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My sons are filmmakers & have been masking on local film sets for 4 years. They occasionally get puzzled looks.
My sons are filmmakers & have been masking on local film sets for 4 years. They occasionally get puzzled looks.
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Yesterday they were working on a film set in Whitehorse & were asked (not unkindly) why they always wear masks (because the pandemic ended in May 2023, right)?
Yesterday they were working on a film set in Whitehorse & were asked (not unkindly) why they always wear masks (because the pandemic ended in May 2023, right)?
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The eldest patiently explained that he'd had #LongCOVID for 4+ years (he neglected to mention that he'd also recently spent 5 days in hospital with a Long COVID complication). Then he described how Long COVID had impacted 2 other family members.
The eldest patiently explained that he'd had #LongCOVID for 4+ years (he neglected to mention that he'd also recently spent 5 days in hospital with a Long COVID complication). Then he described how Long COVID had impacted 2 other family members.
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(* And because people will always ask - hoping for a little ableist comfort that COVID isn't a risk to them - we were all 100% healthy prior to COVID).
(* And because people will always ask - hoping for a little ableist comfort that COVID isn't a risk to them - we were all 100% healthy prior to COVID).
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When you're in your early twenties, as both my sons are, it is very difficult to fit in with your peers when a mask marks you as "other".
Profoundly other.
When you're in your early twenties, as both my sons are, it is very difficult to fit in with your peers when a mask marks you as "other".
Profoundly other.
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It should not fall to a 20-something kid to explain what #PublicHealth should be telling everyone in an #OngoingPandemic of a highly transmissible, #Airborne virus that still kills & disables.
It should not fall to a 20-something kid to explain what #PublicHealth should be telling everyone in an #OngoingPandemic of a highly transmissible, #Airborne virus that still kills & disables.
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Because after enough reinfections, EVERYONE is vulnerable to developing Long COVID.
Because after enough reinfections, EVERYONE is vulnerable to developing Long COVID.
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Incidentally, one of the film crew was off sick with #Shingles: 2x things to note - (1) this person is too young for shingles (older people are usually more susceptible); & (2) a 2022 study found a significantly increased risk of developing shingles in people who'd had COVID.
Incidentally, one of the film crew was off sick with #Shingles: 2x things to note - (1) this person is too young for shingles (older people are usually more susceptible); & (2) a 2022 study found a significantly increased risk of developing shingles in people who'd had COVID.
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In sum, #COVID doesn't care whether we believe in it or not. It will & can quietly pick us off one by one with new onset #Autoimmune diseases like #Diabetes, reactivate other latent viruses, & trigger #HeartAttacks & #Strokes, etc. -
In sum, #COVID doesn't care whether we believe in it or not. It will & can quietly pick us off one by one with new onset #Autoimmune diseases like #Diabetes, reactivate other latent viruses, & trigger #HeartAttacks & #Strokes, etc. -
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...much of which will occur long after we've forgotten our apparently "mild" COVID infection of the year before.
Not to mention #LongCovid, the risk of which is one in 10 infections, & which stacks up with each #Reinfection.
...much of which will occur long after we've forgotten our apparently "mild" COVID infection of the year before.
Not to mention #LongCovid, the risk of which is one in 10 infections, & which stacks up with each #Reinfection.
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A throwback to March 2022, when my sons & I were dropping off #CorsiRosenthalBoxes at a school just outside #Whitehorse.
Please wear a mask (#N95 preferably) & ventilate/filtrate shared air.
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
A throwback to March 2022, when my sons & I were dropping off #CorsiRosenthalBoxes at a school just outside #Whitehorse.
Please wear a mask (#N95 preferably) & ventilate/filtrate shared air.
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
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