Stéphanie2d ago

Sometimes I wonder if I judge people too quickly. Then they show exactly who they are. Over and over again.

He then added: The crazy masked lady at FediCon last year expected speakers at the podium to wear masks, or else we didn't care about disabled people.

The podium that was more than 6 feet away from the audience.

Like, maybe just stay home if you have nosophobia?

Show threadStéphanie2d ago

There is a problem with men (tech men especially) on Mastodon.

It is not safe to be a woman. It's even less safe to be a POC woman. And to be a disabled POC woman? Watch out.

The guy accused of embezzling is "so nice, deserves to be protected at all cost". But the disabled woman trying to stay alive? She's the "crazy mask lady".

Check yourselves, and check your fellow men.

Because it's the same in society.

And that's why we choose the bear.

Show threadValerie Roney2d ago

@stephanie
It's probably worth noting, I didn't get covid until 2024, and it left me with brain damage.

So, no, the pandemic isn't over.

It just stopped being inconvenient for non-marginalized people.

Show threadShantell Powell2d ago
@vlrny I caught Covid at a dentist's appointment in 2023. I haven't been the same since. I'm tired all the time, and the brain fog is often intense.
Show threadGinevraCat1d ago

@Shanmonster @vlrny People who have never experienced brain fog cannot imagine what it is like to find yourself unable to think the way you know you were able to before.

I have had brain fog from a post viral (not COVID) fatigue combined with a burnout thingy. It lasted between 6 - 8 months and finally started to clear up with reducing my work load and brain anti-inflammatories. It was truly, truly awful and so debilitating. I never, ever, want to go through that again.

Show threadShantell Powell
@GinevraCat @vlrny I've had brain fog before. First time was in 1989-90 when I had mono. It was so bad that I couldn't understand the most basic, short sentences. I'm certain COVID woke up my latent mono. There's a high correlation between Epstein-Barr virus and long covid, IIRC. I think it might be analogous to how if you've had chickenpox, you're set up to get shingles later in life.
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Show threadGinevraCat1d ago

@Shanmonster @vlrny That makes sense. I've had mono twice so that probably contributed to the brain fog.

I was SUPER careful to rest when I had COVID, physically and cognitively, just in case.

(And thanks for the reminder to get a shingles vaccine).

Show threadMs. Que Banh1d ago
@Shanmonster @GinevraCat @vlrny
Covid has also triggered latent TB & Lyme disease too. The former happened to my Dad after he was infected in hospital. I then encountered other patients in all 3 of our local hospitals who had their latent TB become active after covid infections.
An elderly friend is currently hospitalized after getting covid & her Lyme had reignited a couple days after initial infection.
Show threadGinevraCat1d ago
@PhoenixSerenity @Shanmonster @vlrny Good grief! That sounds awful.