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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 15h

The old mask did not work, business is making its rounds in social media comments again. Here is an archive/list of studies that prove masking does work if you wear the right type of mask!
www.datareport.info/masking-stud...

Masking Studies

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 16h

The medical office needs to do better. They can provide masks and insist people wear them.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 5

🇬🇧 🇬🇧Today AIR-BORNE comes out in the UK! 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 www.panmacmillan.com/authors/carl...

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

AIR-BORNE: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
'The air teems with invisible life. This last biological frontier remains so mysterious that it took over two years for scientists to finally agree that the COVID pandemic was caused by an airborne virus.' @carlzimmer.com
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 5

🇬🇧 🇬🇧Today AIR-BORNE comes out in the UK! 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 www.panmacmillan.com/authors/carl...

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1d

This is a shocking level of incompetence and neglect by those making the ppe policy.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 2d

Ask at work about limiting disease spread. There are some cheap easy wins that are good business practice anyway like keeping HVAC filters and ventilation at ASRAE recommendations. And in most workplaces you can just bring an air filter to your desk or office.

Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 3d

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thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 3d

Yale researchers analyzed data from 158 million US workers and found that even after the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to raise work absences by 13% and labor force exits by 13%.

The virus has created a new year-round baseline similar to flu season.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone in HR seeing this should be pushing for Covid mitigation at workplaces

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest paper in @jamanetworkopen.com where we asked: Following the #COVID pandemic, has SARSCoV2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits? @yaleemd.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social @brookings.edu 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 3d

A group of 53 people with #LongCOVID joined a clinical trial for Vyvgart. For many of them, the treatment changed everything.

Then, without warning, Argenx canceled the trial.

Most of them have now relapsed.

They're calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug: bit.ly/48l1Qp5

A photo Nicole Barrick, a woman in a pink KN95 mask, receives an infusion of Vyvgart. The text reads, "The Sick Times. Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug. By Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White."

"For those living with Long COVID, every ounce of hope is hard-won. This isn’t just about physical symptoms. It’s about the emotional toll of being given hope — and then having it taken away." - Vyvgart clinical trial participants
Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 3d

A great summary of disease transmission. Why we know how diseases spread how they do.
And what that means for stopping disease spread.
Hint lots of stuff is airborne and there are low cost, low effort, high ROI controls including ventilation & air filters.

Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 3d

Latest covid data: after nearly a year of low covid levels, we're in another wave.

Good time to re-post my basic science explanations of how airborne diseases like covid spread, and how to lower risks if we can't isolate:
Public lecture from 2023: vimeo.com/892302443
+my pinned threads.

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 3d

Latest covid data: after nearly a year of low covid levels, we're in another wave.

Good time to re-post my basic science explanations of how airborne diseases like covid spread, and how to lower risks if we can't isolate:
Public lecture from 2023: vimeo.com/892302443
+my pinned threads.

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

So seems a very good time to repost this again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpR...

UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 12 September 2024 AM

YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry

www.youtube.com

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 4d

Yep.

My books are 50% meant to be read like a normal book and 50% reference books, making sure quotes are preserved and not forgotten.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 4d

Nukit continues to make high impact updates and improvements to their products while making them as accessible as possible to as many people as possible.

Nukit @nukit.bsky.social · 11d

Pic of the new replaceable bulb for the Torch 2. No more throwing out the entire fixture each time the bulb dies (Yes, it's nuts, that's how basically all Far-UVC emitters work, yes, the industry likes it this way). It should really drive the price of Far-UVC through the floor.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 4d

RCTs are a near absolute waste of time when basically any better test or method is available.
And RCTs still provide an amazing value when they are the correct way to study something.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 5d

Was recently at a conference with lots of pharma people. The only people other than me in a mask were catering staff setting up the coffee stations. Enough sniffles and coughing from all directions during one presentation that I estimate roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the people affected 🤮

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 5d

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 5d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 5d

Those are pretty phenomenal numbers in favor of vaccination

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 5d

But the patient population there is pretty much at the top of the list of vulnerable populations... It just is hard to make sense of.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 5d

Why would they think that is ok? Do they fundamentally not understand disease transmission?

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Prof Gillean McCluskey (Expert in Education)

Shared her thoughts on barriers faced by children in Clinically Vulnerable families.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 6d

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar.

Up to 150,000 COVID ‘auto-tests’ were sold last week amid a surge linked to the new XFG variant.

Self-tests give results in 15 mins but are only ~70% accurate, meaning 3 in 10 positive cases could be missed.

Source: archive.md/52Qfc

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar

A vaccination campaign against Covid begins in France on October 14

A view of a positive lateral flow Covid test

Self-testing kits are the easiest and quickest way to check for Covid-19

Michele Ursi/Shutterstock
Zane Lilley
Published Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 13:48 Modified Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 14:28

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 6d

For those still trying to rewrite the history of what happened. Clinically vulnerable teachers and staff were never protected (and still aren’t) for airborne transmission. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Over 1,000 Educators Died From COVID. Here's the Story of One

Over two and a half years, we documented more than 1,300 deaths of educators who died from COVID.

www.edweek.org

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 6d

Good.

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 9d

#TransparencyonCovidNow

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