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Yumcha Mama
@yumchamama.bsky.social
Also known as MaskupMama on the other platform.

Covid aware homeschooling Mummy blogger! #flomask #maskup #covidisnotover

https://www.yumchamama.com
Finding shoes is becoming a nightmare too. Clarks Australia used to be fantastic with attractive everyday style Mary Jane’s but now the only offerings are sneakers and clodhoppers. Urgh.
June 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I’m learning how to sew so I can avoid buying anything new aside from winter coats etc.
June 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Any city / country which bans masking will be off my travel list. I refuse to risk infection for anyone.
June 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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And everybody keeps repeatedly calling into work sick but it's always with not-COVID, of course… bsky.app/profile/tosh...
An increase in infectious disease mortality and morbidity due to population-wide COVID-induced, mostly low-grade immunosuppression caused by immune damage was predicted a long time ago, and it is almost certainly adding to our excess workload. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
COVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I think it's time to stay home until this wave passes. For how much longer do we have to live like this? :-(
May 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Thankfully, at least in the UK, kids *do* learn how vaccines work at key stage 3 (so 11-14 years old) I hope other countries do too! www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
How antibiotics and vaccines work - Health and disease - KS3 Biology - BBC Bitesize
Learn how antibiotics and vaccines help our body stay healthy and fight off illness. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We have so few anti-viral drugs to explore, & while useful none of those available are highly effective against COVID. For reasons why highly effective anti-viral agents might provide relief, even cure, from long COVID, see our @mja.com.au commentary here www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
Towards a cure for long COVID: the strengthening case for persistently replicating SARS‐CoV‐2 as a driver of post‐acute sequelae of COVID‐19
A look at the latest evidence on long COVID, focusing on viral persistence and the possibility of this as a main driver in long COVID symptoms
www.mja.com.au
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM