Jesse Elliott
@jesserunsfar.bsky.social
Coffee lover, marathoner, health economist, in that order.
COVID killjoy.
COVID killjoy.
I can’t help you with that… mine was peak pandemic, and I didn’t go. But I am not surprised by the lack of communication and general.
May 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I can’t help you with that… mine was peak pandemic, and I didn’t go. But I am not surprised by the lack of communication and general.
Reposted by Jesse Elliott
❌ "during the pandemic" — please don't use it.
Here's the WHO chief, today:
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase"
www.who.int/director-gen...
2/4
Here's the WHO chief, today:
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase"
www.who.int/director-gen...
2/4
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 10 December 2024
www.who.int
December 11, 2024 at 4:48 AM
❌ "during the pandemic" — please don't use it.
Here's the WHO chief, today:
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase"
www.who.int/director-gen...
2/4
Here's the WHO chief, today:
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase"
www.who.int/director-gen...
2/4
We mask indoors in all spaces that aren’t our home. My husband struggles with it a bit, but my teenager sees the value in having not missed a day of school while his friends are out constantly sick.
November 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We mask indoors in all spaces that aren’t our home. My husband struggles with it a bit, but my teenager sees the value in having not missed a day of school while his friends are out constantly sick.