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f7c2de1b | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 npr’s headline “how to think about covid now” story tonight was pretty dismal. no mention of long covid or sequelae prevention *at all* and new studies on those topics may as well not exist. we were told to fend for ourselves as individuals and if we’re “young and healthy” to act like it’s an ordinary cold and flu season where you will get sick and that’s fine 

friends, no wonder we feel insane 😟
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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @be314b31 That does seem rather incomplete and not really doing the topic justice, I agree.

That said I do think acting like its an ordinary cold and flu season is pretty close to good advice. The only exception I'd state is to be extra careful around the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. If your visiting a nursing home, for example, mask up and be careful to wash your hands. But otherwise, live your life, its not healthy obsessing over what viruses or colds are out there, youll spend your whole life in fear and gain very little from it.
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560ad65b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @be314b31 NPR lost credibility when it pumped up Dr. Wen saying masks were stupid right before a huge wave of COVID killed a few hundred thousand people in 2021. I was sitting in a liquor store parking lot when they ran the story, having just finished a shift caring for very ill COVID patients. It was infuriating.