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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1h

Again, we should have clean indoor air rules for businesses, offices, healthcare settings, etc.

But we don’t. Our government hasn’t done its job. So we have to look out for each other.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 16h

We could really use a good, well-respected journalist to write about the true (and alarming) science on COVID & how it was propagandized & normalized so that tragically everyone now thinks it’s just a cold—and that they’re no longer in danger. Know anyone who might be interested?

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jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 21d

I think there’s a middle ground where people mask more often, talk about Covid as an issue more often, which creates opportunities to get more resources and to reduce the Covid levels we’re seeing. The issue with denial is that it prevents any measures even if incomplete ones.

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jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 25m

To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.

Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.

Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5h

i have fully given up on having a life that involves going out in public because no one wears masks and i am not equipped to get sicker than i already am in the hell that is america right now. i have entirely embraced being forced into an agoraphobic life because of it

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 52m

The subheading makes it sound like 1 in 4 students want AI to make it harder for them to find answers.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers Pupils fear that using artificial intelligence is eroding their ability to study, with many complaining it makes schoolwork “too easy” and others saying it limits their creativity and stops them learning new skills, according to new research. The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University Press (OUP), found that just 2% of students aged between 13 and 18 said they did not use AI for their schoolwork, while 80% said they regularly used it. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 1h

No.

Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".

It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.

And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 5h

“We wanted to get a sense of the trajectory for people with long COVID. After six months, the average number of symptoms remained stable, indicating little improvement.”

More Than Half Of Long COVID Patients Still Showing Symptoms After Six Months

A new study of Australians suffering from long COVID found 56 per cent still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection

www.miragenews.com

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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 11h

Crumbling at the notion of simply putting a mask on is tiny baby pathetic weaksauce. Anyone with such lack of resilience would not last a single week with an illness like Long COVID.

Yet they continue to risk getting exactly such an illness. 🤷 (Not to mention spreading it to others, too.)

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 6h

Fear is a rational response to a terrifying situation. If you’re not afraid of SARS2, you are not paying attention.

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 10h

‘While SARS-CoV-2 does not cause HIV/AIDS, its ability to induce immune dysfunction—including T cell depletion & dysfunction, increased susceptibility to infection incl opportunistic, accelerated bio aging, neurological, & systemic damage provide parallels... .’
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

www.ajpmfocus.org

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unidentified alien @afroalien.bsky.social · 17h

(things said by people who have not undertaken a rational assessment of the threat environment since 2021)

I wish liberal covid deniers would actually engage with the piles of evidence on the continued danger of covid, rather than deeming everyone who has insane.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 12h

NEW 😷: Masks are a vital tool in protecting people from COVID-19 & other airborne diseases. But s ome employers are banning them, even though Americans have the right to accessibility tools under the ADA.

Nadi Zimmerman reports for @thesicktimes.org

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/d...

Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...

thesicktimes.org

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 10h

Bloodstream infections: A hidden crisis within the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bloodstream infections were present in 8.2% of COVID-19 patients globally, with the prevalence rising to 12.5% among ICU patients. Even more concerning, pediatric cases showed a 10.8% prevalence.

One in ten COVID-19 patients develop dangerous bloodstream infections | Health

The study paints a stark picture of how secondary bacterial infections complicate the course of COVID-19, especially in severely ill and immunocompromised patients. These infections often develop due ...

www.devdiscourse.com

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Dr. med. Hank Schiffers @leanhealth.bsky.social · 22h

"Postpartum hemorrhage after #SARS-CoV-2 in #pregnancy: Scandinavian register study

542 394 deliveries, no overall risk BUT a 30% ⬆️ odds of SEVERE PPH among pregnant women who tested POSITIVE within ONE WEEK BEFORE DELIVERY"

UNMASKED HCW=malpractice

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

<em>Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica</em> | NFOG Women's Health Journal | Wiley Online Library

Pregnant women with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test within one week before delivery seem to have an increased risk of severe postpartum hemorrhage, but not when infected earlier in pregnancy.

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23h

1 in 6 bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO - rising to 1 in 3 in SE Asia on.ft.com/46Zv7Dq

One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO

Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean

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shuilian.bsky.social @shuilian.bsky.social · 1d

It's no coincidence. I find that it is exactly people who are used to being marginalised or somehow 'othered' that are best equipped to put up with the social consequences of sticking to what they know to be true over the demands of the people around them.

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 23h

Every year, always the same.

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah. But they won’t.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 6d

4. This utterly mistaken but seemingly widespread belief that Covid-19 has somehow gone away is precisely the inevitable result of declaring the pandemic to be over and tacitly allowing people to take that declaration to mean that SARS-CoV-2 has magically disappeared.

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 1d

“Malaysia is temporarily closing schools due to nearly 6,000 student influenza infections, prompting public concern.”

Covid or mystery disease? Malaysia shuts schools after nearly 6,000 students infected. Here’s what’s happening

Malaysia is temporarily closing schools due to nearly 6,000 student influenza infections, prompting public concern. Health authorities are reinforcing preventive measures, drawing on COVID-19 pandemic...

m.economictimes.com

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 1d

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 1d

Health officials have issued a warning after new figures revealed that cases of tuberculosis (TB), dubbed the world's deadliest infectious disease, are climbing rapidly across England.

Rise in 'world's deadliest infection' that could be mistaken for Covid

Health officials have urged the public to be alert to the signs of tuberculosis (TB) after new figures revealed cases of 'the world's deadliest infectious disease' are continuing to rise across Englan...

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 1d

The Analgesic Index.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jul 26

It is profoundly disturbing that at least 27 million people (with the true number likely being much higher) have perished from Covid-19 since 2020, and yet, most members of the human community do not appear to care at all.

#COVID19

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