Dear friends and family:
Yes the pandemic is over.
COVID is not a pandemic any more.
It is actually “an ongoing mass disabling event”.
And it is not over.
Just because it's not happening around you,
doesn't mean it's not happening. Sorry.
So please please take care.
I am.
(27 may 2023)
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“But I'm healthy and strong -- why does it make a difference what i do?”
Difference to yourself:
⇒ The virus doesn't care how big and healthy you are.
⇒ Many top athletes, and athletic people,
have died or are disabled with Long COVID.
⇒ The virus gets into every part of your body and lives there
and may take months or years before the damage appears.
Difference to others:
⇒ You can carry the virus without being sick.
⇒ You spread it to others through your breath.
⇒ So even if you are so strong that it doesn't affect you,
others around you may not be as strong.
Do you really want to do that to people?
⇒ Also, while the virus is in your body,
it can mutate to even worse versions.
⇒ And you spread it to others through your breath.
Do you really want to do that to people?
See – the trouble with this virus is, it isn't following any of the rules. And we are taking a long time to figure that out, while a lot of people are dying, or living in pain.
When you:
⇒
Wear a mask,
⇒
Keep distance from others,
⇒ Get vaccinated,
you put up big barriers to that virus.
It is much much harder for it to get to you, or from you
to the next person.
⇒ Video should also have "wore a mask"!
“Why a mask?”
⇒ The COVID virus spreads through the air, from people's breath,
like cigarette smoke.
The old idea of 6-foot distance is no use.
How far away from a smoker can you smell that smoke?
If you smell it, it's going into your nose and body!
(Viruses are larger than odor particles —
even though you can smell cigarette smoke through
your good ()
N95) mask, viruses can't get through!
⇒ When we say "mask" these days,
we mean N95 (or KN95, or like that).
Viruses are very tiny, and can come right through cloth and medical masks,
and right into you. N95s are woven tighter, and also have
a small electrostatic charge that repels viruses.
⇒ We wear a mask
“Respect those who mask, you may not know who or what they are protecting.”
– @sewblue
Many people are taking care of us through this pandemic time. I really appreciate them -- because they go out (and risk infection), i can stay home to protect myself and others!
“What are you doing about COVID,
and why are you so distant?”
⇒ Here's
what i am doing about COVID these days.
and
⇒ I am sorry i don't see you much. I miss you too.
I am trying to
do the needful
to protect you and me!
“Where are you getting this info?”
I have been collecting information about COVID since it began
in December 2019. Almost every day i follow the scientists
and doctors who are studying this pandemic.
And because i am an info-squirrel, i save it all!
⇒ At top of this page are some main sources for updates ↑
⇒ Here's a
summary of COVID info and what i am doing myself.
⇒ To see all my sources and info-stash,
go here.