Link: You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List

[packbat]

You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List by Jessica Wildfire, Nov 15, 2022.

Over the last few months, there’s been an avalanche of studies telling us that Covid poses a major threat to our health, our lives, and our sanity. The biggest risk now comes in the weeks and months after we recover. Our politicians and media have done a poor job communicating this threat. Instead, they’re doing their best to manipulate information to protect their own political interests. The public has bought into these lies. They want to believe they can return to normal.

The latest studies tell us that’s not possible.

There’s no permanent immunity from this virus. Each time we catch it, this virus attacks our hearts and minds. It weakens us. It tries to kill us. It imprints on us, so a future variant has a better shot next time.

That next time could be a few months later.

Here are the key points:

1. You can catch Covid multiple times.

2. Reinfections are common, not rare.

3. Breakthrough infections are common.

4. Covid can kill you months after you recover.

5. It can cause brain damage.

6. It can cause blood clots and heart attacks.

7. It doesn’t spare children.

8. Vaccines help, but only some.

9. Masks work.

Shorter short version, from the fediverse post we saw sharing the link: wear a n95 mask, don't eat in restaurants, there is no immunity, this stuff will jack you up.

Comments

[sonia]

Thank you for posting this! I was doing and not doing the pull quote things already, and it's nice to have some scientific backing for it.

[packbat]

Sure thing! We've been doing it, too, although I don't know how well others in our household have been.

[silveradept]

It's good to see the work behind the recommendations that support it, and I hope there are enough people still swayed by science that knowing all of this produces behavioral changes away from more risky actions.