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You get one body in this life. You get one brain—the source of everything you've ever thought, discovered, dreamt or built. Your brain lets you solve problems, evaluate solutions, learn, earn. Don't ever let any amount of peer pressure dissuade you from protecting it.
Indehisce retweeted
Of course, all of this neurological damage is a result of social media, screen time, lockdowns 6 years ago, and the shots.
It’s definitely not the neuroinvasive, brain damaging SARS-CoV-2, proven to disrupt white matter, cause neuroinflammation, and destroy/shrink grey matter.
Indehisce retweeted
We’re really just gonna keep watching celebrities and regular people become seriously ill, disabled and die at young ages and say nothing to be done, can’t be all those covid infections, huh? That living with covid plan is going fucking great.
Indehisce retweeted
An elite athlete like Simone Biles stuck in bed with a resting heart rate of 126 is now normal since Covid joined the chat. But sure, let's keep pathologizing the use of respirators and pretending this isn't happening.
Indehisce retweeted
There is a small group of people scattered around the world who in spite of vicious social pressure refused to participate in the causing of massive harm to those around them while everyone else folded almost immediately. And we’ve held out for years. We own the future, join us
Indehisce retweeted
thanks to @zhouliang_mask for helping us protect ourselves in style with these gorgeous zimi masks!
ALT a selfie of two white brunette women in front of a beige wall and a black lamp. the woman on the left is wearing a sleeveless navy top with a gold necklace and the woman on the right is wearing a white sleeveless top with ruffles straps. both are smiling and wearing white zimi earloop masks with gold and silver details.
ALT two white brunette women standing in front of a beige wall with their arms at their sides. the woman on the left is wearing a sleeveless white dress and gold heels and the woman on the right is wearing a sleeveless navy blue jumpsuit. both are smiling and wearing white zimi earloop masks with gold and silver details.
Indehisce retweeted
Many people have never forgotten.
In fact, we’ve been urging “experts” often quoted or interviewed to have the courage to speak to it whenever they get the chance, to help people cope and protect themselves from repeat infection and potentially long-term consequences.
Indehisce retweeted
The most ableist thing we’ve done since the pandemic began wasn’t ignoring disabled people-it was briefly including them, showing access was always possible, and then ripping it all away.
We didn’t just abandon them. We took what little they had and took it and more away.
Indehisce retweeted
We can't memorialize deaths when death & mass disability is ongoing. We killed off many of the most vulnerable and now we're disabling everyone left. Tens of millions of Americans have been permanently disabled by covid, risk of permanent disability rises w each infection
Indehisce retweeted
Over 75% of PMC Covid Dashboard viewers note using 4 layers of mitigation (masks, vax, tests, air quality) in the past 6 months. 95% use at least 3 out of 4 layers.
ALT Masks, vaccines, tests, and air purifiers
Indehisce retweeted
SARS-CoV-2 is very likely an oncogenic virus and public health will spend the next few decades learning that the hard way
Indehisce retweeted
If we reach $5000, we can do 2-3 billboards, and I will Dye My Hair.
If we reach $7500, we can do 4-5 billboards and I will take a fully clothed swim in freezing water.
If we reach $10,000 I will run a poll and let social media decide my hair style.
gofund.me/c6fe1e9e
Indehisce retweeted
I don’t think people ‘get it’ when it comes to asymptomatic transmission.
We’ve known since early 2020 that people without symptoms—either because they haven’t developed them yet or never will—can still spread disease. But health systems around the world keep making the same mistake: they build their entire outbreak response around people who feel sick. This review calls that out.
The authors in this paper (link 👇) looked across 15 pathogens, from SARS-CoV-2 to malaria to polio, and found a messy, inconsistent landscape. Not only is there no standard language for what we mean by “asymptomatic,” but many public health strategies act like these folks don’t exist—despite being central drivers of outbreaks.
Key takeaways:
1.Asymptomatic ≠ Harmless. Across nearly all diseases studied, a significant chunk of transmission comes from people without symptoms. With COVID, that’s more than half of all spread. With polio? Up to 99%.
2.This isn’t just about COVID. We’ve seen this with TB, malaria, dengue, HIV, typhoid—and even hints with Ebola. The issue isn’t the virus or bacteria—it’s the blind spot in our response.
3.The vocabulary is a mess. We toss around terms like “asymptomatic,” “pre-symptomatic,” “subclinical,” or “carriers,” but public health programs rarely define these clearly, which leads to gaps in tracking and treatment.
4.Evolution favors stealth. Some pathogens evolve to fly under the radar—transmitting more before people even realize they’re sick. Think of it as a biological strategy: don’t knock the host off their feet too early.
5.We’re designing policies for the wrong targets. Testing, isolation, vaccination strategies—all tend to focus on visible symptoms. That approach might have worked for smallpox, but it fails when your biggest spreaders don’t cough, sneeze, or even feel off.
6.Surveillance is outdated. We’re not collecting the right data. And when we do, we’re often using tools and definitions that underestimate silent spread. The paper recommends updating both methodology and mindset.
Bottom line?
If we keep ignoring the silent majority of transmitters, we’re playing catch-up with every new outbreak. We need clearer terminology, better detection, and interventions that acknowledge that just because someone feels fine doesn’t mean they’re not infectious.
Source: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Indehisce retweeted
I know, my friend,
that this new wave
does not seem too frightening,
by now you have survived
many waves
so surely you can survive
another one,
but please, my friend, remember
that many of those
who did not survive the last wave
initially approached it
with the same attitude.
Indehisce retweeted
The most common healthcare-acquired infection. It has deadly consequences. And @IPACCanada does not care one bit. Their national conference is happening shortly and guess what’s not in the program at all: COVID. Air quality. Masks. Respirators. What a deadly farce. #cdnpoli
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Indehisce retweeted
800,000 of these deaths happened under Biden, yet democrats continually try to retcon/reframe “the pandemic” as being the pre vaccine period when Trump was in office and assign all these deaths to that period. This allows them to paint the pandemic as “over”
