This is important: #COVID #vaccination can help reduce COVID survivors' risk for #asthma and other inflammatory respiratory diseases. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vaccination-may-reduce-elevated-risk-airway-diseases-covid-survivors
covidisnotover
If you want to get a heart attack before the age of 35, the best way to do so in 2024 is?
a. Developing a cocaine use disorder/habit
b. Having Recurrent COVID infections
c. Smoking Nicotine products
d. Living a sedentary lifestyle
The answer is B.
Ask me how I know, and I'll be about as open to talking about my experiences as Vietnam vets were when they came home.
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For those who are still on the fence about whether to get a COVID booster shot:
"I'm a Former Surgeon General. Here's Why I'm Getting the COVID Shot This Year."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117395
"I will be rolling up my sleeve again this year. Not because I'm scared -- but because I'm informed."
"West Coast governors issue COVID-19 vaccine guidance after CDC concerns"
"The guidelines recommend broad access to the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age…"
"In Oregon, the new guidelines appear to be a step toward eliminating the requirement that patients obtain a prescription to get the 2025-2026 COVID-19 booster shot."
PDF from OR Health Authority: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/VACCINESIMMUNIZATION/GETTINGIMMUNIZED/Documents/2025-26-Respiratory-Virus-Vaccine-Recommendations-2-pager.pdf
#COVID #Vaccine #Oregon #Washington #California #Hawaii #CovidIsNotOver
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"There is now compelling medical evidence that Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, and trigger the growth of secondary cancers (metastatic progression)."
Happy to see that Violet Affleck is still doing advocacy work for Long Covid! Many thanks to The Sick Times for this story ❤️
"Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event"
“It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, ‘We knew how to protect you, and we didn’t do it" 💯
#COVID #LongCovid #PASC #MEcfs #CovidIsNotOver #AirQuality #MaskUp
Since I have lots of new followers today, I think it's time to finally update my #introduction post!
My name is Borealis, but most online know me as the LiteralGrill! You can call me Allie or Grill for short. I'm trans and an Ursa, think of a gay bear but in a femme form. She/Her pronouns please!
I actively fight for disability justice and will discuss that here as much as I'll share my love for anime and manga (maybe a little more tbh). I often write essays analyzing media or discussing anime history and you'll find a surprising number of times that those two topics intertwine in my works.
I tend to dig old media formats in general and love weird retro tech! I still avidly enjoy my growing VHS and LaserDisc collections. I have quite the board game collection too with some real oddities in there.
While I am a big supporter of content warnings and you'll see me use them often, you won't find them on educational posts or on anything discussing the realities of my life as a disabled trans person. I will however, always make sure these posts have appropriate hashtags so you can filter them out of your feed. If you need to protect your peace by not following or blocking me, I take no offense and completely understand. I hope you'll understand that not censoring the realities of my life from the world is part of how I protect mine.
I'm often stuck inside as an immunocompromised person in an ongoing pandemic (COVID isn't over and I take it seriously) so I'll rarely turn down a good conversation! Or if you just want to hear me info dump on obscure trivia of some kind that I'm researching for my next big article.
Before I forget... Yes, I'm that bonkers grill that watched Groundhog Day 365 days in a row! So expect my knowledge of time loops to be oddly all encompassing.
Welcome to my little corner of the Fediverse, I hope you'll like it here!
#VHS #LaserDisc #Anime #Manga #Disability #DisabilityJustice #CovidIsNotOver #StillCOVIDing #Trans
I cant believe this bill is about to get passed! https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-carolina-bill-curb-mask-wearing-protests-make-110230926
It would criminalize mask-wearing in public even for medical reasons ... It's just unacceptable.. there's a change petition https://chng.it/6kf5XTsv6t and people we need to email tonight/before 9am Wed morning (5-15), this endangers us / violates rights! George.Cleveland@ncleg.gov; chris.humphrey@ncleg.gov; bill.ward@ncleg.gov; harry.warren@ncleg.gov; David.Willis@ncleg.gov
I've been working on this for quite some time, and now here it is at last - my latest piece, on how the shock of the pandemic, and its mishandling, has for too long been exploited by right-wing interests: https://www.mediaactivist.com/recovering-from-shock/ #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #AntiFascism
COVID surges to ‘very high’ or ‘high’ levels in dozens of states, including multiple in New England, CDC says
Wastewater surveillance data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the prevalence of #COVID19 has hit “very high” levels in seven states, including California, Texas, and Florida.
Another 19 states are registering “high” levels, including New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/16/nation/covid-levels-surge-in-half-of-us-states/
I finally got around to reading this and it's the perfect #covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #COVIDisAirborne synopsis, #VioletAffleck blows me away again this year piece published at #Yale global health review , worth the read!!!! https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a-chronically-ill-earth-covid-organizing-as-a-model-climate-response-in-los-angeles/
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When I was 21…I was told I was likely infertile and that pregnancy could and probably would kill me. I was denied a tubal ligation and/or hysterectomy because I “might meet a man who wants kids”.
It was a horrifying look at how deep misogyny runs in medicine - and how little women are trusted to know their own bodies and make decisions for their health.
I eventually had the hysterectomy- but only once it became an emergency because I was bleeding to death and they couldn’t stop it. The surgery was more traumatizing and dangerous because I wasn’t afforded the time to adequately prep.
I’m grateful to have survived - and sharing my story in the hopes it helps other women feel less alone. I hope it challenges doctors and healthcare workers to think differently about how they treat women and realize that not ALL of us can become mothers (and not all of us WANT to either).
At the end of the day - a man wouldn’t have had these issues if he wanted a vasectomy. He would have been trusted to know his body. He wouldn’t have been treated like an incubator and I sincerely doubt many men are asked whether they’ve considered that they could meet their “dream woman” and she might be angry about their sterility.
There’s no stigma about the childless cat man.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #endometriosis #abortion #womenshealth #reproductiverights #gynecology #misogyny #infertility #childlesscatlady #bodilyautonomy
I just had my first doctor tell me to ‘take off your mask so I can see your pretty face.’
I was there for an issue with my FEET. There was absolutely no reason for me to remove my mask.
I don’t know how much of this was misogyny and how much was related to pandemic politics (ie perhaps this doctor resents having to mask)… but I was incredibly uncomfortable with his remark.
I declined - as politely as humanly possible - and the whole tone of the appointment changed. I didn’t even get a diagnosis - I was told that the issue on my ankles was ‘not as ugly as I think’ ( I didn’t think it WAS ugly) and sent on my way.
I waited 18 months for this appointment - and the ‘issue’ is likely related to my vEDS and possibly severe. Multiple other doctors have expressed concern but said I had to wait for a specialist.
When patients are treated this way - it causes harm. It causes a distrust of the medical system. I can’t just ‘get a second opinion’ when the first one took 18 months.
When I’m less angry I may write an article about this - because patients (especially female presenting) deal with this crap FAR too often.
In the meantime - this experience underscores why we must always have an advocate with us in healthcare settings. It shouldn’t be this way - but it is.
My article on how to be the best possible advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans #bullying #CleanAirClassrooms
It's been a year since a good #CovidConscious friend of mine passed away unnecessarily due to lack of access to #MentalHealth treatments. I just updated this resource on the BioPsychoSocial Impacts of #Covid19
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GY8SZfIeApt09bTn7Hs3jv0qqneEzFA1AUJEUcOmMvo/edit?usp=drivesdk
Tuberculosis outbreaks in Kansas, North Carolina & Ohio.
CDC aren’t permitted to update the public & people are not being advised of the risk or told to wear a mask.
There’s evidence that COVID causes immune system damage which could lead TB to reactivate.
A respirator prevents both Covid and TB.
Given we’re witnessing the dismantling of what was left of public health, there’s no better time to choose to wear a mask
You will protect yourself and your community. You will show much needed solidarity with vulnerable people who’ve never been able to stop masking.
You send a strong signal to the government that you aren’t willing to leave people behind.
#tb #tuberculosis #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover #cdc #publichealth #uspoli #wearamask #disability
You'd think people would want to know if there was a disease that killed more Americans than all our wars combined and is still killing, that causes long-term illness at yearly rates higher than all cancers combined, that all are at risk for, but that all could take actions to prevent. You'd think they want to protect themselves and their families. You'd think that this would be the #1 world priority. It is for me.
#CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #MaskUp #N95 #CleanTheAir
💙 It's May 12th, International ME/CFS Awareness Day 💙
My ME/CFS onset was in Jan 1990
🚨 Many recent ME/CFS cases have been triggered by COVID 🚨
In this thread I plan to post about 3 main things:
1. My ME/CFS story (briefly)
2. Helpful resources for patients and clinicians
3. Advocacy options for patients & allies (friends/family) - mostly US based
1/n
@mecfs @longcovid
#MEcfs #LongCovid #PostCovid #Disability #DisabilitySOS #CovidIsNotOver #MillionsMissing #MEAwareness #WorldMEDay
Under the watchful eye of the fascist anti-vaxx regime, covid boosters are going to be restricted to those 65 and over or with “preconditions”.
Everyone needs the right to access Covid vaccines.
It’s not over. It’s still killing and disabling. And the vaccines are an important tool to keep folks out of hospital.
There’s three days left to have your say!
These folk respond to force & mass public outcry, so make your voice heard!
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001
#uspoli #fascism #fda #hhs #vaccines #covidisnotover #longcovid
Today is the last day to submit a comment to the FDA and tell them you want the right to access Covid vaccines!
The same people trying to restrict access are the ones who screamed about choice & autonomy when there were mandates.
Let people have choice and autonomy now.
Tell them you don’t agree with removing tools to stay healthy. To protect one another.
You can submit anonymously and it only takes a few minutes
🇫🇷 France detected 4 cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 for the first time.
“There are a number of countries that have reported it. We've found a few cases in France—not many—4 have been identified, both in hospitals and in the community,” virologist Bruno Lina said.
Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/france-detects-new-covid-19-variant-for-first-time/3577943
#COVID19France #NB181 #COVIDisNotOVER @auscovid19
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“China noted a rise in outpatient cases from 7.5% to 16.2% and severe hospitalized cases from 3.3% to 6.3%”
The latest COVID variant is sweeping across Asia, causing “razor blade throat” and other concerning symptoms.
The US dismantles reporting, remove access to testing & may restrict vaccines.
Wear a well fitted respirator, it could save a life.
#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #MasksWork #longcovid #disability #ableism
There are two non-fiction books that haunt me in the pandemic. The first is The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (originally subtitled The Epic Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History) by John M. Barry, about the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu pandemic.
It has made me feel particularly Cassandra-like in our own pandemic, because we absolutely know how pandemics work, how to manage them, and what goes wrong when we don't. 1/n
Just published from my archives, an interview with KD Drackert, a local Long #Covid activist, #LGBTQIA+ performance artist and all-around fab person. They are a founder of our mask bloc/air filter lending library, Clear the Air ATX.
Read it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558
(Free! No Patreon login/membership necessary)
(📷Kit O'Connell, January 2024 at the @TexasObserver office)
#LongCovid #health #HumanRights #activism #Texas #Austin #politics #USpol #RFKJr #Trump #CovidIsNotOver #MutualAid
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Anti vaxx rhetoric is dangerous.
Not only does it promote the spread of contagious and preventable disease, but it radicalizes people.
The disinformation campaigns prey on people’s fears of death and disability. They turn that fear into anger.
Today a man opened fire at Emory University in Atlanta.
It appears he was targeting the CDC because he believed the COVID vaccines made him sick.
This is what propaganda does. And it’s only getting worse.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/active-shooter-emory-university