#long covid march

[gumjrop]

The Weather

Twenty-seven US states remain at High to Very High levels of SARS-CoV-2 detected in wastewater since February 28, 2024, with five states not reporting.

Wastewater levels are decreasing throughout the country except in the Midwest. The South is still experiencing extremely high transmission. As a reminder, the last two weeks, shown in gray, are provisional data. These values may change as additional wastewater sites report data.

Despite these ongoing high levels of transmission in most of the country, and in defiance of pleas from civil society to protect the most vulnerable among us, the CDC has once again decided to walk back already insufficient protections – this time in the form of isolation guidance. It announced on Friday at 1 pm that it will repeal the 5-day isolation period for COVID-19 and instead treat COVID-19 like it does other respiratory viruses like flu and RSV, linking isolation length with symptomatology and fever. This policy, of course, is not based on the best evidence–just vibes and a lack of care for those of us still dying (1000s weekly) and still becoming disabled by Long COVID. 

Last week, the CDC recommended that people 65 years and older should receive an updated booster. It did not approve a booster for other people in high-risk categories because they didn’t bother studying the benefits and risks in these groups.

Wins

OK. So it’s been a rough week. But you know what? We are all fighting back. We see you all making calls, creating and signing petitions, joining and expanding Mask Blocs, creating and distributing zines, and making your own air-cleaning systems. We see so many more masked, tested, and ventilated events than we used to! We are mobilizing collective power to keep each other safe and to transform this state. 

Next week, March 11, will mark the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the pandemic. We’re not where we should be, but this pandemic has radicalized a lot of us. Keep connecting. Keep finding your people. Keep going. We will win. 

Oh! And check out these Free COVID-19 and flu test vending machines in King County, Washington!

Variants

JN.1 is still the most dominant variant circulating in the United States and is projected to account for 92.3% of all circulating variants by March 2nd, 2024. Two JN.1 descendants, JN.1.13 and JN.1.18, are now the second and third most common circulating variants, projected to be at 3.3% and 1.8%, respectively.

To check for circulating variants within your community, you can find your HHS Region through the CDC Variant Tracker dashboard.

Long Covid

In an article published in Science, Drs Ziyad Al-Aly and Eric Topol reviewed the perplexing case of Long COVID. They discuss the lack of consensus and systematization when it comes to the classification of the disease, partly due to its different mechanisms and manifestations. For example, younger adult and female Long COVID patients are more likely to be afflicted by fatigue, dysautonomia, brain fog, and post-exertional malaise, while older patients are more likely to deal with cardiovascular and metabolic complications. They also discuss the current potential treatments for Long COVID, but express that since nonpharmaceutical interventions have been neglected, vaccines are the only available therapy. However, vaccines are unable to prevent Long COVID. Ultimately, they state that the only way to prevent Long COVID is by ending COVID transmission, such as by administering pan-variant neutralizing intranasal vaccines.

On March 15, 2024, the Long COVID March will be taking place in Washington D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial. The march is intended to mobilize Long COVID patients and allies to demand acknowledgment and policy changes from the government. You can read the march’s mission statement, which includes a list of objectives. 

Take Action

Join us in demanding the CDC reinstate the 5-day COVID isolation policy. Despite the guidelines having already been dropped, we must still fight for adequate protections from COVID to safeguard our communities from harm. Make your voices known by sending a letter to the White House and your elected officials through our Action Network. The People’s CDC will also be implementing other action items in the coming weeks, so look out for those!

Today is COVID Memorial Day, in which we remember the 1.2 million lives lost to COVID in the United States, and show solidarity with the millions living with COVID grief and Long COVID. Check out Marked by COVID to learn more or to participate in today’s virtual vigil.

Again, we must continue to contact our elected officials to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, and we must continue to wear and require the wearing of high-quality respirators such as N95s and KN95s at protests and within organizing spaces. 

#op #covid #covid19 #covid-19 #covid 19 #long covid #long covid march #covid memorial day #coronavirus #sars-cov-19 #covid isn't over #pcdc #people's cdc #cdc #centers for disease control #covid isolation #covid pandemic #coronavirus pandemic #pandemic #covid news #pandemic news #mask up #coronavirus news #ceasefire now #palestine #covid is not over #public health #uspol #img #described in alt text

[jademaomi]

in honor of Long COVID Awareness Day and the Ides of March today, i think Long COVID havers should get to stab someone

#Long COVID Awareness Day #Long COVID #Ides of March #disability #disability justice #gretchen weiners LC activist queen #我的 #字

[neverevan]

just in case it wasn't clear: if you side with a stalker, I will block you on sight 💛

#calling literal stalking and a total disrespect for boundaries a misunderstanding has got to be the joke of the year #and it's only march #why do you even caaaaare god #obsessive invasive creepy #get out of the house and touch some actual grass goddamn #covid can only be an excuse for brain development for so long #newbie stuff

[emo-eyemakeup-evildude]

fun fact! my voice used to be as deep as Astor’s but it got fucked by a chest infection three years ago! it’s fine!!!

#astor age of calamity #it's uh it's time I fixed it #I'll do like a 20 minute set or an hour long lecture and my voice is just. gone. #yes I got a chest infection in march of 2020 and it was probably not covid yay me #I spent too long making an astor version of that meme don't worry about it

[27-royal-teas]

hey uhhh immune system what the fuck dude you’ve been failing me for fucking months. do your job bitch

#i got covid in august and have just Not Really Recovered since #i was JUST SICK and now i feel like im getting sick AGAIN my nose won’t stop running and I can’t breathe I feel horrible #my head hurts my throat hurts I want to sleep and never wake up again #I feel like my thoughts are transmitting through cotton balls #im going to be insanely busy from now until. uh. march #so if I can last until march without getting sick I will be GOLDEN #don’t think im gonna last that long though #half my family has the flu rn #but UGHHHH #ive got SEVERAL PERFORMANCES TO DO!!!! ive got FRIENDS TO MEET WITH!!! Stuff to do!!!! I don’t have time to get sick!!! #im super behind on schoolwork and I need to learn 5 dances and write these stupid fucking fics that aren’t writing themselves #I just want to feel BETTER. please. fuck. I want to breathe in through my nose and actually have the air pass through #I want to swallow and not feel like my throat is being stabbed. I want my head to stop hurting #Im so tired of being sick its been months please #vent kinda

[pandemichub]

Today is the first International Long Covid Awareness Day! For those suffering, loved ones and in support and solidarity. There are millions who have this and other co-occuring conditions, some of which worsened or having developed from their covid infection.

Chronically ill people, if you have the energy please consider posting. And please know whatever you do, including taking care of yourself is all enough. Be gentle, gracious and validate your experience.

To those who aren't, you can absolutely offer support and comfort. Including listening, reaching out to loved ones, interacting with posts and projects being done by those who are ill -- the list goes on!

#International Long Covid Awareness Day #Long Covid Awareness Day #Long Covid #Covid-19 #Covid 19 #Covid #The Pandemic #Public Health #March #March 15th

[greghatecrimes]

I'm excited to move and start my new job in a few weeks but also my flight home tonight is a red eye and I'm so not ready to leave 🥲

#the struggle of long distance: you're never ready to leave #im getting spoiled because the last few visits havent been that far apart #sept to oct was less than a month #then between the oct/nov one and this one it was two months #crossing my fingers we can see each other mid march. that's only six weeks #the gap will be longer after that but we'll cope. we always do #nothing will ever be as bad as being kept apart for ten months when the borders shut down during covid #anya shush #personal

[pepprs]

#to translate this post: someone liked this post i made (on the upper left) on AUGUST 28 having a moment of self awareness that i was running #away from my whole life and not moving or learni ng to drive or anything. it is now march 8. it has been almost 7 months. and i have made #basically zero progress. and there is nothing stopping me but me. i could read the drivers manual and whatever whenever i want. but i am not #doing anything. and i don’t know how to get myself to start. #purrs #i know it’s a cop out excuse but i truly do think it’s covid. i think being in lockdown for a year and a half made me just let go of any #sense of progress. made me scared to take steps forward. and i mean i did bc i lived on campus for a while after that but it’s like.. EVERY #part of my life is stagnant rn it seems. and it’s not just me it’s my siblings too. we’re all getting older but none of us is trying to move #out or gain our independence in any way and my brother isn’t even looking for jobs even though he needs one. we’re all just getting older #but we’ve lost (or maybe had knocked out of us by covid and our mom being so strict) any sense of moving ipward and spreading our wings. #forgotten we have wings at all. and ive done important things like going on a house tour or traveling with my besties (<3). but i have only #made it to page 8 of the drivers manual and i truly do not want to read the rest of it. i have only been on one house tour and im longing to #move out but how much am i really because i can’t bring myself to schedule another tour and start searching for a new home in earnest. #i just come home every day UTTERLY exhausted and spend all my free time trying to process or rest. and im not making room for myself to use #my wings. and it’s truly terrible. why are we all okay with living like this. my younger self would be HORRIFIED if she saw how much i had a #atrophied since graduating and moving back home. my brighton self would be HORRIFIED. i told myself i wouldn’t and then it’s exactly what i #did. and ik im being harsh and ive spread my wings in some important ways during this time but… these are so obvious. such low hanging #fruit in some ways. bc any 16 year old can take this test and pass it so why can’t i at 24? why won’t i let myself? dont i want a nice cozy #home i make my own where i can eat what i want and sleep when i want and have control over sounds? then why am i not running for it? #delete later #i am wasting my youth i am wasting my youth i am wasting my youth 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 my one precious life 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 #also LMFAOOOOO the next tag on that aug 28 post was that i need to get a new campus id card… guess who hasn’t done that either ♥️

[newvegascowboy]

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#not fallout #kal talks #negative #tbd #but man. #whenever i hit an anxiety spiral it really fucks with my appetite to the point that ill go days without eating much #like i can manage 1200 calories over 3 days #its not anxiety /about/ eating its iust that im anxious so i have no appetite and eating is really difficult #ive lost another four pounds #i can see my hipbones and my ribs #ive already got a borderline ED and struggle with food avoidance and it really concerns me that this could trigger fullblown anorexia #i think the reason ive been struggling with art and lethargy the last few days is because i havent eaten much #and im fucking tired all the time #and it doesn't help that my mom keeps pointing out how skinny ive gotten #covid made me lose weight and then the thing in march happened snd i couldnt eat for like 2 weeks #October and November were high spikes in anxiety for me too and i could barely manage anything #but like. christ. i can feel my heart beating and how i keep getting lightheaded from standing up and that always happened #but i feel like its gotten worse #fuck man idk. im not underweight for my height but its just the fact that i have not managed to eat much in the last 3-4 days #long ass complicated rant over im gonna delete this later.

[liebelesbe]

time is so fucked up tbh... it feels like 2020 was just last month but I've had long covid for at least 5 years. probably 10.

#me when I think of September last year... woag that's before I had covid... that's so long ago i can barely remember... #also me: march 2020? yeah that was like.. last week. right? #doddie redet

[shikasual]

I'm so tired, frustrated and sad. I'm the only one on my team wearing a mask and every day a customer asks me why I am. Mockingly asking if I'm scared of catching COVID. YES I AM AND SO SHOULD YOU. COVID isn't over, COVID isn't a mild cold, COVID could destroy you or your loved ones. The rich elites are out there still 100% doing tests, wearing masks, etc etc meanwhile us peasants are out there like "it ain't that bad, we're all gonna die someday" like ????

#rant #covid isnt over #mask up #wear a mask #customer service #retail #after 4 vaccines i caught it for the 1st time officially this march and was sick af for 2 weeks #worst part was the constant dizziness making me unable to do anything or move much #i dont want to go through that again and nobody's safe from long covid

[kimberlychapman]

Actual Intersectional Disabled Friendly Pride Event!!!

OMG LOOK AT THIS! Actual intersectionality! This is the only Pride event I'm aware of anywhere in the world that's requiring masking. I'm so impressed that I'm in tears! Boston Dyke March rocks!

Share share share so that anyone able to attend can do so!

Info page: http://bostondykemarch.com/blog_posts/blog_2023_05_19.html (and I just noticed they even will have a YouTube livestream so they have a virtual option too!)

Via this tweet: https://twitter.com/SaliWho/status/1664920754809454595

[images: two of the same tweet including an embedded image in the tweet. Tweet text: " @SaliWho Any community that disables its own members isn't a community. Bi people and trans people are at higher risk of long covid. @BostonDykeMarch has masks in all crowded areas. That's how you back disabled activists and community members. That's how you crush ableism." Embedded image text: ""On the March 1. We ask that you wear a mask AT ALL TIMES while on the March 2. N95, KN95, or KF94 style masks are preferred and help keep everyone safe 3. Dyke Patrol will have a limited number of masks, but please bring one On the Common While on the Common, we're asking everyone to please mask: 1. while on the grass in front of the stage 2. on the pathways 3. by the Merch tent & all tables Outside of these areas, please mask where you cannot social distance"]

#disability #disabled lives matter #medically vulnerable #wear a mask #you are not intersectional if you aren't masked #mask up #bring back masks #covid is still a thing #long covid #covid is not over #pride #pride march #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbtqplus #march #intersectionality

[baladric]

astonishingly, making my hair very big and donning real clothes has not dispelled my shiny new chronic fatigue 2.0: longcovid boogaloo, i call bullshit

#it's really funny bc long covid is what i have been scared of the entire fucking time #like a week into quarantine back in march 2020 my mom and i were like 'lmao this shits gonna leave people with autoimmune disorders' #and that has scared me more than the actual illness the whole time #so of course! #of fucking course #i get maybe two days of actual covid symptoms and then jump right into long covid #lmao watch me finally manifest MS in the next few months

[nephiliam]

I just want to feel the calm around me again, I'm tired of feeling like everything is on the brink of destruction because i breathed

I want to cry so much and be cradled in safety, i don't know how to open my eyes to it but I'm going to keep trying

Its better to feel it for a mere day then be without that feeling out of fear of how long it'd last

#vent on main #covid only really distracted me from my ocd and now its slowly coming bacl now that i have a bigger thinking capacity #i don't know how to make myself feel safe in my own mind but...i know that i can make myself happy #i will let myself miss and long for that comforting warmth but also plan for when it'll arrive while i give myself a smaller version of it #i miss my best friend a lot and i miss my family and being outdoors #i will wish and dream but i wont toil in the absence of that reality #i can't rush it and i can't hide from the pain of waiting #so i will kiss that pain and i will make memories as time marches forward to that day #long post

[wernerherzogs]

oh no kasia, you've gotten corona? i hope the symptoms aren't too bad and that you recover quickly!! sending you lots of love!!😚💘❣️💖

cont.: "(also if you've gotten this ask several times i'm sorry, tumblr for some reason shut down like every single time i tried to write an ask thru dashboard??? so idk if they got sent each time that happened or if nothing got sent lol) anyways lots of good thoughts coming your way!💖💖💖💖"

hello anna bby!!! and yes i DID, most likely at harry's show. 😭 unfortch it's been really kicking my ass. first symptoms felt like a light cold, and over the next days they've crossed over quinsy-like (? idk if that's the accurate english term for it, in polish i'd say angina) territory. i'm not getting loads of rest at night because i can't sleep either because my throat feels as if i have an open wound there, or because my sinuses hurt so much they also make my teeth and ears hurt and give me photophobia, or because i alternate breaking out in heaps of sweat and being too cold to fall asleep. 🙃 not sure if i'll be back at work on wednesday as the doctor was predicting tbh

#tl;dr it SUUUUUCKS and i think the reason i'm taking it this rough may be because i've been fighting joints inflammation since march and my #body is simply Not At Its Best in general atm #also there are like new variants and shit so having been vaxxed three times naturally didn't give me bulletproof immunity #BUT i'm taking my meds and i'd caught it early so i'm trying to stay positive #ajdjjf rip sorry i've given you WAY more details that you asked for #lmk when you see this and i'll probably delete it #anyway THANK YOU AGAIN BBY and i hope you've been well!!!!!! 💞💞💞 always a pleasure to catch you on here 🥰 #take care!!! 💞 #(and don't worry i only got both of the messages once! you're good!!!) #covid tw #sickness tw #let me know if this needs other tags please #long post #honeyednights #a response

[ghostparadoxa]

hey! i haven’t used this blog in forever again - im way more active at @devilsflowermantis if you want to check that blog out

#i came back here because i was not ok #this blog reminds me of bad shit #it seems i only use it when my bpd symptoms are at their worst #i was psychotic and hallucinating last time i used it #obsessive #having multiple meltdowns daily #i was suddenly thrown into a debilitating chronic illness after being unlucky enough to get covid in march 2020 #nearly fainting many times a day and seizures and confusion and bedridden #the meds im taking help it at least #i also lost many friends #one who abandoned everyone because after a decade long friendship with me decided they hate lgbt people #i fucked some stuff up too. #i did start going outside more and have a tan for the first time in my life! lol #and i started on T which has helped me tremendously #didn’t know just how bad my dysphoria was until i started it - it was literally physically painful. #i’ve learned a lot these past couple years and i’m liking the person i’m becoming #like truly. #shits been hard but im doing what i ca n #i just needed to vent in the tags lol