Crying reading young ppl in TikTok comments discover in real time that they have brain damage from past covid infections. No one’s ever told them that it’s connected and they’re panicking because they’ve had Covid so many times. So heartbroken and angry that we’ve let this happen tiktok.com/t/ZTjKC5fPg/

Yesterday I was hanging out outside a beachside hotel/convention center with a friend, and I had to pee. So I put on a mask because I always mask indoors, and I noticed that there were all these women walking around the convention center wearing floral dresses 🧵1/ They all had name tags and goodie bags and bouquets of flowers. And I was like cool, maybe this is like a convention for people who love gardening or something. So I went into the bathroom in my mask, and these two women came in and started staring at me 2/

It’s such a mindfuck to see ppl walk around in LA without masks because we KNOW the air is toxic. Even if the AQI is good, 9/11 showed us that the air was deadly even though officials said it was safe. It’s mind boggling to see people walking around like everything is normal🧵1/ I need you to know that this is exactly how people have felt for years about Covid. Before I lose you and you think, “that’s stupid, they’re not the same” I invite you to gently examine why they might be. 2/

Spending holidays in my gf’s hometown where *nobody* else masks. We were just in crowded grocery store and a stranger in a mask came up to us and said she was so happy to see us, that she feels like she stands out but her husband has cancer and she just can’t risk it 🧵 1/ We told her she’s absolutely doing the right thing and if anyone gives her a hard time they’re the ones with the problem. She thanked us and told us that she saw us and just needed to say hi. She was clearly looking for connection and she wanted to feel less alone. 2/

The fact that Covid is dangerous is at odds with how most people live. So they pretend it’s not, because it’s too hard to do anything about. It would be more convenient for it to not be true. But it is true. So what can the average person do to mitigate in a realistic way? 1/ A lot of people seem to think that Covid mitigations are all or nothing. The thinking seems to be if you can’t mask all the time, you’re simply not a person who masks at all and there’s no point in doing it ever. You either mask or you don’t. 2/

Humans are social creatures above all else and I’ve been noticing that there’s a tipping point when it comes to mask mirroring. I want to share a surprisingly positive and hopeful experience that I had a few months ago 😷🧵1/ I took an acting class in the spring, and, just like in almost all spaces, l was the only one who masked. It was awkward and uncomfortable but I've gotten to the point where I no longer feel weird or like I have to explain myself, because I know I'm doing the right thing. 2/

I’ve started collecting articles and studies about covid whenever I’ve come across them. It helps to have something easily accessible to share with people when they want to call my bluff (or, more positively, when they genuinely want to learn). Here they are for your convenience: A literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coron…

With Covid surging at record levels all over at the moment and so many people I know testing positive, I would love it levelheaded and reasonable people took a moment in good faith to reflect on the fact that this is not the pandemic we were promised. 🧵 Think about where you were in spring 2021.

The vaccines were just coming out and we finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel.

What did you think about the future then? Did you think you would go on to get Covid multiple times a year?

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A lot of people are asking why anyone would bother testing for Covid in 2024, when it’s the same as any illness, where you should just stay home if you feel sick. Here are some reasons why it’s still a good idea to test for Covid 🧵 /1 1. You could test if you know you’ve been exposed, because you can get covid even if you never develop symptoms. If you test positive even if you don’t feel sick, you can prevent spreading it to countless others. 2/