Moody Monday: another roundup
2022-Aug-29, Monday 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerThe economic situation in the USA continues to worsen (see citations in the first reply), including here in Minneapolis. The authoritarianism on display in the Republican party continues to grow. Trump is still presumed to be their front runner in 2024, and he is under investigation for tax fraud, election fraud, insurrection, and violating the Espionage Act. Of course, we can expect Democrats to ignore reality yet again.
New monkeypox cases worldwide have plateaued around 6,000 cases per week. That's good. It can transmit asymptomatically. That's bad.
In the USA, you should take the opportunity to get your last set of free rapid Covid tests now. Don't expect any more. The USA has succumbed fully to the #UrgencyOfNormal, even with 10X the excess death seen in other parts of the world for people under age 65, even with various healthcare facilities operating over capacity today. It's not just immediate infection causing problems, it's also the aftereffects. It looks like Canada will soon join us. The willful ignorance is mind boggling.
We've known for almost 2 years now that SARS-CoV-2 damages the circulatory system, even in children with mild symptoms. GOOD NEWS: Masking and air filtration are effective! If, like other parents, you're concerned for your child's future health, then try building Corgi-Rosenthal boxes and donating them to every classroom where your child will study. Test results look good for these do-it-yourself creations, with filters working effectively for months before needing replacement. Ensure that your child has a steady supply of masks. The American Academy of Pediatrics had to go on Twitter to tell everyone that masks will not interfere in your child's development. In fact, a mother getting COVID-19 before birth increases the odds of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Like HIV before it, we will eventually learn a lot about human biology from this virus. People interested in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome have already noticed an unusual correlation with COVID-19. We may eventually learn that connective tissue plays a significant role in immunological health. Meanwhile, I've been trying to remind myself that eventually somebody would develop Kaposi's Sarcoma after covid, just as a statistical probability, unrelated to causation. It is troublesome, however, when doctors note a previously immunocompetent person develops it. We've seen this story in the 1980s/90s with AIDS.
I've seen the flooding in Pakistan, with more than 1,100 killed. I've seen the heat/drought in China. I've seen the Nazi warship in the Danube. I've seen the report that nearly every marine species faces extinction this century. But people are still expecting life to continue as normal. Sorry, but this is just the beginning. It will get a lot worse from here.
New monkeypox cases worldwide have plateaued around 6,000 cases per week. That's good. It can transmit asymptomatically. That's bad.
In the USA, you should take the opportunity to get your last set of free rapid Covid tests now. Don't expect any more. The USA has succumbed fully to the #UrgencyOfNormal, even with 10X the excess death seen in other parts of the world for people under age 65, even with various healthcare facilities operating over capacity today. It's not just immediate infection causing problems, it's also the aftereffects. It looks like Canada will soon join us. The willful ignorance is mind boggling.
We've known for almost 2 years now that SARS-CoV-2 damages the circulatory system, even in children with mild symptoms. GOOD NEWS: Masking and air filtration are effective! If, like other parents, you're concerned for your child's future health, then try building Corgi-Rosenthal boxes and donating them to every classroom where your child will study. Test results look good for these do-it-yourself creations, with filters working effectively for months before needing replacement. Ensure that your child has a steady supply of masks. The American Academy of Pediatrics had to go on Twitter to tell everyone that masks will not interfere in your child's development. In fact, a mother getting COVID-19 before birth increases the odds of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Like HIV before it, we will eventually learn a lot about human biology from this virus. People interested in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome have already noticed an unusual correlation with COVID-19. We may eventually learn that connective tissue plays a significant role in immunological health. Meanwhile, I've been trying to remind myself that eventually somebody would develop Kaposi's Sarcoma after covid, just as a statistical probability, unrelated to causation. It is troublesome, however, when doctors note a previously immunocompetent person develops it. We've seen this story in the 1980s/90s with AIDS.
I've seen the flooding in Pakistan, with more than 1,100 killed. I've seen the heat/drought in China. I've seen the Nazi warship in the Danube. I've seen the report that nearly every marine species faces extinction this century. But people are still expecting life to continue as normal. Sorry, but this is just the beginning. It will get a lot worse from here.We can halt Earth breakdown, but only if we end the fossil fuel industry. We can have a livable Earth or fossil fuels. We don't get both. I don't make the rules, this is physics and it isn't negotiable.
- Twitter, Peter Kalmus, 2022 August 28
People haven't figured out yet how much they have to give up to ensure that future generations can even survive. It requires reducing the meat and dairy impacts. It requires complete elimination of gas consumption, so no more trips in airplanes or drives across the metro. You go where you can walk or bicycle yourself. Period.- Twitter, Peter Kalmus, 2022 August 28