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Cirrus

@cirrrrus.bsky.social

SEAR-us/is, ex-van-jacent, trans NB, chronically ill, 😷 "You don't owe anyone androgyny" but goddamn do I *want* it. (they/them)

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Hey y’all! The CDC is meeting Feb 22 to discuss the availability of Covid vaccines. We are ALL at risk of long term harm from Covid. Please tell them we ALL need access to six month updates. More info/link/template here: open.substack.com/pub/peoplesc...

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Submit public comment to the CDC: All people need access to updated COVID vaccines at least twice a year

The CDC is accepting public comment for their next vaccine committee meeting through February 22. Let them know that all of us need access to COVID vaccines at least twice a year.

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Cirrus @cirrrrus.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

if you see this post kitty

closeup of gray tabby face with light green eyes. He's staring into the camera very soulfully, pictured from directly above as he sits on tan carpet blurred behind him.

Another gray tabby with one tipped ear sits directly on top of a puzzle that is clearly in progress. He has almost light lime green eyes and wild whiskers that go in every direction. He has a slight mischievous crook to his tail and appears to be considering violence, based on his mostly dilated eyes.

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Cirrus @cirrrrus.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

In church they taught women that romance novels were porn for women and therefore should be avoided as stringently. Now, I get it, there's some explicit sex scenes, but that's not why. They were prohibited because like porn has unrealistic physical aspects, they have unrealisitic EMOTIONAL aspects

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lizwhatsherface @lizwhatsherface.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Made a Covid safety guide for people who are just now tuning back in. The hyperlinked version can be found at CovidHelp.org. Please share this with your family and friends. It's up to us to keep our communities safe.

COVID SAFETY 101 (2023)

Covid (SARS-Cov-2) is short for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus is airborne and neuroinvasive. It causes vascular disease and dysregulates immune systems. The pandemic is not over, the virus never became milder, and the government has continually lied about the threat. Because the virus is being allowed to spread freely, more dangerous variants are constantly emerging. We are all in serious danger.

COVID IS A BSL3 PATHOGEN

Biosafety level three pathogens are those that cause serious or potentially lethal disease through inhalation. Other BSL3 pathogens include yellow fever, West Nile virus, and tuberculosis. When Covid is handled in a lab setting, this is what people wear (left). Covid has always been classified as BSL3. Omicron is not mild.

Image: a photograph of a seated person wearing full BSL3 PPE (including a respirator, face shield & a hazmat suit), working with a specimen in the lab using a biological safety cabinet +

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COVID IS AIRBORNE

Covid is airborne. Staying six feet apart does not keep you safe. Social distancing was never enough to prevent transmission. Masks work, when worn properly. Washing hands and getting vaccinated do not stop Covid infections, because the virus is in the air and can linger in the air for hours.

Image: An illustrated white bifold respirator against a green rectangle background.

LONG COVID IS A DIRE EMERGENCY

10-70% of people never recover from their infections. At least one in ten infections leads to Long Covid, a severe disease that has no cure. Long Covid is the third-leading neurologic disorder in the US. Covid can persist in the body long after infection (we don't yet know how long). Reinfections are far more dangerous than initial infections, and the damage is cumulative.

Image: An illustration of stick figures of varying sizes against a blue background, representing a large group of people.

MANY INFECTIONS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC

Many Covid cases are asymptomatic, meaning many people with Covid do not realize they are sick. And even in symptomatic cases, people often transmit Covid before any symptoms appear. This is why an approach based on sick people staying home cannot and will not work. Up to 60% of transmission comes from sources who are presymptomatic and asymptomatic.

Image: An illustration of a rapid antigen test swab in a tube

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VACCINES AREN'T ENOUGH

Herd immunity is not possible. Our bodies are not building immunity to this virus, which has achieved immune escapeby mutating so much. Covid is dysregulating immune systems. Current vaccines do not prevent transmission, death, or Long Covid. And most people’s vaccines are out of date. Masks (N95s/KN95s work best) are our only protection from infection.

Image: A photograph of a white dust-cup style N95 with headstraps, against a pink background

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Cirrus @cirrrrus.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Important question: Does ANYONE find the word "turgid" sexy? I have to know. Are all authors who write sex scenes just deluded, or am I the only one who finds that word gross? ....I was with you in the scene until I read the phrase "turgid peak" and now I am gagging a little.

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