If you know 9 people in Canada, at least 1 of them has it.
If you guessed Long COVID, you’d be right.
~10% of people in Canada have Long COVID, an illness which can be brutal & also crushingly lonely
(If you guessed diabetes you’d also be right but people don’t pretend that doesn’t exist)
On the stone steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, hundreds of colourful pillow cases are laid out, telling the stories of people with long Covid. Large banners read, Cure Long Covid Now, and an acrostic of “Long Covid” says, Living with Ongoing Neurological Gastrointestinal Cardiovascular issues, Often Very Incapacitating and Distressing. People holding umbrellas and wearing N95s wander through the pillow cases gazing at them or taking photos. The Art Gallery’s stone lion statues stand above it all.
In front of the stone steps and lion statues at the Vancouver Art Gallery, a seated person in an N95 and rain jacket speaks on a microphone. Behind them hundreds of colourful pillow cases are laid across the steps, sharing the stories of people with Long Covid.
Blue graphic with the Canadian Covid Society logo, showing a smartphone with the email app open and letter advocating for long Covid funding and support. Text in a real circle reads: “Send a letter today!”
Marking #LongCovid Awareness Day w/ @cancovsoc.bsky.social & allies 🩵🩶🖤 At the Vancouver Art Gallery, hundreds of pillow cases shared stories of longhaulers.
Help raise awareness: send a letter demanding gov makes LC a priority! covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
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we'll be at the vancouver art gallery on Mar 15, 10am-noon, for international long covid awareness day. come out and join us, and please wear a mask ❤️
it shouldn't be a radical idea to insist on a reality-based public health approach to reality (the one we are living and dying in), but that's where we're at.
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A stylized green and purple rendering of a photo of Beck Levy performing before COVID-19. The text reads, “THE SICK TIMES: Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID. By Beck Levy.”
A black background white white text and purple accents reads, "I thought our deal was fuck the state, we’ll do it our way. I found myself slipping through the subcultural safety net that exists for outcasts who are slipping through the cracks of mass culture and late capitalism. - Beck Levy, Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID."
Before COVID-19, Beck Levy was a hardcore punk rock performer. Now, she has severe #LongCOVID and has watched her place in the world creep away from her. This week at The Sick Times, read Beck’s essay about what it feels like when your subculture leaves you behind. bit.ly/3V0KJBv
Since the 19th century, for reasons of hygiene and comfort, some theatres have made major efforts to ensure good quality indoor air renewal by installing ventilation zones under the audience seats. This ensures fresh air throughout the performance and the risk of airborne contamination is reduced.
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Wow every day there is a new reason to tell you we are going to have to do this ourselves so here’s a new podcast called Public Health is Dead full of people who know things giving us more guidance about how to stay alive than the government has or will! Coming Nov 29 www.publichealthisdead.com
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Screenshot of Dr. Mike Hoerger’s tweet, reading: if an in-person meeting has 320 people and no testing/isolation protocols, there’s currently an approximately 94.2% chance someone has COVID. The risk is literally off the chart. Attached is a chart titled how does risk increase with more social contacts? When number of people is 1, the risk is 0.9%. At 10 people, it’s 8.5%. At 20 people, it’s 16.3%. At 40 people, it’s 29.9%. At 100 people, it’s 58.9%. At 300 people it’s 93.1%. Pasted outside of the chart is 320 people at 94.2%. pmc19.com/data is referenced
Reposting Dr. Mike Hoerger’s estimate here based off US wastewater data. Pertinent to think about in light of maskless academic (health!!) conferences occurring this week in B.C., & Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Toronto. Please please wear a mask. It is never too late to start again.
It’s so refreshing to spend time in a feed that’s isn’t being artificially pumped full of right wing propaganda all the time
The Sick Times--a digital long-COVID newspaper--is 1 yr old today. I couldn't be prouder of what Betsy, Miles, and their team have accomplished. thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
If you have the means, pls join me in supporting their end-of-year fundraiser. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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