Notice the addition of “diverse.” He knows he’s talking about sacrificing vulnerable communities, particularly BIPOC, particularly Black people, who have suffered disproportionately adverse outcomes throughout the pandemic. 🧵

He closes out this perfidious piece by stating that political and cultural elites (specifically, policymakers, experts, and the media) should work in concert to “catalyze and speed a frame-shift” in favor of forced infection and reinfection. We’re already there, bro. Like lol.

Again, no mention of how this is all supposed to help the most vulnerable—because it’s not meant to. It’s meant to exterminate us under the gloss of “capturing the benefits of the new paradigm”—benefits which he doesn’t articulate but which are the usual suspects: profit. Power.

BREAKING: Feds sue Abbott over drowning devices in Rio Grande. Let’s keep up the pressure. We want the buoys & netting removed, the razor wire under the water & on the banks removed and for DPS to respect Border Patrol authority. Now, before more die. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

With all the articles coming out about the Nebraska teen sentenced to 90 days in jail for self-managing an abortion, I just wanted to flag something I wrote last week about coverage of the case.

Just re-upping this

#LongCovid is the fastest growing chronic illness on the planet with a quality of life often lower than metastatic cancer & similar to Parkinson’s — & there is no way to truly end the pandemic until we have treatments for long Covid.

Hey just a reminder before this ridiculous website implodes- Covid is SARS-CoV-2. Not a cold, SARS. It’s a viral Trojan horse for vascular damage, brain damage, heart damage, and immunological deficiency. Vaccines are not enough yet. Wearing a mask until they are is wisdom.

Imagine if Secretary Blinken totally disappeared for a month and Biden wouldn’t talk about it and people wonder if he had cancer or something and then it’s just announced he’s gone. This is China. It is weird, and should’ve been bigger news but the world has normalized autocracy.

Please take 30 seconds to ask your members of congress to support the #TreatLongCOVIDAct! 3/4 of the U.S. population has had a #COVID infection, and 1 in 5 develop #LongCOVID. Tens of millions in the U.S. have #LongCOVID and there is no cure. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has

The continued emphasis on deaths is a political and media strategy to mask the *ongoing* mass disability being wrought by this virus. Invisibilizing disability is part of the strategy to further marginalize BIPOC & LGBTQ, who are most at risk of illness/disability.

Postlude by Rita Dove. 💐#poetry (thanks to The Paris Review)

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The profound toll COVID-19 has had on heart health is only now starting to emerge. Doctors are grappling with how to help. “We are seeing effects on the heart and the vascular system that really outnumber, unfortunately, effects on other organ systems.” apnews.com/article/covid1…

Second-biggest owner of Twitter is executing a man for his tweets. Silence from the owner of Twitter, who is a self-styled ‘free speech absolutist.’ Not even a “concerning”.

🧵UNPOPULAR OPINION: Sometimes life destroys you and you don't have to find a reason or learn anything. If you didn't already know, my youngest daughter was diagnosed with leukemia the week after her 4th birthday. After 2 1/2 years of chemo she is now 2 years cancer free. 1/

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All the Virginia house of delegates and State Senate seats are up in Virginia. Voting ends on Tuesday night. If republicans flip both chambers, Glenn Youngkin will have unchecked power.

Thank you to @poetrynw for publishing this poem at the beginning of December. ❤️