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Today is international #LongCovid Awareness Day
Check this canadian interview with a Mount Sinai (NY) chronic disease specialist. Up to one in five people with COVID-19 develop LONG COVID, meaning three months after having the disease they still do not recover their full abilities.
The specialist affirms that each reinfection, even moderate, of COVID-19 subtracts between 2-6% of IQ.
LONG COVID is a disease that causes systemic damage, especially to the immune system, causing T-cell exhaustion and triggering latent diseases or exposing the body to new pathogens from which it would have been able to defend itself before. Worth a listen:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6685208
#CovidLong #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne
#CovidIsntOver
#ImmuneSystem #ImmuneDysfunction
#autoimmune #TCell
#chronicillness
#ChronicIllnesses
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"The act of forgetting has always been a tool of oppression. We cannot adequately resist that which has been revised, erased, or forgotten by our community members. But few will acknowledge that this is happening with COVID. Just as one may utter that “slavery was back then, get over it”, when we use verbiage like “post-pandemic” we are rendering oppression as a static past event rather than an ever-evolving present that shapes our shared future. This tactic has always been useful to those who wish to profit off of our suffering and the cycle will continue to repeat if we do not acknowledge and act on the truth of our current reality. If we do not reckon with our failures to each other around COVID and do the work to remedy it, are we better than those who try to ban our people’s histories’ from the schools? We aid in the crusade to forget every day when we do not consider the pandemic as both current and deadly."
~V. Copeland
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/reflecting-on-covid-year-5/
The ForgeReflecting on COVID, Year 5 - The ForgeVee Copeland, a disabled organizer and former policy analyst details their experience facing the lack of care in movement strategy around surviving the current administration It has been a treacherous five years since the COVID pandemic began. According to the World Health Organization, more than seven million people across the globe have died from COVID-19, […]
I’m strong but self assurance is mostly a front. My anxiety makes me hyper aware, & I soothe anxiety by consuming information, preferring to confront bad news head on, even if it’s terrifying. According to Mum, I was most stubborn child that was ever born. #COVIDisntover #wearamask
How did you use your privilege today? How are you planning to leverage it tomorrow? It's a cold hard rain pummeling us; maybe think about sharing your umbrella with someone who doesn't have one.
“So we did the smart thing and packed every beloved entertainer over 60 into one tiny space.”
It's funny because it's true.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/steve-martin-blames-snl-alum-for-giving-martin-short-covid/
The Daily Beast · Steve Martin Blames ‘SNL’ Alum for Giving Martin Short COVID
if you want to build community in order to fight fascism
wear a mask, make events masked-only
otherwise, you'll be 'building community' with people who are making exceptions to who is in the community
and endangering everyone you try to build community with
don't let Covid-denial prevent the global response to fascism
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.8
Prepared for Isolation/Infection
This recipient has a game plan to protect their household from Covid spread, with designated isolation spaces and medication and shelf-stable supplies on hand.
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Use these links to stock up on supplies and make a plan for keeping yourself and loved ones from spreading Covid during an infection.
People’s CDC - What to Do if You Have Covid: https://peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/ Clean Air Crew - Someone in My Home Has Covid. How Do We Isolate Safely?: https://cleanaircrew.org/someone-in-my-home-has-covid-how-do-we-isolate-safely/ Violet Blue - What’s in Your Covid Emergency Kit?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-in-your-110263473?post_id=110263473&utm_id=4edd1c9f-ed8d-47ff-86f6-6051742e3d1a It’s Airborne - Your Guide to Stopping Covid in Your Home: https://itsairborne.com/your-guide-to-stopping-covid-in-your-home-bbf8bf4fa816 Monkeys on Typewriters - What to Do If You Get Covid: https://typingmonkeys.substack.com/p/what-to-do-if-you-get-covid Clean Air Club - My Covid+ Plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z7xnDd5952zvYnCQoWDi8PyRNdObJY2chGChOZ8E38w/edit
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.7
Qualitative Fit Testing Masks/Respirators
This recipient takes time and care to put their disposable and reusable respirators through qualitative fit testing using a hood and nebulizers filled with bitter or sweet solutions to gauge fit efficacy.
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Use these links to learn about the fit testing process, how to use the kit, and how to DIY a fit test kit for at-home use Allegro Industries - Bitter & Sweet Test Kits (Instructional): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C89eHTicEak Still Coviding - DIY Fit Test Info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6_9UIQnAq-3yh-2uiC-NHHuS5ZNaiq0J6_iNVS-aYE/edit Mathburritos.org - DIY Fit Testing Kit: https://mathburritos.org/fit-test-kit-v1/ CDC - User Seal Check (no equipment needed): https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2018-130/pdfs/2018-130.pdf
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@ShaulaEvans @lonelinesscorps Still working: chalk art on my front walk (since March 2020 weather permitting), and writing Wikipedia articles. The first year or so, a daily morning walk in my neighborhood was crucial; but it turns out my neighborhood is kinda boring and now I'm really unmotivated to see it daily. New thing in the past year: handsewing quilts, to make gifts from a houseful of clothes I won't wear again. #covidisntover
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.6
Living with Long Covid
This recipient is living with physical complications resulting from a Covid infection. Long Covid is a broad umbrella term for more than 200 symptoms and conditions that can be brought about by one or more Covid infections.
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Here are some resources to help you cope, find support and treatments, and advocate for your needs "Take a Look Inside My Long Covid Body" - experimental body scan at UCSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwXRZFhGOM Long Covid The Answers - Long Covid Symptoms: https://longcovidtheanswers.com/category/long-covid-symptoms/ Long Covid Research curated by Long Covid Families: https://airtable.com/appoRHy3W8VNZWUhN/shrgqkzQGoweB0FsF/tblZALivRG7ZB807d/viwrLaqsQC7wL88mf Long Covid Resource Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15LHdOt-f6e7O5LWWAeNnh-zZ2YRW_EzrbSQKJBPnkvY/edit#heading=h.w4q97o6a06gs Guide to Long Covid - Documenting Your Health: https://guidetolongcovid.com/documenting-your-health/
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.5
Travelling with Precautions
This recipient carries an abundance of caution in convenient travel-size packages, using a combination of portable air purifiers and CPC mouthwash/antiviral nasal spray while wearing an N95 respirator or better at all times and self-quarantining after travel when possible.
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Use these links to learn about how to travel safer—whether across town, across the country, or around the world—and protect yourself (and others) from spreading viruses Avoid Plague - Avoiding Covid While Travelling: https://avoid-plague.info/goodies/covid-travel-guide/covid-travel-guide%20-%202024-08-12.pdf It’s Airborne - Reducing Covid in a Hotel: https://itsairborne.com/reducing-covid-risk-in-a-hotel-apartments-too-63569e2d3108 Covid Prevention Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y7lA6QT7yNTqmaUuMLDJE0gvQ4Od2cFjuGOtnOyvRAU/edit#heading=h.id5ljbmeki2t How to Avoid Catching Covid While Flying: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/covid-prevention-on-flights
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.4
Maintaining Personal Boundaries to Prevent (Re)Infection
This recipient has assessed their own health risk and established boundaries to reduce chances of Covid exposure, refusing to compromise their personal health for social expectations.
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Use these links to help you establish your Covid-safe boundaries with loved ones Covid Tips - How to Talk to Your Loved Ones About Covid: https://covid.tips/ Covid Resilience - Advanced Covid FAQ: https://www.covidresilience.org/advanced-covid-faq Covid For Therapists - What Therapists Need to Know: Covid-19 in 2024: https://covid-for-therapists.my.canva.site/ Olivia Belknap Therapy - Covid Resources: https://www.oliviabelknaptherapy.com/covid-resources Essays You Didn't Want to Read - …Now What Are We Supposed to Do? Part II: Boundaries (You Do You, & Be the Change You Wish to See): https://essaysyoudidntwanttoread.home.blog/2022/11/05/now-what-are-we-supposed-to-do-part-ii-boundaries-you-do-you-be-the-change-you-wish-to-see/
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.3
Levelling Up to Elastomeric Respirator
This recipient has upgraded to using well-fitted, NIOSH-approved reusable elastomeric respirators with filters rated N95 or higher.
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Use these links to learn more about elastomeric respirators and how to shop for the best one for your needs CDC - Understanding Your Elastomeric Respirator: https://web.archive.org/web/20241226100321/https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/ElastomericRespirators-508.pdf Nicolas Smit - Elastomeric Respirators Effectiveness and Use: https://www.ohcow.on.ca/edit/files/occ-covid/ohcow_nicolas_smit.pdf Clean Air Crew - Elastomeric Respirators: https://cleanaircrew.org/elastomeric-respirators/
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.2
Alert to Covid Misinformation
This recipient is aware of misinformation and disinformation spread about Covid, from lies about treatments and precautions to the use of language to minimize the appearance or severity of the virus throughout the pandemic.
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Use these links to learn about Covid minimization and misinformation and how to recognize and resist. Dr. Michael Hoerger - Psychological Defense Mechanisms to Downplay Covid: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1737582325779624059.html Daily Kos - It’s not the quarantine that made so many other diseases surge: It’s the Covid: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/28/2208445/-It-s-not-the-quarantine-that-made-so-many-other-diseases-surge-It-s-the-COVID CIDRAP - Navigating Covid Language Traps: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/commentary-navigating-covid-language-traps Mayo Clinic - Debunking Covid-19 Myths: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720
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Covid-Safe Scout Mastery Badge No.1
Mourning Loss From Covid
This recipient has experienced a loss due to Covid, either a lost loved one to an acute Covid infection or to conditions triggered or exacerbated by a Covid infection.
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Use these links to read about Covid pandemic grief Psychology Today - The Impact of Unprocessed Grief and Loss During Covid-19: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychological-trauma-coping-and-resilience/202312/the-impact-of-unprocessed-grief-and-loss TIME - The Anxiety You’re Feeling Might Be Pandemic Grief: https://time.com/6899799/pandemic-grief-essay/ Science News - Four Years On, the Covid-19 Pandemic Has a Long Tail of Grief: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/four-years-covid-pandemic-grief
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"In healthcare, the DSA endorsed the profit-driven policy of “herd immunity” as far back as 2020, originally promoted by the first Trump administration and the extreme right and which became state policy under the Biden administration. Jacobin has also favorably interviewed signatories of the pro-mass death Great Barrington Declaration in late 2020 and called for the reopening of schools, knowing they were significant vectors for the virus.
The organization has therefore been in political solidarity with policies which have produced the conditions which nurses face, including the near collapse of the healthcare system."
How the Democratic Socialists of America enforces unsafe staffing levels in Oregon hospitals
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/17/nxbx-f17.html
World Socialist Web SiteHow the Democratic Socialists of America enforces unsafe staffing levels in Oregon hospitalsOregon’s safe-staffing law, promoted by the DSA, is entirely tailored to the needs of the for-profit healthcare system.