Tater
@respiratortater.bsky.social
Looking for Covid cautious community 😷🍉 Long Covid/ME/CFS. No remaining quality of life left to risk on what my government tells me is safe 🫠
❤️ Poetry, board games, slow cooker meals
#WearAMask / #CovidisAirborne
❤️ Poetry, board games, slow cooker meals
#WearAMask / #CovidisAirborne
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9/2/21, 'How journalists report through the fog of long COVID'
'‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’
By: Molly McCluskey
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
'‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’
By: Molly McCluskey
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
How journalists report through the fog of long COVID - Poynter
‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’
www.poynter.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
9/2/21, 'How journalists report through the fog of long COVID'
'‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’
By: Molly McCluskey
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
'‘While the worst of the brain fog has passed, I am slowly accepting the idea that my brain is simply different now. I know I’m not alone in this.’
By: Molly McCluskey
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
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“I stopped wearing a mask for my mental health”
COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions
COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“I stopped wearing a mask for my mental health”
COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions
COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions
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Long COVID treatments in 2025.
- Senolytics
- CXCR4 Inhibitors
- VT-109 / Bezisterim / BBB drugs
- IVIG
- Monoclonal antibodies (anti-spike, etc)
- Extended Antivirals
- IL-15 Superagonist
- Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Novel vaccines
- EV Blood Filtering
Combinations of all.
- Senolytics
- CXCR4 Inhibitors
- VT-109 / Bezisterim / BBB drugs
- IVIG
- Monoclonal antibodies (anti-spike, etc)
- Extended Antivirals
- IL-15 Superagonist
- Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Novel vaccines
- EV Blood Filtering
Combinations of all.
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Long COVID treatments in 2025.
- Senolytics
- CXCR4 Inhibitors
- VT-109 / Bezisterim / BBB drugs
- IVIG
- Monoclonal antibodies (anti-spike, etc)
- Extended Antivirals
- IL-15 Superagonist
- Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Novel vaccines
- EV Blood Filtering
Combinations of all.
- Senolytics
- CXCR4 Inhibitors
- VT-109 / Bezisterim / BBB drugs
- IVIG
- Monoclonal antibodies (anti-spike, etc)
- Extended Antivirals
- IL-15 Superagonist
- Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Novel vaccines
- EV Blood Filtering
Combinations of all.
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Long COVID mechanisms in 2025.
- Low-grade gut persistence
- Brain fog = inflammation outside brain
- T-cells target one enemy
- Nerve-attacking autoantibodies
- Spike protein is directly toxic
- Reactivated EBV/HHV
- FOXP4, APOE4, MTHFR
- Lasting bone marrow disruption
- Low-grade gut persistence
- Brain fog = inflammation outside brain
- T-cells target one enemy
- Nerve-attacking autoantibodies
- Spike protein is directly toxic
- Reactivated EBV/HHV
- FOXP4, APOE4, MTHFR
- Lasting bone marrow disruption
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Long COVID mechanisms in 2025.
- Low-grade gut persistence
- Brain fog = inflammation outside brain
- T-cells target one enemy
- Nerve-attacking autoantibodies
- Spike protein is directly toxic
- Reactivated EBV/HHV
- FOXP4, APOE4, MTHFR
- Lasting bone marrow disruption
- Low-grade gut persistence
- Brain fog = inflammation outside brain
- T-cells target one enemy
- Nerve-attacking autoantibodies
- Spike protein is directly toxic
- Reactivated EBV/HHV
- FOXP4, APOE4, MTHFR
- Lasting bone marrow disruption
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I wish people were as wary of COVID itself as they are of hearing about it or how to avoid it.
August 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I wish people were as wary of COVID itself as they are of hearing about it or how to avoid it.
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Thread: Healthcare for those with Long Covid is a disaster here in the US. Long story short, insurance decided to cover less for my asthma injections. Have been on the phone for over 2 hrs now with different programs trying to find another co-pay assistance.
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thread: Healthcare for those with Long Covid is a disaster here in the US. Long story short, insurance decided to cover less for my asthma injections. Have been on the phone for over 2 hrs now with different programs trying to find another co-pay assistance.
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I don't think Covid waves mean much anymore, since we've constantly got mutating strains of Covid in the community. Vaccines are lagging behind the variants. Masks protect against all variants and are 100% protection against Long Covid too.
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I don't think Covid waves mean much anymore, since we've constantly got mutating strains of Covid in the community. Vaccines are lagging behind the variants. Masks protect against all variants and are 100% protection against Long Covid too.
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My first covid infection was Feb 2020; it wrecked my lungs. I masked up&continued to mask because I have lupus& my beloved is also an autoimmune sufferer. My rheumatologist’s nurse gave me my 2nd inf., when I was asked to remove my mask to check my mouth. How I wish I hadn’t! Pretty disabled now.
‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers.
"Yes, it’s time to mask again. We need to do better. We know how to do better. We can save so many lives and preserve the dignity of patients in the process."
#Maskup😷 #COVIDisNotOVER
Source: archive.md/dQMtX
"Yes, it’s time to mask again. We need to do better. We know how to do better. We can save so many lives and preserve the dignity of patients in the process."
#Maskup😷 #COVIDisNotOVER
Source: archive.md/dQMtX
August 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My first covid infection was Feb 2020; it wrecked my lungs. I masked up&continued to mask because I have lupus& my beloved is also an autoimmune sufferer. My rheumatologist’s nurse gave me my 2nd inf., when I was asked to remove my mask to check my mouth. How I wish I hadn’t! Pretty disabled now.
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🎯to bookmark & share:
Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers (June 2025)
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
www.nukit222.com/blogs/info/f...
Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers (June 2025)
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
www.nukit222.com/blogs/info/f...
Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
The Science Behind the Comparison
To understand the differences between Far-UVC and filtration, we need ...
www.nukit222.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🎯to bookmark & share:
Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers (June 2025)
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
www.nukit222.com/blogs/info/f...
Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers (June 2025)
Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world
www.nukit222.com/blogs/info/f...
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**Article from Sep 2, 2023**
"No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID."
"If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu"
"It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall... COVID-19 is still around"
Source: archive.md/aprjP
"No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID."
"If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu"
"It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall... COVID-19 is still around"
Source: archive.md/aprjP
August 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
**Article from Sep 2, 2023**
"No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID."
"If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu"
"It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall... COVID-19 is still around"
Source: archive.md/aprjP
"No, you don't have the flu already. It's probably COVID."
"If you have a headache, fever or sniffles it's likely COVID-19, not an early bout of the flu"
"It's rare to get the flu in the late summer and early fall... COVID-19 is still around"
Source: archive.md/aprjP
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Not masking & cleaning indoor air sufficiently is our generations’ smoking habit. We will look back on it with shame & awe. I’m talking to you, Gen X & Millenials. Use some of that famous “nonconformity” and “undoing generational harms” productively on this v real, mundane, serious problem. Please.
July 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Not masking & cleaning indoor air sufficiently is our generations’ smoking habit. We will look back on it with shame & awe. I’m talking to you, Gen X & Millenials. Use some of that famous “nonconformity” and “undoing generational harms” productively on this v real, mundane, serious problem. Please.
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I saw this sticker on the floor of a store a few days ago. Remember that brief moment of decency when people tried to take care of each other? Now were back to this. 😫
#CovidIsAirborne #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp
#CovidIsAirborne #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp
July 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I saw this sticker on the floor of a store a few days ago. Remember that brief moment of decency when people tried to take care of each other? Now were back to this. 😫
#CovidIsAirborne #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp
#CovidIsAirborne #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp
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Haven’t read this and won’t because:
1. ‘Soap and water’ do not combat airborne viruses.
2. ‘Common sense’ suggests everyone understands virology so, why bother writing this book if everyone knows anyway? Is common sense all we need to fly an airplane?
#deathofexpertise
#covidisairborne
#WTF
1. ‘Soap and water’ do not combat airborne viruses.
2. ‘Common sense’ suggests everyone understands virology so, why bother writing this book if everyone knows anyway? Is common sense all we need to fly an airplane?
#deathofexpertise
#covidisairborne
#WTF
At best she's a grifter (book published March of 2020) but don't get me started on her "school is the safest place for children" nonsense
July 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Haven’t read this and won’t because:
1. ‘Soap and water’ do not combat airborne viruses.
2. ‘Common sense’ suggests everyone understands virology so, why bother writing this book if everyone knows anyway? Is common sense all we need to fly an airplane?
#deathofexpertise
#covidisairborne
#WTF
1. ‘Soap and water’ do not combat airborne viruses.
2. ‘Common sense’ suggests everyone understands virology so, why bother writing this book if everyone knows anyway? Is common sense all we need to fly an airplane?
#deathofexpertise
#covidisairborne
#WTF
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Still seeing many of these leave the point frustratingly vague — so, listen up: if you step foot in a hospital, #WearARespirator, and if admitted, have someone bring you your #CorsiRosenthalBox and/or a #ConsumerGradePAPR. If you're outside 🇨🇦, invest in a portable #FarUVC lamp.
#CovidIsAirborne
🤞
#CovidIsAirborne
🤞
Star Wars actor dies after contracting Covid and pneumonia
The acclaimed 87 year-old actor “had been admitted after a fall with an injured arm, however he quickly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia.”
The acclaimed 87 year-old actor “had been admitted after a fall with an injured arm, however he quickly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia.”
Star Wars actor dies after contracting Covid and pneumonia
The acclaimed actor ‘passed away peacefully with friends at his bedside’
www.independent.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Still seeing many of these leave the point frustratingly vague — so, listen up: if you step foot in a hospital, #WearARespirator, and if admitted, have someone bring you your #CorsiRosenthalBox and/or a #ConsumerGradePAPR. If you're outside 🇨🇦, invest in a portable #FarUVC lamp.
#CovidIsAirborne
🤞
#CovidIsAirborne
🤞
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It's not good enough for governments to offload responsibility for public health onto individuals. Most people can't protect ourselves from #Covid because hospitals, schools, workplaces, public transport, churches & other indoor spaces have not been made #CovidSafe. This was & is a political choice
COVID doesn’t just come and go.
It raises your risk for heart attacks, diabetes, cognitive decline, and even cancer—and the effects add up with each reinfection.
If you care about your long-term health, protecting yourself from COVID is non-negotiable.
It raises your risk for heart attacks, diabetes, cognitive decline, and even cancer—and the effects add up with each reinfection.
If you care about your long-term health, protecting yourself from COVID is non-negotiable.
July 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's not good enough for governments to offload responsibility for public health onto individuals. Most people can't protect ourselves from #Covid because hospitals, schools, workplaces, public transport, churches & other indoor spaces have not been made #CovidSafe. This was & is a political choice
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I feel like people think disabled people are cheeky rather than deeply serious when we say it’s a full-time job being disabled
July 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I feel like people think disabled people are cheeky rather than deeply serious when we say it’s a full-time job being disabled
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the low-dose naltrexone I’m on for my fibro is really working 😊
May 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the low-dose naltrexone I’m on for my fibro is really working 😊
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PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.
June 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.
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In the US, 300 people a week are dying of Covid.
1200 a month. 15,600 a year.
They’ve restricted COVID testing & reporting… so it’s safe to say those numbers are an undercount (and they don’t include the thousands being disabled)
Do they urge mask use? Clean air? No. They restrict vaccines:
1200 a month. 15,600 a year.
They’ve restricted COVID testing & reporting… so it’s safe to say those numbers are an undercount (and they don’t include the thousands being disabled)
Do they urge mask use? Clean air? No. They restrict vaccines:
Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines and treatments, why are people still dying?
abcnews.go.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In the US, 300 people a week are dying of Covid.
1200 a month. 15,600 a year.
They’ve restricted COVID testing & reporting… so it’s safe to say those numbers are an undercount (and they don’t include the thousands being disabled)
Do they urge mask use? Clean air? No. They restrict vaccines:
1200 a month. 15,600 a year.
They’ve restricted COVID testing & reporting… so it’s safe to say those numbers are an undercount (and they don’t include the thousands being disabled)
Do they urge mask use? Clean air? No. They restrict vaccines:
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Make sure the person testing you is wearing a mask.
Spray your nose before and after with TravelFlo. There are Bliss throat probiotics as well. And take a little air purifier with you and hold it under your face.
These are the things we do for the dentist. So far so good.
Spray your nose before and after with TravelFlo. There are Bliss throat probiotics as well. And take a little air purifier with you and hold it under your face.
These are the things we do for the dentist. So far so good.
May 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Make sure the person testing you is wearing a mask.
Spray your nose before and after with TravelFlo. There are Bliss throat probiotics as well. And take a little air purifier with you and hold it under your face.
These are the things we do for the dentist. So far so good.
Spray your nose before and after with TravelFlo. There are Bliss throat probiotics as well. And take a little air purifier with you and hold it under your face.
These are the things we do for the dentist. So far so good.
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Netherlands: Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people.
"Researchers also saw issues when it came to energy production. This came as a result of malfunctioning mitochondria, which are the energy factories of human cells."
nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...
"Researchers also saw issues when it came to energy production. This came as a result of malfunctioning mitochondria, which are the energy factories of human cells."
nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...
Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people
The muscles of people who suffer from long Covid or the chronic illness ME/CVS respond differently to a workout after a period of inactivity than the muscles of people with a clean bill of health, a s...
nltimes.nl
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Netherlands: Muscles of long Covid patients respond differently to inactivity than healthy people.
"Researchers also saw issues when it came to energy production. This came as a result of malfunctioning mitochondria, which are the energy factories of human cells."
nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...
"Researchers also saw issues when it came to energy production. This came as a result of malfunctioning mitochondria, which are the energy factories of human cells."
nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...
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When you wear a mask, you tell disabled and vulnerable people that their lives matter. That you don’t see them as expendable
You tell your others that you value community care
You tell the government that you know Covid isn’t over & you want better from public health
It’s a symbol of resistance
You tell your others that you value community care
You tell the government that you know Covid isn’t over & you want better from public health
It’s a symbol of resistance
May 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
When you wear a mask, you tell disabled and vulnerable people that their lives matter. That you don’t see them as expendable
You tell your others that you value community care
You tell the government that you know Covid isn’t over & you want better from public health
It’s a symbol of resistance
You tell your others that you value community care
You tell the government that you know Covid isn’t over & you want better from public health
It’s a symbol of resistance
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By @prognosticchats.bsky.social
"One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"
"One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"
May 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
By @prognosticchats.bsky.social
"One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"
"One of the greatest PR moves of the pandemic so far has been the use of “this variant does not lead to more severe illness than other variants” - which sounds good, until you realise other variants have killed tens of millions & disabled hundreds of millions so far"
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We’ve been let down by so many people throughout the COVID pandemic. Governments, public health and each other.
But journalists disappoint me the most.
They report on the new variant with “razor blade throat” for clicks, but the articles minimize the threat and make no mention of masks.
But journalists disappoint me the most.
They report on the new variant with “razor blade throat” for clicks, but the articles minimize the threat and make no mention of masks.
May 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We’ve been let down by so many people throughout the COVID pandemic. Governments, public health and each other.
But journalists disappoint me the most.
They report on the new variant with “razor blade throat” for clicks, but the articles minimize the threat and make no mention of masks.
But journalists disappoint me the most.
They report on the new variant with “razor blade throat” for clicks, but the articles minimize the threat and make no mention of masks.
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(Queensland, Australia)
"Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research"
www.emerge.org.au/ausme/
From Emerge Australia e-newsletter
#LongCovid #MEcfs
"Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research"
www.emerge.org.au/ausme/
From Emerge Australia e-newsletter
#LongCovid #MEcfs
March 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
(Queensland, Australia)
"Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research"
www.emerge.org.au/ausme/
From Emerge Australia e-newsletter
#LongCovid #MEcfs
"Very soon, eligible donors in Brisbane will be able to donate blood to the AusME Biobank, supporting vital ME/CFS and long COVID research"
www.emerge.org.au/ausme/
From Emerge Australia e-newsletter
#LongCovid #MEcfs