Thread by @laurieallee

I see so many people lamenting getting Covid after hanging out with friends...many of them are older people, some already have Long Covid and the setback often causes even more physical damage and disability. It doesn't have to be this way!

It's not a choice between total isolation or no Covid precautions. This attitude reminds me of people who couldn't fathom switching to condoms and getting HIV tests when AIDS emerged. I think of Covid mitigations as Safe Life. Or at least safer life than pretending Covid is over.

If you're going to gather, have all friends test first. When gathering, wear a well-fitting N95/KN95/Kf94 mask indoors and outdoors in crowds. If home, run Hepa air purifiers or a Corsi-Rosenthal box and open windows. If you share a meal together, eat outside and avoid crowds.

This is how friends I know live in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It's how family and many friends here also live. It's been standard in film/TV productions for 3 years. It's how Biden and folks at Davos approach their meetings, regardless of their minimizing Covid public narrative.

It's not perfect. Tests cost $ and can fail. Masks can leak. Outdoor settings can still transmit Covid. But layered approaches mostly work, and--like safe sex--if everyone adopted at least some of the practices, transmission of disease would be dramatically lowered.

We don't have to be repeatedly infected:
Consistently and correctly #WearAMask (N95/KN95/Kf94 or better) everywhere you share air
Test before gatherings
#CleanTheAir
Eat outside or in well-ventilated space
Avoid crowds.
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It's not living in fear. It's taking control.

Lots of inspiration below:

https://twitter.com/laurieallee/status/1611238630605066240?s=19

Preemptively posting this for the inevitable angry quote-tweeters. I really do mean it:
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https://twitter.com/laurieallee/status/1638569370141229056?s=19