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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1h

Nukit continues to make high impact updates and improvements to their products while making them as accessible as possible to as many people as possible.

Nukit @nukit.bsky.social · 7d

Pic of the new replaceable bulb for the Torch 2. No more throwing out the entire fixture each time the bulb dies (Yes, it's nuts, that's how basically all Far-UVC emitters work, yes, the industry likes it this way). It should really drive the price of Far-UVC through the floor.

Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 2h

RCTs are a near absolute waste of time when basically any better test or method is available.
And RCTs still provide an amazing value when they are the correct way to study something.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Was recently at a conference with lots of pharma people. The only people other than me in a mask were catering staff setting up the coffee stations. Enough sniffles and coughing from all directions during one presentation that I estimate roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the people affected 🤮

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1d

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Those are pretty phenomenal numbers in favor of vaccination

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1d

But the patient population there is pretty much at the top of the list of vulnerable populations... It just is hard to make sense of.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Why would they think that is ok? Do they fundamentally not understand disease transmission?

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Prof Gillean McCluskey (Expert in Education)

Shared her thoughts on barriers faced by children in Clinically Vulnerable families.

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

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar.

Up to 150,000 COVID ‘auto-tests’ were sold last week amid a surge linked to the new XFG variant.

Self-tests give results in 15 mins but are only ~70% accurate, meaning 3 in 10 positive cases could be missed.

Source: archive.md/52Qfc

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar

A vaccination campaign against Covid begins in France on October 14

A view of a positive lateral flow Covid test

Self-testing kits are the easiest and quickest way to check for Covid-19

Michele Ursi/Shutterstock
Zane Lilley
Published Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 13:48 Modified Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 14:28

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

For those still trying to rewrite the history of what happened. Clinically vulnerable teachers and staff were never protected (and still aren’t) for airborne transmission. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Over 1,000 Educators Died From COVID. Here's the Story of One

Over two and a half years, we documented more than 1,300 deaths of educators who died from COVID.

www.edweek.org

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 2d

Good.

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 5d

#TransparencyonCovidNow

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s an idea for a reporter:

Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.

I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 5d

No effort to deescalate, no effort to walk away, just sling the rifle and physically attack

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

JUST IN: Magistrate Faruqui continues sounding alarms about defective criminal cases brought by federal prosecutors in D.C

This time he says prosecutors sought to "gin up" a charge against an immigrant for misreading a confusing form — to jump start deportation. www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/fi...

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t emphasize enough that new studies like this come out ALL THE TIME but are usually ignored by basically everyone, including the media & the medical establishment. It’s bananas. #COVID

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

www.nature.com

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 6d

The cost benefit ratio here is really good.

Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 8d

Air purifiers cut missed school days by 12.5%. 💪

Screenshot of a study summary. It says air purifiers were installed in primary school classrooms to reduce children’s exposure to air pollution. The intervention reduced indoor PM₂.₅ by 32% and student absenteeism by 12.5%. It notes larger effects for students with higher absence before treatment, stronger impact when outdoor air pollution was lower, and smaller impact when outdoor pollution was high. Students reported fewer breathing problems and greater awareness of air quality. The cost per avoided missed school day was about €11, with a cost-benefit ratio of one-to-nine.

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 6d

Since developing Long COVID, Armani Guerra has battled debilitating symptoms, even as he applied for and began his MBA at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Now, he is organizing the first-ever IACC Case Competition. bit.ly/46Bv0iy

A black and white photo of Armani Guerra wearing a suit and tie. Behind him is a blue-ish tinted photo of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with yellow business doodles on top of it. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Long COVID inspired me to start an IACC case competition at my business school. Here’s how you can get involved. By Armani Guerra.”

I set out to recruit fellow MBA candidates at my business school to develop the first international case competition focused on IACCs like Long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and more. A task I initially thought would be difficult proved easy, as my peers empathized with my story and saw the daily toll this illness had on me, when I barely made it to class each day.

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Dr James Morris @drjamesmorris.bsky.social · 6d

A critical advantage of good ventilation is that the average person doesn't need to do anything for it to work.

Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 7d

5 years on

“Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands”

We had all of the scientific knowledge & tools to stop the pandemic in 2020 without lockdowns.. & they weren’t used
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-...

Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands

www.irishtimes.com

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 7d

The kids are not, and never were, OK💔

Brave testimony from @sammiemc.bsky.social on the impact of #LongCovidKids on her own, & 1000s of other families.

The gaslighting & influence of certain "public health" figures what wholly unacceptable 🤬

@longcovidkids.bsky.social

youtu.be/DFykYkqr5Z4?...

Covid 19 Inquiry | Module 8 Oral Evidence of Sammie McFarland, Long Covid Kids | 01 10 2025

YouTube video by Long Covid Kids

youtu.be

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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

💙💜💗Yesterday was a BIG day for CVF at the UK Covid Inquiry.

After a year of work, @larawong.bsky.social’s full written statement (much longer than her oral evidence) is now public.

You can also watch her full oral evidence on YouTube.

Highlights below.

⚠️LONG thread warning 🧵

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 7d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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