In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

i truly hope you can make the connection between what you've just posted and businesses trying to keep their shared air a little less pathogenic. to further underscore this point, it behooves us not to forget who is most impacted by some of those airborne pathogens...

Yesterday, someone made a Dungeons & Dragons analogy for vaccines in our (Facebook) comments. I don't play or understand D&D, so I asked our Preparedness Coordinator to explain. I still don’t understand it, but he said this analogy will be understood by people who do! Anyway, please get vaccinated.

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It's true. People know damn well that there are a number of viruses in circulation (including #SARS-COV-2, a WHOLE-BODY virus), but place the entire burden of mitigation on the shoulders of the most vulnerable. This happens even in long-term care. It's unforgivable. #healthcare #publichealth #flu

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:

I hope this message makes it to more pregnant people. Your placenta is a big ol’ vascular organ and if you looked at images of Covid-impacted placentas you would mask up *at least* in pregnancy.

"At parts of the Winter Olympics in Italy, COVID precautions remain, grounded in the reality that respiratory illness is still circulating." It's good to see some sanity being modelled by people with a vast audience. #COVID #flu #maskup #N95 #Olympics

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Spoiler: Even the short-term ephemeral productivity gains turn out to just be a) people taking on tasks they have no business doing (like managers coding), b) people working longer hours because they're having fun dicking around and c) people trying to do 800 tasks at once.

February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Some of us have been screaming this for years www.bmj.com/content/392/...

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

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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.

“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family…she was rushed to a children’s hospital in San Antonio, where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.” And then sent back.

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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

Before MRI became widely available in the 1980s/90s, some MS patients, especially women, were told they had anxiety or even hysteria because their lesions couldn't be visualized Believe patients!

This is abolition. Abolition is creative, generative, life-affirming. Abolition is not just dismantling the structures that are destroying us, but also simultaneously building the structures that will allow us to live, heal, dream. Relational cultivation within and against an empire of alienation.

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Canadian COVID Forecast Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026 CANADA VERY HIGH [no change] About 1 of every 122 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 11.0 x higher -Long COVID: 6.3 x higher -Hospitalizations: 13.4 x higher -Deaths: 14.9 x higher

This would explain why infection control and public health leaders are so good at misleading the public about their screwups. Centuries of practice.

W/r/t the multiple massive measles outbreaks: Now would be a great time for folks to get back into the habit of wearing masks (particularly K/N95s)! They protect against airborne pathogens and help us keep each other safer. These viruses don't know borders or walls. We have to stop the infections.

Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles. And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.

Covid is a social justice issue. If you’re fighting fascism, you should care about Covid. It’s a mass disabling event. It disproportionally kills and disables marginalized people. Mitigations cost money. Paid time off is rare. Healthcare is under siege. Mask up!

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“Evidence is piling up that the vaccinations are safe, but that COVID-19 infection in pregnancy is not” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...

If, my friend, you are wondering what (if anything) could have prepared us to protect each other for this moment, remember: that the pandemic could have prepared us to protect each other, please, my friend, remember: it could have done that.

The @thelancet.com February 2026 on Long Covid in kids. The burden is expected to grow. Mentions an obvious strategy would be prevention, i.e., masks. Are any leaders paying attention? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Taekwondoin Tina Sugandh and her black belt kids, who always compete in their masks, warn about #LongCOVID— why they support #MaskTogetherAmerica and @publichealthaction.bsky.social. “This is for all that say you can't compete to your fullest potential at athletic events with a mask on.”

this is a fabulous piece of writing by @sarahjeong.bsky.social excellent gallows humor combined with practical purchasing advice. www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

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These ads are still circulating. I just saw one for the first time on YouTube. The article is a few months old but gives you the gist. Unlike Trump, our PM doesn't shill for crypto or other investment schemes. #cryptofraud #carney #AI #deepfakes #canadasky Cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nobody wants these fucking AI data centers.

The bar is on the ground but it’s surprising and good to see the word “airborne” from a large news media outlet acknowledging transmission by breathing too. No mention of respirators or cleaning the air as additional mitigation strategies but maybe we’ll get there. Eventually.

Please unfollow the altnps account. It's a do-nothing, disinfo slop mill that's trying to figure out how to Q-Anon the left for future profit, and that is not news.

ME: [begrudgingly practicing self-care because I refuse to let the world harden me]

This is administrative violence. (Also “Not enough biometrics” is wild to say to one of the most surveilled populations in the world, as they are being bombed, frozen, denied medical care)

At first glance, I thought this was one of many coffee shops in Vancouver. 😆

Climate-fueled disasters like the LA wildfires and Hurricane Helene decimate infrastructure, that includes child care. So one woman did something about it. Silke Knebel started a crisis line to connect families with FREE child care, so parents can focus on recovery. 19thnews.org/2026/01/free...

COVID is vascular not a cold!

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

Please see the helpful disability specific checklists for winter storms from our friends at @disasterstrat.bsky.social! We hope you stay safe during the winter storm moving through so much of the US! #pwME #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid #disability

A lot of the viruses you're trying to avoid while attending parties and in-person events are airborne. That means they can travel like smoke, and the outdated "6 feet apart" rule doesn't apply anymore. Wear an N95 or KN95! 😷