On this day, four years ago,
we were told
that in order to fight the virus
we should inject disinfectant
or perhaps sunlight
but those odd suggestions
are from long ago
now on this day, the current one,
we are told
that in order to fight the virus
we should just cross our fingers.
When first I saw the headline
which read “Seriously,
now is the time
to stop kissing sick birds”
I was so certain it was satirical
I was so certain it was fake
that I checked and checked it again
only to be reminded
that satire cannot keep pace
with our current realities.
The Australian saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) was driven to the edge of extinction in the mid-20th century, with an estimated 3,000 individuals left by the 1970s. Now, after decades of protection, they have achieved 'full recovery,' with an estimated 100,000 individual crocodiles in Australia today. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320722002993
@josh#CDCsays 4 days quarantine IF you have a fever, and all that stuff we told you in 2020 about 14 days quarantine we basically pulled out of our ass.
I hate anti-vaxxers, but I also hate how the CDC keeps giving anti-vaxxers reasons to question their recommendations.
The CDC says you can go back to normal life a day after your symptoms improve. The White House knows you're still infectious and doesn't want you to visit for ten days.
Protect those around you from #COVID19 as if they're just as important as someone who works in the White House.
Here's what the science says:
➡️ Most people are infectious for ~10 days
➡️ ~80% of people test positive for 5 days after symptom onset
➡️ Only ~30% of people who test positive have a fever
➡️ Presence of symptoms is an unreliable indicator of infectiousness
➡️ Individuals can be infectious before the onset of symptoms
➡️ Asymptomatic cases represent around 20 to 40% of all infections