Health Self Defense ❤️🔥😷It's probably not the "flu" or "allergies," it's COVID.
Also: COVID makes your allergies worse and it can create new ones.
Based on the post by @guiapandemica adding information
https://healthselfdefense.substack.com/p/its-probably-not-the-flu-or-allergies
Periodically, on social media after parties, vacations, and in general, events where there are crowds without masks, many people report having a “bad flu” without even thinking it could be COVID.
BUT
Did you know it might NOT be the flu?
First of all, the flu is an illness caused by the influenza virus.
Second, the only way to know if it’s influenza or COVID is through a PCR test, because having flu-like symptoms doesn’t mean it’s the same. Watery eyes, cough, fever, etc., are present in many illnesses, from COVID to HIV or measles. Antigen tests give false negatives; it’s important to know how to perform them and to take two tests 48 hours apart. We know that antigens have enormous limitations for their precision, but we also know that the health system has removed PCR tests, leaving us with no accurate way of knowing what we have.
Why does everyone have a “bad flu”?
Since preventive measures against COVID were abandoned and the virus was allowed to run rampant, these “flu bugs” have become quite frequent.
Before COVID, an adult got the flu on average about twice in 10 years. Because when you get this illness, unlike COVID, you create antibodies that protect you against future infections for a certain period of time. Furthermore, this virus doesn’t mutate as quickly as COVID, it’s less contagious, and vaccines are more effective.
Since 2020, with the arrival of COVID, we’re getting sicker because this new virus mutates quickly, doesn’t generate enough antibodies to protect us, and, above all, weakens the immune system.
That’s why we’re getting sicker more and more often.
Can infections be avoided?
Masks protect us from airborne pathogens: if they’re worn properly and properly at home, they protect you and others (just like we said in 2020, masks save lives!). They filter the air before it’s breathed, preventing the inhalation of viruses and talcum powder.
When you drink, you don’t drive, and in the car, you wear your seatbelt.
When you have sex, you use condoms and other methods to prevent sexually transmitted infections. Free condoms are distributed at some events.
In some countries, it’s also common to distribute earplugs at concerts and fairs to protect your hearing.
Adapting and protecting ourselves so we can have fun safely allows us to enjoy ourselves even more.
In this time of Covid, we need to normalize preventive measures, such as the use of N95 masks, ventilation, and air purification.
New Allergies or Food Intolerance After COVID-19? Mast Cell and Histamine Issues from LONG COVID ESSENTIALS
“People with Long COVID often experience new or worse reactions to foods or other things they could previously eat or encounter without issues. These symptoms can be related to cells called “mast cells.” When activated, mast cells release chemicals that cause inflammation, such as histamine.
People experiencing these reactions may have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). MCAS can include sensitivities to foods, fragrances, medications, and other chemicals. Reactions to these can cause a wide variety of debilitating symptoms.”
Long COVID is really common.
At least 50% of all transmissions are asymptomatic you have it and you don’t even feel ill)
At least 10% of infections result in long COVID.
Every infection you have, you are closer to it. There is no good COVID infection. Capitalism is normalizing COVID because it cannot afford to stop its economy. Capitalism is sacrificing our lives in the name of money.
Improve your knowledge + COVID protocols
Covid moves like invisible smoke
COVID spreads and moves like cigarette smoke. Think of the people around you and yourself as people who are smoking all day; it makes it easier to understand how COVID moves.
COVID aerosols can quickly fill any crowded, poorly ventilated space, moving invisibly to infect anyone in the room. These aerosols travel with air currents and remain airborne for hours after the infected person has left. COVID also spreads outdoors. You can become infected within seconds or minutes of exposure.
You don’t need to have symptoms to spread COVID
At least 50% of all transmissions are asymptomatic (you have it and you don’t even feel ill). In those symptomatic infections, it takes a couple of days for symptoms to appear, which means that you are infecting others for at least a couple of days without knowing it. Since we cannot know for sure if we have COVID at any given time, universal masking is essential.
There is no mild COVID infection.
At least 10% of infections result in long COVID.
Reinfections are devastating. There’s no way to “train” the immune system because it’s not a muscle; the damage from infections is cumulative. Any propaganda that talks about “training” the immune system is just lying to make you feel safer when exposed to harmful infections.
To say that infections are good because they help our immune system is like saying that having car accidents are good because they strengthen our bones; it makes absolutely no sense. That’s not how our bodies work.
Masks matter, find one that fits your face!
Masks are incredibly effective. They work best when everyone wears them. FFP2, KN95, KF94, and N95 masks offer aerosol filtration and should be used whenever possible. Surgical and cloth masks are less effective and do not filter aerosols. Get free masks and testing at your local mask block (maskbloc.org for searching maskbloc worldwide and you can also email us at [email protected]; we ship masks worldwide).
Make sure the mask fits snugly against your face so that the air you breathe is filtered through it. Aerosols can leak through gaps. If you can’t get a good seal, try a different brand or size.
Test frequently + understand the limitations
Rapid antigen tests produce many false negatives. A rapid antigen test only successfully detects 60% of early symptomatic infections and 22% of asymptomatic infections (OntarioHealth has a guide on how to get the most out of them, as they are the most affordable tests for the general population).
Rapid tests are much more reliable when performed repeatedly over several 48-hour periods. It can take between one week and 14 days to get a positive result, so a single negative result should not be relied upon. Molecular tests such as PCR or NAAT are much more reliable and are best performed between 3 and 5 days after exposure, although they are expensive and less accessible than rapid tests. As COVID-19 spreads, the virus mutates, and our tests become less reliable.
Vaccines cannot be an excuse for not preventing the virus.
Vaccines do not prevent infections, reinfections, or long COVID. SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination, meaning that the more we are infected, the less effective the vaccines we receive will be.
They have been crucial in significantly reducing mortality and hospitalization rates from severe infections. However, antibody levels decrease significantly in the months following vaccination. Each infection leads to new mutations that make the virus more complex.
To honor the effectiveness of vaccines, we must prevent the creation of more variants. Vaccines are not an excuse not to wear a mask.
HIV and COVID: united by ignored pandemics
“The statement that SARS-CoV-2 is “airborne AIDS” may be an oversimplification, but it draws attention to emerging evidence showing that the virus induces a distinct form of acquired immunodeficiency (AID).
SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1, though distinct, share parallels in their biochemical traits and mechanisms, long-term impacts and societal responses. Both can establish persistent infections in tissue reservoirs, immune dysfunction, vulnerability to other infections including opportunistic, systemic damage including hallmarks of accelerated biological aging, and premature neurocognitive disorders. HIV integrates into DNA, whereas SARS-CoV-2 and its parts persist in organs like the blood vessels, brain, heart, tonsils, and lungs.
As governments rolled back public health protections, leaving the public to navigate the uncontrolled spread on their own, stigma shifted to Long COVID patients and those advocating for continued precautions. These individuals are frequently dismissed as “fearmongers”, “anxious” or “overly cautious” despite the objective ongoing and significant harms caused by the pandemic. Meanwhile, Long COVID patients experience persistent gaslighting and ignorance from healthcare professionals, exacerbating their struggles to access appropriate care.
addressing SARS-CoV-2 as a systemic vascular infection with significant cumulative health impacts necessitates sustained public health measures and innovative strategies to mitigate its ongoing threat to individual and population health. It is essential to prioritize airborne infection prevention, especially while no causal therapies are available for the sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Right now, the disabled community is being targeted. Like HIV, COVID can affect anyone, but this time the state has chosen to use the word “vulnerable” to seek complicity in ignoring the ongoing pandemic. Just as HIV is linked to queer activism, COVID is linked to disability activism, because the state uses our identity to justify the social murder we experience due to ITS mismanagement.
Only the rich can afford to be sick: viruses are weapons of the oppressors.
Do you know any working-class person who can afford to be sick? Neither can we.
#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking #DisabledLiberation #DisabilityJustice
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