#sars-cov-2

[zuko-always-lies]

If you live in the U.S. and you’re 12+, you’re eligible for the updated bivalent anti-omicron booster shot, and it should be available in your  local pharmacy. 

Please reblog this post, as there’s been very little news coverage and shockingly little propagation of information about the availability of updated boosters.

Edit: This post was made on September 17, 2022. That being said, they are coming out with a new version of the vaccine every fall, so this is still good advice. 

[rikaklassen]

Today is the third annual Long COVID Awareness Day. Here are some posters from @edania, a mutual from another site.

The original posters, prior to the edits, are from ACT UP during the AIDS-HIV denialism and the queer genocide under the Reagan administration,. This time, they're repurposed for COVID-19 or SARS-COV-2.

Source: Cohost/@edania (via Wayback Machine)

Source: Cohost/@edania (via Wayback Machine)

I am not able to find the original "Where Is Your RAGE" and "CDC Kills" posters (access denied) from mx. papaya which inspired the above posters. You can download free agitprop from mx.papaya's  Ko-Fi.

[covid-safer-hotties]

Source

[xxredridinghoodxx]

POC at home and abroad are being slaughtered and have been. And not enough people are aware or want to care. Even when it hurts them too.

The pandemic is still happening, right now.

Starvation, dehydration, environmental pollution, police violence and spayings, medical discrimination, abuse, gaslighting and bias, microaggressions, systemic institutional bigotry, human trafficking, stress, policing, incaracetion and prison pipelines, adoption / foster system, medical apartheid, land theft, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, war on drugs, weaponization of disease -- I could go on, can't people realize we're being killed, and we're dying?

[hillbillyoracle]

Today = September 13th, 2025

Submit your written comment here.

Even if all you can write is a short one, make sure to voice you support for unrestricted vaccine access.

Please reblog this today and stop once today is over.

[prokyon]

People are willing to try anything to not get sick except the only thing that reliably works because that one thing can’t be done secretly and spoils the illusion that everything is alright.

The thing that reliably works is wearing an N95-equivalent respirator/mask, every time you are in a crowded or enclosed space that has been occupied, is occupied, or will be occupied by people outside your immediate household.

Here's the criteria for places you need to wear a mask:

People outside your immediate household were/are/will be present,

AND

the place is enclosed, OR the place is crowded.

And you have to keep your mask on 100% of the time, unless you need to temporarily remove it for medical or security purposes. Not to eat, or drink, or cough around other people. Make sure the mask fits your face, and the nose wire has been pressed down to make a seal.

N95/KN95/KF94/P2 respirators are suitable to filter out aerosols (airborne viral particles) - find one that fits your face shape and size, and buy them in bulk. They are cheap, available online, and come in many colours and fits.

Start here: https://linktr.ee/buymasks & my Twitter thread with resources linked below.

COVID zine by Hazel (many more links & resources in their thread)

Corsi-Rosenthal Box (DIY air purifier)

How to assemble the Corsi-Rosenthal Box (3 minute YouTube video)

N95 vs FFP3 & FFP2 - what's the difference? (this is from 2023 so the info may be old now RE stats or studies' conclusions)

ZeroCovidCommunity subreddit: resources & finding community for fellow COVID-conscious (CC) people, long COVID (LC) resources, & what to do if you're infected.

maskblog.org: the global mask bloc directory.

Pro tip from the mask bloc directory's zine:

N95 has head straps, which provide a superior seal to ear loops.

KN95/KF94 has ear loops.

Masks labelled "N95" with ear loops may be fake! There are some exceptions, but it's not worth the risk; don't trust their quality. See page 15 of the zine for details.

We've known respirators work the whole time:

These facts have remained the same since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in fact these protocols predate it because this is basic pandemic preparedness. This is epidemiology 101. Scientists warned us that climate change would cause a rise in pandemic or pandemic-potential frequency of bacterial and viral infections for years before 2020. The 2020-2022 era was when we, globally, were best equipped to eradicate many viruses including flu, cold, measles, and SARS-CoV-2. Due to mask mandates, we made entire strains of influenza go extinct. We had an opportunity at that time to undergo a medical revolution to eradicate disease, create clean, safe hospitals and workplaces with CO2 monitoring, ventilation systems, air purifiers. We were ready to drat and implement wide-sweeping economic reforms, climate change mitigation strategies, and cultural adjustments such as flexible working arrangements, disability accommodations, and a new suite of worker's rights.

We could have had a new normal which built the foundations of a truly just, unified, and socialist society on a global scale. I believe it was possible. For a moment, it was within our grasp. The opportunity was there.

Instead, we got a "new normal" where we had to "live with the virus" and let it infect us, our children, our elderly, and kill everyone that "didn't matter". Our world leaders pushed us back into the offices, cancelled our accommodations, told you all that SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) was "over" because capitalist infrastructure was at risk of breaking down.

And everyone who bought into the ableist, fascist, "back to normal" propaganda has killed that future, along with hundreds and thousands of your fellow humans. If you stopped wearing a respirator at any point in the last 6 years, now's the time to start again. I'm giving you permission, right here and now, to let go of the embarrassment, pick up a mask and keep yourself, your family, and your community safe again.

And the "mild" strains of COVID are not actually milder in the damage they cause, but are more likely to be asymptomatic so that you don't notice you're infected as the spike proteins settle into pockets of your brain and eat the tissue away for months or years. The vaccines developed for SARS-CoV-2, as of Feb 2026, are not good enough to stop the viral spread. They work to reduce the severity of infection so that you won't likely need to be hospitalised. You should get COVID-19 vaccination boosters every 6 months, as the immunity wears off quickly and they don't actually last a full year yet. If you don't have adverse reactions to vaccines, you need to keep up to date with all of yours to reduce the risk of spreading infections to vulnerable people.

Until we get a sterilising vaccine, and the population has a 95% rate of vaccination, you cannot rely on vaccines alone to protect you. What will physically stop airborne viruses? Respirators.

Respirators protect you from inhaling dust, smoke, pollution, pollen, and airborne pathogens. They protect your identity in public, clean the air you breathe, and keep you from spreading airborne diseases to other people, even if you're asymptomatic. The right to clean air is a worker's rights issue as well as a disability rights issue.

Respirators are standard personal protective equipment (PPE). I wore P2 respirators in horticultural and agricultural contexts for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I wore respirators to protect myself from bacterial and viral infections on farms. From the toxic dust in chicken coops and grain sheds.

I wore masks around sick and elderly people and cancer patients, and in hospitals. Doing so was seen as normal, encouraged, even mandatory, back then, to keep people safe from my germs, well before SARS-CoV-2 existed.

I wore respirators in biology and chemistry labs in high school from 2011-2025. It was perfectly sensible to do. We all did it, it was required, and not only that, we knew the science behind why it was important. The fact that this has been forgotten - no, actively suppressed - since a deadly, global pandemic kicked off in 2020, is deeply concerning. More concerning is how otherwise-sensible, intelligent people have bought this narrative and deliberately memory-holed how things were up to 2019. Our sanitation, pandemic preparedness, and healthcare protections are worse than before, and that's not an accident.

95% of your issues "breathing" with a mask on are psychological, and once you get past the ick factor you will be fine. It's an air filter strapped onto your face, that's all. I can't believe people don't understand this.

I wore P2 respirators to protect my lungs from dust, pollen, and seeds while mowing lawns and trimming hedges. I wore them in >35°C (95°F) weather, in Central Queensland, during summer, while wearing full-sleeved shirts, long pants, and steel toed boots. It was sweaty, and it felt gross, but I could breathe just fine. And if you move outdoors, you can take the mask off, wipe your face, even change to a fresh mask if yours is damp. It's not hard.

At this point, it's not a skill issue - every anti-masker is deliberately avoiding the truth about this. It's weaponised incompetence on a societal scale. You "don't know" how to wear a good mask, and keep your face covered while indoors, and practice social distancing, and going outside to eat, drink, and take your mask off, because you don't want to do that.

Deep down, every anti-masker believes they're special. That's really all it is. You think that the thing that happens to other people isn't going to happen to you. You believe that you can "risk it" because you have some kind of special quality that means you won't catch the virus, and it won't kill or disable you, let alone the people around you. It's not about them anymore, we know you don't care about other people. You think you have some kind of innate quality (you can pretend it's luck and not genetics/health/lifestyle you're thinking of) which means you'll get away without being affected.

Whether you'll acknowledge this is eugenicist from a logical, historical, biological, and political viewpoint, and work on fixing that, well that's up to you. I doubt you will - but you could prove me wrong. Wouldn't that be amazing, to grow and change and make the world a better place because you decided it's worth confronting something awkward and embarrassing within yourself? If we all just stopped putting our comfort first for a moment and treated our health, our community's health, as a right, and a social responsibility for us all to not compromise, we'd change things for the better everywhere.

The pandemic response provided the opportunity for us to implement extremely important reforms and cultural shifts, which would have had a cascading effect in the rest of society. I believe we can still do that, if enough of us try. And we'll have to work even harder at it now, because everyone dropped the ball in 2022, but it's not over yet.

So, anti-maskers, either be honest with yourselves that you hold eugenicist beliefs, or get real and wear a fucking respirator.

[gumjrop]

Common Symptoms Were Fatigue and Decreased Exercise Tolerance, According to a 2022 Survey

Inequities In the Prevalence and Severity of Symptoms Observed Across Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Neighborhood Poverty

December 26, 2024 — Today, the New York City Health Department announced that 80 percent of adult New Yorkers infected with COVID-19 who were surveyed experienced at least one symptom lasting one month or longer. According to the results of the COVID-19 Experiences Survey in 2022, the most common symptoms were fatigue and decreased exercise tolerance. While post-acute symptoms may resolve within 12 weeks, many people will go on to develop Long COVID, an infection-associated chronic condition characterized by symptoms lasting three months or longer.

“This survey shows us that the symptoms following COVID-19 infections are a significant public health issue for New Yorkers. Black and Latino communities, women, transgender people, and those living in low-income neighborhoods were more likely to have symptoms, highlighting the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on marginalized communities,” said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse. “We must invest in a comprehensive long-term response to the COVID-19 pandemic that focuses on prevention through engagement with health care providers and community members. Services for people experiencing the long-term physical, mental, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19 infection should be accessible to all.”

Post-acute symptoms are those that last one month or longer. To better understand experiences of COVID-19 post-acute symptoms, the Health Department conducted the COVID-19 Experiences Survey in November and December 2022. Adult New Yorkers who were members of the probability-based NYC Health Panel were invited to take the survey if they had confirmed or suspected COVID-19; 2,081 people completed the survey online or by phone in English, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese. The results provide insight into how post-acute symptoms relate to health care seeking, social and demographic factors, disability, and mental health.

Some respondents reported many symptoms at different levels of severity, while others reported few symptoms, only mild symptoms, or none at all. Inequities in the prevalence and severity of post-acute symptoms after COVID-19 were observed across race/ethnicity, gender, and neighborhood poverty levels.

The prevalence of mild symptoms was similar across socio-demographic groups.

Moderate symptoms were more prevalent among Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander adults compared with white adults, and among people living in high poverty neighborhoods compared with people in low poverty neighborhoods.

Severe symptoms were more prevalent among women and transgender or non-binary adults compared with men, among Latino and Black adults compared with white adults, and among people living in very high and high poverty neighborhoods compared with low poverty neighborhoods.

Increasing symptom severity was associated with activity limitations and depression. Those with at least one severe symptom were more likely to report activity limitations compared with those who reported no post-acute symptoms (60 percent vs. 6 percent), which may result in social, economic, and mental health difficulties.

People with at least one severe post-acute symptom reported 10 days of reduced ability or complete inability to carry out usual activities or work in the past month, compared with 6 days for moderate symptoms, 3 days for mild symptoms, and 1 day for no symptoms.

One in three adults (33 percent) with at least one severe post-acute symptom after COVID-19 had probable depression, higher than those reporting only mild symptoms (6 percent) or no symptoms (2 percent).

Black and Latino New Yorkers, women, transgender adults, and those living in low-income neighborhoods were most likely to report severe symptoms, reflecting the disproportionate impact of the ongoing pandemic in these communities.

To address inequities in awareness about the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 and the importance of preventing new infections, the NYC Health Department partners with community and faith-based organizations to serve as trusted messengers and provide tailored and culturally resonant public health outreach to NYC communities.

Anyone can become very sick from COVID-19. To find a COVID-19 or flu vaccination site, visit nyc.gov/vaccinefinder or call 212-COVID-19 (212-268-4319).

#031-24

MEDIA CONTACT: Chantal Gomez [email protected]

Gomez, Chantal. “Health Department Finds Most Adult New Yorkers Infected with COVID-19 Experienced Symptoms Lasting One Month or Longer.” Health Dept. Finds Most Adult NYers Infected With COVID-19 Experienced Symptoms Lasting 1 Mo or Longer - NYC Health, NYC Health, 26 Dec. 2024, www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2024/nyc-adults-with-covid-19-experienced-symptoms-one-month-or-longer.page.

I’d like to highlight that date: December 26, 2024.

[bnyrbt]

where do i find a graph showing COVID stats (preferably wastewater, but hospitalizations and deaths and whatnot would be useful too) over the past several years? maybe even all the way back to 2020? please? when you only see a few months at a time, it's hard to put into perspective in the grand scheme of things.