New Year, new opportunities to help make the world a better place 💪💞
I've spent the past 2 weeks (Took time out over Christmas) reading & attempting to respond to messages from around the world in response to my last article about Jess, the 4 year old infected with SARS2 by her doctor and was hospitalised with RSV weeks later. Jess' case is not isolated. Messages were split predominately between healthcare workers' safety concerns & those of patients. All of whom share a fear of accessing healthcare facilities with absolutely no airborne protections in place. And, apart from being lone maskers, have no agency over their own safety.
Also in my inbox, the
usual anti-maskers who want to give me a good kicking/slapping. They’re the
same trolls whether I write about immigration, Brexit, genocide in Palestine & Sudan or masks. In the same way that
not everyone who voted for Brexit was racist, all the racists likely voted for
Brexit. Similarly, not all ant-maskers/science are racist but the racists do
seem overwhelmingly anti-maskers and anti-science. Public health policy, like
our streets, have been captured by far-right thugs.
Things must be bad because the WHO is worried: About rampant, uncontrolled transmission constantly spawning new, more immune escaping variants, such as JN1, worried that, even though we're currently experiencing one of the biggest all time pandemic surges, actual infections may be 2-19 times higher than reported. Since hardly any countries are testing, carrying out surveillance or reporting cases, the WHO cannot make accurate global assessments. Note to WHO: The decision to end the public health emergency of international concern (NOT the pandemic) enabled the dismantlement of surveillance systems. Note to world leaders: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
They're worried that repeat SARS2 infections might lead to cardiac, pulmonary, neurological impairment 5, 10, 20 years from now. There's still so much we don't know about this virus but what we do know is ALL bad. Very bad.
In recent days & weeks, the WHO has reminded the world that we remain in a SARS2 pandemic & issued guidance for universal masking in healthcare, as well as improved ventilation in crowded indoor spaces. How can that NOT include schools? It does. But where are the children's rights advocates? What has happened to parental duty, and feral instinct, to protect our kids from harm?
Parents, teachers, healthcare workers, mental health practitioners, public health advisors and opposition politicians, I know it's hard to tune into covid when you've tuned out for so long, but believe me when I tell you, it's not too late to start protecting yourself, your kids and your community. No matter how many infections you've had, you can limit further infections and potential for cumulative damage by wearing an ffp2/3 respirator mask (not the baggie blues) This incredible young woman nails it👇, Please watch & share widely🙏
"Don't dissociate" 💥🔥💓
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