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“This is really its own illness, lots of times affecting young, healthy people.”
Millions of Texans have already come down with long #COVID symptoms, and many more could be at risk in the future if we don't make changes. For this @TexasObserver magazine feature, I interviewed both sufferers and medical experts about solutions we can take: https://www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-texas-clearing-the-air/
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The North Carolina mask ban hasn’t been entered into law yet & already there’s a story of a woman being intentionally coughed on & harassed.
The man demanded she remove her mask, called her a Liberal and himself a Conservative and tried to tell her masks were illegal in public places. She explained she had stage 4 cancer and was immune compromise and he responded by purposefully coughing on her.
This is disgusting behaviour but make now mistake - lawmakers are effectively encouraging this type of harassment. Banning medical masks emboldens those who seek to harm high risk and disabled individuals. We are already seeing it.
It’s also fascinating that her attacker felt the need to call out his political affiliation (as well as make an assumption on hers).
I need people to understand masks aren’t political. Covid isn’t political. A virus is incapable of caring what side of the aisle you’re on - and a mask is a medical device to protect the health of the wearer (and others). This politicization of masks is mainly being driven by people who are angry about mandates at the height of the Covid pandemic - they consider the months they had to mask as the most egregious violation of their freedoms imaginable - and now they’re lashing out at those who remind them of that time in their lives. They don’t want to see masks (or disabled people) ever again.
Please keep pushing back. Speak out. Get loud. Let lawmakers know you won’t stand for bills that violate a person’s right to protect themselves and their health. The harassment will only get worse from here and we need to call out bad behaviour whenever it happens - and support each other through these difficult times.
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A COVID-19 wave is sweeping the country, causing the virus to surge to its highest infection levels since summer of 2022, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s wastewater dashboard. Deaths and hospitalizations are also up, but not as much as infections. The CDC says currently about four out of 100,000 people are hospitalized, up from the pandemic low of one in 100,000 in May. Read more from CNN.
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#Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an #Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided
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#NewYork Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minimal services, if any” for years, including at the height of the #coronavirus #pandemic.
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
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Despite Persistent Warnings, #Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From #Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
The decision to buck federal #government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were #children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, #doctors say.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences
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
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🏴☠️ #ITS_JUST_A_FLU or #ITS_JUST_A_EXTRA_STRENGHT_FLU.. REMEMBER????? 💉
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🚨 CENSORED, then PRIVATIZED and now CUT VIDEO = 100% GROSS #COVERUP OF 1.1 MILLION GREAT AMERICAN 🇺🇸 SOULS NO ONE TALKS ABOUT.???
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Vid of FUCI CUT OUT AT THE EXACT ENDING but AUDIO 'was' STILL THERE where FUCI AGREES with TRUMP that #ITS_JUST_A_FLU?
👀 in hindsight???
#ITS_JUST_A_EXTRA_STRENGHT_FLU !!
Trump Advises to #Treat #Coronavirus #like_the_flu' | President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that a #Widespread U.S. #Outbreak of the coronavirus isn't inevitable even as #Top_Health_Authorities at his #side #Warned Americans that more infections are coming.
He also dispensed some of his own advice. (Feb. 27, 2020 w/ #Background_Laughter).
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TRUMP TAKES OFF MASK SPEARHEADING #BIG_PHARMA MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A EMERGENCY #DEADLY_VACCINE THAT MURDERED 1.1 MILLION AMERICAN (YOUR 🧬 #DNA ALTERED FOR #LIFE) AND USING ✈️ #USA_AIRLINES TO DO IT! ( #DELTA AND #UNITED_AIRLINES GUILTY OF #SUPERSPREADING #COVID DURING A #PANDEMIC?? NO LESS.. REMEMBER??)
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You’ve Been Lied to About Rats and the Black Death
Recent research suggests that rats may not have played a critical role in the spread of plague. What can that tell us about outbreak narratives and their importance?
By David Popa
The Plague at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=plague&submit_search=Search
Yesterday I wrote that disabled people are canaries in the coal mine for pandemics & climate change.
Today legendary director David Lynch has died after spending the last year in isolation trying to avoid Covid AND being evacuated from his home due to LA wildfires.
People were worried Lynch was retiring, he made it clear he was isolating due to Covid
Like many of us with disabilities, he was left behind. People craved his work but wouldn’t wear a mask so he could create safely. “You do you” policies pushed him out of the public eye.
Pandemics and climate change will sadly impact all of us eventually. Disabled people are just first.
We must work together to save the canaries:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/disabled-people-are-the-canaries
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Tomorrow will be a dark day for many.
For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others
The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good
Since November we’ve watched hate win over and over again.
We’ve witnessed the emboldening of those who think they’re superior to others.
We’ve seen an increase in misogyny, bigotry, ableism, racism & discrimination.
Disabled people begged the Left to pay attention. We begged you to keep masking, to push for clean air, to demand accountability from government.
We implored you to realize that our lives are not less important than your ability to go out for brunch.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of people on both sides of the aisle decided that mitigating COVID was “too hard.”
They accepted repeat infections as inevitable so they wouldn’t have to adapt their lives in any way.
They threw away people like me.
We let hate win. And now we’re going to see the consequences of that decision.
Disabled people weren’t surprised in November, we’ve been living in what feels like an alternate reality for years.
But I suspect others are about to feel our pain.
If you’re feeling scared or angry right now, know that you’re not alone. There’s a community standing with you.
I don’t know exactly what comes next, but I do know we have to keep up the fight.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-did-we-get-here-and-what-comes
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EVERY SINGLE DAY in parenting groups, I see posts that say "[family member] knowingly exposed us to an illness! What do I do?"
We literally learned AN ENTIRE SET OF SKILLS FOR HOW TO HANDLE THIS DURING A MULTI-YEAR PANDEMIC THAT NEVER ENDED.
But now that everyone is "back to normal," I guess they have amnesia about masks, pods, and explicit conversations about illness and exposures?
🇺🇸 'WE THE PEOPLE' MUST #DRAIN_THE_SWAMP OURSELVES:)
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WE #LIVE IN A #PANDEMIC OF #SORE_LOSERS.
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NOBODY?? EVER #LOSES WITH THESE #NAZI, #ASKENAZI 🇮🇱 JEWs, 👹 #KKK, NAZI PAGEN ZIONIST and/or fake ACTOR #Volodymyr #Zelenskyy??
HOW #CONVENIENT..
#BABA would not give an ACTOR ‘the time of day’. However, #BABA would like to participate at the negotiation table as well. I am sure 🇷🇺 #Putin wouldn't mind? She would solve this problem >> in a 🗽 #New_York_Minute!
Headache;) over rover..
The only way they will admit defeat is to 💥 knock them out! bust all their teeth 😬 out >> in front of everyone.
Hello anyone home? Solution without firing one bullet 🔫 or killing ☠️ one person..
SO WHAT's THE BODY COUNT IN 🇺🇦 #UKRAINE NOW??
Start with this comedy actor and WORK YOUR WAY TO THE 🏝️ #FLORIDA_SWAMP. Baba will help too she says.. and baba aint no sheep!
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YOU CANNOT DEPEND ON SNAKES to EMPTY the SWAMP FOR YOU.. btw
WE THE PEOPLE MUST #EMPTY_THE_SWAMP OURSELVES Unfortunately ;(
Btw KNOCKED OUT TEETH NEVER KILLED ANYONE. but everyone will SEE #DEFEAT WITH THEIR OWN EYES! ..best part? And so will the SNAKE(s)! 🐍 🐍 🐍
The only remedy for sore loser without killing em imho. Its the only solution that WORKS:)
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Then claim self defense and you will win in courts!;)
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THEY ARE ALL FAKES NONE OF THEM CAN FIGHT THEMSELVES OUT OF A WET PAPER BAG.
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