Thread by @rubyslippahs

Please listen:

I don't care if you think it's allergies.
I don't care if you think it's flu.
I don't care if you tested positive for strep.
I don't care if you tested positive for flu.
I don't care if you think it's RSV.
I don't care if you think it's pneumonia.*

You can have all of this and still have COVID at the same time.

Sure:
You might be okay.
Your partner might be okay.
Your kids might be okay.
Even your parents and grandparents might be okay.

But:
Who else will get this when you don't stop transmission?
Who else will die when you don't stop transmission?
Who else will develop long COVID and lose everything they've known?

Your best friend?
Your daughter?
Your neighbor?
Your spouse?
Your grandmother?

The stranger who won't even know where they caught it?

There truly are no risk factors when it comes to COVID.

I've seen healthy triathletes taken down.
I've seen healthy children taken down.
I've seen military service members taken down.
I've seen people who have ideal diets taken down.
I've seen people with no medical history whatsoever taken down.

I've seen them die.
I've seen them develop long COVID.
I've seen them die from long COVID.

And odds are unfortunately good that if you don't take precautions, especially going into the holidays, I'll see you go through this, too.

I don't want that for you. I wish people understood this.
I hope they never understand this.

Please, test.
Please, mask.**
Please, don't be around others when you have symptoms.

If you need a good mask:


If you need tests:
Four from the US gov:

If you have insurance, 8 RATs and 2 PCRs:


Until we put public health first, we will never have personal health.

*Tuberculosis, RSV, avian flu, strep: all things going around right now.

**Masks matter. Most transmission happens before symptoms are present.