts estimate consumers spent less in the weeks after the Silicon Valley Bank debacle went viral. In particular, March 2023 new business loans fell to…

[eyes1nthewoods]

my dumb idiot rabbit brain when i am experiencing a Symptom: RABIES? RABIES? RABIES?? IS IT RABIES?!

[heavenangelly]

Things to manifest: luxury edition

💸💵: Being a trust fund/nepotism baby

💸💵: Owning a private plane

💸💵: Having a vacation home all over the world

💸💵: Being a millionaire, billionaire or trillionaire

💸💵: Owning multiple business/shares and being a popular name amongst people

💸💵: Having lots of connections

💸💵: Easily get visas for ur desired countries

💸💵: Go on vacation a lot

💸💵: Any money you spend comes back x 100

💸💵: Immune to getting scammed, robbed, debt, or losing lots of money

💸💵: Having a mansion of ur desired aesthetic

💸💵: Have your desired cars

💸💵: Have your desired jewellery

💸💵: Magnetic and powerful aura that demands attention and respect from everyone

💸💵: Living in a palace with helpers, cleaners, personal chefs, gardeners, etc.

💸💵: Extreme beauty. People cannot believe you are so elegant and otherworldly

💸💵: Always use your money for good and not get blindsided by it

[batboyblog]

Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #29

July 26-August 2 2024

President Biden announced his plan to reform the Supreme Court and make sure no President is above the law. The conservative majority on the court ruled that Trump has "absolute immunity" from any prosecution for "official acts" while he was President. In response President Biden is calling for a constitutional amendment to make it clear that Presidents aren't above the law and don't have immunity from prosecution for crimes committed while in office. In response to a wide ranging corruption scandal involving Justice Clarence Thomas, President Biden called on Congress to pass a legally binding code of ethics for the Supreme Court. The code would force Justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political actions, and force them to recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have conflicts of interest. President Biden also endorsed the idea of term limits for the Justices.

The Biden Administration sent out an email to everyone who has a federal student loan informing them of upcoming debt relief. The debt relief plan will bring the total number of a borrowers who've gotten relief from the Biden-Harris Administration to 30 million. The plan is due to be finalized this fall, and the Department of Education wanted to alert people early to allow them to be ready to quickly take advantage of it when it was in place and get relief as soon as possible.

President Biden announced that the federal government would step in and protect the pension of 600,000 Teamsters. Under the American Rescue Plan, passed by President Biden and the Democrats with no Republican votes, the government was empowered to bail out Union retirement funds which in recent years have faced devastating cut of up to 75% in some cases, leaving retired union workers in desperate situations. The Teamster union is just the latest in a number of such pension protections the President has done in office.

President Biden and Vice-President Harris oversaw the dramatic release of American hostages from Russia. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan held since 2018, Russian-American reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva convicted of criticizing the Russian Military, were all released from captivity and returned to the US at around midnight August 2nd. They were greeted on the tarmac by the President and Vice-President and their waiting families. The deal also secured the release of German medical worker Rico Krieger sentenced to death in Belarus, Russian-British opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, and 11 Russians convicted of opposing the war against Ukraine or being involved in Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption organization. Early drafts of the hostage deal were meant to include Navalny before his death in Russian custody early this year.

A new Biden Administration rule banning discrimination against LGBT students takes effect, but faces major Republican resistance. The new rule declares that Title IX protects Queer students from discrimination in public schools and any college that takes federal funds. The new rule also expands protections for victims of sexual misconduct and pregnant or parenting students. However Republican resistance means the rule can't take effect nation wide. Lawsuits from Republican controlled states, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, means the new protections won't come into effect those states till the case is ruled on likely in a Supreme Court ruling. The Biden administration crafted these Title IX rules to reflect the Supreme Court's 2020 Bostock case.

The Biden administration awarded $2 billion to black and minority farmers who were the victims of historic discrimination. Historically black farmers have been denied important loans from the USDA, or given smaller amounts than white farmers. This massive investment will grant 23,000 minority farmers between $10,000 and $500,000 each and a further 20,000 people who wanted to start farms by were improperly denied the loans they needed between $3,500-$6,000 to get started. Most payments went to farmers in Mississippi and Alabama.

The Biden Administration took an important step to stop the criminalization of poverty by changing child safety guidelines so that poverty alone isn't grounds for taking a child into foster care. Studies show that children able to stay with parents or other family have much better outcomes then those separated. Many states have already removed poverty from their guidelines when it comes to removing children from the home, and the HHS guidelines push the remaining states to do the same.

Vice-President Harris announced the Biden Administration's agreement to a plan by North Carolina to forgive the state's medical debt. The plan by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper would forgive the medical debt of 2 million people in the state. North Carolina has the 3rd highest rate of medical debt in the nation. Vice-President Harris applauded the plan, pointing out that the Biden Administration has forgiven $650 million dollars worth of medical debt so far with plans to forgive up to $7 billion by 2026. The Vice-President unveiled plans to exclude medical debt from credit scores and issued a call for states and local governments to forgive debt, like North Carolina is, last month.

The Department of Transportation put forward a new rule to bank junk fees for family air travel. The new rule forces airlines to seat parents next to their children, with no extra cost. Currently parents are forced to pay extra to assure they are seated next to their children, no matter what age, if they don't they run the risk of being separated on a long flight. Airlines would be required to seat children age 13 and under with their parent or accompanying adult at no extra charge.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it is giving $3.5 billion to combat homelessness. This represents the single largest one year investment in fighting homelessness in HUD's history. The money will be distributed by grants to local organizations and programs. HUD has a special focus on survivors of domestic violence, youth homeless, and people experiencing the unique challenges of homelessness in rural areas.

The Treasury Department announced that Pennsylvania and New Mexico would be joining the IRS' direct file program for 2025. The program was tested as a pilot in a number of states in 2024, saving 140,000 tax payers $5.6 million in filing charges and getting tax returns of $90 million. The program, paid for by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, will be available to all 50 states, but Republicans strong object. Pennsylvania and New Mexico join Oregon and New Jersey in being new states to join.

Bonus: President Biden with the families of the released hostages calling their loved ones on the plane out of Russia

[miraclecherryblossomsblog]

Random fluff headcanons cuz as much as i love smut I just really wanna be held by him.....

-Idk about you but i think Dr Phosphorus would clingy once he finds out his radiation can't affect you (15 years without a single hug bru.........)

I been struggling on my oc for this man but i just cant help to imagen being a normal human whose just immune to any type of radiation...maybe I'll just do that lol

-Like my guy would be so touch starved but would only show it in closed doors at the start. I can see him being more open to it outdoors after some time

-It would start with holding pinkies to putting his arm around you to just put his body on you when ur laying down (he's ur warm weighted blankie <3)

-Can def see this guy being protective, he jokes but u get hurt or someone comments shit? Nah bro those mfs r burned meat 💀

-And ngl he would spoil you, kind of going off the story here but since him being big time criminal boss I can see shi like ur just existing and OOPS he slips $40000 in your account. Trying to pay you college debt? already done. Wanting to pay to fix your car? He's already driving to your house with the latest model.

-Would pull you to dance with him, even if cant dance he still spinning you around and sometimes letting you put your feet on his so yall dancing the same rhythm. specially on the late date nights