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You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List, by
@JessicaLexicus
"Yesterday, I came across a somber tweet by a man who’s trying to protect his family from Covid. He said, “my wife has been speaking with the principal of my children’s elementary school and that he has been advising her to file for divorce because I was clearly not well and ‘my life revolves around fear.’”
Yes, a principal is telling someone’s wife to divorce him because he wants to protect them from a deadly, disabling virus.
"Companies are also starting to pressure their employees to get therapy “to conquer their fear of Covid.”
There’s a line from the film The Big Short that echoes through my head these days. The investor Michael Burry says, “I may have been early, but I’m not wrong.” There’s a lot of us who feel like that right now. A majority of the world thinks we’re crazy. In reality, we’re not crazy at all.
We have the facts.
"Over the last few months, there’s been an avalanche of studies telling us that Covid poses a major threat to our health, our lives, and our sanity. The biggest risk now comes in the weeks and months after we recover. Our politicians and media have done a poor job communicating this threat. Instead, they’re doing their best to manipulate information to protect their own political interests. The public has bought into these lies. They want to believe they can return to normal.
"The latest studies tell us that’s not possible.
There’s no permanent immunity from this virus. Each time we catch it, this virus attacks our hearts and minds. It weakens us. It tries to kill us. It imprints on us, so a future variant has a better shot next time.
That next time could be a few months later.
Here are the key points:
1. You can catch Covid multiple times.
2. Reinfections are common, not rare.
3. Breakthrough infections are common.
4. Covid can kill you months after you recover.
5. It can cause brain damage.
6. It can cause blood clots and heart attacks.
7. It doesn’t spare children.
8. Vaccines help, but only some.
9. Masks work.
https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/you-may-be-early-but-youre-not-wrong?r=jp7y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
2. Reinfections are common, not rare.
3. Breakthrough infections are common.
4. Covid can kill you months after you recover.
5. It can cause brain damage.
6. It can cause blood clots and heart attacks.
7. It doesn’t spare children.
8. Vaccines help, but only some.
9. Masks work.
https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/you-may-be-early-but-youre-not-wrong?r=jp7y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"Everyone should know about these studies. I’ve linked to the original articles. I’ve tried to summarize them in clear language. I’ve also linked to summaries written by journalists who still care about the truth.
"Biggest takeaway: the media lied to us.
The evidence is overwhelming now.
Last winter, the media made a concerted effort to convince Americans that Covid had become mild. They said catching Omicron would protect us from future variants, and that we could ditch our masks. Newspapers were filled with op-eds basically telling us to go out and shop, celebrate, and get infected. They blanketed the internet with stories about the “relief” people felt catching Covid.
"Anyone who disagreed got labeled a doomsayer.
The optimists were all wrong.
There was no evidence to support any of these myths, just arrogant assertions from the same handful of pundits. The actual studies tell the truth. You don’t want to catch Covid once. You certainly don’t want to catch it multiple times. We should be getting boosted. We should be wearing masks.
We should be protecting our children.
"There’s only one alternative, and that’s catching Covid over and over until it destroys our immune systems, along with our hearts and minds.
Nobody wants that.
https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/you-may-be-early-but-youre-not-wrong
Kat Earthren Liu@yaneerbaryam
I don’t disagree with what you wrote. I still mask most times (tho have caved to social pressure at times, luckily with no ill effect *thus far*). But… I also don’t see how you expect the general public to accept this bleak picture with no way out in sight. Without hope for a time when this will be behind us, I think the majority of people will reject the message.
I don’t disagree with what you wrote. I still mask most times (tho have caved to social pressure at times, luckily with no ill effect *thus far*). But… I also don’t see how you expect the general public to accept this bleak picture with no way out in sight. Without hope for a time when this will be behind us, I think the majority of people will reject the message.
@shaktinah It is not hard to stop the pandemic we just have to do it. A gargle spit test every time people brush their teeth would stop the pandemic within weeks. This is one of several ways to do it. The technology is available now. The will to act is all that is needed.
J.H.NoyesWe need aptamer tests.
Should be easy peazy for those skilled in such matters.
And cheap.
Pennies per test once mass production infrastructure is established.
If that, even.
@noyes @yaneerbaryam
Who is benefiting from us not doing this?
The other day I was thinking of how when the vaccine for polio was created, it was not patented. The thinking was that since its creation was funded by tax dollars, the people had already paid for it.
But nowadays, not so.
Daniel@yaneerbaryam @shaktinah 'gargle spit test' ? is this a saliva RAT ?
@cheap_as_infree @shaktinah PCR test on the saliva sample.
bean481@cheap_as_infree @yaneerbaryam @shaktinah
https://youtu.be/PufJ691qmkk
And Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones
Can Oral Health Predict Severity of COVID-19? New Evidence for COVID-19 Severity and Treatment
What Mouthwash Reduces Severity of COVID-19?
Barely Repressed FuryAgreed, but people who are positive HAVE to isolate. Without that mandate any test is pretty much a waste of time.
A lot of people simply cannot afford to have time off work - I can’t, but I live like a hermit to avoid catching it. So far, I’ve been successful.
Covid is no longer seen as dangerous by most people the world over. Very sad.