Covid is not a “single issue” 1

Every 4 Covid deaths = 1 US child loses a parent/caregiver

Healthcare staff shortages risk ALL patient lives

MILLIONS of newly disabled folks are entering a system that was already failing to meet needs

Life expectancy ⬇️

Domestic violence ⬆️ Covid is not a “single issue” 2

4 million workers are out of workforce from #LongCovid

#Hospitals are unsafe for EVERYONE who needs them

Opportunistic infections ⬆️ due to #immune damage

Many #vulnerable folks are into year 4 of isolation

#Schools are even more unsafe

#CovidVaccines

nbcnews.com/health/health-… Takeaways: (1/2)

* If you've survived #Covid you should have some protection from reinfection, hospitalization, death for 10 mos. (Good time to get medical/dental visits done.) NO GUARANTEES.

*Infection is NOT the preferred path to protection.

*#LongCovid can affect anyone.

"StOp LiViNg In FeAr!" 🧵
As I sit here having just been through the most terrifying autoimmune flare of my life due to the chaos #COVID has hurled my immune system into, I really wish I COULD stop living in fear. Thing is, fearing the thing that caused this is NORMAL.
#LongCovid I would LOVE to be able to visit a doctor, dentist, grocery store, bank, pharmacy, etc. without fearing it may result in many more months of - or possibly permanent - chronic illness. Or worse.

But no. Y'all need to look at each others' mouths.
#COVID #LongCovid #BringBackMasks

1/ Secondhand cigarette smoke causes chronic illness & death in non-smokers who are exposed. It was subsequently determined that the right to breathe clean air trumps the right to partake in disease-causing behavior in most public spaces.
#COVIDisAirborne #COVID19 2/ Covid causes chronic illness & death. This is well-known and documented and yet our government has decided that clean, safe air is not important, including for children and the most vulnerable among us.
#COVIDisAirborne #COVID19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids