Post AORj6rMiPV0MayCYnw by hughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #AORj6rMiPV0MayCYnw by hughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
       2022-10-07T22:53:25Z
       
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       Tooting this so I can pin it mainly.My lifestyle is mainly built around not getting covid again because the long term effects are common enough and severe enough for me to understand that spreading covid is really bad for everyone at large and that it’s immoral. In general, I subscribe to my friend’s COVID rider: https://gist.github.com/joenash/5d5a3fea786d396b5e1a223257c608a4Pinning because covid literacy is shockingly low.
       
 (DIR) Post #AORj6sEFCTp5GzFJEu by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
       2022-10-11T04:15:10Z
       
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       Ah, a SHEEPLE.  Masks, average Covid viral particle is 1-2 nanometers, average hole in masks is 50-200nm, stopping covid with a mask is like stopping mosquitos with a chain link fence.  Vaccines verses natural infection, spike protein in your system is bad no matter what, but if you're vaccinated they remain for at least 15 months, if you get infected, most people clear within 2 weeks.  If you're triple vaxxed you are less immune than someone who has received no vax at all, you're also much more likely to have all of the things you attribute to covid than if you actually get covid, cancers of various forms, reproductive issues, heart issues, vascular issues, and neurological issues.
       
 (DIR) Post #AORj6ti3h7GXrkCdLk by hughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
       2022-10-07T22:56:34Z
       
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       Also I realize I come across as a weirdo conspiracy theorist to the vast majority of people and that’s fine by me but do have a look at the sources there, you’ll find that they’re all the top tier academic medical journals, not crusty Facebook jpegs. If you don’t trust them on this then the same logic would invalidate a *lot* of other medical knowledge, which is …silly.
       
 (DIR) Post #AORj6vR7H4tzDmI8Dg by hughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
       2022-10-08T07:53:20Z
       
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       It's been extremely alarming to realize that I'm in the tiny minority on this issue, and so I've been thinking about what the differences are in the way I think and the way people I speak to think about it, and one huge difference I notice is that I  think about a model for covid spread, and how my actions might cause entire chains of infections, whereas others seem to mainly think about their own quality of life and don't see infections from their own case as their responsibility.
       
 (DIR) Post #AORj6x9osMFqYiDLXM by hughrawlinson@mastodon.xyz
       2022-10-08T07:58:31Z
       
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       I'm not saying this is everyone - it's just a trend among people I've spoken to, and there are other discrepancies too (people don't believe long covid is a thing because if it was the health authorities wouldn't have relaxed the safety precautions to zero as they have done). But, having a poor mental model for the spread of the virus, or a disinterest and abdication of responsibility for the spread, seems unfortunately p common.