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Ani @randiani.bsky.social · Feb 27

"Just because its harm we can't see, doesn't mean we're not doing it.... and we're meant to do no harm."

- Emma Mutamba Irugu (to Dr. Abbey Henderson in "Breathtaking" ITV mini series, Episode 2, 2024)

#Breathtaking #donoharm #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 43m

When the cruelty
and childishness
of these times is overwhelming
I hear friends explain
that the regions of the brain
Covid damages
control empathy and compassion,
and I fear Covid
has damaged our empathy,
and I also fear Covid
revealed
how damaged our empathy
has always been.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 4h

As I sit at my desk
I think of the headline
“Scientists have been studying
remote work for 4 years
and have reached
a very clear conclusion:
“Working from home
makes us thrive””
yes, as I sit here,
listening to my coworkers
coughing and sniffling
I keep thinking of that headline.

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 1h

A mouse-sized mask. Even little muffins deserve to be able to protect themselves and others! 🩶🤍

A pencil sketch of a mouse in mid-stride, wearing a coat and respirator mask. Art by me.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know what pathogen will cause the next pandemic - Disease X - but what I do know is that the combination of the immune dysregulation effect of SARS-CoV-2 and the political legacy of our response to Covid means this pandemic makes us much more vulnerable to the next one.

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 6h

Today's sketchbook page: An autumn parade. 🍂🩶🤍🍁

A pencil sketch of a bunny leading a parade with a leaf "flag," followed by a mouse clutching leaves in his hand and gesturing to a much smaller mouse who is picking up the rear. Leaves are blowing all around them. Art by me.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 6h

A friend sent me a screenshot
of some old prediction
about how everyone
who got “the jab”
would be dead by now,
and though I am confident
(I am fairly confident)
that I am still alive,
were I actually dead
and in hell
I feel that would explain a lot
about the state of the world.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 6h

I wear a respirator mask because I know that the pandemic of Covid-19 is not over.

I wear a respirator mask because I know that Covid-19 is rampant in all public spaces.

I wear a respirator mask because I know that every infection of Covid-19 results in irreparable harm.

#COVID19 #respirator

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Ghost Gurney @ghostgurney.bsky.social · 11h

Why can’t we have nice things ⁦‪Sylvia? Where does our money go ⁦‪Sylvia‬⁩ ?
What the f@$&k is going on ⁦‪Sylvia?

#PublicHealthcare #onpoli #ontario

globalnews.ca/news/1148537...

Ontario hospitals told to find savings; ministry doesn’t rule out service cuts | Globalnews.ca

The Ontario Hospital Association has said that hospitals ended last year $360 million in the red and need an additional funding to keep pace with population growth and inflation.

globalnews.ca

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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 11h

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling).

Will you join me?

Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

#MMIWG #cdnpoli

A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.

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SpacemanSpiff @veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social · 1d

And the complete lack of medical staff in hospitals and clinics wearing masks, at least in the USA, is f*cking EXHAUSTING.
I have to PLEAD with staff to mask around my family member with a 30% ejection fraction and diabetes to wear a mask.
I prefer the 3M Vflex.

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Ani @randiani.bsky.social · 12h

😷 😍

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 20h

Hi! I'm Angela. My hobbies include: Not giving in to societal pressures when I know it will cause harm to myself and others, not catching and spreading a debilitating virus, and keeping as much distance between myself and everything I oppose as humanly possible.

Let's be friends! 🙋‍♀️😘🎨😷🕊

A photo of me on a residential street, wearing a sweater, scarf, sunglasses, and Flo Mask.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 17h

Without strong action to stop the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19, the situation in the US can only get worse.

#COVID19 #US

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 18h

US Weekly COVID update: Oct 20, 2025

🔸1 in 191 Actively Infectious
🔸255,000 New Daily Infections
🔸1,800,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸191,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸90,000 to 360,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸500 to 900 Weekly Deaths

Source: pmc19.com/data/

Graph titled “SARS-CoV-2 New Daily Infections, Wastewater-Derived Estimates (U.S.)” from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, dated October 20, 2025. The chart shows major COVID infection peaks between 2021 and 2025, with levels still elevated in late 2025 at about 20% of the summer peak six weeks earlier. The note explains that transmission remains high even with recent declines, and many COVID-conscious patients are scheduling appointments in the coming weeks.

Map of the United States titled “COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data and Levels (U.S.),” dated October 20, 2025, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative. Most of the country is shaded gray, labeled “No Data,” indicating a near-complete blackout of CDC wastewater reporting. Puerto Rico is shaded yellow for low levels, with Guam and Hawaii shown separately. A note below explains that only Puerto Rico is reporting, CDC data remain offline, and estimates from other sources like WastewaterSCAN vary in reliability. The text advises focusing on recent relative changes rather than long-term comparisons.

Infographic titled “National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.) — October 20, 2025” from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative. It lists key data: 1 in 191 Americans (0.5%) are actively infectious, with 255,000 new daily infections and 1.8 million over the past week. Total infections in 2025 are estimated at 191 million, averaging 4.69 infections per person. It also estimates 13,000–51,000 new daily Long COVID cases, 90,000–360,000 new weekly Long COVID cases, and 70–120 excess deaths per day (500–900 weekly). A note below says transmission is not expected to decline much further.

Table titled “National COVID-19 Risk Table (U.S.) — October 20, 2025” from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative. It shows the probability that at least one person in a group is infectious with COVID-19. For example: 1 person = 0.5%, 10 people = 5.1%, 25 people = 12.3%, 50 people = 23.1%, 100 people = 40.8%, 200 people = 64.9%, and 300 people = 79.2%. A note explains that even with only 1 in 191 Americans (0.5%) actively infectious, the risk of exposure increases sharply with group size, posing continued concerns for schools and large gatherings.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

As we discussed
the efficacy of marches
the old punk told me
not to overlook
the importance
of setting an example:
by standing up,
by speaking out,
you are showing others
that they can do the same,
which, the old punk added,
is also a good reason
to keep wearing a mask.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

Do not worry
if you do not get
the album or film
or show or book
people are discussing,
remember:
it’s find to say
“this is not for me”
and move on,
worry less about
how you don’t get
this or that
new cultural work,
worry instead
about how you keep getting
the new Covid variants.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

My sister sent me a picture
of a good sign she saw
at the march she attended,
and as I looked
back and forth
from the placard
to the masked face
of the person carrying it,
I agreed
that the sign was good
though the even better sign
was that the person carrying it
wore a mask.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 1d

Children in schools, old people in care homes, and patients in hospitals are being constantly exposed to the life-threatening danger of Covid-19. The human community is failing in its moral obligation to maintain essential safety for those who are most in need of being shielded from harm.

#COVID19

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 1d

If you are wondering
what to do, now
that the march is over,
remember:
there is more
to protecting each other
than just carrying a sign,
so if you are wondering
what to do next:
wear a mask,
yes, we must do more than that
to protect each other
but it’s still something.

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

Every time I see pictures like this at infectious disease events, I wonder how there are no masks or other precautions visible.
The disconnect between what is studied and the everyday life of the people studying the same is as disappointing as it is enduring.

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University @iuidfellowship.bsky.social · 2d

#idweek2025 #idsky

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

By the way…

Five years is nothing.

Pandemics and many epidemic and endemic diseases wreak their damage over decades…

Our short concentration span is a problem.

Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

I think I shocked someone to the core.

They discovered I still take C19 seriously enough to practice precautions.

After more than 5 years.

Because.

The evidence says it’s still a problem.

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Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych @jonathanconp.bsky.social · 1d

Before I give up masking in public spaces, those spaces will have publicly available air quality monitoring, or obvious evidence of large-scale HEPA filtration.

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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 1d

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling).

Will you join me?

Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

#MMIWG #cdnpoli

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 1d

We all experienced "trauma" in the early days of the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, some more than others. Healthcare workers have no special excuse for refusing to wear respirator masks. They have chosen to abandon fundamental ethics, and should be judged accordingly.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 1d

If nothing is ever done to stop the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19, the likely outcome is a matter of straightforward logic: more repeated infections, more mass illness, and more excess mortality, inevitably resulting in the total breakdown of the human community.

#COVID19

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