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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 4h

Once again Margaret Brennan, clearly outraged, asks excellent questions, the kind that more journalists need to ask. Vance lies in response, refuses to accept Republican responsibility for the chaos and blames it all on the Democrats.

Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 4h

That line alone qualifies the report as trash.

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so we might have "a new year-round baseline" for work absences/exits associated with COVID & "policymakers should consider expanding interventions & data."
Do we currently have ANY interventions besides paid sick leave?
Don't we already know how to mitigate airborne transmission in workplaces?

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so we might have "a new year-round baseline" for work absences/exits associated with COVID & "policymakers should consider expanding interventions & data."
Do we currently have ANY interventions besides paid sick leave?
Don't we already know how to mitigate airborne transmission in workplaces?

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so we might have "a new year-round baseline" for work absences/exits associated with COVID & "policymakers should consider expanding interventions & data."
Do we currently have ANY interventions besides paid sick leave?
Don't we already know how to mitigate airborne transmission in workplaces?

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so we might have "a new year-round baseline" for work absences/exits associated with COVID & "policymakers should consider expanding interventions & data."
Do we currently have ANY interventions besides paid sick leave?
Don't we already know how to mitigate airborne transmission in workplaces?

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 2d

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 3d

Santa Clara County (California Bay Area) is one of several to reinstate a mask mandate in healthcare during "virus season" (Nov-March).

COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...

Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of prior health orders | Public Health |...

Full text of Santa Clara County's Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of pri...

publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov

Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 3d

Better yet, since we still need LAYERS of protection to reduce transmission, several California counties have reinstated their mask mandates in healthcare. See e.g. Santa Clara County's standing mask mandate order for "the winter respiratory virus period":
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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 3d

Santa Clara County (California Bay Area) is one of several to reinstate a mask mandate in healthcare during "virus season" (Nov-March).

COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...

Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of prior health orders | Public Health |...

Full text of Santa Clara County's Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of pri...

publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov

Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 3d

www.msn.com/en-us/health...

MSN

www.msn.com

Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 3d

Santa Clara County (California Bay Area) is one of several to reinstate a mask mandate in healthcare during "virus season" (Nov-March).

COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...

Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of prior health orders | Public Health |...

Full text of Santa Clara County's Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of pri...

publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 9d

Another edit: Please replace "or" in the advice below with "and" and add a few more evidence-based protective layers like air cleaners ...

"you should do what you can to avoid reinfection by taking a vaccine or wearing a mask.”

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 9d

Those of us who are paying attention wouldn't call it a "mystery."

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 9d

💯 As early as 2021, Dr. Jha predicted that COVID-19 would become nothing more than a nuisance for most people ... part of his and the media's consistent minimizing of both acute phase and long Covid risks.
www.politico.com/news/2022/07... www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/h...

CDC study: Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die from Covid-19 | CNN

People who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 were 11 times more likely to die of the disease and 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with the disease, a study published on Friday by the US Cente...

www.cnn.com

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 10d

Sign up for updates on Prop 50 act.medicare4all.org/signup/prop-...

Sign up for updates on Prop 50

On November 4th, Californians will have the opportunity to fight back against Trump's election-rigging efforts in Texas by voting on Prop 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. Prop 50 is an emergency...

act.medicare4all.org

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for posting. Chilling.

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 11d

I get your being hopeful and CNN's being careful. I'm neither, and I think it's fair to interpret the "no more stupid rules of engagement" in the context of his speech to mean that rules of engagement are by definition the kind of "woke" "debris" that have no place in the military.

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 11d

This is actually the crux of his speech. Rules of engagement have no place because they are stupid/woke obstacles to killing/breaking. He rejects the historically accepted goals of the military that include defense, peacekeeping, & protecting civilians during climate emergencies/pandemics.

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 11d

"one obvious strategy would be prevention"

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. He says it twice in the last 5 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BA5...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth FULL REMARKS at the WAR DEPARTMENT ADDRESS

YouTube video by Department of War

www.youtube.com

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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 13d

Along with nurses around the globe, we are grieving the murder of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip.

We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...

Nurses denounce killing of Palestinian Nursing Association leader

National Nurses United today condemned Israeli forces’ recent killing of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at K...

www.nationalnursesunited.org

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 16d

The shameful, cruel consequences of dehumanizing, criminalizing immigrants and asylum seekers in particular.

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 16d

Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...

Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today!

Send a virtual postacrd to Congress: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, must go!

act.medicare4all.org

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 16d

Let's not forget Drs. Monarez and Houry who testified just a week ago in the Senate. They showed us that courage and integrity are still possible choices.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6E...

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies about her firing at Senate hearing | full video

YouTube video by CBS News

www.youtube.com

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 17d

We need more journalists like Margaret Brennan who don't stay silent when Makary insists that we have no data, or that if there is, it should be discounted because it's "contaminated". His anti-vaccine agenda is clear & consistent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH2...

FDA commissioner Marty Makary discusses COVID vaccine recommendations

YouTube video by Face the Nation

www.youtube.com

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 18d

See the acknowledgement that clean indoor air is a government responsibility, not an individual's, and especially Violet Affleck's extraordinary remarks at around 2:40:00.

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