feeling very lucky that we have MaineCare right now and imagining how this last bout of sickness would have done me in if it was gone. most recently we just had school vacay week, aka flu week in Maine. this is the time of a lot of our basketball tournaments, which has a lot of people gathering 1/ - ThreadSky

saerbear.bsky.social • 13 days ago

feeling very lucky that we have MaineCare right now and imagining how this last bout of sickness would have done me in if it was gone.

most recently we just had school vacay week, aka flu week in Maine. this is the time of a lot of our basketball tournaments, which has a lot of people gathering 1/

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saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

in auditoriums to watch the high schools play ball. this is thousands of people in closed spaces, illness spreads fast and wide because teams from the whole state are there. hospitals see whole teams come in with the flu during this time.

this year’s flu has been particularly nasty 2/

saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

I ended up having breathing complications because my body’s reaction was for my airway to become swollen and I was having bronchial spasms (an asthma symptom) on top of that while there was a lot of mucus.

I couldn’t sleep normally because I would wake up choking from my airway being restricted 3/

saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

If I had not had MaineCare to access the walk-in care to get the steroids & inhaler I needed I would have been critical, probably dead.

a vast majority at walk-in were dealing with these same issues from the same flu, people of all ages, 3 of whom I saw rushed to the ER during my five hour wait 4/

saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

I urge people to take not only their own health into account but those who are elderly, small children, people who might not be seen because they help our every day function because those are the people who are going to suffer first, and mosy quickly— and then everyone shortly after because 5/

saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

no one is immune to the greed of the rich and loyalty to a deplorable class that sees you as disposable is how our society is going to eradicate ourselves 6/6

saerbear.bsky.social•13 days ago

idk not a lot of advice here but you know:
• mask up
• get to know your neighbors
• find your community
• focus on small ways you can help
• stay hopeful, and hopefully we can all stay strong together 🩷

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