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While @ipaccanada.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social continue to cling to #DropletDogma, dismiss #COVID as a big nothing-burger, & call anyone who'd prefer to avoid it, "anxious".
But a decade from now, everyone will say that they thought wearing #N95s & avoiding #Reinfections was a good idea.
400+ million people could help out this empathic genius, but I'm betting none of us will bother. After enough #Reinfections of #COVID, empirical discovery may prove more persuasive -
We *KEEP* screaming from the rooftops that what #teachers are describing in #students are #EXECUTIVEFUNCTIONDISORDERS most likely caused by #COVID damage to their developing #brains as a result of repeated, unmitigated #infections and #reinfections. #Education #Disability #Ableism #ChildDevelopment
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This article has a lot to say about why #COVID #Reinfections are really dangerous, & very little to say about how to avoid them. It's the usual #VaxAndRelax misinformation all the way -
parade.com/health/dange...
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Some may reason that this is the result of daily vitamins, keeping up "your steps", eating healthy food, not smoking, etc.
None of which will prevent #LongCOVID from unpacking after enough "mild #Reinfections.
And to which everyone is vulnerable.
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Almost certainly, this is a result of COVID #Reinfections.
But just days into his latest infection of a "nasty bug" (they studiously avoid saying #COVID), he's feeling a bit better.
Maybe. But that's not how #COVID works. Not at all.
* Both occurred this week, in the month in which I will mark my 6th year of #LongCOVID.
Please stop #COVID #Reinfections at source: wear a mask ( #N95), open a window ( #Ventilation), run a #HEPA ( #Filtration), monitor #IAQ with a #CO2 tracker, & get vaccinated.
Unfollowing.
I have had #LongCOVID for 6 years, since before a COVID vaccine was available. And have had #Reinfections in spite of having had every vax available. Because immunity wanes quickly & one-way masking can only do so much.
I am not anti-vaccine. But over-selling them is misinformation.
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Question for mainstream/legacy/corporate #News #Media, or whatever we are calling it these days - is there any chance that, until:
▶️ the stigma around #LongCOVID is dismantled;
▶️ there's a cure for Long COVID;
▶️ the public understand that they need to avoid #COVID #Reinfections to avoid it;
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Thank you, Jason, we really appreciate the gift link. Is there any chance that until -
▶️ the stigma around Long COVID is dismantled;
▶️ there's a cure for #LongCOVID;
▶️ the public understand that they need to avoid #COVID #Reinfections to avoid it;
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"Nearly 6 years since Covid-19 first came to Vermont, there is still very little known about #LongCOVID..."
Not if you can read 👇
Herewith 20,000+ published studies on Long COVID, i.e. 20K reasons to mask (with #N95s) to avoid #Reinfections -
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
Prediction: @jossreimer.bsky.social will tow the government line, enabling officials to say they are "following the science" when they are not.
Don't expect this doc to #DropDropletDogma, nor recommend masking ( #N95s), better #IAQ, or use of #CO2 monitors, to prevent #Reinfections & #LongCOVID -
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Let's begin with how many times Dr. Reimer mentions these words on @bsky.app -
#N95
#Airborne
#Ventilation
#Filtration
#HEPA
#CO2
#CarbonDioxide
#Reinfections
#LongCOVID
Zero, zip, zilch, nada ❎
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Just because people aren't still dying in their millions in ICUs across the world, doesn't mean that the pandemic has "subsided".
▶️ We still have #LongCOVID, for which there is NO cure;
▶️ and we still have the cumulative risk of #Reinfections, long term organ harm, & immune dysregulation.
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Who, in the throes of an #OngoingPandemic - never wore an #N95, nor advocated for #CleanAir indoors, nor warned about #AirborneTransmission, nor the cumulative harms of #COVID #Reinfections, nor addressed #LongCOVID.
What could possibly go wrong, eh, @cmadocs.bsky.social?
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▶️ & the fact that #Reinfections are best avoided (because #LongCOVID has no cure), while vaccination only slightly reduces our cumulative risk of developing it;
▶️ & the importance of upgrading #IAQ in schools & workplaces;
▶️ & the fact that #COVID is not just a cold;
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If your family doc understood that #Reinfections can cumulatively lead to #LongCOVID (for anyone/everyone), & for which there still is no cure - they'd be wearing an #N95, running a portable #HEPA, have a window open, & be tracking #CO2 in their consulting room.
"Excused absences — such as illness for which the reason was communicated to the school by a parent — have gone up by 40% in primary schools & by 64% in secondary schools" -
But zero mention of #LongCOVID or serial #Reinfections - 🇨🇦 #Media, what is wrong with you?
#CleanTheAir
#COVIDIsAirborne
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And when we continue to do nothing to protect children from the long term consequences of #COVID #Reinfections, this is what it translates into -
youtu.be/onAjS0fAjdg?...
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In sum, there's zero mention of protecting workers living with #LongCOVID, from #Reinfections of #COVID or any other #AirborneVirus.
And zero effort made to protect other workers from also developing Long COVID, after enough reinfections.
With one eye on elections, politicians have expediently co-opted public health.
Vote for leaders who acknowledge we are still in an #OngoingPandemic, know that #COVID is #Airborne, & that everyone is at risk of #LongCOVID after enough #Reinfections.
Political will is likely the only way out -
Imagine if in addition to this, we could also teach doctors to wear an #N95 mask, open a window, run an #AirCleaner, track #CO2 - and teach them that #ThePandemicIsNotOver, #LongCOVID is real, #COVID is not just like "any other respiratory illness", and #Reinfections are bad. Very bad -
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☝️Know what helps with nurse-patient ratios?
Masking up with #N95s & cleaning the air to prevent #COVID #Reinfections, #LongCOVID, all #AirborneViruses, & #NosocomialInfections.
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And on the @cfnu.bsky.social's @bsky.app account, there's only a single (unmasked) mention of masking, & zero mention of #LongCOVID, #Disability, nor of the importance of avoiding #COVID #Reinfections with #N95s -
bsky.app/profile/cfnu...
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...& none of my limited recovery has been done in partnership with a family
doctor (of which there is a limited supply in the #Yukon).
What I have had in abundance, though, is vicious social stigma: For trying to avoid #Reinfections, for wearing an #N95 mask, for having #LongCOVID;
@ipaccanada.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social -
Time to #DropDropletDogma, protect #HCWs & patients, warn about #Reinfections & #LongCOVID, advocate for masking (with #N95s) & #CleanAir, or remain on the #WrongsideOfHistory in 2026?
"...one of the factors that is jump-starting outbreaks is a new strain, GII.17. This is because our body’s immune system is not used to this new strain as yet".
⚠️ Exacerbated by the considerable immune dysregulation left in the wake of multiple #COVID #Reinfections -
So they must have installed state of the art ventilation/filtration to #CleanTheAir, & protect government workers from injurious #AirborneViruses?
Including from #LongCOVID, which anyone is at risk of developing after enough #Reinfections.
No?
The real question should be:
During an #OngoingPandemic of an injurious, #AirborneVirus, did Unions, protect workers from #Reinfections of #COVID & from developing #LongCOVID, for which there still is no cure?
Answer:
No. They did not.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For the asinine person who doesn't have time for the truth of #LongCOVID, I hope you have at least 5+ years (& counting) to put your your life on hold, while you try to recover from it, when you get it after enough #COVID #Reinfections.
A little heuristic learning could go a long way -
