Kristie De Garis
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Writer, Photographer, & Drystone Waller: Unconventional memoir, 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' out August 2025. #MDANT
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I need to make it clear at this early stage that despite its name, my book 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' is not a book about drystone. Sure, there's a bit of drystone in it, but that's not what it's *about*
I refuse to be responsible for giving 14 men called Davey a heart attack.
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🧵A close family member has Covid for the 5th time. Despite me explaining many, many times, they didn't believe they could get another infection so soon (7 weeks after last infection) or that just popping into places without a mask could result in infection. And I realised...
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...that this whole time they thought that my efforts to stay safe were anxious and overbearing and ultimately...not necessary. Only now, four years and five infections later, are they starting to understand.
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Should also add that their health has been declining (Long Covid after 1st which largely resolved after 6 months, Type 2 diabetes after 3rd, and after 4th, four weeks of pneumonia followed by intense back and shoulder pain (ongoing). After the 5th?
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I cannot stress enough how important it is to avoid getting COVID, a virus that causes Long Covid, autoimmune conditions, mental health conditions, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes etc etc etc when there is less and less support for those who are ill. Don't think it won't be you.
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🧵We have been so careful re Covid. I don't know anyone more careful tbh. My daughter (who has Long Covid) went to the dentist last Thursday, first appt of day, dentist masked throughout. Now she is ill.
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@scott_squires
@quarecuttie
@CDCgov
It's the drip, drip, drip that fills the sink, then the room, then the house.
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🧵 A lot of people think still taking robust covid precautions 5 years in seems extreme and speaks to some sort of fear/anxiety/mental illness.
Yet, here we are heading into another winter of overwhelmed hospitals and drug shortages and 2 million cases of Covid a day (in US).
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🧵Today is another day where a friend tells me that 'it can't be Covid because I don't have a cough'. Have I expained to him, upwards of 5 times, that symptoms vary across variants & between people? Yes, but he can't see past the cough info that he remembers from 2020. 1/
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To the people who are like 'Oh you're not THAT careful with Covid' cause we went to the dentist.
Try navigating a pandemic protecting kids who have needs & wants & rely on you for everything while the world tells them that you are mentally ill & overbearing.
Then we can talk.
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My friend Jaimie made this Covid safe guide for sex workers. Another group of people who have been left to figure Covid out entirely for themselves.
I think this only goes to show how important community care and action is during this ongoing pandemic.
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🧵It blows my mind that some people who advocate for how well masks work also shame people for attending busy public events even if they are wearing a mask. That's literally what masks are for
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🧵This is likely to be the biggest Covid wave we've ever seen. This will also the case in many countries worldwide.
If you're ill, even if it doesn't feel like Covid, even if your singular LFT comes back negative, it is very likely still Covid.
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Covid Informed is a much better way of describing my actions than Covid Cautious. I wear masks, test, and isolate, and ask the same of others simply because I'm Covid Informed.
Just as I am Measles informed, HIV informed, Tickborne illness informed etc etc
I’m not Covid “cautious” anymore than I’m TB “cautious”, or C.Diff “cautious”
Why would I want to get a potentially serious communicable illness?
I’m not “cautious”, I’m informed
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I'm loving all your
#yallmasking
photos SO MUCH. Here's mine (but in a Scottish accent)
Youse all maskin'?
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It all feels very heavy at the moment. I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling like this, but I think I expected it to get easier? 4 years of protecting ourselves & others, taking on the full responsibility of that, while others pretend it doesn't exist.
Some days it's just a lot
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In my life I'm tired of being forced to centre a reality that isn't based on fact. I'm angry too.
Most of you are living a carefully constructed fantasy that allows you to shirk the collective responsibility that holds a fair and civilised society together.
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Why do I wear a mask?
There are many people in the world who would die/become seriously ill if they got Covid. I care about their life, but also their quality of life. I'm modelling the behaviour I would like to see from everyone.
I want to start interviewing people who are still wearing masks.
I am genuinely curious about their mind states and thought processes, particularly because I know darn well they were not doing this prior to 2020.
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@loveholliejo
I could not agree more...just the fact that for four years they genuinely just assumed I was talking shit and living with the utmost caution for fun? They *had* to learn the hard way?
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🧵As someone who is *very* Covid cautious people often assume I am pro lockdown. This is not the case. I think that lockdowns were actually a failure in government policy and if other actions had been taken in a timely fashion they would not have been necessary.
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'Your principles aren't principles until they cost you something...If principles always work out in your favour, you are just finding ways to rationalise what's in your self interest...Principles are constraints on conduct.'
🙌🏼Preach🙌🏼
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I told my daughter how much the Covid cautious community here has helped me. Helped me learn, helped me feel less crazy. So, she has decided to give Twitter a go.
This kid has been so strong for so long.
🧵I’ve been covid cautious for 5 years now (2 yrs of which I’ve had Long Covid). I don’t know anyone else my age in the UK who is Covid cautious & people always just assume ‘my mum is making me’ but I do this for myself and for others. It’s my choice and it’s a good choice.
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My daughter is very upset that she can't be safe even when she takes many precautions. I do not know another teen who has been as careful as she has. It's a huge burden, and now she's scared it's Covid again and how it will affect her health.
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Also, the failure is never in the actions of those who are Covid cautious, the failure lies firmly at the feet of gov and public health. We all do what we *can*, circumstances dictates so much of it.
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We are so careful that I know it can only be this dentist appointment that resulted in her illness (and likely illness of whole family). As a mother I feel so helpless that I can't keep my already unwell child safe during routine, necessary medical appts.
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🧵A lot of friends are telling me how frequently their kids get sick.
Mine were never sick a lot, even when they first started school. I dont remember other kids being off much either. Three kids out sick at the same time was a big deal.
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Connecting with so many more Covid cautious people in the past day has been a very welcome end to the year.
Thank you for refusing to push away the difficult truths and decisions. It is often a thankless and lonely task so I am sending strength for the year ahead. Keep safe x
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We have done everything we possibly can to keep us safe but it is not enough. Today I feel completely overwhelmed and exhausted by it all.
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Looks like we're in another Covid wave, which means the 'flu' you have is statistically likely to be Covid.
Covid is studied to have many negative outcomes including Long Covid, heart attacks, strokes, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and death.
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We are in one of the largest Covid waves we have ever seen and most of you will not even wear a mask. It's selfish and weak and I'm so unbelievably tired of it all.
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🧵I keep thinking about all the professionals that are paid to provide services. From surgeons to teachers to tradesmen to pilots to chefs to nurses to drivers. How repeated Covid infections impacts the quality of their work in many ways. 1/
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Cute kids. Smart kids. Empathetic kids. MY kids ❤️
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Can't get a PCR, only local private testing centre is out of tests (we're lucky we could afford this anyway). Ordered Strep tests online (covering all bases), and ordered our own Covid testing unit as it works our cheaper than paying privately for PCR.
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Maybe the most important slide from
@YaleSPH
Many people tell me they definitely don't have Covid. 49% of Covid infections are asymptomatic & also, Covid symptoms can look different person to person & variant to variant. Unless you have done robust testing, you really don't know
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Definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results
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Really want to add that both of my kids have attended the dentist before (several times), all dentists masked, and no one got sick. This time we got very, very unlucky.
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'I have the flu', 'I have the cold' - Right now, you are statistically far more likely to have Covid. I don't care what you want to believe, the FACTS are clear.
You are killing people, directly and indirectly through infections and also burden on services, waiting lists etc
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4 years sober today.
My life has gotten better every day that it doesn't include alcohol and I imagine that will continue.
It's not always easy but it's worth it.
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Despite what we each may believe, we actually all face the same reality. Covid causes many people to be sick in the acute phase and many more to be sick afterwards.
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Sadly, I could apply this to nearly any important subject, but in this case I am talking about Covid 19.
How can you be so comfortable with being so poorly informed? How can you be so comfortable spreading a virus that kills and permanently alters health and lives?
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🧵For those who followed me before I began to post regularly about Covid, I understand that you're likely here for photography, drystone & other kinds of wholesome escapism. I miss that life too, but several of the people closest to me have been seriously affected by Covid.
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I recently learned about Normalcy Bias, and I think it's an important thing for us all to factor into our thinking.
Normalcy bias is a tendency to underestimate the likelihood or impact of a negative event.
Around 80% of people show normalcy bias in crisis situations.
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I apply this same reasoning to climate. I will not take another flight unless it is necessary. It's the very least I can do to ensure that my kids have a future. A changing world demands that we change. The same choices will only lead to the same (awful) outcomes.
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Ignoring this doesn't change facts or outcomes.
I feel lucky to know it all now. It means I can do my part in preventing damage to bodies/brains and to our health services.
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Don't count yourself as an ally or as an advocate if you cannot see the racism, ableism, sexism, classism etc in refusing to acknowledge the facts about Covid 19. Intersectionality matters.
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The words of well informed friends do not carry enough weight. We desperately need more accurate and up to date info from public health.
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And everyone is so happy living in oblivion that any decision I make that actually accounts for REALITY is seen as a threat to others' happiness.
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You can't persuade others to get on the mask train if you also insinuate that even if you do mask, a normal life isn't possible. It is!
I'm very sure I've never had Covid and I've shot 12 hour long weddings with 300 people in attendance wearing a mask.
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Bored of excuses, bored of lies, bored of carrying your shitty decisions with harder decisions in my own life, bored of listening to you talk about how illl your kids are AGAIN, bored of your inability to accept change and then make it.
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I'm also tired of the 'I can't believe I got Covid on Christmas/my wedding/my honeymoon/before my big interview/on my special holiday' conversations.
Even outside of peaks, Covid is still a high statistical likelihood so it WILL affect all of this.
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I won't pander to this any longer. It's selfish and irresponsible to remain uniformed, or to push away facts in favour of fantasy.
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*Bit of an announcement*
Today I signed the contract for my first book.
It's about rebuilding - an unconventional memoir, connection to the land, to the past, and drystone.
Here's a very serious author photo to celebrate.
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Pleased to announce that my book (which finally has a title after epic levels of indecision from me), 'Drystone - A Life rebuilt' will be published by
@BirlinnBooks
@PolygonBooks
in August 2025.
There are no pre-orders for pre-orders but likes & shares are greatly appreciated
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'Yeah, he's such a landlord'
'Do you have to be such a landlord about it?'
'Landlord!'
Yeah, this has mileage and the kids are alright.
My daughter (15) and her friends have started using 'landlord' as a swear, like 'Shut it, you landlord', which is kind of brilliant.
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Thinking today of all the other parents trying to protect their kids from Covid with everything (& everyone) working against them.
Thinking particularly of the parents with kids who are already unwell.
It's brutal & soul destroying and I'm sending you all the love & strength.
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I wear masks indoors in public spaces, but I often don't wear them outdoors in quiet public spaces. I am also happy to attend busy public spaces if I am wearing a respirator...because masks work you guys.
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Masks work, as does air filtration and these plus testing and isolation when ill would have been enough to control the spread of Covid to a large degree. The reason Covid has not been controlled is that we relied soley on lockdown and vaccines to do it.
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It's also important to remember that we don't all have the luxury of avoiding busy public spaces. And, it's all down to the lives we *choose* to live. Not everyone can do, or wants to do, what you do.
But it's cool, because a well fitted respirator works!
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*and by 'will', I mean at some point, if you are not careful, Covid will fuck up something that matters to you greatly.
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We've messed up badly within the CC community.
3 women I know personally don't feel comfortable sharing details of their lives and risks they, and their kids are forced to take, because they would get absolutely piled on by people within this community.
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Also, Covid is not the only risk one should consider when performing risk assessments. People should factor in their mental health and quality of life too.
And again, wearing a well fitted mask really does prevent Covid infection even in busy public spaces.
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Is he insisting that the one test he took is definitive in terms of him being Covid negative? Yes, despite me also explaining the nuances of LFTs several times.
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🧵Update - My daughter doesn't have Strep, Flu A or B but most importantly, she doesn't have Covid either. It could be a rhinovirus and due to LC wrecking her immune system it has just hit her particularly hard. We're all *very* relieved and she is now on the mend.
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@Gcw25Wood
I'm so sorry (and angry) to hear this. Just cancelled Anna's docs appointment as they wouldn't mask (only had blue baggies) and we're doing it over the phone. SO TIRED OF IT ALL.
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Thinking things like “that won’t happen here/to me” or “it won’t be that bad” are potentially signs of normalcy bias. The (ongoing) pandemic is a good example of normalcy bias in action.
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I'm not cut out for politics (too many pictures of my boobs out there with men who truly don't deserve them ;) so I do what I can by sharing Covid info online.
Between May 2020 and end of 2022, I felt crazy a lot. Constantly worrying if I was making the right decision about our
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The finished garden feature. No mortar, every stone carefully placed by hand, unbeatable sustainability credentials, and guaranteed to last hundreds of years. What's not to like?
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Although my evidence is anecdotal, most of the people I know who are cautious are neurodiverse. A strong sense of justice and high levels of empathy are also common among those who are ND. We do this for ourselves, yes, but also for others.
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Although the amount of time we were in actual lockdown has been wildly exaggerated since it happened, those periods of time were difficult for many and absolutely widened wealth inequality in the UK (and globally).
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What never fails to surprise me is how much people are willing to give up or risk when it comes to Covid. It's clear Noah Lyles has risked a lot, but this doesn't just apply to Olympic medalists, it applies to everyone.
Weddings and honeymoons, family holidays, exams, ability
Noah Lyles GASSED after winning bronze in the 200m
He was seeing wearing a medical mask before the race and was checked on by medical staff afterwards
US Track and Field has confirmed he tested positive for COVID two days ago
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I am also not anti lockdown, novel viruses should be taken seriously but to avoid measures that are disproportionate, education is needed.
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Parents are overwhelmed and frazzled and getting ill as frequently as their children, yet it has been so quickly normalised. We've forgotten, but this was absolutely not the norm before Covid.
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I will add, Covid is a labour rights issue. I think the gov and employers need to protect employees with info and mitigations.
I'm just surprised no one even gives a shit about stuff that is affecting their brunches/holidays/events.
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A lot of accounts accusing those who are Covid conscious of fear mongering. The truth is, I don't need to worry anyone, my message is that if you simply inform yourself, and put some basic mitigations in place, it offers very good protection.
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Last week my daughter's bf flew over from Sweden. He booked his trip in advance, choosing July as historically cases have been much lower in summer. This year cases are very, very high.
Suffice to say I was very very worried about the implications of this.
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My protocol - which has yet to let me down, but which I acknowledge could - is a negative PlusLife test plus no symptoms means ok to unmask. I repeat after 24 hours. Further testing is context-specific (based on exposure risk).
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This makes normalcy bias incredibly dangerous and therefore important to understand.
Things that can influence normalcy bias are
Attachment to current beliefs leading to confirmation bias.
Believing that we need more info to act
Resistance to change
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Guys, I'm not just a... *checks troll comments* ...mental, narcissistic, fantasist, pronoun using, fear mongering, paid vaccine shill and employee at 'big mask', I'm also a photographer, writer & drystone waller.
Here's some of my, very peaceful, rather lovely, day to day life.
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I try to be positive, try to stay out of the dark and cynical places in my mind, but the gov promoting things like this is undeniably late stage capitalist & dystopian.
Don't know about you, but I'd rather not have worms coming out of my butt as I navigate societal collapse.
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The fact that there is not more pressure to avoid anything that will significantly impact one's ability to provide a paid service is sort of mindblowing to me.
One small example is our roofer who has been 1/3 of his way through the job for months due to repeated sickness.
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You can see from the numbers in this study that cases of Long Covid are rising. There are many studies that suggest there is a cumulative risk to Covid infections. That two infections pose more risk than one, three infections more than two etc etc.
The researchers estimate there
How common is Long COVID?
We estimate that the cumulative incidence of Long COVID till the end of 2023 is about 400 million cases – this is a staggeringly high burden.
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I remember stumbling across this scene and hardly being able to comprehend just how beautiful it was. That's ancient pine forests for you.
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I pay for these services, as we all do, and with a society so focused on capitalism/consuming/the bottom line, I'm surprised everyone is so relaxed about this.
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Until Covid, my eldest only got really sick once in her school career (aged 4-17).
Yet, now I'm seeing so many visits to A&E, so many week or two week long illnesses, some kids are sick every month.
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Also, my daughter and her bf are both very young (18 and 20) and yet, they both handled this situation maturely and respectfully. We appreciate so much his efforts to keep us safe despite being happy to accept much higher levels of personal risk in his own life.
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Or staff sickness within companies meaning emails remain unaswered, or flights being delayed/cancelled. Nevermind more serious things like incorrect prescriptions/dosages or delayed/cancelled medical procedures.
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Or my doctors who these days, make many 'silly' errors like not making a referral, or not logging my blood test in the system or not phoning at the agreed appointment time because they 'must have missed that'.
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@DaviesLunt
@scott_squires
@quarecuttie
@CDCgov
I meant the overall effect of Covid in the world is a drip, drip, drip so not enough people notice and take precautions therefore protecting others too. On an individual level even one infection or just one post covid sequela can be a flood.
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I don't think I've awarded the title of 'Coolest Thing On The Internet' yet, and maybe I'm being too hasty but I don't think so. Jealous doesn't cover it.
My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share
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Understanding first, that normalcy bias exists, then how prevalent it is, gives us all an opportunity to try thinking outside of it.
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I've made many bad decisions in my life, & now I care a lot about making good decisions. Bias is something that affects our decision making & it's good to be aware of areas/thinking/experiences that influence us. To believe you aren't affected by biases is a bad start
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Of course this is multifactorial, but the only vector that isn't being considered is Covid. Staff sickness, higher levels of hospital admissions, very high levels of hospital acquired Covid...this won't be solved unless we acknowledge Covid's role.
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Time for another 'Get To Know Me' thread. I'm Kristie, I'm 40, Scottish, mixed-race, neurodiverse, mum of two, ex-wife of two, photographer, writer and drystone waller.
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From
@YaleSPH
If this doesn't get you listening and taking action with regards to Covid, I'm not sure what would.
And remember that kids don't have the information or autonomy to make choices themselves. We decide for them...
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@LoneWolfMasker
@loveholliejo
The truth is, I feel very numb to it, even though I love this person with all my heart. I also know that it would also be incredibly unhealthy for me to remain 100% invested in their health.
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The worst part of all of this is that it could have been *easily* avoided. Hard not to be super fucking mad that no one gives a shit.
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Built this today. Feels good to see marked improvements in my skill. I've come a long way in 2 years. Not bad for a very part-time, fairweather waller 🤣
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