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8 May

Unsolicited gyan - for double masking, what I have found to be most comfortable (and possibly more effective) is to use one of those thinner disposable masks inside and a thick cloth mask or N95 over it. The softer disposable mask then fills the gaps pretty nicely.

If you still feel gaps, you can try looping only the outer mask over your ears and simply placing the disposable mask inside. That removes the tension from it pulling it straight and lets it contour to your face better.

It will stay in place because of outer mask.

Don't aim to "cover everything" with the inner mask as long as it covers nose and mouth and keep it somewhat loose, so it gathers and sort of plugs areas where outer mask is likely to leave gaps - like near nose.

Simply placing it and not lopping over ears definitely helps.

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8 May

Took my mother a couple of months to realize the gravity of the situation and stop going "mala parlyala jaychay".

Once she heard a few ambulances wailing, got it. Been a dream homemate for a pandemic since. Constant use of masks, nags everyone else too. No outsiders allowed in.

Maid was used to wandering around in the area all day. Old, can't read, was used to going and checking on various sons, her even older mother (who died just before the pandemic) on a daily basis. Not used to excessive hygiene...

She found the pandemic IMPOSSIBLE initially.

I forced her to live with us 24/7 if she wanted to keep her job. Mom literally nagged and lectured till masks became second nature. Ratted her out to me if she so much as thought of heading out

We let her do the shopping if she agreed to the masks etc to get her "wandering" fix.

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7 May

Have any doctors expressed any opinion on people dying of #COVID19 AFTER being vaccinated?

The sales pitch is that vaccinations will prevent infections, or if you get infected, symptoms will be mild. The number of reported deaths after vaccinations defies this.

34 doctors died in April alone. IMA was supposed to ascertain whether they were vaccinated. No update on that yet. They were supposed to be the first to be vaccinated, the govt's data-for-tech-miracle-vaccination scam should have made finding out if they were vaccinated simple.

There are other stories of people who have been vaccinated (both doses) and still died of covid for eg Chhattisgarh Covid Control and Command Centre in-charge dies of coronavirus newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/ap…

He had been vaccinated.

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6 May

No door-to-door policy for Covid-19 vaccines as following current protocol would be difficult: Centre toi.in/bGuu0Z2/a24gk

And superspreader events at vaccination centers are easy? Why can't vaccination teams be prepared for AEFI?

The "difficult" I assume, is because of having to wait for half an hour after vaccination, but with door to door vaccinations, the team would be around vaccinating others, no different than if it happened at a center.

How is "current protocol" good with crowds like BKC?

Remember, if you go to a vaccination center and get a vaccine AND infection:

Covid takes 2+ days to develop infection.

Vaccination takes 2+ weeks to develop weak immunity, 2+ weeks after 2nd jab tfor strong immunity which is also not a guarantee.

This photo is a superspreader.

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6 May

Was about to sleep after the Twitter space. Instead got into conversation with a distraught Covid volunteer. Mostly said nothing. Listened as words like "dystopia" "genocide" "crushed between Modi govt and pandemic" were used.

I offered "forced to witness unimaginable tragedy"

She described some volunteers who had lost family members jumping right back to help others without taking any time off. "We are not able to take time off. If we stop for any reason, we will collapse and go mad. We need a win before stopping or it is unbearable." (paraphrased)

The kind of mental pressure volunteers operate under is beyond comprehension. There are no words of support to offer. All you can do is listen and shut up and WITNESS that this is happening. They are going through this. Someone sees their pain and the fight they are putting up.

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5 May

Are we continuing to test whether the vaccines remain effective? 34 doctors died in April from the #Covid19 second wave. Doctors were supposed to be vaccinated and if infected were supposed to get only "mild" symptoms. This defies statistics no? newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/ap…

IMA was supposed to ascertain if they were vaccinated, but there seems to be sannata on the subject since.

There were a few other posts I saw about people who had been vaccinated dying. (as opposed to dying after second dose of vaccine - which are also there, but different)

Are we testing to see if vaccinations are effective against second wave/variants/whatever?

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