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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · Jan 16

My lecture, "What to Know About Long Covid" has been posted by the University of Pittsburgh's Supercourse on YouTube! Just the basics!

What to know about Long Covid youtu.be/DHTns4qMQj8?... via @YouTube

What to know about Long Covid

YouTube video by Evgeniy Shubnikov

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1m

Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, rants nightly about armed confrontations that either don’t exist or exist solely because the administration creates them so it can have the footage that will air over and over on its propaganda network, Fox News.

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1m

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declares antifa to be “just as dangerous” as ISIS, which was killing perceived apostates by the thousands at its peak and raping little girls.

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1m

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. With respect to Portland, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt refers preposterously to “the radical left’s reign of terror” there.

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 6m

But a lot of things are happening that are terrifying. Shooting an unarmed & peacefully protesting pastor is by definition an act of state-sponsored mayhem. State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top, with president’s thuggish, lawless threat to imprison the governor of Illinois & mayor of Chicago.

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10m

at virtually all times, to do precisely what the leader wants. That’s fascism. It may be—for now—a comparatively mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 12m

where leaders, especially the president but also others who support him, spit on the idea not only of democratic restraint but of democracy itself; and where the timorous first reflex of nearly every member of one of our two political parties is,

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 13m

We once lived in a country that, for all its frequent imperfections, was a place where the rule of law was a broadly shared value and where leaders acted with democratic restraint. We now live in a country where there is no rule of law;

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 14m

Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged. We are well aware:

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 36m

It still matters.

Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 6h

Feeling unwell?

If you have COVID symptoms, TEST
If you test positive, ISOLATE
If you can’t test, MASK

Protect yourself and others (especially high-risk people) - it still matters!

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 37m

He is not well.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 39m

And, here we are…

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 58m

No one thought he could win once
No one thought he could win twice
No one believed he’d get away with it
No one believed he’d be on the ballot
No one accepted the grim reality
No one accepted he’d destroy humanity
No one was prepared for this
No one is stopping it

WE are the last line of defense

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 41m

Ha!Ha!

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 42m

Hawking peace for a prize. Grifting at its worst.

Political Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 6h

Morten Morland @mortenmorland @thetimes on #Trump #NobelPeacePrize #IsraelGaza #Ceasefire #Gaza - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 45m

Quit all nicotine products.

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 4h

🚭 @who.int calls for all countries to regulate e-cigarettes immediately.

New nicotine products are being marketed as harm reduction — but early evidence shows they may be hooking youth instead.

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Tobacco Use Is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products - Health Policy Watch

There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 51m

Totally incompetent idiots and morons that don’t know what they’re doing.

🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1h

CDC Scrambling to Restaff After Accidentally Firing Top Scientists

Fired on Friday. Scrambling on Saturday. 🙆🏽‍♀️

CDC Scrambling to Restaff After Accidentally Firing Top Scientists

More than 4,000 government employees were laid off on Friday in what has been dubbed a “massacre.”

www.thedailybeast.com

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 58m

So stupid.

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16h

Dr. Oz flunked math..... They all flunked math......
Stupidity, just like who pays the tariffs ?....

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1h

Signs of fascism. Recognize any or all?

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3h

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 1h

Altering furloughed workers’ emails…

Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki.bsky.social · 8d

Federal employees' union files lawsuit against the Trump administration for altering furloughed Dept of Education employees' emails to include partisan shutdown language, calling it a "blatant violation of First Amendment rights."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Lawsuit filed over the Education Department's manipulation of employees' email messages

NBC News reported that Education Department employees found their nonpartisan out-of-office messages were automatically changed to ones criticizing Democrats for the shutdown.

www.nbcnews.com

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 9h

October is ADHD Awareness Month

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 9h

This is no longer America...

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 9h

These symptoms can be caused by changes in brain metabolism linked to higher-than-normal levels of neurometabolites such as cerebral glutamate and myo-inositol.
“In just two weeks, we saw measurable improvements in brain metabolites, something that had only been speculated about before.”

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

affecting ~38% of adults. It is often linked with cognitive symptoms: reduced attention & impaired executive function, including trouble organizing daily activities or losing track of tasks.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

“Nearly all participants with early-stage liver disease improved, suggesting that diet may protect brain as well as liver health.”

The liver condition, known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is the most common chronic liver disease globally,

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

“We found that reducing liver fat through short-term dietary changes also lowered levels of certain brain metabolites that can signal inflammation and neurotoxicity when elevated,” says Andreana P. Haley, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

A new study reveals that following a low-calorie or low-carbohydrate diet can measurably lower levels of brain chemicals that, when too high, are linked to inflammation and memory problems.

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