Amber P
@amberloyse
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mum of 3, primary teacher, dance teacher, living with MS and an awesome hubby. Views my own.
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I have worn my n95 religiously, I don’t go out without it. The stakes are too high for me. Tested positive today along with my 4 yo and 9 yo who also mask consistently. This is just fucked.
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About to start paxlovid. Turns out I do qualify for it and a grateful for our incredible HCWs and in particular my GP who is a total rockstar! Anything I need to know? But nervous!
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Tonight I held a dance concert for my small dance studio. We had just over 100 in the audience. I made sure we had all the doors open (incl the whole back wall) and every single audience member wore a mask. It was so simple. I just asked nicely! (And supplied some masks)
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I haven’t even picked up my kids from their first day and I already have a ‘positive case in kindergarten and Year 1’ notification from school.
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My kids chose not to attend ‘school movie night’ tonight. They are 9, 7 & 4 and know the risk of putting 400 kids into the closed hall for 2 hours, esp after warnings in the newsletter about high transmission of c19 and flu. I hope I made ours special enough for them…
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@KOOLFOOLTATTOO
Haha. My daughter is honest when she forgets. And the first thing she said when tested +ve was ‘oh mum I’m so sorry, I haven’t been careful enough’ it’s too much responsibility for kids. I set her straight on the fact that it would’ve come from me picking it up at work.
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Well. That took off in a way I didn’t expect. Thank you for all the kind words, and for some intelligent discussions. I’m going to turn off my notifications tho and head to bed to rest. Night twitterverse 😴
#MaskUp
#CovidIsntOver
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Just went shopping to get bread, me in my 3M Aura, 5yo in his tiny Cambridge n95, we walked in to see a REAL LIFE lady in a
@flo_mask
- we greeted each other, chatted air purifiers and local outdoor dining venues and damn it felt good
#RepresentationMatters
#COVIDisAirborne
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@RealAnitaWhite
Thank you. Feeling lucky that this is our first infection. Hoping my hubby can avoid his second at the moment!
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Well fuck fuck fuckity fuck. My beautiful 83yo mum (just getting over a terrible case of shingles) has been two places in the last week. Our GP and her geriatrician. And now she has Covid for the first time. How do we even get antivirals on a Saturday night at 6pm 🤷🏽♀️💔
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My kids school sent out a ‘health information’ letter today… “We have been informed by some parents of a number of students have shown symptoms of the following - impetigo, conjunctivitis and head lice at our school… /1
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Woohoo! Some good news for our morning… the school where I work has ordered air purifiers for every classroom after getting our schools upgrade grant money! Doing a little happy dance right now!
#cleanairforkids
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Could we please ask you treat (as per below) your student/child appropriately if they appear to have any of these contagious diseases and or headlice.” With links to NSW health info sheets.
We’ve never had a letter about covid… ever. Just doesn’t seem quite right?!
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You know the worst thing… I feel like an idiot for getting long covid. But I genuinely haven’t shared indoor air for years. I was masked with a 3M Aura at work when I got covid that led to LC. I knew all the right things, and it still wasn’t enough.
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@CindyMoreviews
My point is that it probably came from a time that one of my kids forgot to mask at school, or when my 4 yo attended daycare (he doesn’t mask there) but also that one way masking isn’t enough when the community doesn’t give a shit about vulnerable people.
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@Preserve4kids
My kids are the stars in that way - they consistently mask at school. Despite being the only one who do it.
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My legend of a kid wants to write his speech about why masks should be encouraged in schools. Does anyone have links to any studies or info we could cite please?
#MedTwitter
#CovidIsAirborne
#lonemasker
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Fuck. After FOUR years of this shit my beautiful, caring sister, who lives with and cares for our 83yo Mum with dementia, has Covid for the first time. She is so careful and masks but has been taking Mum to her Drs appts. Fuck this shit. Fucking fuck.
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I should add that it’s good they’re aware and wanting parents to treat impetigo, conjunctivitis and even head lice!
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@DrShaneRRR
@_marching_Ents_
I don’t know how I am going to go in to work and teach covid positive kids next term. Or how I send my own kids to learn alongside them. I just don’t know what to do now. After two years of avoiding covid. I’m too tired for this too.
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It was such a beautiful and 🤞🏽 relatively safe celebration for my dancers! I asked families to stay home if unwell and to test prior if possible. It can be done. Now we wait to see if these mitigations worked tonight!
#CovidIsNotOver
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@CaneInPink
That does make it feel better right! My little one doesn’t mask at day care but he has a tiny Cambridge n95 that he wears everywhere we need to go that’s indoors!
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I am so proud of them, they were both a bit sad about missing out until they saw tickets and treats and popcorn! And I’m letting them choose to stay home tomorrow if they want, partly to avoid the talk of ‘how great the movie night was’
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I’m all for building resilience, but sometimes it’s all just a bit too heavy for a 9 year old with friends who don’t have the same emotional literacy as her.
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@YouAreLobbyLud
Oh FFS. I had influenza a a few years ago and was very very sick. But once it was gone that was it. No lasting effects. I have covid now. Feeling very very unwell. Taking antivirals but the dice has been rolled on future effects and I have no idea where it’s going to land 🤦🏽♀️
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@YouAreLobbyLud
My mum is 82, she HAS dementia. She is still my mum, a beautiful loving Nana to my 3 kids and a valued member of our family. She only retired 2 yrs ago after making wedding dresses for the previous 35 years to support raising me as a single mum- her life has value too. I love her
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@Spockarama
That’s amazing. Imagine if we’d all spent the last FOUR years improving indoor air quality!
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@sydsoc
Likely a school. My kids and I mask at primary school, but my 4yo attends day care and while he masks everywhere else, that was just impossible.
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Okay tweeps. About to start paxlovid after testing positive this morning… what do I need to know. I have severe emetophobia so just don’t tell me if it’s going to make me puke!
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@YouAreLobbyLud
@1goodtern
I can cop the general public (like me, but who aren’t using twitter) being naive to this, but people who are literally employed to study, comment and diagnose/treat these conditions… how can they honestly say it’s immunity debt.
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@aaronhoyland
@bookwych
Now I’ve re-read your tweet and I am laughing to myself alone in my lounge room 🤣🤣🤣 🍆
As an MS patient with ok Vitamin D levels I would agree we all need more D! (Or those who enjoy D anyway!)
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@stuperbug
@Globalbiosec
@mjrowland68
@CrabbBrendan
@smh
@BreakfastNews
This ☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽 you win the internet this morning 💥 (and I’m just a primary teacher - it’s not hard to understand the consequences of our actions here, or inaction)
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Went back to work masked up today as always. My colleague saw me masked and got out her n95 because she had felt too isolated to wear one on her own. It felt good 👍🏽
#MaskUp
#CovidIsNotOver
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@portarican_RT
I’m lucky to be able to access paxlovid today, what kind of breathing treatments do you mean?
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@AugersMonster
My daughter asked what she should do when her desk mate averts his head and coughs under his elbow all over her daily. She knows the teacher won’t move her to a different desk so she doesn’t want to ‘be THAT kid’ who annoys him and asks 🤦🏽♀️
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@brownecfm
@BrentCrysell
I just read a little about it and that’s exactly what we do every single day. This platform is the only place I find like minded people and that helps us keep going. Thank you for sharing your insights and reminding me that there’s many others like us!
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@watinthe_
I have to say it was for selfish reasons too! My kids and I haven’t had covid yet! I’ll keep you posted as to whether we were successful! But no one complained AT ALL!
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@RealAnitaWhite
@woolworths
I noticed the cheese in my grocery order. Such a steep rise, and I’m in a privileged position where I can say it wouldn’t bother me if I thought the farmers saw increased profits!
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@RealAnitaWhite
I have MS and we’ve been so careful for so long, so I’m actually glad I can say that it came from me. My kids don’t need that kind of responsibility!
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@psvbluemts
Yes. My kids are the only ones masked in their class. They’re keenly aware of the lack of mitigations and the covid positive kids/family members in class. School refusal has been a huge issue for us this semester. And I’m a teacher 🙄
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@NjbBari3
@aparachick
@NSWEducation
@NSWHealth
My children’s school swings between “stop keeping your kids off school our attendance is bad - you’re bad parents” to “you’re bad parents for sending your kids to school sick, we’re running out of teachers because your kids keep coming to school and sharing their germs” 🤦🏽♀️
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@PMGPSC
Colleague had covid and recovered enough to go back to work for a few days before being admitted to hospital with fluid on lungs, in and out of icu then a cardiac arrest. He won’t be listed as a ‘covid death’
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@YouAreLobbyLud
I can weigh in here with some knowledge to back my opinion. As a teacher, the ‘at risk’ children still came to school during Australian lockdowns, the children are more harmed by being constantly sick and teacher shortages due to illness.
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@CO2RadicalAus
@YouAreLobbyLud
I have to say I’ve had no trouble teaching in a respirator, but there are a few occasions where I’ve wanted children to see my mouth make the sounds. These look great! Thank you!
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@DavidJoffe64
Our rats are still positive, now on day 8 since positive pcr. My kids are going round the twist but I won’t be sending them back to school to infect their friends and teachers in time for Christmas!
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Lots of ppl talk about rats and whether some are better than others. My covid positive daughter used the 2 San Lyher colloidal gold nasal swab this morning. Strong positive before the whole sample was wet. Orawell mouth test tonight. Shows negative. She is very symptomatic.
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@gemcarey
I hope you look back on these photos in years to come and remember your strength and resilience. You’re obv an amazing mum already, I can’t believe that anyone thinks it’s appropriate to give you any negativity around something that is so personal and so hard.
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2 yrs of caution, mitigating risk in every way we can, avoiding big gatherings, missing out on so many things, masks in class, almost in a hazmat suit at work! My 8 yo had the dreaded (faint) +ve line this morning.
#fuckyoucovid
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@criprights
We NEVER used to stay home. We ate out twice a week, had coffee at local cafe EVERY SINGLE DAY. Now I get groceries/shopping delivered, make coffees at home and avoid indoor spaces. We always mask - kids too. Haven’t eaten indoors at a restaurant for years…
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@1goodtern
I’m so sorry. Long covid feels like I am being poisoned every day in a different way. I hope they start to feel a little better very soon ❤️
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@the1chloe
I am a primary teacher - I use enovid and wear a 3M aura at school ALL THE TIME. I go outside if I need a sip of water, but it’s covid soup at work. My youngest attends daycare, and my older two kids wear masks at school but I’m sure they forget sometimes. It was inevitable.
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We made it! Bedazzled, masked, nasal sprayed and gargled and so excited!!!!!
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@drclairetaylor
@johncoreys7
@LauraMiers
@Firefly1909
And for those of us on Twitter - or who know better and wear masks etc, our friends think we’re conspiracy theorists of have lost the plot for trying to warn them!
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@drkerrynphelps
What about the mental health impact on my 6 yo and 9 yo going to school with their friends who have parents and siblings at home with covid? The understand the need to wear an n95 because they understand the risks for our family. It’s too much responsibility for them daily.
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@Globalbiosec
So great to see! It really can be done with a bit of leadership. My dance studio concert recently had every single audience member in a mask, just because I asked and had a box of spares!
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@1goodtern
I’m still waiting to see how many beans it took in December. My bag certainly wasn’t full, but I think it’s got a small hole in it now 🤦🏽♀️
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@KarenCutter4
Thank you for your insight Karen. For ordinary people, it’s one of the few spots we can find accessible, accurate covid info 🙏
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@_marching_Ents_
Thank you! They’ve been feeling isolated by it all because no one they know in person (outside our family) cares about covid. And my son was teased by his friends today because he ‘doesn’t realize covid is over’ 😢
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Well shit. I am still negative on the good rats but my pcr is positive.
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@PennyMSBSNRN
Thank you. I actually wear a 3M aura so it’s pretty good. I’m sure we got it from daycare or school or whatever. I didn’t really expect this tweet to reach more than my 70 something followers!
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NEGATIVE! And feeling a lot better. Thank you twitter friends, ppl say this is a hell hole but I have to disagree. You are really lovely people and I am so grateful for your twitter friendship xx
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@HarryBoby4
I find it unfathomable. I also have MS and people are so helpful, accommodating and compassionate towards it. If I mention LC it’s just crickets 😳 And honestly my MS has been a walk in the park in comparison but has huge no’s of advocates, ambassadors and charities!
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@Globalbiosec
SIX MONTHS AGO! This is ridiculous 🤯 and what about our kids?
#XBBVaccinesForAustralia
including our children
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@AugersMonster
I am a teacher! We’re not allowed to enforce or suggest masks in nsw. No air purifiers and now that the weather it’s cold almost every primary classroom I go into it all closed up 🤦🏽♀️
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Lovely twitter peeps. We had covid on Dec 5. We’ve just spent Saturday night and a few hours on Monday with my sister who is pcr +ve today. Her symptoms much worse than anything we had. How likely is it that we’re going round 2 already?!
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I’ve just gotten over covid. Testing negative. I booked my first facial in three years for next week while my immunity is strong… is this a bad idea? It’s no biggie if I need to cancel it. Would just be really nice!
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‘At this stage’ ? you mean the FAFO stage? And it’s not the ‘best’ indicators. They would be pcr tests or at least registered RATs. These are the ONLY indicators. And surely they indicate we’re fucked. Where are the monovalent vaccines?!
At this stage of the pandemic, the best indicators of COVID-19 activity in the community are emergency department (ED) presentations (Figure 1) and sewage surveillance (Figure 10). These suggest COVID-19 transmission continues to increase in NSW.
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Fuck. I have covid again. I haven’t recovered yet from last time.
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@gemcarey
I’m not disabled enough to qualify for NDIS and I don’t have the energy to try again just yet, yet I’m immune compromised enough to be high risk if I get Covid. I feel like I’m in a no-man’s-land and I don’t know what to do now. It’s terrifying!
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@melbourneISO
Oh this makes me so sad. I’m really sorry you have had to endure this. Keep up your good work. It will be worthwhile!
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@YouAreLobbyLud
@1goodtern
And it might mean we’ve been lied to… for four fucking years.
#itsnotmild
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@DrShaneRRR
Especially in a crowded classroom, with no ventilation, or even windows opened! (Not my classroom, I was visiting others last year)
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@YouAreLobbyLud
@CO2RadicalAus
Despite my wearing an Aura as a primary teacher (and not taking it off indoors EVER) I have managed to still get covid. Again. I assumed it must’ve come home with my kids or hubby but their pcr’s are all negative. I don’t go many places and always am masked indoors! 🤔
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@Ghostcatlove
Not at all. My daughter felt like she was getting a migraine, then developed fevers. My headache started last night, sore throat this morning and awful nausea today. Now just feeling totally wiped, but I feel like that with viruses due to MS so I was expecting that.
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@NjbBari3
@aparachick
@NSWEducation
@NSWHealth
And I’m a teacher!!! I absolutely refuse to send my kids to school if they are sick. The DoE in NSW has the worst attendance data since it started being collected but everyone is still asking why? Or blaming lockdowns 🤦🏽♀️
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@1goodtern
Second one diagnosed for me last night. First one only 4 months ago. I mask everywhere. But I’m a teacher. I am so scared that this is going to have lasting effects!
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FFS! Even after being so careful for so long, my 68yo brother-in-law has covid for the first time. He lives with and helps care for my 82yo Mum who has dementia, and a myriad of autoimmune diseases. 1/
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@AshleyGWinter
I took your tweets to my gp in Australia and am trialing this despite being pre-menopausal. It’s already helping. Thank you thank you thank you!
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@Proctor__Harvey
@CindyMoreviews
I am immunocompromised. So yes. I will mask for as long as I need to. It would be good if public health officials put mitigations in place to protect vulnerable people though.
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@DrMLivingston
Good on you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 it can be hard to be the lone masker sometimes. Thanks for continuing to hold the line - perhaps some time in the future someone who saw you will think back and feel a little more comfortable to wear their mask too 🤷🏽♀️
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@DrMLivingston
@monamuseum
That is the thing I find the saddest about this whole pandemic shitshow. The total death of empathy, care and mateship from our society.
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@JaneCaro
@AnnPomeroy2
We always pay for our own. Tea, coffee, milk, biscuits. Everything really. I only recently stopped buying my own glue sticks for the classroom.
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Does anyone have a cute/concise infographic I can share with colleagues about the need for open windows and natural ventilation in classrooms?
@YouAreLobbyLud
@DavidJoffe64
@drclairetaylor
@watinthe_
@AugersMonster
@CovidSafeEdAus
@CleanAirStars
🙏
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We’re doing saline nasal spray, CPC mouthwash and fluids. Also have hepa filters running, windows open and masks on those who share spaces. Enovid for the adults, what am I forgetting?!
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@KarenCutter4
My kids school sent home a note to say please keep sick kids home because the gastro is so bad a few weeks ago, and then yesterday an infographic telling us were bead parents if we keep them home from school!
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@MLS_Dave
I felt like a sitting duck at a firing range spending the night in ER two nights ago. I’ve got everything crossed but hubby and I were the only ones in respirators and only a handful of others in baggy blues 🤦🏽♀️😳
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11th wedding anniversary today. We’ve been together since we were 14… I am so grateful for my wonderful husband.
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@YouAreLobbyLud
Thank you so much Dr Berger. You do so much more than that on twitter as well!
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@dgurdasani1
I’m sorry to hear this. I’m 10 days post 2nd infection and have been overdoing it. My HR races to 90-100 on standing and I’m light headed. The 1st time I had covid I rested for 6 weeks and then after 8 weeks gradually saw some improvements for 4 months. Then I got it again🤬
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Mum and my sister are both still negative and he is isolating as best he can. I found it rather telling that today it was hard for me to get his Paxlovid script, a few local chemists had run out! My usual chemist said it’s ‘the worst they’ve seen it’ referring to covid /end
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