#covid19

[animentality]

[covid-safer-hotties]

The pandemic isn’t over—and queer people shouldn’t be acting like it is | Xtra Magazine

ANALYSIS: As a community, we talk a good talk about keeping each other safe, so why aren’t we doing it now? 

[stephenist]

Source

CDC Wastewater Viral Activity Monitoring

BreatheTeq

[probablyasocialecologist]

[carlythestrange]

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus.

The clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation.

The United States is the biggest enemy of the world's people, including the people who live here. It's not even a contest.

[fox-bright]

Covid Update, USA, late December 2023: Buckle up, folks.

Takeaway from his (very informative) thread:

Wastewater counts are obscenely high right now, belying the official case numbers. Considering that we've stopped collecting or reporting most COVID data, wastewater is the best way we have to judge the actual infection rate now.

We are currently seeing ten million new infections a week, and can expect that to greatly increase within the next three weeks.

If you've stopped masking, please start again, for your own safety and the safety of your community. Many hospital systems are already trending toward being overwhelmed right now; let's do what we can to lighten their burden.

Avoid unnecessary gatherings where possible.

Ventilate your spaces well (this is a good time to build that Corsi-Rosenthal box you were thinking about! I made one, it's great).

And just from me, personally--now's a good time to reevaluate casual habits. I've been careless, again, about touching my face. Time for me to knock it off!

This is a period where we need to act with more care. Not a time to panic, but a time to be more cautious.

[milf--adjacent]

Idk like 1690-2019: "Exposing yourself to less illness causing things is good and prolongs your life. You can do this by cleaning and sanitizing and staying away from others while sick or when illnesses are prevalent."

2020-2021: "Wow these pathogens sure are frightening given the pandemic! These public health measures work tho! We killed a major strain of the flu by masking! I may never take off the mask in public!"

2022-today: *cough cough cough like a toddler right at your face* "Yeah, I got sick like 4 times this year and now I can't stop coughing. Also, I have brain fog and memory trouble and things don't taste good anymore and my memory is bad. It must be chemtrails from the 5g drones that spread all the fog. Why are you wearing that mask?"