Ran a half marathon in an n95 today but abled bodied folks insist grocery shopping in one is too hard 😭

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest: thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-th…

I think we should all challenge ourselves to get Julia Marie's latest to at least one person we know this week who's in denial about Long COVID.

Covid is not over. People are still dying and becoming disabled every day. We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed. When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable

A new Scientific Reports study found persistent nerve and muscle damage in long COVID — especially in the tibialis anterior (shin) and calf muscles. Over a year, patients with severe COVID showed abnormal nerve excitability and degraded muscle structure, consistent with

This kinda framing is making me realize the vast majority of people assume long covid is developed by people who got sick the first years of the pandemic - not that it is an ongoing issue - and not that they are more likely to develop it too, with each covid reinfection

Everyone is fucked from repeated COVID infections, but nobody wants to hear that, because it requires them to make a few small sacrifices to their comfort and convenience.

people who obviously have long-COVID will list out their symptoms on social media and ask "what is going on? does anyone have answers" and then get mad at the people who rightly point out that it is obviously long-COVID. it's as incredible as it is infuriating.

Upcycling for those unaware:

“I’m still learning how dogged people can be in denial, even when their freedom or their lives are at stake.” -Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

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The Frontal Lobes are responsible for impulse control and judgement, James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath With every infection we become more blasé and disinterested in the welfare of others. Cøvid: The zombification of humanity

If covid is no biggie, it's like a cold or the flu, why are most people afraid to utter the word? Why is it taboo. I've never known anyone afraid to say cold or flu. Highly suspicious. People got some issues dealing with reality.

He was sounding hoarse so I asked if he had been following the news about the Stratus variant, but he just rolled his eyes and stated that he had stopped following the news about the virus years ago, but alas it seemed clear to me that the virus was still closely following him.

"Why is everyone sick?" they ask. "Why can't I get my meds?" they wonder. "Why are there so few staff on the job?" they complain. "Why is everyone so angry, aggressive, and nasty?" they moan. "Why are people making so many mistakes and forgetting things?" they question. "Why are

“Suddenly it was something you only needed to do if you were sick (despite asymptomatic COVID infections) or around immunocompromised people (despite the fact that immunocompromised people are everywhere). Nothing about the science or severity of COVID has changed.”

“Why can’t I do what others have done—ignore the obvious. Live a normal life. It’s hard enough just to do that in this world.” -Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

A NEW review explores how SARS-CoV-2 may influence cancer risk. ➡️ Unlike classical oncogenic viruses, it doesn’t insert viral oncogenes. Instead, its proteins: -Inhibit tumor suppressors -Activate growth, survival & inflammation pathways 👉 Potential role in cancer initiation