"We told her she was too weak for the race." Araújo was reportedly unwell, possibly weakened by the flu. Nevertheless, she apparently insisted on competing."
Triathlete, 38, dies during "Ironman" race
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Not a shock. All our oncologists have commented on the unusual spread & growth rates of cancer ever since Covid got into the mix. Covid was shown to suppress p53 tumour suppressor for months after infection, but also has mechanisms via immune dysregulation as described here
Public health needs to take a stronger stance of calling for mandatory vaccinations for a variety of diseases but they don't have the political will to do so.
Relying on others to be responsible when there's no consequence for irresponsibility is ridiculous.
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I talk about COVID in almost every class.
I explicitly tell students not to come when they’re sick. We go over the limits of testing. We talk about what “safe” actually means. It’s not 1 day. Not 3 days. Not 5 days. Often not even a week. If you’re thinking in arbitrary timelines, you’re already missing the point.
And yet, every year, I see the same pattern.
Students “cry wolf” on skip days… then show up to class for two straight weeks, spaced just far enough apart to make it obvious what’s happening. Still coughing. Still symptomatic. Clearly contagious. No mask.
If we’re being honest, they should be missing closer to three classes when they’re sick.
But that exposes the real issue.
No one can afford that.
Not students. Not workers. Not anyone operating inside systems that punish absence more than they prevent transmission.
So we end up with the worst possible compromise:
people showing up sick, spreading illness, and calling it normal.
I'm not gonna lie. It's frustrating when you ask a doctor for help, but because their ego is slightly more fragile than an ice cream cone, you have to pretend you're incapable of pattern recognition and only got uploaded into your body the day before.