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Breaking the chain of viral transmission & regulating clean public indoor air is COMMUNITY CARE. Help prioritize everyone’s health - 😷🪟💨💉
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Normalising mask 😷 wearing is overdue.
New- @johnsnowproject.bsky.social
“There is never any justification for targeting someone based on their personal choices, attire or appearance.”
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#Masks
New- @johnsnowproject.bsky.social
“There is never any justification for targeting someone based on their personal choices, attire or appearance.”
johnsnowproject.org/primers/leav...
#Masks
Leave Those Kids Alone
Bullying a child for wearing a mask exposes a stark hypocrisy in some people's view of personal freedom.
johnsnowproject.org
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Long Covid is the Gift that keeps on Taking. This holiday season, mask up and stay safe.
Let’s not give the gift that nobody wants.
#ConnectTheDots #christmas #christmastree #covid #longCovid
#maskup #holidays #PSA
Let’s not give the gift that nobody wants.
#ConnectTheDots #christmas #christmastree #covid #longCovid
#maskup #holidays #PSA
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Long Covid is the Gift that keeps on Taking. This holiday season, mask up and stay safe.
Let’s not give the gift that nobody wants.
#ConnectTheDots #christmas #christmastree #covid #longCovid
#maskup #holidays #PSA
Let’s not give the gift that nobody wants.
#ConnectTheDots #christmas #christmastree #covid #longCovid
#maskup #holidays #PSA
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😷 Masks aren't traumatising.
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
😷 Masks aren't traumatising.
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
Abandonment is.
Airborne denial is.
Hospital-acquired infection is.
Long Covid and severe ME is.
The most traumatising part of the ongoing pandemic and current flu surge is the refusal to care. /14
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The layered approach is the best way to reduce your chances of getting #COVID19. It's not just one mitigation. Layering multiple mitigations will help prevent you getting it or spreading it: masking, distancing, going virtual, air purifiers, ventilation, Far-UVC, and vaccines all add up.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The layered approach is the best way to reduce your chances of getting #COVID19. It's not just one mitigation. Layering multiple mitigations will help prevent you getting it or spreading it: masking, distancing, going virtual, air purifiers, ventilation, Far-UVC, and vaccines all add up.
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This is heartbreaking. Long Covid is real, it is common, and more people are developing it every day because we aren’t doing *anything* to stop transmission.
For anyone who still doesn't know what #LongCOVID is - take a paper straw, flatten it, & then breathe through it for at least the next 2 years; & then imagine that this is one of only 50 symptoms (& for some people, even more).
Then imagine no one believes you.
And there's no cure.
Then imagine no one believes you.
And there's no cure.
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is heartbreaking. Long Covid is real, it is common, and more people are developing it every day because we aren’t doing *anything* to stop transmission.
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Mask Mandate Returns At New Jersey Hospitals.
Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
Source: archive.md/h4MBj
Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
Source: archive.md/h4MBj
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Mask Mandate Returns At New Jersey Hospitals.
Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
Source: archive.md/h4MBj
Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
Source: archive.md/h4MBj
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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'H5N1 is no longer the slow-moving outbreak of the past. It has become a fast-changing global pathogen, spreading through birds, repeatedly testing the biological boundaries of mammals and producing more genetic variation than at any time in its history'
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever
PHNOM PENH — The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutat...
cambodianess.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
'H5N1 is no longer the slow-moving outbreak of the past. It has become a fast-changing global pathogen, spreading through birds, repeatedly testing the biological boundaries of mammals and producing more genetic variation than at any time in its history'
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...
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Gift 🎁 link.
Research demonstrates that vaccines can reduce the risk of cancer, dementia & heart conditions, as well as risk of acute disease.
Have you been vaccinated against HPV, shingles, hepatitis B, flu, covid, RSV, meningitis, & pneumonia? If you're eligible, get them now.
wapo.st/4p7cDsj
Research demonstrates that vaccines can reduce the risk of cancer, dementia & heart conditions, as well as risk of acute disease.
Have you been vaccinated against HPV, shingles, hepatitis B, flu, covid, RSV, meningitis, & pneumonia? If you're eligible, get them now.
wapo.st/4p7cDsj
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Gift 🎁 link.
Research demonstrates that vaccines can reduce the risk of cancer, dementia & heart conditions, as well as risk of acute disease.
Have you been vaccinated against HPV, shingles, hepatitis B, flu, covid, RSV, meningitis, & pneumonia? If you're eligible, get them now.
wapo.st/4p7cDsj
Research demonstrates that vaccines can reduce the risk of cancer, dementia & heart conditions, as well as risk of acute disease.
Have you been vaccinated against HPV, shingles, hepatitis B, flu, covid, RSV, meningitis, & pneumonia? If you're eligible, get them now.
wapo.st/4p7cDsj
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New piece I wrote for @thesicktimes.org on the need to ask people with Long COVID what they are going through.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
New piece I wrote for @thesicktimes.org on the need to ask people with Long COVID what they are going through.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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I'm excited to share the latest in the '12 Days of Covid Consciousmas' series...
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm excited to share the latest in the '12 Days of Covid Consciousmas' series...
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
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"In summary, our findings reveal persistent immune dysregulation lasting up to three years post-recovery, characterized by chronic inflammation and diminished naïve CD4+ T cell levels—features reminiscent of immunosenescence" -
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"In summary, our findings reveal persistent immune dysregulation lasting up to three years post-recovery, characterized by chronic inflammation and diminished naïve CD4+ T cell levels—features reminiscent of immunosenescence" -
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The T cell death was published by me in 2020. Only now has population-level immune harm been acknowledged, now in the BMJ in 2025. Not bad for a medical student at the time.
Care to update your followers?
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Care to update your followers?
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
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Operation Connect The Dots. It’s time to connect people to the information that they need. Covid is running rampant and we have to make people aware of the danger. #covid19 #longcovid #health #maskup
If you want to support my efforts please do so.
gofund.me/3bb3b2eed
If you want to support my efforts please do so.
gofund.me/3bb3b2eed
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
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1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
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"Maybe they know that, despite the strong case for upgrading air filtration & establishing indoor air quality requirements, this has not been done, & masks are an easy-to-implement, effective layer of protection against pathogens":
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
A Mental Health Professional’s Perspective
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Maybe they know that, despite the strong case for upgrading air filtration & establishing indoor air quality requirements, this has not been done, & masks are an easy-to-implement, effective layer of protection against pathogens":
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
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Looking for a black N95?
Good news, Canada! 🇨🇦👇
Good news, Canada! 🇨🇦👇
Dear Canada,
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Looking for a black N95?
Good news, Canada! 🇨🇦👇
Good news, Canada! 🇨🇦👇
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I don't know if this message will reach anyone that doesn't already get it, but I feel moved to still say it:
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I don't know if this message will reach anyone that doesn't already get it, but I feel moved to still say it:
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Fifty years ago, Congress passed IDEA to end the exclusion of disabled children from public schools. Today, that promise is under threat from inadequate funding and policy rollbacks.
IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Fund it. Celebrate it.
#IDEA50
IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Fund it. Celebrate it.
#IDEA50
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fifty years ago, Congress passed IDEA to end the exclusion of disabled children from public schools. Today, that promise is under threat from inadequate funding and policy rollbacks.
IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Fund it. Celebrate it.
#IDEA50
IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Fund it. Celebrate it.
#IDEA50
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Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM