And yet another study shows that there can be viral persistence in the body long after a Covid infection seems to be over:
COVID Virus Can Remain in the Body Over a Year
In their research on long COVID, the scientists found COVID antigens in the blood for up to 14 months after infection and in tissue samples for more than 2 years after infection.
From @thesicktimes
How Mask Blocs Are Keeping Communities Safe with Neglected Government Stockpiles.
"To supply plentiful, free masks to anyone who requests them, bloc members track down large quantities of quality masks being sold cheaply or offered for free. In this way, Covid-19 safety groups and mask blocs essentially function as narrow supply chains in specific regions, with bloc members focusing on distribution as well as acquisition."
Next verse, same as the first. Monthly blood test. Head #phlebotomist is wearing a #mask – below her chin. She pulls it up when I check in, same as last time. Younger nurse again wears none. No other patients there when I was. #WearAMask
Also alt-monthly doctor's visit. Neither receptionist wears a mask, nor does the doctor. No other patients encountered. #CovidIsNotOver
Scheduled for my semi-annual #pulmonary function test next month. Ah, the joys of breathing into – and out of – tubes other people have. Best I can manage is scheduling for first appointment Wednesday, four days after the other day tests are done.
We are thinking about doing our mini-mask bloc of two tonite for the feminist action day. But i don't think i have the courage for this, plus it would piss me off too much.
"Every month or so, the twitter wars start up again. Someone, often a disabled person, pointedly expresses their frustration that - yet again- leftists are gathering with few masks in sight, without guidance to require masking, and/or without distribution of free masks. This lack of COVID mitigation makes these spaces dangerous for immunocompromised people, people living with #LongCOVID, and everyone who is at risk of serious post-COVID health problems including long-term disability (that’s everyone!)
The backlash to these statements is usually loud, angry, mean, and often quickly degenerates into hateful rhetoric about disabled people generally. I don’t think I’ve ever posted a masked selfie without MAGA trolls mocking me, instructing me to die, informing me I’m scared, telling me I’m crazy, and absolutely fuming that I should stay in my house. Disturbingly, some of the leftist backlash to repeated requests for masks and disability justice praxis sounds remarkable similar to the MAGA folks’ go-to talking points."
Yes, it is true. When leftists behave like that it does hurt even more, because they should (and they could) know better. #Anarchists in particular are very disappointing when they fall for the state propaganda normalizing #COVID19 and as such participate in the organized abandonment of chronically ill and immunocompromised people.
@LeftistLawyer I am O negative & sense it was protective. But I am also routinely vaxxed & have masked diligently when I have to be indoors in public. The first time I went maskless in a large indoor gathering (new chapel, high ceilings, funeral) I contracted Covid. By then it was Sept of 2023 though, & fairly mild. Lesson learned. I quarantined & did not give it to my partner, not 0 neg. Good luck with your research. #WearAMask even if you are the only one.
Seeing how many people at #gally1 got COVID this year makes me really glad I wore my mask. I'll admit I felt some peer pressure to not mask up on the Thursday, but I'm glad I did get around to wearing it almost the whole weekend.
Nah, wearing a facemask isn't "virtue-signalling." You know what is though? Ignoring a mass disabling event that is an ongoing pandemic and then contracting Covid and suddenly "isolating" for some bullshit insufficient number of days, acting like you suddenly give a shit. That, my friends, is most certainly "virtue-signalling." Give me a break. #Covid#CovidIsNotOver#facemasks#WearAMask#MaskUp
Scolding people to "get vaccinated" is one of the most counter-productive things you can do. Its only practical purpose is to make you feel superior. Measles, Covid and other diseases aren't spreading because "people" are "being stupid". They're spreading because of your government's decision to stop doing public health, which included real community vaccination outreach. Not scolding. #measles#CovidIsNotOver#WearAMask#getvaccinated
At least no one can deny that #measles is airborne and that airborne precautions prevent it. Want to kill several birds with one stone in an age of immunodysregulation and vaccine evasion? #WearAMask (#WearARespirator)
March 2020 an asshole private practice dick was trying to force me to see patients in person despite a history of clots, asthma, and pulmonary infarction just years earlier.
I refused, got an ADA excuse from my doctor.
Still "did my job."
Saw patients virtually without issue.
That attending was 43yo & went in.
He didnt live to see 44.
He died after #COVID19 & probable Covid-induced myocarditis.
Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting COVID-19?
Spoiler - you bet it is
infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.
... found that people who had gotten COVID-19 at least twice experienced higher rates of short- and long-term health effects, including heart, lung, and brain issues, compared to those who were only infected once.
"The new laws aren’t actually anything new - they largely extend existing police powers. But they’re intended to create the impression that particular actions like wearing face coverings are now 'banned,' scaring people away from legitimate activities. With the COVID pandemic still raging, there’s never been a more important time to mask." Excellent bulletin on the proposed amendments to the UK's Criminal Justice Bill, from the awesome folks at @netpol - I highly recommend activists follow their work, utilise their resources, and donate whenever possible. #NetPol#WearAMask#MaskUp#protest