Time and again, doctors and nurses and first responders were given a choice between you and me my human friends. And they chose me. They chose me. Artists too, actors and writers, those who tell stories that in their way also save lives. (1/) Faced with a choice between returning to “normal” or protecting their patients, their audiences, those whose lives they’ve touched, more of them than not chose normal. More of them than not chose me. (2/)

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGISTS. They work with vulnerable children but love me and my fellow viruses more than they love those kids so they partied like I wasn’t even a thing then tried to delete the evidence. But I remember. I’ll always remember. And you should too. #nasphaghan22 I also remember my HCW friends at #fens2022 & #chedt22 & countless other MEDICAL conferences where you ditched that old fashioned “do no harm” thing & held dance parties to spread my highly contagious potentially debilitating pandemic self around. You’re all amazing. Just amazing

Hey humans! Covid19 here, everyone’s favorite highly contagious coronavirus. I see you’ve all been struggling to keep me away from your yay-we’re-back-in-person conferences, and as the foremost expert in stopping the spread of, well, me, I thought I’d offer some pointers. 🧵 (1/) Why would a virus like me want to help viral vectors like you slow me down? The answer is simple … I know you’re all going to ignore me anyway, just like you always do, so why the hell not? 😛

With that in mind, let’s go! (2/)