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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 6h

I knew these numbers… and yet… what the actual…????

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

UK: "Over 14,000 people in England & Wales died with COVID after catching the virus in hospital"

Published: 6 Mar 2023

FOI data from the NHS (Mar 2020 – Aug 2022) shows:

14,047 patients died after catching COVID inside hospitals in England & Wales — and 69,337 more were infected after admission.

EXCLUSIVE: 'We need to do better' - over 14,000 people died with Covid after catching it in hospital

Over 14,000 people in England and Wales died with Covid after catching the virus in hospital - these were all people who had attended for another reason, be it surgery, cancer treatment, or following an accident

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Kieren Williams News Reporter
12:48, 13 Mar 2023
Updated 15:09, 16 Mar 2023

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · 19h

it's almost daily you see a moderately known person with a large following authoritatively say that covid isn't a big deal anymore and you go okay so what studies have you been reading because hundreds of thousands papers disprove that and they're just like well because I think so. vibes alone.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 16h

Trump and Speaker Johnson think that destroying our health care and jacking up the cost of groceries is about hurting Democrats.

It’s not. It’s about hurting and punishing the American people.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

open.substack.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 1d

To the many people who say “I’ll mask or stay home if I’m sick, but you’re CRAZY if you want me to mask regularly, & btw I haven’t even been sick in years”… yeah you have, & you probably spread it to a bunch of other people, some of whom, statistically speaking, lost their lives as they knew them

Graphic from Yale School of Public Health:

49% OF COVID INFECTIONS
ARE ASYMPTOMATIC,
which means you may not know if you are actually sick. This is why it's important to take a multilayered approach (one or more of the following) to protect yourselves and others:
N95 and
KN95 masks
HEPA air filtration
Good ventilation (carbon dioxide <800 parts per million)
Up-to-date vaccinations
Rapid tests before gathering
Attention to wastewater levels of COVID-19

Yale SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Sources: The Lancet Regional Health, CDC

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 23h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see folks with #IAQ / #CleanAir expertise go through explaining the limitations of poorly designed research & questionable conclusions. Here is
@barryhunt008.bsky.social's 🎯 take on that paper...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19781...

Another junk RCT came out

This time claiming "air purifiers don't reduce exposure to viruses in classrooms"

BOLLOCKS

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 1d

Trump gets $5 billion in corrupt crypto deals, a $400 million “palace in the sky”, millions in payouts from Amazon and Meta.

But when Democrats demand affordable health care for working people? Republicans shut down the government.

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elypaul.bsky.social @elypaul.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm- seems like something a king would say. "If you protest the monarchy, you won't get paid."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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