This is, perhaps, one of the most dangerously incorrect posts I've seen on this platform and I'm concerned about the lack of critical thinking skills on display by some of the accounts amplyfing this tweet. Let's break this down, shall we? 🧵 👇 /1
How do we define addiction? Usually the standard line is that drug addiction occurs when someone will continue seeking out drug use despite negative consequences. How does this happen? Well, so-called drugs of abuse operate by manipulating normal function of reward circuitry /2
Mar 29, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Great article from @PutrinoLab out today on the current state of #longCOVID research. Hits the nail on the head, every time.
"The reality of the current public health situation is that this now-endemic virus has the capability to indiscriminately... /1 healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…
...and perhaps permanently disable up to 20 percent of the people it infects. As such, it is incumbent upon us to view this as an emergency situation, regardless of whether the federal government continues to declare COVID-19 a public health emergency or not." /2
Jan 26, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I find the assertion that COVID-conscious people somehow want to be in a "forever pandemic" really presumptuous. I haven't met a single person who ACTIVELY WANTS to remain in isolation forever. That's actually the opposite of what we want!
There ARE options between "zero COVID" and letting it rip. Harm reduction is the approach here - COVID may be here to stay, but the constant floods of infections don't have to be. There are simple and effective ways to mitigate transmission and make our environments safer!
