Wen

20↑ DD (mainly Hololive)/本好き/Hospital Playlist/Fringe/Yuki Kajiura/Kalafina/anime/manga fan. 日本語勉強中。Paying close attention to COVID discourse. #COVIDisAirborne.

[tern @1goodtern]

People: Covid is just a cold now

Nature: Covid can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

3. Ableism: 'Long Covid only affects people with a certain psychological profile'. FALSE.

Underpinning this toxic combination of denial and ableism is fear.

If you can't look at the reality of Long Covid head-on, it's because on a deep level that reality terrifies you.

/end

[Keith @keetmuise]

“I had Covid and I’m fine”, is a statement I hear a lot. Unfortunately it doesn’t account for the hidden/delayed damage Covid causes.

Some other dangerous viruses have minimal or no symptoms during the infection phase but cause major damage later.

HIV can have no symptoms upon infection, for years, but lead to AIDS, HPV can have no symptoms, and lead to cancer.

Perceived absence of symptoms or damage in the acute phase is not a safety net or a reason to feel comfortable catching Covid repeatedly.
Avoid Covid.

[Joe @LTSmash420]

⚠️ Recent data from 2025 and 2026 reinforce a sobering reality: SARS-CoV-2 is not a transient respiratory illness but a multi-systemic pathogen that exerts a "weathering" effect on the human body. Every infection, regardless of severity, contributes to a cumulative physiological burden that can measurably shorten a person’s lifespan.

The Global Decline in Life Expectancy

For the first time in over 30 years, global life expectancy has seen a sustained and significant decline.
* A Historic Reversal: Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy dropped by approximately 1.6 to 1.8 years. In many nations, this erased a decade or more of public health progress.
* Excess Mortality beyond the Acute Phase: Data from 2024 and 2025 indicate that "excess deaths" remain high even in the absence of massive waves. These are increasingly attributed to the downstream effects of prior infections, such as sudden cardiac events, strokes, and kidney failure.

Mechanisms of Accelerated Biological Aging

Research from the University of Padua (2024) and other institutes has identified that COVID-19 accelerates the body's biological clock through several specific pathways:
* Telomere Shortening: Studies have shown that even "mild" infections can lead to the shortening of telomeres (the protective caps on DNA), a hallmark of cellular aging usually seen over years, not weeks.
* Epigenetic "Clocks": DNA methylation patterns—which researchers use to determine biological age—show that survivors often have a biological age significantly higher than their chronological age.
* Chronic Neuro-inflammation: Imaging studies in early 2026 confirm that the virus can cause "brain aging" equivalent to several years of natural decline, even in younger adults, potentially increasing the long-term risk of dementia.

The Hazard of Cumulative Infections

The "Zero COVID" perspective is increasingly validated by evidence that the risk is additive. Each subsequent infection is not "priming" the immune system for safety; it is increasing the probability of organ failure and chronic disability.
* The 1-2-3 Risk Model: Recent cohort studies (2025) show the risk of developing Long COVID or permanent organ damage increases with each reinfection. A third infection carries a significantly higher risk of chronic complications than the first.
* Organ-Specific Damage: A 2026 study in Nature Communications highlighted that COVID-19 survivors have a 3.22 times higher risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to those who have only had the flu. These "silent" damages to the heart, lungs, and kidneys essentially "pre-age" these organs, leading to earlier failure.

The "Immune Exhaustion" Hypothesis

There is growing concern regarding the virus’s impact on T-cell function.
* Lymphocytopenia: Frequent infections can lead to a state of immune exhaustion similar to what is seen in aging or chronic viral infections like HIV.
* Increased Vulnerability: This weakened state leaves the body less capable of surveilling for other diseases, potentially explaining the rising rates of aggressive "turbo" cancers and other opportunistic infections observed in post-pandemic statistics.

The evidence suggests that treating COVID-19 as an "inevitable" seasonal cold ignores the permanent biological cost of each encounter. Preventing infection is not just about avoiding a week of illness; it is about preserving the long-term structural integrity of the human body.

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[tern @1goodtern]

You're appalled by the cover ups you've learned about, right?

Epstein, WMDs, climate denial, acid rain, leaded petrol, asbestos, smoking and cancer, thalidomide, BSE, opioids, PFAS.
Each time they told you it was all fine and you should go about your business because everything's ok, when it obviously wasn't.

So why on earth do you believe the same people when they tell you that repeat Covid infections are harmless, when they're obviously not?

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[Covid Caution - BA.3.2, XFG, LF.7, LP.8.1 @CovidCaution]

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『#本好きの下剋上』×『#とんがり帽子のアトリエ』ココ視点「繋がった扉窓と転移扉」の挿絵を描かせていただきました。

どのシーンを描くかと言ったら、もう、そんなの決まっているでしょう！？とばかりにこちらのシーンを選ばせていただきました。香月先生、素敵な機会をありがとうございました！

[Brunette @mimizima_]

No shade I think people have a hard time embracing masking as a habit/practice bc to fully internalized the information that covid is still here and still very dangerous kind of necessitates accepting that the world we lived in in 2019 is dead and probably never coming back.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

Should you find yourself
the only masked person
at work or in a store,
please, do not despair,
instead just think back
to kindergarten
and your teacher asking
“if everyone else
jumped off a bridge
would you do it too?”
and know that at least you
can honestly say: no.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

Always reactivation.

Evidence for:

Reactivation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Reactivation of latent Tuberculosis (LTBI)
Reactivation of dormant cancer cells.

The downstream negative population health effects of unmitigated SARS-CoV-2 transmission are undeniable now.

[five eyes blind @RosasCatMimi]

How are things going to work in a few years when there is a major shortage of skilled and experienced people in every field because we decided we don’t need junior people in any field?

[Wen @PasserbyA2]

This, but also most of them don't seem to be interested to read about it even when I hint that they should.

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[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

In George Orwell's 1984, all human art has been abolished but machines churn out automated novels and pop music. Big Brother keeps the population in check by preventing potentially dangerous creative expression. Boycott AI music. Support human artists.

[Wen @PasserbyA2]

@RageSheen I just got one today! Someone saying their doctor telling them they need to get common colds and coughs or their immune system would weaken.
One wonders why non-medical people (us CC folks) actually follow medical science more than actual doctors🫠