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The doctor I saw seemed very knowledgeable about the topic I'd gone to see her about. She was intelligent, communicative, and keen to provide the best possible care. In every way but one, I'd give her full marks. It's just this #Covid denialism that baffles me.

For over a decade now (since he announced in 2015) I've been pointing out how #DementiaDon is a #Conspiracy NUT who believes EVERY insane #ConspiracyTheory he's told.

It proved deadly in 2019 when the #RWNJ lunatics on the Right convinced him #Covid was "a Chinese bio-weapon" that we DIDN'T need to protect ourselves from with masks or social distancing. 🤨

And now he's filled his cabinet with CT crackpots who think the #Kerrville flood was "bioengineered." #JFC
msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-je

MSNBC · GOP's conspiracy theorist problem worsens as flood disasters trigger misinformation frenzyBy MSNBC

During #COVID people started hobbies—how many people continue with their hobbies? Mine is learning German using Duolingo, and it got pretty tough all alone, but I keep it up as a brain exercise.

Dr. Melissa Lem, a family physician in Vancouver, on CBC News talking about #Covid and #LongCovid .

She correctly stated that vaccines reduce your risk of Long Covid IF you were already vaccinated when you got Covid. That's a big if, and the vaccine true believers often do not state it. People downplayed that caveat from day one when that study came out.

Some people do get better over time, but most don't.

There are a lot of theories about brain fog (which is really brain DAMAGE). She discussed neuroinflammation.

I almost missed her answer as to why more middle-aged women get Long Covid, the theory is a difference in immune response. Which is fascinating to me, but she quickly and adroitly pivoted away.

Points off for "during the pandemic."

It's so hard to get your points across when on the spot like that, but she packed a lot of information into three minutes. Hope it wakes people up.

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“Trauma is not a life-sentence; you can get treatment for it. It should not be used as an excuse to marginalize disabled and vulnerable people.” She continues, “I’m begging for people to care about my life, and it’s just mind-boggling to me that they don’t.”

That's all it is: a (made-up) excuse. People are so arrogant and self-centered they absolutely cannot be bothered to care whether other people live or die. Masking is basic airborne infection control, and they Can Not DoIt.

pvdeye.org/why-we-mask-solidar

The Providence Eye · Why We Mask: Solidarity, Creativity & Community Care in a Not-Quite-Post-Pandemic WorldAt a backyard cookout this spring, Emily Kindschy did something she hadn’t done in several years: she took off her mask in a crowd. “We were standing at a distance, [...]

My brain is obsessed with the idea of scrambled eggs on hot buttered toast, garnished with chopped fresh parsley, salt, and pepper.
My digestive system, however, has responded badly to egg since I had Covid two and a half years ago.
A dilemma.
#Covid #food #eggs

Edit: @ABScientist shared ccnse.ca/sites/default/files/F !

hey Covid-Competent, well-informed folks! I have a favour to ask!

has anyone bookmarked a good reference for what % of SARS-CoV-2 cases are due to fomite transmission?

the US CDC was at one point saying:

each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection [1]

but that's not a % of infections, it's per contact with contaminated surface. That's supported a few ways, eg. by a sampling that included counting touchpoints:

The estimated risk of infection from touching a contaminated surface was low (less than 5 in 10,000) by quantitative microbial risk assessment [2]

but that study didn't actually culture virus, they checked RNA levels and counted touches (and again, is per contaminated touch, not per case)

Try as I might, I can't actually find a grounded estimate of how many actual infections have been fomite-driven at any point in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

[1] archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/co
[2] pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

@askazero

🚫no -splaining thanks🚫

One of the things I don't see talked about at all with regard to people using AI for everything instead of thinking themselves, is the cognitive function decline due to repeated covid infections (and probably undiagnosed long covid).

#AI#tech#technology

Looks like #COVID cases and hospitalizations have dropped again after last week's blip, to 1.0 hospitalizations per lakh per day, maybe lower, and #COVID19 deaths continue to drop, to 19 in the 30 days of June.

I am out of #OutbreakMode so I am singing karaoke and eating in restaurants, but #CovidIsNotOver so I still #WearAMask in elevators, trains, buses, taxis, doctors' offices, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes!