Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦 WILL NOT COMPLYOne in ten US deaths last week were due to pneumonia, flu, or COVID-19.
That's about a 50% higher rate than the CDC's epidemic threshold.
Bottom line: this country is in the midst of a severe respiratory disease epidemic that nobody's talking about.
Krystle the Actor@escott And it continues to spike each winter. It will continue to do so until people are killed off or have reached an effective enough level of herd immunity.
@clearlykrystle It's unnecessary to have so many deaths. Getting vaccinated, staying at home when sick, frequent hand-washing—none of these things are too much to ask.
Or at least, I used to think so.
@escott Yeah, people are way too selfish. Even someone in their families getting it or themselves doesn't necessarily change anything.
Especially now that there ARE vaccines, a lot of people getting it are comparing it to a cold. Meanwhile, people are still dying.
Matthew Burton@clearlykrystle @escott our household is wrapping up eight straight weeks of respiratory viruses right now. Covid was easy compared to the flu, which walloped us. Still not done recovering. The beginning of this was conspicuously timed with the beginning of the school year, with masks no longer required.
@matthewburton @escott I had a 101.7F fever when I tested positive for Covid 🙃 Highest fever of my life.
@clearlykrystle @matthewburton Ugh glad you're feeling better (I hope)
@clearlykrystle @matthewburton Every year I tell my friends and employees: the flu isn't a bad cold (I just came off a bad cold, and it sucked, BTW). Nobody who has had influenza ever wants to go through it again.
And they're still discovering chronic sequelae of even mild Covid cases.
Vaccination is free, effective, and painless (or nearly so). It boggles the mind that people resist it.
Exiled New Yorker- Connie@escott You should have seen what happened in the month of November in my husband’s SNF. Influenza tore through it, infecting residents, staff, visitors and I’m sure others they came into contact with.
I was in bed for a week. Some of the staff were hospitalized. Most of the residents were better off than us because they were swabbed and on Tamiflu as soon as the results got back, thank goodness.
I was in bed for a week. Some of the staff were hospitalized. Most of the residents were better off than us because they were swabbed and on Tamiflu as soon as the results got back, thank goodness.
@Pagan_Activist The SNFs have really taken it on the chin since 2020. Sorry that happened.
StillKindaHoping@clearlykrystle
Between the #socialmedia #brainflood and growing #disinformation we are seeing the limits of the #humanbrain. When people can no longer reassess fact versus opinion then it is no surprise they grab onto #ideologies (including a vaccine stance) that let them stop the noise of change and the endless questions. Life is a bit quieter, if innacurate. #society #socialparadigm #paradigmshift
@escott
Between the #socialmedia #brainflood and growing #disinformation we are seeing the limits of the #humanbrain. When people can no longer reassess fact versus opinion then it is no surprise they grab onto #ideologies (including a vaccine stance) that let them stop the noise of change and the endless questions. Life is a bit quieter, if innacurate. #society #socialparadigm #paradigmshift
@escott
@stillkindahoping @clearlykrystle This isn't as much about information overload as it is about denial and cognitive dissonance. Getting vaccinated and boosted is much simpler than the energy it must take to constantly dig for reasons why doctors, scientists, and Federal officials can't be trusted.
@escott
Well said. It doesn't help that opinion now seems to rank as high as expertise and facts. Whatever it is, we are witnessing a large scale failure of people to do the right thing. 🥲
@clearlykrystle
Well said. It doesn't help that opinion now seems to rank as high as expertise and facts. Whatever it is, we are witnessing a large scale failure of people to do the right thing. 🥲
@clearlykrystle
@clearlykrystle @stillkindahoping Thank you. You're right on opinion vs facts, but I think it's even worse than that. People aren't just giving them equal credence: they literally don't know the difference. It's a truly stunning indictment of our educational system that so many Americans matriculate without developing the critical analysis skills so vital to citizenship in a participatory democracy.
@escott
True. I suspect the blurring of facts and opinion was hastened by 24 hour "news" stations, where they quickly run out of facts and then nod at each other's blatherings. I suspect many people enjoy seeing experts out-competed by opinion, because now less-knowledgable folks are getting their 1.93 cents in. They are participating, but don't yet see how this is likely to lead to increased authoritarianism.
@clearlykrystle
True. I suspect the blurring of facts and opinion was hastened by 24 hour "news" stations, where they quickly run out of facts and then nod at each other's blatherings. I suspect many people enjoy seeing experts out-competed by opinion, because now less-knowledgable folks are getting their 1.93 cents in. They are participating, but don't yet see how this is likely to lead to increased authoritarianism.
@clearlykrystle
@escott
They were not too much to ask until the #CoronaVirus mutated (fortunately) into a milder version as #Omicron, and many people found their new personal #riskacceptance tolerance. Should it #mutate lethally and spread we will likely all wish we'd put the masks on sooner.
@clearlykrystle
They were not too much to ask until the #CoronaVirus mutated (fortunately) into a milder version as #Omicron, and many people found their new personal #riskacceptance tolerance. Should it #mutate lethally and spread we will likely all wish we'd put the masks on sooner.
@clearlykrystle
@clearlykrystle @stillkindahoping There are 1000s of deaths in the US each week from Covid right now. And researchers are discovering a variety of chronic conditions arising from even mild bouts of Covid. People can decide on their own risk tolerance but should not be deciding that for others.
mindstalk@stillkindahoping @escott @clearlykrystle Omicron isn't really milder. Still kills 15% of immunonaive 80+ year olds. It's had a milder _effect_ because so many people have some immunity from vaccines and/or prior infection.
@mindstalk
You are right. I didn't mean to minimize the danger or the terrible burden on families and our health care workers. 😷
@escott @clearlykrystle
You are right. I didn't mean to minimize the danger or the terrible burden on families and our health care workers. 😷
@escott @clearlykrystle