@lexiwitch.bsky.social
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Metro UK: “The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us”
‘Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time…five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection’
metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...
‘Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time…five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection’
metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...
The long Covid legacy: 'People don't want to think about us'
Around 2million people are still thought to be living with long Covid in the UK
metro.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Metro UK: “The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us”
‘Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time…five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection’
metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...
‘Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time…five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection’
metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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I once heard
that in your 20s
all your friends
will be getting married,
and in your 30s
all your friends
will be getting pregnant,
and in your 40s
all your friends
will be getting promotions,
but without wanting
to reveal my age
right now
all my friends
just keep getting Covid.
that in your 20s
all your friends
will be getting married,
and in your 30s
all your friends
will be getting pregnant,
and in your 40s
all your friends
will be getting promotions,
but without wanting
to reveal my age
right now
all my friends
just keep getting Covid.
September 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I once heard
that in your 20s
all your friends
will be getting married,
and in your 30s
all your friends
will be getting pregnant,
and in your 40s
all your friends
will be getting promotions,
but without wanting
to reveal my age
right now
all my friends
just keep getting Covid.
that in your 20s
all your friends
will be getting married,
and in your 30s
all your friends
will be getting pregnant,
and in your 40s
all your friends
will be getting promotions,
but without wanting
to reveal my age
right now
all my friends
just keep getting Covid.
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Now isn't the time to be a trans ally. We need you to be a trans champion. An ally is great, but the community doesn't need you to just stand behind them. The community needs you to fight/advocate for them, especially in spaces they can't.
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Now isn't the time to be a trans ally. We need you to be a trans champion. An ally is great, but the community doesn't need you to just stand behind them. The community needs you to fight/advocate for them, especially in spaces they can't.
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When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
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I really think there should be a continued public health push to have people wear a mask in pharmacies and medical settings since that is where sick people and people who are higher risk can be found frequently. It has never made any public health sense to loosen those precautions.
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I really think there should be a continued public health push to have people wear a mask in pharmacies and medical settings since that is where sick people and people who are higher risk can be found frequently. It has never made any public health sense to loosen those precautions.
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Yeah I really think there should be a continued public health push to have people wear a mask in pharmacies and medical settings since that is where sick people and people who are higher risk can be found frequently.
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yeah I really think there should be a continued public health push to have people wear a mask in pharmacies and medical settings since that is where sick people and people who are higher risk can be found frequently.
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Anti-vaxxers aren’t questioning the science, they’re questioning who deserves to live
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Anti-vaxxers aren’t questioning the science, they’re questioning who deserves to live
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If someone asks you why you are wearing a mask, remember what I always say:
Even if it IS just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
Even if it IS just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
December 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
If someone asks you why you are wearing a mask, remember what I always say:
Even if it IS just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
Even if it IS just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
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Darlings, this novel, wildly mutated virus is just now 5 years old. By all accounts it behaves more similarly to HIV than the common cold or the flu. It's not a respiratory illness, it's a vascular illness - that means it can affect literally every system of your body. Each infection increases risk.
December 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Darlings, this novel, wildly mutated virus is just now 5 years old. By all accounts it behaves more similarly to HIV than the common cold or the flu. It's not a respiratory illness, it's a vascular illness - that means it can affect literally every system of your body. Each infection increases risk.
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Your periodic reminder as we go into the holiday season that the only safe amount of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 is zero.
Quality masks work to prevent the spread of airborne illness, yet everyone up to and including medical professionals wearing them daily for decades somehow forgot this?
Quality masks work to prevent the spread of airborne illness, yet everyone up to and including medical professionals wearing them daily for decades somehow forgot this?
December 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Your periodic reminder as we go into the holiday season that the only safe amount of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 is zero.
Quality masks work to prevent the spread of airborne illness, yet everyone up to and including medical professionals wearing them daily for decades somehow forgot this?
Quality masks work to prevent the spread of airborne illness, yet everyone up to and including medical professionals wearing them daily for decades somehow forgot this?
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I know
I should be heartened
to see people expressing outrage
that the HHS Secretary
refuses to acknowledge
how many have died
from this virus,
but I would be more heartened
if those expressing outrage
were willing to acknowledge
that many people
are still dying
from this virus.
I should be heartened
to see people expressing outrage
that the HHS Secretary
refuses to acknowledge
how many have died
from this virus,
but I would be more heartened
if those expressing outrage
were willing to acknowledge
that many people
are still dying
from this virus.
September 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I know
I should be heartened
to see people expressing outrage
that the HHS Secretary
refuses to acknowledge
how many have died
from this virus,
but I would be more heartened
if those expressing outrage
were willing to acknowledge
that many people
are still dying
from this virus.
I should be heartened
to see people expressing outrage
that the HHS Secretary
refuses to acknowledge
how many have died
from this virus,
but I would be more heartened
if those expressing outrage
were willing to acknowledge
that many people
are still dying
from this virus.
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There is a certain comfort
to be found in the adage
that you should not
attribute to malice
what you can instead
attribute to ignorance,
but look at the world
oh, my friend, please
just look at the world
and know that so much
of what you see
really should
be attributed to malice.
to be found in the adage
that you should not
attribute to malice
what you can instead
attribute to ignorance,
but look at the world
oh, my friend, please
just look at the world
and know that so much
of what you see
really should
be attributed to malice.
September 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There is a certain comfort
to be found in the adage
that you should not
attribute to malice
what you can instead
attribute to ignorance,
but look at the world
oh, my friend, please
just look at the world
and know that so much
of what you see
really should
be attributed to malice.
to be found in the adage
that you should not
attribute to malice
what you can instead
attribute to ignorance,
but look at the world
oh, my friend, please
just look at the world
and know that so much
of what you see
really should
be attributed to malice.
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We need a meaningful children’s rights movement in this country. There is a long history of the government - all three branches - upholding “parental rights” to the detriment of children.
Particularly the right to a good education and to adequate healthcare, including vaccinations.
Particularly the right to a good education and to adequate healthcare, including vaccinations.
September 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We need a meaningful children’s rights movement in this country. There is a long history of the government - all three branches - upholding “parental rights” to the detriment of children.
Particularly the right to a good education and to adequate healthcare, including vaccinations.
Particularly the right to a good education and to adequate healthcare, including vaccinations.
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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💯 Surprised by the demise of U.S. public health? Some of us already saw the signs when they let 5M+ kids get long COVID with zero mitigations
Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
💯 Surprised by the demise of U.S. public health? Some of us already saw the signs when they let 5M+ kids get long COVID with zero mitigations
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Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
January 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
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More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.
Israel starving Gaza: 263 dead from starvation, including 112 children
More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.
bit.ly
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.
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A recent study finds
for young people
there is a “Risk
of neuropsychiatric
and related conditions
associated
with SARS-Cov-2 infection,”
including anxiety,
depression and much else,
so though you may have heard
that “the kids are alright”
please understand: they aren’t.
for young people
there is a “Risk
of neuropsychiatric
and related conditions
associated
with SARS-Cov-2 infection,”
including anxiety,
depression and much else,
so though you may have heard
that “the kids are alright”
please understand: they aren’t.
August 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A recent study finds
for young people
there is a “Risk
of neuropsychiatric
and related conditions
associated
with SARS-Cov-2 infection,”
including anxiety,
depression and much else,
so though you may have heard
that “the kids are alright”
please understand: they aren’t.
for young people
there is a “Risk
of neuropsychiatric
and related conditions
associated
with SARS-Cov-2 infection,”
including anxiety,
depression and much else,
so though you may have heard
that “the kids are alright”
please understand: they aren’t.
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In the pandemic’s early days
I believed a finding like:
“Respiratory viral infections
awaken metastatic
breast cancer cells in lungs”
would convince people
to protect themselves,
but I have changed since then,
for now I know
that most people
just ignore such findings.
I believed a finding like:
“Respiratory viral infections
awaken metastatic
breast cancer cells in lungs”
would convince people
to protect themselves,
but I have changed since then,
for now I know
that most people
just ignore such findings.
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In the pandemic’s early days
I believed a finding like:
“Respiratory viral infections
awaken metastatic
breast cancer cells in lungs”
would convince people
to protect themselves,
but I have changed since then,
for now I know
that most people
just ignore such findings.
I believed a finding like:
“Respiratory viral infections
awaken metastatic
breast cancer cells in lungs”
would convince people
to protect themselves,
but I have changed since then,
for now I know
that most people
just ignore such findings.
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We don't have to do a hypothetical about the eugenics being enacted on trans or disabled people now. The nazis were doing that too.
August 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We don't have to do a hypothetical about the eugenics being enacted on trans or disabled people now. The nazis were doing that too.
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Also, the Nazis did come for trans people! Early on! You know this real famous picture? They were burning the largest and most advanced collection of knowledge about gender, sexuality, and transition in the world at the time. in 1933.
August 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Also, the Nazis did come for trans people! Early on! You know this real famous picture? They were burning the largest and most advanced collection of knowledge about gender, sexuality, and transition in the world at the time. in 1933.
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Check out this @thesicktimes.bsky.social video essay from the incredible drag artist Taipei, about how #LongCOVID affects the queer and trans community.
thesicktimes.org/2025/07/17/v...
thesicktimes.org/2025/07/17/v...
Video essay: How does Long COVID affect queer and trans communities? - The Sick Times
Taipei is a drag queen in dramatic vampy makeup and a platinum blonde bob hairstyle. She wears a glitter burgundy dress with a bright red fur lined jacket over the top. She summarizes the unique ways ...
thesicktimes.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Check out this @thesicktimes.bsky.social video essay from the incredible drag artist Taipei, about how #LongCOVID affects the queer and trans community.
thesicktimes.org/2025/07/17/v...
thesicktimes.org/2025/07/17/v...
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Working through Karakatsanis’s “Copaganda” and he cites this astonishing @prisonpolicy.org report:
“Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy by almost 2 years.”
“Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy by almost 2 years.”
Incarceration shortens life expectancy
Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
July 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Working through Karakatsanis’s “Copaganda” and he cites this astonishing @prisonpolicy.org report:
“Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy by almost 2 years.”
“Each year in prison takes 2 years off an individual's life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy by almost 2 years.”
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Universities are failing. And highschools, primary schools, and preschools. Long COVID will continue to disable young people as long as we cling to the myth that COVID is harmless. We need better air quality in schools. Asymptomatic spread is still a fact.
#disability #COVID #disability #pandemic
#disability #COVID #disability #pandemic
Stephanie Castaneda Perez, a Stanford history alum who has been living with #LongCOVID for two years, writes about the ways universities are failing their students when it comes to COVID-19 and Long COVID. bit.ly/4eAk7j5
July 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Universities are failing. And highschools, primary schools, and preschools. Long COVID will continue to disable young people as long as we cling to the myth that COVID is harmless. We need better air quality in schools. Asymptomatic spread is still a fact.
#disability #COVID #disability #pandemic
#disability #COVID #disability #pandemic