Kristin Meekes
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ICU RN, reader, cyclist, pug and cat mom •Covid is airborne •Clean the air •N95s in healthcare•
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Bilbo Yaga
about 10 hours ago
Where is our collective outrage that we’re being harmed in healthcare settings? Patients shouldn’t have to risk preventable infection that can result in death, disability, lost work time, harm to infected loved ones, &c. As a HCW & patient, I want universal & permanent n95s in healthcare settings.
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I don’t typically mask outside but when this cute guy ran up to a man wearing an N95 in the park I popped mine on because “see a mask, wear a mask” should be the norm
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I am very tired of this. Flu is predominantly airborne and you need a mask. And we need clean indoor air in public places.
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Aaron Rupar
1 day ago
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
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Sooz Kempner
1 day ago
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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Nicole Bedera
2 days ago
For
@msnownews.bsky.social
, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/minneapolis-ice-watch-protesters-violence-research
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C.H. Romatowski
2 days ago
A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38). Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50: • Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia • Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's • Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
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Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin
https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/54/11/afaf331/8339764
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Prisonculture
2 days ago
So working as designed then.
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Tim Onion
2 days ago
Block instantly.
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Bean & Sprout's Mom
2 days ago
Clean. The. Damn. Air 🤬 And N95s.
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I’m angry about this and I do not understand why more people aren’t
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Armin Samii
3 days ago
Holy shit. Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/15/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.cAtO.27tTcxkzuIwX&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Da(N95)iella
3 days ago
“Dr. Henry’s trademark ‘be kind’ motto, smiles and soft voice were instrumental to her success, notwithstanding the fact many, like the provincial Human Rights Commissioner, expressed deep concerns about the ultimate impact of her decisions.”
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This is so interesting and I’m thinking about how, during the corporate orientation for my first nursing job, “being nice” was overemphasized as everyone was handed oven mitts and an apron embroidered with the hospital’s logo
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Unknown Etiology
3 days ago
I personally try to be vocal about connecting LC/ME stuff to other things going on when I can. in this case: they defunded medical research to give ice billions. the budget of ice this year is almost 3000x the budget for mecfs research. ice has about 10x the entire year’s worth of mecfs money every
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Chantzy
3 days ago
"To a lawyer trained in occupational safety regulation or human rights litigation, this is not an academic disagreement. It is a warning that existing standards may now be legally indefensible"
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
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Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance - Business Upturn Trade & Policy
When a group of senior clinicians and public health scientists formally urged the World Health Organization in January 2026 to...
https://www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy/why-the-who-respirator-revolt-could-reshape-global-health-governance/624/
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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen
3 days ago
- "...We are approaching an average of 5 infections per person since pandemic onset.” This level of exposure has significant implications, given the millions of people infected, the toll of long Covid, and the quickly growing knowledge of long-term damage from infection.
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Prisonculture
3 days ago
Cannot stress enough that you can just do stuff. You don't need permission. You can just do stuff because it needs to be done by someone.
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Nicole Bedera
3 days ago
We do not get out of fascism by saving ourselves and turning our backs on others. We get out through solidarity with everyone—especially the most vulnerable.
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Nicole Bedera
3 days ago
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Prisonculture
3 days ago
You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
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Long Covid Advocacy
3 days ago
The risk of neurological degeneration after Covid has been discussed and been a concern in the community for years. It is not reassuring to see this research. Covid is not mild. @wesstreeting 🖇️👇
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Chantzy
4 days ago
Funny how basic airborne infection controls (masking, HEPAs, window cracked 2cm) are framed as a "burden," while the burden of being repeatedly exposed to Covid is dismissed as anxiety & goes unacknowledged
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Bean & Sprout's Mom
4 days ago
Mild™️ baby COVID deaths "Of 12,779 hospitalized children with complete chart abstraction, 88 (0.7%) died, incl 66 (75.0%) in-hospital deaths & 22 (25.0%) deaths ≤30 days post-discharge. Thirty-two percent who died were < 1 year old & 23% were < 6 months old."
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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P-530. Mortality among U.S. Children <18 Years Old Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Infection, 12 States, March 2020–September 2023
Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have been well-described, but pediatric COVID-19-associated mortality data are limited. COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) conducts population-based surveillance for ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12791954/
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Gregg Levine
4 days ago
I continue to say if you want to show your resistance to the current, violent, corrupt regime, there are few more beneficial ways—and perhaps no simpler way—to do it than to wear a quality mask/respirator when in enclosed public spaces and to stay up-to-date with your vaccinations. (This whole 🧵👇)
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When I was 18 I worked odd jobs in Scotland and had a similar food budget for myself. I did not eat well and it was really hard to do. And that was almost 25 years ago.
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100% same. Public health and IPAC’s refusal to acknowledge aerosol transmission and Long Covid changed me and I will never forgive our institutions for the situation we are now all in. But watching everyone around me bury their heads in the sand as we shut immunocompromised and high risk people out
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Conor Browne
4 days ago
1. Very important study - and the primary reason I avoid infection. 'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.
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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen
4 days ago
Great public health messaging! By protecting the vulnerable, everyone is protected.
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Cara Martin (C. K. Kelly Martin)
4 days ago
A total kick in the teeth to comic creators. Writers and artists should pull out of the event.
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH)
4 days ago
In conclusion (TL;DR):
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH)
4 days ago
There is no virus that “only” causes serious harm in people who are high-risk. And even if there were, it would still be important to protect yourself and others. Please take steps to prevent getting and spreading illness in order to protect your own health and the health of others.
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Prisonculture
5 days ago
For years, many of us have tried to get people to care about criminalization with only limited success. We made the point that criminalization is fascism's fuel. And I really really hope that more people now understand this.
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Ontario Health Coalition
5 days ago
In just 5 days, 10,000 more people signed our petition. Let’s try to double it - pls ask your friends, neighbours & colleagues to sign. We're making great progress together!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
#healthcare
#dougford
#markcarney
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Jeff Gilchrist
7 days ago
Influenza has been doing the opposite, increasing significantly each year from 3,486, to 4,380 in 2024, to 12,818 in 2025. 3/
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Jeff Gilchrist
7 days ago
*** Ontario Virus & Variant Update | Jan 11 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID increased from 176 to 241 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations have start dropping from the peak of 1,400 to 1,095 with RSV increasing from 121 to 156. 🧵1/
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Jessica Ellis
7 days ago
When the Anglican Church is more woke than most of your progressive friends
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#9 Dream
7 days ago
A faith-based community that truly follows both the teachings of Jesus *and* accurate science on COVID! 🤯 This is a must-read. “We insist on trying to protect each other frm unnecessary suffering & death in the face of the threat posed by a novel virus whose long-term effects are still unknowable…”
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Why are we still masking?
Some people might wonder why St. Margaret’s continues to take precautions against the spread of Covid in our community when it feels like the rest of the world has moved on. Our decision may make...
https://www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why-are-we-still-masking.html
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Bean & Sprout's Mom
8 days ago
Weird. Mysterious. Experts are baffled. Do you think population health and economic health are related?🤔
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Maxwell Smith, PhD
13 days ago
COVID killed >100,000 people per year over the course of 2023 and 2024 in the US alone. The level of indifference to this massive annual toll among both the public and the majority of my public health colleagues is stunning.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Estimated Burden of COVID-19 Illnesses, Medical Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
This cross-sectional study estimates the age group-specific burden of COVID-19–associated illnesses, outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US from October 2022 to September 2024.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2843383?guestAccessKey=c26397f8-3193-499d-a048-281b78b4d8b6
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Chantzy
9 days ago
Because it's NOT that complicated. Mask up in public 😷
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
8 days ago
Have you seen the new Dawn French “comedy” series that implies that infection control is a joke? This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing. 1/
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Tania J. Spencer
8 days ago
Why do most
#Unions
continue to fail workers in an
#OngoingPandemic
now in its 7th year? "...Hispanic people [in the US] may be employed in jobs that put them at high risk for
#COVID
infection", and
#LongCOVID
. AKA frontline jobs. Via
@thesicktimes.org
www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwe...
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Researchers find more long COVID than expected in WA Hispanics
A significant percentage of 1,500 Latino patients in Washington state who had been diagnosed with COVID reported in a survey that they had experienced long COVID symptoms, according to a
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/researchers-find-more-long-covid-than-expected-in-wa-hispanics/article_0d18c43c-95dc-5346-8d41-262157abcccc.html
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David Osborn
9 days ago
Why no change in WHO guidance? Why no change in Government position? Simple! Too many big backs to cover. Too many reputations at stake. Too much concern about pending litigation.
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And yet we are STILL told to use surgical masks for Covid, Flu, RSV etc
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“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
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MJ Nabuurs
9 days ago
As I think of the amount of illness causing healthcare issues now and ongoing as long as
#Covid
keeps infecting people, we will need a functioning PUBLIC healthcare system more than ever.
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Miriam E. Tucker
9 days ago
More evidence that exercise should be approached with extreme caution in people with
#MECFS
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#longcovid
or other chronic illnesses who experience post-exertional malaise:
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS
Findings underscore the risk for graded exercise in people with post-exertional malaise and point to careful activity pacing as a safer approach.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/multiple-abnormal-responses-exertion-seen-me-cfs-2026a10000q1
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Astrid Meyer-Knutsen
10 days ago
- ...many healthcare workers still don’t believe that long COVID is real, despite dramatically disabling symptoms in people with no preexisting risk factors
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Healthcare Workers With Long COVID Struggle to Find Support
Some healthcare workers fail to recognize the symptoms of long COVID in themselves, says one physician.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/healthcare-workers-long-covid-struggle-find-support-and-care-2026a10000qv
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Dr Noor Bari
10 days ago
When millions of lives are at risk… you have to speak up. Even if that means you lose your job.
#COVIDisAirborne
always was, always will be.
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