🧵 To be transparent, I have not always been a Covid safety advocate.

I didn't arrive at this point effortlessly or without making mistakes.

But it's never too late. Humans are not static beings. Every breath is a new beginning.
Although I never completely ditched the mask, there have been instances where I caved to pressure and social norms.

• A multi-day conference where we masked, but still had meals together.
• Going to cohort mates' houses but not discussing testing or masking beforehand. Although I never completely ditched the mask, there have bee
• Business school orientation where I was the only one masking, but still needed a lunch break and didn't want to sit alone.
• Family members or roommates dining out, so I figured if they were exposed, I would be too.
In 2020, I sank into the teachings of disability justice. I truly believed we should let the experiences of those who are most marginalized inform community care. In 2020, I sank into the teachings of disability justice. I
Honestly, my actions felt hypocritical, and I couldn't take the cognitive dissonance. Silence began to feel like a moral injury, especially since I have the privilege of being a student at the "top" school of public health.
This solidified when I got the sickest I ever had with ME/CFS, and learned about the #MillionsMissing movement consisting of people who had a post-viral illness like mine.
While mostly bedbound for a month with limbs of lead, I knew that if I could regain enough energy, I wanted to... While mostly bedbound for a month with limbs of lead, I knew
(1) prevent others from experiencing this and joining the #MillionsMore pipeline via Covid, (2) intervene in ME's long, ongoing history of medical harm, neglect, and gaslighting, (3) participate in community with other disabled and chronically ill people.
This is why I continue to do what I do: social media advocacy, Long Covid research, mutual aid (@CovidSafeCampus), and abolitionist peer support (@/Hold.Coalition).
To those who have been harmed by my not wearing a mask because of my complicity in an ableist society, I sincerely apologize and do not demand forgiveness.

To those who have stopped wearing a mask, it is not too late to start. To those who have been harmed by my not wearing a mask becau
Your life and the lives of your community are worthy of protection.

There is enough published science on this virus that anyone, disabled or not, should demand and practice better mitigation.
Note: If you are a JHU student, faculty, or staff, you may request free N95 masks at bit.ly/JHUFreeMasks this semester.
I won't lie and say that it's been easy.

For a while, I even questioned if I was in an altered state, because my grasp of the situation was so disconnected from other people's perceived risk. I won't lie and say that it's been easy.  For a while, I eve
Was the apocalypse happening in my head or are the masses really ok with this much death and disease? I wish it was the former, but reality checks confirmed the latter.

Looking at the opportunities I have lost, or probably won't repeat is bittersweet.
Another hidden cost is social capital. Last winter, I wrote "When I talk about the pandemic, I am ghosted." Too many of you could relate. sunrequiem.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/pan…
But at least my conscience is clear now.

My (NeuroQueer, AuDHD) self requires a standard of moral integrity that is not fine with the status quo, even if it hurts to go against the grain of society. But at least my conscience is clear now.  My (NeuroQueer, Au
My disabled body cries for a halt to the endless production of labor and sacrifice of rest in the interest of capital.

Will you be my ally?

Anyway, wear a mask and invest in clean air infrastructure.

/end of thread
Instagram version of this post if that is easier to read! instagram.com/p/CqQ3rqmOx5f/
I’m starting to crash from keeping up with notifications so I will try to limit how much time I spend on here. Welcome to the new people. Thank you for being here and I wish you all safety and solidarity if you see this.

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