@gabehudson@denise_dewald I think in some ways, the apocalypse is wishful thinking. We may not realize that, but all of the apocalyptic scenarios imagine these things *cannot possibly continue* without collapse/war/reckoning. As a historian I’m here to tell you they absolutely can.
@gabehudson@denise_dewald Waiting for the apocalypse is not a change strategy. It is a revolutionary mindset but rooted in a fear of losing comfort. It’s why we keep doing laundry. Because we hope the revolution will come and spare things like the electric grid and our wifi connection.
@gabehudson@denise_dewald Which, if you think of it, is actually the least likely outcome. Most likely? More of this. This discomfort. This intensity. This sickness, this death. This siloed ideology.
A couple weeks back we made a quick guide to the #mpxv#monkeypox course of illness but perhaps that would be helpful here in our twitter community of mass infection resisters. 🧵…1/11
We talked to our health department yesterday about #MPXV#monkeypox and y’all, the future is not good. Essentially, because the public refused to do 10 day quarantines they dropped to 5 hoping they would at least do 5. This is the same with mpxv.
They said “for now vax is for close contacts”
Us: ok but don’t fomites live on surfaces at least 24 hours?
Then: yeah
Us: ok so what about when someone with #mpxv goes in Kroger and touches carts and products with open sores?
Them: we would use cameras to try to identify close contacts
Us: ok that is unserious. But let’s reframe, what about school starting in 6 weeks and the playground? Bathrooms? Cafeteria? Shared markers and pencils?