It kinda feels like there should be a COVID remembrance day for those who have died and become disabled (and continue to die and become disabled) from that fucking disease.

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ryker_rf5@void.rehab — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:48:05 GMT

@JessTheUnstill throwing in another idea: the date of the first recorded case (I forget the date but I know that it is recorded somewhere). If it’s not an international thing and each country gets their own Covid Remembrance Day then they can choose the day that their country started declaring states of emergency etc. because I remember it being different for different countries

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mochi@retro.pizza — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:48:05 GMT

@JessTheUnstill Yes. That's why making a TB day is crucial, we need people to be aware that over a million easily preventable deaths happen each year because we (our governments) don't care enough.

Edit: We do have a TB day on March 24th, but I'd like it to be printed on every calendar and mentioned heavily on TV and other forms of media.

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jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:46:22 GMT

@mochi Because most of the victims are in the global South ...

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mochi@retro.pizza — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:45:17 GMT

@JessTheUnstill I remember arguing with people who were denying the seriousness of COVID at a time literally more people were dying from it every day than 9/11.

While I do think we should commemorate COVID every year, there are others that also would benefit from a day to remind people of its existence. Tuberculosis is the most lethal communicable disease in history, killing on average 1.2 million people a year, all preventable. When I talk to people about this, most are surprised it still exists because they only hear about it in history books.

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lydialurch@mastodon.social — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:42:39 GMT

@rubyjones @JessTheUnstill I agree. I had it in Feb. of 2020 and there were already trucks filled with bodies outside of the funeral homes and hospitals. I've been in decline for that long.

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aktbar@mastodon.social — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:41:12 GMT

@JessTheUnstill There are many of us who remember it individually everyday, but I agree there should be a day of remembrance observed each year. From your list, I would choose the November day to remind those who haven’t already gotten that autumn’s vaccine that The Time is NOW.

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snoopj@hachyderm.io — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:41:09 GMT

@JessTheUnstill @astraluma anyway, today is 2392 March, it's been a long month

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snoopj@hachyderm.io — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:40:09 GMT

@JessTheUnstill @astraluma the WHO declaration of pandemic was on 12 March 2020, for reference. Certainly not the start of the deaths, but a notable date nonetheless.

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astraluma@tacobelllabs.net — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:35:27 GMT

@JessTheUnstill i like kicking off vaccine season

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rubyjones@wandering.shop — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:34:30 GMT

@JessTheUnstill I agree, but I feel like if we're commemorating the dead and disabled, it should be from the first case contracted, not the vaccines. The vaccines are awesome, but they also mark the point where those lucky enough to not become (knowingly) disabled by it yet ceased to care about the rest of us.