The person - the man - who spends the most on anti-aging in the world, whose physiology is the most measured in the world?

Lost 15% of lung capacity to "mild" acute COVID-19.

https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-billionaire-who-wants-to-live

To be clear, 15% is not "you take an extra 6th breath for every 5." It is worse in ways that you can investigate for yourself. It is Not Good.

If we were to see immune damage manifesting at a population level, it would look like what we’re seeing today: big waves of common illnesses. Unusual spikes of uncommon illnesses. Course reversal for previously declining and eliminated illnesses. An unexplained, global wave of sickness.

How much more denial can the bodies of our children take? Are we going to force them to find out?

lots of citations demonstrating that damage and more at https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-getting-sicker-as-evidence

"57% decreased odds of 1 or more PCC symptoms and a 73% decreased odds of 2 or more PCC symptoms" - that's dramatically lower odds of a child suffering:

unable to remember
unable to focus
unable to exercise
headache
insomnia
lightheadedness, fainting
extreme fatigue
loss of vivacity, joie de vivre
personality changes
hospitalization and death

Protect your children.

Otherwise, if they survive, they will wonder why you didn't protect them, when it costs only the time to get vaccinated, and a few pennies a day N95s and HEPA filters.

Otherwise, you might find yourself mourning the potential you KNEW your child had, and desperately hoping for treatments.

Treatments may never come. Neurons don't come back. Developmental windows close.

Don't be the ghoul that condemns your children, don't strip their future because it's not cool to mask. It might not be cool to wear a bike helmet either. Concussions can't be undone, either. Don't usher your children willingly into suffering and disability.

DON'T FUCKING STACK THE ODDS AGAINST YOUR KIDS.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11851240/

ht/ @augieray https://mastodon.social/@augieray/114128494000879104

"a Nature Immunology study from January 2024 "Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2" reveals further harm through T cell dysregulation in long COVID patients. The research identified increased frequencies of exhausted SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells, alongside CD4+ T cells primed for inflammation, and a lack of coordination between T and B cell responses."

"a paper in JCI insight showing T cell exhaustion to other infections following a covid infection"

"a Nature Immunology study from January 2022 "Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection" shows that COVID-19 leads to a prolonged reduction in naive T cells (both CD4+ and CD8+) in individuals with long COVID, persisting up to eight months post-infection."

"Such a long-term impact on the naive T cell pool is not a standard feature of recovery from other acute viral infections like influenza, [...] This effect may not completely persist, however, what it represents is sloughing of the T cells."

A study published in Immunity found "Even after vaccination, those with a history of COVID-19 showed weaker and less functional CD8+ T cell responses, a phenomenon likened to the immune damage seen in chronic viral infections like hepatitis C or HIV. This attenuation indicates that SARS-CoV-2 inflicts a lasting impairment on CD8+ T cell effector function"

"We know that infection and reinfection, even when mild, is linked to cell and organ damage that may harm their future health. More needs to be done to protect our children, and the first step is ensuring that our schools are safe"

"The briefing also says Long Covid can also lead to a 'substantially increased' risk of sudden death and 'silent' damage to cells and organs which can lead to later illness.

"Certainly the silent organ damage is a real problem, we think, for future development of disease."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543885/long-covid-warning-silent-organ-damage-is-a-real-problem

@PhoenixSerenity Oh wow, the pink on white writing on your mask is light and at first I missed that you wrote " COVID KILLED MY DAD" - consolations and that is hard core and you are inspiring.

I wish everyone cared about family and strangers the way you do, and had the courage to act caringly.

#GeorgeLowe was the voice of #SpaceGhost in the Cartoon Network mini-talk-show SPACE GHOST: COAST TO COAST, and he was funny as fuck, and a brilliant comedian and a really good guy, but he has died, and I hate it. Let’s ignore everything else horrible in the world for just two hours and play tunes about SPACE and GHOSTS. Friday 7 May 2025 6pm Central US time at https://slipmat.io/phoole, https://mixcloud.com/live/phoole and https://twitch.tv/phoole! #RIPGeorgeLowe #OnlineParty #AirborneAware

"Why Are People Wearing Masks In 2025?"https://misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-people-wearing-masks-in-2025 This is so good.

It's not short - but that's part of the point.

There are SO many good reasons to mask and SO much evidence.

https://misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-people-wearing-masks-in-2025

h/t @ducky