(They also first banned Hawaiian folks from surfing, then completely stole it, virtually erasing its originating culture. "Cultural appropriation" doesn't even begin to cover it. This is genocide, and it's ongoing. Call it what it is.)
The US banned Hawaiian language, overthrew our country, let us die in Maui fires, devastated our universal healthcare, & illegally occupies Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. The US is not a beacon, but the destroyer of independence
So, I was today years old when I learned that measles completely erases your body's immunological memory of how to fight disease.
That's ALL disease.
Anti-vaxx is OFFICIALLY genocide.
Not enough of us are taking Omicron seriously because it's survivable for the vaccinated, and I am just like "Do you KNOW how sick you can get before you die?"
Oh my God, the TONE. This is like the third headline I've read OPENLY complaining about the absence of Black African death. There's layers to analyze here, but I need you to understand that they think that Africans should die. Generally really, but especially in a pandemic.
***CW: MONKEYPOX SYMPTOM DESCRIPTIONS (NO PHOTOS)***
I'm noticing from the chatter on my timeline that a lot of you are still misinformed about what monkeypox skin bumps CAN look like. The vast majority of online image searches seem to yield photos of extreme presentation.
I'm going to say, again, that when long COVID effects kill me - sooner than later - I need y'all to recognize and say LOUDLY what it was.
Long COVID is keeping my blood pressure at 230/128, in spite of taking an elaborate cocktail of meds.
Long COVID is shredding my kidneys.