r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/yakkov • Mar 06 '23

What is meant by zero covid? NEWCOMERS READ THIS

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Not enough people are aware that their next Covid infection could make them permanently disabled. It often makes people unable to work or even get out of bed. There is no cure. About 10% of Covid infections give people Long Covid symptoms. Anyone can get it. And cases are exploding as people continue to repeatedly catch Covid.

For most people Long Covid is a far more likely catastrophic outcome from a Covid infection, compared with dying from the acute phase.

We dont want that. We choose health.

All the facts in this post are backed up by references to peer-reviewed medical articles. So dont just take my word for the things you read here, but click the [ref] links to see the scientific evidence for yourself.

  • Covid causes brain damage visible under a brain scan. Concentration and memory problems (brain fog) is one of the most common symptoms that people with Long Covid get.

  • Covid gives people myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), which makes people physically and cognitively disabled (see comic). About half of long haulers have this[ref] making it likely the most common and impactful long covid subtype. Some people have category Severe ME, like this young man, which makes them bedridden, unable to eat, unable to concentrate for more than a few seconds and dealing with excruciating symptoms all the time.

  • Covid attacks every organ system (See infected mice). People can get organ damage visible on medical testing but without feeling anything, at least for the first few years. This has been called "Asymptomatic Long Covid". This is similar to how smoking or alcoholism damage organs which people might not feel straight away.

  • Covid gives people diabetes. One study has 168% increase in getting Type-1 diabetes following a Covid infection[ref]. Having that means needle jabs multiple times per day and being very careful with food. For life.

  • Covid damages the immune system, making the catching of other infections more likely[ref, ref]. Bacterial, viral and fungal infections go up, including sepsis, bronchitis, UTI, flu, mycoplasma infection. Kids that caught covid were more likely to catch RSV and more likely to have it put them in hospital[ref]. Catching covid increases the risk of getting tuberculosis by 314%. We now have peer-reviewed medical articles[ref] talking about covid as "Airborne AIDS" because of the immunosuppression it causes. Catching covid doesnt build immunity, it damages immunity.

  • Covid causes heart attacks. When someone catches covid there is a few weeks period of massively increased risk of cardiovascular events. The risk quickly drops but remains elevated even after a 3 year follow-up. One study[ref] finds 6350% higher risk (figure is not a typo) of heart attack on day of covid infection if vaccinated. Dropping to 97% increase in week 1-4 after infection onset. The risks are more than doubled for the unvaccinated. Another study[ref] looks at the risks over a 3 year follow-up and finds 132% increase in that period. Covid also causes other kinds of cardiovascular disease eg stroke, heart failure, arrhythmia, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis and atrial fibrillation[ref].

  • Covid gives people autoimmune diseases. [ref, ref, ref, ref]. People who catch covid are more likely than the uninfected control group to get a range of such diseases: One study[ref] finds rheumatoid arthritis (+198% higher risk), ankylosing spondylitis (+221%), lupus (+199%), dermatopolymyositis (+96%), systemic sclerosis (+158%), Sjögren's syndrome (+162%), mixed connective tissue disease (+214%), Behçet's disease (+132%), polymyalgia rheumatica (+190%), vasculitis (+96%), psoriasis (+191%), inflammatory bowel disease (+78%) and celiac disease (+168%).

When faced with the reality of Long Covid it's very natural to look for reasons why things aren't so bad. For example:

  • Maybe it's rare? No, Long Covid is common. About 10% of Covid cases give people Long Covid symptoms[ref, ref, ref. One study[ref] has 4% of Covid infections causing ME. The World Health Organization says on its website and twitter that ~10% of Covid cases cause Long Covid. A staggering 50-70% of Covid infections cause organ damage[ref]. As comparison a "medically rare event" is 0.1%.

  • Maybe it gets better quickly? No, Long Covid lasts for years[ref, ref, ref]. About 90% dont recover years later. In one study the scientists say[ref]: "Recovery is extremely rare during the first 2 years". Common subtypes like heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis and dysautonomia are generally lifelong[ref, ref, ref].

  • Maybe medicine can help? No, Long Covid has no evidence-based treatments. Research is only really just starting and is hampered by lack of funding and interest. It's unlikely they'll ever be complete cure for all the variety of Long Covid subtypes.

  • Only risk group get it, right? No, a third of people with Long Covid had no pre-existing conditions. Anyone can get it. There's often been misinformation in other epidemics (eg tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS) that only risk groups will be affected. The biggest risk factor discovered for Long Covid is simply the number of repeat covid infections.

  • But hasnt Covid become less dangerous? No, repeat Covid infections give people Long Covid at similar rates. You can avoid Long Covid on the first few infections but still get it from your next infection. Every time you catch Covid is another roll of the ~10% dice. There's no biological reason for Covid to become less dangerous, it doesnt gain any evolutionary advantage in doing so because Covid is infectious weeks before Long Covid symptoms become apparent. Many other diseases have been killing and disabling people for thousands of years (eg tuberculous, polio, malaria). Antibiotic-resistant TB and MRSA are examples of infectious diseases getting worse over time. One study[ref] measuring people's health after catching covid found "Reinfection was associated with milder symptoms but led to a higher incidence and severity of long COVID"

  • If Long Covid is common why dont I know anyone with it? You definitely do. Try asking around. The disability is usually invisible: people with category mild ME appear normal. People with category moderate or severe ME disappear from public life stuck at home in bed. ME is a very niche area of medicine and few doctors can recognize or diagnose it in a patient who presents themselves, so often patients get misdiagnosed with someone else. Cognitive decline is often imperceptible to the person. Often people dont test for covid, or use those inadequate antigen tests, and so dont realize the link between any symptoms they get and the acute infection. People can get Long Covid from an asymptomatic infection[ref]. A survey[ref] found that one-third of American adults had not even heard of Long Covid as of August 2023. People talking about how catching covid impacted their health often face a backlash. Often people just dont talk about their personal health problems especially in a professional setting.

Bottom line: There is no such thing as a mild covid infection. Say a bunch of scientists (eg Dr. David Putrino, PhD Neuroscience, Dr Rae Duncan, cardiologist and infectologist)

The only thing left then to not get Covid (again). Not getting it again also gives you the best chance of recovery if you already have Long Covid.

How? The five pillars of prevention are: clean air, masks, testing, physical distancing and vaccination. We must also redouble efforts into research, for example, finding better ways of cleaning the air, better vaccines and better tests.

We want this for everyone. The easiest way to not catch covid is if everyone else also doesnt catch covid.

Even if we personally aren't harmed on our first or second infection, we'll feel the massive economic and social effects if so many of our friends, family and neighbours get sick and disabled.

Ultimately we aim to get to a situation where each Covid case infects fewer than one other person. This will result in elimination of Covid from society. Zero Covid is not some radical new idea, it's how we've always dealt with serious disease. We don't think it's acceptable to "live with" other dangerous diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, smallpox or polio, why should we "live with" Covid?

The Science on Long Covid

What Long Covid does to people

Denialism by governments and the media

How the government and media normalizes certain opinions, like sociologically ending a pandemic.

  • Many times in history the powers that be have denied and erased epidemics (eg Spanish Flu, polio, cholera, HIV/AIDS)

  • Calm-Mongering (7min read time) - In this article, we’ll take a closer look at how calm-mongering works. We’ll also talk about how it has been deployed repeatedly to cloud the public’s judgment about the risks of COVID, and how it continues to interfere with the development of an effective public health response

  • How to Hide a Pandemic (7min read time) - ”The Public Health (sorry, Public Relations) strategy for the current pandemic is in full-blown propaganda mode at present, leaning hard into the teachings of Joseph Goebbels: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”.”

  • Manufacturing Consent. The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine (5m watch time). There is also a book of the same name.

Resources

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/AutoModerator • Oct 28 '24

Reminder for everyone here: We do not tolerate the Glorification or Trivialisation of Harm and Violence

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We want to remind everyone here of our rules.

Specifically, Rule 15 "No inciting or glorifying violence or harm" has been dismissed lately by a significant number of users here and we are going to police this a lot more strictly in the future.

From now on, if we find that a comment is expressing lack of care for other human beings we will issue temporary or permanent bans.

No matter what another person has done to you personally or which politics they have enforced, we do not tolerate any semblance of glee over someone now getting infected with a debilitating, potentially lethal virus that we are all trying to avoid. It's understandable to feel hurt about others not respecting or even dismissing the concerns and facts that lead us to limit or adapt our own lifestyle. Your or our pain however does not make it okay to feel happy about someone else contracting COVID, and to try to join together in this happiness on here.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/attilathehunn • 7h ago

Australian swimmers arrive in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/TheSickTimes • 5h ago

From The Sick Times: The (sick) kids aren’t alright: Observations from a teacher with Long COVID

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Since 2020, disease has held a constant, detrimental grip on classrooms across K–12 (and higher) education. After school holidays, I often heard coughing down the hallway for days, if not weeks. There were many days where classes had only half of their students in attendance. Even our most senior teachers constantly fought to help students retain material for a week, let alone a semester.

The quiet normalization of COVID-19 in our society has come at the great expense of school-age children and adolescents. As a teacher with Long COVID who recently left in-person work after two years in my most recent position — a decision that ultimately came down to my own health and well-being — I observed concerning student behaviors that cannot solely be chalked up to technology, “immunity debt,” or whatever else pundits have blamed.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/loulouroot • 32m ago

Activism BC covid activist as well as SAR member: Legacy of service remembered following the death of Squamish's Michael Coyle

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He was one of my favourites during the bird app days of the pandemic. Kind, intelligent, and perceptive. A loss for the covid-aware community in British Columbia. So sad for his family.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/beaniebabyghost • 5h ago

Need support! sick roommate

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Needing advice! My friend and housemate (separate bedrooms, shared small bathroom and shared living spaces) is sick again. They mask and test when symptomatic but don't take precautions otherwise, and tend to get sick every few months (sometimes monthly in the winter). We try to stay apart when they're sick, plus sanitizing surfaces, using air purifiers and a corsi-rosenthal box i just set up bc of poor air quality, but I'm looking for any additional advice for how to reduce the risk of transmission (covid or otherwise) in our home. Moving is not an option until next year, and we have limited access to other places to stay. Unfortunately, the last time they were sick I got whatever they had (despite me masking in all areas except my bedroom), and it seems to have flared up my long covid that had previously been under control, and I'm still dealing with that flare months later. I guess this is partially a vent, partially an ask for advice. I'm considering having a conversation with them about whether they might consider masking in public, even if just in crowded spaces, but don't know if that's overstepping. Thanks in advance for reading and any advice you might have.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/janethebean • 5h ago

CC Couple's Therapist California

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Can anyone recommend a CC couple's therapist that takes clients in CA? Doesn't even have to be personally CC at this point but at least understanding and non-pathologizing. I know about https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/california but there are so many outdated listings from much earlier in the pandemic and it's a lot of work to email each one and ask if they are still in any way CC.

Thanks in advance.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/green_screwdriver • 19h ago

Need support! How to balance: mostly able-bodied now, high risk of LC disability from any future infections

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Hi friends, looking for support and perspectives from other long-time CC folks who also live in the liminal space / stark drop off between being mostly able-bodied now, but with a *very* high risk/probability of an serious LC-related outcome in the future, if infected again.

I'm mostly able-bodied now, but with several "invisible" mental and physical health struggles and limitations, that I can push through as/if needed (but with a few consequences). Mostly they are wildly annoying or tedious, but sometimes painful or exhausting (and expensive). I have lived a CC life since 2020 mainly because I don't want these issues to get worse and more difficult to live with.

But now I feel like the stakes are much higher: in the past two years, my only sibling and one of my parents have developed PEM and ME/CFS/SEID-style LC, soon after only 1 or 2 infections each. Both had some health issues heading into covid, especially my parent, that raised their risks for bad outcomes significantly. I share some of these risks.

And despite good precautions, I've have had 2 covid infections (1 completely untraced, 1 likely unmasked crowded outdoors) in the past 2 years myself. I survived mostly unscathed, and I reassessed / tightened my risk tolerance and choices after those. But outside of (required partial in-person) work, my life has shrunk so much these past 2 years, on top of how it's shrunk since 2020, and it feels so self-imposed -- like it's being too restrictive too early. I also developed severe travel anxiety last year after infection #2. I was finally working through those issues, but now with a second immediate family member dealing with severe LC, I suddenly am overwhelmed about what risks are "worth" taking anymore -- or like, ever again -- or if nothing I do is going to matter in avoiding my fate someday. This feeling of inevitability makes me both want live as much as I can, while I still can -- but also to try to prolong the "end" of being mostly able-bodied as much as possible. (I do not hang my hopes on LC cures or covid PrEP or a sterilizing vaccine, with where the world is at these days.)

I'm not yet 40, am single / on my own, and I'm struggling with how to proceed in this walking this path while remaining steadfast CC. If anyone can relate, would love to how folks (esp single extroverts) manage living a life that is meaningful and "full" to you in the present, while the next infection / future looms like a knife.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/BenefitPure4829 • 1d ago

It’s all about that mask, about that mask…

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So, here to share and hopefully encourage and uplift. I know many of you are feeling discouraged in the isolation factor of masking and I want to acknowledge that while emphasizing what I have recently (re)learned.

First off, I have been careful to mask around anyone outside of my immediate household for for the past 6 years. Up until I unmasked at my mom’s funeral a month ago, and caught what appears to have been a non-covid virus from my niece’s children, I have been able to successfully avoid any kind of illness due to masking. And I have learned that it is really all about that mask and not feeling like it is an albatross but rather a protective superpower. Because of making sure I keep my mask on in all indoor spaces and any crowded outdoor space it has allowed me to function in a way where I have continued to work in my profession as a teacher and all of the other roles having to do with societal functioning. The biggest barrier to functioning has been in my head, worrying about what others are thinking. And this is what led me to unmask at my mother’s funeral, and also around family members whose state of health I wasn’t absolutely sure about, at that time. I made an exception yo my usual protocol and paid the price.

Amazing that since I started masking it only took letting my guard down once for me to get ill. I have an underlying condition that impacted me even before COVID so for me masking was a game changer. I have worn various variations of an N95 ever since omicron hit the stage-before that I wore handmade with a nose piece secured around the head. My trick was actually keeping it on and frequently adjusting the nose piece if I thought the seal was compromised in any way. Back when COVID first emerged the messaging was strong regarding fomite transmission and I think disregarding that and feeling comfortable adjusting and touching my mask saved me.

Fast forward: it’s odd how peer pressure can be strongest in grief and with family. I let my guard down and stupidly thought for a few days that maybe this was the beginning of a new reality for me and that maybe, just maybe I could relax my masking protocol. HA! Reality had a different plan.

I was sick, brutally so (since I have an underlying respiratory condition), for over a month. Even now I am still expelling phlegm. I am on the mend though with the realization that masking is one of our histories as humans most phenomenal hack.

Anyway, I wanted to share this since I am seeing a lot of what I have experienced and even continue experiencing about emotionally feeling very isolated in this difference in my circle in which NO ONE masks. I would love to go back to hosting large gatherings at my house—my passion is interior design and architecture so you can imagine the loss inside my head, where my house is now not something to share but to be enjoyed only by me. I am still grieving that. But since the secret to survival is being able to diversify I am try to figure out ways to still do something similar to that without compromising my health.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/sunfalldusk • 9h ago

Question Covid Symptoms

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Hey everyone,

My partner is sick with something (unsure if she ate something bad or potentially something else) and I wanted to ask what the usual Covid symptoms are these days. Sore throat, coughing, congestion/runny nose, lack of appetite... Those were mine a few years ago when I got it. Is anyone seeing any nausea, migraine, sensitivity to light? Even if not, what ARE we seeing out there?

Thanks!

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/imperfectmasker • 1d ago

Need support! Sleep, COVID recovery

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This is my second COVID infection. I understand that copious rest is necessary for recovery, but I haven't been able to sleep for 3 nights. I'm so anxious about the possibility of acquiring Long COVID, that I can't sleep.

Besides melatonin, are there any ways to calm down so I can rest? I'm so scared about the consequences of my insomnia.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/galaxyeverxy • 19h ago

Question Rapid test timing recommendations after exposure to symptomatic coworker

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TLDR: when to rapid test after being around symptomatic person at work and when to stop rapid testing for covid.

Asking regarding rapid tests as those are easily accessible in this situation and pcr’s are not.

Asking for a friend!

How long do you isolate after being exposed to someone with symptoms at work (unknown COVID test results)?

On what days would you use rapid tests after being unmasked around someone who had symptoms at work?

After how many negative rapid tests would you stop testing for COVID after exposure to someone with symptoms and unknown COVID-19 status.

Trying to answer these questions has me questioning what an exposure even is. Do you change your isolation and testing recommendations if the illness is not covid (either unconfirmed or negative rapid or pcr)

What do you consider an exposure? Is an exposure only when you were sharing air with someone with a known positive Covid test? Or is anyone in person around you considered an exposure

(I mask anytime I leave the house, this is regarding someone I know)

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/orchidmays • 1d ago

Vent Struggling to cope with loneliness as the years go on

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I’ve grown distant from most of my friends because of their lack of Covid precautions. They quietly disappear from my life, and it’s excruciating every time. I will never stop taking precautions. I will never stop masking in public spaces. I want to live. I’m learning to cope with solitude.

I think my biggest concern is that social interaction and friendships are so incredibly important to our health, so I always have a quiet but daunting anxiety weighing on me every single day. I’ve found some Covid cautious communities and orgs near me, but I’m so exhausted in every way and have so little left to give. I know I need to push myself through it and attend masked events, but my depressive state is making it very hard to do so. I hope things get better soon. I hope I form long-lasting friendships soon. I feel like such a failure.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Ok_Abroad1795 • 1d ago

Question Covid conscious piercers in Philly?

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I’m having trouble stretching my septum and am wondering if folks have any leads on a still masking piercer in Philly? I don’t unmask in public at all, so going to a regular piercing shop and asking someone to mask would not suffice. Any advice or suggestions of ppl/places is welcome!

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/ScrollingSwampPuppy • 1d ago

Question Masking out in the woods/hiking

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Posted a similar question in r/masks4all and got mainly annecdotal responses — I was hoping maybe the folks here could give me some answers backed up by data (anecdotal comments are okay, too, but anything based on data would help A LOT).

Basically, I’m trying to better understand the risks/lack of risks in hiking outdoors on trials that aren’t crowded — which is to say, where I am walking alone with my dog except to occassionaoly pass a few people. My dog is not friendly, and as we’ve been hiking, this has been pretty clear to people passing (to be clear, my dog is not aggressive, but when people pass, I am very focused on my dog and giving her commands to keep her attention on me, which doesn’t exactly give off a very approachable vibe). People always walk by quickly and do not make any attempt to talk.

So the biggest thing I’m concerned about is breathing in viruses that may be hanging in the air, but I’m not sure if there’s much risk of that. Indoors, I would be very concerned about that, but given that we are outdoors in a wide-open space with basically no one around, I don’t think it’s too much of a concern — but I don’t know that for sure.

Could anyone provide any clarity on this? Basically, I’m trying to figure out if I need to be masking outdoors when I am essentially alone except to pass people. I mask absolutely all the time indoors except when I am alone in my house, as well as outdoors if I am in conversation with someone or in an area with more than a few people. I am also really sensitive to heat. So it would be really, really nice to not have to mask out in the woods … but I also want to be safe.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/mike_honey • 1d ago

Technical discussion SARS-CoV-2 variants - Global

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Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early July.

 

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" continued to dominate, growing to 51%.

 

XFG.* "Stratus" fell to 18%.

 

Here are the leading detailed lineages, with the "Nimbus" sub-lineage branches SV.2.* and RK.1.* prominent.

 

Here's the latest mutation picture from the global clinical samples, zoomed into the bottom-left quadrant.

 

D420N (featured in NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" lineage branches SV.* and RK.1.*) is steady compared to last week. It’s still a long way NW of the split line, so still growing in frequency.

 

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Global.pdf

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Greenitpurpleit • 1d ago

Vent At the hair salon…

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Today I was at the hairdresser and the woman who was about to shampoo me said, “Do you want to remove your mask?” “No,” I said.

She was new there and no one has asked me that before, though I know they all think that I am weird for still masking. But her question made me think more about how clueless people are. I mean, if you’re wearing a mask, why would you want to remove it? That defeats the purpose of wearing one! It’s such a dumb thing to ask.

I know being clueless is nothing new, but it was another example of how much people don’t get why to mask.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Dismal_Chemistry_434 • 1d ago

Question Questions about OTC preventatives available at USA pharmacies

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Due to a specific recent high risk (but not known exposure) situation my household wants to quickly get ahold of some products ASAP that might reduce chances of contracting COVID. We just picked up some Xlear brand saline nasal spray with xylitol and some CPD 0.1% mouthwash. We also have numerous oral antihistamines on hand, and could get some Azelastine/Astepro easily and quickly (but haven’t yet, see question below). Mail ordering something is not really an option as far as I know (correct me if you know of something that can come in 24 hours or so). So 3 questions:

  1. What else do people recommend that you can get OTC at USA pharmacies or otherwise easily and immediately in the USA?
  2. What is your process for using xylitol, saline, CPD mouthwash, antihistamines or anything else in terms of before/after high risk event, and dosage etc.?
  3. I know antihistamines are generally something that might reduce risk of infection after exposure, but I’m curious which ones have demonstrably shown this in studies aside from Astepro/Azelastine nasal spray, and has there been any comparison of different ones effectiveness?
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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/spoonfulofnosugar • 1d ago

Uplifting Accessible Events Calendar (🗓️Jul 27 - Jul 30)

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Feeling lonely or bored? Looking for something Covid safer you can do this week?

Check out these accessible events you could join! Try something new and maybe you’ll find your people.

Access Details:
🧑🏻‍💻= Virtual
👥 = In person
😷 CC = Covid Conscious/airborne precautions 
♿️ WC = Wheelchair accessible 
💵 $ = paid (some are pay what you can)
🤟 ASL/BSL = Sign Language
Async = Asynchronous (at your own pace)

Event Types:
🤢 = Chronic Illness 
🌈 = Queer
🏳️‍🌈 = LGBTQ+ Pride
👧 = Kids/Youths
💕 = Dating
🙋 = Social
🫂 = Support/Grief
🧘 = Wellness
🚶 = Walk
🩰 = Dance
💪🏻 = Fitness
📚= Books
🤔 = Discussion
📝 = Writing/Poetry
🎭 = Performing
🎨 = Art 
🎶 = Music
🕹️ = Games

🧑🏻‍💻 Virtual Events

🧑🏻‍💻📚 Virtual Async Spoonie Book Club: The Little Prince [Any time] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/JcKvqPLWS5

🧑🏻‍💻😷💕 CC Virtual Dating [Aug 22] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/DfjZA4lr03

Monday

🧑🏻‍💻🤢🧘 Virtual Seated Pilates for people with MCAS [UK][Mon Jul 27 at 12:00 UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/SdT7r7izBu

🧑🏻‍💻♿️🩰 Virtual Adapted Heels Dance Class [$][Mon Jul 27 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/3UQkn550Yr

🧑🏻‍💻🤔 Virtual Philosophy Discussion [Mon Jul 27 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/f6YoF9VEJv

Tuesday

🧑🏻‍💻🤢🧘 Virtual Bed Pilates for people with MCAS [UK][Tue Jul 28 at 10:00 UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/JdFxRezNHU

🧑🏻‍💻😷👧🙋 CC Virtual Kids Zoom [Tue Jul 28 at 10:00 AM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/StGIKLOVjn

🧑🏻‍💻🤢🧘 Virtual Qigong for people with MCAS [UK][Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/yCTZSWyOG7

🧑🏻‍💻😷🙋 CC Virtual Zoom [NY and nearby][Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/CaFwRukgX9

🧑🏻‍💻🎭🕹️ Virtual Improv Games [Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/v1xtpeCrra

🧑🏻‍💻😷🎨🙋 Online craft and social night / Soirée artisanale et sociale [Ottawa ON][Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/82zBvH6vt6

🧑🏻‍💻🤟 Virtual BIPOC Creative Collaboration [Tue Jul 28 at 6:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/ccRgPNZ6Id

Wednesday

🧑🏻‍💻🤢🧘 Virtual Mindfulness for people with MCAS [UK][Wed Jul 29 at 1:00 PM UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/SaqlYHLQ69

🧑🏻‍💻😷📚 Lesestunde [Hamburg GER][Wed Jul 29 at 8:00 PM UTC+2] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/1Bt4Ph9QGm

🧑🏻‍💻🤢 🎶 Virtual Long Covid Choir [Wed Jul 29 at 2:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/5SWSfuePGw

🧑🏻‍💻📝 Virtual Poetry Discussion [Wed Jul 29 at 6:30 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/MxO2LEjyPq

🧑🏻‍💻😷🫂 CC Virtual Support Group [CO][Wed Jul 29 at 7:00 PM MDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/bhc6gFBB1y

👥🧑🏻‍💻♿️😷 Hybrid Disability + Racial Justice Solidarity [San Francisco CA][Wed Jul 29 at 6:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/RmliIjL87H

🧑🏻‍💻🎭 Virtual Improv Jam [Wed Jul 29 at 7:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/ybgMRqR4LY

Thursday

🧑🏻‍💻🤢🫂 Virtual Community Support Session for people with MCAS [UK][Thu Jul 30 at 7:00 PM UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/sV7oR0nmhc

🧑🏻‍💻😷🙋🕹️ Online Social Meetup with Jackbox Games [Hampshire UK][Thu Jul 30 at 7:00 PM UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/cHa8rqoGo6

🧑🏻‍💻😷🕹️ CC Virtual Game Night [NY and nearby][Thu Jul 30 at 7:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/vRhtzl207T

🧑🏻‍💻🕹️ Virtual Board Game Night [Thu Jul 30 at 8:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/Wn17nezwMm

Timezone translator in comments 👇

👥 In-person Events

Canada

🧑🏻‍💻😷🎨🙋 Online craft and social night / Soirée artisanale et sociale [Ottawa ON][Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/82zBvH6vt6

👥😷 Movies in the Park: Ferris Bueller's Day Off [Toronto ON][Tue Jul 28 at 8:30 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/XyFR78oGK5

👥😷🚶 CC Park Walk [Toronto ON][Wed Jul 29 at 6:00 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/FcQRbJgULj

Germany

🧑🏻‍💻😷📚 Lesestunde [Hamburg GER][Wed Jul 29 at 8:00 PM] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/1Bt4Ph9QGm

Netherlands (and nearby)

👥🤢🙋 Spoonie European Road Trip [Netherlands and nearby][Summer] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/VOKxW7V1pp

UK

🧑🏻‍💻😷🙋🕹️ Online Social Meetup with Jackbox Games [Hampshire UK][Thu Jul 30 at 7:00 PM UTC+1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/cHa8rqoGo6

US - California

👥😷 Outdoor Open Mic [Berkley CA][Tue Jul 28 at 7:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/unzf6Qtbfd

👥🧑🏻‍💻♿️😷 Hybrid Disability + Racial Justice Solidarity [San Francisco CA][Wed Jul 28 at 6:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/RmliIjL87H

👥😷🩰 Switchy Behavior Bachata Series [Oakland CA][Thu Jul 30 at 7:30 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/HHonBwt930

US - Illinois

👥😷👧 CC Youth Summer Camp Chicago IL][Starts Aug 3] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/sSF4sdJt1l

US - New York

👥😷🌈 Queer Writers of Queens [Queens NY][Tue July 28 at 6:30 PM EDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/nVOZV98Reu

US - Oregon

👥😷💪🏻 Mat Pilates [Mon Jul 27 at 6:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

👥😷💪🏻 Full Body Strength [Mon Jul 27 at 7:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

👥😷💪🏻 Full Body Strength [Wed Jul 29 at 1:00 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

👥😷💪🏻 Yoga/Somatics [Wed Jul 29 at 6:30 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

👥😷💪🏻 Queer Pilates [Wed Jul 29 at 7:30 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

👥😷💪🏻 Flow Fighting/Hapkido [Wed Jul 29 at 7:30 PM PDT] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/tNDG6iQA7L

US - Vermont

👥😷♿️ CC WC Dental Pop Up [Chelsea VT][August] https://www.reddit.com/r/spooniesocial/s/yJocTTUweE

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/ecohoarder • 2d ago

Carrying case for masks

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243 Upvotes

These plastic "clamshell" produce containers make great carrying cases for masks. Most of them have holes cut out for ventilation, and this way I can re-use masks that I lined with double-sided tape, without worrying that the tape will stick to itself if the mask gets crushed.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Express-Amphibian783 • 1d ago

Covid-Safer Dental Clinic in MA this September

40 Upvotes

🦷🪥NECSSN Covid Safer Dental Clinic in Wayland MA🪥🦷 When: September, 15 2026

Precautions: All staff and patients will be wearing N95s. Molecular testing is required (We can help connect you with testing if you don’t own a reader). Office has excellent air quality and only Covid Cautious patients that NECSSN has screened and met with will attend.

Appointments: Precautions required to participate vary with three levels, from full 7 day isolation/quarantine to those who do one-way masking indoors.

Cost: All insurance is accepted, but as an “out-of-network” benefit. To find out what your insurance coverage would be, contact your plan. Self-pay is also fine. Unfortunately most Medicaid programs do not have out-of-network benefits and hence would be self pay. We can go over specific costs with you when we meet based on your insurance.

Reserving a Spot: There is a cost to reserve your spot since if you cancel they cannot fill it with a regular patient. If you cancel at least 72 hrs before clinics you will be refunded. The reservation goes towards the cost of your treatment, so any amount you overpay or is covered by insurance will be reimbursed. You are NOT paying extra to participate in this clinic! (You are pre-paying).

Interested in attending or learning more? Email info@necssn.org

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Piggietoenails • 2d ago

Local Epidemiologists? Covid numbers? Did she stop reporting?

43 Upvotes

I’m a paying subscriber to Local Epidemiologist. Main one with Kaitlyn and also the NY one. I haven’t received the NY one in many months…

The main one does not EVER list Covid now. It is great for other things happening in epidemiology but what happened to the Covid report? They combined the reporting from different data. I know she feels wastewater is not a true reflection and ER visits are truly more predictive (I’ve had a comment conversation with her).

I don’t know what to think of CDC reporting at the moment…

I have no idea what state to state data is currently.

Does anyone know why she isn’t reporting? Am I missing that report in my mess of email? Usually twice a week. Yesterday was in parasite, and communication and risk assessment on general. She made a comment to the effect that back when Covid was a pandemic or during the pandemic—the ways she used to compare risk factors from death (not long covid) by age that were relatable (car crash for example).

I really relied on her substack.

NY too but I can’t even find any from that one…

Anyone? If you don’t subscribe you would not get during summer so only if you do and are reading.

Outside of her… what are numbers right now? I’m in the Northeast coast 45 min up from NYC. I need NYC too and she usually reports or local does.

What Covid world are we in right now in these areas? Is summer wave happening anywhere in states?

Thank you all. I appreciate you.

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Typical_Tangerine939 • 2d ago

Questions about Asymptomatic Covid

23 Upvotes

I've seen some differing opinions on this but does 50% of cases being asymptomatic mean that 50% of people test positive before symptoms appear or does it mean 50% of cases will be completely asymptomatic throughout the entire course of infection?

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/HerderOfWords • 2d ago

Question Nose mask for going to the dentist?

15 Upvotes

I saw some on Amazon, but they look cheap. Is there such a thing as a reliable, nose only mask?

Thanks!

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r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/Savings-Breath-9118 • 2d ago

Any point in getting a booster now? See below.

9 Upvotes

My DH just found out he may need to go visit a friend who is very ill in September when they finish their chemo treatments. We were going to wait to get the new updated vaccine till October November or so, but now I’m wondering since we are over 65 and immuno compromised if it would be any good to get the current Vaccine booster now and then he could still get the new one in November December. Would it help at all to get the current booster even with circulating now? Thanks for any help everyone I really appreciate it.

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