Just took my wife to Toronto Public Health for 2nd #Booster

Very fast, all masked, low volume.

Sitting waiting for her at John & Richmond, the heart of #Toronto entertainment district.

Hot, bright sunny day. 1000s out on the street, restaurants half full.

Zero #masks

Not a single one in 20 minutes of sitting there. Not one, inside or out.

Because there is no #covid when it's warm, amirite?

#letItRip #massinfection has achieved total success.

@pickettbri How I think about it is I am now effectively "disabled" by having to permanently use a kind of assistive device like a cane, walker or wheelchair: a respirator.

My "disability" is that I likely will not survive a 2nd round of airborne neurotropic vasculitis.

I shouldn't have to think about it this way, but the #YOLO #massDisability #LetItRip mindset means anyone resisting (re-)infection is essentially marginalized as if they were disabled.

So be it.

#ResistMassInfection

@zerocovid @Lorrrraaaaine
They started moving factories out of #China, to punish the state capitalists for #ZeroCovid, e.g. #Apple, #Foxconn

Now what use is a healthy workforce when the rest of the world no longer wants to use them, and are threatening to start wars with you?

The state capitalists quickly folded and served up their people with #LetItRip. Watch as the anti-China rhetoric + factory removals will be quietly wound down after a few million Chinese are dead.

2/fin

@zerocovid @Lorrrraaaaine

Both #ZeroCovid & #LetItRip were economic decisions for #China's state capitalists.

In the beginning they correctly recognized the danger to their workforce and implemented #ZeroCovid. It helped their economy/profits a lot.

The rest of the #Oligarchy around the world decided to sacrifice it's seed corn, cattle (workforce), and started to pressure China's state capitalists with war over Taiwan, etc.

The #Oligarchy is only motivated by next quarter's profits.

1/

1:0 für Citizen-Journalismus.
Wir übernehmen den Job kritischer #Covid19-Recherche.

* @yousitonmyspot über die Fabikation von #China zum Sündenbock.

* @sebrei über die #Politik in #Oesterreich und #letitrip

Corona-Wissen-Blog
https://coronawissen.com/2023/01/04/china-als-sundenbock-fur-das-versagen-der-great-barrington-staaten-xbb-1-5-am-vormarsch/

Semiosisblog
https://www.semiosis.at/2023/01/04/die-rueckkehr-der-pandemie-aber-in-oesterreich-weiss-man-noch-nix-genaues/

@augieray
It's just racist. To single out China while there's basically rampant transmission at home, and every other #LetItRip country.

How about a negative test for every flight from anywhere and mandatory respirators for everyone? Oh will it dampen travel? That's not such a bad thing.

This is just finding a scapegoat, right out of the Trump playbook.

"In a single 24-tweet thread, [citizen journalist @jheighton3 Jennifer Heighton] delivered more context around COVID-19 than some Canadians newsrooms have produced over the past year."

https://charliesmithvancouver.substack.com/p/citizen-journalism

#COVIDisAirborne #LongCOVID #CleanTheAir #BCed #BCpoli #LetItRip

RT @jheighton3@twitter.com

To @keithbaldrey@twitter.com,
Actually, COVID-aware *are* in step w/ science; it’s “if we have to live w/ this virus, let’s be smart about it instead of #LetItRip nonsense.”

Let’s look at the science, shall we? And about public opinion…let’s look at that too.

A thread 🧵…

@GlobalBC@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jheighton3/status/1607833255293902848

RT @jheighton3
18/ And now studies show that previous COVID infection *increases* the chance of catching viruses like RSV, compared to those not infected.

Just as scientists like @fitterhappierAJ predicted. But never mentioned by @CDCofBC, DBH or @adriandix. (#LetItRip is obviously wrong.❌) https://twitter.com/raffyflynnart/status/1602033595463487489

RT @jheighton3
6/ But aren’t we in a better place, since vaccines are available?

Unfortunately, COVID variants & #LetItRip policy meant 2022 was deadlier in BC than 2021 & 2020.

Maybe removing masks while #CleanTheAir hasn’t happened, was the wrong decision?

We need #VaccinesPlus. Layers! https://twitter.com/merlinofcanada/status/1606455273090322432

RT @jheighton3
To @keithbaldrey,
Actually, COVID-aware *are* in step w/ science; it’s “if we have to live w/ this virus, let’s be smart about it instead of #LetItRip nonsense.”

Let’s look at the science, shall we? And about public opinion…let’s look at that too.

A thread 🧵…

@GlobalBC

@noyes
@fitterhappierAJ

IMHO, both #ZeroCovid and #LetItRip were economic decisions.

Initially, the Chinese leaders were looking at consequences to their labor force and decided to protect them.

Later, as they were threatened by Apple and others with loss of business, because Apple wanted their iPhones ready for Xmas, etc, they abandoned it fast.

No use having a healthy labor force when the rest of the oligarchs decide to break you, and take their manufacturing elsewhere.

The #zeroes may find it interesting that I just had stool samples shipped from the US for a study aimed at identifying changes to the #microbiome after #covid19 …interestingly enrollment started late 2020 when reinfections were rare. The study design needs to be reconsidered now that we #letitrip

Reading about a second journalist dying suddenly at the #worldcup in #Qatar. Great breakdown of posts/comments by #GrantWahl leading up to his death in this thread by @EnemyInAState . Hate to link back to bird site but can’t find it here. Was this #covid? #mers? Either way - all these sudden deaths need to be looked at as consequences for #letitrip strategy. These aren’t isolated events. https://twitter.com/enemyinastate/status/1601989483284627457?s=46&t=86o0DjA7mOkhch27FNEV9w

RT @ChristosArgyrop@twitter.com

@stephensenn@twitter.com Let them RIP died with the death of the last monoclonal at least in the US. Now it is #LetItRip for all, which shows that we are dealing with an extreme form of ideology at the upper echelons, somewhat similar to a death cult.
This has been extremely fascinating to watch so far.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChristosArgyrop/status/1602043285408997377

RT @_ulmerspatz@twitter.com

"WIR" sehen das (noch) nicht?
Weiter erstmal 🌬#LetItRip🌪 statt #Prävention 😷?
@DGPIeV@twitter.com @DGKJ_eV@twitter.com @BVKJ@twitter.com
@HuebnerJohannes@twitter.com @ProfDTSchneider@twitter.com
@TenenbaumTobias@twitter.com @judaco979490@twitter.com @Kellerpass@twitter.com @UlrikeProtzer@twitter.com https://twitter.com/RolandBakerIII/status/1600252114373988352

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_ulmerspatz/status/1600383515790835712

@broadwaybabyto

tl;dr Yes

The risk is that #SARS2 is immunosuppressive

If hospitalized #COVID19 is immunosuppressive➡️ medium impact

If "mild" is immunosuppresive, combined with #LetItRip➡️everyone impacted

I assessed probability low initially but it has dramatically increased, with increasing confidence

What is the mitigation? Avoid #infection

How? #SafeAir - Personal & central filtration aka respirator & hepa

COVID19 is probably the most transmissive virus we know, now exceeding measles

BQ #variants nuutralize the #monocolonal #antibody #treatment #bebtelovimab

The last remaining monoclonal treatment, #Evusheld is being degraded by BQ variants

This is what unconstrained #LetItRip #transmission does.

https://www.statnews.com/2022/11/30/covid-evolution-wipes-out-another-antibody-treatment-threatening-the-countrys-medicine-cabinet/

#variant #evolution #sars2 #sarscov2 #Covid19

This move by the IMF “calling” for China to end zeroCovid is absolutely outrageous.
But not unexpected, given that the IMF is funded, directed, and controlled by G7 and West-allied nations that have laid waste to their own public health.
#Imf #china #ZeroCovid #G7 #LetItRip #publichealth #pandemic #Covid #sarscov2

https://forall.social/@yaneerbaryam/109428464822617686

Tweeting or tooting? Personally I find it much healthier to #toot. 💨 #LetItRip