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boyohazard.bsky.social
free testing and available kits, access to robust data collected, contact tracing, wastewater surveillance, promoting masking for airborne disease, free vaccines, vax campaigns aimed at everyone affected. we had these things. post-covid public health policy is moving towards don't ask don't tell 🫣
February 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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taniaspencer.bsky.social
"There is a need in the marketplace for diagnostics, treatments and cures, and need is not just local to Maryland, but national and international in scope" -
thesicktimes.org The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 2d
Maryland is considering a Long COVID innovation bill that would support grants and loans for Long COVID research and development, building on an existing state program. bit.ly/4aisb6v
A graphic shows Maryland Delegate Greg Wims reading off of a computer during a House of Delegates event. Behind him, the photo is overlaid with a screenshot from the Maryland legislature’s website showing the progress of HB0027, the Long COVID innovation bill’s designation in the House. It is currently in the “referral to committee” phase and soon to have a hearing. The background behind that timeline is the Maryland state flag. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Maryland considers Long COVID innovation bill. The novel legislation would support grants and loans for Long COVID research and development, building on an existing state program. By Betsy Ladyzhets.” Community members interested in supporting the bill. Lawmakers will discuss the bill in two hearings next week. House of Delegates’ Health committee Tuesday, February 10 2 p.m. ET Supporters can submit testimony for the House hearing on Friday, February 6, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET. Senate’s Finance committee Thursday, February 12 1 p.m. ET. Supporters can submit testimony for the House hearing on Tuesday, February 10, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET. Community members interested in supporting the bill. Community members interested in supporting the bill can submit written testimony explaining what it would mean for them after making an account on the Maryland General Assembly website. Instructions and guidance are available at: mdlongcovid.com mgaleg.maryland.gov People can also mark that they support the bill by marking their position as "favorable" without writing testimony.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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More kids have long-covid than asthma, which used to be the #1 chronic illness in kids.

In life, people go to great lengths to give their kids even a slight advantage: SAT classes, sports coaching, Baby Beethoven, etc. What would you do to prevent brain & heart damage in your kid? Vax? Mask? Other?
drjenirwin.bsky.social Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 9d
“The take-home message from this study is clear: long COVID is here to stay, even in children, & can be exacerbated by reinfections and sustained by high viral circulation. …Without decisive action, the long-term societal cost of long COVID will continue to rise.”

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...
www.thelancet.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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dcrinyyc.bsky.social
If you've been following the research this should cause all sorts of alarm bells to go off, but we're still trying to pretend diseases are our friends.
The study, published last week in Emerging Infectious Diseases, also found double the prevalence of memory impairment, problems concentrating, and learning difficulties in this group.
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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brennanbrown.ca
Over half a decade in, and we're living in two realities about COVID-19.

In one: the pandemic is over, life is normal, nobody worries anymore.

In the other: 700,000+ daily infections in the US. 400 million people living with long COVID.\

Only one is right.

blog.brennanbrown.ca/the-schizoph...
The Schizophrenic Reality of a Pandemic That Never Ended
Five years into COVID-19, the virus continues to disable millions. Yet, the world has decided to move on. Why is that?
blog.brennanbrown.ca
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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augieray.bsky.social
"It's only the flu."

STUDY: "Compared with influenza and dengue, #COVID19 stands out for both the breadth and severity of its neurological manifestations, as well as the persistence of symptoms in many survivors."

www.cureus.com/articles/449...
Neurological Complications Associated With COVID-19 Compared to Other Viral Infections: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence
Neurological complications have become one of the most concerning features of COVID-19, yet clinicians still lack a clear comparison between these findings and what is seen in other viral infections. ...
www.cureus.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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maskblocwr.bsky.social
"These parents did not hold “anti-vaxer” beliefs; instead they believed that viral illness season was inevitable, and of little risk to themselves and their children. ... Because the vaccine didn’t prevent infections altogether, many parents believed it was not worth the added effort."
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today.

Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
boyohazard.bsky.social
when people say things like, 'if covid was really still a problem, wouldn't people in charge do sonething about it?'

what the people in charge are doing:
nicktsergas.ca Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 21d
While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.

“Public service savings targets” in action.
canadahealthwatch.ca Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21d
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @thestar.com

News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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mark-ungrin.bsky.social
Country club insiders investigating their friends behind closed doors reflects our well-established tradition of burying major medical scandals.

Like the Seven Oaks whitewash, that was so bad Justice Campbell added an extra section to the report of the SARS Commission while he was dying of cancer.
Seven Oaks also showed the bad side of Ontario’s response to SARS systemic problems that remain unfixed; the problems at the provincial laboratory; the two solitudes between infection control experts and worker safety experts; the exclusion of the Ministry of Labour from the centre of the investigation and the subsequent report; the occupation by the Ministry of Health of worker safety territory, where one would expect greater presence and collegial involvement by the Ministry of Labour; the failure to ensure effective consultation with safety officials from health worker unions; and the strong echo of the turf wars between the health system and the worker safety system that so bedevilled SARS. Seven Oaks demonstrated that many worker safety lessons of SARS have not been learned. The Ministry of Labour must be independent in setting workplace standards and in enforcing them. It must be an integral member of the response to any infectious disease outbreak. It must be directly involved in any post-event review of any infectious disease outbreak in which workers have gotten sick. Any post-event review of an infectious disease outbreak in which workers have gotten sick must include worker safety experts. The Seven Oaks outbreak also demonstrates the continuing reluctance of the health system to fully accept the importance of the precautionary principle in worker safety. Until this precautionary principle is fully recognized, mandated and enforced in our health care system, nurses and doctors and other health workers will continue to be at risk from new infections like SARS. Seven Oaks also showed the bad side of Ontario’s response to SARS systemic problems that remain unfixed; the problems at the provincial laboratory; the two solitudes between infection control experts and worker safety experts; the exclusion of the Ministry of Labour from the centre of the investigation and the subsequent report; the occupation by the Ministry of Health of worker safety territory, … Members of the Expert Panel Bonnie Henry MD MPH FRCP(C) Physician Epidemiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia James G. Young MD O-Ont. Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Former Chief Coroner of Ontario David M.C. Walker MD FRCPC Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Director, School of Medicine, Queen’s University Chair, Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control SARS Commission Final Report: Volume Three Spring of Fear Did Politics Intrude? was outraged and fighting together, and then when they got the travel advisory turned back, everybody celebrated about that and once everybody were getting back to normal and everybody was that is part of why the lack of leadership. There should have been somebody who said... nobody questioned it. [Dr.] Jim Young went off to China to talk about our successes and how we controlled it. [Dr.] Bonnie [Henry] went with him and [Dr.] Tony [Mazzulli] went with him and nobody said, "how do you know it is over?" including myself. None of us said "well, just because," and it is such a simple question to ask and we blew it. It is just amazing everybody blew it.
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
There’s a tuberculosis outbreak at an Amazon warehouse in the UK.

Sick leave?
Respiratory protection?
Building ventilation?
State of workers T cells?

We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”.

www.unilad.com/news/world-n...
Amazon confirms outbreak of ‘Victorian disease’ at warehouse
The disease, which is treatable with a vaccination, broke out at an Amazon warehouse, the company confirmed
www.unilad.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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virussucks.com
#LongCovid ‘increases your risk of Alzheimer’s’ – sparking fears of dementia timebomb.

The Sun failed to also mention frontal temporal lobe dementia, which is more subtle than regular dementia.

Patients with FTD are particularly prone to sociopathic behavior. That's the entire Trump admin. & #ICE!
Patients with FTD are particularly prone to sociopathic behavior.
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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gayfabfourfan.bsky.social
“We’ve all been…eager to shove COVID under the rug & pretend like 2020 never…happened. It’s totally understandable… [But a groundbreaking new study shows] COVID-19 leaves a distinct fingerprint on the brain’s microstructure & chemical balance, even in people who believe they have fully recovered.”
teachrprecarity.bsky.social andrew🌹🍉 @teachrprecarity.bsky.social · 20d
"even a “mild” infection that you seemingly bounce back from may leave a latent neurological footprint—a silent echo of the virus that persists in the brain’s wiring." #covid #cognition #brain #health
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
MRI Scans Reveal Your COVID-19 Can Leave Behind Nasty Brain Damage, Even After You "Recover"
Millions of people could be suffering from unseen damage.
www.zmescience.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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jonathanconp.bsky.social
#CovidCautious #CovidConscious #Covid This is an incredible development-- Tern is now producing videos on Youtube! Head over there, and subscribe to @1goodternYT. He's only been at it for 12 hours and he's already got three videos up!

Share his videos with all your dismissive friends and relatives!
January 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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jvipondmd.bsky.social
Important read on schools and transmission of viral illnesses.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The School Engine Behind Flu and COVID — and Why Clean Air for Kids Is the Missing Public Health Tool
Every winter we treat flu season as if it were driven by weather, chance, or holiday travel.
substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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tatianatrifan.bsky.social
"Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise. The sustained subnormal lymphocytes-particularly in cardiovascular disease cohorts—highlight a key immunologic feature of long COVID and underscore the need for personalized care."
Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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corruptario.bsky.social
How do you think the OPP uses Palantir?

The president of Palantir Canada is on Carney's council for Canada/US relations.

thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
January 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
boyohazard.bsky.social
"At stake is not merely the technical distinction between a loose fitting medical mask and a respirator...[it's] whether health systems have been knowingly deploying substandard protective equipment in environments where exposure to lethal airborne disease is foreseeable, continuous and unavoidable"
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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daniellebeckman.bsky.social
New important publication in #LongCovid & #MECFS!

After a viral infection, cells lining our blood vessels can become damaged and enter senescence, similar to accelerated aging. These cells are not healthy, but they also don’t disappear. Instead, they send out constant stress & inflammatory signals.
Manuscript: Virus-induced endothelial senescence as a cause and driving factor for ME/CFS and long COVID: mediated by a dysfunctional immune system Figure shows: Overview of the present hypothesis. Acute viral infections induce endothelial senescence via direct and indirect mechanisms, which is then sustained by immune dysfunction and impaired clearance of senescent endothelial cells. (EC - endothelial cell).
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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elisaperego78.bsky.social
In a large sample from multiple studies and 97 million people "SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of autoimmune diseases, particularly those affecting vascular and connective tissue. Risk is amplified by severe infection and attenuated by vaccination"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Association between COVID-19 and New-Onset Autoimmune Diseases: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 97 Million Individuals - Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce long-term immune dysregulation; however, its contribution to the development of autoimmune disease remains disputed. We aim to quantify the relative risk of new-onset a...
link.springer.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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gayfabfourfan.bsky.social
“We are approaching an average of 5 infections per person since pandemic onset.” This level of exposure has significant implications, given the millions of people infected, the toll of long Covid, and the quickly growing knowledge of long-term damage from infection.”
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
boyohazard.bsky.social
we NEED to gwt off these apps/companies

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davekeating.substack.com Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 25d
Meta, Microsoft and Google are all coordinating with the European far right in order to dismantle EU digital laws designed to protect citizens, according to a new report.

The recent 🇺🇸NSS strategy outlined regime change plans to support the European far right.

A public-private partnership.
US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
www.brusselstimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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durhamhealthnc.bsky.social
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but the flu is getting out of hand. And we needed to make a post about it. Here are our pretty direct thoughts, because sometimes our social media manager/infographic designer is tired & can’t think of a way to put it more gently. Please make good choices. (1/2)
Here’s the thing: Ridiculous numbers of people are getting the flu right now. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are reaching or have already reached record-breaking numbers. People of all ages are getting sick, being hospitalized, and dying, even if they had no other health conditions. And lots of people who are “ok” and don’t require hospitalization are feeling terrible and probably wish they were not sick. You should really be trying not to get the flu (and COVID-19 and RSV and more). This means, yes, you should really get vaccinated….Vaccines teach your body how to recognize and respond to the particular viruses they were created for. No amount of washing your hands, eating healthy, sleeping, or exercising can do this for you. Sorry. These are all important for your immune system and other reasons, but they cannot replace the work of vaccines. People of all ages, with or without other health issues, should get vaccinated. Vaccines help prevent infection and severe illness in people of all ages (yes, even kids. Healthy children can and do die from the flu. And most children who die are unvaccinated*). *Sources if you don’t believe us: bit.ly/428YhOU, tinyurl.com/4tmv8km8, bit.ly/mm7241a2. ... and you should wear masks. If you don’t want to get or spread the flu (or COVID-19 or other things) you should really wear masks. Seriously, people. Yes, we know, some of you love them and some of you hate them. But we’re a health agency so we’re here to share the things that work to protect your health. Masks keep you from breathing in, or breathing out into the air, virus particles that make you and others sick, even if you don’t know you or the people around you are sick (and honestly you often won’t know). You should wash your hands frequently, eat healthy foods, and get plenty of sleep, but no amount of any of this is going to keep you from breathing in virus particles in the air. Definitely wash your hands. Please. Viruses can spread in multiple ways, and handwashing helps prevent some of those ways. But you can’t wash away a virus you’ve breathed in. There’s a reason masks often become required again at doctors’ offices and hospitals whenever virus spread gets bad (like now). It’s because they work. Also, it’s very unkind to choose to be unmasked around others if you know you’re sick (and if there’s no reason you can’t wear a mask). For you, maybe it’s “just” the flu or a mild case of another illness, and you don’t care if you’re sick. But for the person you pass it to, it could be: Too much for their body to handle in addition to their chronic illness | The illness they pass to a loved one who has cancer | The reason they are sick on the day of an important life event | A hospital stay for a child | The infection that leads to a disability | Their cause of death. If you are sick, please be kind and stay away from others as much as possible, and wear a mask if you have to spend time away from home. PS: A lot of cases of illness spread by people who don’t have symptoms, so if you want to be even more considerate, it’s a good idea to mask around other people even if you don’t think you’re sick.
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Attention and memory after COVID-19 as measured by neuropsychological tests: Systematic review and meta-analysis
COVID-19 is associated with a range of sequelae, including cognitive dysfunctions as long-standing symptoms. Considering that the number of people inf…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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rocket57.bsky.social
“…we need to move beyond what he calls a 'false binary' between those suffering long Covid – the estimated 1.9 million Britons left with ongoing symptoms such as breathlessness, exhaustion and brain fog months or even years after infection – and everyone else.”

Surprisingly good article for 2026.
archive.ph
January 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM