I am in London. The Queue has sealed off Heathrow. We cannot get out. We cannot get out. It has sealed the bridge and Second Hall.. We are still holding but we cannot get out. The end comes soon. We hear drums, drums from the Palace. She is coming.
Shout-out to the other neurodivergents who use parentheses too much (to add context to make sure nothing is misunderstood) (because parentheses clarify our directness) (I hope this tweet makes sense).
Commentators online: Don’t worry about Covid! If you’re healthy & vaccinated it’s just a little flu!
Actual people I know: It’s day 14, still testing positive, fever is worse, can barely move, feel like death… [2 months later] still fatigued with brain fog but can jog sorta…
Q: "We take risks every day. Isn't driving in a car riskier than covid if you're vaccinated?"
A: No.
I recently heard this from someone who sees herself as cautious. My longer answer:🧵1/
On recent dog walk, got chatting to a lady I'd met a few times:
Her: Are you holidaying abroad this year
Me: I can't because of Covid & immunosuppressed family members
Her: But Covid is over now
Me: 1 in 45 people are infected & 1,000 ppl a week dying
Her: Not now though
1/
A lot of my friends have just stopped talking to me because they feel guilty talking about their lives while my whole social life, apart from work, has been on hold since March 2020. And that's a whole extra thing to grieve about. 1/7
Today marks the end of nearly 9 years of getting surprised reactions about not being an employee of @Docker 👀😅
@Docker has officially acquired @InfoSiftr 🐳💕🥳
https://t.co/S5cL2ZaPhn
COVID Update: One too many smart people has told me or said on TV this week that the pandemic is over.
I offer this thread as a single, uniform response to everyone. 1/
.@KatherineJWu, @sarahzhang, and I co-wrote this piece about 6 things to understand about the ever-fluid, ever-confusing pandemic. It’s an honour to be sharing a byline with these incredible writers.
https://t.co/3Uey0tBC7J
Let's talk about Ludwik Fleck. Fleck was a Jewish doctor who was born in Lwow, Poland. He was an assistant to Rodolf Weigl, a typhus specialist, prior to the Nazi occupation of Poland.