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pretty much all I'll post here is about #COVID and how #COVIDisAirborne ; were I to refer to myself in the third person I'd be using they/them/theirs ; call me pip, pip zeroes; see also: zeroes.ca/@pip ( @ pip @ zeroes . ca ) 🖖 🟡 ⚪ 🟣 ⚫ & 🟣 ⚪ 🟢
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Right now the US is experiencing the second worst spike in COVID since the beginning of the pandemic. Right now, about 1 in 20 people have the virus, it is estimated that when this wave is over, 1 in 3 people will experience an infection.
It doesn’t have to be that way. COVID is not an inevitability to just passively accept, it is a life changing disease (every time) that you should use every tool and tactic at your disposal to avoid.
You already know what to do. If you haven’t received the updated vaccine, do that. (It’s not a booster, it’s an update, in the same way the annual flu shot is updated.) Mask, any time you’re near people you don’t live with or where anyone else has been in the last 30 minutes. (This includes outdoor spaces, like picking up a no contact delivery or pumping gasoline.) Avoid crowds. Now is not the time for concerts and hockey games or even a leisurely stroll around Target to browse. Clean your air and demand clean air in your workplace and your kids’ schools and anywhere anyone in your family has to spend time.
If 1 in 3 Americans contract the virus on this wave, that means that another half million people are likely going to die, mostly elderly and high risk. (Like me.)
It also means that 11 million people — or more — are going to be disabled, at least short term, when this is done, and there are no reliable predictors for who does and does not develop post-COVID disability.
Those numbers are horrible. But don’t let them terrify you into paralysis, let them galvanize you into action to protect yourself and your family and community.
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I don't know what to do
in the longer term
month-to-month
it's been day-to-day
and systemic changes;
these need to happen, but,
what are feasible,
what can be brought about?
it can seem so insurmountable
regardless
I endeavor to hold on, here,
metaphorical waters rising
as the plague is spreading
and hope you are hanging on as well
a person I may never meet
is still someone I can care about
all the best,
lots of love,
and wishing you strength
and wellness
may we
remember the reality of the pandemic
now and in the future
<3
COVID floats like smoke
COVID is airborne
COVID is ongoing
COVID is NOT "mild"
COVID is NOT over
COVID impairs immunity
#COVID floats like smoke#COVID is airborne#COVID is ongoing#COVID is not mild#COVID is not over#COVID impairs immunity
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Nagging cough, nagging cough
It's been nagging on and off
Now it's naggin' all the livelong day
That nagging cough
That won't go away
That nagging cough
It's in the schools
That nagging cough
And the hospitals too
In fact, it's hard to think of
Anywhere without a nagging cough
Nagging cough, nagging cough
It's been nagging on and off
Now it's naggin' all the livelong day
That nagging cough
That won't go away
That nagging cough
Is running wild
That nagging cough
Oh, but they tell you it's "mild"
It's almost like they're in love,
In love with the nagging cough
Nagging cough, nagging cough
It's been nagging on and off
Now it's naggin' all the livelong day
That nagging cough
That won't go away
That nagging cough
It just nags and nags
That nagging cough
You better pack your bags
Because it's hard to get off
When you're riding with the nagging cough
Nagging cough, nagging cough
It's been nagging on and off
Now it's naggin' all the livelong day
That nagging cough
That won't go away
Now it's naggin' all the livelong day
Why won't that cough
Just go away?
https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com/track/that-nagging-cough
#covid music#covid is airborne#covid is not over#covid isn't over#covid is ongoing#mask up#long covid#Bandcamp#geoff berner#music#accordion music#accordion
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COVID IS NOT JUST A FUCKING COLD. IT'S NOT A COLD.
getting COVID multiple times does NOT decrease your risk of serious complications.
COVID is SERIOUS ILLNESS that can KILL you, even IF you're perfectly healthy beforehand.
you CANNOT rule out whether serious complications will happen to your our others.
if you're sick MASK UP, and STAY HOME whenever possible.
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MASK UP PEOPLE!
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we are on like covid variant #100037 and rsv/flu/pneumonia cases are rising and people will show up unmasked and be like “yeah i’ve been sick for days :/” like. ok. Get the fuck away from me then? why are you out here breathing on everything. the very least you could be doing is masking. NOT hacking into open air every two seconds.
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You don't even have to pirate anything if the software's free anyway:
(See also.)
idk. it's never too late to start drawing. get a wacom intuos for 44 bucks and pirate an art program. use the billions of tools available to make it easier. trace 3d models. redraw existing drawings. make an elf and draw her 3000 times. you can do it. and if you are actually unable to hold a pen, dont go typing in prompts for some ai art, write fanfiction or original stuff. writing is art. it has just as much value it just takes longer than 1 second to appreciate
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I mean masking for pathogen reasons, not costume etc. reasons (and ideally with a well-fitting, effective mask preventing air from leaking in from gaps between face and mask; surgical masks stop spittle but not airborne transmission).
Also maybe check out this video if you like gabber and/or memes
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Me watching everyone we were supposed to spend indoor Christmas with test positive for covid one by one. I’m feeling much better about my insistence that we only see people outside who have no symptoms until this surge has calmed down.
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I mean masking for pathogen reasons, not costume etc. reasons (and ideally with a well-fitting, effective mask preventing air from leaking in from gaps between face and mask; surgical masks stop spittle but not airborne transmission).
Also maybe check out this video if you like gabber and/or memes
#i mask indoors even in an empty room if someone has been there recently because their fucking infected breath could still be hanging around#covid#covid is airborne#covid is not over#covid is ongoing#covid19#covid-19#covid 19#pandemic#covid pandemic#mask#masks#masking#mask up#mask up!#long coved
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save these (or download them here) to use for posters, social media, zines… whatever u want! it’s never too late to start wearing a mask again :-)
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[ Goncharov +
( All Your Base Are Belong To Us +
COVID =
All Your Breath Are Belong To Us) ]
x @ pip @ zeroes . ca
#goncharov#goncharov (1973)#goncharov 1973#covid#covid is not over#covid is ongoing#mask#masks#masking#mask up
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COVID is Airborne!
#COVIDisAirborne because aerosols/breath (tiny bits of moisture) can remain suspended in the air and are able to float distances greater than a metre (kind of like Koffing).
If someone has COVID, SARS-CoV-2 can spread with their breath. That means you can get sick even if you are several metres away from someone, especially if neither of you are masked (or aren't wearing a mask well- like below your nose!)
In fact, if COVID aerosols/breath builds up somewhere indoors that isn't well ventilated, and the air is not filtered well enough, you may get sick even after an infected person has left the room.
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It's a good idea to wear a well-fitting, effective mask!
...because COVID is airborne and it is NOT over!
Aerosols/breath (tiny bits of infected moisture) can remain suspended in the air and are able to float distances greater than a metre.
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