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I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
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I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
I'm not talking to habitual maskers here - I know you mask all the time anyway. But if you don't mask any other time of year, this is the moment - the next 45 days are the time to mask up in public spaces. Yes, I know it is awkward when other people aren't doing it, but the pain and suffering, and long term health consequences you are going to spare yourself and your family, the better holidays you are going to have, the higher chance that you won't harm a medically vulnerable or elderly family member, are worth it, no? Honestly, given an unending, immune damaging pandemic, the only sensible strategy would be to to offer OPTIONAL work from home and online school from Thanksgiving to January 15, allowing families that CAN protect themselves to stay home, and those who can't to have much smaller classes with less exposure, and obviously good air filtration and masking. We aren't going to do anything so sensible, and now we're all fucked by that. But if you can mask, if you can get your kids to mask, do it now. So you get to enjoy your life.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
Facebook post from Sharon Astyk: Tomorrow, y'all are going back to work and your kids are going back to school. Meanwhile, everyone and their Grandmother has been together in groups celebrating, out shopping, flying, visiting etc... Tomorrow, a lot of contagious people will still feel fine, since Covid, Flu, Norovirus and RSV ALL have periods before you show symptoms where you are contagious. The H3N2 flu seems to be hitting people VERY hard. Tomorrow, they will spread those diseases in their classrooms and workplaces, at stores and businesses, and in holiday gatherings, and those get brought to you, and your vulnerable loved ones. Statistically speaking, you can either wear a mask and get your kids to mask, or you can stay home for December (most of us can't) or you can plan to take a week to two weeks off when you and your family are sick in December and then again in January when you are sick again.
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Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
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@beadsland@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (61M as of Sep '24) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (35.1M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (18.1M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (15M) • Significant Limitations (4.4M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults. Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public…."
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