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1/ 🧵IV. Call for a Revolution of the mechanisms governing which information is reinforced and most widely spread to address challenges involving climate change and #LongCovid.
This thread is part 4 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
This thread is part 4 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
2/ The complacency with respect to climate change has been exposing one of the main weaknesses of many societies and their political and legal systems. The pandemic has further exposed this weakness.
3/ This weakness lies in the outdated (no longer suitable) mechanisms of how and what information is reinforced (across the sum of all channels), most widely spread, and thus reaches most people.
/ 🧵I. The two false binaries (“the double binary fallacy”) upon which public health responses to #SARSCoV2 mostly have been based on so far
This thread is part 1 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
This thread is part 1 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
/ This subthread conjectures that public health responses have been relying on an overly simplistic understanding of immunity and of health, respectively.
/ Arguing black and white is of course almost always wrong. Health is not black and white. Immunity is not black and white.
However, people often argue that they have "had COVID-19" and seem to be done with the topic.
However, people often argue that they have "had COVID-19" and seem to be done with the topic.
/ 🧵A call for a fresh start to a public debate amidst an unfolding public health disaster
We need to discuss the future of public health.
We need to discuss the future of public health.
/ A global public health disaster has been and still is haunting us. At best, learning from it will allow us to understand more about how to deal with the unfolding climate disaster.
/ This “mother thread” comprising seven subthreads is aimed at multiplicators who are invited to write their own story. Moreover, it is aimed at everyone for discussing, criticizing, supporting it, and for retweeting in order to facilitate a #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
/ 🧵III. Why is immunity not “binary” (immune vs not immune against a pathogen)?
This thread is part 3 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
This thread is part 3 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
/ Our immune system has two arms: the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system is the first line of defense. It sends out the alarm that something is wrong. It generally recognizes patterns in cells that help sort self from pathogens.
/ For example, when an innate immune cell comes into contact with a bacteria cell, it identifies it as not self because bacteria have a cell wall structure that’s not found in human cells.
/🧵II. Why is health not “binary” (alive vs. seriously sick / dead)?
This thread is part 2 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
It is about a nuanced understanding of health in terms of a complex state and about the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
This thread is part 2 of 7 of the mother thread #FreshStart2PublicDebate.
It is about a nuanced understanding of health in terms of a complex state and about the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
/ The state of health involves, for example, the state of the microbiome and it is characterized by a degree of inflammation / oxidative stress, and it is defined along the spectrum of aging / senescence.
/ Here is for revisiting the risks associated with a #SARSCoV2 infection.
The risks can be approached by dividing the time span after an infection into three phases:
The acute phase after infection
The 12 week window post-infection phase
The long term phase (3 months +)
The risks can be approached by dividing the time span after an infection into three phases:
The acute phase after infection
The 12 week window post-infection phase
The long term phase (3 months +)
