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Steve The Respie Nerd
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Choose wisely. Love freely. Drink smartly. Holding on and holding out. Exercising precautionary principle. Maybe Kepler-452 b is having a better time than us. 📞🔴⚪️😷
I wish there were more people who pay attention to history and understand how much there is to learn from our previous mistakes.

Or maybe I wish I wasn't so keen on learning from mistakes so I'd be less weighed down with this dread.
September 27, 2023 at 12:53 PM
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You know all those stories of people that went off to live in the mountains and died very old?

You know what their secret to a long life was?

They didn't get infected.
Infections age you.
September 27, 2023 at 8:54 AM
JCVI are corrupt as hell.
September 26, 2023 at 8:08 AM
It really feels like Twiiter is collapsing. So much 'bad' anger there.
September 24, 2023 at 10:44 AM
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I've just had a phone call from a colleague who has supported three families this year where the spread of secondary cancers has been described by doctors as 'surprisingly quick'. I know of two this year myself. Is this a thing?
September 19, 2023 at 11:10 AM
An update to a previous artwork. This time more tailored to a profile photo dimension.
September 19, 2023 at 10:33 AM
I'd really love a more unified society when it comes to preventing long term harm to our collective health.
September 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM
It's going a bit bleak everywhere while we maintain a modicum of optimism as a survival mechanism.

Nobody said it was easy. Nobody also said that this is the price to have some level of critical thinking.
September 13, 2023 at 8:33 AM
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2 ans après, les risques et le fardeau sur la santé et l'espérance de vie demeurent 😰
According to a new study, people who endured even mild cases of COVID are at heightened risk two years later of two dozen medical conditions including lung problems, fatigue, diabetes and certain other health problems typical of Long COVID.
Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows
The report finds a heightened risk for lung problems, fatigue, diabetes and other health woes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2023 at 8:52 PM
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hep! Voici le lien pour la lettre pour demander à divers hôpitaux, autorités sanitaires US et françaises des ffp2 en hôpital 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/mand...
Mandate Respirator Protection In Your Healthcare Facility (International Action)
Dear Friends, I wrote a letter to "Mandate Respirator Protection In Your Healthcare Facility (International Action)." Can you join me and write a letter? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/lette...
actionnetwork.org
August 28, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and everyone else would be great if you can share this and encourage people in the U.K. to sign this.🙏
This is in response to the Lucy Letby case

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...
Petition: Create a new regulatory body to hold NHS managers accountable
We would like NHS managers to be required to be registered and held to a set of professional of standards, which are regulated by a governing body, similar to doctors and nurses.
petition.parliament.uk
August 24, 2023 at 9:47 AM
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If Bluesky seems dead or low activity on your end it might be that you haven't yet made the most of its design. It's different from Twitter in some key ways so you have to interact differently. I'm writing these tips below from my non-techy perspective, techies please weigh in if I get things wrong:
July 10, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Rational Fear or Irrational Fear.

Be wise or be a cowardly bully.

Hint: Choose wisely. The answer is in the often used phrase. It's staring at you, in your damn face.

All of us who are wearing a respirator, thank you. Don't bow down to cowards, continue to be courageous.

/End
August 4, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Even IF we are overly cautious, even IF we are 'anxious', so what? If you are truly human or humane or a friend or family, shouldn't you support us?

Do you care?

Ask yourself the question, do you care about others, at all?

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August 4, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Those of us wearing respirators, using HEPA/MERV filtration units, barrier nasal sprays, CPC mouthwashes and avoiding public indoor settings... we are exercising the precautionary principle.

You think this is for shits and giggles?

This isn't fun. This is life and death.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Road accidents and deaths gave us seatbelts, airbags, traffic lights and all the rules to AVOID further deaths.

HIV gave us better sex education and better protection tools.

You see a lion charging at you, you fucking run, right?

Rational Fear is a GOOD THING.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:29 AM
The phrase is NOT 'Err on the side of ignorance'!

Don't be ignorant.

We literally have history to teach us about past, often painful mistakes.

Cholera gave us clean water.
Countless disease outbreaks gave us vaccine research and vaccines.

Rational Fear is a GOOD THING.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:28 AM
It is obvious that we should have Rational Fear! Rational Fear equals caution. Caution is wise. There's a reason why the phrase is 'Err on the side of caution'.

Caution saves lives.

Caution gives us safety guidelines, protocols and rules.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM
Many people have died.
Many children are orphaned.
Millions have Long SARS or Post SARS Syndrome.

Yet the governments have dropped mandates and basic mitigations, even in healthcare settings.

HEALTHCARE!

Public health messaging is a complete shitshow and clusterf**k.

8/14
August 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM
While we currently have a lot of evidence on the long term effects of the SARS-CoV2 virus, a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) pathogen, through analysis and painstaking studies... we are still finding out more and more about how deadly this pandemic and this virus is.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:26 AM
...rather than confronting their irrational behaviours. They fear confronting their own reflections, which is a tough task.

So they choose to belittle or harass others, to inflict their own fears on others. It's a coping mechanism.

Now, let's look at Rational Fear.

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August 4, 2023 at 9:26 AM
...respirator still. I won't stop to think about other possible reasons, instead I'll lean on my insecurities and bring them down."

Bullies are cowards.

They have Irrational Fear of the 'unknown', often choosing to stay ignorant or to gain comfort by bringing others down...

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August 4, 2023 at 9:25 AM
... I should ridicule them, so they might join my denial, so I feel less ridiculous myself."

b) "Hmm, not sure how physically fit they are or how they might react, I better ridicule them AFTER I've passed them, just in case."

c) "I have no clue why they are wearing a...

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August 4, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Versus

A male tourist who is on his way to do whatever the fuck he's doing in his life, going out of his way to harass a complete stranger, presumably to feel better about himself.

His fears exposed;

a) "Oh, someone who still cares about the pandemic, while I don't...

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August 4, 2023 at 9:24 AM