At the beginning of the pandemic some disabled people felt hope.
We saw inclusion and accessibility improve overnight.
We saw accommodations put in place that we had spent years begging for.
We saw the world adapt.
That hope was ripped away during the rush back to normal.
It still hurts.
"Why do progressives and justice advocates seem to not care about COVID?"
@teachrprecarity.bsky.social continues to tell it like it is 👏🏼🎉
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It’s Long Covid Awareness Day (which I think should be the Ides of March, for reasons that will become clear.)
Some of you have heard this before. But I wanted to share my Long Covid story, because I think you should hear it.
On my birthday in November 2022, I woke up with Covid.
When I ask people to mask it’s not out of a virtuous superiority or even an ethical code. It is because I am in the depths of this hellhole, and I am *screaming* at you not to come down here, and definitely not to shove anyone else in.
Important story here from @jeffreybgray.bsky.social. Our repeatedly ethics-challenged premier is trying to escape scrutiny & accountability.
Using March's last #GiftLink 🎁 to share. Also, it's still being updated so make sure to check it later.
#OnPoli
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As I’ve been saying for six years, you cannot decide to shut off empathy in just one lil area (all of disabled and vulnerable people.) Endangering people for your convenience and comfort is a drug you do not do recreationally.
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
At this point, I genuinely have no ability to comprehend how is anyone not scared sh*t-less about the long-term consequences of infections, especially on kids?
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January 2021 was the deadliest month of the pandemic. 3000 Americans died daily, 95,000 in total.
And Prasad was *mocking* people for avoiding COVID.
Shame on anyone who treated him as a good faith actor or serious thinker.
Let’s be honest about his record.
Testing and masking were big improvements to air travel. Instead of being dismantled, they should have been extended.
They would have significantly mitigated the impact of this irresponsible unvaccinated traveler, by preventing boarding and by lowering the level of virus exhaled & inhaled.
My parents were the only people wearing masks in the cancer ward during my dad’s treatment last year. Lucked out and didn’t get sick during the procedures for which he had to be sedated.
My mom mentioned another patient who looked very frail, caught a cough, then suddenly wasn’t there anymore.
I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala
Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
I am a simple woman begging liberals to understand that death isn't the only bad outcome when ~48 million people in the U.S. have experienced long Covid, which has no cure
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
a) not enough.
b) Did the hospital vow to change infection control practices to try and minimise cases of hospital acquired Covid 19?
Alt text: Screenshot of an Ici news article with the headline, “The family of a man who died from Covid-19 at La Rochelle hospital in 2021 is seeking compensation in court.” Below the headline is a photo showing rooftops and hospital buildings in La Rochelle, France. The caption notes the 85-year-old man was likely infected with COVID in his hospital room. The article is by François Petitdemange, published 11 February 2026.
France: First court case over death linked to hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection.
Awarded €8,000 for the harm suffered by the victim; €15,000 for the widow’s emotional distress, €4,000 for funeral costs, and €4,000 each for the 4 children’s emotional distress.
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
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Them: "Do you always wear a mask when you go out? Covid is everywhere. We just have to accept it."
Me: "Yes, I always wear a mask. Yes, it is everywhere. Yes, it is vital to accept that it is now part of our world."
"That is why I wear the mask."
Them: 🫤
gold medal skippity paps
ICYMI: #FDA has refused to review #Moderna's mRNA #flu vaccine licensure application, suggesting the company should have used a different comparator vaccine in its Phase 3 clinical trial. Moderna suggests the regulatory agency moved the goalpost. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
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These numbers speak for themselves.
Over a three-year span, a surgical device (without AI) was reported to the FDA seven times for malfunctioning and once for causing injury (unconfirmed).
Since AI was added in 2021 there have been at least 100 reports of malfunctions and adverse patient events.
And regardless, you’re missing my point. Masks, respirators, hand washing, quarantining… all are different disease control tools we as a modern society can choose to use in various situations based on different variables. None of which should be labelled as “extreme” by an informed media.
Technically the last two surgeries I had in Canada the entire surgical team wore duckbill style N95 respirators.
Anyway. If you are a survivor of CSA (or any time of sexual violence honestly):
I’m sorry. You deserve better. This world should be [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] because of what happened to you. And I hope all abusers (including yours) [redacted].
Is it “extreme” to wash your hands after going to the bathroom? Is the surgeon donning a mask before cutting you open “extreme”? These athletes are just using basic tools and practices a bailable to them in a modern society. You should try it. Not getting sick all the time is awesome.
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
