Mike HDec 22, 2022
Taylor Lorenz
“Do not listen to powers that be who pretend that getting infected w/ COVID multiple times is now no big deal. They’re asking you to lower your guard for a nasty virus that can invade the brain, disregulate the immune system and damage the vascular system” https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/21/Ten-Downplayed-COVID-Facts/
Ten COVID Facts Health Officials Dangerously Downplay | The Tyee

We should be rallied to defend ourselves and our kids. Our leaders offer timid silence.

The Tyee
Dec 22, 2022 at 7:55amMastodon for iOS
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 22, 2022

@taylorlorenz *nodds in agreement!*

#KeepMasksOn FFS!

Show threadHalf Cocked LawDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Even if COVID was only as bad as the flu (it's much worse), who listens to the guy who brags about getting the flu every year?
Show thread@batyalee 🌿Dec 22, 2022
@halfcocked @taylorlorenz To be honest, flu can also be very bad. In an average year, 50,000 people die of influenza. (I’m not comparing relative numbers of deaths between Flu and Covid.)
Show threadPersonalGeniusDec 22, 2022
@batyalee @halfcocked @taylorlorenz And then there’s combining risk of flu, COVID, RSV and now Strep A, all at the same time!
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@halfcocked @taylorlorenz exactly. It’s like they are trying to get us sick. Even if it was just like a cold, that’s still miserable and causes people to miss work or get everyone around them sick who may not be vaccinated or healthy. We should be trying to avoid getting sick as much as possible, not trying to see how many times we can get sick and live
Show threadRandomjewelerDec 22, 2022
@twitterreject @halfcocked @taylorlorenz nod even if everyone was just off work for a week or two it's a big disruption for business.
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@Randomjeweler @halfcocked @taylorlorenz definitely. There’s a lot of businesses out there that can’t afford to close for a week and a lot of us don’t have any more sick pay. The govt ends nearly all the Covid support programs too in a few days so you’re totally on your own w/it. Seems like a really stupid risk if it’s easily avoidable w/just wearing a mask sometimes.
Show threadCornelia ÖstreichDec 22, 2022
@halfcocked @taylorlorenz Most people don't even know what a real flu is, taking it for a simple cold (it isn't).
Show threadKarl LouisDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz seems to me that people here on Mastodon are much more balanced and use their common sense.
Show threadTon ChrysopraseDec 22, 2022
@karllouis @taylorlorenz I think it’s probably not having an algorithm that pushes the alternative in your face at every moment to drive engagement may be part of the thing that makes Mastodon so much better.
Show threadBruce MirkenDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Say it louder for the folks in the White House.
#CovidIsntOver #LongCovid
Show threadJamesLundbladDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Here's the paper on excess mortality risk due to infection/reinfection.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02051-3
Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection - Nature Medicine

A new analysis using US Department of Veterans Affairs databases showed that reinfection is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, hospitalization and a wide range of long COVID complications in individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 compared to those with no reinfection.

Nature
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@JamesLundblad @taylorlorenz sadly, scientific research and studies are easily dismissed as propaganda from the anti-medicine community. They have watched countless people die at a rate of like 3x’s more for unvaccinated and they still refuse to believe in medicine. It’s pure politics exploiting by some very rich right wingers
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz the 1st time I had Covid it was the worst sickness I’ve ever had in my life w/months of issues. The 2nd time was mild bc of being vaccinated. I was very lucky for that. I don’t understand why anyone would downplay the misery this virus can bring. It may be mild but it might not. Even if it’s mild, it still feels like garbage. Nobody wants to get sick so if we can avoid it, then we should!
Show threadBenoît JonesDec 22, 2022

@twitterreject @taylorlorenz
Ditto for me. Got it in March 2020, 4 months off work, still kind of not full-time now (I am self-employed), still have issues with fatigue, brain fog, poor memory, stomach problems, etc.

Second time I had had vaccine and booster and it was mild luckily.

Show threadBWheatNYCDec 22, 2022
@twitterreject @taylorlorenz Wish I hadn’t caught Covid back in Feb this year. The brain fog lingers. Was on a Zoom yesterday - everyone was asking me to share my whiteboard, which they say I had said I would create for the team. I had no recollection of even discussing a white board. #COVID19 #BrainFog #Vaccinate
Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Dec 22, 2022
@Bwheatnyc @twitterreject @taylorlorenz that sounds awful and is my biggest fear about catching covid. I’m so sorry you have to deal with that.
Show threadBWheatNYCDec 22, 2022
@godlessmom @twitterreject @taylorlorenz It’s a daily challenge, especially regarding work. I have to write everything down or I don’t recall what was discussed. I’m getting better on vitamins recommended by my doctor but every day is a struggle. #COVID19
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@godlessmom @Bwheatnyc @taylorlorenz the brain fog isn’t fun but if that’s your only lingering issue from Covid, you’re very lucky. There’s much worse things that it can cause like heart problems, breathing issues, neurological problems, and other conditions we haven’t learned about yet.
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@Bwheatnyc @taylorlorenz I know what you’re talking about. I had the fog for several months after. Only things that worked for me were being active and pushing my brain to work. For example, not using a calculator when doing math or not writing something down that I needed to remember but rather trying to memorize it. I don’t know if it helped but the fog got better after 2-3 months
Show threadMike Wursta 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Agreed 🙂
Show threadニルス・スキニールDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Having COVID multiple times is no problem if and only if one has president level, pm level or royal family level health cover
Show threadLisaDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Excellent article that explains long Covid very well. It's beyond frustrating that globally we are acting as if the pandemic is over when it's not. My husband had Covid last Nov. He developed shingles on his face, had a TIA in May of this year & still has some probs that no one has related to Covid. My nephew had a bad stroke (did recover) & they did say it was prob Covid related. I always wear a mask but very few ppl do which is not reassuring.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesDec 22, 2022

@taylorlorenz

No 'can' about it. It does so in every instance. One of the problems with media portrayals of the dangers posed by SARS-CoV-2 is that the ineluctable is portrayed as elective contingent on host vulnerability. Nobody gets this without being maimed even if the damage is not readily apparent. I've never read a study where whole brain specimens from long term convalescent cadavers were virus free. Samples from acute phase deaths are a different story--permeation takes time.

Show threadKillian RedDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz We Love You Taylor 💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️
Show threadThomasDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Spending on ventilation would decrease the transmission rate and we are not spending enough!
Show threadAlastor de IonDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Excellent, accurate article. I wish everybody who commented would boost for visibilty! #MaskUp
Show threadMissScott01Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz
This is a great comprehension of many things I know by following experts. And we mustn’t forget… this is what’s obvious after only three years. Quite frightening to think about 10, 20 or 40 years later.
Show threadBiancaDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz There are a bunch of Covid skeptics around Elon Musk. I think they would make interesting investigation subjects. Many of the VC tech bro guys seem to be being red pilled via Covid policy since the pandemic and interest rates have negatively impacted their profits.
Show threaddeantoir_ceardaiochtaDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz so much this. I've had it twice now. My immune system currently resembles Bruce Willis at the end of die hard. #covid left me with arthritis, dry eye, dry nose and my eyesight got worse. That's with me being vaccinated etc.
Show threadSheila ArnoldDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz this line "A responsible society cares for its young; a failing one does not." Gives the push I need to get back to masking. Thank you for sharing.
Show threadJordan KayDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Holy shit, COVID is airborne? Why has no one told me about this?
Show threadU+1F984 🦄Dec 23, 2022
@_Jordan @taylorlorenz Part of the reason COVID wasn't called "airborne" is because of the definition of aerosol was misunderstood by the medical community. There's a writeup in Wired, and NPR had a radio story too. https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/
Show threadJordan KayDec 23, 2022
@U1F984 @taylorlorenz I’m gonna need at least a few hundred more “COVID 👏 IS 👏 AIRBORNE 👏” threads throughout 2023 then maybe I’ll be convinced, but I’m just not buying it yet
Show threadCatherine is not complacentDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz long haul Covid has left my oldest neice, 38 with three young children, with seizures and symptoms of Parkinson’s onset. Previous to it she was a runner with no pre existing conditions. She can no longer work or drive and my sister in law left her teaching position to help her. People refuse to see just how dangerous it is and it’s so frustrating.
Show threadFred C. Trump (dead/deceased)Dec 22, 2022

@taylorlorenz If I were still alive I would be covered in booster marks and wearing N95s over all of my orifices.

Lucky for me coronaviruses cannot survive the Inferno of Eternal Damnation

Show threadGeorgia BlueDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I had it once, around 5 months ago and my sinuses are still messed up, heartbeat is elevated, lungs are tight, and have brain fog. I can’t tell you how many customer orders and even dinners that I have messed up in the past few months, never mind forgetting things within seconds or minutes. 😔 The “brain fog” seems like it’s getting worse every month, not better.
Show threadGurtbeef RobeDec 22, 2022
@georgiablue @taylorlorenz hang in there. Mine went away after a few months but I was extremely active and pushed my brain to work in situations where I used to not. I quit using a calculator and tried to avoid writing things down but used memory tricks to try to remember them. I don’t know if it did anything but mine was better after about 3 months. I remember the frustration. It was hard to work as a bartender. Odds are it will get better though
Show threadGedsudskiDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz the whole “herd immunity “ angle seems to have backfired, spectacularly. Stay vigilant, stay healthy.
Show threadLukas Murch ✅Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I got COVID on vacation in Florida, USA, August 2022. I was really tired for a day but really no other symptoms, except I started to get this catch in my throat. One cough clears it, but it's annoying and still exists almost 4 months later. Imagine if I'm stuck with it for life? How sad. Covid sucks. Nobody should take it lightly, avoid it if possible. #vaccinated
Show threadCJSmith7880Dec 22, 2022

@taylorlorenz TY for posting. A key point, made recently by journalist Kurt Eichenwald, is #2, that COVID-19 is a *vascular* rather than *respiratory* disease.

I'll add: Looking out for each other, including the most vulnerable among us, is part of what makes us human. The "it's my choice" BS is the antithesis of humanity.

Show threadOld Gray MareDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I had a relatively mild case and am still suffering daily migraines from it 6 weeks later!
Show threadSteyrshrekDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz we still don’t know the longterm damage it can or has done. That’s more likely a bill that’ll we’ll have to pay later.
Show threadJoel LessingDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Crematoriums are working 24/7 in China due to a so-called “harmless strain” of CoVid.
Show threadUnidos contra la Covid-19Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz YES. A must read
Show threadTaymar2Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz They're not "powers that be" they're cranks and quacks. How they get to influence discourse is mind boggling.
Show threadRickDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz After 4 shots of Moderna, I eventually DID become infected with the virus, suffering miserably for 2 days, with full recovery in 2 weeks. However, a few months latter, I began developing kidney dysfunction, when none had existed before, along with atypical hypertension, despite already taking blood pressure medication. Long-term effects of COVID are still being discovered.
Show threadElGonzales Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz The virus wants to spread, maybe it's the virus inside the brain that controls their words
Show threadBonnie SonderDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Okay, okay. I’ll start masking up again. Had every booster, latest flu shot and topped it off with the latest pneumonia shot.
Show threadPersonalGeniusDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz We are quickly creating a whole generation of chronically ill people whose troubles and needs will be systematically disregarded for the their of their lives 🙃
Show threadTappin LisaDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz
I got the heebie-jeebies watching President Zelenskyy's address to Congress last night... so few people were wearing masks.
Show threadDeejayh67Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz
“Do not listen to powers that be who pretend that getting infected with COVID multiple times is now no big deal. They’re asking you to lower your guard for a nasty virus that can invade the brain, disregulate the immune system and damage the vascular system.”
Show threadVivian CreekmoreDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Thank you! We begin getting our info from fam & friends in health care, public health, epidemiology by eary 2020. Also experts on-line - including air flow studies in engineering.
Gov agencies are not the best communicators and have too many constituents.
Show threadNimyueDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz yes and apparently the more viral infections you get in your sinuses the higher your chances of alzheimer's
Show threadNed YeungDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I've had covid, and my health has never been the same since.
Show threadMotiDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I’ve got vaccinated 4 times (over a period of a year, of course:) I also got covid while traveling . I’m aware that vaccine dont prevent one being sick but it does help reduce the damage. Covid was bad, not the worse thing, but bad, like a month of headaches after. I’m happy i’ve got vaccinated. I hate people being Idiots and acting like it’s just run of the mill’s flu. They put themselves and those around them in an unnecessary danger.
Show threadBert LatamoreDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz Even a mild Covid infection can result in a long Covid problem ranging from loss of sense of smell to brain fog or heart problems that can last a year or more.
Show thread453289Dec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz I was exhausted for months afterwards. Now I’m just really tired. Like work all day take a 5pm nap at office just to get energy to go home and cook supper run errands etc kind of tired. I still nap at least 3 times a week in afternoon or at 5ish and sleep all weekend to catch up. It’s awful. My life is falling apart because I’m too tired to deal with or do stuff. Sure I can smell and I didn’t die from Covid but it still effed me up!
Show threadAvocado ToastDec 22, 2022

@taylorlorenz The question for me though is what else can we do long-term? Will vaccination and advanced treatments eventually beat this thing into submission, or will it continue to be debilitating for some?

I often joke that COVID is exactly like the flu, in that it is a dangerous new virus that the world failed to contain and created via bad agricultural practices and now is forced to accept as normal.

Show threadKevinDec 22, 2022
@taylorlorenz whatever happened to just not wanting catch anything? Before Covid nobody wanted to catch a cold, flu, or whatever. Now we’ve got people willing to catch Covid for political points. It’s pathetic, no matter how you look at it.