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producer @WNYC @MorePerfect + @CHIRPRadio. rank sentimentalist, as suspected. she/her. still bi. 💫
Mar 26, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Today someone asked me why I was wearing a mask. Was I just worried about a new variant? Was I vaccinated? He was shocked when I told him that:

-60 percent of Americans dying from covid are vaccinated
-it's the 3rd leading cause of death across age groups
-covid never went away -5 to 20 percent of infections cause long covid and there is no cure
-it can affect every organ of the body
-it's not the flu or a cold
-risk increases with reinfection
-vaccine efficacy wears off and the vast majority of people haven't had a shot recently