10 Things You Must Know About the New 'Cicada' COVID-19 Variant Spreading in 2026 But they missed the most important "Must Know": You can avoid it by masking! N95s work. www.ibtimes.com.au/10-things-yo...

"A comprehensive review led by cancer researchers at UNSW found vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer – even before long-term studies can confirm the exact risk." www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Covid outbreaks on 2 units in my local hospital during the month of March. Only after the outbreak is declared does IPC require masks - surgical masks. Absolutely 0 acknowledgment of airborne transmission despite patients suffering from healthcare-acquired infections. Preventable ones!

Study explores airborne bird flu decay in livestock environments "Understanding the decay rate of airborne viruses like those that cause bird flu will help us devise more effective protection for workers & animals from future infectious respiratory diseases" www.news-medical.net/news/2026032...

Mould infection cluster report identifies RPA balcony "Most forms of the mould are harmless, but immunocompromised patients are at an elevated risk of serious health issues if the spores are inhaled" Another reason for N95s & HEPA's in healthcare www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

A new COVID variant is showing up in California — here’s what to know “COVID-19 may feel like it is fading into the rearview mirror, but the virus has not returned the favor... Complacency, not just mutation, is now one of our greatest risks.” www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...

Corporations as vectors of chronic disease, @nejm.org Calling out 6 commercial products that contribute to 31% of all deaths globally. Chemicals include pesticides, PFAS, manufactured. And counterstrategies to address www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

🚨shared by @youarelobbylud.bsky.social on XTwitter: "CO2 LEVELS IN CARS. Watch this video. One person with recirculate ON and the CO2 is 4,500ppm. Switch recirculate OFF and it falls to 600ppm within minutes. With four people in that car it would have been > 10k ppm..." OP: x.com/YouAreLobbyL...

They drift in through the air, settle onto leaves high in the canopy, and slowly make their way down to the forest floor. Microplastics are raining down and building up in Forests www.earth.com/news/micropl...

TB rising in Malaysia "healthcare system has been “curative-heavy”. We’ve invested billions into state-of-the-art hospitals & specialist care, yet our preventive measures remain inefficient...treat outbreaks as “events” rather than symptoms of a systemic failure" lens.monash.edu/tuberculosis...

Short article "Prepare now for flu season" fixated on vax which it mentions 23 times. Fails to mention other mitigations that help with prevention such as N95s, HEPAs & ventilation. Ongoing PH failure nationalseniors.com.au/news/latest-...

'Leaky' blood-brain barrier linked to long-term damage in retired athletes - new Irish research Add to 4x soft tissue injury risk, athletes can get also "double+ the whammy" in the form of a leaky BBB via COVID www.rte.ie/news/health/...

How moss could help roads cope with heavy rain and reduce air pollution "Moss could offer environmental benefits over grass, from trapping air pollution to slowing rainwater runoff during heavy storms" theconversation.com/how-moss-cou...

You know how I know that infection control know that meningococcus spreads by infectious aerosol ???? Because if you do an aerosol generating (reducing) procedure on an infectious patient, they chase you around with antibiotics (for which I am grateful).

Au contraire! It’s very easy to explain, and now that we know how bugs spread and how our immune systems are impacted because of everything we have learned since C19… we are all experts in this. It’s a perfect storm. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"If you've ever dealt with a sick household, the appeal of hand soap to kill germs is understandable" Another misleading MSM Public Health message emphasising hand washing when maybe 75+% of "sick households" result from airborne viruses www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Modern life depends on space-based infrastructure, but there’s a lot of junk orbiting alongside working spacecraft. Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it. 🧪 @physicsworld.bsky.social #SpaceJunk

A pediatrician in B.C. told me 3 of his colleagues went on disability due to long Covid. This is why it's hard to celebrate when politicians recruit more doctors while failing to protect the ones we currently have with respirator masks in healthcare

New Zealand 2024/25 Health Survey data shows widespread COVID exposure and ongoing long COVID impacts. 🔹4 out 5 (77.7%) adults had COVID (~3.3M people) 🔹1 out 11 (9.2%) adults report long COVID (~401k) 🔹1 in 7 (14.9%) women vs 1 in 12 (8.5%) men having long COVID symptoms

IRONY: Long Covid Awareness Day, AFL's St Kilda risked de-starring their star recruit (& teammates) by playing him with a virus + risk chronic fatigue, heart attack, stroke etc. Italian pro soccer players suffered 4x increase in soft tissue injuries www.news-medical.net/news/2023032...

The true picture of COVID is so different. So much was omitted.

In 2024 Caltech...developed a prototype for a smart mask that uses...exhaled breath to monitor for a range of medical conditions...Now...updated the mask to make it more sustainable, to collect information for longer...&...evaluate additional health conditions www.miragenews.com/extracting-m...

A Starlink lab exposed unsuspecting workers to toxic chemicals. Records show SpaceX didn't act until the state got involved www.investigatewest.org/a-starlink-l...

Doctors are calling for workers to be better protected from nine chemicals they have labelled "silent killers". The government's workplace regulator has found the current exposure standards are too low to sufficiently protect workers. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Yes the toxins can be aerosolized...here is one paper where we show this. www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

Long Covid Awareness Day +1: “For a gov official to say, ‘Well, (the algal bloom) is not gonna have a long-term health impact on anybody,’ is a pretty brave thing to say...especially given scientists still don’t know the long-term effects” ABC 4Corners: Toxic Tide www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Microplastics that accumulate in the body may 'clog up' immune cells www.livescience.com/health/micro...

Vaping: emerging harms we can’t ignore "The original message – that vaping is far safer than smoking, & a reasonable tool for quitting – made sense at a time when tobacco was killing enormous numbers of people. But “safer than smoking” is not the same as safe" theconversation.com/vaping-emerg...

Hydrogen sulfide (toxic gas) levels last night near river and at coast in @sandiegocounty.bsky.social. 1000-10000x above normal. Indoor air filter after 4 mo (beachhouse). Industrial waste and raw sewage dumping must be stopped ASAP. @supervisoraguirre.bsky.social @repscottpeters.bsky.social

For International Long COVID Awareness Day, I would like to highlight my new edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’. Scroll down to read my introduction chapter, which is free to read for all link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Should I take vitamin C to ward off colds, lower blood pressure or reduce cancer risk? "The evidence doesn’t support claims that vitamin C supplements prevent colds, heart disease or cancer." BUT, masks do prevent COVID & hence heart attacks & cancer resurgence theconversation.com/should-i-tak...

While Anthony Bourdain famously hated natto... "Habitual high intake of #natto, especially over a long term, was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality in elderly men" #VitaminK2 #nattokinase #BacillusSubtilis #probiotic #soybean pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40516860/

Photo of indoor air filter used in a home in Imperial Beach. House is on the beach and nearly 3 miles from major freeway. This is after 4 months. Disgusting...but better trapped on this surface than your lungs? All homes should use filtration all the time. We filter our water before we drink it....

Dementia becomes leading cause of death in Oz as experts call for ‘shift in thinking’ about disease re prevention But article fails to mention C19 & air pollution contribute, & can be avoided www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Site manager-turned-whistleblower re mouldy NSW hospital "dire" conditions...including...lax controls separating sewage & drinking water, &...sanitary pads to soak up rainwater 100 families who have lost loved ones...have contacted a...law firm re...a class action. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Data reveals demands on NSW hospitals have surpassed COVID pandemic NSW Healthcare quarterly data (Oct–Dec 2025) shows record pressure on emergency services, the highest since reporting began in 2010 • 408,518 ambulance calls • 300,367 ambulance incidents • 820,009 emergency department attendances

Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: 50 reasons to mask, The harms of Covid, Accumulating damage, Immune compromise, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/50-reasons...

In medicine, we rarely rely on a single study. It's the totality of the evidence that matters. youtu.be/uGtU_gSCANo?...

Revenge of the Miasma - A classic listen from NPR Radio Lab How the history of miasma theory (“bad air” causing disease) influenced the initial (& ongoing) reluctance of doctors & public-health authorities to accept airborne COVID transmission radiolab.org/podcast/reve...

Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS! ABC item on finding that the number of moles on kid's bodies has halved which will reduce melanomas. Mentioned the first PubHealth success: John Snow & the water pump. Should do item on Covid Droplet v Airborne farce www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Oz study: Recent infection doubles the risk of childhood stroke “beginning to see the impact of common childhood viruses potentially triggering many other rarer childhood illnesses" PH failure: no mention of airborne prevention, only vax & handwashing newshub.medianet.com.au/2026/03/rece...

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

C19 & flu can facilitate lung cancer months or yrs later "can accelerate the disease's development, but vaccination heads off those harmful effects ... serious viral infections "reprogrammed" immune cells in the lungs to facilitate the growth of cancer tumors" medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03...

Millions of Australians have kidney disease and don’t know it apple.news/AmRUApp_oTe-... AND "Catching COVID significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find" DotDot = Not Good

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The air we share indoors is central to how biological hazards spread, yet it has rarely been treated as a core workplace safety issue. A new draft Code of Practice from Safe Work Australia is beginning to change that.

We're putting together an article summarizing advocacy and awareness efforts for #LongCOVID Awareness Day and Month 2026. Please share this form with advocates organizing events and actions! bit.ly/4sxqtpg

NSW public health system "EDs & ambulance services have experienced unprecedented demand, surpassing the COVID pandemic" That's because we're still in the pandemic for a disease that damages rather than builds immunity, & affects every organ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...