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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 5h

#measles in #bced Seropositivity >90% for all age groups except

10-19-year-olds 82%
20-29-year-olds 69%
30-39-year-olds 73%

Results remained below 80% for 20- to 39-year-olds
this study showed
" age-related antibody decline" . Where was www.cmaj.ca/content/197/34/E1099

Measles seroprevalence by birth cohort across the lifespan: a population-based, cross-sectional serosurvey in British Columbia, Canada

Background: In 2025, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, experienced heightened measles activity, mostly involving unvaccinated communities. Publicly funded measles vaccination for children...

www.cmaj.ca

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 5h

It feels like people are quietly hacking safer spaces using their existing privileges without officially pushing for it & while that normalizes *avoiding illness* that makes the move invisible & govts are still off the hook for making the workplace safer /2

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 5h

Ive heard from 2 different offices of municipal workers & the manager of a small cohort actively encourages symptomatic staff to work from home & then go back to office when feeling well 1/

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 17h

Got vaxxed recently too & none too soon. It's been raining covid at my school. I have multiple air filters in my room , mostly CR boxes & a little ikea filter that is just visible in upper right of the microsopy photo below

Microscope picture of a x section of small intestine stained pink . Beyond microscope view, a small white air filter

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 20h

"A 90-minute walk, jog or bike ride after getting vaccinated may boost your body’s immune response."
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/resea...

News: Exercise May Enhance the Effects of a... (The New York Times) - Behind the headlines - NLM

(The New York Times) Exercise May Enhance the Effects of a Covid or Flu Shot. Associated research findings from the National Library of Medicine.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 29d

It's a good paper to share with colleagues & also to give out to parents on parent teacher night

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Sep 15

All the masked people at the Clean Air Festival are heros

A pop up cards felt pen cartoon of a masked person in a blue hat & red shirt with N95 mask. Behind them 2 people building a CF box & 2 people holding a box if masks. Words: Thank you for the gift of Clean Air

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Collectively, our findings support that tetanus-diphtheria vaccines can prime SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive T cells and likely contribute to shape the T cell responses to the virus"
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Frontiers | Tetanus-diphtheria vaccine can prime SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive T cells

Vaccines containing tetanus-diphtheria antigens have been postulated to induce cross-reactive immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SA...

www.frontiersin.org

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Aug 16

...the study also mentions remsdesivir which generates GS-441524 . Another study, below, describe how GS-441524 is used off label by vets to treat the cat version of #Longcovid from feline coronavirus www.eara.eu/post/coronav...

Coronavirus infection treatment for cats gives insights on long COVID

US researchers have successfully treated cats with a severe coronavirus infection using a combination of stem cells and antiviral drugs, offering insights that could benefit both veterinary and human ...

www.eara.eu

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Aug 16

Vaccination reduces #Longcovid in a dose dependant manner & "Only patients with Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccinations were used in our study because of its wide availability in our healthcare system" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Association of COVID vaccinations and treatments with long COVID beyond 6 months: a case-control study on the adult population in a large integrated healthcare system in the United States from 2020 to...

Long coronavirus disease (Long COVID) is a chronic condition causing significant long-term disability and economic burden. This study aims to measure …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Aug 5

"math scores went up by 0.20 standard deviations and English scores by 0.18 standard deviations, and the results hold up even when you control for “detailed student demographics" #CleanAir #filtration #bced
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...

Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits

$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.

www.vox.com

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 30

It's never 'just a flu' " #influenza & SARS-CoV-2 infections lead to loss of the pro-dormancy phenotype in breast DCCs in the lung, causing DCC proliferation within days of infection" #BreastCancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature

Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...

www.nature.com

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 30

influenza vaccination is correlated with lower rate of lung cancer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37849687/

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 18

#CleanAir #RebelAlliance I'm so grateful for community donations so my students could build CR boxes this year... "I have friends everywhere" #Andor

A furnace filter backlit in front of a window with sunlight in my classroom, aranet4 reads 528ppm

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Nobody @davidepike.bsky.social · Jul 15

I hope one day ALL indoor shared-air air standards will include:

HEPA filtration for airborne pathogens
CO2 monitoring for healthy "mix"
UV-C to help combat airborne pathogens
Adequate outdoor air ventilation and "rate of exchange" to adequately replenish clean air in occupied rooms.

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ElleKaye🇨🇦 (she/her | elle/la) @ellekayeca.bsky.social · Jul 11

💯 Great initiative. I have an #Aranet4 myself. Love it! #CleanAir

Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

We all soldier on because community health is worth fighting for & once people recognize the benefits of #CleanAir , there is no turning back. I am grateful for community lending initiatives such as the VCH aranet4 lending program www.vch.ca/en/air-quali....

Air quality monitoring projects | Vancouver Coastal Health

Here you will find information on Vancouver Coastal Health’s ongoing air quality monitoring projects. These projects, studies and programs gather data to help increase awareness of air conditions in c...

www.vch.ca

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jul 11

Yet another example of why we need masks in healthcare, and especially in emergency rooms.

You never know what you’re going to see.

Bubonic plague is life threatening and I sincerely hope no one else in the ER was infected.

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sadly even with prompt antibiotics pneumonic plague is rapidly fatal with 24 hours!
#MedSky
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Arizona patient dies in emergency room from plague

The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Nobody @davidepike.bsky.social · Jul 11

I use Medify machines, they have held up for 4 years so far: replaceable HEPA filters. medifyair.com

Home Air Purifier with HEPA Filters | Room Air Cleaners

Reduce the amount of air pollutants such as pollen, dust, etc. in rooms in your home with our air purifiers that use HEPA filters and provide cleaner air for your family. Learn more!

medifyair.com

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

We all soldier on because community health is worth fighting for & once people recognize the benefits of #CleanAir , there is no turning back. I am grateful for community lending initiatives such as the VCH aranet4 lending program www.vch.ca/en/air-quali....

Air quality monitoring projects | Vancouver Coastal Health

Here you will find information on Vancouver Coastal Health’s ongoing air quality monitoring projects. These projects, studies and programs gather data to help increase awareness of air conditions in c...

www.vch.ca

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ElleKaye🇨🇦 (she/her | elle/la) @ellekayeca.bsky.social · Jul 11

You rock! That’s the way to do it. Wish you were in the majority, tho. Sigh. But we soldier on! 😷 🦠 #MaskUp #COVIDIsAirborne #CleanIndoorAir

Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

I wear an #N95 to teach &avoided symptomatic illness this year. You can tell from the student cartoon that its a fitted #mask . I also run 3 CR boxes & my CO2 levels are usually <700ppm. While I would prefer to be unmasked, I wear this to model community care.

Cartoon of a person in a pony tail with a mask beside a cat

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Nobody @davidepike.bsky.social · Jul 11

I wear a N95 respirator daily and run 2x HEPA air filtration machines (I think I may add a third this year.) My students likewise draw me masked because they so rarely see me unmasked (outdoor during Earth Science hike time). Been fully masked indoors at all times since 2020. 🤘you rock metal horns!

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

... #diptheria is making a comeback in Europe due to fewer #vaccinations "Historically, diphtheria has been called the ‘strangling angel’ ...A thick film develops in the throat making it increasingly difficult to breath"
www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/diph...

Diphtheria is back - VaccinesToday

Routine immunisation protects against this highly contagious disease – but Europe has recorded hundreds of cases between 2022 and 2025

www.vaccinestoday.eu

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

Next sept, my CR boxes, my open windows, my #N95 & my #MMR booster will help stop #measles in its tracks in my class. I will do a lesson on the importance of #vaccination maybe using the 1925 Serum Relay as a case study ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMfy...

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · Jul 11

...I tested + on a RAT for FluA last fall but was asymptomatic likely due to my flu vaccine 3 weeks prior. My mask prevented my flu from infecting my students & potentially their immunocompromised relatives

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