ConnyChiwa

ConnyChiwa, 1 month ago

@mu @pezmico @seawall What a lot of people (esp. those in charge) still don't get is that cleaning the air is actually not that hard and it would be much cheaper than dealing with staff shortages all the time.
We have the expertise, we have the evidence, we have all the tools... it's a choice not to do anything about it. Wonder how much longer until the crucial bits stop working.

#CovidIsNotOver
#CleanAir

ConnyChiwa, 2 months ago

@AE4WX @PacificNic My go to mantra is "None of the people judging you are going to care for you when you're sick or disabled. So why care what they think or say."

#CovidIsNotOver

ConnyChiwa, 3 months ago

@dave The really sad thing is it was never about preventing individual suffering, just trying not to overwhelm the health system so we don't get scenes like in Europe & US with tent hospitals and bodies in cooling trucks.
I'm so angry at all the calculated denial and misinformation (or lack of public health info to counter it). All the doctors who cannot be bothered to stay informed and protect their patients (just had another one this week telling me I can take my mask off 🤬).
#CovidIsNotOver

ConnyChiwa, 3 months ago

@dave Gosh, the team of 5 million haunts me now. I remember talking to a friend in Europe mid 2021 who had total resigned and given up. I naively thought we'd never get to that stage in Aotearoa where we'd stop protecting the children and the vulnerable. I thought we valued whānau and community. A tiny island nation leading the way for the world...
Maybe that's why the grief of seeing one friend after another buy into the narrative sits so deeply.

#CovidIsNotOver

ConnyChiwa, 3 months ago

@dave Agreed. Feels like we fell harder cause we were at the top of the pandemic responses and now it's just a different kind of trauma to carry around.

ConnyChiwa, 3 months ago

@eniko @dave The push to open up from businesses and the rest of the world was enormous, and in the end politics and misinformation won over public health. Not sure how/whether we'll ever be able to turn this around and come back to a place where science and empathy lead the way.

ConnyChiwa, 4 months ago

@dave Ended up in ER over night last year (when NZ still had mask mandates in HC) and I will never forget the nurse who told me I could take off my mask now bc she had pulled the antibacterial curtain round my bed! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Ironically, she was the only HCW wearing a respirator the whole time I was there. All the doctors wore saggy blues that slipped off constantly.
Around me, multiple patients were coughing and wheezing. I slept in my N95, went home covid-free. Still unfathomable!
#CovidIsNotOver

ConnyChiwa, 4 months ago

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 And that from an organisation that's supposed to teach young people leadership skills and contributing to their community...

Heard from a friend about a case on day two of the camp so they'll have already spread it on the bus.

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@oldperl @teezeh @longcovid Eine "Anleitung", die ich gerade gelesen habe: 1 Aktivität aussuchen (laufen, lesen, etc), messen, wie lange man die Aktivität problemlos an einem guten / schlechten Tag machen kann (20 vs 4 min), Mittelwert bilden (12min) & ein paar Minuten abziehen als Puffer. Festgelegte Pausen einbauen (zB. 2 min Pause alle 4 min), nach einer Woche leicht erhöhen, je nachdem wie gut es ging (2-5 min). Quelle: The Pain management workbook by Rachel Zoffness https://www.zoffness.com/

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@kaffando @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Govts wondering about low vaccine uptake after they spent the past year telling everyone covid is over and nothing to worry about anyway. Make it make sense! smh

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@VestigialLung @kaffando @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Here in Aotearoa (New Zealand), if you're U30 you cannot get a covid booster unless you're severely immunocompromised. Yet, they keep throwing away expired vaccine doses worth 100s of 1000s of dollars. Every time I read about that my brain feels like it's going to implode. I don't understand why they make up all these useless rules for vaccine accessibility yet are fine relying on personal responsibility for use of masks & other measures.

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@raadsharar @VestigialLung @kaffando @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 I know. It's just outrageous. Probably shouldn't have been surprised by all this but I still kinda believed in the team of five million (NZ population) our previous PM praised for the initially collective and supportive response. Long in the past... especially now that we've got a RW govt that reintroduces smoking for our youth to pay for tax cuts for the rich (and not being ashamed to say so publicly).

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@VestigialLung @raadsharar @kaffando @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Yep. People wanted change after all the covid protection measures Labour had put in place - ignoring how many 1000s of lives that saved. Conservatives lied throughout the campaign and MSM didn't scrutinise them sufficiently. Now we got change. Don't think that's what most people had in mind. :(
First time in a long while I'm glad we vote every three years.

ConnyChiwa, 5 months ago

@VestigialLung @raadsharar @kaffando @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 💯

ConnyChiwa, 7 months ago

@wndlb @pezmico That's next on my to do list: check whether our local tests may have extended expiry dates.

ConnyChiwa, 3 months ago

@pixelnull It's the sad state of this world that your initial reaction when misreading it is justified. I tried not to get the staff on the photo hence the weird camera angle.
There's multi shops in my town with that sticker. I'm sad we have to make that explicit (when it should be a given) but it also makes me happy every time I see a new sticker popping up.