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Research librarian. I like to draw things. ♠️🩶🤍💜 she/her WEAR A MASK!

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 09/10/2026
Why does Korea have a holiday for the alphabet? Because unlike other writing systems that evolved over centuries, Hangul was the work of one dude who solved mass illiteracy by sitting down and creating a brand new fully-formed system from scratch that anyone can learn almost instantly.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you’re really that sick you should be in the hospital” Please stop saying this to chronically ill people. If we went to the hospital every time we suffered, we would live there. Hospitals can’t help us and they often make us worse. We are on our own, and being subtly gaslit doesn’t help.
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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's 2026 and doctors are recommending handwashing as a way to prevent inhaling airborne viruses.
three panel comic:

panel 1: guy on bike with stick in his hand and the caption says: I'm a doctor

panel 2: guy on bike putting stick into his wheel spokes with the caption: Protect yourself from airborne viruses with lasting health consequences by washing your hands 

panel 3: guy on ground in pain holding his knee because his bike crashed with the caption: Why is my ER full
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There’s No Need To Worry About Hospitals Closed By This Covid Wave Because Everyone Is Immune To Covid Now
A happy doctor
Headline:
There’s No Need To Worry About Hospitals Closed By This Covid Wave Because Everyone Is Immune To Covid Now
Story by Lucas Parthenon and Melanie Omer

Photo from Adobe
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧵US Weekly COVID update: Oct 5, 2026 🔸1 in 124 Actively Infectious 🔸396,000 Daily Infections 🔸2,890,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸118,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸145,000 to 580,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸700 to 1,300 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com
An image titled "COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data & Standard Levels," dated Oct 5, 2026 (data last updated Sep 26), by Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA (@michael_hoerger) and pmc19.com. It features a color-coded map of the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Map Legend and Risk Tiers
•	Very Low (Light Blue): PMC Prevalence Estimate <0.9%
•	Low (Light Green): 1.2% (range 0.9-1.5%)
•	Moderate (Orange): 2.0% (range 1.5-2.4%)
•	High (Red): 2.9% (range 2.4-3.5%)
•	Very High (Magenta): >3.5%
Summary Text
The text states that the US has at least 36 states and territories with COVID outbreaks. It notes that while the apparent wave peak has passed, transmission remains high across much of the country. A listed breakdown of states with observed outbreaks includes Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and South (text cuts off).
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Based on the provided image from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, here is the detailed alternative text description:
An informational graphic titled "National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)" dated October 5, 2026, with the source URL pmc19.com listed. The data is broken down into three main sections:
Infections
•	Proportion Actively Infectious: 1 in 124 (0.8%)
•	New Daily Infections: 396,000
•	Infections the Past Week: 2,890,000
•	Infections in 2026: 118,000,000
•	Cumulative Infections per Person: 5.44
Long COVID
•	Long COVID Cases Resulting from New Daily Infections: 20,000 to 79,000
•	Long COVID Cases Resulting from New Weekly Infections: 145,000 to 580,000
Excess Deaths
•	Excess Deaths Resulting from New Daily Infections: 100 to 170
•	Excess Deaths Resulting from New Weekly Infections: 700 to 1,300
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An image titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" from the PMC Model, dated Oct 5, 2026 (page 5). It shows a data table from pmc19.com detailing transmission statistics for U.S. states alphabetically from Alabama to Mississippi.
Table Columns:
•	State name
•	Standard CDC Level
•	Revised CDC Level (Downshifted)
•	PMC Estimate (% Actively Infectious)
•	Chances anyone is infectious in a room of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people
Key Highlights:
•	Highest Infection Rates: California (3.4%), Connecticut (4.6%), Guam (4.3%), Hawaii (6.7%), Massachusetts (4.5%), and Mississippi (2.8%) are highlighted in red or pink rows indicating high risk.
•	In Hawaii, the PMC estimate is 1 in 15 people actively infectious, with a >99% chance of someone being infectious in a room of 100 people.
Footnotes:
A note states that on August 14, 2026, the CDC revised descriptors downward without notice, a practice the author calls "bluewashing".
An image titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" from the PMC Model, dated Oct 5, 2026 (page 6). This is part two of a data table from pmc19.com, listing U.S. jurisdictions alphabetically from Missouri to Wyoming.
Table Columns:
•	State name
•	Standard CDC Level
•	Revised CDC Level (Downshifted)
•	PMC Estimate (% Actively Infectious)
•	Chances anyone is infectious in a room of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people
Key Highlights:
•	Highest Infection Rates: Montana, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington are highlighted in red or pink rows indicating high risk.
•	Texas shows 1 in 19 (5.4%) actively infectious, with a >99% chance of an infectious person in a room of 100.
•	U.S. Virgin Islands shows 1 in 16 (6.2%) actively infectious, with a >99% chance in a room of 100.
Footnote:
Repeats the note about the CDC downshifting categorical risk descriptors on August 14, 2026.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Dear journalists, If you're looking to interview a doctor on Covid in 2026, a good probing question is whether they wear a respirator mask in their practice. If not, maybe time to source a new expert
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New paper: Long COVID exposes a huge blind spot in how governments define “security.” We respond quickly to sudden, visible crises, but seem to accept mass disability as normal, even while it puts growing pressure on healthcare, the workforce, the economy and society. Published: 28 September 2026
link.springer.com
The securitization of global slow-onset risks/threats: long COVID, a case study - Globalization and Health
This paper investigates why Long Covid, despite affecting millions globally and posing a serious threat to public health and economic stability, remains largely absent from contemporary security agend...
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Measles amnesia “is an under appreciated” complication of the disease. What is it? Read my story.
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Lady DEADtera, Wee Ghostie Edition 👻🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not to mention covid, which is still Very Much A Thing
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alias. 24. Good Omens. Every Kdrama that only has 8-12 episodes of story but drags out for 16 episodes anyway.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
an old painting and in the painting is a woman (medieval times) shot with an arrow and bleeding  


asking myself if i can handle this at home and avoid a trip to the ER
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Allison🐛🪲 @allisonstoiserart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I launched my plush woodcock bags in my online shop this weekend!
Two plush woodcock bags sitting over a grassy field at dusk. A woman wearing green wearing a plush woodcock crossbody bag in a forest.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 04/10/2026
Telling the Pope he can't talk about AI because he's not an "artist" like you is so fucking funny. You're not an AI artist, you didn't art anything. You serially commission visual files from a chatbot. You're like the dumbest Pope Julius III working with the worst fake Michelangelo there is.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Catching measles does not make your immune system stronger… it does the exact opposite. It can wipe out your immunity (both natural and vaccine related) to all kinds of diseases. It’s a deadly and disabling disease that we know how to prevent. Get your vaccine. It saves lives.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We teach young girls to cover their drinks. Walk with their keys between their knuckles. Dress modestly. Have a buddy system. Yell “fire”. By the time we’re adults we have a novel length list of rules to follow to avoid being raped. Many of us are raped anyways. That’s why we’re enraged.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When mask bans were first being enacted, disabled people warned they marked a return to Ugly Laws. They were a crucial step towards eliminating us from public life. They were designed to make us hide away, unable to safely exist in public. Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread below: www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
About 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“ME/CFS patients are deeply inconvenient.” George Monbiot on how people with #MECFS need long term support, but governments and insurers have an incentive to “brush it away” and dismiss patients leaving them “massively mistreated, maligned” and “blamed for their illness”.
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The very empathetic and largely positive piece I’m reacting to only mentions Covid once and it’s in context of how some of the newly IDed disabled people boldly wear “Covid masks”. Totally a coincidence everyone’s got POTS &/or ME now. Unrelated to a virus that gives you POTS &/or ME running rampant
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When has there ever been a pandemic that didn’t create more disabled people in its wake? That’s just not a thing. Viruses are bad. I’m sure a lot of people newly IDing as disabled always have been but many people have post viral illness or a minor pre-existing issue turned unignorable by long covid
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When articles talk about the increase in disabled people but don’t mention Covid, I just have to wonder what level of denial is this? This is a subtweet of an expert I still respect but… & to be clear this person believes the newly IDed disabled ppl are truly disabled, that’s the point of the piece.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disabled people tried to warn you. We were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis. Fascists will always come for the “useless eaters”. They want to institutionalize us. Hide us away from the rest of society. Remove our supports so we either die or disappear. It’s eugenics.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With the Cargill report making the rounds, it's worth remembering that infection control wasn't just incompetent in 2020 - this is that special, sustained, durable kind of incompetence that comes along with the refusal to ever admit a mistake. Let infection control screw up once, and it's forever.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s not a story that anyone wants to hear but in February 2018 I caught a friend’s sore throat. While he recovered fully, I just kept declining, and by June I was 99% bedbound. Eight years later, that’s where I remain. We desperately need better defenses against all respiratory viruses.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump admin will rewrite Section 504 after settlement with TX, AK, FL, LA and MT to remove references to “most integrated setting,” removing protections for disabled people.
disabilityscoop.com
Trump Administration Gets OK To Scale Back Disability Protections
The government will do away with rules requiring that people with disabilities be served in the community under a settlement with a handful of states that advocates say sidesteps decades of precedent.
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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
COVID-caused brain damage for those who keep asking for proof. 😷
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When they want breakfast and you just want to bedrot #catsofbluesky
Photo of a black and white cat with yellow eyes lounging on a green and white wool blanket. The photo is in "portrait mode" so the background is blurred, but you can see a dark grey wall, and light grey ceiling, and white closet doors. The wall is covered in framed artwork.Photo of a brown tabby cat with green eyes staring directly at the camera with a slightly judgemental look. There is a green and white wool blanket in the foreground. The photo is in "portrait mode" so the background is blurred, but you can see a dark grey wall covered in framed artwork.
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you. I built a wonderful found-family for myself over the years and I havent regreted the decision to leave for a single moment.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I actually think many people who are parents should never have been parents. And their children shouldn't have to pay the price for their lack of self awareness for eternity.
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You don't owe people your presence in their lives if they are just going to use you as their punching bag. Not even if they accidentally kept you alive for the first 18 years. I didn't choose to be born, and they aren't owed a lifetime of affection and loyalty just because we share genetic material.
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I went no contact with my physically and mentally abusive family 13 years ago, and it was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I spent my whole life up until then trying to get through to them, trying to get them to stop the abuse, trying to get an apology. Nothing got through. So I left 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stop calling people who wear masks and take Covid precautions the “forever covid” crowd. We’re literally the only ones trying to eliminate the virus. It’s not gone. It’s not over. It’s still disabling. People who deny this reality are the “forever COVID” crowd.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s like shouting “you do you!” At Sisyphus while kicking his rock back down to the bottom.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I really wish that Covid hadn’t happened, but it did, and either we adapt to the reality that it makes some people permanently sick and at risk, and they still deserve humanity, or we keep scapegoating and ostracizing anyone who points that fact out, anyone who has to survive it, anyone broken by it
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you’ve followed me a bit, you’ll know about the growing list of bizarre health consequences of my single covid infection four years ago. They are things you wouldn’t wish on any non-evil human. I don’t want more of them. Should I really have to risk my life to sit at a bar or buy a book?
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I would go so far as to say most people with virus induced fatigue have no idea that’s what the cause is, and they are stumbling from pillar to post trying wellness hacks to solve the problem. Some don’t want to know even if I mention the possibility.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eugenics is the tool of the oppressor. We do not need it. We will not use it. Hate to break it to you, but this means: Mentioning “the gene pool” The concept of IQ and BMI Standardized tests “Gifted” AND “special” education Rawdogging viruses “Social Darwinism” “Effective altruism”
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A few scientific facts. Covid is a multi-system disease with sequelae in all organs. SARS-CoV-2 didn't not disappear; actually a new variant is on the rise in multiple countries (PJ.2.1). It's not endemic. SARS-CoV-2 is airborne, namely it can spread and linger in the air a bit like cigarette smoke.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Symptomatic HSC staff who work with immunocompromised patients no longer have to test for Covid I’m immunocompromised I’ve been treated by visibly sick healthcare workers who’ve gotten upset with me for asking them to mask This policy change is horrifying, but not surprising to disabled people.
An NHS memo which reads email only
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HSC Trusts Medical Directors
HSC Trusts Directors of Nursing
GP Medical Advisers, All General Practitioners and
GP locums (for onward distribution to practice staff)
OOHs Medical Managers (for onward distribution to staff)
RQIA (for onward distribution to independent sector health and social care providers)
6 August 2026
Dear Colleagues,
Re: Updated COVID-19 testing guidance effective from 6 August
2026
Key points:
• Lateral flow device testing for COVID-19 is no longer recommended for symptomatic healthcare staff working in clinical areas caring for profoundly immunocompromised patients.
• Healthcare staff who are unwell with respiratory symptoms should contact their line manager and follow usual sickness processes
I am writing to inform you of updated guidance for COVID-19 testing in health and social care settings. Previous testing guidance issued in February 2024 has been stood down with immediate effect.'
While COVID-19 continues to pose a serious risk to vulnerable populations, this updated guidance reflects the changing burden of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, which is now more closely aligned with that of other viral respiratory infections.
Testing for COVID-19 continues to be recommended in the follow scenarios:• To inform clinical management of a patient.
• To investigate and manage incidents and/or outbreaks.
• To protect extremely vulnerable settings, enabling cohorting and appropriate infection prevention and control measures.
1. Testing for symptomatic health and social care staff
COVID-19 testing of symptomatic staff across health and social care settings, including hospitals, primary care, community, care homes and hospices, is not required. This guidance removes the previous requirement for COVID-19 specific testing by lateral flow device of symptomatic staff working in clinical areas caring for immunocompromised patients.
Staff who are unwell with respiratory symptoms should contact their line manager to complete a risk assessment in line with usual sickness and absence processes.
The above advice applies to all health and social care settings, except for symptomatic health and social care staff who may themselves be eligible for COVID-19 treatments. Such staff should test in line with current COVID-19 testing advice for individuals who are at highest risk.
Eligibility for COVID-19 treatments are available at Treatments for coronavirus (COVID-19) | nidirect.
2. Clinical indications for testing
Testing should support clinical diagnosis and management with clinical teams exercising discretion in relation to the testing required for any individual patient. Testing should continue in those patients who are suspected of having COVID-19 and who are eligible for COVID-19 treatments.
Setting specific guidance for COVID-19 testing for individuals in care homes and hospices remains unchanged. Full testing guidance for these settings can be found here: Testing in care homes and hospices | HSC Public Health Agency
3. Access to lateral flow devices
Care homes, primary care and independent health practitioners who require testing can continue to access LFD tests via the Pharmacy Collect scheme. Ordering arrangements for HSC Trusts remain unchanged3. Access to lateral flow devices
Care homes, primary care and independent health practitioners who require testing can continue to access LFD tests via the Pharmacy Collect scheme. Ordering arrangements for HSC Trusts remain unchanged. Trusts can continue to access these via BSO.
I would like to thank you and your staff for your ongoing commitment and dedication to providing the very best care possible.
Yours sincerely,
flame te lea
Dr Joanne McClean
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Guidance that has been withdrawn:
1. Updated COVID-19 testing guidance effective from 29 February 2024.
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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Before I developed Long Covid, after one ‘mild’ infection, I had had one migraine, one bout of heartburn, one bee sting & one fractured rib. I was not in ‘vulnerable’ group. It still managed to disable me to the point where I lost my home, my job, my friends & my future. #MaskUp
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Explicitly Anti-Vaxx @bellamyj.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
People really do not like when the group of people doing the dying point out that they're the ones doing the dying and they're doing so because of everyone's profound lack of care. So they get ignored, or worse, they get mocked.
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m only seeing people with ME or Long Covid sharing this. If you’re not affected, can you please read it & share? Ableist propaganda goes viral all the time, which encourages outlets to publish more of it. Can we please make the truth go viral instead?
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, we only just found out today she is legally 26, so she hasn't actually taken her driving test yet. But personally, I would not trust her behind the wheel.
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My 1yr old cat Annabel's brain was telling her to spray urine on all the walls, and so she is now on kitty Prozac to shut down whatever that misfiring signal was (and it works!), but the pharmacy put a random 2000 date as her bday and so the system says she is 26. #caturday
Partial screenshot of white screen with the black text "Fluoxetine Hcl Tablet' and underneath that in smaller black text, "Annabel, age 26."Photo of a black and white cat crouched on a pink flower cat tree in front of a sunny open window with some trees visible in the background. The cat's mouth is wide open, and there is bright pink text overlaid on the image reading "they said i'm HOW old???!"
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Really strange CVS experience getting my flu and covid shots. Pharmacist questioned me for 10+ minutes about the immune suppressant I am on, repeatedly informing me, "the vaccines won't work as well for you.." as I stand there in my N95 and reply "I know, that's why I'm wearing this mask.
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Eileen @eileenart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My cat is pretty judgey when I go back to bedrotting after feeding her on Saturdays.
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