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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

@rollingstone.com ends remote work as they publish this today.

Truly remarkable times we live in.

We are all existing in one giant clown car with each other.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

💯 Coming out of the woodwork left and right and defending it on social media like a gaggle of clowns.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

And since you don’t mask in healthcare clearly, I can only assume you dgaf about this bc, “we have always had nosocomial infections”. 🥴

Maybe you will have a hospital trip this winter and this will be you.

I would ponder that the next time you open your mouth on the topic.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

UK: "Over 14,000 people in England & Wales died with COVID after catching the virus in hospital"

Published: 6 Mar 2023

FOI data from the NHS (Mar 2020 – Aug 2022) shows:

14,047 patients died after catching COVID inside hospitals in England & Wales — and 69,337 more were infected after admission.

EXCLUSIVE: 'We need to do better' - over 14,000 people died with Covid after catching it in hospital

Over 14,000 people in England and Wales died with Covid after catching the virus in hospital - these were all people who had attended for another reason, be it surgery, cancer treatment, or following an accident

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Kieren Williams News Reporter
12:48, 13 Mar 2023
Updated 15:09, 16 Mar 2023

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 8h

I knew these numbers… and yet… what the actual…????

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

UK: "Over 14,000 people in England & Wales died with COVID after catching the virus in hospital"

Published: 6 Mar 2023

FOI data from the NHS (Mar 2020 – Aug 2022) shows:

14,047 patients died after catching COVID inside hospitals in England & Wales — and 69,337 more were infected after admission.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-...

Is the Hygiene Hypothesis True? | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The hygiene hypothesis says exposure to germs helps kids develop healthy immune systems. But many viruses didn’t circulate as widely during the pandemic. Are there downsides to missed infections?

publichealth.jhu.edu

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

That’s a lie, and John’s Hopkins debunked this in 2022 and that’s why vaccines exist.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

The problem with social media is that not enough men are being told to shut up.

And I’m here to help with that.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

And speaking of placentas and Covid, Covid is dangerous for pregnant women, and that has been stated since 2020:

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The effects of COVID-19 on placental morphology

The impact of the COVID-19 infection, caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), during the pandemic has been considerably more severe in pregnant women than non-pregnant ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

And yes, let’s just keep doing it bc it definitely isn’t affecting ppl who don’t have it…yet…right?

You ppl will say anything to avoid covering your undesirable faces with a respirator.

It’s pathetic.

Long COVID costs countries billions of dollars

Long COVID is causing significant economic damage, with estimates suggesting that millions globally face persistent health issues impacting productivity and increasing healthcare costs. Countries like...

m.economictimes.com

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

Updated vaccine? 🧐

Shut your mouth.

Millions of us are sick bc of pricks like you.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

Ppl are demanding universal masking, that is a ridiculous bogus argument.

We have ppl in this world who can’t physically mask, bc of a variety of conditions, age, etc.

You can mask your face in healthcare, and other essential spaces.
You don’t bc you don’t want to.

Have you even gotten your…

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

You need to sit with how you came to that truly disturbing conclusion, who you are accepting these consequences for and whether the rest of us are consenting to that when this is an airborne disease and our healthcare & disability services are being gutted.

Wake up.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 1h

If your takeaway, “oh hey guys, viruses can cause lasting damage, and since that has been true longer than we realized, we can keep catching them”…

You’re not someone anyone should listen to. Not about their health.

And probably not about other things either.

a man with a beard is making a funny face and saying umm that 's highly disturbing .

Alt: Dan Levy from Schitt’s Creek with a beard is making an “umm wtf expression”, and saying “umm that 's highly disturbing”.

media.tenor.com

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

And what we did learn about post-viral complications is that we should stop catching viruses! That infection control should be a bigger priority in preventative healthcare for individuals and healthcare facilities.

Not to keep catching them, JFC.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

Shut up. This is not like every other virus when this condition is happening in millions of kids and adults.

Don’t have any idea how ridiculous you sound when info like this is now mainstream?

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

www.rollingstone.com

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

*t-cells exhausted, not infected.

VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

Love it.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 3h

Three years ago, I predicted exactly this during an appearance on TVO's "The Agenda". It's not that I was particularly prescient, but that the data were pretty obvious to anyone who bothered to look.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8h

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...

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 3h

I am not arguing with you, I am correcting you and those reading your post about what the bill says, so that ppl know what their rights are, and what may be asked of them by police to be prepared.

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Richard Vallée @richardvallee.bsky.social · 6h

Sometimes the obvious has to be said, but: one of the reasons why chronic illnesses like Long Covid are so ruinous is precisely because medicine denies and dismisses them.

Illness is terrible in itself. Illness with zero meaningful support is just cruelty and ruin.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8h

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...

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 5h

Once again, a music magazine is doing a better job reporting on the state of public health than public health orgs

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8h

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...

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 5h

It’s can be dangerous to go to a protest masked. It can be dangerous to go to a protest unmasked.

Ppl just need to be aware of what the bill says, their rights, and what will be required of them if they choose to mask.

It’s still worth masking there IMO, for a multitude of reasons.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 5h

Rough with just maskers. And it’s not as if police haven’t asked for ID from unmasked protesters.

We got in this situation bc ppl didn’t want to mask for the health of others and themselves.

These are just the facts.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 5h

Infected in the process.

Ppl who only mask for protests don’t care about stopping transmission and if they didn’t like the bill they could have shown up to fight it.

It’s that simple.

If ppl are masking at protests they need to be prepared to show ID if asked.

It’s not as if police are only…

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 5h

We don’t want ppl believing that they have to justify their medical conditions to police in order to mask.

That is not the case, it’s not what is in the bill.

Police can ask anyone to remove it for ID purposes, and then masking can resume immediately after.

The issue with this is ppl getting…

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