Y'all tired of getting sick yet?

Has Jon Stewart apologised yet?

Today's quick update [Dec 30]: - RSF drone strikes in Dilling, S. Kordofan (red). - RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) seize Altagatu' junction connecting Kadugli & Dilling (blue). #KeepEyesOnSudan

I find a lot of new materialism to be compelling but also a lot of it is very...odd? I don't know how to describe it. It's certainly a useful framework (as is affect) but a lot of it gets a little too "in the weeds" maybe?

My favorite are the people who say “I LOVE and SUPPORT disabled people!!!!” And then get mad when I ask them if they mask.

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I'm over population level analysis. I think it can be useful in in specific situations, but it cannot deal with individual experiences. "We're doing good," is meaningless to ppl who very much are not. Focus needs to be on those impacted, not the entire population as a unit (b/c we are not a unit).

In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health. If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense. Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today's quick update [Dec 29]: - A UN mission to North Darfur, the first in 2 years, called Elfashir "a crime scene". "The town was not teeming with people. There were very few people that (they) were able to see." To read more: www.reuters.com/world/africa... #KeepEyesOnSudan

just read the comments

And finally, the graph showing the deaths declining do not show the social impact on those that have been left behind. The people that remain vulnerable, or have newly become vulnerable… and are aware of it… and are now mostly excluded from society.

So people advocating against infection prevention are generally advocating against helping the poor. Things like paid sick leave, access to vaccines, masks and the ability to wear one without discrimination etc. The right to fresh air, or air filtration.

The economic impact of this new Post viral syndrome is easier to measure. Those measurements tell us that we must do better in preventing the syndrome as treatments are still in the developmental stages.

Thromboembolic deaths are being monitored, but not necessarily linked to past C19 as a contributing risk factor, or acute C19 as a cause. So yes, they are counted but not necessarily as C19 deaths. ->

Also, we have been expecting the death rate to drop, as those that were sheltering and most vulnerable are killed, and those that have protective factors remain. Younger. Favourable genetics. Able to obtain vaccinations and treatments when needed whether through own finances or good public services-

Long Covid as a post viral syndrome is a significant problem. The issue of definition and how to count it is slowing down the response to it. We know it is a large significant impact because it is causing noticeable changes in work and school attendance.

COVID could have taught us what we really needed to change but instead we're here. For a while there it looked like it might actually lead to a widespread shift in consciousness (and it may very well have), but boy does the resistance and reactionary blowback frustrate me.

Can anyone provide me with this information? I've been looking and have found very little information. Only this related to post-viral cough for the cold journal.chestnet.org/article/S001... And plenty of information about Long COVID's prevalence (which does not support OP's conclusion.

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This is great but really think any talk about this has to exist alongside Long COVID. Deaths from the acute disease have been decreasing for a while and those of us who have stayed informed have said this for years.

It's good news. But I don't think anyone is tracking post-COVID deaths from strokes, heart attacks, embolism, etc. which are a known problem. Also, long COVID remains a concern.

WHO said 1 in 10 infections leads to long term symptoms for which there are still scant treatment options 6 years on. Per JAMA Pediatrics, Long Covid is the #1 chronic condition kids suffer from. This virus is disabling millions and talking heads are telling you you’re weird if you care. 🙃

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

My mother died of Covid complications this year. She not only refused to believe Covid was ‘that serious’ she also refused to mask when people visited her at our home in India. Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.

Still masking and testing regularly. Lost a sibling to COVID, know too many who are suffering with long COVID, and all too aware of how precarious my own life is — and how much my family relies on me. No one who mocks public health can be trusted to assess public policy.

It’s actually a very common dynamic in abusive systems when they have been shifted by a major trauma

Kind of wild how a lot of people went from having disdain for people who refused to mask to having disdain for those who do (and using the same language anti-maskers did in early COVID).

Of course they don’t want solutions they want to be in positions to judge what steps people take while they are comfortable enough not to worry

Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.

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I try not to become so bitter a person that I would wish my long covid on anyone. I don’t wish the crushing fatigue, the heart problems, the weight gain, the hair loss, inability to exercise, the shattered immune system, on anyone. But I do fucking wish none of them could ever eat a potato again.

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

Depends on who I'm dating and the particulars of our relationship.

Today's quick update [Dec 28]: - SAF regains control of Aldankoj, North Kordofan after RSF takeover yesterday. #KeepEyesOnSudan

AND WEAR A FUCKING MASK

Seeing so many “woke up sick” today posts. You guys. There are relatively inexpensive otc flu/covid combo tests you can get and have everyone take before meeting for Christmas. Why do you insist on doing this every year? You don’t get a lot of time off! Why spend it sick??

#OneOfTheTwo Jon Stewart mocked for masking. Because Covid destroyed my body & my life. There are ~half a billion people with #LongCovid around the world. Why would anyone assume they’re too special to become one of us?

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I’m #oneofthetwo maskers Jon Stewart was mocking. I mask bc I care about myself & others. I mask bc Long Covid upended my life in 2020. I mask bc my body is trying to kill me & it doesn’t need any extra help. I mask bc I understand how much SARS2 damages the body. #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread

#oneofthetwo maskers Jon Stewart was mocking. It shouldn't matter why we mask. It should matter why non maskers don't take science, health, or community solidarity seriously.

Instead we got try hards doing their damndest to “close the gap” with AI and encode all of Black culture. Wack.

i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one that clocked how manipulative Verso is.

Today's quick update [Dec 27]: - Sudan Doctors Network: over 200 people killed on ethnic grounds by RSF in Ambro, Abu Gamra and Serba, North Darfur (red). - RSF attack reported on Aldankoj, North Kordofan (blue). #KeepEyesOnSudan

seeing this right after watching Jon Stewart be a complete ass about some people still wearing masks in public is quite something like really? your brain can't comprehend why the less callous half of the population would like to physically protect themselves against the more callous half's choices?