@marsroving.bsky.social
Not giving up on the Great Experiment of Democracy! Proud liberal, LGBTQ+ Ally, & believer in human rights. Let's move the needle back from the far right . Love the National Parks, the Packers, and wine. Not yet closing my xitter account.
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The book did unfortunately popularize the “Patient Zero” idea, linking disease emergence to “superspreaders”.
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
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Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
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Correcting the record: Gaetan Dugas, stigma, and the Patient Zero narrative - AIDS Foundation of Chicago
We all recall the first case of COVID-19 reported in the US in late January 2020, and the first waves of lockdowns beginning in mid-March of that year; the pandemic’s […]
www.aidschicago.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The book did unfortunately popularize the “Patient Zero” idea, linking disease emergence to “superspreaders”.
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
(2/3)
Modern science has disproven it, but the idea that diseases can be pinned on devious outsiders emerges with every new disease. We saw this with Asians in both SARS and COVID.
(2/3)
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We keep asking: why would Americans elect a career criminal?
The most obvious answer is: because when the top person in government & the justice department has no moral compunction, this allows all the people who already WANTED to be lawless & immoral to do as many bad things as they want. 🧵
The most obvious answer is: because when the top person in government & the justice department has no moral compunction, this allows all the people who already WANTED to be lawless & immoral to do as many bad things as they want. 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We keep asking: why would Americans elect a career criminal?
The most obvious answer is: because when the top person in government & the justice department has no moral compunction, this allows all the people who already WANTED to be lawless & immoral to do as many bad things as they want. 🧵
The most obvious answer is: because when the top person in government & the justice department has no moral compunction, this allows all the people who already WANTED to be lawless & immoral to do as many bad things as they want. 🧵
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including complaints of medical-neglect, forced-drugging, abuse, due-process violations, and other civil-rights complaints in immigration detention in limbo or effectively abandoned.
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
including complaints of medical-neglect, forced-drugging, abuse, due-process violations, and other civil-rights complaints in immigration detention in limbo or effectively abandoned.
It is great to have your perspective on this stuff. Thank You!
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is great to have your perspective on this stuff. Thank You!
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Well. He ordered the government to provide declarations from Noem et al so he can decide on criminal contempt prosecution. It’s an important piece of news that deserves to be reported and that voters should know about. Reporters don’t shut up unless and until there’s jail. That would be kinda dumb.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well. He ordered the government to provide declarations from Noem et al so he can decide on criminal contempt prosecution. It’s an important piece of news that deserves to be reported and that voters should know about. Reporters don’t shut up unless and until there’s jail. That would be kinda dumb.