“I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust [in science] other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost." ~ Dr. Paul Offit

Onto year 7 😳 😷

Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."

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It’s been 33 years since the U.S. last conducted a nuclear test. That decision made the world safer. Now, Trump is moving to restart nuclear weapons testing. There’s no reason for this. It’s reckless, unnecessary, and dangerously irresponsible. Where is Congress? This is a big deal.

Playing politics with people lives is diabolical. I can't stop thinking about how many poor folks in the US are scrambling to find access to food. Hating poor folks is not political ideology. It's just evil.

Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma It IS changing us. Not for the better. We’re detached, colder & apathetic

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

What a different world we could have.

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

It’s hard to explain the hope I had at the beginning of the pandemic. I was scared, but I also thought we were going to become a more inclusive society. We would care more about chronic illness. Having that hope ripped away and replaced with eugenics & fascism has been incredibly painful.

All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

This is the uncomfortable truth. 😔 #Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist

If you think mask bans are “no big deal” because there’s medical exemptions, consider the following: Police are not doctors Many disabilities are invisible Everyone should have the right to protect their health Criminalizing masks sends a message that maskers are “bad”. It emboldens anti-maskers

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

SWASTICARS? That's new! 😏 #Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist #TruthWarriors

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Please take a few seconds to oppose RFKs HHS nomination.

#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist #TruthWarriors

I wish people could understand this risk prior to having to experience it. ME/CFS has prevented me from participating with Covid to date. Do not recommend.

"Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment", according to an opinion piece by Katherine J. Wu in the Atlantic: America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.

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I fear there is deep truth here.

A hit post! My only thing i shall lay before you is the venmo to donate to Mask Block LA in response to the #LAFireStorms #Fires Pls share this if you shared my thoughts on gen ai, theyre related Donate to Mask Block LA: account.venmo.com/u/MaskBlocLA

New research has found that the spike protein from Covid localizes in the skull’s bone marrow and that this may explain Covid brain fog, so the next time you are told that Covid is all in your head reply by explaining that more specifically Covid is in the skull’s bone marrow.

By now you should know that the secret to getting through this pandemic is remembering that this pandemic is not through with you. * A compendium of the 248th week of plague poems… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/p...

Charles Bukowski said it best: doubt is the burden of the thoughtful. Confidence, unfortunately, often belongs to the clueless.

During the pandemic, I got this really cute blue jacket that I just love! I got it yesterday and I can’t wait to wear it!

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

⚠️ BREAKING: The total number of cases in the "mystery outbreak" in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 527, according to the Africa CDC. Last week, there were 147 new cases reported, suggesting that the outbreak isn't subsiding but rather extending.

#ProtectYourselfBecauseNoOneElseWill #MaskUp_N95orBetter #H5N1isHere "⚠️ BREAKING: CDC's wastewater surveillance program shows H5N1 bird flu positive wastewater in 11 states. www.threads.net/@sars_cov.2_...

Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.

Fun polio fact: it is asymptomatic in 70% of cases. In 29.5% of the cases symptoms do appear, they are gastrointestinal distress, normal enterovirus stuff. Polio only displays neurological symptoms in 0.5% of cases. You don't remember polio, you only remember *longpolio*

The Saturday edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data on all the viruses that can make us sick. A Look At New Covid Data Including Wastewater Cases Deaths & ER Visits youtu.be/8NV5gLsiSw0?... via @YouTube

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I know it may seem that the deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in Congo isn’t your problem, after all, you aren’t in Congo, but by this point in the current pandemic you should understand that what starts as someone else’s problem can very quickly become your problem as well.

Most of 416 infected, 31 dead from mysterious illness in Congo are children, WHO says www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

I think the covid induced brain damage will prevent a big awakening. Prefrontal cortex damage makes you care less about E V E R Y T H I N G Apathy, denial & wilful ignorance is one hell of a drug

2/n Summary: We found SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the skull-meninges-brain axis in mouse models and human post-mortem tissues long after their COVID, which was associated with vascular, inflammatory changes in the brain along with neuronal damage.