#there is still a pandemic

[anonymousdandelion]

Having COVID-19 for the first time — and an objectively mild case at that, at least so far! — I will say that I was definitely making the right choice to try to avoid it all this time.

Please, y’all, keep masking and testing and staying home when sick if possible. Please keep taking care of yourself and of other people.

Please.

[covid-safer-hotties]

CDC voice: "I know I said we'd do something about covid if it got very high again, but we have real tough jobs to do, like removing the recommendations that children with head lice or watery diarrhea be sent home to prevent further spread of their illness."

[thebibliosphere]

Still not over the head of cardiology, who said she wouldn't formally diagnose me with dysautonomia because she didn't want me to think of myself as disabled.

As if good vibes and a can-do attitude can stabalize autonomic dysfunction.

[aashiqeddiediaz]

you know what boils my blood.

over the last 2 weeks, i've seen countless patients walk into my urgent care center, symptomatic for so many things, refusing to get tested for covid and flu, citing that they don't want to knowingly bring it to their holiday tables. i had a patient tell me, verbatim, "i don't want to test for covid, because i don't want to be the asshole who brings it on a plane."

i understand that - i understand that holidays are times where people look forward to meeting loved ones that they might only see once a year, or where they get a break from the hectic back and forth of their lives.

but here's the thing - whether they get tested or not, they will bring whatever they have to their holiday tables. it's pure recklessness to know that you're sick, and walk into someone else's house spreading the disease.

today, january 2, i saw 91 patients, many of them who have tested positive for covid and flu. many of these patients are the same ones who didn't want testing 3 days ago, until their events were over, and now, they will have to reach out to everyone they know to let them know that they were positive because they were showing symptoms well before their event.

the next week or two? we're going to see many, many more, all people with symptoms that started around christmas. these are the only two viruses we test for rapidly in our office, but they are potent and can be fatal in many people.

so here's why i wrote this post, and maybe it's a little late, but - if you care about your loved ones, please get tested if you know you're sick. it doesn't have to be at a clinic if you don't want it to, because the over-the-counter tests work just fine too (if you test within 5-7 days of symptom onset). just...please don't try to run from the knowledge that you might have covid, because immunocompromised people, elderly people, people with co-morbidities like asthma, pregnancy, diabetes, etc...many of them may not recover. and they may not be sitting at your holiday table in the future because of it.

[casmarotta]

save these (or download them here) to use for posters, social media, zines… whatever u want! it’s never too late to start wearing a mask again :-)

[shesnake]

the problem with mainstream fictional media today is it is predominantly made for people who don't like fictional media all that much

[feminist-space]

ProjectN95 is shutting down

Tumblr Friends! ProjectN95 is unfortunately closing its doors on December 15th. They've done SO much to provide masks, respirators, PPE to healthcare workers and the public since 2020, and this is honestly such a loss of a non-profit organization. They've helped a lot of people over these years.

If you need quality masks/respirators, they're having a sale right now on ProjectN95.org. I definitely recommend checking them out sooner than later.

[disasterhimbo]

He should NOT be at the club! There’s an airborne pandemic still killing thousands and disabling millions weekly

[bloodydeanwinchester]

i can’t believe how much more insane this election year is already turning out to be compared to 2020. i fear the destiel girlies wont survive it

[milf--adjacent]

In the last 7 days we've gone from 6 to 13 to 40 to IDK how many confirmed cases of covid at the Olympics, and y'all still wanna tell me "the pandemic is over". Stupid, careless, eugenicist cunts. I'm killing you with my mind.

[covid-safer-hotties]

[duchessathena]

don’t understand how anyone with a curious bone in their body doesn’t get why banning any sort of face covering outright is fascism but that seems to be where we’re at right now. the reason we were all ‘forced’ into our homes (and i know for a fact many of us here in the states never actually stayed at home the entire time early into the pandemic so stop lying) was because there was and and still is a massive disabling disease running rampant and killing people! people died! and people are still dying to this day!! statistically right now 1 in 40 US Americans has COVID! you continue to spread it by walking around unmasked! It’s one thing to sit here and say you don’t want to wear a mask. Perfectly fine by me at this point. Drink up the toxic air filled with a bsl-3 pathogen, micro plastics, wildfire smoke, and lord knows what else. I don’t care anymore but coming on here and claiming that you were forced when there were people at the start of the pandemic refusing to mask is absolutely ludicrous. Just say you don’t care about your health and the health of anyone else around you and be quiet. These mask bans are about the student protestors for Palestine, DRC, now Lebanon and many other parts of the world where contradictions are at an all time high. These mask bans are about using ai to track us better and to carry out violence on people of color, especially black bodies. These mask bans are about disabled people as many people in my previous post have mentioned and how the state wants to cull as many undesirables as possible. This isn’t about you. This is about the future and the world we want to live in.

[potatobugz]

I CANT BELIEVE PROFESSOR CHAOS IS AN NFT GUY.

[thebibliosphere]

Staring at the 5 different Word documents I have open at the moment and muttering, "Once my body gets out of survival mode, it's over for you bitches."

[i-still-mask-because]

Covid awareness flyers I made!

The image descriptions are in the alt texts!

Reblogs are tremendously appreciated, and please feel free to share them wherever you can! Print them, hang them up in your school, hang them up in your neighborhood, hang them up in public transportation, repost them, etc., etc., etc.!!!

Edit (August 14, 2023): I changed the QR codes because the original ones had expired! These new ones should be permanent! 🤞🏾

Edit (October 10, 2023): Due to the red background causing eye strain and a high-cost of printing, I made an alternate version of the flyers with a white background!

[disasterhimbo]

Everyone should watch Unrest (2017). It has captions and subtitles in many languages, so you can probably watch it even if English isn’t your first language. Please, if you ever have an hour and a half of spare time, please watch this movie:

It’s all about ME/CFS, an often-debilitating chronic illness that’s one of the most frequent conditions people develop after acute covid infections. The filmmaker, Jennifer Brea, has it, and she interviews many other people who have it, their families, and doctors, as well as going into the history of the illness. It’s important to watch this to support your friends who have it, and at this point, some of your friends probably do have it.

Edit: content warnings for discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation in the movie (but it ends on a hopeful note).