I made these threads of
#kidsandcovid
bc people were saying that kids couldn't or wouldn't get COVID. They do.
They also spread it.
We don't know what the virus will do longer term & are just facing how it spreads.
This a collection of news reports, tweets, and studies. 1/4
Bill Hader is the only celebrity wearing a mask in a room full of high powered peer pressure.
Let this example help you next time you feel like the weirdo. Weird is good.
@zerocovid4kids
@CoastalBendBern
You should send her a cake with the address of your new pediatrician written on it with a little card asking her records to be sent there.
Solidarity with Bill and wish others had followed suit even at his table.
Also you don't need to have a known condition to mask.
Prevention is for everyone.
CT children’s hospitals consider calling National Guard for overflowing patients with respiratory illnesses
Front lawn tents RSV
“Our traditional pediatric inpatient beds, we have 3 floors with 25 beds in each location, we can expand to 28. All of those were full this am.”
1/2
Fauci on MSNBC on isolation, immunity.
When you have isolation you prevent infection of all resp viruses.
When you then open up, masks come off, people get sick not because of immune system but *because of exposure*
Getting flu to help your immune system is just not true.
School absences have exploded
Per the NYT am email I still get from when I had the cheap subscription. I'm going to share so you too can have emotions today.
I am going to copy/paste that whole thing - request for full article gift in last tweet.
I did edit for char limits
@DDelgadoVive
@nywillneverdie
Thank you for this.
People who lived through the Great Depression hid money under mattresses and kept a supply of dry/canned goods in case. It wasn't pathological, it was a "fool me twice" kind of thing.
We have been in survival mode whether we know it or not. Thank you again.
The end of the PH emergency in one photo from
@BrownUniversity
home to manufacturing public health consent, social murder, and some of the worst of the pandemic.
See
@LauraMiers
thread below.
Brown: “While walking through campus in July, Christopher Vanderpool ’24 stumbled upon an unexpected scene: dozens of air purifiers in a dumpster.
‘That was my first (piece of) knowledge that we probably weren’t going to have air purifiers again.’”
Since much of the population will have increasing subtle, latent brain damage from COVID, understanding whatever reality they're carrying around in their head before engaging them with anything other than surface interactions or necessary, temporary ruses is THE survival skill.
JOE BIDEN SAID THE PANDEMIC IS OVER BECAUSE HE DIDNT SEE MASKS SO IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE ITS MORE OF AN OBJECT PERMANENCE THING MAYBE SOMEONE AT THE WHITE HOUSE CAN TRY A GAME OF PEEKABOO AND SEE IF HE THINKS THEYRE GONE TOO
@math_rachel
@jfeldman_epi
People do not understand that chronic illnesses layer one on the other. And people who have them do understand that - viscerally. That my system could be assaulted again by something that will likely have a negative cumulative impact is my reality and same w millions of others.
@atomicpopWI
And the just a flu/cold people don't seem to realize that we've killed 210k people in the US this year.
That represents about 6-7 normal flu seasons combined.
About 3-4 really bad years combined.
Or 8 months of COVID.
100 people got/had COVID at the Biogen Conference in Massachusetts in 2020.
300,000 cases were traced back to that conference and those people.
These choices don't just impact attendees and staff.
When you care about all people, you care.
@BellhomeHelen
@drsavirgupta
@NjbBari3
I have argued with so many people - my dog doesn't bite people and (sure) the idea is they will get bitten by another animal. Gah.
If you're out protesting, remember the better you're protected against COVID, the better you're protected against other aerosols sprayed at you.
So minimum N95 and goggles, full face even better. Also harder to see your face.
But COVID didn't spread at protests in 2020?
1/?
The CDC Director is an appointed position. If anyone wasn't happy with her she'd be gone.
On the most surface level she's following orders.
How can we find the last time anyone in this administration said mask?
Ted Talk Presenter: what if I told you that you could prevent disease and not get sick with respiratory illnesses year round?
Crowd: <gasps> various murmurs - vitamin D - kale - keto - burpees
TT Presenter: <holds up N95>
Crowd:
I wonder what we look like to the world?
Letting our 79 yo POTUS get COVID, then him 💩 talking in the Rose Garden, going maskless before the 10 days rec'd by his own CDC, and now the Paxlovid rebound, w maskless video w his poor dog as a bonus *don't do this @ home* feature.
"We're not going to lock down our economy or our schools," despite delta variant of coronavirus,
@PressSec
says. "We are not going back. We are not turning back the clock."
@rmayemsinger
@strychninelove
You can afford to see this in that frame. I'd love to be able to be in the same place no matter who wins the nomination. But I'm not so this means a lot to me.
@DoctorNatasha
People think there is a treatment and a cure for everything.
People who have never had a chronic illness and people who've never taken the meds to manage it - that create other issues.
And worse, things that have no meds, no treatment, no cure.
@rmayemsinger
@strychninelove
I know I'm muted but to the rest of the void - if you're able to be flippant about something, there is an appearance of needing to care less.
And lol on the Hillary thing. Now that was funny!
@luckytran
So I'm able to determine my influenza risk by reviewing surveillance info (that is one of the CDC's main purposes) but not risk for COVID that is what? 5x more deadly?
And who knows how many times more likely to result in a post-viral disorder?
This is so wrong.
@jonfavs
Just to follow up, going to post some history you may not be aware of.
"Dr. Fauci: CDC reducing Covid isolation time guidelines will ‘get people back to jobs’
Tue, Dec 28 2021"
This was during "the winter of death" (oops killed some vaxxed off too)
@Fred_Langlois_
I am sorry for your loss.
That you are educating is so important and is appreciated.
We need more people to know this. You are doing a good thing in a bad time. Take care.
NYS gives 10 of 20 *ventilators* for *the whole state* to Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo as respiratory illnesses are on the rise in kids.
Why is this,
@NiagaraErie
? 2 of your supts were interviewed for a story asking about masking in schools. They said unnecessary!
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@jonfavs
Oh yes, so true, we get so much just by asking politely. Thank you. You're right and deepest apologies for even imagining that the chair of the HELP committee could set a good example for workers by going off the dem script or that you are in any way a huge part of the problem.
@DGBassani
It's so hard when you think of others, that feeling when someone doesn't do the same for you. After all you've gone through, salt in the wound. Thanks for sharing how you are stopping the virus.
Sen Bernie Sanders looks like the only person in the House chamber wearing a mask. There are 34 Senators over age 70. Undoubtedly there’s more than one person in that room with COVID.
If you are fully vaccinated against
#COVID19
, you can now start doing things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. You can participate in indoor and outdoor activities - large or small - without wearing a mask or physically distancing.
Hired gun on CNN talking immunity debt when kids have been mixing since Joe Biden's 100 days to all schools in person goal in 2021.
@AnaCabrera
ask that as a follow up.
Let's call that May, 2021. That's also the big unmasking. So they've had exposure to people for 18 months.
This focus on AJ is the howl of someone struggling to deny what they knew about COVID. Using their credentials to try to make others feel small.
Right before she left Twitter for good, she was denying outdoor infections - that's physics & the 3Cs.
But she knew, see image.
Sad.
@mitchellreports
@StephTaitWrites
@PeterHotez
Thank you for talking about it.
I'd love to see some people with chronic diseases get a platform on national media to warn what something like Long COVID does to you (what it's like to "know spoons") and then how having a chronic illness makes COVID so much more of a threat.
Monkey Pox Primer
Transmission -
- Bites from animals
- Aerosols
- Direct contact with lesions, blood, or body fluids from an infected person or animal.
Most cases are zoonotic and occur after contact with an infected animal, but human-to-human transmission has also been seen
@kelly_klep
@racquelgates
Except maybe if things don't work out!
Instead of a conditional gift, a ring is considered a true gift if it was handed over voluntarily during a normal gift-giving occasion, like Xmas. It belongs to the recipient fully, even if the relationship ends.
@mackio_
We need to have a conversation about testosterone supplements and illegal steroid use by the police (and testing, firing).
They're like having 16 year olds out on the streets with guns and powers. And less judgment.
How many states/countries use McKinsey for their COVID response? I believe some of the East Coast states do. They're the Canadian bread price fixing folks.
Always good to know what they're thinking and recommending:
1.
2.
@public_archive
@Liquidemocracy
And how difficult it would be, even if we could leave, to go live anywhere else as an average person, without significant funds to get in. I see threads of people saying I think I'm going to go live in NZ. Oh okay, Richie Rich.
Every person needs to consider getting an
#ElastomericRespirator
for emergency use. One for each member of the family who can wear one.
Make sure they fit well, of course, but they usually seal pretty nicely.
Look for P100 cartridges.
This is the start of a thread!
@davidmfaris
We are coming down to last year's worst COVID.
What you are seeing are smarter human animals responding to something that could hurt them or their community.
Until people are safe and feel safe this will continue. There are actual actions that can be taken, not declarations.
Veterans Home COVID-19 Outbreak Results in $58M Settlement
84 residents died. A total of 164 plaintiffs include veterans who tested + Several of the veterans who survived COVID-19 have died of other causes since the lawsuit was filed
If you have made a choice to do something
And the people impacted by your decision try to explain to you how it hurts them
And instead of reflecting on that and asking them to explain until you understand
You get angry and make a different choice
You are not the victim.
@WalkerBragman
Also him going to work while sick!
If you think going to work while you have COVID is a sign of worker solidarity...you might be a neo-lib.
@lizkatsuleres
@StanfordChild
What comes to mind?
Instead of a child seat safety check, join us as we take out those car seats and allow you to flop around the vehicle.
We want to see your hair! Take off that bike helmet!
Tide Pods sure do look like candy. I guess we could try one.
Crosswalks are dull!
So President Empathy just made the US* more unsafe tonight.
And that's saying something for a country with our income disparities, lack of universal healthcare (that he'd veto if it made it to his desk), and systemic and dangerous inequality.
*and the world
@adamcancryn
@davidalim
And masks????
@WHCOVIDResponse
?? Like N95s instead of at stores mailed out like these? Seems doable!
Since it's voluntary no worries they'd be wasted. Let people order 20 a month per person.
@DrJinRussell
Thank you for this. We are rooting for you. It's so organized.
Also for people reading this thread there will be astroturfed, fake accounts, and COVID misinformation. Their handlers do not like to see the response NZ has had to the virus.
You can report both.
I saw C-Span Book TV on the guide at 2:30 am (as my telomeres shrink). It was an interview on The Viral Underclass - thought I'd take a look. This is the way.
An interview, audible, expressive, and clear with both people in N95 respirator masks.
@WHCOS
Here is a thread of WH plans. I'm guessing if any of them had been implemented the leader of the free world wouldn't have COVID. And a potential national security threat shouldn't be normalized.
Also if you could feel guilt, this image would do it.
Biden/White House COVID plans in order.
Campaign plan:
🤥🤥🤥🤥
1. test-and-trace
2. sufficient PPE for all
3. science-based treatments and vaccines
4. steps to reopen safely and effectively
5. protecting those at high-risk, including older Americans.
We should do a worldwide people led shutdown.
I know people reading this are doing as much as they can for their own personal shutdown.
I wish this could be organized.
Things we are teaching kids:
☑️I/me/mine
☑️Don't worry about friends or their families
☑️Disabled people/elderly/poor/BIPOC don't deserve your consideration
☑️I don't need to understand consequences before I act
☑️Doing something simple to help others is bad
☑️Go to work sick