Evesbeads
@evesbeads.bsky.social
Eternally optimistic or slow learner?
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🎯🎯🎯post by @meetjess.bsky.social on XTwitter today:
"While COVID continues to circulate, measles is reclaiming ground we already won.
One virus exposed our vulnerabilities. The other is proving we never fixed them."
OP: x.com/MeetJess/sta...
"While COVID continues to circulate, measles is reclaiming ground we already won.
One virus exposed our vulnerabilities. The other is proving we never fixed them."
OP: x.com/MeetJess/sta...
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🎯🎯🎯post by @meetjess.bsky.social on XTwitter today:
"While COVID continues to circulate, measles is reclaiming ground we already won.
One virus exposed our vulnerabilities. The other is proving we never fixed them."
OP: x.com/MeetJess/sta...
"While COVID continues to circulate, measles is reclaiming ground we already won.
One virus exposed our vulnerabilities. The other is proving we never fixed them."
OP: x.com/MeetJess/sta...
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Covid is vascular, it damages blood vessels. Children should not be catching this horrible virus. Risks post infection, from any infection, last years! @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Please will you raise awareness of this. Recent article from the British medical journal.
A virus that causes vascular damage is not mild and children need protection. We all do. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Covid is vascular, it damages blood vessels. Children should not be catching this horrible virus. Risks post infection, from any infection, last years! @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Please will you raise awareness of this. Recent article from the British medical journal.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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The new 'highly transmissible' COVID-19 variant: what Aussies need to know
NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.
NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The new 'highly transmissible' COVID-19 variant: what Aussies need to know
NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.
NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.
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'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells
Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.
Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.
'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells
'Zombie' coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells.
www.sciencealert.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM
'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells
Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.
Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.
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"Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year."
"There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/aW0qa
"There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/aW0qa
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
"Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year."
"There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/aW0qa
"There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/aW0qa
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"It takes a village to raise a child".
It also takes a village to ignore the damage that Covid is doing to millions of them.
So village, I ask you, why are we letting it happen?
It also takes a village to ignore the damage that Covid is doing to millions of them.
So village, I ask you, why are we letting it happen?
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
"It takes a village to raise a child".
It also takes a village to ignore the damage that Covid is doing to millions of them.
So village, I ask you, why are we letting it happen?
It also takes a village to ignore the damage that Covid is doing to millions of them.
So village, I ask you, why are we letting it happen?
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If you’re looking for high-quality KN95 respirators, I have a discount code at Kind Mask:
use POTATUM25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order 🫡
no expiration date!
Public health is dead but we don’t have to give up. We ARE the public. We can and should be protecting our health and MASKS WORK!
use POTATUM25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order 🫡
no expiration date!
Public health is dead but we don’t have to give up. We ARE the public. We can and should be protecting our health and MASKS WORK!
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 AM
If you’re looking for high-quality KN95 respirators, I have a discount code at Kind Mask:
use POTATUM25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order 🫡
no expiration date!
Public health is dead but we don’t have to give up. We ARE the public. We can and should be protecting our health and MASKS WORK!
use POTATUM25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order 🫡
no expiration date!
Public health is dead but we don’t have to give up. We ARE the public. We can and should be protecting our health and MASKS WORK!
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Loving this growing list of Covid aware comedians lol
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask 😷
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask 😷
January 22, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Loving this growing list of Covid aware comedians lol
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask 😷
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask 😷
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If you think it's bizarre for your date to ask you to take a Covid test but normal for them to ask you to wear a condom, what's the difference? Are only some pathogens worth preventing?
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If you think it's bizarre for your date to ask you to take a Covid test but normal for them to ask you to wear a condom, what's the difference? Are only some pathogens worth preventing?
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There’s a tuberculosis outbreak at an Amazon warehouse in the UK.
Sick leave?
Respiratory protection?
Building ventilation?
State of workers T cells?
We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”.
www.unilad.com/news/world-n...
Sick leave?
Respiratory protection?
Building ventilation?
State of workers T cells?
We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”.
www.unilad.com/news/world-n...
Amazon confirms outbreak of ‘Victorian disease’ at warehouse
The disease, which is treatable with a vaccination, broke out at an Amazon warehouse, the company confirmed
www.unilad.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
There’s a tuberculosis outbreak at an Amazon warehouse in the UK.
Sick leave?
Respiratory protection?
Building ventilation?
State of workers T cells?
We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”.
www.unilad.com/news/world-n...
Sick leave?
Respiratory protection?
Building ventilation?
State of workers T cells?
We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”.
www.unilad.com/news/world-n...
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COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight
It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown seven years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We…
boingboing.net
January 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
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His name is @niallstanage.bsky.social and he’s an excellent journalist. Leavitt is a national embarrassment and a complete disgrace.
January 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
His name is @niallstanage.bsky.social and he’s an excellent journalist. Leavitt is a national embarrassment and a complete disgrace.
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Cardiovascular Event Risk Heightened After Hospitalization for COVID-19.
After acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, 10–70% of patients develop persistent multi-organ symptoms, often involving cardiovascular problems such as stroke, dysrhythmias, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease and blood clots.
After acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, 10–70% of patients develop persistent multi-organ symptoms, often involving cardiovascular problems such as stroke, dysrhythmias, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease and blood clots.
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Cardiovascular Event Risk Heightened After Hospitalization for COVID-19.
After acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, 10–70% of patients develop persistent multi-organ symptoms, often involving cardiovascular problems such as stroke, dysrhythmias, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease and blood clots.
After acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, 10–70% of patients develop persistent multi-organ symptoms, often involving cardiovascular problems such as stroke, dysrhythmias, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease and blood clots.
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Important article out today!
"Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according...
🧵1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according...
🧵1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Important article out today!
"Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according...
🧵1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according...
🧵1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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A healthy 31-year-old woman developed sinus pressure, headache, and blurry vision 10 days after COVID-19 infection.
The case adds evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger immune-mediated optic neuritis and highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to preserve vision.
The case adds evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger immune-mediated optic neuritis and highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to preserve vision.
Unilateral Optic Neuritis Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
COVID-19 has affected millions of individuals worldwide, yet the neuro-ophthalmic consequences among survivors remain incompletely characterized. In this case report, we describe a case of unilateral ...
www.cureus.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
A healthy 31-year-old woman developed sinus pressure, headache, and blurry vision 10 days after COVID-19 infection.
The case adds evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger immune-mediated optic neuritis and highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to preserve vision.
The case adds evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger immune-mediated optic neuritis and highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to preserve vision.
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Not to be all “back in my day”, but every time I watch an old movie and they say “mind if I smoke?” I instantly flash back to a PSA on buses in the 90s. And I feel like we need this kind of blunt messaging on public health stuff.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Not to be all “back in my day”, but every time I watch an old movie and they say “mind if I smoke?” I instantly flash back to a PSA on buses in the 90s. And I feel like we need this kind of blunt messaging on public health stuff.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
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As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN
For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Starting this fall, however, all the flu shots distributed in the ...
edition.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
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Just me… still masking😷
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Just me… still masking😷
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
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My work friend
who long ago abandoned
any and all precautions
asked me what
I would like them
to get for me this year,
and I said: please
don’t get me anything,
and when he replied
by starting to cough,
I quietly said: and please,
really please,
don’t give me anything.
who long ago abandoned
any and all precautions
asked me what
I would like them
to get for me this year,
and I said: please
don’t get me anything,
and when he replied
by starting to cough,
I quietly said: and please,
really please,
don’t give me anything.
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My work friend
who long ago abandoned
any and all precautions
asked me what
I would like them
to get for me this year,
and I said: please
don’t get me anything,
and when he replied
by starting to cough,
I quietly said: and please,
really please,
don’t give me anything.
who long ago abandoned
any and all precautions
asked me what
I would like them
to get for me this year,
and I said: please
don’t get me anything,
and when he replied
by starting to cough,
I quietly said: and please,
really please,
don’t give me anything.
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A few others masked up on this plane.
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A few others masked up on this plane.
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People I know who were equivocal about climate change a decade ago are now very convinced it's a large threat. These same people are equivocal about the threat of long COVID now. History repeats
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
People I know who were equivocal about climate change a decade ago are now very convinced it's a large threat. These same people are equivocal about the threat of long COVID now. History repeats