Germany To Restore Economic Competitiveness By Making People Who Are Sick Do More Paperwork

We've reached the "find out" stage, folks.

Uff, ich verstehe ja, dass einige mittlerweile frustriert sind. Aber unter Aufrufe sich politisch gegen Abbau von Sozialleistungen & Rückbau von Transparenz zu engagieren „bringt ja eh nix…“ zu kommentieren macht echt rein gar nichts besser. Es ist vielmehr Teil des Problems.

teile nochmal paar ausschnitte… weils mir wichtig ist www.spiegel.de/kultur/attes...

Arztpraxen gehören schon jetzt mit zu den Orten an denen die Luftqualität am schlechtesten ist und das Infektionsrisiko dadurch höher. Wenn da jetzt alle für ihre AU hinmüssen wird es noch ärger (und kurze AUs sind oft auch Atemwegsbedingt). Die Änderung wird zu mehr, nicht weniger Fehltagen führen

They are doing something very important: put serious money behind clean indoor air. That is very good news and there is a high likelyhood this will result in advancements to this neglected field, but I think they could have an even bigger impact with some changes So I wrote a short Essay on it:

They are doing something very important: put serious money behind clean indoor air. That is very good news and there is a high likelyhood this will result in advancements to this neglected field, but I think they could have an even bigger impact with some changes So I wrote a short Essay on it:

Lieber @tagesspiegel.de ,🙈 3 Seiten mit Hitzeartikeln - ohne journalistische Einordnung bezüglich globaler Erwärmung? "Zwischen Saunaklima und Backofentemperaturen"(S.24) "Berlin, wie es schwitzt und planscht" (B2) "Wasserversorgung bleibt trotz Hitze stabil" (B3) Euer Ernst❓

I'm starting to think that the often mocked but at least in Germany widespread held belief that you get sick when being in cooled buildings during heat spells has quite some merit to it.

This Video by @lolagerms.bsky.social gives a fantastic overview of the long history of how and why airborne disease transmission has been (and to a large extend still is being) overlooked and ignored. It's quite long (around 100 minutes) but despite it being a video, it also works a podcast well.

communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff.

I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up

It's time to... Care About Air! Hand-painted mural on North Street, Bristol UK.. to support the Clean Air for Kids campaign.

Bibliotheken sind auch deshalb gute Ortezum lernen weil sie größtenteils gute Luftqualität haben (sample Size ist noch nicht die größte für die Kategorie aber die Bisherigen Messungen sind doch sehr ermutigend)

Anchor vs Bollard. SNAPPED IT LIKE A TWIG. #WorldBollardAssociation

1/🎙️ fossilfrei #43: EU-Klimaziele erfordern massiv erneuerbare Energien und Elektrifizierung! In dieser Folge sprechen @aroth.bsky.social und ich mit @rpietzcker.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social über die EU-Klimaziele und wie sie erreicht werden können. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Added 2 new chart types to the analysis page in addition to the boxplots. These convey the Information way better on first glance than boxplots I think. And the more I use the GO IAQS(tandard) from @goaqs.bsky.social, the more I am convinced that 3 categorys are enough to provide an overview

Spannend, @winslowsp.bsky.social hat eine Gegendarstellung im Journal International de Médecine veröffentlichen können, zu einem Artikel der Long-Covid psychologisiert. Ich vermute das deutsche Presserecht ist da zu restriktiv um hier ähnliches machen zu können?

A few notes on allgemeines Wohlbefinden, Supplements und das regulierte Nervensystem (kleine Samstagmorgen-Rant): Ich sehe immer häufiger, dass Feminist*innen oder Aktivist*innen für chronische Krankheit und/oder Behinderung Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und Lifestylemaßnahmen unkritisch bewerben, 1/

The Zooniverse projects are among the most impressive citizen science projects. While I didn't think consciously about it when I created indoorco2map.com all the hours I spend at the Galaxy Zoo, Old Weather and Solar Stormwatch projects might have been what made me believe it is worth the effort

On Tuesday I was at the "High-Level Dialogue on Health Indoor Air," held as a side event of the World Health Assembly (WHA, sort of the WHO’s General Assembly). One of the organisers’ main goals is to prepare a WHO resolution targeting better indoor health and get it passed at the WHA in 2028.

One of the many great things about the Indoor Air Quality Meetings I attended so far is that there actually is good air quality, just open Doors are often enough to achieve that. 470ppm is just barely above baseline levels. And having a screen promin placed is a great communication tool.

We celebrate @goaqs.bsky.social plan for Schools which is a global intervention to transform school environments from passive shelters to active health-protective zones. This strategy is based on stringent air quality standards being maintained at levels that protect the most Clinically Vulnerable.

Maybe also something which is interesting for @dagl.bsky.social , @igoe.at and @winslowsp.bsky.social

Looking forward to attend this Meeting in Geneva tomorrow. Glad to see the strong support of France on this topic. Will be in Geneva this afternoon already.

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social just interviewed Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social about our paper in @bmj.com on #hantavirus and the need for airborne precautions. substack.com/@erictopol/n...

Doctor's offices should be one of the highest priority targets for improved regulation regarding indoor air quality / ventilation - the purpose of a visit there is to get better, not to get infected. Sadly it's also a setting where people often get unrightfully psychologized for wearing a mask.

For the benefits of risking in any way a zoonotic outbreak becoming a pandemic to outweigh the expected costs, the probability of it becoming a pandemic must be tiny because pandemics cost a fortune. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus - PMC share.google/RVgZJ1aDxHZ3...

The whole article is worth reading, but if you don't then at least read the final one. Structurally I think what's needed for better handling of such a situation is a mandatory outbreak/quarantine insurance which every passenger pays and in such cases they get compensated with 1000€/day quarantine.

1/ Published today in @natcomms.nature.com: our analysis on long-duration electricity storage needs for coping with #Dunkelflaute events in 🇪🇺 . Joint work with my stellar @diw.de colleagues @kittelmartin.bsky.social (lead) and @aroth.bsky.social 🎉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72681-5

Nochmal als Erinnerung für Morgen und auch generell als Info für alle die es vorher noch nicht gesehen haben. Morgen sind in vielen Städten Solidaritätsdemos mit ME/CFS Betroffenen. in manchen Städten auch in erst in den folgenden Tagen.

Der feministische Appell zu ME/CFS von @lucimair.bsky.social ist jetzt auf @ourbodies.bsky.social lesbar 💕

The mistake is to do Direct Air Capture outdoors instead of in Classrooms, Doctor's offices, pubs, or in packed underground music clubs where you get sometimes get 5x to 10x the outdoor CO2 concentrations. /s

Nächsten Samstag sind die #Liegenddemos ( @liegenddemo.bsky.social ) in Solidarität mit ME/CFS Betroffenen. Ich werde in Leipzig dabei sein. Nach der Demo gegen 16 Uhr gibt es außerdem ein (vermutlich kleines) Treffen von Menschen die am Innenraumluftqualität interessiert sind am Bach-Denkmal.

„Kohlendioxid ist gut für Pflanzen!“ 🤡🎉

I added some new features to the analysis page. One of them is the ability to generate social-media-ready images of the charts - including ALT-text. I also added an (by default enabled) option to adjust all measurements to local time - which makes more sense when comparing across continents than UTC

“Die Pandemie ist doch vorbei,” denken viele Menschen, aber diese Grafik (heute im Spiegel) zeigt, dass das nicht stimmt. Die Kurve zeigt die jährliche Belastung für die Bevölkerung in Deutschland in Mrd. Euro. Und man sieht: diese Belastung denkt gar nicht daran zu sinken.

In addition to the new App Version I also added a new data explorer tool to the indoorco2map.com website at indoorco2map.com/analysis.html . As there are 25000 total measurement time series now (20000 for buildings and 5000 for transit) at least some subsets have decent sample size.

The completely rewritten new version indoorco2map.com App is now available for both Android and iPhone. It removes the biggest problems of the old App, especially location search which is now very reliable and also a lot faster (usually <1 second) but also features dozens of small improvements. 1/n

The completely rewritten new version indoorco2map.com App is now available for both Android and iPhone. It removes the biggest problems of the old App, especially location search which is now very reliable and also a lot faster (usually <1 second) but also features dozens of small improvements. 1/n

Indoor Air Quality: An Overdue Awakening It was a joy to work with Dr. Linsey Marr on this Viewpoint article. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

La psychologisation des #CovidLong, ça suffit. Action non-violente de patient·es CL de Winslow et @actioncovidlong.bsky.social lors d’une conférence européenne sur le COVID long organisée par les Pr Lemogne/ Ranque, de l'unité Casper 👇

Bin auf jeden Fall in Leipzig mit dabei. Vielleicht sieht man ja auch den ein oder anderen den man sonst nur von hier online kennt.

Hier nochmal für @oezdemir.de und BW-Kolleg*innen, was ihr da an Ideologie mit einkaufen würdet zusammen mit der Software.

🚨🚨iOS App by @edderic.bsky.social to help folks find a well-fitting mask/respirator! "Happy to publicly announce that MasqFit is now available in the iOS App Store! apps.apple.com/ca/app/masqf... " Sorry no 🧵 (will try again later): OP: x.com/eddericu/sta...

Rather than calling out single locations, the IndoorCO2map can you show many locations - with the caveat that those are just short Measurements taking at some Point in the past - but some Locations have been measured often already and is still a first indication.

1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵

The Indoorco2map.com Website got two small updates, both related to the adoption of the Global Open Indoor Air Quality Standards (GO IAQS) from @goaqs.bsky.social. First change is the option to display the Air Quality of the locations in its 3-Color scheme representing Good / Moderate / Unhealthy.

The Clean Air for Kids explainer video has reached 1,000 views! Thank you to everyone who 'liked' and shared it, and especially those who have subscribed! This is the 5th video on my channel to pass the 1k mark, with 'SARS-CoV-2, CO2 and You' passing 4k views (randomly, on today as well).

Bin gespannt auf das Kapitel zum Erfüllungsaufwand der GEG-Änderung im Hinblick auf die Effort Sharing Regulation.