Gwen Snyder is uncivil

As we try to conceive, I continue to be furious thinking about how we've abandoned pregnant people along with the immunocompromised.

The choices during the early pandemic were already so difficult. And now they're getting just impossible.

http://whyy.org/npr_story_post/covid-pregnancy-fetus-brain-delays/

COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys

Boys born to mothers who got COVID-19 while pregnant appear nearly twice as likely as other boys to be diagnosed with subtle delays in brain development. That’s the conclusion of a study of more than 18,000 children born at eight hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts. Nearly 900 of the children were born to mothers who had …

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Apr 19, 2023 at 4:49pmWeb
Show threadGwen Snyder is uncivilApr 19, 2023

Like, what do I do when/if we get pregnant?

Go into a gender-based seclusion?

Risk the kid's brain?

My life already has yellow wallpaper vibes trying to keep our first child safe as the world abandons COVID precautions.

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Apr 19, 2023
@gwensnyder The human race is killing itself in its irrational quest for "normalcy."
It's impossible to have a meaningful conversation about it with anyone on that path, because the very same normalcy bias that is causing them to act irrationally also causes them dismiss anyone who points out the danger as "alarmist" and "overreacting."
At this point it's a coin toss whether society collapses first because of fascism, COVID, or climate change (of course they're not independent).