One of the rare masked people at the airport, and probably the only one on the flight to #ASTMH meeting. I can’t understand people. #MaskUp Protect others as well as yourself

So finally the media are breaking the story… New York Times are leading with.

Excellent! ✅ relatable hook “No one wants to be sick” ✅ acknowledge rampant viral threat (SARS) AND make it broader to emphasize many other airborne viruses are spreading and try to keep those who tune out at the C word reading ✅ recommend best action first (stay home) ✅ clearly state value of 😷

Even if you’ve had COVID-19 in the past or have been vaccinated, it is still possible to become infected, experience serious illness, and infect others! Stay up to date on vaccines, wear masks, get tested, and stay home if you’re not feeling well to help reduce risks for yourself and others.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. “We may be witnessing the emergence of a population-level acquired immune deficiency — not sexually transmitted, but airborne.” That line isn’t from a tweet. It’s from a peer-reviewed paper in AJPM Focus (2025).

Wearing a respirator mask in all public spaces during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is both rational and necessary. #COVID19 #respirator

The cruelty of saying “hospitals are ready” by increasing ICU beds and body bags… instead of fixing the ventilation. Just mull over that for a bit #MedSky.

A clear disconnect… People who value my critical reasoning abilities and insight on a range of topics can’t fathom that there may be a legitimate basis for my continued respirator use.

If you’re apprehensive that what you say or do now could come to haunt you in a more authoritarian environment in the future then this is your absolute cue that you absolutely must say or do something now.

1/ "Sam had #COVID several weeks earlier, though at the hospital he tested negative": www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

I appreciate everyone advocating for better! Words matter. Actions matter. Why I appreciate when advocates wear a respirator: -Reinforces that everyone is vulnerable -Promotes the value of preventing re/infection -Normalizes a pro-social behavior -Aligns with message and goals

There is no conclusive evidence that taking Acetaminophen during pregnancy harms children, but there is very strong evidence that getting COVID does.

Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today. @drbronking.bsky.social is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

I didn’t include the attacks in my original article: My best friend, Carol, inundated with misinformation, “died nine months after diagnosis…that was like a fast, horrible ride down a rollercoaster, with garbage advice being shouted at her along the way.” www.sleuthsayers.org/2019/06/how-...

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.

Do your own research... I did. Vaccine-preventable illnesses can cause serious, long-term harm and increase mortality, chronic conditions, and loss of independence. It’s a risk not worth taking. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids. This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded. These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

This is the information sharing and sense of urgency we need from public health and government! @doh.wa.gov @governorferguson.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @repemilyrandall.bsky.social

“Every infection is another round of damage. Another hit to your blood vessels. Another chance for the virus to set up shop in your organs. Another spin of the wheel…the one that gives you diabetes, or ruins your heart, or breaks your brain. You’re not building immunity. You’re accumulating injury”

CDC ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging. “The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” a spokesperson said, echoing a line from a recent editorial RFK Jr. wrote

It’s not “post-pandemic.” It’s “post-pretending to care.”

We have policies/laws/regulations to ensure that our food and water are clean and safe. Why not for air, too? Typical amounts taken in per day: food = 4 lb water = 3 lb air = 30 lb

www.science.org/doi/full/10.... Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings. Our paper in Science. 🧪 #healthpolicy

“I stopped wearing a mask for my mental health” COVID informed people: I wear a mask for my mental health as it’s mentally healthy to live according to my values (caring ab marginalized ppl) & COVID infection has been shown to exacerbate MH conditions, including depression, anxiety & ND conditions

🚨COVID is a workplace safety issue🚨 Since the premature, ubiquitous abdication of COVID mitigation measures governments at all levels and employers across Canada have conveniently but recklessly ignored workers’ enshrined right to refuse unsafe work.

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end. It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.” Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5) www.bmj.com/content/390/...

🚨One of my favorite quote about the dangers of Covid, and it's by Prof. @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social (& al): "Evidence consistently shows that Long Covid is common, affects all ages, and frequently results in prolonged illness that can be disabling..." www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

"The staffers wrote that Kennedy, who helmed an anti-vaccine advocacy group [...], “is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information.”" edition.cnn.com/2025/08/20/h...

Outstanding article on covid’s impact on our immunity. We need to confront this emerging truth and stop this harm to all humanity. @nicktsergas.ca @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social @senpatrickbrazeau.bsky.social @jmeddings.bsky.social @snyderinstitute.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Big step for safer hospitals: the new CSA respirator standard would ensure everyone—staff, patients, even visitors—has access to protection. It ties together design, cleaning, and ventilation to cut airborne risks.

Remember: if anyone says, 'we need to live with Covid' but doesn't also talk about vaccines, therapeutics, and mitigations, they're not actually saying we need to live with it, they're saying, 'I want to ignore it'.

Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.

🚨 A short but so very 🎯🧵 by @brownecfm.bsky.social on the three distinct properties #Covid has that "enables it to be denied at a societal level..." 🚨🧵 to read, bookmark, and share: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19544...

Not when 1/3 of respiratory transmitted diseases (RTDS) in hospitals are hospital acquired RTDs like Flu, RSV, Covid

On preventing viral #URIs and #Covid: #Mask. Increase #humidity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Derrick Kardos died of complications of #LongCovid on July 18th. Let his words sink in.

Important paper by members of the European Academy of Neurology. "Healthcare systems should be aware of, and be prepared for a potential increase in the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases in the upcoming years." What has been the state of surveillance and awareness so far? #NeuroCovid

Winslow Santé Publique’s Guidance for Media Coverage of COVID-19 aims to help journalists report on COVID without neglecting its chronic form or risk spreading misinformation. #MaskTogetherAmerica supports the work in a feature. www.instagram.com/p/DNBqLV0vgJ... www.facebook.com/share/p/15kY...

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

@governorferguson.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @repemilyrandall.bsky.social @doh.wa.gov @wadems.org We must urgently fund treatment and prevent re/infections - continuing to sicken and disable our workforce is not sustainable.

We see officials saying #COVID cases are rising but healthy kids don’t need to worry. This study found reinfection doubles the risk of Long COVID in kids. Sincerely, families who believed you when you said our kids weren’t at risk — and now they’re disabled.

Latest #Coronavirus Tidbits ID & politics free newsletter is out, drjudystone.com/coronavirus-... w bits abt incr in #Covid; #ME and rapamycin, #HIV, #UVC, #Vello, #Masks, #LongCovid and #SDOH, RFK's War on Seniors (and disabled) fr @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social, @ellecordova.bsky.social, more

Guidance for taking Covid tests that should have been provided with the Covid tests.

🎯🎯🎯🧵[email protected] on Twitter: Full thread here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19518...