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demian 😷☭⚧ (Fundraising for Long COVID medications) on Nostr: In a 2020 study, it was found that people who wore masks spent 25% less time ...

In a 2020 study, it was found that people who wore masks spent 25% less time shopping. In 2021, health ministries reduced isolation time in their recommendations for people with COVID at the request of Delta Airlines' CEO.

ā€œOnly high-risk people are affected by COVID.ā€
Disabled people are not disposable. Governments have ignored the serious health consequences of COVID by telling us that only "high-risk" individuals need to take precautions.
(And if you’ve been infected before, you are now part of this category.)

1 in 5 cases will develop into Long COVID. Everyone should be able to safely participate in public life. Mitigating COVID is our collective responsibility.

1) Even if this were true, our elderly, high-risk, and disabled community members are not disposable. Their lives are worth protecting. To suggest otherwise is a eugenicist stance. Capitalism perpetuates the myth that a person's worth (and their "disposability") is based on their ability to work.
2) Anyone who has had COVID should consider themselves immunocompromised. Fighting COVID does not "strengthen" our immune response—COVID attacks the immune system and weakens its ability to fight future infections. Each infection makes us more vulnerable.

"We’ve reached herd immunity."
The reason we have so many variants is because we have allowed the virus to spread unchecked. Governments lifted mask mandates, dismantled testing infrastructure, and removed other protective measures from the start.

We do not have to accept the defeatist stance that everyone on the planet will eventually be infected. We can keep our communities safe by continuing COVID precautions: wearing masks, testing regularly, and staying informed can save lives.