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   Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 00:47:11 JST Jay Baker

   Cholera! I refer to it a lot in this piece. https://www.mediaactivist.com/recovering-from-shock/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 00:47:35 JST Jay Baker

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     "Here in Sheffield, right by where I live, there is a burial ground for hundreds of people who died in the cholera outbreak of 1832, with a monument that is visible from many different parts of the city, and is considered to be a landmark of national significance."

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 00:48:35 JST Jay Baker

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     "Professor Peter Openshaw, a respiratory doctor and immunologist from Imperial College London, argued that those commonplace narratives around some sort of 'immunity debt' were ignorant: 'This would not be a good message for public health,' he stated. 'We would still have open sewers and be drinking from water contaminated with cholera if this idea were followed to its logical conclusion.'"

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 00:49:30 JST Jay Baker

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     "'There are layers to how incorrect this talking point, known as immunity debt' is,' suggested political organiser, activist, and writer Julia Doubleday. 'Firstly, your immune system doesn’t need to encounter viruses to get stronger. Pathogenic microbes do not strengthen your immune system. That’s why, instead of giving kids cholera on purpose, we clean the water. Secondly, wearing a mask or doing other forms of disease mitigation does not damage your immune system. Prominent outlets, critical of Trump at the beginning of Covid, [were] quick to debunk this lie back in 2020. Now they promote it.'"

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 00:50:55 JST Jay Baker

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     "'We are all playing Covid roulette,' wrote George Monbiot. 'The next infection could be the one that permanently disables you. I’ve been hit three times so far, and feel lucky still to be active. But I’ve lost a little every time: stamina, lung capacity, sleep, general fitness, however diligently I’ve exercised since. In all three cases, it seems, the infection has come from school. For families with school-age children, the chamber turns more often than for those without. ...The government still does almost nothing to make schools safe. There’s a powerful argument that just as cholera was stopped by cleaning the water, Covid will be stopped by cleaning the air.'"

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 06:58:36 JST Jay Baker

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     • Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

     @onepict It took me a while to figure out how to respond to such a message from one of my absolute favourite people on Mastodon, who I have so much respect for and whose opinion I value a great deal. Thank you so much. Weirdly, I felt very much the same way when putting the piece together and then proofreading it, so as strange as it may seem, I am comforted that it provokes a similar response in others. And that hopefully we can build a resistance. Thanks again.

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     Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: (onepict@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 06:58:37 JST Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

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     @MediaActivist I just read this. It's a gut punch and at the same time, I feel just as betrayed as you do by the folks we felt we had solidarity with.

     I'm glad you wrote this, because it shows us we aren't alone just distributed. It's a weird mixture of comfort and anger. With a lot of physical, mental and emotional fatigue.

     Thank you for writing this.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 07:00:33 JST Jay Baker

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     • Frieke

     @Frieke72 Thank you so much. And good point, that is an important part of the resistance! I signed up for the online conference but couldn't make it, so am excited to catch the recordings. We will fight back!

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     Frieke (frieke72@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2024 07:00:34 JST Frieke

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     @MediaActivist great longread, thx.

     And you might have heard about it already, but there's a worldwide movement growing to battle LongCovid (and MEcfs). See https://unitetofight2024.world/

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     Climate Jenny 2.0 (climatejenny@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 02:17:18 JST Climate Jenny 2.0

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     @MediaActivist This will take a little time to process, but thank you, thank you, thank you.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 02:17:18 JST Jay Baker

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     • Climate Jenny 2.0

     @ClimateJenny That means a great deal to me, much appreciated!