If you are 65+ and/or moderately to severely immunocompromised, CDC still recommends you get a second dose of the 2024-5 Covid booster 6 months after your first. That means we're coming up on the time for your "spring booster" if you got a booster in the fall.

Thought I'd throw that out there because Sideshow Bob will obviously make no effort to promote these life saving recommendations.
#covid
#CovidIsNotOver

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html

This #LongCovidAwarenessDay I’m reflecting on how many people have been let down by governments, public health & medical establishments

How Covid has been downplayed, airborne spread ignored & vaxx and relax strategies pushed for the sake of capitalism

How many have Long Covid because of this?

Those of us who were disabled before the pandemic could see this wave of chronic illness coming - and many of us have been screaming from the top of our lungs the last 5 years.

Begging people not to take their health for granted & to wear a mask and protect themselves.

Warning them that there are no do-overs once you become chronically ill. Unfortunately very few people are listening - and many won’t understand the true devastation of #LongCovid until it directly impacts them. At which point it’ll be too late.

Despite seeing these waves of disability as an inevitable consequence of “let er rip” Covid strategy - one thing I did not see coming was how many people would willingly embrace not only ableism - but full on eugenics.

People in my own life who were previously kind & supportive have become cruel and angry. The masks have been ripped off. They don’t hesitate to tell me that they blame me for the restrictions placed on them in the early days of Covid.

That they will never again allow their freedoms to be infringed on in the name of protecting the vulnerable. One even went as far as to say “you’ve been sick for years - just die already.”

People who say these things don’t understand what disabled ppl understand all too well - your health is not a permanent state.

Everyone will become disabled eventually - some earlier than others. Many who think they’re invulnerable are already vulnerable and don’t even know it

Yet rather than adapting behaviour and pushing for a new normal that makes the world safe for everyone - most temporarily abled people have instead doubled down on hateful eugenics talking points and want us to stay home forever (or worse - die). It needs to stop.

Covid is airborne and we all share the air. “You do you” individualism is quite literally killing people. We need to start caring about the air we share as this will lead to a healthier society for everyone.

Until then we need to mask up. It’s easy, incredibly effective & it might save someone’s life. At the very least you will know you didn’t contribute to another person’s suffering - and you will be drastically reducing your own odds of getting Long Covid. It’s worth it.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.

We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.

Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.

This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.

It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.

We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.

Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.

When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid

It’s another #COVID anniversary, which means various people are sincerely asking whether “we” are “prepared” for the “next” pandemic.

(You’re not really dealing with the existing pandemic, so I’m going to say no.) #COVIDIsNotOver

Huge shout out to Bob McDonald for asking David Putrino all the good naive questions about covid on mainstream public radio. Starts at 19:30 or scroll down to that section.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/mar-15-the-silent-long-term-effects-of-covid-and-more-1.7483146

The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more (Quirks and Quarks, CBC Radio, March 15, 2025)

...[sarscov2] is still with us, and continues to make people sick. As many as 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced symptoms of long COVID, but scientists are finding that beyond that, each infection can also lead to long term silent cellular and organ damage...

...even mild or asymptomatic COVID infections can lead to a wide range of silent long term heath impacts — compromising our immune, vascular, circulatory, renal, metabolic, gastrointestinal systems and even cognitive function.

People thinking COVID-19 is harmless now should have a listen to the podcast from Quirks and Quarks

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/mar-15-the-silent-long-term-effects-of-covid-and-more-1.7483146

EEeeek wear a mask.

March 15 is #LongCovidAwarenessDay

Everything you don't want to know about #COVID:

COVID is #airborne.
It's not "mild."
Infection damage is cumulative.
It makes you more susceptible to other infections and diseases.
There is no cure for #longCOVID.
The #pandemic is not over.
Wearing a #mask reduces transmission.

Source: whn.global

More #Covid19 research information, of course it’s not good

https://www.vice.com/en/article/covid-19-left-20-of-men-with-erectile-dysfunction/
#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #sarscov2 @auscovid19

Long Covid: Tassie’s hidden epidemic.

"Covid lockdowns may be a distant memory for many, but for Tasmanians living with the often-debilitating symptoms of long Covid, the pandemic has left a lasting impact"

#LongCOVID #Tasmania #COVIDisNotOVER @auscovid19

Source: https://archive.md/sZaa2

Today is the 15th March- Long Covid Awareness Day.

On this day we acknowledge Australians and so many others around the world impacted by and living with Long Covid.

Please think of others.

#CovidIsNotOver
#CovidIsAirborne
#WearAMask
@auscovid19

Test, isolate, rest. Mask up. Clean the air.

Today, 15 March, 2025, is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay.
We stand with those affected, advocate for research, and raise awareness for better care and recovery.

NCHS estimates of #LongCovid—based on Household Pulse Survey.

HTOPS has yet to publish data, despite having avowedly collected data Oct & Dec:

https://hcommons.social/@beadsland/113728679706939484

Hospital capacity data was ended under prior administration. Only Federal Reserve disability data continues to update.

#ThisIsOurPolio #CountLongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #MassDisablingEvent

[This is first toot of periodically refreshed thread, providing various dataviz of ongoing #pandemic.]

Last period:
https://hcommons.social/@beadsland/113870662111085905

I don't know how to stop being jealous of the people who are unabashedly spending time in IRL communities, going on dates, etc. even as I know that they're both decimating their bodies with repeated COVID infections, and setting themselves up for illness, disability or death when the H5N1 pandemic inevitably joins it.

kinda feels like I bit into the apple from the tree of knowledge and now there's no going back. and I don't wish I could go back, because hurting others in ignorance is still hurting others.

but I do wish we lived in a world where others had tasted that fruit, too - and then maybe I wouldn't be so isolated.

Ich bestelle beim Bäcker. Die Verkäuferin sagt "Sie haben so schön deutlich gesprochen. Alle die noch Maske tragen kann man gut verstehen weil sie so deutlich sprechen." Also antworte ich "Na, wir haben das ja jetzt auch geübt, gell." Woraufhin sie in die Runde verkündet "Ich bin dafür es tragen alle wieder Maske, dann versteh ich die Bestellungen auch."

How about some promising Covid-vaccine-related news? It's all early on, but it's still nice to see — and maybe buried amidst all the other news.

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/nasal-covid-19-vaccine-based-on-washu-technology-to-enter-u-s-clinical-trials/

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/09/03/newly-discovered-antibody-protects-against-all-covid-19-variants/

(Of course, who knows what will happen with any vaccine work and/or availability given this administration.)