The temporary ‘inconvenience’ of wearing a mask should be closely weighed against the seemingly permanent ‘nuisance’ of losing everything you have while laying riddled with illness, helplessly bound to a bed that has become your prison.

We need #CleanIndoorAir yesterday, beginning with schools and hospitals, and then in all public buildings. This became definitively true with the advent of the COVID pandemic. It’s astonishing & depressing that more people haven’t broken out of their denial and demanded it—or at least mentioned it.

Don’t compromise your beliefs and health to be accepted by someone who’s uncomfortable with you masking. 😷 They’re showing you they’ll also be uncomfortable with your future disability. You’ll still end up rejected when sick and dependent on people who’ve shown you they’re already not there for you.

Did you know it was several decades before handwashing in hospitals was implemented after it was found to be necessary in 1846? We’re in the same boat today, except w/ airborne transmission—yes, in 2025. Unfuckingbelievable. So unnecessary, maddening, irresponsible, & dangerous. #MasksInHealthcare

This isn’t fearmongering — it’s reality. Hospital-acquired COVID can delay care or cost you your health — even your life. Infection control measures — masks, ventilation, testing, and staff/patient protections — should be standard care in every healthcare setting. Source: x.com/PrognosticCh...

If that doesn’t suggest you should maybe reconsider whether getting Covid a bunch isn’t a good idea, I don’t know what to say.

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.

The Sunday Shot starts at 9am. Jo is enjoying a well deserved break, so it's me, @boganintel.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, and making her debut, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. So much to discuss. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

"Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies" "The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain." Published: February 28, 2024 Source: archive.md/yWzIs

“I try to normalize masking: first, because we’re still in a pandemic, and second...”—Greg Pak, writer & filmmaker best known for comic books like Planet Hulk & Mech Cadat Yu, was interviewed by @msjulieslam.bsky.social from #MaskTogetherAmerica at #NYCC25 @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social

The Conversation: 'Can a new blood test really detect ME/CFS? An expert unpacks new research' By Sarah Annesley, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cell and Molecular Biology, La Trobe University theconversation.com/can-a-new-bl...

A new study sheds light on why people with ME/CFS feel worse after activity. “Imagine if a fire alarm kept ringing long after the smoke was gone. That’s similar to what happens in ME/CFS, where the body seems stuck in “high alert” mode.” Lucinda Bateman, M.D.

Attempting to “live with” (aka ignore) airborne viruses circulating at high levels *is a choice*. We could do much better. #MedSky

I want to go back in time and box the ears of the GP who told my friend she was making up 'chronic fatigue syndrome' and just wanted attention. I wanted to do it then, too. I'll still want to do it in 10 years time.

The Atlantic, the NYT, and so many others also participated in the destruction of public health by repeatedly publishing the lie that COVID is mild, and now an organ- and immune-system damaging airborne virus is running rampant everywhere—w/ no infection control anywhere. Great work everyone.

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19. "Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome. "Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No. Don’t do this. Patients will die. #MedSky

I know everything is very dark and controversial but I feel I must raise a finger of warning about long COVID. If you don’t have it yet, mask up. My non-masking colleagues are on anti biotics, to no avail, one hasn’t tasted a thing since august is always tired. You know. #MaskUp

1. I've had a surprising number of conversations about Covid-19 over the past week or so, all sparked by the fact that I was, as always, wearing an FFP2 respirator. People in healthcare facilities, taxi drivers, people on trains and buses.

New study shatters the “mild Covid for kids” myth. 🧒 6M U.S. children have long Covid. After a 2nd infection: ⚠️ 3x risk of myocarditis ⚠️ 2x risk of blood clots Plus pain, fatigue, headaches, irregular heartbeats & kidney damage. Covid isn’t mild. #longcovid #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #PedsSky

It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social! I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event

This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Everyone ignores this huge problem striking families with LC kids, already devastated. If these extremely vulnerable children were taken from their parents “by mistake,” they’d lose the essential care they need to survive. Even the hint of this is terrifying. This is inhumane.

Since 2020, disabled people have been pointing out the rising ease with ableist rhetoric/language, the comfort with which so many people used the r word, the number of people willing to abandon disabled people for some notion of the "normal." All of it mattered/matters to understand fascism today.

Two years ago, research established increased risk of new onset dementia in people over 65. Now, they find that it's people over 50 at increased risk. What's next, 35 year olds? No reason to believe otherwise. Wear a respirator to protect your brain.

Swedes discover that Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), is more common in people with Long Covid. "Previous studies have shown that there is a connection, but now we can say with certainty that POTS is a very common condition in patients with long Covid." Yes, it's October 2025. 😫

Neuroscience News: 'Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases' 'Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that POTS occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID.' neurosciencenews.com/long-covid-p...

In memoriam...

Can’t leave til they have adequate permanent supports. Meanwhile the NDIS pays lawyers to fight to keep applicants from support funding and home care packages are unfunded

Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air. stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again. 5 years into this experiment: we let COVID rip and pretended it was fine. Damage piled up—unlike smoking’s slow toll, we’re seeing it in real time. Every infection leaves a mark; even “mild.” The bill comes due. We chose denial archive.md/Jyi7k

Relative risk of long Covid symptoms in kids & adolescents after a 2nd vs. 1st infection This is really bad

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog. Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Part of the overwhelming, crushing disappointment of being COVID-aware is realizing that if people won’t even wake up and demand that their children be protected from a dangerous virus, then what hope do we have that other societal ills & existential threats will be acknowledged?

Thank you for reporting on this health crisis, @pambelluck.bsky.social

CO2 readings from my kids 6-hr holiday program activity today, in a room shared with 20-30 other kids. Clearly an increased risk of COVID & other airborne infections. Reducing kids chances of re-infection (therefore long COVID) means improving indoor air quality in classrooms. This is achievable.

What the hell kind of messaging do we need to do to get it through people’s heads that the COVID shot is not a sterilizing shot? I’m baffled at this point. Can people really not hold the nuance of “it’s really important but it isn’t the only mitigation you need to do”?

My developmentally disabled sister was admitted to hospital in a @vchhealthcare.bsky.social hospital 3 days ago with pneumonia. Didn't have Covid. Now suddenly she does, in an unmasked hospital amidst a massive Covid wave that VCH is telling no one about. MURDEROUS #bcpoli @josieosborne.bsky.social

"Long COVID prevalence was 3–10 times higher in individuals with three or more infections than in those with only one recorded infection... The absolute number of thrombotic events among individuals aged >60 doubled from 2020 to 2024, occurring in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals..." 😕

The #SundayShot is up! On a big show, expert panellists @paulbongiorno.bsky.social & @rachelwithers.bsky.social trawl through a big week @ the UN. Don't miss the unplugged views from 2 of our leading analysts. And, as ever, like, subscribe & donate to keep us on air. www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cG...

We found a link between SARS-CoV-2 reinfection & #longCOVID, & a post-pandemic rise in thrombotic events across all populations, regardless of vaccination or prior infection. Findings support continued COVID diagnosis in suspected cases & mask use by healthcare workers treating respiratory patients

“Although SARS-CoV-2 was originally considered a respiratory pathogen…it is now evident that its sequelae are much more far-reaching than pulmonary damage and do not spare practically any significant body system.”

Nearly 7 in 10 COVID survivors tested didn't know they had a dulled sense of smell "Even if they don't notice it, COVID-19 survivors' sense of smell may remain impaired for years after infection" www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...

Taipei Medical University studied 11,185 unvaccinated people who survived COVID-19 in 2021. Within 6 months they faced higher risks of psychiatric illnesses like depression and schizophrenia and physical diseases across nearly all organs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who 1/

When did it become ok for the media to attack young girls advocating for long covid. It’s an awful disease. They need our support not pity. Listen and understand, rather than mock. The media could use their power to raise awareness, instead they do the opposite.

“Immunity debt” doesn’t exist, but immune damage does. Children are sicker now than pre-pandemic – many with disabling chronic illnesses. This cycle of harm can only stop when we accept reality – there’s no off ramp without cleaning classroom air. Source: archive.md/9r4hI

The Stats Guy: 5 years on, this is how Australia changed since Covid. In the past 5 years, Australia recorded 942,000 deaths — 100,000 more than pre-pandemic. Of these, 20,000–30,000 are considered “excess deaths due to Covid.” Source: archive.md/tjQ0U