Thread by @elisaperego78

I'm truly sad to hear there are plans for covid care to be rationed in Australia.
This is what's been happening throughout the pandemic.
We need honesty from public health.
An unleashed or poorly controlled SARS-CoV-2 spread *will* bring *any* healthcare system to its knees 🧵

https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/status/1445328765718908937

We saw in early 2020 Wuhan and Lombardy already how SARS-CoV-2 can literally wipe healthcare out. People were left to die at home with no care. We've seen the Italian Army bringing the coffins of covid victims out of Bergamo because the local crematorium couldn't cope.

We know SARS-CoV-2 can led to long-term symptoms and sequelae in a large percentage of those infected i.e. #LongCovid. Many of people with Long Covid aren't receiving any medical care because healthcare systems remain stretched all over the world. Some have died.

We've now the powerful weapon of vaccination. Yet, SARS-CoV-2 remains a big threat in most countries due to numerous factors: reinfection, cases of waning immunity, breakthrough infections, low vaccination rates, poor policy, and/or long-term damage inflicted on the healthcare

*All* policy makers, medical workers and public health experts need to be crystal clear about the consequences of "living with covid", the nature of the disease --no, it's not a "common cold"-- and the long term effects of infection #LongCovid --no, it's not just a bit of fatigue