#covidcautious — Public Fediverse posts

In Place is also a book. Copyright 2018, Risa Stephanie Bear. All rights reserved
ISBN 978-0-359-28986-8 Stony Run Press http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/risabee

by the same author

100 poems
collected poems
the grace at the heart of the world
homecomings
starvation ridge
toward a buddhist/permaculture ethic
viewing jasper mountain
what to do about trees

In place: 1. working or ready to work; established. 2. [North American] not traveling any distance. One thinks of Thoreau (Walden): “I have traveled a great deal in Concord.” To “shelter in place” is to ride out an emergency, disaster or apocalypse in one’s place of residence or wherever one happens to be. Here it is suggested that the study of reality may be carried on just as one finds oneself, be it home, monastery, hermitage, hotel, freeway, or jail cell.

Not hindering others is not hindering self.
— Dogen (tr. Tanahashi)

Preface

The author is a part-time hermit, part-time householder; that is, the hut was by her back fence and she was not at the hut all the time. She is, since this frontmatter was written, a #SotoZen #nun, but was a layperson at the time of writing. The hut, called Gogo-an after the hut where Ryokan wrote poetry, contained

(deep breath)

a broom, cot, two blankets, two pillows, four chairs, electric desk lamp, desk, altar, censer, Buddha statue, vase, several clay offering bowls, candles, incense, lighter, cleaning rags, ointment, toothbrush, hairbrush, soap, ointment, two steel bowls, two soup/tea mugs, tumbler, two spoons, two forks, two pairs of chopsticks, a knife, steamer, coffeemaker, several Mason jars of dried tea, beans and grains, salt shaker with salt, water bottle, hammer, pair of pliers, assortment of hardware, pair of scissors, sewing kit, about twenty books, a transistor radio, Guanyin statue, a copy of a Soto Buddhist order of service, four chairs, framed enso, framed image of a statue of Mugai Nyodai, trunk with several changes of clothes and a pair of slippers, oil-filled heater, kerosene lamp, four bamboo window shades, work gloves, a gardening apron, secateurs, camp saw, ceremonial rakusu (for a Zen layperson) in its envelope, mala necklace and bracelet, lineage documents, pennywhistle, magnifying glass, flashlight, thermometer, and a horihori or Japanese gardening knife. Outside usually reside a bucket, hoe, sickle, and watering can. This list could easily be shorter but we’re not trying for martyrdom here.

She has since, for health reasons, relocated from the farm where the hut was located, to the city, where she found an abandoned tool shed on the premises, and repurposed it into a second "hut," Manzoku-an. https://manzokuan.blogspot.com/p/about.html

She finds that to "practice" in place is the best way to "shelter" in place. Her experiment in part-time hermiting predated Covid but proved to be a useful component of her family's #COVIDcautious toolbox.

Ich jetzt meine Beziehungsberatungs-Website übersetzt und freue mich über Anfragen und Weiterverbreitung

I have translated my relationship counseling website, look forward to enquiries and would be happy for people to spread the word

• Deutsch: katharina-debus.de/beziehungsb…
• English: katharina-debus.de/relationshi…

Ich biete Beziehungsberatung in Berlin und online für alle Geschlechterkonstellationen und alle einvernehmlichen Lebensweisen, Beziehungsmodelle und Sexualitäten. Wichtig ist mir, nicht mit Schablonen einer ‚guten‘ oder ‚richtigen‘ Beziehung zu arbeiten – weder entlang gesamtgesellschaftlicher Normalitätsvorstellungen noch entlang von Community-Normen –, sondern Umgangsweisen zu entwickeln, die zu den beteiligten Menschen passen. Mein Ziel ist die Unterstützung hin zu Beziehungen, die allen Beteiligten guttun und auch mit Herausforderungen umgehen können. Dabei arbeite ich vielfaltsorientiert, diskriminierungsreflektiert und herrschaftskritisch/machtkritisch.

I offer relationship counseling in Berlin and online for all gender constellations and all consensual relationship models and sexualities. Rather than working with templates of ‘good’ or ‘right’ relationships—either based on societal or community norms—I aim to support you to co-create approaches that correspond to your individual wishes, needs, and boundaries. My goal is to assist in fostering relationships that are beneficial to all involved and can also handle challenges. In this process, I appreciate diversity and strive to take into account and mitigate effects of discrimination, inequality and power imbalances on relationships.

#Beziehungsberatung #RelationshipCounseling #paarberatung #Paartherapie #couples-counseling #couples-therapy #bedürfnisorientiert #GeschlechtlicheVielfalt #SexuelleVielfalt #RomantischeVielfalt #queerinklusiv #queersensibel #queer #Beziehungsvielfalt #genderdiversity #sexualdiversity #romanticdiversity #relationshipdiversity #vielfaltsorientiert #Polyamorie #polyamory #ethischeNichtmonogamie #EthicalNonMonogamy #kink-aware #kinksensibel #kinkinklusiv #kinkinclusive #infektionsschutzsensibel #CovidCautious #diskriminierungssensibel #transinklusiv #geschlechterreflektiert #herrschaftskritisch #machtkritisch

Feel free to remind your health care professionals to wash their hands…

Source: https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/pifs/the-importance-of-wearing-a-surgical-mask-while-in-hospital/

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #handwashing #InfectionPrevention #infectioncontrol #infectioncontrolmeasures

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! What eerie timing given I just shared a story of a home health nurse trying to administer insulin instead of IV saline.

The sad reality is medical errors (and neglect) are more common than we would like to believe. You have to be vigilant whenever you’re dealing with the medical system - and ideally always have an advocate in hospital.

Here’s a few examples of dangerous situations I’ve encountered over decades of being chronically ill:

Almost administered a liver toxic dose of acetaminophen because a nurse didn’t believe I had already been given a full dose

Given a fluoroquinolone antibiotic while unconscious despite it being contradicted in EDS (and now have an aneurysm)

Had a hysterectomy delayed “In case you meet a man who wants kids” and had to be given multiple rounds of blood transfusions while almost bleeding to death

Had a post operative internal bleed ignored on three separate ER visits. Needed a man to take me a 4th time and “demand” testing. Ended up needing a second emergency surgery

Administered contrast dye (to which I’m allergic) without my consent

Left in a broom closet in the ER and forgotten about until a janitor found me

When you’re chronically ill - you will have more interactions with the health care system than a “healthy” person. Due to discrimination and ableism there’s good odds you will also experience MORE medical errors and neglect.

This is why we must always have an advocate if at all possible.

Here’s my article on why you need an advocate and how to be the best advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! What eerie timing given I just shared a story of a home health nurse trying to administer insulin instead of IV saline.

The sad reality is medical errors (and neglect) are more common than we would like to believe. You have to be vigilant whenever you’re dealing with the medical system - and ideally always have an advocate in hospital.

Here’s a few examples of dangerous situations I’ve encountered over decades of being chronically ill:

Almost administered a liver toxic dose of acetaminophen because a nurse didn’t believe I had already been given a full dose

Given a fluoroquinolone antibiotic while unconscious despite it being contradicted in EDS (and now have an aneurysm)

Had a hysterectomy delayed “In case you meet a man who wants kids” and had to be given multiple rounds of blood transfusions while almost bleeding to death

Had a post operative internal bleed ignored on three separate ER visits. Needed a man to take me a 4th time and “demand” testing. Ended up needing a second emergency surgery

Administered contrast dye (to which I’m allergic) without my consent

Left in a broom closet in the ER and forgotten about until a janitor found me

When you’re chronically ill - you will have more interactions with the health care system than a “healthy” person. Due to discrimination and ableism there’s good odds you will also experience MORE medical errors and neglect.

This is why we must always have an advocate if at all possible.

Here’s my article on why you need an advocate and how to be the best advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! What eerie timing given I just shared a story of a home health nurse trying to administer insulin instead of IV saline.

The sad reality is medical errors (and neglect) are more common than we would like to believe. You have to be vigilant whenever you’re dealing with the medical system - and ideally always have an advocate in hospital.

Here’s a few examples of dangerous situations I’ve encountered over decades of being chronically ill:

Almost administered a liver toxic dose of acetaminophen because a nurse didn’t believe I had already been given a full dose

Given a fluoroquinolone antibiotic while unconscious despite it being contradicted in EDS (and now have an aneurysm)

Had a hysterectomy delayed “In case you meet a man who wants kids” and had to be given multiple rounds of blood transfusions while almost bleeding to death

Had a post operative internal bleed ignored on three separate ER visits. Needed a man to take me a 4th time and “demand” testing. Ended up needing a second emergency surgery

Administered contrast dye (to which I’m allergic) without my consent

Left in a broom closet in the ER and forgotten about until a janitor found me

When you’re chronically ill - you will have more interactions with the health care system than a “healthy” person. Due to discrimination and ableism there’s good odds you will also experience MORE medical errors and neglect.

This is why we must always have an advocate if at all possible.

Here’s my article on why you need an advocate and how to be the best advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! What eerie timing given I just shared a story of a home health nurse trying to administer insulin instead of IV saline.

The sad reality is medical errors (and neglect) are more common than we would like to believe. You have to be vigilant whenever you’re dealing with the medical system - and ideally always have an advocate in hospital.

Here’s a few examples of dangerous situations I’ve encountered over decades of being chronically ill:

Almost administered a liver toxic dose of acetaminophen because a nurse didn’t believe I had already been given a full dose

Given a fluoroquinolone antibiotic while unconscious despite it being contradicted in EDS (and now have an aneurysm)

Had a hysterectomy delayed “In case you meet a man who wants kids” and had to be given multiple rounds of blood transfusions while almost bleeding to death

Had a post operative internal bleed ignored on three separate ER visits. Needed a man to take me a 4th time and “demand” testing. Ended up needing a second emergency surgery

Administered contrast dye (to which I’m allergic) without my consent

Left in a broom closet in the ER and forgotten about until a janitor found me

When you’re chronically ill - you will have more interactions with the health care system than a “healthy” person. Due to discrimination and ableism there’s good odds you will also experience MORE medical errors and neglect.

This is why we must always have an advocate if at all possible.

Here’s my article on why you need an advocate and how to be the best advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! What eerie timing given I just shared a story of a home health nurse trying to administer insulin instead of IV saline.

The sad reality is medical errors (and neglect) are more common than we would like to believe. You have to be vigilant whenever you’re dealing with the medical system - and ideally always have an advocate in hospital.

Here’s a few examples of dangerous situations I’ve encountered over decades of being chronically ill:

Almost administered a liver toxic dose of acetaminophen because a nurse didn’t believe I had already been given a full dose

Given a fluoroquinolone antibiotic while unconscious despite it being contradicted in EDS (and now have an aneurysm)

Had a hysterectomy delayed “In case you meet a man who wants kids” and had to be given multiple rounds of blood transfusions while almost bleeding to death

Had a post operative internal bleed ignored on three separate ER visits. Needed a man to take me a 4th time and “demand” testing. Ended up needing a second emergency surgery

Administered contrast dye (to which I’m allergic) without my consent

Left in a broom closet in the ER and forgotten about until a janitor found me

When you’re chronically ill - you will have more interactions with the health care system than a “healthy” person. Due to discrimination and ableism there’s good odds you will also experience MORE medical errors and neglect.

This is why we must always have an advocate if at all possible.

Here’s my article on why you need an advocate and how to be the best advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare

Opinion: This is a pandemic of attrition

Calgary Herald
December 7, 2023
By Joe Vipond, Julia M. Wright, Dan Furst

“It’s time for our society to admit that we’ve made a mistake and change course. The COVID-is-mild experiment, despite the wishing and the hoping, has been a tragic failure.”

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-this-is-a-pandemic-of-attrition

#BringBackMasks #Canada #CdnPoli #COVID #COVID19 #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #health #LongCovid #N95sSaveLives #pandemic #SARSCoV2 #StillCoviding #UniversalMasking #ZeroCovid

An open call for submissions!
We are compiling a zine/collection of works of art.
Working title: "Testimonials of the collectively abandoned"
Our main theme is the isolation that comes from being #CovidAware and #CovidCautious in a world that has decided to abandon anyone who does not consent to infection.
We need our voices heard. We want to hear your voices and experiences.
The impact of neoliberal, hyper-individualistic thinking when "designing" "public health" policies is not abstract. It has very real impact on our lives, and we believe it needs to be documented.

We invite you to share your short stories/anecdotes soundscapes, paintings etc about the topic.
Anonymous or pseudonymous contributions are welcome. you can add a link/information on how to support your work, as well as how you want your work to be credited/attributed, or if you want it to be CC0 for example.
Send submissions to:
lettertoourcomrades [at] proton [.] me

Our values: #AntiFascist #AntiAbleist #AntiEugenic #Intersectional #anticapitalist

Covid-Safe Optometrist and Optometry Practice in #SanFrancisco #California

Dr. Yunus Kurtbay
Dr. Kurtbay Optometry
750 Irving Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
drkurtbayoptometry.com
415-759-5448

Recommended as a #CovidSafe #CovidCautious #optometrist and provider of #optometry services. First appointment by request, wipes down every instrument before use, N95 masked. Won’t even allow restroom access at the office for safety reasons. One patient at a time.

#CovidSafeBusiness #CovidPrecautions

Covid-Safe #Optometrist in #Williamsburg, #Virginia

Dr. Matthew Gada
Eye 2 Eye Vision
1147 Professional Dr.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
www.eye2eyevisioncenter.net/
757-210-6889

– All staff wear N95 masks
– All patients required to wear masks. N95 provided to anyone without a mask
– Hepa filters in each room
– Larger rooms & doors left open during exam
– Doctor has never gotten Covid thanks to precautions taken

#CovidSafeBusiness #CovidPrecautions #CovidSafe #CovidCautious

#CovidCautious friends! If anyone would like a coupon code for $50 off #Enovid #Sanotize nitric oxide nasal spray (#NONS) please comment and I will DM you the coupon!

Including shipping, the regular price would be $70 for one bottle (~60 doses); so with $50 off it would be $20 USD, shipped from Israel.

I’m so excited to finally be able to afford to add Enovid to my #CovidZero #PPE toolbox 😷💉❌🦠❌

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #Covid #Covid19 #Novid #NasalSpray #EnovidSpray