Thread by @dirrhope

1. the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is not over
2. SARS-2 transmission is through airborne aerosols
3. vaccines provide limited and waning protection
4. there is no lasting immunity
5. reinfections are common
6. asymptomatic spread is common

7. SARS-CoV-2 is a multisystem vascular pathogen
8. every infection causes organ damage
9. organ damage is cumulative and durable
10. at least 1 in 10 infections cause long COVID
11. viral persistence is a mechanism in most long COVID cases

12. there is no evidence that most long COVID cases ever recover
13. viral persistence results in immune exhaustion

these are just some of the important points about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) and COVID (the disease) that the general public is ignorant or in denial of

read this paper, it is written clearly and relatively accessible for non-experts

nature.com/articles/s4157…

these are the points that we have to push back against in the information war that we are in

all of our governments, the media, our public health apparatus, medical schools and healthcare professionals are actively denying these or are ignorant of them

my challenge is to figure out how to translate these points into counter-propaganda to at least attempt to counter-radicalize the population

i refuse to accept mass death and disability

i refuse to allow the most powerful to be #DavosSafe while leaving the rest of us to rot

i will do whatever i can to warn people

silence = murder and i will not be silent

#CovidIsNotOver