Indehisce

When some become disposable, all eventually become disposable. | Same handle on all the lifeboats. |

[Indehisce @indehisce]

You get one body in this life. You get one brain—the source of everything you've ever thought, discovered, dreamt or built. Your brain lets you solve problems, evaluate solutions, learn, earn. Don't ever let any amount of peer pressure dissuade you from protecting it.

[Indehisce @indehisce]

We could have changed the world. Normalizing remote work would have reduced carbon emissions, curbed mass infection, freed up space for downtown housing, and put full-time employment within reach for so many more. 1/10

[James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath @JamesThrot]

Of course, all of this neurological damage is a result of social media, screen time, lockdowns 6 years ago, and the shots.

It’s definitely not the neuroinvasive, brain damaging SARS-CoV-2, proven to disrupt white matter, cause neuroinflammation, and destroy/shrink grey matter.

[Jen The Feisty Librarian @Feisty_Waters]

We’re really just gonna keep watching celebrities and regular people become seriously ill, disabled and die at young ages and say nothing to be done, can’t be all those covid infections, huh? That living with covid plan is going fucking great.

[Cat Herding Science Nerd 🔬 @catladyactivist]

An elite athlete like Simone Biles stuck in bed with a resting heart rate of 126 is now normal since Covid joined the chat. But sure, let's keep pathologizing the use of respirators and pretending this isn't happening.

[Coco @cocomarvgrows]

Je suis l’éléphant

[The Yeti of Kananaskis @kananaskinyeti]

There is a small group of people scattered around the world who in spite of vicious social pressure refused to participate in the causing of massive harm to those around them while everyone else folded almost immediately. And we’ve held out for years. We own the future, join us

[jordan 😷 @s0cialistscully]

thanks to @zhouliang_mask for helping us protect ourselves in style with these gorgeous zimi masks!

[MJNabuurs @EmJayNabuurs]

@BogochIsaac Many people have never forgotten.

In fact, we’ve been urging “experts” often quoted or interviewed to have the courage to speak to it whenever they get the chance, to help people cope and protect themselves from repeat infection and potentially long-term consequences.

[Michael Moran | APC Injury @internetuserf12]

The most ableist thing we’ve done since the pandemic began wasn’t ignoring disabled people-it was briefly including them, showing access was always possible, and then ripping it all away.

We didn’t just abandon them. We took what little they had and took it and more away.

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

We can't memorialize deaths when death & mass disability is ongoing. We killed off many of the most vulnerable and now we're disabling everyone left. Tens of millions of Americans have been permanently disabled by covid, risk of permanent disability rises w each infection

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

Over 75% of PMC Covid Dashboard viewers note using 4 layers of mitigation (masks, vax, tests, air quality) in the past 6 months. 95% use at least 3 out of 4 layers.

[chantzy @chantz_y]

SARS-CoV-2 is very likely an oncogenic virus and public health will spend the next few decades learning that the hard way

[Keith @keetmuise]

If we reach $5000, we can do 2-3 billboards, and I will Dye My Hair.

If we reach $7500, we can do 4-5 billboards and I will take a fully clothed swim in freezing water.

If we reach $10,000 I will run a poll and let social media decide my hair style.

https://t.co/aAQxy62zwL

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

I don’t think people ‘get it’ when it comes to asymptomatic transmission.

We’ve known since early 2020 that people without symptoms—either because they haven’t developed them yet or never will—can still spread disease. But health systems around the world keep making the same mistake: they build their entire outbreak response around people who feel sick. This review calls that out.

The authors in this paper (link 👇) looked across 15 pathogens, from SARS-CoV-2 to malaria to polio, and found a messy, inconsistent landscape. Not only is there no standard language for what we mean by “asymptomatic,” but many public health strategies act like these folks don’t exist—despite being central drivers of outbreaks.

Key takeaways:
1.Asymptomatic ≠ Harmless. Across nearly all diseases studied, a significant chunk of transmission comes from people without symptoms. With COVID, that’s more than half of all spread. With polio? Up to 99%.
2.This isn’t just about COVID. We’ve seen this with TB, malaria, dengue, HIV, typhoid—and even hints with Ebola. The issue isn’t the virus or bacteria—it’s the blind spot in our response.
3.The vocabulary is a mess. We toss around terms like “asymptomatic,” “pre-symptomatic,” “subclinical,” or “carriers,” but public health programs rarely define these clearly, which leads to gaps in tracking and treatment.
4.Evolution favors stealth. Some pathogens evolve to fly under the radar—transmitting more before people even realize they’re sick. Think of it as a biological strategy: don’t knock the host off their feet too early.
5.We’re designing policies for the wrong targets. Testing, isolation, vaccination strategies—all tend to focus on visible symptoms. That approach might have worked for smallpox, but it fails when your biggest spreaders don’t cough, sneeze, or even feel off.
6.Surveillance is outdated. We’re not collecting the right data. And when we do, we’re often using tools and definitions that underestimate silent spread. The paper recommends updating both methodology and mindset.

Bottom line?
If we keep ignoring the silent majority of transmitters, we’re playing catch-up with every new outbreak. We need clearer terminology, better detection, and interventions that acknowledge that just because someone feels fine doesn’t mean they’re not infectious.

Source: https://t.co/0CpIwfZURi

[T ☕️ @erykaheve]

masking in public to avoid whatever the hell that is >>>>>>

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

I know, my friend,
that this new wave
does not seem too frightening,
by now you have survived
many waves
so surely you can survive
another one,
but please, my friend, remember
that many of those
who did not survive the last wave
initially approached it
with the same attitude.

[💜 NB citizen Covid Updates @nb_covid_info]

The most common healthcare-acquired infection. It has deadly consequences. And @IPACCanada does not care one bit. Their national conference is happening shortly and guess what’s not in the program at all: COVID. Air quality. Masks. Respirators. What a deadly farce. #cdnpoli

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

800,000 of these deaths happened under Biden, yet democrats continually try to retcon/reframe “the pandemic” as being the pre vaccine period when Trump was in office and assign all these deaths to that period. This allows them to paint the pandemic as “over”

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

“Memory holed” is a good word for it bc I actually see democrats in all seriousness claiming a million ppl died under Trump which is just false. 400,000 died under Trump & Biden held a memorial for them with 400 lit candles around the reflecting pool the night he was inaugurated

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

Vaccines were and are an important tool in our toolbox but it was anti-science to make them our only tool as Covid rapidly mutated around their protection, and to falsely tell vaccinated ppl they couldn’t die or be harmed by Covid

https://t.co/8b4EKO2c8T