Philip Khor

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A protest graphic for Long Covid Awareness Day 2025 made by Berlin Buyers Club. The text Long Covid = a public health emergency is on a black background. The text is white with the words ‘=‘ and ‘emergency’ in red for emphasis. The text Berlin Buyers Club is in tiny white text next to the word health.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,951,857, Philip Khor ‪@philipscurve.com‬, joined on Nov 12, 2023"
A box of 20 Aura 9210+ masks
Bar chart adjusted to show that less than 100 in each 100,000 Malaysians have been vaccinated in the past 12 months, on a scale of 1 to a thousand, to emphasise how Malaysians aren't regularly vaccinated for Covid-19.
Tableau dashboard showing Malaysia's vaccinated population by state, and the following text: Vaccines help protect you from getting sick without the risks of actually getting sick. All COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against severe disease and death resulting from COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 vaccines are really good at stopping you from getting very sick or dying from COVID-19. But, no vaccine can protect everyone all the time. Vaccine-acquired immunity is known to wane over time Evidence suggests effectiveness declines several months after receiving a dose. With the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV2, many health authorities recommend regular vaccinations against current lineages of SARS-CoV2. The virus that causes Covid-19: SARS-CoV2, is primarily transmitted through the air Together with vaccination, basic respiratory hygiene practices such as wearing masks, improving ventilation and physical distancing continue to be important tools to reduce the risk of transmission
In July, there were 779 cases of COVID-19 in Penang, Malaysia. In the week of July 15, 38% of tests were positive.
Improving things - personal level • Personal risk assessment of indoor spaces and activities • CO2 monitor • Be proactive in suggesting outdoor or safer venues • Keep sick kids home • Make sure HEPA is on and at max • Test kids with URTI symptoms to know what is affecting them • Take kids to the excursion not on bus if you can • Take the vaccines that are available to you • As a general principle - adopt outdoor play activities and sports
Poll results with the caption: "Studies find multiple reinfections of COVID-19 can lead to increased health concerns and long COVID - stay safe and mask up!"
It is disappointing to see the phrase post-pandemic in the writeup even though the WHO's **current** position is that the pandemic is not over. Language that dismisses the ongoing threat of the coronavirus does not help us 'live' with it. Rather, with no coordinated plan of action to sustainably mitigate airborne disease transmission risk beyond you-do-you, it puts the population at increased risk of debilitating post-Covid conditions from repeated infections. I don't think the fear is unwarranted when unmasked thought leaders, who care more about photoops than population health, can't be bothered to put in place sustainable mitigations for airborne diseases. https://www.who.int/europe/emergencies/situations/covid-19
A drawing of a plane returning from battle, marked with red dots where it was hit by enemy fire. However, only planes that survived the battle make it back, so the drawing ignores planes shot down in areas not marked. This illustrates survivorship bias, where we only see the successes and miss the failures.