Blake Murdoch
@blakemurdoch.bsky.social
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JD, MBA. Canadian health policy academic, bioethicist and science communicator.
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progressive pundits do more damage spewing COVID disinfo than they know when they feel obliged to comment on it as experts, and have clearly made no effort to familiarize themselves with the facts—but somehow feel as confident breezily vibing on it as they do on topics actually in their wheelhouse
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
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People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Beyond all reason
Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.
substack.com
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People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Beyond all reason
Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.
substack.com
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yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
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(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
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(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
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HEPA purifiers not tied to less #viral exposure in elementary classrooms, analysis finds
#HEPA purifiers were associated with a 33% decrease in viral diversity, but the reduction wasn't linked to fewer school absences.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
#HEPA purifiers were associated with a 33% decrease in viral diversity, but the reduction wasn't linked to fewer school absences.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
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1. Before 2020, I never, ever remember getting sick being portrayed as a good thing.
"Most people will get one or two respiratory infections every year. In some ways, it's a *good thing* when you are a child or healthy adult".
*my emphasis.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Most people will get one or two respiratory infections every year. In some ways, it's a *good thing* when you are a child or healthy adult".
*my emphasis.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Common cold, flu, Covid: Why is Britain so sick right now?
Why coughs and colds seem to be taking hold currently - and what you can do to protect yourself.
www.bbc.com
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Asking NS’s official health AI about airborne transmission, aerosols, etc #NSPoli
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zane
@onlypianos.bsky.social
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The Great Barrington Dec. aka the “let covid rip” policy, legitimated the death of over a million Americans, is disabling of tens of millions more, & failed to achieve its own instrumental goal, ending the pandemic. It did succeed hwvr in gutting public health & eroding public trust in science
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