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Sev Obzen retweeted
So like yes, some people are asymptomatic, that’s just a reality we have to contend with. This meta analysis of 38 studies found that over 40% of cases were asymptomatic. In addition, many ppl are contagious 1-2 days before symptoms
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
Sev Obzen retweeted
"You think everything is COVID!"
No, we don't. We just recognize that a pathogen that's been shown to initiate vascular and neurological disease in 38% of ppl (by their 3rd infection) would create a great rise in the prevalence of chronic illnesses with complex, varied symptoms.
I hope this will help you to understand why you do not want to be careless about a pathogen that causes inflammation of the endothelium (lining of the blood vessels).
Which pathogen is that, you ask?
That would be SARS-CoV-2, The virus that causes C0VID.
ALT A close-up of the vascular system inside a human torso, showing an incredibly intricate network of blood vessels and capillaries. The kidneys and renal arteries are also prominent in the image.
ALT photograph of an exhibit in a glass case in a museum of an anatomy reconstruction, composed only of the blood vessels in the human body. The human body is clearly recognizable, as the blood vessels and capillaries make up an intricate system, feeding every square centimeter of the human body. The body is divided into at the midsection. On the left, the vascular system from the pelvis down is shown, on the right the vascular system from the mid thighs up is shown. The model has male genitals.
Sev Obzen retweeted
The debate over wearing respirator masks is so old & tiresome. It's scientific fact that they work well at blocking airborne viral particles from being inhaled. It's a remarkable technology that we're fortunate to possess, that for millennia our ancestors would have loved to use.
Sev Obzen retweeted
No disabled person deserves to live in poverty. No disabled person deserves to barely get by and not have any luxuries in life whatsoever. Many of us can't work and that's not our fault. Just because some aren't able to sacrifice our life to labor doesn't mean we should suffer.
Sev Obzen retweeted
Five days ago, I only received $27, and unfortunately, I can't withdraw it until it reaches $100. Honestly, friends, if you donate, we can buy food for our children; if you don't, we can't. Even a retweet can make a difference. 🙏🙏
chuffed.org/project/159343…
I really want to believe this is true but after seeing how many people still downplay and avoid mitigating obvious things like wildfire smoke I don't think covid being more viscerally detectable in ones immediate environment would make enough of a difference.
One of the most fascinating things about human learning is how we can learn certain lessons ONCE and remember them for the rest of our lives.
I will NEVER eat canned tuna again.
Why? Because over a year ago, I experienced half a day of projectile vomiting after eating it. One experience. One lesson. Permanently etched into my brain.
You probably know someone who won’t touch tequila because of one disastrous night. Or someone who became violently ill after eating seafood and hasn’t gone near it in decades.
Psychologists call this conditioned taste aversion. It’s an extraordinary form of learning that can occur after a SINGLE experience, even when hours separate ingestion from illness.
From an evolutionary perspective, it makes perfect sense. Eat something. Get sick. Remember it. Avoid it. Survive.
Now think about COVID.
You can enter a room, inhale infectious aerosols, become infected, and have absolutely no sensory warning.
No rotten smell. No foul taste. No immediate indication that anything is wrong.
Symptoms may not appear for days. Some infections produce no noticeable symptoms at all. And longer-term consequences can be even harder to connect to the original exposure.
Our brains are remarkably good at learning from certain sensory experiences. They’re much less reliable at recognizing invisible, delayed threats.
And that’s what fascinates me.
If COVID smelled like rotten eggs or seafood, I suspect our collective behavior around indoor air would look VERY different.
People would open windows. Demand better ventilation. Wear respirators. Leave rooms.
Instead, we repeatedly expose ourselves to a virus we cannot smell, taste, or see.
And the cruelest irony of all…
COVID doesn’t have a smell. But it can take away yours.
I learned to avoid canned tuna after ONE afternoon.
Imagine how differently we’d treat the air we share if our brains received the same unmistakable warning.
Sev Obzen retweeted
Here is the Covid debate in a nutshell....
On one side you have "Covid is dangerous" backed by 500,000 peer reviewed publications showing the damage Covid causes, coupled with the reality that more people are sick more often, for longer, more severely.
On the other side you have, "Covid is mild", backed by, "the government said so", with zero proof, publications, or even real world evidence to show it to be true.
There really is no debate, it's just facts vs fiction at this point, and the fiction is winning because its less work and more comfortable.
Policy should match the reality.
Sev Obzen retweeted
the timeline is all Haley Stevens news but I need more people to see this guy who thinks Chi Ossé’s squidward costume was whiteface
This is @OsseChi in a white face and a bald cap yesterday.
Chi is the same @nyccouncil member who called it racist this year that @lawler4ny dressed as Michael Jackson on Halloween when he was younger than Chi is now, and Lawler was not an elected official when he did it.
Neither costume is the issue, Chi; it's your hypocrisy and demagoguery on race that is.
Sev Obzen retweeted
There'll be people who think your emotional injuries are stupid, & your conditioned behaviors are "choices" that reveal your "character." Understand: those people know exactly jack & sh*t about how humans function, & are just getting off to fantasies of their own invulnerability.
Sev Obzen retweeted
One of the most effective ways to keep people from questioning an unjust system is to convince them that their ability to survive it makes them morally superior to those who can't.
Sev Obzen retweeted
Humans are not "the worst thing to ever happen to the earth". Humans lived on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years without destroying it. Capitalism and colonialism are the worst things to ever happen to the earth, and we can live without them again.
Sev Obzen retweeted
How many times do we have to explain this?
What part of your brain switched off and convinced you COVID just packed its bags and disappeared?
When a magician shows you an empty top hat, do you genuinely believe the rabbit ceased to exist?
COVID didn’t disappear. We stopped looking for it, stopped talking about it, and somehow confused silence with safety.
Stop calling this a “post-COVID world.” We’re post-emergency declarations. Post-precautions. Post-giving-a-damn, apparently.
But we are NOT post-COVID.
The rabbit is still here.
And at this point, I’m starting to think it’s the only one with object permanence. 🐇🎩
Sev Obzen retweeted
I still wear a KN95 every time I enter a healthcare facility.
Not because I think masks are magical.
Because hospitals, clinics, and nursing facilities are where coughing, febrile, immunocompromised, elderly, and recently infected people tend to congregate.
And the data have not suddenly reversed.
Well-fitting masks and respirators reduce exposure to respiratory particles. CDC still recommends their use as part of infection control, particularly during periods of high respiratory-virus activity and around high-risk patients.
A respirator is not perfect protection.
Neither is a seat belt.
That has never been the standard.
If I can reduce my chance of bringing influenza, COVID, RSV, or some other respiratory infection home — or carrying one from one vulnerable patient to another — by putting on a KN95, that is a remarkably small inconvenience.
What did we learn from the pandemic?
Among other things, respiratory viruses travel through the air, hospitals contain a lot of them, and filtration works.
Apparently some people learned instead that fabric over the nose became a political identity.
Can you believe hospitals are demanding people wear masks again. ABSOLUTELY NO WAY!!
Didn’t they learn anything from last time??
Here’s an interesting little compilation of mask studies for you. Might come in handy.
jacquideevoy.substack.com/p/…
Sev Obzen retweeted
If you're a healthcare worker on a transplant or cancer ward, and you don't wear a mask, you're a piece of shit. I've held my tongue for long enough. You're honestly fucking vermin at this point.
Sev Obzen retweeted
im four beers deep and i need everyone to understand that wikipedia is the last good thing. millions of strangers agreed to write down everything for free and then argue about citations forever. no ads. no paywall. this should not exist and it does and i'm crying about it
