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🐓 I used to cross Ohio roads for charitable health causes. Disaster/safety support. U.S. NWS Trained Weather Spotter. Same name on 🐘(as part of zeroes dot ca) & old Twitter. #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne 😷N95+

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · Mar 20

Last IN/OH H5N1 update 3 weeks ago at end of bird flu🧵 bsky.app/profile/char...

I block followers w/o bios/posts bsky.app/profile/char...

December distractions🧵 bsky.app/profile/char...

My free YouTube movies w/ads playlist youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📌 Nestle boycott🧵⬇️ bsky.app/profile/char...

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 8h

Another example of vibe shift between Trump’s first presidency and now: In 2017, Teen Vogue stood out for outspoken, social-justice politics. In 2025, it laid off its entire politics team, including the last two Black women journalists on staff.

NBC and CBS have made similar moves.

Teen Vogue Ridiculed for Dissolving Politics Team Just One Day Before ‘Major Election’: ‘A Knife in the Back’

The NewsGuild of New York says the consolidation with Vogue.com was “clearly designed to blunt” the outlet when “it is needed the most”

www.thewrap.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 18h

COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest.

"The risk of long COVID was 36% lower in adolescents vaccinated within 6 months before their first infection than in their unvaccinated peers"

COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 15h

New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat.

"Scientists have identified a new coronavirus subgenus in a Brazilian bat with a feature that, as in the related SARS-CoV-2 virus, allows it to invade human cells"

Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new...

Screenshot from CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) article titled “New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2-like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat,” published November 1, 2025, by Mary Van Beusekom. The article header includes tags for COVID-19, SARS, and MERS-CoV. Below the headline is a photo showing a large flock of bats flying across a blue sky above treetops at dusk, illustrating the discovery’s connection to bats in Brazil.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11h

"No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Make COVID-19 a Seasonal Virus"

Published: 14 August, 2024

"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"

Source: whn.global/scientific/n...

Two 3D-imaged mice comparing how SARS-CoV-2 and influenza spread through the body. The left image, labeled Spike S1, shows red fluorescent signals across many organs, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 propagated widely throughout the body. The right image, labeled Influenza HA, shows red signals largely limited to the lungs and liver, demonstrating influenza’s more localized infection pattern. The figure caption notes that SARS-CoV-2 affects multiple organs, unlike influenza.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

"Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm"

"Governments, in the interest of maintaining the status quo, seem to be misleading people and hoping for the best."

Source: archive.li/aKlzJ

Screenshot of an article from The Hamilton Spectator titled “Opinion | Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm.” The subheading reads, “Governments, in the interest of maintaining the status quo, seem to be misleading people and hoping for the best.” Published October 30, 2025. Below the headline is a photo showing people walking indoors — some wearing face masks, others unmasked — highlighting differing attitudes toward COVID-19 precautions.

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Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 2d

Holidays can be especially hard for Covid Conscious folks. Let's make this year different.

12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!

Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!

Holiday-themed flyer which reads this year, we're doing holidays OUR way! 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas. Get read for 12 days of free (but priceless) virtual events designed to bring connection, community, and celebration to Covid Conscious folks during this holiday season! Want to get on the invite list, share your ideas, or be part of the planning? DM @guinesspig.bsky.social or @KaliButterfly.bsky.social

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3d

Red Planet was a science fiction film that debuted in theaters in 2000.

Watch at least the first 45 seconds or up to just after the first minute (up to the title drop, if you’d like).

😞
youtube.com/watch?v=4OD4...

Red Planet

YouTube video by YouTube Movies

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3d

I did have a good night, thanks! Now I’m gearing up for YouTube to remove and add movies at this change in the month (much compulsive sorting of playlists to keep me occupied for a couple of days). And your pumpkin uses are as it should be.😀🎃👍

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3d

@elisabethalicee.bsky.social
@davidmm01.bsky.social
@karilikesafari.bsky.social
Hoping you all had the most eggcellent Halloweens possible and are blessed with equally wonderful ventilation and filtration for the remainder of the year!

a chicken with a pumpkin on its head and a witch hat

Alt: a chicken dressed as a vampire with a black cape (that has a high pointy neckline) and beak fangs, leads another chicken with a pumpkin (carved Jack-o-lantern) on its head and a baby chick wearing a witch hat as they happily parade along

media.tenor.com

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3d

@kalibutterfly.bsky.social @singingsox.bsky.social @guinesspig.bsky.social
Hope you all had a happy Halloween (and have plenty of legitimate PPE/😷s to carry you through the winter season—so you don’t have to resort to using pumpkins 😉)!

a cartoon of a person holding a pumpkin with a red feather on it

Alt: a cartoon chicken holding a Jack-o-lantern places the carved pumpkin over its head like a costume/non-PPE mask

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

Australia: Nurse among patients calling for better access to long COVID treatment

Former ICU nurse Julie Mirtschen, 43, from Port Macquarie, developed long COVID after back-to-back flu and COVID infections in March 2020.

Researchers say she’s among up to 870,000 Australians living with long COVID.

Long COVID patients seeking help 'let down by the system'

Patients are calling for better access to long COVID care after the closure of one of the country's last public clinics.

www.abc.net.au

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3d

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The U.S. FDA says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.

FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causi...

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

"Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age 3, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham."

COVID-19 in pregnancy may raise autism and neurodevelopmental disorder risk

Children born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy face a 29% higher likelihood of developmental disorders by age three, including speech, motor, and autism-spectrum delays. The risk wa...

www.news-medical.net

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 3d

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...

Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs • Ohio Capital Journal

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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KariLikeSafari @karilikesafari.bsky.social · 4d

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 4d

“Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy was associated with increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3 years, with effects most pronounced after third-trimester exposure and in male offspring.”😭

Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 4d

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero

I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.

journals.lww.com

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

Please #boost / #repost, because this First Amendment rights violation is so stunning it needs to be known about everywhere (and I’d suggest avoiding Perry County, TN, and all things Perry County, TN-related).

More ⬇️: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

I only just had this story recommended to me on YouTube.
If you haven’t heard about it either, you #MustWatch it right now.

Charges dropped against TN man who was arrested (and spent >1 month in jail⁉️) over a Trump meme (this ⬇️) for threatening mass violence at a school⁉️
youtube.com/watch?v=LDVS...

Screenshot of moment in the linked story, by WKRN News 2 (an ABC affiliate), showing the meme shared on Facebook. It has a black background with head and shoulders photo of Trump behind a microphone at the right side. Text on the left side says: “We have to get over it.” Donald Trump, on the Perry High School mass shooting one day after

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 4d

The leaders of multiple child care businesses in Ohio urged state lawmakers once again to support measures to boost child care in the state, including for workers who provide child care ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/30/o...

Ohio child care workers, business leaders push for pilot program to subsidize care • Ohio Capital Journal

The leaders of multiple child care businesses in Ohio urged state lawmakers once again to support measures to boost child care in the state, including for workers who provide child care.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

$7M to several Ohio food banks feels like providing a bandage suitable for addressing a paper cut on a finger to stem the blood flow from an amputated limb—woefully insufficient (and yet so typical of a state government focused on lining its pockets at the expense of its population: First Energy 👀).

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

And do SNAP users know where food banks near them are?

Are the food banks within short walking distance or on bus routes?

Most food banks can’t cater to those with food allergies—with SNAP they could choose what was safe but with random food bank offerings will more suffer allergen exposures?

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

So Ohio is giving $7M to food banks… are they going to help the stores impacted by lost business?

Are they supplying the extra personnel at the food banks to distribute to more people?

Many area food banks are only open 1-4 times a month or by appointment only (unlike stores).

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

⬆️ And how will food banks “pick up the slack when they are already struggling to cope with high demands, especially amid reports of grocery store prices increasing. ‘They're supposed to help with emergencies, they're not supposed to constantly step up when the federal government refuses to act’”

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

⬆️“Smaller convenience stores, which make up the majority of grocery shops that accept SNAP credits, are also likely to feel the pinch, as Plata-Nino notes: ‘They operate on such a small margin that if 50% of your client base doesn't show up for the week, it's going to hit their own margin rates.’”

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 4d

For Weld Food Bank (CO), serving about 1,700 people daily, the possibility of SNAP delays is daunting...
“For every meal that a food bank provides, SNAP provides 9. We don’t have the capacity to bear that burden because we can barely do the 1 meal now,” a Weld FB director.
time.com/7328216/snap...

Experts Issue Grave Warning as SNAP Benefits Set to Run Out

Food banks are unlikely to be able to meet the demand amid the government shutdown, experts tell TIME.

time.com