But what about #polio?
Polio is a nickname for poliomyelitis, which means inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord.
If you get a lesion on your spinal cord, that part of your body may develop paralysis.
This disease nearly always occurred in children, which is why it was called infantile paralysis for decades.
Polio was basically non-existent before the 1800’s.
You don’t really see it in medical literature until the 1890’s when it began to appear in epidemic form.
Feb 19, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
"According to psychiatrist Dr. Mark McDonald, the true public health crisis is not COVID-19 itself; rather, it’s the fear of the infection, which has “morphed and evolved into a form of mass delusional psychosis”
Many enter a state of hysteria when they see an unmasked person, even if they look perfectly healthy and clearly are not suffering from any kind of respiratory issue. This is a highly irrational state that has no basis in reality.
Feb 16, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
"Sirens carom off the steel and glass in Hell’s Kitchen tonite. The towers are acoustic chambers that amplify roars now and then, and then a single horn. And now, no sound. These receptive properties of buildings.
Squared off, varying heights, pockets of reflecting rectangles, softening. I keep watching these movies play again and again.
At night in the empty streets, immersed in the concrete and asphalt surface, the light emitting boxes and streetlights cast and the corners tail off.
