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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 3h

He’s not rioting, he’s just ribbiting.

Saluting my damp, green brother
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Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 20h

FROG = Fascism Resistance On the Ground

👏 👏👏Let’s hear it for the amphibians on the front lines 👏👏👏

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog gets it

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12h

COVID-19 causes changes in sperm that lead to increased anxiety in offspring.

"Florey researchers have shown that a father’s SARS-CoV-2 viral infection before conception can alter their offspring's brain development and behaviour, through changes in sperm"

Source: archive.md/3s9M2

Medical Health Aged Care

11/10/2025 20:01

COVID-19 causes changes in sperm that lead to increased anxiety in offspring

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11h

"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

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 6h

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...

Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats

Some day you’ll be in hospital for surgery or chemotherapy or with another illness & a nurse, or doctor or visitor at the next bed, or the patient opposite you will give you a Covid infection & your treatment will get delayed & your life will be put at unnecessary risk.

4:28 AM · Oct 12, 2025 · 5,515 Views

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 1d

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, Trump “received the flu shot and a Covid vaccine booster ‘in preparation for upcoming international travel.’ Trump is scheduled to leave for the Middle East on Sunday.”

It takes 2-3 weeks for 💉s to become effective.🤦‍♀️

Flu www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines...
COVID www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccin...

Screenshot of linked CDC flu vaccine website showing the following text just above the headline “Vaccine effectiveness.”

Protection after vaccination

[NOTE: I highlighted this 1st sentence.] It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against influenza virus infection. That's why it's best to get vaccinated before influenza viruses start to spread in your community.

Screenshot of linked CDC COVID vaccine website showing the following text just above the headline “Types of vaccines.”

Overview

Did you know?
COVID-19 vaccines help our bodies develop immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19 without us having to get the illness.
Different types of vaccines work in different ways to offer protection. But with all types of vaccines, the body is left with a supply of “memory” T-lymphocytes as well as B-lymphocytes that will remember how to fight that virus in the future.

[NOTE: I highlighted the following sentence.] It typically takes a few weeks after vaccination for the body to produce T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes.

Sometimes after vaccination, the process of building immunity can cause symptoms, such as fever. These symptoms are normal signs the body is building immunity.

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, Trump “received the flu shot and a Covid vaccine booster ‘in preparation for upcoming international travel.’ Trump is scheduled to leave for the Middle East on Sunday.”

It takes 2-3 weeks for 💉s to become effective.🤦‍♀️

Flu www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines...
COVID www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccin...

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 1d

Trump gets Covid vaccine booster and flu shot during second check-up of the year.

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second check-up of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

"Dozens of CDC employees, including “disease detectives,” top scientists, and the entire Washington office, were notified they’re being laid off as part of the Trump administration’s latest wave of federal job cuts."

Source: archive.md/l4vAK

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Reporting from Washington
Oct. 11, 2025, 12:34 a.m. ET

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, COVID levels found in wastewater continued to rise in many European countries, reaching moderately high levels in some.

Trends in Covid activity as measured by wastewater monitoring by European country: Week ending Jan 5, 2024 to Oct 2, 2025.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

A chart titled “Last week, Covid levels found in wastewater continued to rise in many European countries, reaching moderately high levels in some.”

Subheading reads: “Trends in Covid activity as measured by wastewater monitoring by European country: Week ending Jan 5, 2024 to Oct 2, 2025.”

Six line graphs show wastewater trends for:

Germany: Large early 2024 spike (~150K), dip mid-year, rising again by Oct 2025.

Netherlands: Multiple peaks (~1.8K), renewed climb late 2025.

Denmark: Sharp surge to ~7.2K by Oct 2025.

Sweden: Repeated small waves up to ~12.

Austria: Moderate peaks near ~330, trending upward.

France: Very high early-2024 peak (~9.3K), rising again later 2025.

Source: Bob Hawkins Substack, data from National Wastewater Monitoring Sites, created with Datawrapper.
Link: https://bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situation-report-oct-9-2025

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 4d

How fucking dare they. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

A study of 74,738 COVID cases and 18,790 influenza cases found that COVID patients had a higher risk of severe long COVID within 6 months.

Within 30 days, 826 COVID patients vs 89 flu patients died; within 90 days, 1,391 COVID patients vs 149 flu patients died, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19.

Severe COVID may carry higher risk of long-term conditions requiring hospitalization through 6 months

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/tenn... Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

Good thing we thoroughly investigate…

Oh. I see…

Weakening of US Chemical Safety Board makes it unclear who’s investigating California refinery fires
apnews.com/article/cali...

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

apnews.com

DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 2d

And look who won instead and what was said. ⬇️
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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 2d

apnews.com/article/nobe... Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

A woman lauded for being a “unifying figure” by the Nobel committee chair.

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”👀

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a unifying figure in Venezuela's political opposition.

apnews.com

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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 2d

Re the idea that measles is only an anti-vaxxer problem 👇

Also, most cases are kids, who do not deserve to suffer just because their parents are anti-vax. We are supposed to keep ALL kids safe.

Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, 7 cases have 1 dose, 9 have 2. Measles vax does wane. Also, at best it's 97% effective. Which is awesome, except eventually, a small % of a very big number can still be significant.

Oh, and everyone's immune systems are damaged to varying degrees from COVID.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

"A sore knee brought you in, but you start to wonder if you might get sick as you take your seat next to an unmasked child with a runny nose."

And you’re right: Crowded spaces like these are the perfect setting for respiratory infections to spread"

Source: archive.md/5NGeI

Opinion | How politics, not science, is putting vulnerable patients and health care workers at risk

Oct. 9, 2025

“Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear,” writes Iris Gorfinkel. “The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.
Justin Tang THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

Spain: Corona outbreak - Mallorca's emergency rooms overwhelmed.

"The Son Espases Hospital in Palma appears to be particularly affected: On Tuesday evening, 172 patients with respiratory illnesses visited the emergency room. 43 of them had to be admitted as inpatients"

Source: archive.md/cGIxA

Wave of illness on party island

Corona outbreak: Mallorca's emergency rooms overwhelmed
Mallorca is currently battling a severe wave of coronavirus and flu, and emergency rooms are partially overwhelmed. Austria is also not spared.

News desk Today
From News desk Today
October 8, 2025, 3:32 PM

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

France: COVID cases rise in France ahead of vaccination campaign launch.

COVID cases hit 51 per 100,000 (Sept 29–Oct 5), ten times higher than in February.

Hospitalisations rose from 0.9% to 1.1%. Of 790 admissions, 635 were aged 65+, 110 aged 15–64.

Vaccination starts Oct 14.

archive.md/FWNw1

Covid-19 cases rise in France ahead of vaccination campaign launch

‘Frankenstein’ variant causes growing number of hospital admissions, data from France’s public health agency shows

People aged 65 and over are by far the most affected group Marina Demidiuk/Shutterstock

Published Thursday 09 October 2025 - 16:38 Modified Thursday 09 October 2025 - 16:41

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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DaytonCharityChicken🐔💜 @charitychicken.bsky.social · 2d

apnews.com/article/nobe... Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

A woman lauded for being a “unifying figure” by the Nobel committee chair.

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”👀

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a unifying figure in Venezuela's political opposition.

apnews.com

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2d

A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill, named the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...

Ohio Republicans want public schools to teach positive impacts of Christianity on history • Ohio Capital Journal

A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach the positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill, named…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 2d

Any application of AI like this needs to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and return the source citations justifying the claims made, and make it as fast and easy as possible for both regular users and experts to identify failures - which those acting in good faith will necessarily want.

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 3d

One of many: use of AI to amplify misinformation while shielding it from criticism by burying it under *lack* of explainability - where the intersection of opacity and deliberate algorithmic bias devalues understanding relative to wealth / power / credentialism / etc.

E.g. imagine this on steroids:

Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health

The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.

canadahealthwatch.ca

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Pam🫘🧶💙🏳️‍🌈 #NoKings🚫👑 @pmmcdaniel.bsky.social · 2d

Impeachable...threatening Americans who disagree with the fascists.

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 3d

So basically, anyone who disagrees with them is antifa.

And they will now hunt us down. Like they're doing the cartel, according to Bondi.🖕🏼

#SheShed

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Jonathan @jmcrookston.bsky.social · 2d

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UN Study Reveals the Hidden Environmental Impacts of Bitcoin: Carbon is Not the Only Harmful By-product

Global Bitcoin mining is highly dependent on fossil fuels, with worrying impacts on water and land in addition to a significant carbon footprint.

unu.edu

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