Day 11.. got cocky decided I didn’t need #Enovid anymore & woke up in the middle of the night w/sore throat. I’m officially team Enovid for ACTIVE infection

Also in disbelief & baffled on “average length of cold” suddenly being defined as 7-10 days vs 3-7 days it was ALWAYS & FOREVER; AVERAGE is average for a reason. Some longer but averaged out

The normalizing of #sarscov2 into being a mere cold is unfathomable

Day 5-7 was peak bad infectiousness & def not getting better

The endless lies..

On the trip described above, I didn't get catch #Covid or any summer flu. I think it's far from perfect and there was a lot of luck involved, but if anyone wants to know, here's what I did:

Packing: #FFP2 #masks, nasal spray (#enovid), and a portable air filter (#smartair qt-3 with filter sealed with tape)

The masks are the same that I wear at home. They seal tight on my face and are comfortable to wear. I wore them everywhere inside, except for in my hotel room / sleeping compartment. We ate outside on an airy terrace at the beach hotel, but the buffet was inside. So I put the mask on to go inside to get some food, took it off outside to eat, and put it on again to get more food. That felt silly on the first day, but then I got used to it. Nobody cared at all, and I felt good. I had a mask with me at the beach and pool and put it on when I went inside to go to the bathroom.

To keep things simple, I usually only differentiate between "inside" and "outside". But I also put a mask on outside when there's a crowd and the air is not moving (hello Corfu Old Town). I wear the mask inside even when there's hardly any other people there because I cannot see into the recent past or future. I don't want to fumble with putting on a mask in a hurry if a bus load of people suddenly spills into the hotel lobby or shop (That's the same as I do at home anyway).

You need large-ish #pockets to always keep masks handy. There's gender divide between those of us that get hardly any pockets, and those that get an overabundance of pockets. Consider this and maybe adapt your wardrobe.

I had brought the air #filter to put it on the table in front of me if we had to eat inside. We always ate outside except for the ferries and the trains. For the first dinner inside, I forgot the filter in our room and decided to eat without. I wore a mask, took it off to eat and put it back on as soon as I was done eating (I did not hurry). Afterwards I used the nasal spray. I stuck with this procedure for the other ferry and the Frecce trains. So I actually did not use the air filter much.

At the beach hotel, I covered my skin with sun screen every morning in our room. Then I walked down the stairs without a mask, because my face was still drying. The windows in the stair case were always open except on one day, because the cleaning staff would usually open them around that time. It was luck how many people I would meet.

On the sleeper train, the attendant sometimes knocks on the door. I opened the door without putting on the mask first. On the trip back, I hung the mask over my glasses while I slept, so I would remember to put it on.

I had wanted to get a mobile #CO²
monitor to assess the air quality in rooms/compartments. We have some at home from the early pandemic days, but they are not good. I did some research, decided that the #aranet4 is probably still the best, and completely forgot about it. The day before we left, I remembered, but there was no way to buy one so quickly. So unfortunately I cannot report on the air quality for instance on the trains. I would have loved to share this information, because I searched for it beforehand, but couldn't find it. There's lots of people posting their CO² numbers from airplanes and meeting rooms, but nothing about sleeper cars.

#wearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #covid

A listener question about Enovid! Dr. Griffin says the #Enovid studies showing “decreased RNA copy number” seem legit, but he’d like to see more studies about safety and long-term use (read: stuff under the FDA’s purview) before recommending it wholeheartedly.

(Personal note: I have multiple extroverted friends who have not had COVID yet and credit Envied for it. I use it myself!)

#TWiVTLDR 16/16