N Inconnue

Listen:
you must not say
that this is just like
a century ago
when they had a pandemic
followed by fascism
and a world war,
no, you must not say that,
for we
(unlike those a century ago)
cannot say that we
were not warned.

(...) clean indoor air through ventilation and filtration, high-quality masks, testing, vaccination, and staying home when sick.

When these protections are used together, they help reduce transmission and protect both individuals and communities.

#LongCOVID #CleanAir #Ventilation #MaskUp

White graphic with black and pink text. Top left: “whn.global”. Top right: “Long COVID Awareness Month”. Main text: “Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection.” The word “risk” is in bright pink; the rest is in black. Below in bright pink: “Each infection increases the risk of Long COVID.” Bottom text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”

Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection. The more times someone is infected, the higher their risk of developing Long COVID.

Reducing infections is one of the most important ways to protect long-term health. The Five Pillars of Protection help lower risk by layering prevention strategies:

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 6.7 About 1 of every 99 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 474,800-587,200 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.4X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 5.8X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 6.5X higher Deaths: HIGH; 6.3X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026

CANADA

HIGH [no change]

About 1 of every 99 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 7.4 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.8 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 6.5 x higher
-Deaths: 6.3 x higher

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Join us and Air Support Project on Thursday, March 5th at 12 noon ET / 5pm GMT for a conversation with Becky Ancira Robertson and Amanda Finley on living with Long COVID. They'll talk about how it has affected them, what they've done about it, and what keeps them going.

Immunoglobulin G complexes from post-infectious ME/CFS, including post-COVID ME/CFS disrupt cellular energetics and alter inflammatory marker secretion Autoimmunity is a key clinical feature in both post-infectious Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Post-Acute Sequelae of …

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Look, the fact that my new housecoat is a long black hooded robe is entirely coincidental! 😉

But, if I had to be in a cult, one whose mandate is protecting the health of self and others is one I'd not be hesitant to join!

In honour of Long Covid Awareness Month, here are 2 asks for fellow Blueskyers

1. Wear an N95 in public to reduce transmission & in solidarity with the millions living with Long Covid

2. Please stand up to large accounts that minimize this illness & who dunk on disabled folks

🙏

Lol my brain went to Owl B.S. before I realized it was the politer form of backside that punchlined the joke.

So, not disagreeing with most of this but before that chain of skeets got blocked up, he had made some subsequent posts parallel to yours (replying to same skeet) saying something about his source was the CDC and there was a link posted. I didn't look far enough in to see what link actually was.

My sweet landlady has the worst health radar ever. Literally every time she sees me and I'm feeling extra rough, she'll think I look good and will ask if I'm feeling better. What can I say? I guess consumptive lady is a look I can pull off well! 💃🏻
*tosses hair, feels faint, has to lie down*

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

Today is Disability Day of Mourning, remembering disabled people murdered by caregivers/family.

Any journalist who portrays these stories as anything short of murder is doing serious journalistic malpractice, yet it happens so often. disability-memorial.org

March is Long Covid Awareness month, because March is a lot like long covid in that every time you think it looks nice enough to go be active outside, you quickly regret it.

Uggh, damn! But, yeah, accurate. Solidarity from a fellow LC-er

Exactly. Who wins in a hair-splitting argument? It certainly won't help anyone make choices to stay safer against COVID. Words have multiple meanings and need to be taken in context and demanding people use words in a way that regular folks *will* misunderstand is not helping anyone.

What else is choosing to misinterpret something someone said using conversational english when they have explained exactly how they meant the words? Or calling someone antivax for using plain language when they have clearly stated their support for vaccines? It's both unkind and counterproductive.

Someone pointing out that bulletproof vests are not actually bullet "proof" and concluding that you shouldn't treat them as your *only* armour is a totally different thing from someone saying everyone should just go fight nekkid. Again, this friendly fire is only hurting efforts to keep folks safe!

And yet why would you attack someone who was warning people they need to do more than just wear a bulletproof vest because bulletproof is a misnomer? Shouldn't you support their efforts to actually make people safer by pointing out the ways you can cover the "gaps" in the vest's protection?

Again with an example: If my bulletproof vest is not actually completely bulletproof, that's key info! It doesn't mean that I'm saying the vest has no value but it means I'm not going to run willy-nilly into a firefight without dodging.

So, as a regular person wanting to know "Does this protect me?", what's most important is that it does NOT fully protect me. Thus I need to do more than just vaccinate to be safe, which was her point. Using prevent gives a false sense of safety from a very dangerous virus. That's highly problematic!

This is an argument against using "prevent" as a term for regular folks, just to be clear, not an argument against getting vaccinated. Using language that can't easily be misunderstood or misrepresented by bad actors is important. Going after folks just using plain words is pointless friendly fire.

Example: If I sell an invention saying it prevents rain from falling on folks so they go out in the weather with no umbrella, they'd be pissed (and still wet) if it only partly reduced the downpour hitting them. Arguing "Oh but it prevented some drops, therefore prevent is accurate" would not fly!

That seems to be how she's using "prevent". Which is a reasonable *plain language* description. The vax doesn't stop transmission from happening, but it makes it less likely to successfully infect (freshly) vaxxed folks and makes it less likely to kill those folks when they first get sick.

Is this a specialized definition of prevent? In common conversational English, "prevent" and "reduce" do not have the same meaning. I hear prevent, I hear "stop thing from happening". I hear reduce, I hear "makes it not as much/less likely to happen". I think that's what most people would hear.

So someone with measles can spread it before they have symptoms, it can float in the air for hours and years later, they can develop new health complications?

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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

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Roses are red
but that's implicit
fight back against fascism
or else you're complicit