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Mom, communicator and science writer. Croissant maker & eater. Métis. Health equity. Accidental activist 🦠
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Wanting to protect yourself from repeat Covid infections is not a mental illness
What's your unpopular opinion about Covid that would land you in this position.
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I miss living in Japan where the mask was a symbol of respect, cleanliness & community mindset.
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My daughter was the only kid in her outdoor sports camp this week in a mask. She wore her N95 the whole time despite peer pressure not to. Yesterday we found out 2 boys in her camp have Covid. I'm proud of my kid.
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My 10yo was ridiculed at a store for wearing her N95. A woman fake sneezed on her out of mockery. Why are people bullying those who mask?
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Dear world: Stop saying masking "is a personal choice." Your lack of masking affects me, it affects your community & has a ripple effect on those around you. It is the opposite of personal.
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Wise words from a friend today:
"There's a selfishness that the pandemic has exposed that I can never unsee"
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My grandpa turned 100 today 🎉
He’s survived the past year in a LTC home in BC with Covid outbreaks 💗Here’s a picture of him this morning.
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"What are you going to do? Mask forever? That's not sustainable."
Also not sustainable: ER closures, overwhelmed HCW & hospitals, frequent illness, longterm health risks, sick days, flight cancellations, unrelenting waves of infection
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In a reasonable society, a new hepatitis in little kids that’s causing liver transplants & may be caused by Covid would prompt leaders to bring back masks until more is known
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Covid is a vascular, neurotrophic illness that can wreck havoc on the immune system & lead to longterm disability, but somehow pointing this out means you're living in fear and need help for anxiety 🤷🏻♀️🤡
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10 Covid truths health officials failed to inform the public of:
1. It's airborne
2. High-quality universal masking is needed
3. It's not the flu & more than a respiratory illness
4. Long Covid isn't rare & the 3rd leading neurological disorder in the U.S. 🧠
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A friend sent me this IG reel this morning on how we've all been indoctrinated to believe the "Covid is over" propaganda & it's so well done 🙌🏼
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Wanting to protect yourself & loved ones from a virus that can cause brain damage & immune dysfunction is not an "anxiety disorder"
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Weekly reminder that it's OK to be concerned about a systemic airborne virus that can cause longterm disability or death. It's not "anxiety" and you're not being "negative" by acknowledging these facts.
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Sending love to anyone who feels alienated for being the only one in a mask around them. You are doing the right thing. You can't know all the transmission chains you are breaking, but know your choices add up 💗
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"If I have to accommodate you, I have to accommodate everyone"
Does everyone have a disability?
If so, yes! Please accommodate them. Actually better yet, accommodate everyone regardless
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People call me extreme, but I'm not willing to risk brain damage to eat a soft taco in a restaurant.
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I wish more people understood that a mild Covid infection could change your life forever
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So no one minds if I light a cigarette at this mandatory in-person office meeting with no mask mandates, right?
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Took a quick look on the Vancouver subreddit to see what actual healthcare workers think of the removal of mask mandates. Top comment below👇🏼
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Exciting mucosal vaccines are in the works. Long Covid treatments are being researched. Pandemics do end. The longer you can delay infection, the better. Hold strong & resist the urgency for normal.
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Still processing this because I'm reeling - but some relatives are attempting to stage an intervention for me so I can live like it's 2019, get back to restaurants, not worry about wearing a mask anymore etc.
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Popping in to remind you that when seatbelt laws were enacted, some people resisted wearing them because their clothing would get wrinkled🙃
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What are you going to do, wear a seatbelt forever? Wear a bike helmet forever? Drink clean, chlorinated drinking water forever? 🤡
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We need a positive PR campaign on masks. We need to rebrand them as a symbol of compassion & empowerment. Our leaders have tricked many into believing they are oppressive but we can turn this around.
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Imagine accusing people of having an anxiety disorder because they are concerned about a virus that has killed 1.1 million & caused Long Covid in up to 23 million in the U.S. alone?
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There is no equation where mask mandates are worse than sick kids. None.
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3yo, in grocery store at the top of his lungs
"Hey, why isn't *everybody* wearing a mask? Don't they know about Covid!"
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Don't be afraid to wear this to conferences or in-person gatherings. It's nbd. The right ppl won't judge you 💗
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It’s 2022 and those fighting for better protections against a virus that can cause vascular issues & brain damage are still labeled “extreme”
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It's depressing how many times I've apologized on auto-pilot for asking people to mask/rapid test before a gathering. Not once has anyone apologized to me for exposing me to unsafe events/gatherings.
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Do airlines realize some passengers are starving themselves & not drinking on long flights to keep safe and avoid unmasking? This is hard on the body & on morale. How can we make flights safer? We have the tools 😷
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I personally would rather wear a 5x5" inch piece of cloth over my face than witness healthcare collapse, wait 24 hrs in ER, or have an essential surgery postponed for a year
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Today's Uber driver: wearing an N95, air filter and rolled down windows. Will definitely tip extra ✅
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If all you did in 2022 was survive, I see you. It was an incredibly tough year marked by abandonment from health officials we thought we could trust, bereavement, sickness & lies. Be gentle with yourself & don't give up hope💗
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The small number of people willing to wear a mask, crack open windows or take rapid tests for you is indicative of how few will be there for you if you become chronically ill in an ableist society 💔
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The irony is the folks asking "ArE You GoIng to liVe liKE this FoREvEr?? are in fact ensuring that we will have to live like this forever 🤡
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"Social events are so important for your mental health."
I agree, but in the past 3+ years you haven't accommodated me at a single event you've invited me to. No masks, no rapid tests, no caution. Your recent one was a superspreader.
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Them: "Covid is over. You should consider therapy" 🤡
Me: Gets therapy. Therapist confirms our pandemic response has been a hellscape, our PHO's actions are very unkind & my response is rational
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Does anyone remember when seatbelts first came into use? Were people who used them accused of living in fear? Bike helmets? Life jackets?
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A friend who manages a team has created a pact to all mask indoors to "meet the comfort level of the least comfortable."
This is leadership 😷💗
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Maybe I'm missing something, but if they remove mask mandates today, what tools do I have to keep my 2yo safe?
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I instantly feel a sense of calm in the presence of those wearing high-quality masks in indoor spaces. Thank you 😷
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"Stay home foRevER then if Ur SCarED"
Honestly, this sounds ideal. How can I make this happen? I'd like to build a Covid safe commune with all the clean air amenities, safe healthcare, low C02 cinemas, swimming pools, concert halls. Outdoor dining.
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5. Schools amplify spread
6. Handwashing won't prevent it
7. Reinfection risks are unknown
8. Kids can be seriously ill
9. It impacts your immune system
10. Vaccines are great but don't prevent transmission or all deaths; only slightly reduce Long Covid odds
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Every time someone throws up their hands & says "we have to learn to live with Covid," I think about how humans managed to shrink the damn hole in the ozone layer with international collaboration
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"I thought once your toddler was vaccinated you'd be up for going out again. You keep moving the goalposts."
Actually, the virus keeps moving the goalposts. And we keep learning more about
#longcovid
& affects on organs like the brain. And we do less & less
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Interrupting my Twitter break to report that I tested positive today - 3 days after visiting a
@VCHhealthcare
urgent care centre for an injury where the majority of my HCW who saw me were unmasked
I always guessed I'd be infected seeking healthcare
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CDC says it's ok to look directly at the solar eclipse as long as you wash your hands with warm soapy water for 30 seconds first
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For the folks who don't care about the needs of the immunocompromised because that doesn't include them, I have some bad news about the growing evidence on Covid reinfections...
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One main reason some people have such a visceral reaction to N95s/respirators is because they signal Covid is still very much here and pandemics are bad for consumerism
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I was today year's old when I learned they used to think menstrual pain was psychosomatic & the doctor who thought to try ibuprofen was considered a revolutionary
This happens way too often in modern medicine. If we don't understand it, it doesn't exist, or it's all in your head.
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A fungal infection, Candida auris, that typically spreads in the immunocompromised is spreading in Vegas. So far 63 have died. Totally normal right??
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If you have Covid cautious people in your life, don't keep inviting them to the same type of high-risk events ~3 years into this. It just taunts us & sets us up to let you down. We still aren't safe.
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If you believe the government narrative "Covid is mild," here's an incomplete list of harmful things they have also downplayed:
-Cholera
-Asbestos
-Arsenic
-Lead paint
-Fossil fuels
-HIV
-Tobacco
-Thalidomide
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Reminder that worrying about longterm brain damage from a neurotrophic virus doesn't make you paranoid, anxious, extreme, intense or obsessed. You're cautious and wise.
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On his watch, 800K died of Covid, 16M adults & 5M kids have Long Covid. Next gen vaccines are not being expedited. Masks are gone in many places, including healthcare
On my watch, health care is a right in this country – not a privilege.
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"If you're high risk, you may want to mask up indoors"
In this era, we're all high risk now. We could all be one Covid reinfection away from longterm disability, organ damage and immune dysfunction
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Starting a Covid ✨hope✨thread because these are dark times & something's got to give.
Here are some examples of policy shifts & research wins. Feel free to add to this.
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Wow, my mask tweet is trending under "science." A nice surprise. 🧬🎉
Masks work. There's no point arguing otherwise. Thank you to those who wear them.
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"You need to let go and accept the things you cannot change."
OK, but we CAN change air quality & the wild spread of viruses. There are solutions to this!
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If some people can't even wear a mask during a pandemic, how on earth can they be trusted to isolate for 3-4 weeks if they get Monkeypox?
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Nope, I’m still not willing to risk my long term health and that of my kids’ to eat a soft taco in a restaurant. Call me what you will.
#CovidIsNotOver
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"All of us are going to get Covid. It's inevitable."
How do you think that phrase lands with someone who is severely immunocompromised?
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If you're complaining about "vaccine fatigue" and "mask fatigue," you'll be in for an unpleasant surprise if you experience chronic debilitating fatigue from post-viral illness
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The billionaires at Davos are "learning to live with Covid" in its true sense: ventilation, HEPA filters, FFP2 respirators, mandatory PCR tests.
Now the rest of us deserve to be
#DavosSafe
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Imagine spending 10+ years in school to become a doctor & complete a residency in preventative health only to shun masks during an airborne pandemic?
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Shout out to the one person wearing an N95. Can we make this woman the new director?
Whether fighting infectious disease, ensuring we are ready to respond to health threats, supporting the health of young families, or improving mental health, CDC is working hard to protect health for all Americans 💪
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Keep on masking even if you've already had COVID because reinfections can be worse. Masks are a simple act of community care.
I'm not letting up! 😷
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Reminder again that the reason my daughter hasn't spoken to me in 4 months is because she can't accept that I'm still wearing a mask and avoiding indoor restaurants
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For those who thought we had to choose between controlling Covid & saving the economy, guess what? we got neither.
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We sent humans to the moon but wearing a mask & cleaning the air in a pandemic is apparently too challenging 🤷🏻♀️
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Whoa
@WorkSafeBC
issued a $206,000 fine to an industrial camp operator after their employee died of Covid because of a lack of workplace precautions
Please let this be the start of the dam breaking. Please do
#LongCovid
too
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Imagine the outcry if teachers were allowed to light a single cigarette in a classroom, but airborne viral vasculitis particles? Those are fine.
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To those opposing masks right now, especially medical professionals, I have a solution for you if you're afraid of them: Just stay home. It's your turn.
#BringBackMasks
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I could write a whole thesis on the NPR cover image alone: A weary, overburdened person dragging an N95 as if it were a ball & chain. The real burden is the isolation high-risk folks face living in a society they are excluded from.
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"Nobody is reacting to the pandemic the way you do."
Me: I know! That's the problem
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Today I mentioned to a doctor in BC that Covid could cause diabetes.
Doctor: "No, that's not true actually"
Me: "It is. I can send you studies"
Doctor: *laughs at me condescendingly*
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Holiday etiquette in this "new normal": If you're in a group, cater to the person with highest risk threshold. Don't only cater to them, embrace them & make them feel it's no big deal to add Covid precautions 💗
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We could have used this pandemic to level inequality, clean the air, reduce viral illness & death, make work more accessible. Instead we are using it to push privatized healthcare
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"No one wears a mask in public anymore."
What you see when in busy indoor space is a biased sample. The disabled, medically higher risk, Covid aware, etc. may avoid these spaces because they aren't safe. You aren't always seeing the full picture
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One reason we don't have these tests in Canada is that our leaders don't want us to know the difference
A friend in Spain was feeling unwell and took a covid test. The good news is it’s not covid. The bad news it is the flu.
The astonishing news is Spanish covid tests are dual-Covid/flu tests and why in the hell are these not available everywhere?!
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Has anyone tried putting the neurodivergents in charge of the pandemic response?
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Minimizers: if Covid were really causing that much disability, we'd start seeing it in the workforce.
Workforce: Long Covid is keeping 500,000-1 million FTEs off work in the U.S. alone
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They made it hard to get vaxxed
They stigmatized masks
They made it hard to get tested
They blocked access to antivirals
They branded us as radical for not going to brunch
Who is public health protecting exactly?
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Wearing a mask is easier than navigating brain damage or a chronic cognitive/mental health disorder caused by Covid.
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Please normalize remote & hybrid events. It is very awkward to be the **only** person on Zoom in a 50 person in-person event because you were branded "the strange one still trying to avoid Covid"
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Hi, I'm Chantzy. I'm from Vancouver, BC 🍁I wear a respirator indoors & in crowded outdoor spaces. It's the bare minimum we can do.
I refuse to be complicit in the death & disability of my fellow community members.
Hi. I’m Keith. I live in Canada and I refuse to accept that infections and reinfections are inevitable - I will continue do my utmost to break chains of transmission. What about you?
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Don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re losing sleep worrying about you or your loved ones becoming disabled with
#LongCovid
, you’re neither alone nor irrational 💗
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"Learning to live with it" actually means
-Normalizing N95s, providing them free
-Cleaning the air
-Being honest about airborne transmission
-
#LongCovid
treatments
-Being empowered to mention the "C" word
-Validating rational fear of this virus
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This is exactly how they'd spin things if healthcare systems were becoming too overwhelmed for prevention
"Harmless" cancers, "mild" SARS-CoV-2
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Sometimes it feels like my words are not getting through to IRL folks, so I'll throw them on a banner?
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Explain it to me like I'm 5 how removing masks in healthcare is "keeping the most vulnerable in mind"
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