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Beatrice Winkler

@beatricew.bsky.social

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Science geek, DV survivor, Deutsch/français, Swiss immigrant, childless cat lady still wearing a mask and salting the vibes. No longer at the Bad Place.

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Oct 20

Feeling like the only one who still cares about trying not to get or spread COVID, is hard. I'm grateful to @1goodtern.bsky.social for writing this. It helps me understand what motivates the denial and why persisting in spite of it, still matters.

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Thread by @1goodtern on Thread Reader App

@1goodtern: This is going to be a messy complicated thread... ...but there are several massive hurdles in the paths of most people that prevent them accepting that Covid infections are responsible for...

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you, I really needed to read this. I recently stumbled into the care of an IFM doctor, not knowing what that was. I didn’t want to be “that patient” who thinks they know better than their doctor, but the quack alarm bells were ringing. Doubted my instincts, but not anymore.

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Indivisible Baton Rouge ❌👑 @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social · 1d

@maddow.msnbc.com another one from Baton Rouge

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 1d

And they linked to Indivisible Baton Rouge on the WBRZ website:

www.wbrz.com/news/hundred...

Hundreds of protestors gather in Baton Rouge for 'No Kings Protest'

BATON ROUGE - Crowds of people gathered in Baton Rouge alongside Perkins Road, joining thousands of other cities in the country in the No Kings Protest

www.wbrz.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Trump posting a video of himself dropping a huge shit on America is probably the most accurate public statement he has ever made.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 2d

We have a supreme Constitution, not a supreme leader. Donald Trump, we have no kings here. We are not your subjects. We are free citizens. We will never be your subjects.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

To quote @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Indivisible Baton Rouge ❌👑 @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social · 2d

@msnbc.com Baton Rouge had to have a crawfish show up

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Yes yes yes

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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Indivisible Baton Rouge ❌👑 @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social · 2d

@maddow.msnbc.com Baton Rouge did not stay home.

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John D. Walker, M.D. @1voice4children.bsky.social · 4d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Austin TX” - sign up now to join me!

#ResistTyranny

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

#ResistTyranny

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
—Paul Farmer

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Daniel Kim MD, DrPH @socialepi.bsky.social · 3d

From Rolling Stone:

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

#LongCovid #EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedSky #IDSky

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

www.rollingstone.com

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 9d

Trump blamed the public health response to COVID for his loss in 2020. So now, using the government shutdown as cover, he is making sure there can be no public health response next time.

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 9d

The first reports of what would eventually be called AIDS and its causative agent identified as HIV were published in the MMWR in 1981 alerting health care and public health systems across the country. A tremendous loss for public health.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15d

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One Eyed Jack @one-eyed-jack.bsky.social · 15d

There are days when it can feel like it’s already over and the bad guys won. That’s how they want us to feel. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. Let’s not make it easy for them.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 16d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 17d

It seems like the regular kind is already too long-acting. Calling @rubinallergy.bsky.social

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COVID Chronicles @covidchronicles.bsky.social · Sep 8

"You're not building immunity. You're accumulating injury" Most succinct brief I've heard in a while. Well done, @david.notesforfriends.com.

For those who want a well-written breakdown of what SARS CoV-2 is (and isn't), read up:
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · 21d

So proud of @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social fearless leaders on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster this morning. Give a listen, they start around 32:50. Great job!!💪

Talk Louisiana

Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster airs weekdays at 9am and 9pm on WRKF.

www.wrkf.org

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Sep 19

Reducing vaccine uptake in 2 ways: make it harder for those who still want them; create doubt and confusion to grow the number who don’t want them anymore.

Both serve same goal: eliminate the use of vaccines by collapsing the market. Same outcome as a ban, but they can blame the manufacturers.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Sep 17

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez testified that RFK Jr. told her to only deal with political appointees and to avoid working with career scientists.

For the sake of public health, RFK Jr. must resign.

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Sep 15

Positive dog content (and beautiful pictures from Thailand) is exactly why I come here & your Insta every single day. It’s so easy to lose hope nowadays, but seeing dogs make incredible comebacks from horrific circumstances, and all the good people who help them, gives me reason to hope every day 🙏

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Beatrice Winkler @beatricew.bsky.social · Sep 15

Note there’s no information on the respective population sizes. There are far more vaccinated than unvaccinated people, so there will also be more deaths in the vaccinated group just because there are more of them.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · Sep 15

Who will be the 218 signatory?

This is about trust in our government to serve us. 90% feel we have a rigged system, protecting the powerful, & politicians cannot be trusted. We must prove that the powerful will be held to account. That we can wage this battle across party lines.

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