#covid tw

[mythicalthing]

#polls #my polls #tw covid #covid tw #ive had it for a week #im losing my mind

[genderqueerpositivity]

The Biden administration on Friday proposed tighter limits on the online prescription of some medications, including the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall and highly addictive opioids such as oxycodone, a partial reversal of policy changes made during the coronavirus pandemic.

The new regulations, which would require health care providers to have at least one in-person visit with patients before prescribing or refilling certain drugs, would take effect after the public health emergency for Covid ends on May 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement.

The proposal will undergo a 30-day period of public comment, after which the D.E.A. will issue a final rule, the agency said.

Heads up: If you started testosterone (a schedule III controlled substance) via telehealth during the pandemic and you've never seen your provider in person, the Biden administration is probably going to fuck you over later this year.

Go to the link below for more info:

There is a link at the bottom you can follow to submit a comment on the proposal (but at this time the link doesn't appear to be working, for me at least).

Edit to update:

It has been pointed out to me that the MSN article above misrepresents the DEA proposal on telehealth regulations; the proposal is NOT a ban.

Please check out the most recent reblog of this post and the link below for clarification on the proposal:

#hrt #trans #covid tw #pandemic tw #this means i would literally have to go see my doctor in person in another state to continue to get my hrt #this year keeps getting more fucked #medication tw #opioids tw

[aropride]

i miss when people took covid seriously. i miss people making their own masks and the idea of going into a store without one being entirely socially unacceptable. i miss when all the schools were out and no one had anything to do because they were inside staying safe. i miss six-feet-away socially distanced masked picnics in my friend's backyard. i miss the phrase "unprecedented times" & i hate the phrase "the new normal" because none of this should be normal. we shouldn't be going about our days as if it were. i shouldn't be the only person in a walmart with a face covering. how is any of this "normal"? people are still dying, the covid rates are spiking again, people aren't getting boosters and my dad goes to church with two thousand people he doesn't even have a mask with him except for the crumpled-up blue mask in his left front pocket that's gone through the laundry at least twice. people are still dying, especially disabled people are dying, and nobody acts like they care anymore. my family and i used to go for walks around a lake fifteen minutes away and we and whoever passed us would all put on our masks if we got within 15 feet of each other. now my little sister goes to her fifth grade math class and the only person wearing a mask is her friend who had covid three days ago. when my dad got covid he passed out on the floor next to the stairs on his way to the bathroom and when he went to the hospital they ran tests and it was "just covid." when did covid become "just covid"? 284 people in the US died of covid this week. when we locked down 7 people had died that week. and "covid is over," and "this is the new normal," and target doesn't have free disposable masks in the entryway anymore.

EDIT: i had reblogs off on this post, i'm turning them back on now, but please be normal in the notes and in my askbox. do not act as though i'm personally responsible or in favor of your small business failing or your child's stunted social skills, do not get mad at me for having lived in an area that for the most part cared about covid for a couple months, do not traumadump about being held at gunpoint. i cannot account for the enormity of the human experience in my post about my personal experiences with covid. and do not tell me about how covid "isn't that serious." im disabled because of covid. i don't want to hear how you don't care if you spread it because it's "not that bad." be normal. be compassionate. at least pretend to care about disabled people, considering that's what the post is about. yes these are all real things people said to me

#my writing #covid tw #text

[cosettepontmercys]

if y'all know anyone who is at the chicago eras tour show tonight (june 4th), please let them know that someone who tested positive for covid went to the show anyways and is unmasked.

#taylor swift #the eras tour #covid tw #i don't know if this person is a troll or not but ... better safe than sorry

[coulson-is-an-avenger]

"a life threatening illness isnt a reason to miss work. you will be penalized if you choose to do so." am i going insane? am i entirely bonkers rn? is this real? IS AMERICA A REAL PLACE? AM I THE PROBLEM? HUH

#covid tw #ask to tag #coronavirus #praying to godddddd my symptoms rn are a scare bc hey uh what the Fresh Fuck #mossy speaks

[hiddenspriings]

So long story short I got covid 😰 out of all places husband got it at work (believe me, it's our first time getting it since the whole pandemic started and we were travelling SO MUCH, we are also one of these rare people who still wear masks) and as much as I tried to avoid it and isolate I was taking care of him so naturally I got it too. Last night was the worst night of my life, with fever so high I thought I'm just gonna die, hallucinations and all of that. Luckily he pretty much recovered so I have someone to take care of me. I'm saying all of this to let you know it'll take me a while to answer all messages and comments, I'm pretty much bedridden at this point 😭

#non sims #text #tw covid #covid tw

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

“i’m an ally to disabled people!” mhm ok so you’re still masking then? oh you’re not? interesting

#i have a chronic pain disorder and a cancer diagnosis so i am very much still masking and even if i wasn’t disabled myself i’d like to think #that my commitment to allyship and community care would supercede any discomfort that comes from continuing to mask #i see a lot of people who are self described allies who have completely stopped masking. babe you are actively doing harm to disabled people #‘but but but-‘ nope. sorry. covid hasn’t just disappeared. people are very much still dying and becoming disabled from it #if you wanna be an ally you can’t just say shit. you have to prove it #i don’t go places bc they’re inaccessible usually but also bc people don’t mask and going anywhere means im putting myself at risk #the studies coming out about this disease are horrifying too #anyway. rant over. wear your masks #covid tw #ableism

[ifwebefriends]

A Reflection of Starlight Review

(TW: brief mentions of COVID, cancer, and suicide) (spoilers for Les Mis but no spoilers for AROS)

Please indulge me as I tell a bit of a personal story.

I took French all throughout high school and also participated in French club. I was also really into musical theatre (and I still am) so I was interested in the musical Les Misérables. I saw it live once and it was incredible. Sometime during my sophomore year I tried to read the original Brick but didn’t get very far, it’s just kinda not my thing I guess. But the characters were so charming and endearing to me and I was primarily moved by the stories of Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert. I was moved by how their characters and stories mirror each other and how they’re so alike but their differences drove them to very different places. During my senior year of high school we watched the 2012 Les Mis film in French club one day. At the end when Javert kills himself, almost everyone in the room cheered, but I did not. While Javert did many bad things, had a very narrow worldview, and made things so much harder for our protagonist, I still felt pity for him. I felt pity that he lived by this one doctrine all his life because he kind of had no other choice and when faced with the idea that he may be wrong, he was so distressed and had no one to turn to, so he took his own life.

Earlier that year, I started reading a fanfiction called A Reflection of Starlight by AutumnGracy, and I was quickly sucked in. For those unaware, it is a continuation of the Les Mis book that starts with one big difference: Jean Valjean saves Javert from drowning after he throws himself into the Seine. From there, the two grow closer and Javert learns to live with the fact that the law isn’t infallible with the help of Jean Valjean.

I started reading this fanfic in the spring of 2019 and I didn’t finish it until today, January 15th, 2024. Over four years. To my credit, it is a HUGE work, spanning over 379,000 words; that’s longer than the entire Hunger Games trilogy, which is about 301,000 words in total. A lot has happened in my life since I started reading that slowed my progress. The COVID pandemic hit, I got diagnosed with cancer, beat cancer, started college, had a cancer relapse, beat the cancer relapse, and got a boyfriend all in the time that it took me to finish this thing. This is the longest text that I have ever read.

And there’s a good reason why I stuck with it: it’s absolutely amazing. While I didn’t read the original Brick, the wording and structure of the story seems very appropriate for the original time period and story. It’s extremely well-written and tells a compelling story all on its own that gives all of the main characters a resolution to their pasts and a hopeful and happy ending. It’s kinda plot-heavy, there’s a lot of original stories and plot lines taking place, but it is all engaging and wraps up really nicely.

The center-point of the story, however, is the growing relationship and eventual romance between Jean Valjean and Javert. From beginning to end you see how this beautiful relationship slowly develops and grows. And I mean SLOW. This is literally the slowest burn that I have ever read. But it’s worth it. Even before it’s explicitly romantic, there are lots of cute, endearing moments between the two that kept me hooked. They’re even asexual which makes my aspec heart so happy. This is probably the greatest fanfiction that I’ve ever read.

@autumngracy thank you so much for such a wonderful work. Your authors notes throughout were entertaining and made me feel like I was experiencing this story along with you. Your writing is phenomenal and I hope you know how great your skills are.

#a reflection of starlight #les miserables #les mis #valvert #inspector javert #javert #jean valjean #autumn gracy #fanfic #fanfiction #the brick #French #tw cancer #cancer tw #tw covid #Covid tw #suicide tw #tw suicide #review #ace #asexual #demiromantic

[crunchie-morris]

Just noticed that Officer Shapiro sings “before the lockdown” in Hatchet Town - is Covid canon to Hatchetfield??

I mean, I suppose since:

#Covid is the least weird thing to happen in Hatchetfield I think #also they’re the class of 2021 in npmd #which means the events of the show are the first thing to happen since they got back to in-person school #food for thought #shush sami #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #Hatchetfield #starkid #team starkid #Covid tw #tw Covid

[zebracakesarecopingmechanisms]

Using a mask so I don’t have to mask. This is an example of Irony

#hits you with my autism beam #🤡.txt #autism #i got tired of smiling at people or just moving my face at all to appear more energetic #solution? cloth face garment babeyy #autistic #actuallyautistic #masking #tw masks #tw masking #tw covid #covid tw #also. I’m vaxxed and boosted but I know for certain a lot of my classmates aren’t and I do Not trust them to follow guidelines. #half of em didn’t even wear it during the mandate back in 2020

[spxnglr]

C*VID TW, under the cut.

So, the fiancé was ill last week so I knew I'd inevitably catch whatever he had - and a C*VID test came back as positive last night.

Given my autoimmune condition, it's royally fucking me up at the moment, as well.

I do want to be here and I will when I've kicked its butt. I just don't have the energy to do much other than sleep right now.

I love u all, hope u are all OK xoxo

#ooc tag tba;; #covid tw #ask to tag;

[cistematicchaos]

As someone who caught covid awhile back, I’m fr still so fucking pissed at people for constantly asking me to go on “fun” outings to places where they don’t require masking.  Not only are those places often completely inaccessible considering I’m a fucking cripple and can barely walk even with the cane I have, but I cannot catch covid again! 

Maybe I’m paranoid, maybe I seem absurd to some ppl to hole myself up in my house when places are opening up again but there are literally usually like 1000+ deaths weekly on regular where I live. I already have a werdass immune system. IT ALREADY FUCKED MY LUNGS AND ECT. I am already a cripple and severely mentally ill! I already require a lot of help on the daily, I can’t afford to get sicker! I just. I’m so fucking pissed every time people innocently suggest it and I don’t want to lash out at them, I really don’t, but it just seems so fucking inconsiderate, I can’t fathom it.

#:/ #ableism #cripple punk #asthma #covid #death tw #covid tw #inaccessibility #cripple life #actually mentally ill #actually disabled #chaos is speaking #sorry just #pissed thinking abt it

[genderqueerpositivity]

The absolute tantrums I've seen conservatives have during the past two years over being ask to wear a damn mask and get a vaccine are absolutely wild. People held literal protests at local hospitals over it, carrying "my body my choice" signs no less. And now we're going to see people actually lose the freedom to make their own medical decisions on a massive scale and those same conservatives are delighted.

The Venn diagram of people I know who are anti-abortion because "iTs A BAbY iTs A LiFE" and people I know who would refuse to wear a fucking mask for 15 minutes at the Walmart to potentially protect an actual breathing baby from a life-threatening illness is a fucking circle.

#covid tw #abortion tw #op #illness tw

[roboraindrop]

Well. I tested positive for Covid, so that's fun dmdmb

#rain rambles #illness tw #covid tw