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lizwhatsherface.bsky Profile picture
@RealGayArbys
Sep 15 • 20 tweets • 6 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
What would the world look like if the pandemic never ended, if Covid was causing widespread, long-term illness, and if all this was being covered up by the government? 🧵
You might expect to see record levels of sickness and disability.
Line graph. "Long-term sickness is highest on record. Economic inactivity due to long-term sickness." The line spikes upward in 2020. Source: Office of National Statistics, up to January-March 2023. Via BBC. 2.5+ million people are not looking for work due to illness.
Line graph showing the numbers of the population with a disability, ages 16 and older. The line spikes sharply upward in 2020. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, fred.stlouisfed.org
Like, off the chart levels of sickness and disability.
You might expect to see hard evidence that the ‘herd immunity’ plan failed, with children continuing to die at staggering rates.
You might expect record numbers of absences in schools and workplaces, tons of canceled concerts and airline flights, more sudden/unexplained deaths in all age groups, and a rise in opportunistic infections (caused by damaged immune systems).
There would be a coordinated effort to hide data from the public to obscure the truth of the threat. Hospitalizations, cases, and transmission numbers would all be hidden or manipulated. 
The government probably wouldn’t try to hide the data all at once, because it would be easier to dismantle reporting over the course of several months or years.
Eventually, updates might cease altogether (despite rising cases).
They would likely have to hide death data as well.
People with vested interests in keeping the economy running at full-speed would probably engage in astroturfing online, spreading misinformation to convince the public the threat has passed (to get people back to work and boost corporate profits). 
exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/22/how…
The rich and powerful would continue to take precautions, while telling you everything’s fine.
This would take a lot of effort, and there would have to be a pretty carefully-coordinated campaign to confuse (and wear down) the public.
They might tell you repeatedly how much you shouldn’t be panicking.
Hospitals might prioritize a sense of “normalcy” over infection control, so as not to be held (legally and financially) responsible for their role in the unfolding disaster.
The ruling class (who would have access to the truth of the situation) would use their knowledge of what’s coming to invest in long-term care facilities, healthcare, and death.
Some people would obviously figure out what’s going on (like scientists, for example) and start shouting about it from the rooftops. So you’d probably see extreme censorship measures happening on social media sites.
thehill.com/policy/technol…
Activists talking about the issue would be individually targeted and censored too.
As conditions worsen, government officials might start preparing the public to accept mass death, reassuring us that it will only happen to the ‘vulnerable.'
Life insurance companies would take note and move accordingly.
Meanwhile, the scientific evidence would keep mounting. But all of these findings would be minimized, hidden, laughed at, or ignored. Over and over and over.

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Sep 12
I think we need to be posting about asymptomatic transmission every single day tbh. 60 percent of Covid transmission is asymptomatic. And I think we need to explain that asymptomatic means no symptoms at all. This is the biggest thing people cannot grasp. People do not believe it
Asymptomatic is not a word most people heard before the pandemic and it needs to be explained. People really truly think they're going to be able to feel it if they have Covid, and it's not true. When I'm explaining this I am saying, "...which means you won't feel sick at all."
People also need to be told that asymptomatic cases of Covid aren't less dangerous than symptomatic ones. And they're going to need to hear this multiple times before they're going to believe it. Because it's horrible & the implications are terrifying. Keep repeating yourself.
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Sep 8
Right-wing astroturfers are using tried and true propaganda tactics to hate and fear masks. And a ton of people are falling for it, because these methods are designed to prey on people's emotions. A thread, on *actual* fearmongering.
First, you should know that a huge number of the people posting anti-mask content on this website are being paid to do so. Many of them aren't just trolls, they're astroturfers funded by Koch et al. Here's a must-read piece that breaks this down: levernews.com/how-the-koch-n…
Not only are these astroturfers spreading misinformation, but they're also working hard to prey on people's disgust. Disgust is a powerful emotion that's often used to manipulate people. It has often been used as a "tool of oppression" throughout history:
purdue.edu/newsroom/relea…

"Disgust can be effective in persuading and influencing people, and has been used throughout history as a tool of oppression," says Daniel R. Kelly, an associate professor of philosophy who specializes in cognitive science. "Flagrant uses can be found in the past, with egregious and well-known examples coming from Nazi propaganda designed to dehumanize and direct disgust against Jewish people. But more subtle appeals to disgust are still made today, often in conjunction with attempts to cast a group of people as outsiders, and thus not deserving of equal treatment or the full...
"Kelly, who is author of "Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust," says disgust is a powerful tool that elicits aversion. "When most people think of disgust, they think of visceral stuff like bodily waste or germs, but research from the past 20 years has revealed that disgust can exert a subliminal influence on social and moral judgments," Kelly says. "If people are disgusted by something, they are likely to think it is dirty, tainted, unnatural or just wrong. Political rhetoric that excites disgust is a powerful tool that can be used to discredit ...
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Sep 7
It is really hard to blame people for not wearing masks properly when public health has never given us actual guidance, and when even the companies advertising good masks don't model the products correctly.
Here's an ad I saw yesterday. This mask *does not fit* Screenshot of an online ad. A light skinned model wears a red KN95 that's too big for their face. Text says "Spring Clearance / 50% off sitewide"
See how the nosewire is sitting far off the model's face, and how the mask gaps on her cheek? These gaps are dangerous, and the mask does not fit. Here's a thread on how to fix the nosewire crease issue:

Close up photo of improperly worn KN95 mask
Close up photo of improperly worn KN95 mask.
Fixing the nosewire crease doesn't address the fact that the mask is too big on the sides, though. KN95s are too big for a lot of faces (including mine). Fortunately, there are different bifold mask shapes & styles that are smaller. Here's one example:
lutema.com/products/made-…
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Sep 5
It is heartbreaking and terrifying to watch people trying to take Covid precautions again but still not grasping how serious this shit is. It's not enough to just mask indoors now. Most of us who know the extent of what Covid does are limiting our activities and doing way less.
It's just not worth risking a neuroinvasive virus that's causing lymphocytopenia to go watch a movie indoors. It's not worth going to a concert where you are *guaranteed* to get exposed. People know it's bad, but they haven't seen it up close. And they don't understand the risks.
Most people cannot fathom that it is actually worth rearranging their entire lives to avoid this thing, because they think if that were true, then everything would be shut down right now. They think that it cannot possibly be that dangerous. But it is.
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Aug 31
It used to be possible to live a semi-"nOrMaL" life and take Covid seriously. You could maybe eat outdoors at a restaurant with spaced tables or meet up with friends outside. But now all mitigations are gone, it's disingenuous to pretend any semblance of 2019 living is possible.
"Just wear a mask to the concert!" DOES. NOT. WORK. We should not be encouraging people to think they'll be safe masking in an indoor venue surrounded by hundreds or thousands of unmasked people. The concerts have to stop. Even if you don't get sick, you're aiding a superspreader
Nobody wants to hear that the party's over. But the party has been over. We can't stay in love with the things that are killing us. Our desires are not neutral or harmless.
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Aug 30
Want to do more advocacy work around Covid but don't have the time (or desire) to join a group? Here's a thread of action items you can do easily, wherever you are 🧵
1. Stickering/flyering

Lots of artists have created sticker designs that you can use to order custom stickers (that you can put around your community to spread the word). Here's a thread on how to get started:
2. Postcards

is a global postcard exchange site; you can send cards to people around the world when you sign up for a free account.
I've been using this site to do advocacy work in recent months Postcrossing.com
Photograph of postcards featuring pixel N95 artwork by @bestby2018. The back of the postcard is printed with text that says "Mask Up. Covid is not over. Need masks? Visit ProjectN95.org." A sheet of global postage stamps is next to the postcard stack.
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