KallyJun 12, 2023
JeriLRyan

Yeah. I have two friends who have Covid now and another who just recovered.
It’s NOT OVER.

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Jen McCulley :verified: (@[email protected])

Someone got close to me at the store to whisper that I did not need to wear my mask bc “COVID is over” Lady, just because you’re done with COVID it does not mean COVID is done with us. #MaskUp #WearAMask

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Show threadMaoi ArroyoJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan thanks for always setting a good example to mask up!
Show threadTom ShaferJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan I dodged covid in April when my buddy got infected but was asymptomatic for 5 days, during which we rode together to a hiking destination and back. I credit our mask wearing. We may be done with covid, but it's not done with us!
Show threadCiechom  Jun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your friends will be healthy!
Show thread✡️ MG ✡️ #VoteBlueJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan travel seems especially dangerous. I have 2 or 3 friends who came who came down with it immediately after air travel & one of my husband's colleagues denied he had COVID but several of the staff tested positive for it shortly after he returned from out of state training that left the collegue with "the flu"...including husband, who gave it to everyone here at home. We did fine, but we're all high risk so I was PISSED. only lasting side effect for me? 4 months of sinus headache. Fun!
Show threadDik FraserJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan
I caught it on May 21 and spread it to my wife & daughter who has long covid already. I am 80 and got every vaxx they offered; so far so good?
Show threadToot Ωncommon - SHUT 🇺🇸 DOWNJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan Persistence is futile.
Show threadOakfire StudiosJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan my response is that COVID is still the fourth highest killer in the US.
Show threadCherylJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan I don't think it ever will be, I lost my mom 2 years ago because of complications of having covid,
Show threadJennyJun 12, 2023
@Cheryl60 @JeriLRyan I’m sorry for your loss ❤️
Show threadCherylJun 12, 2023
@tiamat271 thank you, I did everything I could to keep her safe (she lived with me) one trip to the ER and she got covid, vaccines weren't available yet and people were not taking it seriously, and still aren't
Show threadJennyJun 12, 2023
@Cheryl60 You could only do what you could do in those very difficult circumstances. I hope you find peace and comfort. *hugs*
Show threadCherylJun 12, 2023
@tiamat271 thank you, means a lot
Show threadCherylJun 12, 2023
@tiamat271 thank you, I miss her so much
Show threadJeriLRyanJun 12, 2023
@Cheryl60 I’m so sorry.
Show threadCherylJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan thank you
Show threadThoriumJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan Someone said this to me back in January! I still mask up in public despite the occasional comments.
Show threadYokiJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan yeah it’s not even close to being over.
Show threadScott marsroverdriver MaxwellJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan Definitely not over! Thanks for helping to ensure that message gets out. Meanwhile, I hope your friends recover well, with no nasty long COVID, and that you and yours stay safe and uninfected.
Show threadBiohazardJun 12, 2023

@JeriLRyan

My team at work is 6 people, and two of those keep catching COVID and not coincidentally keep getting sicker and sicker in general. One just turned 30 and has a cardiologist now (was perfectly healthy before repeated infection), and our boss was so bad last week she had to go to the hospital.

Protecting yourself from COVID is just common sense. Repeated infections appear to leave behind long-term damage in many people.

Show threadPhil M0OFXJun 12, 2023
@Biohazardous @JeriLRyan I fear we - as a species - are going to get an extremely harsh lesson from all of this.
Show threadC.S.StrowbridgeJun 13, 2023

@Biohazardous @JeriLRyan
Covid-19 suppresses your immune system, meaning you don't have a natural immunity from it.

Furthermore, each time you get sick, traumatic outcomes become more likely.

Show threadMostly CloudyJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan I work in a hospital and people are still coming in positive. Plus a lot of upper respiratory lately too.
Show threadkelceJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan I want my blood tested for science. I'm an ICU nurse so basically in the thick of it. I've had countless exposures at work while masked and some amongst friends while unmasked. I've also had breeches in my gear while working on the covid units. I've never had it. Had so many tests I'm surprised my nose is intact. I even had my blood tested and the only antibodies I had were vaccine antibodies, no natural ones. I feel like I'm made of teflon. I still mask in certain situations.
Show threadjonesJun 12, 2023

@JeriLRyan

ticking up in NY

Show threadAlex GranfordJun 12, 2023
@JeriLRyan and never will be, as has surely entered seasonal cadence. Anyone is welcomed to wear masks and should not be intimidated for doing so, but we should NEVER again have restrictions and lockdowns, if we learn anything from the past.
Show threadMxhradJun 12, 2023

@JeriLRyan

A friend just got covid from a cruiseship... why the f'k are people still going on cruises? They're bigger disease factories than a toddler's daycare classroom.

Show threadAndy DaitsmanJun 12, 2023

@JeriLRyan I just had to tell a mother she couldn't visit her son in the hospital because someone in his ward had tested positive for covid.

They weren't sure, but they didn't think she could even drop off some food she had prepared for him.

(That said, the confirmed cases in MA last week were less than 1000, a far cry from the 2000 *a day* at the peak of the pandemic.)

Show threadOldeHippi 🦋🎨🙏🌺Jun 12, 2023

@JeriLRyan

I still wear a mask at work and in stores. 😷😷😷😷😷😷

Show threadahimsaJun 13, 2023

@JeriLRyan My sister got it a few weeks ago. She was wearing a mask (KN95) but she was in a car (very small space) with someone who was *not* wearing a mask.

A couple days later person from the car told her they tested positive for COVID.

My sister was miserable for weeks. Took paxlovid, had rebound. Seems to be okay now, finally.

Show threadwenJun 13, 2023
@JeriLRyan Can concur. A friend got sick last week
Show threadTed_CvilleJun 13, 2023
@JeriLRyan true..
Show threadLilly HunterJun 13, 2023
@JeriLRyan My neighbour has had it three times (!). Luckily, he is young, fully vaccinated and has a fairly good base level of health. You do wonder though, if there will be unforeseen sequelae further down the line.
Show threadJohn OliverJun 13, 2023
@JeriLRyan Well, it's not really a surprise there are a little over 60 flu viruses still in the air and COVID is not different it's just not as virulent as it was.
Show threadScullyJun 14, 2023
@JeriLRyan Yup, still masking at work, it protects me, and irritates plague rats.