The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.

If I could help non disabled people understand one thing about being disabled, it would be how important maintaining a baseline is.

When you’re chronically ill, your baseline is everything.

Even minor setbacks can be catastrophic, so we have to do a risk analysis before literally ANY activity 🧵

which, yk, has been UTTERLY disproved in studies. 'untrained' n95 users get excellent protection arrrrgh!
"Our results show that n95 respirators were superior to other face coverings even when worn by untrained individuals." graphs & numbers etc. (dating to 2020 - more arrrgh!)

Hospitals before overwhelmed: "Stop inhaling flu by washing your hands!"

Hospitals after being overwhelmed and it's too late: "Wear ineffective surgical masks instead of effective respirators!"

Spot the common theme.

If I hear another colleague say "I'm feeling awful but I'm going to dose myself up and push on through to Christmas" you may all need to crowdfund for the defence at my trial.

Hmmm.
There's something more than a little concerning about what's happening with Norovirus here.

A quick thread about Norovirus and its place within in the 'quad-demic'.
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says

“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”

Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR

youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY

I’m stunned that an act as simple as wearing a mask in public was a deal breaker for so many.

You weren’t required to permanently affix it to your face. It could have been as easy as wearing pants & shoes.

Instead people decided it was an egregious violation of freedom - and we all suffer.

I remember someone on that other site that I've since blocked said that I had privilege because I can work. That I couldn't be that disabled if I was working.

I explained that it's not really a privilege in my case cause it's either I work or I die. That I am disabled whether I work or not.

“Thousands of nurses & doctors who contracted #LongCovid during the pandemic are still waiting for financial support, according to the Royal College of Nurses. Many healthcare workers have stopped working and taken early retirement, leading to a huge loss in earnings”

www.itv.com/news/2024-11...

This seems like a far more rounded , less troll orientated platform than X , long may it continue 🙏. Glad to have left that behind.