Brendan Murray

He/Him. Still masking after all these years.

[Isanthrope @Isanthropia]

People needing off ramps are the problem. An off ramp is as it sounds: stop the world I want to get off. Being unable to adapt to a new reality and adopt new behaviours to survive it is why there are no serious solutions. It’s not our job to fix reality; we’re just living in it.

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

“Managing the emotional response to a disease is not the same thing as managing the disease itself.”

The crisis of public health in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Arijit Chakravarty https://t.co/rw3oaIpQtV

[Linn Järte @LinnJarte]

Mini-🧵 on outbreak communication.

The takeaway from these paragraphs is that the public doesn’t need to wear masks because they don’t work* - but HCWs will still wear them.

…so do they work, or not? 🤨
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[Kathryn @kadamssl]

The hardest part, for me, of maintaining relationships with pandemic deniers is not trouble getting past what they think of me. It’s working through what their behaviour over the past five years has told me about them.

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

Question for pluslife users: do you swab cheek/throat as well as nose? Just read somewhere that saliva could throw the test off. Is that right?

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks & clean air at the UN today!

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

Recently heard a podcast host say “after the lockdown portion of the pandemic” instead of “after the pandemic”. It’s that easy.

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Buffy the COVID Slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar posts masked selfie on set of reboot

'I will wear a mask in my shower if that means I don't get this again' said Sarah Michelle Gellar after recovering from COVID-19. But why is her action significant?
https://t.co/FQbXm4elld

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

If Covid was truly societally normalised now - 'just another respiratory virus', to use the common phrase - people wouldn't avoid using the word 'Covid'. The fact the word 'Covid' is taboo in many circles speaks volumes about just how much the disease has *not* been normalised.

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

@acrossthemersey This is exactly why I’ve had to put my acting career on hold. Actors can’t protect themselves and I don’t trust that people won’t show up on set sick.

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

@NastassjaCarni1 Still here!

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

👇🏼🔥

[Pennie Reese (she/her) @pennie_reese]

On COVID-consciousness and fear:
You do not hold with tenacity that which the world has abandoned, in the face of ridicule and ostracism, alone, for six years, out of reactivity. And if that's how you're imagining us - as reactive, fear-serving, helpless victims of our own out-of-control minds, you simply don't know us. The COVID-conscious lifestyle is one hundred percent intentional on the part of every COVID-conscious person I know. We face our shit. We know exactly why we do what we do. You don't sustain this kind of commitment if you're crumbling in obeisance to fear. We're the kinds of people who opt out of religious traditions, family traditions, societal traditions. We skip holidays and songs and rituals others never dared to question. We don't just question what everyone else is doing and why they're doing it, we actually choose to say, "No, I'm not doing that anymore. I decided because..." and fill in the blanks with what informed our decision. We are people who exercise agency that others don't even know they could have. We face fears most others couldn't fathom facing, every time we venture into a world that hates us for reminding them of what they are trying so hard to forget: that we CAN make a difference. We CAN have better lives and a better world. We CAN be free of so much suffering that we've simply tolerated without question for centuries because we knew no other way. We, the COVID-conscious see other ways. And what frightens people about this is that it means taking responsibility for your part, standing out from the crowd and doing what you know is the answer to that betterment of things. It means mustering up the boldness to step out of line with "the way we've always done things," FOLLOWING those other ways that you see, even as skeptical and shallow-minded onlookers taunt and jeer at you because they simply can't see what you've looked at so wholeheartedly. That is courage, man. Courage like I've never seen before, anywhere. And the rest of y'all, take note. Because we're just getting started. 🔥🧂🌎🌱💪😷

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

People say Covid is here to stay and we’ve “learned to live with it”.

No we haven’t. We’ve capitulated to it.

We’ve accepted repeat infections as inevitable.

Learning to live with it would involve clean air, masks in healthcare, better tests & treatments and free respirators

[Laura Weiss/ lauralew105.bksky.social (she/her) @lauralew105]

“Today, people say ‘during the pandemic’ when they mean ‘during lockdown.’ This distinction—or lack thereof—upsets me; though I try to remember that people don’t mean to offend. It’s the product of ignorance and misinformation, coming from the top down. https://t.co/3sXb0OW5Jo

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“Denying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and You”

On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece at Zeteo from ⁦@julia_doubleday⁩: https://t.co/hW9OjMYx1c

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

@danitasteinberg Right there with you

[danita @danitasteinberg]

MASKED AT THE MOVIES IS SO BACK ❤️😷🎬https://t.co/BsymEQezLO

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

@capybartini Looks like a DIY cut

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

Really frustrating to read a piece in The Star about a noticeable rise in bad behaviour “post-pandemic” that never once mentions the actual virus and its potential effects on the brain. Lockdowns. Always lockdowns.

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

@ickiestvicki @JacobTrenholm How did I not know about this? Now following, thank you!

[Brendan Murray @BeeeMurr]

Do we have anything like this in or near Toronto? I’d go!