Pandemic Profitability: Understanding the CDC's Proposed COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines from the Pandemic Accountability Index Substack is great read and another “follow the money” breakdown of why we’re facing these proposed isolation guideline changes.
My friend Megan has been living in Denmark for almost 2 years and gives us a little look into A Life More Hyggelig - which I long for.
I have been doing a series of posts about Black disability advocates on my Instagram, A Friend for the Long Haul, and recently learned about the Denver “Gang of 19” - this link to the Rocky Mountain PBS website has a ton of great information and a 10 minute video about the group of 19 individuals who blocked an intersection in downtown Denver in protest against the lack of wheelchair accessibility on public transportation.
Commune has a new podcast episode titled “When Being Too Healthy Hurts You” - a deep dive on orthorexia and obsessive health behaviors. The subject line of the email that alerted me to this episode read, “Should we be ice plunging while on a pomegranate fast as we chant Hindu mantras?”
If you’re interested in digital accessibility, there’s a free conference next week! Check out axe-con. I'm especially interested in the sessions on AI and ethics, as well as AI as assistive technology. The conference is free and fully virtual.
Not an ad, lol, as if Maybelline would sponsor me! I’ve been struggling to find skincare and makeup that doesn’t trigger my mast cell activation syndrome, but I think I’ve found a BB cream I can tolerate - my old faithful, Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream with SPF 30. Anyone else find that “clean” products trigger reactions more than regular ones?
If you’re a Colorado Resident, the Colorado Lieutenant Governor’s Office on health-related policies and programs to care for residents with Long COVID is conducting interviews on our long covid experience. There’s a small compensation but you help so many others! Feel free to let me know if you’d like the contact information for an interview.
Nina Storey has a new single out, called Love Me Enough. You should stream it!
I’m starting a podcast on April 1st! Are you like, wtf even is long covid? If you have questions you’d like to ask of long haulers, feel free to drop them in the comments below.
Awesome post! I’d be interested in contact at LT Governor. John :-) @colorado_sky