“I was ready to tap out, and the reason I didn’t tap is because of my child … If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had the fight to get through those days,” said Leben. pic.twitter.com/H9n8lyOADr

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

The following stories are "healthy" people that were severely affected by COVID. Keep in mind that vaccines may have not been available at the time they contracted COVID. My point is that this virus does not discriminate.

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

43 y.o. Mike Schultz, a healthy nurse from San Francisco, contracted COVID after attending the Winter Party Festival in Miami, Florida. https://t.co/s0EzSs79Kb pic.twitter.com/VYHQbLoYOl

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

19 y.o. Nicole Lorrana Sussuarana Silva, volleyball player at the Ferroviário club in Porto Velho Brazil died from COVID. The young athlete was majoring in Nutrition. https://t.co/2x8As3BIOH pic.twitter.com/zJbfWeiftz

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

40 y.o. triathlete Fábio Torrecillas died from COVID. He competed in the last three Ironman Brazil competitions. He was preparing for the crossing from Leme to Pontal, a 34km route in Rio de Janeiro https://t.co/NuUQoE1j07 pic.twitter.com/mgU1uvVQvz

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇮🇷 23 y.o. Elham Sheikhi, member of Iran's women’s national soccer team from Qom Iran died from COVID on February 26, 2020. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/8MYsiWIib1 pic.twitter.com/97AMo5rqaC

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇧🇷30 y.o. Madjer Okde from Cuiabá Brazil passed away from COVID in May 2021. Madjer was a black belt in Jiu-jistu, brown in Kickboxing, as well strength trainer at gyms in Cuiabá. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/DaSyy1xAIp pic.twitter.com/1VWEduSfeX

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 31 y.o. Aaron “The Rage” Page, Strongman Athlete from Southampton #England died from COVID. He took 5th place in Europe’s Strongest Man 2020 competition. He leaves a girlfriend Chloe & 12 y.o. son who was his absolute everything #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/ZxWMF9CRSM pic.twitter.com/v2dHdrOUhg

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇺🇸 40 y.o. Israel Carrera from Miami, Florida was a dancer, radiology tech and driver for Uber and Lyft. He passed away from COVID after attending the Winter Party Festival in Miami #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/8tLlrkhTOb pic.twitter.com/PSf3YWLzC2

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇧🇷 40 y.o. Roberto Gervásio, Brazilian championship-winning bodybuilder died from COVID. “He was in peak fitness and at the top of his sport and very proud of what he had achieved,” said his devastated brother. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/YTaiDt8FZ7 pic.twitter.com/JDO8Lg2KFm

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇺🇸 27 y.o. Michael Ojo, former FSU center died from COVID on 9/27/2020. He was playing overseas in Serbia when he contracted the virus. He tried to bounce back, but was still short of breath, then collapsed & died during practice #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/GUZNiMu67L pic.twitter.com/kmdmq2tSa8

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇮🇳 Mr. India bodybuilder Jagdish Lad, 34, died from COVID. He lived in Navi Mumbai where he managed a local gym. Lad won silver in the World Championship & gold in the Mr. India competition. He is survived by his wife & daughter #SoulsLostToCovidhttps://t.co/U5LEHDjxWo pic.twitter.com/LxoMF6gn4C

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇺🇸 39 y.o. Lin Shell, former professional football player and recent interim head coach at Ribault High School in Jacksonville Florida died from COVID on July 30, 2021. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/ci9D79DZgL pic.twitter.com/GD0kB8Qw9B

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

Muhammad Al-Mousawi, Iraqi bodybuilding champion known as “Iraqi Rambo” died from COVID in August 2020. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/kEQUDft2pB pic.twitter.com/FI943owyp5

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇧🇷 49 y.o. Djalma Batista, former bodybuilding champion and personal trainer from Goiânia #Brazil died from COVID. He was a four-time IFBB state champion in Goiás. He leaves behind a wife, who is a nurse, and a five-month-old child. #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/UETi7142uG pic.twitter.com/ScHJGVvJ4V

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

🇺🇸 19 y.o. Eli Sevener, star athlete for the Puyallup High School Vikings in Washington died from COVID in August 2020. Eli was a gritty competitor, but off the field always had a smile #SoulsLostToCovid https://t.co/75f69L260j pic.twitter.com/e8tqLKSh3a

— Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 (@Cleavon_MD) February 26, 2022

I left out many from the thread that was posted two days ago because they were under eighteen or there were family photos with young kids. Even after reading that our brains will still tell us it won’t happen to us because that’s optimistic bias and how our minds work. If we’re different to Denmark and Hong Kong

Denmark let go too soon... The deaths just keep rising. This doesn't necessarily mean the same will happen to us, but it's also not encouraging... https://t.co/kkY4ckBmuD

— Adam Stirling (@Adam_Stirling) February 25, 2022

Huge spike in covid death toll in Hong Kong in the context of the Omicron wave.
Omicron isn't that "mild" and a simple "cold" as it was presented, apparently? https://t.co/IOr9BAD7vx

— Dr Elisa Perego (@elisaperego78) February 28, 2022

📍The #BA2 situation in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 is getting out of hand—dead bodies are now piling up on gurneys in hospital hallways. Morgues are 90% capacity & refusing COVID patients. HK built many field hospital isolation beds in one week. Drastic measures needed. pic.twitter.com/jQzNhYZ9PA

— Eric Feigl-Ding 💙💛 (@DrEricDing) February 28, 2022

And BA.2 isn’t circulating and growing here we should all be fine for a while. Then again, a quote this morning from one of our leaders that the pandemic isn’t over being quickly followed by:

So if you’re a close contact don’t worry you can still go to work

Seemed to have the wrong priorities for actually ending this effectively this time.

Something lighter...

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— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) February 27, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊2,567 positive cases and, sadly, 5 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,723,619 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard ➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines ➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/6KAhn4XtOQ

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) March 1, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊2,407 positive cases and, sadly, 4 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,724,892 vaccines administered in total.

Dashboard ➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ
Vaccines ➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL pic.twitter.com/JvXGcQ48q5

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) March 2, 2022