Media collude with governments in downplaying the realities of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: https://niemanreports.org/articles/three-years-later-covid-19-is-still-a-health-threat-journalism-needs-to-reflect-that/
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@MediaActivist I agree – though I might not express it quite so strongly, given how much governments and media are downplaying risks (presumably to save ‘the economy’)
I just looked at the WHO website to check, and they’re still (informally) calling it a pandemic, though since May it has not been a PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern): https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2023-statement-on-the-fifteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic
It’s easy to quibble over words, but the fact remains that, whether endemic or epidemic, SARS-CoV-2 poses a potential health risk to everyone, not only in terms of the immediate disease it causes (Covid-19), which rarely (but avoidably!) leads to death – but also because anyone infected can end up with long Covid, the implications of which may take years for us to realise
(And I shouldn’t really have to emphasise that everyone may be at risk of hospitalisation, death or long Covid: even if people in ‘vulnerable’ groups are at greatest risk, they are just as valuable as everyone else, and we should do all we can to protect them)
Speaking of masks, the WHO advice there is woefully outdated (some last updated in 2021), and they don’t even mention FFP2/N95 or FFP3/N99 masks in their advice to the public 😷
It even tells people how to make their own 3-layer masks (!), which was reasonable back when the droplet transmission theory was touted, but with the recognition that SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted in aerosols that linger in unventilated air, cloth masks no longer suffice 🤦🏻♀️
The WHO do still recommend governments to keep monitoring the spread of the virus, but here in the UK that has all but stopped recently as far as I can tell
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Gestern kam das bestellte Hama Luftqualitätsmessgerät Safe an. Ich bin doch erstaunt, wie schnell die CO2-Konzentration ansteigt, obwohl ich alleine wohne 😲 Da werde ich grad im HomeOffice besser mal häufiger lüften 😅
Wie nutzt ihr diese Geräte in Bezug auf die SarsCov2?
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Und heute gleich schon Pandemiegedanke Nummer 3.
Ich schaue gerade das gestrige 🦁 🎙️ #WildMics #Nachsitzen über Corona mit #CarstenWatzl, Generalsekretär der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Immunologie (#DGfI) und bin bald durch.
Trotz der wieder nicht anwesenden Sophia Krappweis wegen #LongCovid dominiert eine insgesamt lockere Grundstimmung. Haben die Gegenstimmen in meinem Befreundetenkreis Recht? Übertreibe ich?
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Wer hat Erfahrungen mit einem mobilen #Luftfilter? Gibts vielleicht auch halbwegs seriöse Tests oder wonach seid ihr bei eurer Kaufentscheidung gegangen? Wie sind eure eigenen Erfahrungen damit, seid ihr zufrieden?
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Nächsten Monat soll der neue #Impfstoff verfügbar sein. Ob ich mich gleich um einen Impftermin bemühen sollte? Meine letzte Impfung war Mitte März. Dann wäre ich für die Familienfeier im Oktober gleich besser gewappnet.
Oder lieber etwas warten? Wobei an Festivus auch "nur" eine Feier in gleicher Familienrunde ansteht. Und der Jahreswechsel ist für mich seit der Kontaktruhe einer "Freundin" seit anderthalb Wochen auch komplett offen 🥴
If you're in the US, please make the time to watch this video from @PeoplesCDC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeSt7hjshsg
It's an #epidemiology #science lesson with a dash of #geopolitics and #economics. If you haven't been following these #COVID discussions, now is the time to start.
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