"Notable names include House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Martin Heinrich." HOW INTERESTING.

The NIH has this great project called LitCovid that gathers Long COVID research in one place. It's kind of amazing to see the studies piling up and getting better. Science takes its time, but it does show up. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...

A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public. (Published June 2025)

The unintentional rage bating this caused on the other site was extraordinary. But here it is and it’s real and it’s everyday for us in pediatrics.

My friend Bailey Devine is competing to be "Masked" Ms. Health & Fitness. Please vote for her! She needs support to climb back to 1st place again. mshealthandfit.com/2026/bailey

if you think you’d don’t know anyone with longcovid, but you don’t use any mitigation yourself, consider: yes you do, they just may not feel safe enough to tell you.

If you’re ok w/ infecting ppl, bullying ppl who wear medical masks or staying 🤫 when you witness it, you don’t deserve anyone to nicely ask you to no longer do these things. It’s not my job to convince you to stop spreading YOUR illness w/out consent to others. This is about consent to bodily harm.

Let’s do it.

For a Good Cause: For a Manhattan Beach teen, long COVID is an invisible battle www.dailybreeze.com/2026/02/19/f...

Imagine if regular medical maskers harassed unmasked, snot-nosed & coughing, clearly sick ppl for not masking when they absolutely can but choose to infect others instead.

Will has attacked medical maskers himself online countless times and you can easily find those posts. Just bc this issue was Tim and not Will with John Stewart does not mean Will doesn’t punch down on medical mask wearers and y’all know that he does bc you follow him. So please give it a rest.

Ok, to calm the angry folk I have taken the post down. Let’s try this again: TIM MILLER said this, which was my assumption from the beginning given that Will Stancil didn’t talk to Jon Stewart. Will just likes to say repeatedly that masking is performative and question why it’s happening. Happy?

Thanks for the story Brut America. Maybe reach out to the pod save Jon bros & their ilk & suggest they stop making fun of ppl in medical masks? Samuel didn’t infect himself. We have a constant cycle of infecting ppl & then making fun of them for trying to protect themselves from another infection.

Remember when people used to insist it wasn't airborne? www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I don’t know why it has to be said so many times that Covid has more outcomes than just death or you’re fine. I don’t know a single pathogen that has only those 2 outcomes for everyone.

Recall alert: “Tippy Toes” brand apple pear banana fruit puree has been recalled due to elevated levels of patulin. If you have this product with a “Best By” date of 07/17/2026, do not eat it or feed it to your child. Throw it away or return it for a refund. Learn more: www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

Starting a thread of large lib accounts on here who minimize Covid/long Covid and in turn contribute to the stigmatization of people who still mask (If you follow or reshare these folks, please reconsider)

University of Pennsylvania, 465,717 children and adolescents, found that a second COVID infection during omicron doubled the risk of long COVID. Reinfection raised rates of heart, brain, and immune symptoms, even after mild illness. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2.”

I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.

If you haven't already in 2026, please complete our dashboard survey. The data will document ongoing COVlD precautions, inform dashboard updates, and support future studies. Thanks! 🙏 tinyurl.com/pmc2026 THREAD 4 of 4 🧵

PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.) 14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave. Minnesota may be at an all-time high. THREAD 1 of 4 🧵

I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.

Looking for a Valentine for that special someone? We made you a few to choose from. We can’t tell you who to love, but we think these are all green flags.

“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Update: Downloadable version finally available on our website here! Should be able to right-click and save in most browsers, or file —> save as. Here you go: dconc.gov/Files/airbor.... Also available on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/4zO-z...

Hi everyone, I have a last minute doctors appointment in LA and transport costs $450 plus the medical hotel $400. If you have any spare change would appreciate help ❤️ I know you always see me posting about work but it is all essentially for the free.99. 😞 Praying one day that’ll change.

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) says he was uninvited from a bipartisan White House dinner for governors "As the nation’s only Black governor, I can’t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight — whether that was the intent or not"

Today I had to explain to a surgeon why it's important to wear respirator style masks around vulnerable patients. I am tired

#WastewaterSurveillance helped guide public health during the pandemic. Ending or underfunding it would be a major step backward. We created this animated short to explain why wastewater monitoring matters, how it works, & what we stand to lose if funding’s eliminated. 📺 vimeo.com/1148140830

Go submit your testimony to the House right now! And again (or if you miss today’s House deadline) to the Senate on Tuesday! You don’t need to live in Maryland—the idea is to show this is a global problem/global market. Here’s how to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BA.3.2 update. We're up to 89 US wastewater detections. It's around 2% of the total now.

Looking good, Olympians! The U.S. cross country teams know what's up. So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)

An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.

This is a fantastic graphic on the post-viral impact of COVID published in Cell. When people think of long COVID, they likely think of the last image. Many don't know the virus can worsen pre-existing conditions & causes new ones (e.g. autoimmune disease, stroke) www.cell.com/action/showP...

Wildfire Smoke Is More Dangerous Than We Thought New research shows long-term smoke exposure raises the risk of death, even at low levels Read & subscribe: www.celinegounder.com/p/wildfire-s...

When people tell me the pandemic is over because "we have to get back to normal," I *wildly gestures in air* am like *this normal??* This sad state of affairs is what you want me to sacrifice my health for?

Many diseases were once called “psychological” or “all in the mind”. Again and again, biology later proved otherwise. This thread shows clear cases where medicine got it wrong, then changed its mind once real mechanisms were found.

Liberals take note: Saying that masks are 'living in fear, 'extreme' or infringements on your freedom are right-wing talking points. Avoid these unless you want to sound like RFK Jr. www.mediaite.com/politics/ele...

Veterans, people aging out of foster care, and parents of teenagers are just a few of the groups who will face dire consequences from work requirements for people receiving SNAP benefits, which took effect in several states across the country on Sunday.

If anyone in Alabama who both protests and takes Covid seriously wants to talk to me about your problems with the bill, my email is [email protected] (reposts appreciated) www.alreporter.com/2026/01/28/d...

Trump's policies at odds with emerging understanding of Covid's long-term harm "The legacy of COVID is going to be long, and we are going to be learning about the chronic effects of the virus for some time to come" (H/t @kianopoly.bsky.social) www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...

“Epidemiological studies have begun to show a concerning trend: individuals with a history of COVID-19 infection are at an elevated risk for developing diabetes, often within months of recovery...” This has actually been known for years, but I’m glad to see more attention on it.

"I don’t feel intimidated or uncomfortable with others’ reactions to my mask. I've always marched to own my drum. That doesn't mean that awkward comments can't be exhausting" www.buzzfeed.com/jadagomez/ma...

Hey friends if you can pop on by come out for some great conversation about art, Covid and Long Covid and how they blend together. Special Guest is Jon Jon, a talented artist who uses his artistic abilities raise awareness for Covid and Long Covid. Today!

CDC researchers studied 11,057 US children and found that those who had long COVID were over twice as likely to report learning, memory, and mental health issues and 2.3 times more likely to miss >18 school days for health reasons. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Essential reading for everyone in the medical profession, regarding #longCOVID and the need to listen to patients. This one, by an MD, is going to get printed out and brought to a lot of appointments. Also worth reflecting on the role of humility in "building the plane while we flew it". #medsky

I cannot stress enough how dangerous it is to impede viral load suppression. This will have catastrophic consequences for so many people.

"If Covid was a fire alarm, our response, incredibly, has been to rip out the wiring. Instead of correcting the underbuilt public health systems that allowed thousands to die in the dark, we are choosing to institutionalize blindness." 👇 www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t... via @statnews.com