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This week/year(s) I have been mostly staying at home. I’m old(er).
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Well why would they need to protect their health if they’re young and healthy?? It’s because everyone is vulnerable to Covid. Athletes are starting to figure this out. Time for the rest of us to do so. fasterskier.com/2026/02/in-i...
In Italy, four years after the COVID Games, Olympic teams are still isolating – FasterSkier
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February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Well why would they need to protect their health if they’re young and healthy?? It’s because everyone is vulnerable to Covid. Athletes are starting to figure this out. Time for the rest of us to do so. fasterskier.com/2026/02/in-i...
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As an immunocompromised cancer survivor, the riskiest things I do are go for my 6 annual cancer surveillance appointments in crowded medical offices full of unmasked patients and staff. I should not have to risk death by respiratory illness in order to not die of cancer, but the system is failing us
On world cancer day, thinking of all the patients who will go to chemo today facing unmasked hospital staff. And who will suffer hospital-acquired infections and even die due to the lack of airborne mitigations 💔
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
As an immunocompromised cancer survivor, the riskiest things I do are go for my 6 annual cancer surveillance appointments in crowded medical offices full of unmasked patients and staff. I should not have to risk death by respiratory illness in order to not die of cancer, but the system is failing us
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February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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We have babies born now who are suffering damage from COVID infections. Toddlers who never lived through any lockdown with long covid. They are not suffering from immunity debt! They couldn’t possibly be if any logic is applied by the government! The whole pro infection herdimmunity theory has been🧵
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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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.
So sad. We are not even trying to keep children safe from Covid.
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
So sad. We are not even trying to keep children safe from Covid.
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in her hospital ward there’s a “suggestion” board just outside the nurses’ station asking how to improve care—i wrote that all staff should be in respirators to minimize nosocomial infection. my note was rather conspicuous as it was the only one in red ink. when i returned hours later it was gone
It’s like this disease just disappeared from the public consciousness.
my 86-yr-old mother in early stages of dementia has developed a rattly chest cough after being in hospital for a week. she has 5 broken ribs (in multiple places) from being struck by a car at crosswalk. docs and nurses are concerned about complications from pneumonia, influenza … COVID? not so much
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
in her hospital ward there’s a “suggestion” board just outside the nurses’ station asking how to improve care—i wrote that all staff should be in respirators to minimize nosocomial infection. my note was rather conspicuous as it was the only one in red ink. when i returned hours later it was gone
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If your family doc understood that #Reinfections can cumulatively lead to #LongCOVID (for anyone/everyone), & for which there still is no cure - they'd be wearing an #N95, running a portable #HEPA, have a window open, & be tracking #CO2 in their consulting room.
If your family doc understood that #Reinfections can cumulatively lead to #LongCOVID (for anyone/everyone), & for which there still is no cure - they'd be wearing an #N95, running a portable #HEPA, have a window open, & be tracking #CO2 in their consulting room.
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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If your family doc understood that #Reinfections can cumulatively lead to #LongCOVID (for anyone/everyone), & for which there still is no cure - they'd be wearing an #N95, running a portable #HEPA, have a window open, & be tracking #CO2 in their consulting room.
If your family doc understood that #Reinfections can cumulatively lead to #LongCOVID (for anyone/everyone), & for which there still is no cure - they'd be wearing an #N95, running a portable #HEPA, have a window open, & be tracking #CO2 in their consulting room.
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Was Covid in der Schwangerschaft für eine Generation von Kindern bedeuten kann
»Immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Covid-19-Infektion im Mutterleib subtile, aber dauerhafte Auswirkungen auf die Gehirnentwicklung haben kann.«
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
»Immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Covid-19-Infektion im Mutterleib subtile, aber dauerhafte Auswirkungen auf die Gehirnentwicklung haben kann.«
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Covid in Pregnancy May Mean for a Generation of Children
A growing body of research shows that exposure to Covid-19 in the womb can have a subtle but lasting impact on brain development.
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Was Covid in der Schwangerschaft für eine Generation von Kindern bedeuten kann
»Immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Covid-19-Infektion im Mutterleib subtile, aber dauerhafte Auswirkungen auf die Gehirnentwicklung haben kann.«
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
»Immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Covid-19-Infektion im Mutterleib subtile, aber dauerhafte Auswirkungen auf die Gehirnentwicklung haben kann.«
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I suspect that on Wuhan wild-type C19, enforcing fomite/droplet mitigation, while leaving the door wide open to airborne transmission for, created evolutionary pressures that selected out a super-airborne Omicron variant.
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I suspect that on Wuhan wild-type C19, enforcing fomite/droplet mitigation, while leaving the door wide open to airborne transmission for, created evolutionary pressures that selected out a super-airborne Omicron variant.
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🚨🧵by @jammer.bsky.social on X:
"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread..."
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"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20170...
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM
🚨🧵by @jammer.bsky.social on X:
"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20170...
"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20170...
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So if you survive Measles, like many other airborne viruses, you're at risk of long-term sequelae and immune dysfunction (or amnesia for Measles). Tell me again how this anti-vax admin is making America healthy again?
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So if you survive Measles, like many other airborne viruses, you're at risk of long-term sequelae and immune dysfunction (or amnesia for Measles). Tell me again how this anti-vax admin is making America healthy again?
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‘It’s real, it’s serious and it’s effecting millions of people worldwide’
🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous.
“CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned, as the increasingly likely collapse of vitally important natural systems would bring mass migration, food shortages and price rises, and global disorder."
Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"The global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned, as the increasingly likely collapse of vitally important natural systems would bring mass migration, food shortages and price rises, and global disorder."
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Oh m g… I went to a talk where the main speaker said
“If we targeted (redacted public health prevention tool) at the young mobile population, we might have been able to get R<1 and protect the elderly more robustly that way…”
And I said YES! Someone else gets it. We only ever had to get R<1…
“If we targeted (redacted public health prevention tool) at the young mobile population, we might have been able to get R<1 and protect the elderly more robustly that way…”
And I said YES! Someone else gets it. We only ever had to get R<1…
January 27, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Oh m g… I went to a talk where the main speaker said
“If we targeted (redacted public health prevention tool) at the young mobile population, we might have been able to get R<1 and protect the elderly more robustly that way…”
And I said YES! Someone else gets it. We only ever had to get R<1…
“If we targeted (redacted public health prevention tool) at the young mobile population, we might have been able to get R<1 and protect the elderly more robustly that way…”
And I said YES! Someone else gets it. We only ever had to get R<1…
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Good news in the fight against COVID-19 🧬
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Good news in the fight against COVID-19 🧬
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
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There's a lot of anti-health, anti-vaccination rhetoric and policy in the US. Some of this misinformation and disinformation influences what happens in the UK.
And that affects us all.
Get vaccinated.
And that affects us all.
Get vaccinated.
Not good.
WHO meeting notes that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
WHO meeting notes that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Rapid Reaction: UK loses measles elimination status | LSHTM
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today (26 January 2026) that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.The decision is based on data showing 2,911 laboratory confirmed measles cases
www.lshtm.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
There's a lot of anti-health, anti-vaccination rhetoric and policy in the US. Some of this misinformation and disinformation influences what happens in the UK.
And that affects us all.
Get vaccinated.
And that affects us all.
Get vaccinated.
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Two males, related, adult, same health status prior to 2020, with person A slightly healthier than person B.
Both travelled internationally to the Middle East and parts of Europe recently.
Both travelled internationally to the Middle East and parts of Europe recently.
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Two males, related, adult, same health status prior to 2020, with person A slightly healthier than person B.
Both travelled internationally to the Middle East and parts of Europe recently.
Both travelled internationally to the Middle East and parts of Europe recently.
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Taekwondoin Tina Sugandh and her black belt kids, who always compete in their masks, warn about #LongCOVID— why they support #MaskTogetherAmerica and @publichealthaction.bsky.social. “This is for all that say you can't compete to your fullest potential at athletic events with a mask on.”
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Taekwondoin Tina Sugandh and her black belt kids, who always compete in their masks, warn about #LongCOVID— why they support #MaskTogetherAmerica and @publichealthaction.bsky.social. “This is for all that say you can't compete to your fullest potential at athletic events with a mask on.”
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My IG feed is full of parents asking for prayers for their hospitalized children with illnesses like Strep, Covid & influenza A. I don't want to dismiss prayers if that gives someone hope, but it's no substitute for preventative mitigations for airborne viruses. It didn't have to be this way
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My IG feed is full of parents asking for prayers for their hospitalized children with illnesses like Strep, Covid & influenza A. I don't want to dismiss prayers if that gives someone hope, but it's no substitute for preventative mitigations for airborne viruses. It didn't have to be this way
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Rest works - it’s nature’s way of healing - My mother trained as a GP in the 1930s/40s. she said before penicillin, rest was all they had - and quarantine. You didn’t push through
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social The Lancet study clearly showed that failure to rest can cause long COVID and yet school attendance policy remains unbending with no reflection on the reality of the situation we are now in. The government is carrying on like COVID is like a cold! It’s not!
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Rest works - it’s nature’s way of healing - My mother trained as a GP in the 1930s/40s. she said before penicillin, rest was all they had - and quarantine. You didn’t push through
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I wanted to find some quiet time to read this by @panaccindex.bsky.social.
A devastating critique that exposes one of the loudest voices as one of the most fraudulent and malignant.
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A devastating critique that exposes one of the loudest voices as one of the most fraudulent and malignant.
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PROFILE: Emily Oster, Brown University Economist
From COVID-19 Cheerleader to MAHA Cheerleader
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January 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I wanted to find some quiet time to read this by @panaccindex.bsky.social.
A devastating critique that exposes one of the loudest voices as one of the most fraudulent and malignant.
Please subscribe.
www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-em...
A devastating critique that exposes one of the loudest voices as one of the most fraudulent and malignant.
Please subscribe.
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