When covid “arrived” in March 2020, things didn’t seem to add up. In April, while on a two week furlough I began my journey into this rabbit hole.
By May, I had zero doubts the response to covid was a massive failure and my mission was simple #FlattenTheFear
Not sure if I achieved this goal with my feed and interactions; I do know for sure 2 years later its turned into trying to Flatten The Stupid and that cannot be done by me. I’m freeing myself from the negativity on here, I originally came to Twitter for read only interactions…
on topics / people that were of interest to me. My account has turned into what it is now and I’ll be leaving it here as something to look back on in years from now and shake my head. What did we do to our kids, and the collateral damage list goes on.
Personal share. I’ve been on the fence in getting off the Twitter covid train wreck for a while now, i had two life changing events in December. First my 2nd daughter was born, then 9 days later my dad suddenly passed away (not covid).
I saw myself getting sucked back in…
especially recently with the mask mandates. It still makes me red with anger masks / vaccines. I was becoming more angry and judgemental in my interactions and that’s not me. But i give myself a full pass because there’s some real idiots on here.
I digress…
on the weekend I attended a kids birthday party for my eldest. Of all the parents there only one masked. Full on KN95 with the double straps. Again to each their own by I was being extremely judgemental in my internal thoughts on him. Why was this? Answer Twitter rotting my…
brain and me letting it happen.
After the party shifted to pizza / cake and the kids were eating. I went over to him introduced myself and we started having a fabulous chat. Really great guy / dad, he’s just a guy who chooses to wear a mask. Our kids are in the same class…
they get along; we made it a point to exchange numbers to make sure our kids have play dates this summer. I look forward to have a beer with him.
Walking away from this it was clear to me i was letting my interactions on Twitter affect real life. 👋 bye bye Twitter…
truth be told, i have a new account with my real face and name, following the people / topics that are of interest to me. It’s refreshing NOT seeing anything covid on my feed!
Lastly, as much as i hate Twitter it let me meet amazing peeps on here. I will admit this platform…
helped me get through the last 2 years, it would have been a very lonely hard road to have been isolated from you all otherwise.
To end, i will leave you with possibly one of the best clips ever and the inspiration for my profile.
My version: “after the 29th of March any covid tweet i see it will be tossed, I'm warning you with peace and love I have too much to do so no more covid crap thank you thank you peace and love peace and love”
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There are 3 gene targets for PCR tests to isolate SARS-CoV-2 (E gene, RdRp gene, N gene)
Stick with me... let’s imagine you’ve been given a task to find all fans wearing a red Boston hat at a Jays’ home game and you have 3 filters at your disposal to complete your task
An independent survey revealed the majority of covid fear comes from catching it and suffering long term effect from 🦠
Disclaimer: Everything I reference in thread existed BEFORE COVID-19.
Long haul covid is a very real thing...
...but it’s not a new thing.
For years, influenza viruses have been causing substantial seasonal and pandemic morbidity and mortality and also causing .... yes.... serious long haul long effects.
Present day, patients who survive influenza 🦠 infection are at risk of physical and psychological complications and multi-organ dysfunction.
They include: Lungs, Heart, Brian, Chronic Fatigue