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A bunch of studies on the impact of COVID-19 infection, with sources. Content warning for suicide, but I think it might be validating to have this.

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jesse_the_k

Sumana Harihareswara has posted her latest synthesis "My Current Approach To Reducing My COVID Risk" at her blog

https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/

brainwane is a software consultant who travels for work. While her post is long, it's impeccably organized and full of useful detail I could understand. When she boosted here https://brainwane.dreamwidth.org/198077.html, foxfirefey commented

Warning: at this point I have practically a legit hobby of respirator facewear and you just, like, dropped a whole lot of stuff I can chat about.

And goes into a deep dive re p100 masks and transparent masks.

cosmolinguist

This page has good resources about how to include people in your events during this ongoing global pandemic.

packbat

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

( Pull quote about the present state of COVID-19 research and toxic nature of the political response in the US )

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.

cosmolinguist

I've been meaning to write for weeks. About one of the first in-person volunteering events I did, as a last-minute replacement for someone who had covid, in a group about covid and disability, where I was the only one wearing a mask.

About Scotland and now parts of the U.S. affected by the TSA decision to end their mask mandates. Welcome, from someone living in England who feels like an old-timer in this land you've joined us in; I'm so sorry you're here.

But tonight I have a resource.

This morning a Scottish friend of mine mentioned something called Distance Aware, a scheme to "politely prompt ongoing distancing and respect of individual social space." Another friend (in England) who runs a small business where they have to work in-person has already printed off one of these signs to hang on his door, glad to have help in enforcing people putting masks on in their small work space. It doesn't seem like a lot of people know about this and I figured it might be useful to people here.

I have a question too but I haven't figured out quite how to word it yet! And it's more like a discussion question than one with an easy answer, anyway.

cosmolinguist

I'm sure some of you already know about this, but for the benefit of others who might not...

Lately I've been reading Your Local Epidemiologist's newsletter, and even though she is in no way local to me (she's in the U.S.), I've found it to be comforting reading. Sometimes because she knows a lot of stuff I don't know and explains it well to a non-expert audience because that is her role here! But sometimes because she addresses or even shares concerns that I have. Like in her most recent newsletter, about the CDC's new advice that's going to lead many people in the U.S. to abandon masks altogether.

I also didn’t appreciate a few places where the guidance said, “If you are immunocompromised or high risk for severe disease… talk to your healthcare provider”. So, this framework isn’t public health guidance. This is individual-level guidance and only for certain individuals. The CDC is THE public health leader and really needs to lead that way. As a boosted individual, I know my individual risk is very, very low. But I also understand that other people’s risks are high. I would like guidance on how to adequately contribute to society for these folks’ benefit too (not just until they show up at the hospital).