Thread by @YouAreLobbyLud

1/ ON ANXIETY
I never - repeat "never" - take a breath in any indoor space that is not filtered by an N95. I have been accused of being a bedwetter, "over-anxious". Meanwhile, I have flown a single engined aircraft across the North Atlantic, into some of the roughest, shortest...

2/ ... trickiest bush airstrips on the planet and am shortly taking it on a trip to the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. I am anything but "anxious". I just understand risk and how to mitigate it. Stop calling people who don't want to get COVID "anxious".

3/ It's a slur on people who do suffer from anxiety and trivialises an important mental health condition. That this slur is often coming from government bodies and the media makes it all the more reprehensible. It's evil propaganda and gaslighting. Just stop it.

4/ And while we're on this subject, here is a prime example of rational risk mitigation - wearing a mask - being described in the media as "anxiety":

https://twitter.com/CalCurious/status/1603843195313745921

5/ And also while we are on this subject, here is an example from October 2021 of information from a trusted source that arguably trivialises very real concerns and impedes people from making sensible risk decisions:

https://twitter.com/WarblerGrey/status/1454259066637746180

6/ Flying across the North Atlantic in a single engined aircraft, I wear a survival suit and life jacket, carry a top end life raft and PLB. In the GP surgery, I wear an N95, monitor the CO2, keep a through draft when possible, and run a HEPA filter on max. It's not complicated.

7/ Also, a final word on "bedwetting". The kind of people who use this as a slur to depict lack of courage are to be reviled. Countless generations of children have had their childhoods made a misery by being victimised by adults over something they cannot help.