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   Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 20:51:42 JST Charles ☭ H

   Is my dad dying? Nobody knows!

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:11 JST Charles ☭ H

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     So my dad's ~chiropractor~ "prescribed" him a million high-dose supplements. An overdose of vitamin D can cause exactly the symptoms of the new heart condition that is disabling him. He is taking about ten times the dose described as "dangerous" in studies.

     His fucking chiropractor.

     There are so many people ready to harm elderly people for a bit if dosh.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:12 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Please fight for the NHS.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:13 JST Charles ☭ H

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     My dad is now shut up in a bedroom, running a heater full blast, wearing a coat, staring into the middle distance.

     He blames himself for his sudden decline, for not properly following his YouTube health advice.

     Apparently, when this started, he went to one of Texas's "cash-only" emergency rooms (A&E) and said something wasn't right. His lungs felt like they had fluid. They'd given him a blood test which didn't show an infection, but he was insistent, so for $50 extra, they xrayed his chest and found fluid, so a vending machine dispensed some antibiotics.

     I don't k ow of he failed to mention his newish heart stent or it just never occurred to them to check if he was having atrial fibrillation, but it seems like they just sent him to drive himself home in the middle of a heart attack.

     I just. Cash-only emergency room??

     He might not be dying, but he is also not going to get better.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:14 JST Charles ☭ H

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     "Moderate" congestive heart failure??

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:15 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Is my dad dying? All we know for sure is that he wishes for a greater variety of unsalted nuts.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:16 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Not really. Thats a joke.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:17 JST Charles ☭ H

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     By the time I get off hold, I'll be late for the flight

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:18 JST Charles ☭ H

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     I'm going to be 40 minutes late.

     ..awkward....

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:19 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Why did I think calling BA would take less than an hour?

     I should have left 20 minutes ago for tonight's seder.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:20 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Why am I trying to pay with a foreign credit card?? I'm making things harder than they have to be.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:21 JST Charles ☭ H

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     BA has agreed in principle to move my ticket, but will call me back "in 5 seconds"

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:22 JST Charles ☭ H

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     The next hurdle will be dealing with a telephone consult with my surgeon. The NHS can't call UK phone numbers if the phone is abroad. So will they zoom?

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:23 JST Charles ☭ H

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     No, sorry. I was confused.

     This is the piece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Duet

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:25 JST Charles ☭ H

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     The piece of music BA uses is like 18 minutes long, but they only use like 2 or maybe 3 minutes of it.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:26 JST Charles ☭ H

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     If you say you made your booking through ba.com, you fail the security check. ba.com redirects to britishairways.com and we only use proper domain names on this phone line.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:27 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Look, the tenth time you want to tell me your website ~might~ work, you can just assume that your website didn't work,

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:28 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Long enough to find my passports.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:29 JST Charles ☭ H

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     I feel like I've been on hold for a year, but it's been less than 5 minutes.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:30 JST Charles ☭ H

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     I will speak with an even voice. I will be clear. I will handle his phone call efficiently.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:31 JST Charles ☭ H

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     British airways hold music: soothing, but with a hint of romantic possibility

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:32 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Is my dad dying? Almost certainly

     Should I move my travel dated? Uh, probably.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 21:00:33 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Should I move my travel dates? Nobody knows!

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:43 JST Charles ☭ H

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     My dad is overdosing on vitamin D because of this asshole https://www.insider.com/youtube-nurse-dr-john-campbell-goes-viral-for-coronavirus-videos-2020-3

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:44 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Media literacy is great and a good idea, but also not an adequate answer. Especially not for people who are vulnerable. There needs to be accountability and justice for people harmed by disinformation, especially health disinformation. There's a reason that we have licensing scheme for doctors instead of relying on a "buyer beware" model. Health influencers should not be a thing.

     Also, bloody hell, supplements should be regulated. Like, why are dangerous doses of things for sale in the first place??

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:45 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Everything I can think of to help is actively impeded in one way or another by fucking YouTube misinformation. Because the goal of disinfo channels is to increase isolation and vulnerability, and they're really fucking good at doing that.

     And Google knows. And they have made an affirmative decision that this is fine. This is what they're for. This is how they make their money.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:46 JST Charles ☭ H

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     I am fully committed to making it awkward for anybody who works for a company that exploits vulnerable people.

     "Oh, I don't work in the division that actively preys on the elderly," yeah keep explaining that. Harming my family - harming any vulnerable people - is a red line.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:47 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Everyone who works at google should quit because everyone who works at google is implicated. Yes, everyone.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:48 JST Charles ☭ H

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     How many care homes are ruled out by my dad's covid vaccine conspiracy YouTube? 🙃

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:49 JST Charles ☭ H

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     In the US, you can pay for "concierge" doctors who will write you prescriptions for "health protocols" described by charlatans on YouTube.

     They know they're hurting people, especially elderly people.

     They know.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:50 JST Charles ☭ H

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     How much do people own their own bodies. Is it right to fight about too many vitamins? I feel like he does not understand the risks of his actions, but I don't know.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:51 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Old people: Dr Quak-YouTube's Stay Alive formula of 3g of daily lead is keeping me alive! Give it back! You're trying to kill me!

     Family members: I am not trying to kill you. Also, I need information about your bank accounts, retirement accounts, savings, investments and any property you own.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:52 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Dad: if you take away my vitamin d, I'll go lie naked in the sun for 20 minutes.

     Me: Let me get you a to well to lie on.

     Dad: I'll switch to eating nothing but grass fed beef.

     Me: If you're paying.

     Dad: Only beef!

     Me: What, no vegetables?

     Dad: Just beef.

     Me: You will never poo again.

     Dad: Some people have the opposite problem.

     Me: This isn't selling it.

     Dad: Joe Rogan eats nothing but grass fed beef for months at a time.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:53 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Anti-google action

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:54 JST Charles ☭ H

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     If you work for google, quit your job. Damage things as you leave.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:55 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Vitamin D pill: 10000 IU

     Me: Dad, this is like 3 times a safe dose.

     Me: I take three of those.

     (Note: the real version of this involved a lot of yelling and accusations of attempted murder.)

     Dad: The BMJ says this is a good dose.

     Me, logged into my uni library: It does not.

     Dad: NHS data says this is good.

     Me, Looking at the NHS page on vitamin D: "Too much vitamin D can cause bone breakage and heart problems."

     Dad: Its not in their published data!

     Me: Where are you accessing unpublished NHS data?

     Dad: Dr whoever on YouTube says…