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Note: This is concerning. SARS-CoV-2 is still a novel virus, the effects of which will manifest for months and years to come and this requires and calls for continued study, care and prevention. Especially for groups and people who may have limited to no treatment and vaccination options (for SARS-CoV-2, infections and honestly long covid), or benefit less or not at all due to health status, prior medical incidence, financial/insurance, vaccine availability/accessibility and geography or age.

Finally this NIH website is useful for reading about treatments, sunsetting it may only make it more difficult for the general public, researchers or any other orgs or people to obtain and track information emerging, past and present.

#Announcement #NIH #National Institute of Health #SARS-CoV-2 #SARS CoV 2 #Covid-19 #Covid 19 #Treatments #Treatment

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For the sake of guidance, I hope people will follow the highest precautions possible. The worst of SARS-CoV-2 is not limited to 2020, despite what is stated by politicians, media outlets and other public figures and professionals to whom it applies.

I want to inform readers the CDC has officially ended the 5 day isolation period for SARS-CoV-2 and this does not suddenly mean it is not contagious or that our protocols should be lapsed or relaxed. Spread is more rampant than ever. So please do not let this announcement and decision give a false sense of security.

Piece by the incredible Lucky Tran.

Note, please do not use the Washington Post as a source for quality coverage of the ongoing pandemic.

As others have said, if SARS-CoV-2 cannot be eradicated (I still hold out hope and think it imperative in fact), it means adjusting and adapting, not ignoring it, treating this virus and disease as harmless or of little harm and create hostile untenable conditions and daily situations for any efforts of prevention and control of it.

Of what I've read over the course of 4 years, SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate, kill and disable. This cannot last and will end in an ever escalating disaster if we continue to allow it. - Admin and mod

Additional: Immunity rates are a concern as are vaccination rates. The boast of vaccines administered does not often enough include a breakdown based on how many in the series per person (e.g. 1 dose, primary series, x number of boosters and how recently).

Vaccine rates vary by country, but in regard to the U.S. rates have been on a decline, thus compromising effectiveness on a population level.

#Updates #News #Admin #Moderator #Public health #SARS-CoV-2 #Covid-19 #Covid 19 #SARS CoV 2 #SARS 2 #Pandemic #Ongoing pandemic #Lucky Tran

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ID: Person with long brown hair in white cowl neck white knit sweater holding coffee cup with Greek style design. Video is captioned.

New crucial information from David Putrino of the Putrino Laboratory, and the Mount Sinai long covid clinic. Leading expert, and facility on the front of this disease.

Take aways:

Vaccination as of 2024, according to this information does not prevent long covid.

I'd like to include other sources state vaccines reduce long covid by percentages, though no higher than 68.7%. It is important to also factor the dwindling and low rates of vaccination as of 2024 (17%), and highly mutagenic, immune evasive and contagious nature of SARS-CoV-2.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(23)00414-9

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-people-booster-percent-pop5, (completed primary series + updated bivalent booster)

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-variants-bar?time=earliest

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-023-00878-2 "Like most RNA viruses, coronaviruses evolve rapidly"

The point being, while it is encouraged to get vaccinated, vaccination alone is not sufficient to robustly protect individuals or the general population from infection or development of virus associated disease/long covid.

Literature and resources on the full inventory of mitigation methods, please read my pinned post or search for the December 2023 update.

Many long covid sufferers, especially now, have multiple vaccinations, are median age 38, had mild feeling or even asymptomatic infection and were not hospitalized.

Note: mild infection does not mean harmless, and segments and statements from Mount Sinai and Dr. David Putrino illustrate why.

Furthermore, while it is my personal opinion mild and asymptomatic infection is quite likely a sign of immune evasion, there is some other evidence and real world examples that may support my hypothesis. - Admin/mod

You can listen to the whole interview here: https://www.bayarealyme.org/blog/long-covid-what-we-have-learned-about-chronic-illness-from-the-front-lines/

#SARS-CoV-2 #SARS CoV 2 #covid-19 #covid 19 #covid #long covid #Ongoing pandemic #pandemic #public health #news #February 2024 #Month of February #February #David Putrino #Putrino Lab #Mount Sinai #Long covid clinic

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Source:

Philip Neustrom is a computer programmer, base in San Francisco. He is also a compassionate and passionate supporter of public health. There's many individuals (like Philip and myself) offering data, reports, PPE, provider lists and or much more because they care and health institutions and officials are not fulfilling their responsibilities and duty of their positions and to the public.

I hope this helps someone 💜 - Admin

#Respirators #Fit testing #Fit test #California #Bay Area #Accessibility #Study #OSHA Compliant #Resource #Philip Neustrom #Resources #United States #U.S. #SARS-CoV-2 #Covid-19 #Covid 19 #Pandemic #Winter #Long covid #Alt text #Image description in alt #Tweet #Twitter #Covid twitter

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"Proceeds from the Project N95 shop and financial contributions from our donors are no longer enough to support our charitable mission. We have made the difficult decision to wind down operations and donate remaining inventory and funds in order to do as much good as possible with our limited remaining resources."

#Project N95 #Non profits #PPE #Accessibility #Winding down #Projects #Announcements #Update #News #Month of December #December 2023 #December #Winter #Holidays #Masks #Masking #Respirators #Disability #Disabled #Public Health

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Update for the month of December with sources

Reports in the News

Data tracking

Preventing infection

What to do if you're exposed/infected

Testing

Vaccination

Concerns on covid pathology and long covid

And lots of additional reading

Thanks to Emma (@/capybartini Twitter) for putting this together! Please share widely!

#Update #Updates #December #Month of December #SARS-CoV-2 #SARS Cov 2 #Covid #Covid-19 #SARS 2 #Public health #Christmas #December 2023 #End of the year

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Today is the last day to order PPE from Project N95.

The Project N95 shop will remain OPEN until December 15th, 2023.

Reblog to circulate post on Tumblr

I'm uncertain if there's a way to save this non profit but I'd like to encourage us all to try. We already lost another this past year 'Body Politic' because they did not get the financial supported needed to continue, which included expansion to be able to operate well.

Part of building community and a better future involves investing. And we cannot hope to have resources, infrastructure and responses to meet the progressive derailing and degrading conditions and societies around us without doing so.

It requires time, energy, heart and sometimes yes, money. The more we put into projects like this, local and small companies, sustainability, kindness, deconstructing & decolonization and less of ourselves and resources into people, organizations and projects that do not care about us or are harming us, we actually have a road to the bright possibilities we hope and speak of so beautifully.

#Respirators #Non-Profit #Non profit #Orgs #Organizations #PPE #PPE supplies #Personal Protective Equipment #NPIs #Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions #Non Pharmaceutical Interventions #Pandemic #SARS-CoV-2 #Sars Cov 2 #SARS 2 #ProjectN95 #Project N95 #News #Please reblog #Final reminder #Reminder

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The Project N95 shop will remain OPEN until December 15th, 2023.

Reblog to circulate post on Tumblr

I'm uncertain if there's a way to save this non profit but I'd like to encourage us all to try. We already lost another this past year 'Body Politic' because they did not get the financial supported needed to continue, which included expansion to be able to operate well.

Part of building community and a better future involves investing. And we cannot hope to have resources, infrastructure and responses to meet the progressive derailing and degrading conditions and societies around us without doing so.

It requires time, energy, heart and sometimes yes, money. The more we put into projects like this, local and small companies, sustainability, kindness, deconstructing & decolonization and less of ourselves and resources into people, organizations and projects that do not care about us or are harming us, we actually have a road to the bright possibilities we hope and speak of so beautifully.

#Respirators #Non-Profit #Non profit #Orgs #Organizations #PPE #PPE supplies #Personal Protective Equipment #NPIs #Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions #Non Pharmaceutical Interventions #Pandemic #SARS-CoV-2 #Sars Cov 2 #SARS 2 #ProjectN95 #Project N95 #News #Please reblog

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I want to try to post more regularly again but given my health it's just not a promise I can keep. I'll be reblogging a lot more because creating original posts takes more energy than it might seem. Love you all ❤️ I also just want to say fatphobia is not tolerated here, and I encourage people to learn more about what it is and the experiences of fat people.

reminder: if you're getting an intramuscular injection (e.g. a covid booster or flu shot) and you're above 200 lbs with estrogen-based body fat distribution or 260 lbs with testosterone-based body fat distribution, you should be requesting a 1.5-inch/38mm needle. you might want to print out this sheet and bring it with you, because I have had pharmacy employees blithely tell me the 1-inch needle is fine for everyone, and I find a clear directive from the CDC just makes life a little easier.

#Medical fatphobia #O word #Medical advocacy #Mod squirrel #Vaccinations #Vaccines

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📣 The US has started back sending out free Covid-19 rapid tests as of September 25th, 2023:

Every U.S. household may place an order to receive four free COVID-⁠19 rapid tests delivered directly to your home.

It's a shame they even suspended this service to begin with back in May, but I think they needed to fuck around and find out first before realizing how necessary the service actually is.

Go get yourself some free at-home Covid-19 tests US folks!

#SARS-CoV-2 #SARS CoV 2 #Covid-19 #Covid 19 #Covid #Coronavirus 2 #Coronavirus #At home testing kits #At home testing #Rapid Antigen tests #R.A.T.s #Public Health

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I know I've been away a while, I'm still struggling. This disease (long covid) is horrible and impacts every aspect of my daily life. I'm incredibly poor so trying to get mobility aids I now need because of my SARS-CoV-2 infection in August 2022 and proper medical care for my quite bio medical condition no thanks to scientists, public figures, officials and HCW/HCP's egos, ignorance (willful often enough), biases and bigotry, and disrespect and disregard towards sufferers or complex/chronic illneses. I'm suffering a lot, I haven't abandoned this account I promise, I won't pretend my health isn't ailing though. And I can't and refuse to push myself and make it worse. - 💌

#Admin #Message from the admin #Update #Moderator

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I have not returned but wanted to quickly write an update. If anyone was unaware, based off of rising numbers and community circulation we have or are entering another wave. Please adjust your mitigations accordingly. I'd also like to note our lulls are elevated, so waves are not the only concern.

Do not have a false sense of security or drop your guard. Until the situation is acknowledged (especially officially (SARS-CoV-2 is still spreading, largely unmitigated now, disabling and killing people at alarming rates and timeline), well tracked and properly handled, understand this remains a dangerous matter for most if not all.

Also I encourage familiarizing with terms such as pandemic, epidemic, outbreak and endemic. These are distinct words with specific definitions. None of the following should be used or taken to mean "mild," "less deadly," "safe," or a reason to end/reduce precautions.

Given the harm and pathology of SARS-CoV-2 a new normal means changing our societies and behavior. Not "ignore it, and engage in normalcy bias." This is not effective disease control and has, as it can and will lead to much worse outcomes.

There is also no grounds to assert or theorize SARS-CoV-2 will peter out as this is not consistent with SARS-CoV-2 's trends. The trend is it is highly mutagenic among other things (oncogenic, documented effects strongly posit it crosses the blood brain barrier, and causes damage and or suppression of the immune system, autonomic system, biochemical mechanisms, blood vessel lining and clotting, and more).

#Moderator #Admin #Admin message #SARS-CoV-2 #Wave #Announcement #Important #News

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The most interesting plants grow in the shade.

#Wednesday Netflix

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To tell you the truth, I’ve never really fit in anywhere. Too odd for the normies, too odd for the outcasts.

#Amended quotes #Wednesday Netflix

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On a break

My life is really hard as you can imagine. Having long covid and living in an increasingly dangerous world in denial and hostile to anyone trying to address SARS-CoV-2 spread or acknowledges the ongoing pandemic. It has impacted my physical, mental health and I’m over my threshold. I’m greatly angry to be honest, exhausted, in pain and distressed. I’ll be back, I just wanted to say I will be gone for a while.

~ Admin

#Admin #Announcement #Announcements

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https://twitter.com/i/lists/1577435424049479680?t=SDTMQ2-QCZXyNK0WSQRKjw&s=09

This is a list I created for people to follow. There's so many wonderful accounts and it's a resource I'm proud to have created, and maintain. Definitely check it out. Especiall as a news feed!

Also you're more than welcome to follow my mutual aid Twitter (prxsnwslttr).

There is a lot more information available there, with linked sources/evidence and doesn't take me the time it does here to gather and cite here. Tiktok, reddit and Mastodon are some of the best platforms currently to stay informed on COVID and other disease trends and coverage.

#Covid Hub #Twitter lists #Praxis Newsletter #prxsnwslttr #News #Updates #Resources

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Another great post about tests and RATs. Trying different brands of tests, testing over a longer period, getting a PCR for medical records (and proof if attempting to apply for benefits and work accomodations) are all important.

Please know access to testing is a class and safety matter. Not everyone can afford to buy tests let alone several and for plenty of people getting tested in a medical setting to pharmacy is unsafe.

Advocate for funding for tests, outdoor tests and work with organizations and local libraries to secure donations so they can distribute them! Ignoring illness will not result in favorable outcomes or effective disease control, study, tracking and monitoring. Tests and screenings are conducive to and encourage better health, individually and collectively.

If I come across any posts about RATs in the U.S. and other countries I will add it to this post 💜

Update: Found one!

#Rapid Antigen Test #RAT #Covid testing #SARs CoV-2 testing #Screening #Public Health #The Pandemic #Pandemic