https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/civil-rights-covid19/guidance-long-covid-disability/index.html

Yikes, that list of symptoms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/catholic-priest-grindr-pillar/2021/07/24/b2772f02-ecb6-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html

«Toward the end of Friday’s podcast, Flynn and Condon bemoaned the public debate about their recent work.

“I hate being the center of attention like this,” Flynn said.»

https://twitter.com/EBHarrington/status/1418281619312586755?s=20

Can’t remember who brought this into my because Twitter refreshed, but it’s good. Con victims won’t admit they got conned, thus exposing more potential victims to the con. It’s a moral choice they make.

Brooke Harrington (@EBHarrington) Tweeted: THREAD: As news stories drop about COVID+ pandemic deniers & anti-vaxxers ranting defiantly from ICU beds, let’s review what fraud research suggests abt the responsibility we should attribute to them for their condition & the ms they send. Are they victims we should pity? 1/x https://t.co/jrmo6zQ7BL

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-vaccine-conspiracy-theories-divorce_n_60faf8b6e4b05ff8cfc8086b

“Infodemic” is right. It’s a memetic virus, very sci-fi.

«Shane is among the millions of Americans who have fallen prey to the coronavirus “infodemic” — the maelstrom of false and misleading information about COVID-19 that has gone viral during the pandemic, drastically hindering the nation’s recovery.»

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/unvaccinated-different-anti-vax/619523/

I read this article yesterday and I see that Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) is now saying we should blame the unvaccinated for not being vaccinated.

«A lot of vaccine information isn’t common knowledge. Not everyone has access to Google. This illustrates preexisting fault lines in our health-care system, where resources—including credible information—don’t get to everyone. The information gap is driving the vaccination gap. And language that blames “the unvaccinated” misses that critical point. Black folks are one of the least vaccinated groups, in part because they have the least access to preventive health-care services.

….

Availability and access aren’t the same thing. If you have to walk the five miles, you’re going to rethink getting vaccinated, especially if you’re elderly, or you have chronic disease, or the round trip is interfering with other things like work. [Much of] our paid workforce doesn’t have flexibility about hours, or couldn’t take a day off if they wanted to. And if you don’t have paid sick leave to deal with the vaccine or the potential side effects of the second dose, you’ll skip it because feeding your family is more important right now.

Child care is also an enormous issue. If you don’t have someone to watch your children, then what do you do?»

Something something racism bad health outcomes. Attended a seminar on this (“Groundwater”) by the Racial Equity Institute.

OOOOF. Ok, Malcolm.

“All women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength.” Start reading this book for free: https://a.co/c8Spiov

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/22/98-bob-dole-reckons-legacy-trump-ponders-future-gop/7995412002/

«”I don’t like to second-guess, but I do believe we’ve lost something,” he said. “I can’t get my hand on it, but we’re just not quite where we should be, as the greatest democracy in the world. And I don’t know how you correct it….»

I know what went wrong, Bob, and I know how we can correct it.

I thought of you, dear reader, when I read this quote from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by MALCOLM X, M. S. Handler – “it didn’t take long to loosen up the dancing instincts in my African heritage.” Start reading this book for free: https://a.co/3HUE3Fv

Hmm. “African heritage.” Is it this easy to slip into a racist trope, or was he being sarcastic?

Of course, this is only chapter 4, so what do I know?

Er… and a few paragraphs on:

«Whites are correct in thinking that black people are natural dancers.»

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/21/magazine/i-just-learned-i-only-have-months-live-this-is-what-i-want-say/

Hmmm.

«I just wish I could stay a little longer.»

This is such an incredible quote.