Ableism

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Still seeing truth in this two years later. So glad that the likes of "Doctor" Peterson hasn't gotten Geoffrey purged from the payroll.

https://www.thewhig.com/opinion/columnists/ableist-pandemic-response-is-abhorrent

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Yes, there is still plenty of truth in that article. I got two of my COVID shots through Dr. Kaplan-Mirth's Jabbapalooza events (and even have the T-shirt to prove it - proceeds from the T-shirt sales were donated to a local women's shelter). I'm not sure if COVID-19 still meets the technical criteria for a pandemic or a global emergency but it's definitely still with us! As far as public health precautions being dropped: I'm definitely glad not to have to deal with ArriveCan any more or with overzealous bylaw enforcement officers handing out outrageous fines for crossing a public park while Black, but I do always have my N95 mask at the ready when I go out in public. I've actually been noticing more masked people just lately than there were even a few weeks ago. By the way, I hope you have immunity against measles!

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The WHO dropped the global emergency declaration, and that's been used as the excuse to walk away from measures that could still protect us all.

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The Covid numbers i'm seeing (tracked from day 1) tell me that the REPORTED infection rate is about half of what it was during the first two-ish years. I'm tracking U.S. and Michigan reported numbers for infections and deaths. Deaths are down a lot more than infections, but there are no "numbers" for who's twice or three times infected, and damage from being infected is cumulative. Last article i read says there's a measurable IQ drop in many of those infected and it goes down for each infection the person has.

Now, if they're reporting about half as many, the fun fact is that it's much higher than that reported number. Also, there's lots of "red" states and areas that have quit reporting.

So the short form of all this is that "NO" the Covid pandemic is not even close to over. We can give thanks to all those MAGA and other science deniers.

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That deliberate lack of reporting on infections terrifies and angers me as well.