The Only Marc Favell

🧵 They Weren’t Joking About 'Living With COVID': The Hidden Toll of Repeated SARS-CoV-2 Infections If You Pretend It’s No Big Deal. "Lack of symptoms ≠ lack of harm." ™️

I often find myself trapped in a parallel timeline of "what ifs" pondering how the world would look right now if we had simply made the right decisions with the SARS2 🦠 from day one. Imagine a reality where public health institutions instantly declared the virus was airborne, instead of wasting precious years debating droplets, scrubbing down groceries, and quietly altering website footnotes. Picture the millions of lives saved if the immediate, universal mandate had been high quality N95 masks, rather than forcing the public through years of confusing, homemade cloth coverings and baggy blues, while stockpiles caught dust. For me, the moment I knew we were completely disembopulated was watching @DrTedros and @DrMikeRyan at the @WHO . It was clear they were never going to have an honest conversation with the public. Instead of showing real leadership, they and agencies like the CDC treated "airborne" like classified military terminology, a catastrophic logistical trigger they desperately avoided acknowledging because it would legally force them to overhaul building ventilation (a promise that still never materialized for us, only for them) and provide N95's to every frontline worker (instead of locking them behind doors like here in Canada). They hid behind 1910-era medical dogmas to protect supply chains, treating the word "airborne" like a bio-weapon threat tier that would cause mass panic, while completely ignoring the physical reality, and the warnings of physicists and aerosol scientists, that the virus was lingering in the air like smoke. The most frustrating part of this alternate history is realizing that our current reality was entirely shaped by economics, misinformation and grifting proved to be incredibly lucrative, multi-decade business models that outshone scientific reality. It makes me realize that the ultimate global breakthrough isn't just a medical vaccine, but a systemic one. Whoever figures out how to make the absolute truth more profitable than sensationalized lies and grifter misinformation will easily become one of the richest, most influential people or platforms in human history. In other words, the biggest problem we face isn't science, it is how our economy rewards lies over facts. 😡 End of this rant! Sincerely: Marc Favell 😷💉✊🚫🦠🇨🇦 P.S: Notice how the words "Covid" or "SARS2🦠" have completely vanished from the public and news vocabulary? Now, the virus goes by the name of "silence" or it is passed off as a "mysterious" and "short-term illness" instead of being called what it actually is. They are erasing the language entirely, forcing us to feign normalcy while people continue to suffer, get disabled, and die completely in vain. 💢

@RWMaloneMD Masks actually do a fantastic job filtering out toxic, hazardous airborne viral material. No wonder people feel the need to wear them when reading your feed. 🙄

Did some airplane travel this week- the number of people back to wearing masks over hantavirus and Ebola is truly shocking. I feel sad for the people who live their lives in fear over over-hyped, extremely rare diseases. People, so fearful that they can't go out in public or travel without masks... I pity them, I worry for their mental health, I even worry for our country that has so many guillible people - but these poor fools are not my enemy.

Communities impacted by PFAS contamination are raising urgent concerns because delays in protections could mean more families are exposed to harmful chemicals linked to serious illnesses, including cancer. Clean drinking water is not a privilege. It is a public health necessity. Their voices, experiences, and health must continue to be taken seriously.

Please accept my sincere condolences for your loss, I can't even imagine 🙁. Your concerns are entirely valid and not an overreaction. Unfortunately, those who minimize this situation will likely face an epiphany moment or a harsh reality check when they end up as patients, former healthcare workers, or victims of a worse fate.

@marcfavell @maskedmamaB I agree with you, FWIW. Doctors are human, too. They don’t know everything and are subject to bias, misinfo etc. most of my healthcare friends tell me I’m taking this far too serious; this is AFTER my mom was killed by a maskless hcw. It’s enraging.

I am completely exhausted and infuriated that even in 2026, I am still forced to worry about Covid every single time I walk into a medical setting because the vast majority of healthcare workers don't even bother to wear N95 respirators. It is incredibly disheartening to witness firsthand the people I am supposed to trust with my health acting like an airborne virus doesn't exist, remaining stuck in the droplet dogma of the past. I should not know more about transmission dynamics and how it spreads than these very same people, it is simply not acceptable and should not still be happening in 2026. If the consequences of ignoring basic safety only fell on the people making those choices, it would be one thing. Instead, from what I’ve personally experienced, it is the vulnerable patients who end up paying the price for a total lack of accountability from the very professionals who are supposed to protect us. End of this rant! 😡

wearing a mask is not comfortable but im glad imma grown ass man who can do uncomfortable things for our collective survival 🙂🙂🙂 some of yall cannot say the same

I know you already know this, but there is enough nonsense conspiracy theory grifter garbage and misinformation floating around (especially in XRP community 🤷‍♂️)😂 Patents control lawsuits, not viruses. A legal document cannot physically stop a wild microbe from spreading. Furthermore, that specific application was abandoned a decade ago anyway. Our actual safety relies on hospital quarantine protocols, not paperwork.

@thehill We are safe in the US because spreading this virus in the United States is exclusively restricted by patent. patents.google.com/patent/US20120…

Former CDC director on Ebola outbreak: ‘I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic’ thehill.com/policy/healthc…

One of my college professors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." I didn't understand that for years because I didn't do anything poorly, I couldn't do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly. But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting. Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible. Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible. Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don't have the energy to go anywhere. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly... because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

@deputydogblitzn While temperature and humidity cause fogging, a poor fit can too, and can accelerates it by channeling exhaled air through nose gaps, which can even dry out your eyes, especially if you wear contacts. 🤓

@marcfavell Stupid girl at wife's useless pain mgmt Dr had a mask on,her nose wasn't covered,I asked her why bother wearing it, she said she had to drop it down because her glasses were fogging up, this is what is working in the medical field

@1903wrightflyer @cineburk Totally believe it ...because they work

@cineburk @marcfavell Well we spent 14 hours in A&E a few years ago when Covid rates were soaring. I also spent a day in hospital. Both times we wore respirators all the time & didn’t catch Covid or anything else.

@Schadenfreude89 @SocialObGyne @michael_hoerger @tryna_do_rite Thanks 🍀🇨🇦✊😷

@SocialObGyne @michael_hoerger @marcfavell @tryna_do_rite Outstanding! I wear my N95 8-10 hours a day. I dread the summer months, but still don’t take any chances.

Yeah, I get that supply and demand for masks, makes sense and that orders have dropped 70% to 80% overall. But that doesn’t mean the pandemic is actually over in reality. 🤦‍♂️ Well hopefully they have a blowout sale at a huge discount...I need to buy another case or 2 soon if price is right!

@JackieSeidel1 @SocialObGyne @marcfavell @tryna_do_rite I’d forgotten about Masklab & had never ordered; I just did a search & indeed they’re gone. Wish their reason for closing shop was based on reality, tho it’s true that there are so few of us still paying attention, their sales must’ve plunged.

@bfacedplague Imagine announcing your complete lack of basic scientific literacy with that much confidence. 🙄🤦‍♂️

@marcfavell You don’t have to “worry about covid.” Masks do not work nor are warranted for a cold.

@cineburk One-way masking is far less effective than everyone masking. It is even riskier if you are forced to remove it, do to test or procedure being performed .... No excuses! #DoNoHarm

@marcfavell So if you go to a healthcare setting and you wear a properly fitted N95, how protected are you?

I don't understand that mentality at all. Personally, I feel that if people aren't wearing N95 masks, they don't truly understand the situation. They are just following the crowd and doing whatever everyone else is doing. It is a really unfortunate situation..... Sort of like the HCW's That believe distance is enough 🤷‍♂️ .....it's not! #DropletDogma🤦‍♂️😷

@marcfavell @maskedmamaB Yep. I feel this. My stepmom told me her doctor doesn’t mask so it’s clearly not a big deal. “He saved me from cancer, he’s aware it exists, likely sees it often, and he doesn’t mask. Until he starts masking, I’m going to believe it’s not a big deal.”

@ZainulA40877140 💯 Mind-boggling indeed 🫤

@marcfavell Most impactful pandemic in 102 years and we are still living through our worst-case scenarios. pandemic has changed our lives forever, with profound impact on society . However, fewer see COVID as a threat compared to other risks.

@SocialObGyne @tryna_do_rite I suspect and assuming .....your work style sets you apart from your colleagues that don't even mask in the first place ☺️😷✊

@SocialObGyne @tryna_do_rite Thank-you 🫡🍀🇨🇦

@kerstindieblaue @littlewisehen @Pit_aussm_Pott They most definitely do, When you wear a N95

@littlewisehen @Pit_aussm_Pott Haben auch nicht gegen Corona geholfen, genauso wenig wie die Impfung! Biontech will verdienen, nachdem die rote Zahlen schreiben! Wie lange wurde denn dieser Impfstoff getestet?

Erstmals wirksamer Impfstoff gegen Borreliose Lyme-Borreliose wird durch Zecken übertragen und kann schwere Folgen haben. Ein neuer Impfstoff von Pfizer und Valneva zeigt in Studien eine Wirksamkeit von mehr als 70 Prozent und eine gute Verträglichkeit. Die Ergebnisse könnten den Weg zur ersten zugelassenen Schutzimpfung gegen die Krankheit ebnen. de.euronews.com/gesundheit/202…

As a clinical health psychologist, I notice that many people are using psychological defense mechanisms to downplay the risk of COVID. These are my Top 7 examples: 🧵

Not necessarily......The Ebola fatality rate ranges from 25% to 90% (averaging 50%) depending on the strain. Outside Africa, high-quality medical infrastructure could initially minimize deaths through rapid isolation and supportive care. However, if an outbreak overwhelms system capacity, shortages of staff, space and intensive care resources would drive mortality toward the higher end. Ultimately, the death rate is not fixed it scales with strain virulence and healthcare system containment capacity.

@Yash25571056 Its about 30 percent as per dead to cases and it will have a lower mortality rate in countries with better health care, give the fooking doom-mongering a rest.

"An Ebola outbreak has claimed 204 lives out of 867 suspected cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [as of May 24].. The outbreak, declared on 15 May, is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which has no vaccine or specific treatment and has a fatality rate of up to 50%.. Ebola has killed over 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years, with a mortality rate ranging from 25% to 90%.." I believe that the fatality rate outside Africa will invariably exceed 50%. 'Ebola death toll reaches 200 in DRC' brusselstimes.com/news/2150369/e…