In honour of Long Covid Awareness Month, here are 2 asks for fellow Blueskyers
1. Wear an N95 in public to reduce transmission & in solidarity with the millions living with Long Covid
2. Please stand up to large accounts that minimize this illness & who dunk on disabled folks
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"COVID is not 'just a cold'. Even mild or asymptomatic infections can cause lasting health effects, damaging blood vessels and organs, affecting the brain, and weakening the immune system -
#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth
@thewhn.bsky.social
As most of the COVID -safe/-aware community can tell you, try wearing a mask everywhere & declining indoor eating invitations and then see how many friends you have left.
I've been a 24/7 caregiver since 2020. I can't imagine the exhaustion you have b/c I know mine is different with only 6 years 24/7 into this journey but know I am sending you β€οΈ. Xo
Her name is congresswoman luz rivas of Californiaπ¬
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThpmjECQ/
βSchools are an ideal breeding ground for #measlesβ on CBC Radio 7pm news.
Of course they wouldnβt have to be if
1. We cleaned the air in schools
2. Sick people wore masks and stayed away
3. Most importantly, kids were vaccinated before coming to school.
FFS. This is NOT hard.
Scientific conferences are superspreader events, including medical scientific conferences.
As we cross this six-year mark, WHO asks countries and partners, just as we ask ourselves: Is the world better prepared for the next pandemic?
The answer is yes and no.
bit.ly/4af2tzL
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Even the @who.int is clear that it is only the "global health emergency" that has ended -
www.who.int/southeastasi...
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Of course, "Combating misinformation on a large scale & building trust in institutions & science is essential to prevent unnecessary costs & improve population health".
Yes. But stop telling people the pandemic is over (has "subsided").
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Just because people aren't still dying in their millions in ICUs across the world, doesn't mean that the pandemic has "subsided".
βΆοΈ We still have #LongCOVID, for which there is NO cure;
βΆοΈ and we still have the cumulative risk of #Reinfections, long term organ harm, & immune dysregulation.
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"While the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, misinformation remains"
Unfortunately, this research paper risks adding to the misinformation it seeks to dismantle -
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Welcome to 2026, where readers of πthe New York Postπ get a better education on the science of airborne disease transmission than an MD who just graduated from medical school at the University of British Columbia.
This is not hyperbole.
People need to go to jail for this.
#medsky #scisky #cdnpoli
Covering this paper later today around 12:15pm on my Patreon.
SARS-CoV-2 peptide fragments selectively dysregulate specific immune cell populations via Gaussian curvature targeting" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Link:
www.patreon.com/Patrickthebi...
Long covid is going to have a reckoning in this country very soon. We are not prepared.
Judge certifies class-action lawsuit over COVID-19 deaths at Maples care home in #Winnipeg
Lawsuit claims former operator Revera, health authority negligent in handling of outbreak that left 56 dead
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
heatherflynnstagram on Threads replying to this Oh hell no. They deserve a reply that says: Maybe the OLD ME would've tolerated this message; but disabled, chronically ill me thinks you should be told: This was a thoughtless, selfish, and cruel message you sent. I would rather have NO friends than a "friend" who reminds me how isolating it is to be so unwell in a world full of people so ableist that you delusionally and desperately pretend on the daily that Covid isn't actively still disabling and killing people.
Someone wrote me the perfect reply to them. I love y'all internet CC people
SAD NEWS π’
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
What is with these media outlets inability to mention that virus that shall not be named over the past couple years? I understand the collective trauma, grief and fatigue. But we can't fix the problem by sweeping it under a rug
Leslie Lee on X Bluesky exists so liberals can pretend Covid doesn't exist
I miss Leslie. His incisive social commentaries π We'll make you proud by not being silenced, my friend
My IG feed is full of parents asking for prayers for their hospitalized children with illnesses like Strep, Covid & influenza A. I don't want to dismiss prayers if that gives someone hope, but it's no substitute for preventative mitigations for airborne viruses. It didn't have to be this way
Loving this growing list of Covid aware comedians lol
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask π·
Four rectangular AirFanta air-purifier filters on a light surface. Two used filters on the left are visibly darkened with trapped dust and particles, while two new filters on the right are bright white and clean
Filter replacement day. We donβt often see how dirty the air we breathe is, but moments like this are a clear reminder. Why would anyone want this in their lungs??
A woman sits in a wheelchair, holding a yellow book titled "Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life" by Alice Wong. She wears a blue sweater and red lipstick, looking directly at the camera. A large pink quotation mark is in the top left corner. Below the image, on a dark blue background, white text reads: "The many identities you hold and your lived experiences are not in conflict with each other; they make you sharp, whole, and extraordinary." This is followed by "- YEAR OF THE TIGER, ALICE WONG" in pink. The bottom left features the Long COVID Advocacy logo.
We are well into our read of 'Year of the Tiger' in memory of Alice Wong, for our disability & chronic illness reading collective, The #PedanticZebra Book Club.
This is a super quote about holding & unifying the many aspects of ourselves.
ππ To join us on Fable: tinyurl.com/3r2ctufh
An infographic from Long Covid Advocacy titled "Latest Research: Long Covid." The headline in pink text reads, "49% RISK INCREASE FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE." Below the headline is a photo of a stethoscope resting next to a small chalkboard that says "autoimmune disease." The main text states: "This meta-analysis of 97 million people found COVID-19 increases the risk of new-onset autoimmune diseases by 49%, particularly vascular and connective tissue conditions. Risk was higher after severe infection and significantly lower in vaccinated individuals." The source is listed as "Chih-Chen Tzang et al, 2025, Clin Rev Allergy Immun." The Long Covid Advocacy logo is at the bottom.
π§ͺWe are seeing more and more evidence of the devastation that Cvd plays on the immune system
This increased risk in autoimmune disease is not reassuring
We know autoimmunity predominantly affects women who are often roadblocked in medicine to a dx
Cvd again plays into systemic inequalities
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If you want to know the intentions of @icegov.bsky.social on @bsky.app - so far all the accounts followed by #ICE belong to journalists/media.
@safety.bsky.app, please take note -
"We've lost you to a cult"
Happy to be a member of the clean air cult. I'm also a member of the seat belt cult, hard hat cult, parachute cult and pasteurizing raw milk cult βπΌ
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"The pandemic revealed, with terrible clarity, the incompatibility of capitalism with the most basic requirements of public health":
@benjaminmateus.bsky.social
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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It's a mystery why π€
It could be a lot of things, but let's not mention #COVID specifically, along with an #OngoingPandemic now in its 7th year, still ignored & denied by all governments -
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
