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@Guiness_Pig

Jul 25

🧵Opened up FB long enough to see a post from an old friend complaining she went to 2 different urgent care centers yesterday afternoon. Both were full & told her they couldn’t take any more pts. Sent her to ER. ER told her it would likely be a 12 hour wait. She went home (1/6)

…and called an ambulance. Ambulance from a neighboring county took (gasp) 40 minutes to get to her. They took her back to ER where they put her back in the waiting room. She finally got seen early this morning. Was sent home & told it’s just one of the many viruses (2/6)

…going around right now & it will pass, she just needs to rest & give herself time to recover. Said they gave her fluids for dehydration & told her to take ibuprofen for her high fevers, shortness of breath, vertigo, etc.

“Society has failed me,” she says. (3/6)

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@Guiness_Pig

Jun 16

🧵Everyone is an abusive relationship right now.

EVERYONE.

The Covid-Cautious are in an abusive relationship with the people & institutions that have surrendered to Covid.

Those who have surrendered to Covid are in an abusive relationship with the virus. (1/6)

The wheel of power & control is in perpetual motion. It doesn’t slow down or make rest stops. It only accelerates as the abuse worsens.

How do you stop the cycle of abuse?

By leaving. You can only make the abuse stop for yourself by leaving. (2/6)

It might mean leaving a home, a job, relationships, or a community.

Being able to leave is a privilege. Not everyone can separate themselves from jobs, homes, relationships, & communities.

Not for the foreseeable future, anyway. (3/6)

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@Guiness_Pig

Jun 4

🧵In a former job, a colleague & I used to teach BLS (CPR) twice a month. When we’d bring out the infant manikin, most people would look at it & say “awwww.” Every single class.

The manikin wasn’t even realistic looking… (1/5)

…but what it represented was enough to evoke an emotional reaction from people of all ages, genders, work roles, & backgrounds. People would lower their voices & hold the baby tenderly. Many would verbalize the hope that they’d never have to do CPR on a baby in real life. (2/5)

The “awww” reaction was so common, so predictable, it became our inside joke. We’d both say “awww” in unison every time we touched the infant manikins - pulling them out of storage, sanitizing them in diluted bleach, putting them away… so many “awwws” kept us laughing. (3/5)

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@Guiness_Pig

May 24

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1) “Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of not caring? People are amazing.”
- Charlie, ‘The Whale’

If you haven’t yet seen this movie, you should. The scene in which these words are spoken is heart-wrenching and beautiful.

2) I didn’t feel that way the first time I watched that scene in 2022, when the movie was first released. I had learned by that point in the pandemic that people are quite capable of *not* caring.

In fact, many people prefer not to care.

3) The lack of caring among most people has only become more obvious since then.

But if you’re reading this thread, *you* are not most people.

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@Guiness_Pig

May 14

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1) In 1953, a North Carolina law banned mask-wearing in public as a way to deter people from joining the KKK. It was written to help police identify people who were committing violent, criminal acts against marginalized, vulnerable people.

2) In 2020, an exception was added in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. People were allowed to wear masks in public for health reasons.

Even though most people have abandoned masking now that it is no longer required, many marginalized, vulnerable people continue to mask.

3) In 2024, on college campuses throughout NC, students were exercising their right to protest the genocide of marginalized, vulnerable Palestinians.

Some of them wore masks. Some were detained and had their masks ripped off.

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@Guiness_Pig

May 14

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1) Please help halt the passage of NC House Bill 237: Unmasking Mobs & Criminals

There is a long-standing ban on masking in public, but an exemption for health reasons was introduced in 2020 for Covid-19. This bill would repeal that exemption.

Here's how you can help:

2) First: Please take action TODAY if possible. This bill was literally announced last week, leaving those of us who want to fight it short on time.

** Watch discussion & voting in the 5/14/24 NC Judiciary Committee Hearing @ 11 a.m. EST*** ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal…

3) Sign this online petition initiated by @victoriacoble15 if you haven't already. Please share the link on social media & encourage contacts to sign.
Anyone can sign, regardless of location. We all have a vested interest in halting mask bans.
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