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Parent: "The kids have been sick for weeks, they're probably not contagious any more."

Everyone else: "great!"

Me: "I'll just keep this :mastorespirator: on thanks."

Parent: "But how will you eat?"

Me: "I can manage without snacking, don't worry!"

(very few days later)

Them: "I feel so sick, I can't even imagine going for a walk around the block. Brutal!"

Me: "doing OK over here - get well soon!" (privately thanking the mercies that the respirator seal seems to have been good enough)

#N95 #N95sSaveLives #respirator #COVIDisAirborne #AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #flu #influenza

Parent: "The kids have been sick for weeks, they're probably not contagious any more."

Everyone else: "great!"

Me: "I'll just keep this :mastorespirator: on thanks."

Parent: "But how will you eat?"

Me: "I can manage without snacking, don't worry!"

(very few days later)

Them: "I feel so sick, I can't even imagine going for a walk around the block. Brutal!"

Me: "doing OK over here - get well soon!" (privately thanking the mercies that the respirator seal seems to have been good enough)

#N95 #N95sSaveLives #respirator #COVIDisAirborne #AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #flu #influenza

A recent common cold may nearly halve risk of COVID-19, study suggests

So Covid-Competent folks - this is going to land different in different quarters.

• The previously evidence-supported paradigm/metaphor "the immune system is a candle not a muscle" might need to be abandoned for a third, more nuanced position[+]
• Of course there's the need to check the paper itself, and if it's solid, to replicate / validate, but beyond that.
• Folks with immune dysregulation can't all just catch rhinoviruses all the time to keep the system active.

[+] probably approximately: "microbes vary:

• some are overwhelmingly beneficial, eg. in our gut;
• some have mixed costs and benefits like rhinovirus or conditions when they become pathological like candida, and
• some basically only have costs like influenza(?), SARS1 and SARS2, measles"

re: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/recent-common-cold-may-nearly-halve-risk-covid-19-study-suggests

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidCompetent #AirborneAware #rhinovirus #paradigmshift

A recent common cold may nearly halve risk of COVID-19, study suggests

So Covid-Competent folks - this is going to land different in different quarters.

• The previously evidence-supported paradigm/metaphor "the immune system is a candle not a muscle" might need to be abandoned for a third, more nuanced position[+]
• Of course there's the need to check the paper itself, and if it's solid, to replicate / validate, but beyond that.
• Folks with immune dysregulation can't all just catch rhinoviruses all the time to keep the system active.

[+] probably approximately: "microbes vary:

• some are overwhelmingly beneficial, eg. in our gut;
• some have mixed costs and benefits like rhinovirus or conditions when they become pathological like candida, and
• some basically only have costs like influenza(?), SARS1 and SARS2, measles"

re: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/recent-common-cold-may-nearly-halve-risk-covid-19-study-suggests

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidCompetent #AirborneAware #rhinovirus #paradigmshift

Imagine a faith that puts the well-being of people ahead of corporate interests in 2025.

https://www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why-are-we-still-masking.html

THIS is what living a moral life can look like. Caring about others, refusing to perpetuate false narratives, protecting oneself, following evidence as it accumulates.

BONUS: THIS WEEK they're selling ultra-quiet air purifiers at a discount, to fundraise https://www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/order-your-air-cleaner.html

h/t a zero :mastomask: 👍

#BC #Vancouver #CovidIsNotOver #AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #COVID #COVID19 #SARS2 #religion #faith

Imagine a faith that puts the well-being of people ahead of corporate interests in 2025.

https://www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why-are-we-still-masking.html

THIS is what living a moral life can look like. Caring about others, refusing to perpetuate false narratives, protecting oneself, following evidence as it accumulates.

BONUS: THIS WEEK they're selling ultra-quiet air purifiers at a discount, to fundraise https://www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/order-your-air-cleaner.html

h/t a zero :mastomask: 👍

#BC #Vancouver #CovidIsNotOver #AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #COVID #COVID19 #SARS2 #religion #faith