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Mar 15 5 tweets 2 min read
The #LongCovidAwarenessDay tweets are heartbreaking. This one stood out, because I have so often thought the same thing.

From the very young to the very old, this sentence perfectly summarizes the entire LongCovid experience.

“I miss me.”
“I am simultaneously living without existing and existing without living.”

I feel this deeply.
“When you get LongCovid, you are going to lose an essential part of yourself.”
A recent HHS report said LongCovid “can be extremely disruptive, dismantling one’s ability to work, their sense of self, & their entire existence.”

Dismantling one’s “ability to work” is listed before dismantling one’s “sense of self and entire existence.” Brutal.

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Mar 17
It really is THIS serious. I don’t think people understand what’s coming.
Last month:

“This is the youngest case ever reported to meet the diagnostic criteria for probable Alzheimer's disease without recognised genetic mutations.” ndtv.com/world-news/19-…
Read 10 tweets
Mar 15
On this #LongCovidAwarenessDay I feel I should step back & let the hopeful new generation lead the way.

I have survived 3 Covid anniversaries & 2 infections. Most of my time has been spent warning people. Nothing has changed, except we’ve gotten much better at pretending.
What people perceive to be “Back to normal—the end of Covid!” is actually just everyone standing in queue, unprotected, waiting for their turn to be disabled or killed by the rapidly mutating novel pandemic virus. It’s really that simple. Normalcy bias is very seductive.
Now there’s no data or plan, and governments are actively pretending the pandemic is gone so they don’t have to pay for it (and all the folks they disabled) while the situation grows progressively WORSE behind closed doors. Absolutely none of this is sustainable. Save yourselves.
Read 11 tweets
Mar 13
New narrative just dropped. (I won’t be linking the article.) The Atlantic: The Next Stag...
What? “Against SARS-CoV-2, most little kids have fared reasonably well. And as more babies have been born into a SARS-CoV-2-ridden world, the average age of first exposure to this coronavirus has been steadily dropping—a trend that could continue to massage COVID-19 into a milder… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“Most little kids have fared reasonably well.”
Read 6 tweets
Mar 13
In 2021, the US heard Covid would be a “mass-disabling event,” and LongCovid “could be this generation’s polio.” Then we normalized it.

Canada is also expecting Covid to be a mass-disabling event. You’ll note that’s in the present tense.
August 2021: “While non-disabled people were willing to relax at the misguided belief that only the elderly and disabled would be affected by COVID, disabled people predicted it early: the coronavirus pandemic would be a mass disabling event.” refinery29.com/en-us/2021/08/…
Read 4 tweets
Mar 12
Here’s an example of present-day Covid coverage. Media carefully presents the story of a person who was temporarily ill “at the height of the pandemic.” Always framed in the past tense, with a heavy emphasis on hard work, back to normal, gratitude, & hope. goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story…
You’ll note we quit hearing about these stories altogether for most of 2022, but now they’re obliged to cover them for the anniversary. Watch how carefully they avoid interviewing ANYONE who got sick over the last year. It’s quite deliberate.
Here’s a slightly different framing. Fully vaccinated individual has had Covid 4 times in the last 3 years, & he couldn’t walk, work, or stand up. Now he feels better, & has “parked his wheelchair & is using a cane.” Covid taught him patience & acceptance. ktnv.com/news/third-ann… KTNV: For Andres Fragoso Jr., he lives it every day. AlthougIt wasn't until late last year he started feeling better and
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Mar 11
“IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra warned that cases of group A strep throat leading to severe complications are on the rise in Illinois, with more cases reported in 2023 than in any of the past five years.” centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-new…
Wisconsin: “This is the next big problem,’ said Dr. Gregory DeMuri, UW Health Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician.” tmj4.com/news/local-new…
St. Louis: “Healthcare workers said strep is noticeably higher than in recent years.” ksdk.com/article/life/w… 5 KSDK: “Rise in strep throat cases causing a shortage of
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