quote [ One of them is a doctor who likes to play it safe. The other is a regular dude who�??s willing to try anything. Both of them have long COVID. In their desperate search for answers, two men are bonded by their quest to feel like themselves again. ]

quote [ One man journeys through the many movements�??sci-fi startups, DIY donor clubs, group masturbation retreats�??urgently attempting to address the �??crisis in sperm.�?� ]

quote [ This piece has been brewing in my head over the last few years as I�??ve watched a dramatic shift happen. In a very generous framing of this dynamic, a growing number of people are questioning: what possesses someone to still wear a mask, aren�??t they just anxious and paranoid?! This has created tension in families, partnerships, friendships, workplaces, social groups, and other communities. Since the answer is unclear to many, I want to address this.

And I say all this as a mental health professional who specializes in working with the chronically ill and disabled communities; is trained to recognize the impacts of trauma, cognitive biases, and thought distortions; with education and training in research methodology who has poured over infectious disease research for several years; who has lived with Long COVID and been part of this community for 5 years; and who has welcomed far too many new faces to this community in recent years. ]

quote [ This episode was originally released for patrons on December 23rd, 2024. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
We present our 2024 year in review, taking a look back at the last year in the ongoing social and political consequences of normalizing the covid pandemic and rushing to bring the federal covid response to a close. ]

quote [ In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of... ]

quote [ Freud had jokingly invested his friend with the nickname ?Coca Koller?. ]

quote [ A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Inside the expensive, obsessive, addictive quest for a perfect life ]

quote [ Our immune systems evolved for a different world (that didn�??t involve 100,000 global flights per day). ]

quote [ Most of the population thinks of COVID as a respiratory disease, when in fact it is a vascular disease with an acute respiratory phase, but that has chronic sequelae in almost every organ system and repeat infections significantly increase the risk of chronic disease. It is driving increases in infectious disease due to immune system dysregulation. This can be seen in increase rates of pertussis, RSV, tuberculosis, and even is thought to be a contributing factor to the rise in dengue, among other diseases. ]

quote [ A sense of wonder, he says, leads us to change. It leads us to expanding our imagination, and it leads us to a space of creativity where we can, maybe, you know, devise things that can make life sweeter for us in the future. ]