@Ashedryden sure:

• be well rested and less stressed. Really! Immune systems perform better when the organism is well-rested, and worse when under stress conditions. Literally calm your system beforehand with meditation if you can?
• have your vitamins. Results for vitamins D and C vary from "no effect" to "protective" (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9864223/ for example), with clear evidence that low vitamin D can down-modulate immunity. Especially important for PoC in northern climes, folks who don't work outdoors, and similar. Maybe start supplementing vitamin D (through sun exposure or pills) a week+ ahead?
• nasal sprays and mouthwashes. There is evidence for both xylitol and iota-carrageenan giving protection against SARS-CoV-2. A nice review with links to actual research from this past summer: https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/how-to-prevent-long-covid-summer-2024-update/
• UV light disinfection, aka Germicidal Ultraviolet. This is harder to access as most installations are for industry, but if you have time and energy perhaps you can DIY it or find a supplier.
• explicitly say "And if you want to come but are feeling sick, let us know, and we'll drop off a get-better goodie basket and a little gift!" or similar, so folks who are ill have motivation to not come.

You've already said you will ventilate and filter. Add more filters? HEPA is great but Corsi-Rosenthal boxes with MERV-13 filters are also highly effective, relatively inexpensive, and if made with computer fans, very very quiet. They can be totally DIY - there's even a song about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XS-7vgThfQ !!! - , and various sellers have them available as kits or prefabbed, too.

Less likely to be useful:

• vaccinate 2-3 weeks prior to be at peak vax-induced immunity before waning
• PlusLife or RAT testing at the door
• free mask basket at the door. You sound perhaps willing to use an N95 but you indicated your guests wouldn't.

I hope some of those help! None of them will guarantee no infection, but when one must face such situations, the odds can be improved.

#SwissCheeseModel #AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #CovidConscious #COVIDcautious #SwissCheeseDefence #SwissCheeseDefense #DefenseInDepth #DefenceInDepth #COVIDIsNotOver #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsAirborne

"Nonconsensual lung juice swapping"

:lung: 💨 💦 🦠 💦 💦 :lung:

:mastorespirator: "I'm just gonna keep your bodily fluids out of my internal organs, and mine outta yours, don't mind this respirator"

#consent #maskUp #CovidCompetent #AirborneAware #CovidIsNotOver #influenza #lungJuice #lungJuiceSwapping #SwissCheeseModel #SwissCheeseDefense #SwissCheeseDefence #masksWork #masks #RespiratorsWork

@noyes I am in touch with some families

getting sick for 2-4 weeks as a family is now not uncommon

"not uncommon" as in, 2-4 times/year

1/3 to 1/12th of the year!!!

This is not how it used to be.

And I have canvassed to confirm my memory is correct! Nobody I know who is over 20 remembers being sick like this as a kid. Nobody I know whose kids have moved out remembers month-long illnesses at all from when they were raising families.

It's not all covid! Lots of these are influenza, RSV, "just a bad cold", etc., as the families I know with younger kids DO get labs done for fear of their kids' health

This is just not the old normal. Cosplaying 2019 doesn't make the immunological landscape so.

#CovidIsNotOver #influenza #maskUp #cleanAir #swissCheeseDefense #swissCheeseDefence

@PJ_Evans @CaroltheCrone and those flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines provide somewhere in 20-70% protection against infection if you got them within the last 4 months, or less if older

#maskUp because layers of defense are needed when each one is so porous

#swissCheeseDefense

In the 5th year of CO-VID :coronavirus: my true love ❤️ gave to meeee 🎁 : fiiive Swiss cheese layeeeeers 🧀 🧀 🧀 🧀 🧀

four ne-ga-tive tests, 🧪 🧪 🧪 🧪
three boosts in, 💉 💉 💉
two CR boxen, 🧊 🧊
and an o-pen window, a fresh breeze 💨

There's still time for holiday crafts with kids - like making a fun seasonally-decorated CR box! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XS-7vgThfQ

#holidays #safety #CovidIsNotOver #gifts #SwissCheeseDefense #maskUp #cleanAir

@Scienceisnotopinions yes! One of the layers of #SwissCheeseDefense is preparing explicit risk boundaries for oneself ahead of exposure risks!

"I'm out if someone starts coughing" is much more valuable than "I should've ducked out when someone started coughing"!

Yes, the #SwissCheeseDefense needs to be taken serious, and that's why I have #ZeroTolerance for #ITsec, #OpSec, #ComSec & #InfoSec failures, because those are inevitably coming back and create catastrophic failures as soon as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7zziYqWWk&t=2183s

Well. Already I know two teachers who are sick with you-know-what.

One preschool class reportedly has more kids out sick than not, all at once.

Folks, actual classes haven't even started yet. This is still summer childcare, before the September melange.

Seems strains in #BC #Canada right now often have a very fast onset - symptoms 1-2 days after exposure. Also some very high contagion - getting sick from brief outdoor exposure to a pre-symptomatic child.

Remember that ~70% of household index cases are a child bringing it home from school.

And there's a lot of people coughing a dry cough in public. Doubling of cases in Nova Scotia (where surveillance isn't entirely dismantled). BC wastewater remains high (https://zeroes.ca/@anarchodelphis/113053328754102637)

The omens bode ill. Take care of yourselves and your loved ones. If you can convince your children to mask at school, you will be doing them a huge favour. If you can engage more layers of defenses against airborne pathogens, this is an appropriate time. If you can convince a teacher to hand out free N95s to sick students, or to keep classroom windows open, that is a good deed.

Be the caremonger, for those who haven't the power to take care of themselves.

#COVIDIsNotOver #maskUp #WearAMask #COVID #COVID19 #cleanAir #COVIDIsAirborne #CareMongering #SwissCheeseDefense

@LordsofHardwired Look we have a @mackayim2022 sighting in the wild again. :) #swisscheesedefense