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When you hear people say
it’s getting lighter,
that at long last
it’s finally getting lighter,
you need to understand
such comments are about
the amount of daylight,
such comments are only about
the amount of daylight,
for everything else (alas)
is still just getting darker.
it’s getting lighter,
that at long last
it’s finally getting lighter,
you need to understand
such comments are about
the amount of daylight,
such comments are only about
the amount of daylight,
for everything else (alas)
is still just getting darker.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
When you hear people say
it’s getting lighter,
that at long last
it’s finally getting lighter,
you need to understand
such comments are about
the amount of daylight,
such comments are only about
the amount of daylight,
for everything else (alas)
is still just getting darker.
it’s getting lighter,
that at long last
it’s finally getting lighter,
you need to understand
such comments are about
the amount of daylight,
such comments are only about
the amount of daylight,
for everything else (alas)
is still just getting darker.
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It is not so much
that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
wherever I go
but that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
interrupted by coughing
wherever I go.
that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
wherever I go
but that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
interrupted by coughing
wherever I go.
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is not so much
that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
wherever I go
but that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
interrupted by coughing
wherever I go.
that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
wherever I go
but that I am tired
of hearing Christmas songs
interrupted by coughing
wherever I go.
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By Hiroshi Yasuda:
A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.
You may be selected in the next wave.
Source: x.com/Yash25571056...
A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.
You may be selected in the next wave.
Source: x.com/Yash25571056...
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
By Hiroshi Yasuda:
A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.
You may be selected in the next wave.
Source: x.com/Yash25571056...
A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.
You may be selected in the next wave.
Source: x.com/Yash25571056...
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If you want
to protect yourself
against the flu
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the Covid
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the “something”
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
to protect yourself
against the flu
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the Covid
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the “something”
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you want
to protect yourself
against the flu
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the Covid
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the “something”
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
to protect yourself
against the flu
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the Covid
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
And if you want
to protect yourself
against the “something”
that’s going around:
wear a mask.
Reposted by kattifur rex
Due to the absence
of reliable data
it can be difficult to know
exactly how bad
flu and Covid and RSV
rates are at the moment,
but considering
that NYC’s department of health
is urging people
to wear a mask
it seems safe to assume
that the current situation
is pretty bad.
of reliable data
it can be difficult to know
exactly how bad
flu and Covid and RSV
rates are at the moment,
but considering
that NYC’s department of health
is urging people
to wear a mask
it seems safe to assume
that the current situation
is pretty bad.
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Due to the absence
of reliable data
it can be difficult to know
exactly how bad
flu and Covid and RSV
rates are at the moment,
but considering
that NYC’s department of health
is urging people
to wear a mask
it seems safe to assume
that the current situation
is pretty bad.
of reliable data
it can be difficult to know
exactly how bad
flu and Covid and RSV
rates are at the moment,
but considering
that NYC’s department of health
is urging people
to wear a mask
it seems safe to assume
that the current situation
is pretty bad.
Reposted by kattifur rex
I have heard
that a pandemic doesn’t end
until the next one begins,
but having read that
“Once H5N1 is spreading
sustainably among people,
authorities may have only
48 hours
to prevent a pandemic,“
I now fear
that the Covid pandemic will end
when a worse pandemic arrives.
that a pandemic doesn’t end
until the next one begins,
but having read that
“Once H5N1 is spreading
sustainably among people,
authorities may have only
48 hours
to prevent a pandemic,“
I now fear
that the Covid pandemic will end
when a worse pandemic arrives.
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I have heard
that a pandemic doesn’t end
until the next one begins,
but having read that
“Once H5N1 is spreading
sustainably among people,
authorities may have only
48 hours
to prevent a pandemic,“
I now fear
that the Covid pandemic will end
when a worse pandemic arrives.
that a pandemic doesn’t end
until the next one begins,
but having read that
“Once H5N1 is spreading
sustainably among people,
authorities may have only
48 hours
to prevent a pandemic,“
I now fear
that the Covid pandemic will end
when a worse pandemic arrives.
Reposted by kattifur rex
The man in front of me
looked at my mask
and asked: “you sick?”
I replied: “No.”
And then he stated:
“I can’t imagine wearing a mask
unless I’m sick,”
and though I wanted to say
“I can imagine getting sick
so I’m wearing one,”
instead I just said:
“the cashier’s ready for you.”
looked at my mask
and asked: “you sick?”
I replied: “No.”
And then he stated:
“I can’t imagine wearing a mask
unless I’m sick,”
and though I wanted to say
“I can imagine getting sick
so I’m wearing one,”
instead I just said:
“the cashier’s ready for you.”
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The man in front of me
looked at my mask
and asked: “you sick?”
I replied: “No.”
And then he stated:
“I can’t imagine wearing a mask
unless I’m sick,”
and though I wanted to say
“I can imagine getting sick
so I’m wearing one,”
instead I just said:
“the cashier’s ready for you.”
looked at my mask
and asked: “you sick?”
I replied: “No.”
And then he stated:
“I can’t imagine wearing a mask
unless I’m sick,”
and though I wanted to say
“I can imagine getting sick
so I’m wearing one,”
instead I just said:
“the cashier’s ready for you.”
Reposted by kattifur rex
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
Reposted by kattifur rex
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
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Dr. James C. Jackson of Vanderbilt University takeaway from today’s IACC Expert Panel on Long Covid and other chronic conditions:
Brain fog is not an accurate term. It needs to be referred to as brain damage.
Yup.
Brain fog is not an accurate term. It needs to be referred to as brain damage.
Yup.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Dr. James C. Jackson of Vanderbilt University takeaway from today’s IACC Expert Panel on Long Covid and other chronic conditions:
Brain fog is not an accurate term. It needs to be referred to as brain damage.
Yup.
Brain fog is not an accurate term. It needs to be referred to as brain damage.
Yup.
Reposted by kattifur rex
As the technician
placed the bandaid on my arm
where I had just received
my various booster shots
I said: “I imagine
you’ve been doing this
a lot lately.”
But in response
he just said, “not really,”
and I understood why
the shelves in the cold/flu aisle
were so empty.
placed the bandaid on my arm
where I had just received
my various booster shots
I said: “I imagine
you’ve been doing this
a lot lately.”
But in response
he just said, “not really,”
and I understood why
the shelves in the cold/flu aisle
were so empty.
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As the technician
placed the bandaid on my arm
where I had just received
my various booster shots
I said: “I imagine
you’ve been doing this
a lot lately.”
But in response
he just said, “not really,”
and I understood why
the shelves in the cold/flu aisle
were so empty.
placed the bandaid on my arm
where I had just received
my various booster shots
I said: “I imagine
you’ve been doing this
a lot lately.”
But in response
he just said, “not really,”
and I understood why
the shelves in the cold/flu aisle
were so empty.
Reposted by kattifur rex
If you are going to make public spaces unsafe for high risk people and refuse to take precautions, you’re either advocating that we all die without safe access to society or that our new, isolated existence is subsidized with your taxes. Which is it.
My unpopular take is that the government should mandate masked (respirators) shopping hours at essential grocery stores/pharmacies or provide a tax credit for delivery so disabled & immunopromised folks don't have to pay extra fees just to keep themselves safe and alive
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you are going to make public spaces unsafe for high risk people and refuse to take precautions, you’re either advocating that we all die without safe access to society or that our new, isolated existence is subsidized with your taxes. Which is it.
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Near the pharmacy checkout
were posters
showing tissues and honey
showing cough drops and tea
along with the words
“your fall wellness ritual,”
and while it’s always good
to have tea with honey
what you really need
in your fall wellness ritual
is a good quality mask.
were posters
showing tissues and honey
showing cough drops and tea
along with the words
“your fall wellness ritual,”
and while it’s always good
to have tea with honey
what you really need
in your fall wellness ritual
is a good quality mask.
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Near the pharmacy checkout
were posters
showing tissues and honey
showing cough drops and tea
along with the words
“your fall wellness ritual,”
and while it’s always good
to have tea with honey
what you really need
in your fall wellness ritual
is a good quality mask.
were posters
showing tissues and honey
showing cough drops and tea
along with the words
“your fall wellness ritual,”
and while it’s always good
to have tea with honey
what you really need
in your fall wellness ritual
is a good quality mask.
Reposted by kattifur rex
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Reposted by kattifur rex
Covid infections have never gone away. Just transparency. When the government declared the Pandemic over they:
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Covid infections have never gone away. Just transparency. When the government declared the Pandemic over they:
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
Ended testing
Masking
Restricted vaccines
Ended transparency on the stats
It’s not over folks.
Reposted by kattifur rex
With every new variant
with every new wave
there are warnings
of which new symptoms
you need to watch for,
and yet
with every new variant
with every new wave
the main symptom
you need to watch for
is everyone around you
insisting that they
just have a weird cold.
with every new wave
there are warnings
of which new symptoms
you need to watch for,
and yet
with every new variant
with every new wave
the main symptom
you need to watch for
is everyone around you
insisting that they
just have a weird cold.
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
With every new variant
with every new wave
there are warnings
of which new symptoms
you need to watch for,
and yet
with every new variant
with every new wave
the main symptom
you need to watch for
is everyone around you
insisting that they
just have a weird cold.
with every new wave
there are warnings
of which new symptoms
you need to watch for,
and yet
with every new variant
with every new wave
the main symptom
you need to watch for
is everyone around you
insisting that they
just have a weird cold.
Reposted by kattifur rex
5. And remember, if you believe that Covid is 'gone', you will, by definition, never, ever consider that you may have Long Covid.
/end
/end
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
5. And remember, if you believe that Covid is 'gone', you will, by definition, never, ever consider that you may have Long Covid.
/end
/end
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As we waited
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As we waited
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.
for the meeting to start
my work-friend confided
that he kind of misses the days
when meetings were online
as that way at least
he could see people’s cats,
and as I watched a coworker
across the room
coughing open-mouthed,
I sighed and said:
I miss those days too.
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I asked my friend
how the art opening she attended went, and she said it was canceled as the artist and curator both had Covid, “Can you believe Covid is still canceling things in 2025?” she asked,
and though I know she meant it rhetorically I responded: “yes, I can.”
how the art opening she attended went, and she said it was canceled as the artist and curator both had Covid, “Can you believe Covid is still canceling things in 2025?” she asked,
and though I know she meant it rhetorically I responded: “yes, I can.”
October 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I asked my friend
how the art opening she attended went, and she said it was canceled as the artist and curator both had Covid, “Can you believe Covid is still canceling things in 2025?” she asked,
and though I know she meant it rhetorically I responded: “yes, I can.”
how the art opening she attended went, and she said it was canceled as the artist and curator both had Covid, “Can you believe Covid is still canceling things in 2025?” she asked,
and though I know she meant it rhetorically I responded: “yes, I can.”
Reposted by kattifur rex
When they tell you
that the difference
between this recession
and the last one
is that during the last one
there was also a pandemic,
calmly remind them
that during this recession
there is still a pandemic.
that the difference
between this recession
and the last one
is that during the last one
there was also a pandemic,
calmly remind them
that during this recession
there is still a pandemic.
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When they tell you
that the difference
between this recession
and the last one
is that during the last one
there was also a pandemic,
calmly remind them
that during this recession
there is still a pandemic.
that the difference
between this recession
and the last one
is that during the last one
there was also a pandemic,
calmly remind them
that during this recession
there is still a pandemic.
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If you thought wearing a mask was “too hard”, you really won’t like living with chronic illness.
Everything about the chronic illness existence is hard.
It’s suffering, fatigue, pain and abandonment.
It’s having to mask all the time because no one else wants to protect you.
Everything about the chronic illness existence is hard.
It’s suffering, fatigue, pain and abandonment.
It’s having to mask all the time because no one else wants to protect you.
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you thought wearing a mask was “too hard”, you really won’t like living with chronic illness.
Everything about the chronic illness existence is hard.
It’s suffering, fatigue, pain and abandonment.
It’s having to mask all the time because no one else wants to protect you.
Everything about the chronic illness existence is hard.
It’s suffering, fatigue, pain and abandonment.
It’s having to mask all the time because no one else wants to protect you.
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My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked:
Why did the UN
call its event:
“healthy indoor air”?
I said I did not know.
So my aunt replied:
Because
“healthy indoor air”
sounds better than
“the air indoors isn’t healthy.”
And then neither of us laughed.
told me a new joke.
She asked:
Why did the UN
call its event:
“healthy indoor air”?
I said I did not know.
So my aunt replied:
Because
“healthy indoor air”
sounds better than
“the air indoors isn’t healthy.”
And then neither of us laughed.
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked:
Why did the UN
call its event:
“healthy indoor air”?
I said I did not know.
So my aunt replied:
Because
“healthy indoor air”
sounds better than
“the air indoors isn’t healthy.”
And then neither of us laughed.
told me a new joke.
She asked:
Why did the UN
call its event:
“healthy indoor air”?
I said I did not know.
So my aunt replied:
Because
“healthy indoor air”
sounds better than
“the air indoors isn’t healthy.”
And then neither of us laughed.
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My friend, I heard you say
that “the lion
does not concern himself
with his noticeable
memory loss,
brain fog and
slight cognitive decline,”
but, please know, my friend
you are not a lion,
you are a human,
and that thing
you refuse
to concern yourself with
is called long Covid.
that “the lion
does not concern himself
with his noticeable
memory loss,
brain fog and
slight cognitive decline,”
but, please know, my friend
you are not a lion,
you are a human,
and that thing
you refuse
to concern yourself with
is called long Covid.
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My friend, I heard you say
that “the lion
does not concern himself
with his noticeable
memory loss,
brain fog and
slight cognitive decline,”
but, please know, my friend
you are not a lion,
you are a human,
and that thing
you refuse
to concern yourself with
is called long Covid.
that “the lion
does not concern himself
with his noticeable
memory loss,
brain fog and
slight cognitive decline,”
but, please know, my friend
you are not a lion,
you are a human,
and that thing
you refuse
to concern yourself with
is called long Covid.
Reposted by kattifur rex
Despite what you
may have heard
about the rapture
by now it should be clear
that we
are still here.
And despite what you
may have heard
about the pandemic
by now it should be clear
that the virus
is still here too.
may have heard
about the rapture
by now it should be clear
that we
are still here.
And despite what you
may have heard
about the pandemic
by now it should be clear
that the virus
is still here too.
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Despite what you
may have heard
about the rapture
by now it should be clear
that we
are still here.
And despite what you
may have heard
about the pandemic
by now it should be clear
that the virus
is still here too.
may have heard
about the rapture
by now it should be clear
that we
are still here.
And despite what you
may have heard
about the pandemic
by now it should be clear
that the virus
is still here too.
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The historian tells me
she’s worried
about the plague,
for all of her students are sick
and she keeps remembering
how in the last century
writers would say “plague”
when discussing fascism,
so I asked her
which type of plague
she is worried about,
and the historian replied: yes.
she’s worried
about the plague,
for all of her students are sick
and she keeps remembering
how in the last century
writers would say “plague”
when discussing fascism,
so I asked her
which type of plague
she is worried about,
and the historian replied: yes.
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The historian tells me
she’s worried
about the plague,
for all of her students are sick
and she keeps remembering
how in the last century
writers would say “plague”
when discussing fascism,
so I asked her
which type of plague
she is worried about,
and the historian replied: yes.
she’s worried
about the plague,
for all of her students are sick
and she keeps remembering
how in the last century
writers would say “plague”
when discussing fascism,
so I asked her
which type of plague
she is worried about,
and the historian replied: yes.