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CB Beal
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They/them. Inclusion fairy. Educator. Neurospicy. UU.
Still Coviding. On Nipmuc land.
Preemptive Radical Inclusion. Clean Air, Community Care.
We Can't Fight Fascism If We Keep Getting Sick[er]
justiceandpeaceconsulting.com
The people rolling back vaccine protections are the same people that told you it was safe to take off your masks.
😷 FOOL ME ONCE... 😷

PS They didn't actually fool me, but if their skilled disinformation fooled you, it's never too late to start masking again. Also ventilate and clean the air.
k, thx
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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
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I am mildly obsessed with how Covid shows up in pop culture. This single panel from a larger comic by @xkcd.com is so evocative!
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Metformin started soon after #COVID19 infection linked to ~50% lower risk of long COVID or death at 6 months, echoing prior RCT signals.

Cheap, generic, worth a hard look.

#LongCOVID #EpiSky #MedSky #bsky
Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study
Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...
www.authorea.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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📃Scientific paper: Impact of Preexisting Rare Diseases on COVID-19 Severity, Reinfection, and Long COVID, and the Modifying Effects of Vaccination and Antiviral Therapy: A Retrospective Study from the N3C Data Enclave

Ref.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2025

➡️ Continued on ES/IODE
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Capitulation is capitulation.
Giving in to bullies, whether in Middle School, 🧊-y streets, or Congress, NEVER gets people free.

Dems, if you haven't learned about fascism (which might could explain why you keep doing the same thing you always did), start now.
On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder.
🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
You know what goes up when airplanes stay on the ground?

The amount of other people's exhaled air swirling
around your faceholes.

We protect people by protecting them.
COVID, 🧊, food insecurity; all of it.
We protect and help one another, or we don't.
Simple.

Full alt text in image.
😷🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿🗽
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation.

"Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize"

Source: archive.li/0CwNs
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This 👇 is 🎯🎯🎯 - 4min video, but worth watching, bookmarking, and sharing!

youtu.be/Omc37TvHN74?...

H/t @isucceed.bsky.social
why facts dont change minds (goose explains)
YouTube video by Honkology
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
dear my white people.
this thread, and reflect.
k thx.
An interesting note in the midst of all of this "resistance" and "oh no, there's more white supremacy" is the number of popular white commentators on "how bad things are" have posted something racist or sexist and how badly they've taken it when I said something, no matter how civil I was
September 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Josh Kraft, the nonprofit leader who sought to unseat Mayor Michelle Wu, said he was ending his bid for Boston mayor.
Josh Kraft drops out of race for Boston mayor - The Boston Globe
“When I kept looking at the next eight weeks, the negativity, and all that it was going to be about. I realized, wow, I can do more," Kraft said.
trib.al
September 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Charlie Kirk’s death is awful and abhorrent but it’s appalling that the President is calling for national mourning for a right wing propagandist and hasn’t said a word about Officer David Rose or the brave employees at the CDC
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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As the weight of violence presses more heavily on our world, many of us carry grief and weariness. ✨ Our faith does not retreat. It rises. ✨

Grounded in love, we show up for one another and for our neighbors with courage and compassion.

https://sidewithlove.org/actioncenter

#UU #LoveAtTheCenter
September 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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In 20 years of journalism on several continents I’ve never seen authorities leave an active crime scene open like this.

Wild

Especially since there are hundreds of cops nearby
#BREAKING: I spoke w construction workers whose colleague says he spoke w the suspected #CharlieKirk shooter yesterday.

I also watched FBI agents collecting evidence and viewed a track the gunman appears to have taken through some trees:

www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...
FBI recovers rifle used in Charlie Kirk shooting, traces path through woods
FBI investigators released limited details about the bolt-action rifle recovered in Utah. They're tracing a path the alleged shooter fled on.
www.usatoday.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Aaaannnnnnd, someone let him tweet himself again.
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
SinceTrump/RFK Jr/Doge fired most of the staff, it seems the CDC asked Harold to update the charts
September 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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🚨Eight U.S. states (MA, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, NJ & PA) are considering a collaboration in creating science-based 💉immunization policy and guidance, @nbcboston.com reports. bit.ly/NBC_Boston_8...

🔥But let's be clear, under the new CDC guidance, most Americans are still eligible for COVID Vaccines. 🧵
September 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This Labor Day, I’m thinking about all my colleagues in the US federal government who lost their jobs due to the Trump administration’s cruel and unconstitutional dismantling of our democracy. Solidarity and gratitude for your service to our country.
September 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer:

-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040

How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.

You will note USA is not on this list.
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Not to belabor the point but RFK Jr is going to implement policies that will kill thousands or even millions of people if he is not removed.

Thanks to @thewarningses.bsky.social @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for the frank discussion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxc...
Why the CDC Matters More Than Ever | A Conversation with Dr. Angela Rasmussen
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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So proud to be a part of this project! Thank you to @thesicktimes.bsky.social and @longcovidjustice.bsky.social and to all the fantastic writers, translator @lygianavarro.com, medical reviewers and patient reviewers!
We are thrilled to release the next batch of resources in our Long COVID Essentials series, created in partnership with @thesicktimes.bsky.social!
December 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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BREAKING: Seven Suspected Tuberculosis Cases Reported at Tacoma ICE Facility State Health Officials Confirm Outbreak
August 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM