Into disability activism. Crochet-head. Opinionated. Often angry. She/her. *squints*
Seattle and Tampere
Joined March 2009
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TKO retweeted
Dr Fauci is right. The pandemic phase is over. The Gov't failed to contain the virus. It's now endemic. Everyone without a mask will get 1-3 infections every year. This will redefine every part of healthcare. Instead of being excited about it - we should be frightened.
TKO retweeted
As an epidemiologist, I am troubled by efforts to downplay rates of infection, as well as by the patchwork of varied reporting strategies states are developing.
Yes, hospitalizations and deaths are crucial metrics. They are also "lagging" indicators.
We need stronger monitoring
TKO retweeted
New study shows white Americans who learn about Covid's racial disparities have:
1) reduced fear about Covid
2) reduced empathy for those vulnerable to Covid
3) reduced support for Covid protections
White supremacy directly increases Covid's harms.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
TKO retweeted
Fam friend got covid from neighbor who needed help getting up stairs. Neighbor tested + next day.
Fam friend got sick soon after. Doc said, “Don’t worry. Stay home 5 days & then go back to work in a mask. Any mask is 👍🏼.”
She did, & infected 4 colleagues.
Thx, @CDCDirector!
TKO retweeted
Attacking someone’s access to essential healthcare is eugenics and is still a means to eradicate the “undesirable.”
We must push back on any effort to cut marginalized people from the care they are entitled to. Trans rights are human rights.
#ISTANDWITHTRANSPEOPLE
TKO retweeted
Humans consider the audience to their words and how that audience will respond and (ideally) adjust accordingly! That’s to our credit! BUT you also have the choice to say what you want! You can tell the joke anyway, that’s your choice, but the other party may be hurt. 3/
TKO retweeted
To most people this would seem like a completely understandable, likely admirable, decision. We might call it tact or decency. But to people like the NYTimes editorial board, this would be an example of troubling self-censorship. 2/
TKO retweeted
Imagine this: a person knows a joke involving a car crash. It’s a little crass but often gets a laugh. They’re getting ready to tell it to a new group when they remember that someone in that group lost a family member in a car crash. They refrain from telling the joke. 1/
TKO retweeted
Things I want to do when it's safe:
- Go to the dentist
- Shop for my own damn groceries
- Kiss someone
Things many nondisableds want to do when it's safe:
- They're acting like it's safe now
TKO retweeted
Trying to figure out how we got from, "N95s are necessary everywhere," to, "Absolutely no masks are allowed in this highly contagious indoor setting," in a matter of 4 weeks.
TKO retweeted
I watched Chernobyl this week. One thing I learned:
Despite the widespread understanding that the radiation killed & disabled thousands of people (one model estimates 93k), statistics were never collected. The official death tally is 31. But worse: A group of physicians
1/
TKO retweeted
Get ready to be triggered because I’m offending everyone with this post.
I built a 🇺🇸 mask factory in six months capable of producing millions of N95s and Surgical masks every day.
Here’s why I don’t think America cares about COVID or masking anymore.
🧵 1/17
TKO retweeted
Fascinating how economists aren't factoring in the impacts of a significantly smaller workforce & skyrocketing disability claims via LongCOVID when they say the economic impact will be astronomical if we mitigate COVID (& reduce disability) in any way.
Capitalism hates itself
TKO retweeted
gotta side with the experts: it IS shocking that covid cases spike every time we remove all restrictions. literally could never have seen that coming. especially on the nine hundredth iteration of its occurrence. who could reasonably have been expected to predict this
TKO retweeted
Masks have probably saved my life.
The times I got sick? It was because others near me weren't wearing masks.
Don't tell #HighRiskCovid19 people it's our job to protect ourselves, & no one else's.
We're only protected when everyone is protected.
TKO retweeted
1/ Over time, the effects of #covid19 on heart, brain, lungs, vascular system, sensory system, kidneys & more will become better understood
Until then, any reassurance that massive levels of infection are ‘ok’ for society is a gamble—a gamble with unknown long-term costs.
TKO retweeted
Imagine not feeling terrible that your actions directly lead to disabling & killing people.
And yes, I'm talking about Rochelle Walensky.