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Socialism doesn’t believe the government can do a better job than private industry.
Socialism believes that a government given a mandate can do the job with equity to all, and without a view toward making a profit.
Profiteering in healthcare, education, and the prison system is killing all of us.
Socialism believes that a government given a mandate can do the job with equity to all, and without a view toward making a profit.
Profiteering in healthcare, education, and the prison system is killing all of us.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Socialism doesn’t believe the government can do a better job than private industry.
Socialism believes that a government given a mandate can do the job with equity to all, and without a view toward making a profit.
Profiteering in healthcare, education, and the prison system is killing all of us.
Socialism believes that a government given a mandate can do the job with equity to all, and without a view toward making a profit.
Profiteering in healthcare, education, and the prison system is killing all of us.
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Okay this one is more realistic.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay this one is more realistic.
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Dementia Heightens COVID-19 Risks in Sweden’s Seniors.
"A significant study conducted in Sweden has revealed alarming insights into how dementia not only affects the risks of contracting COVID-19 but also influences the outcomes for those infected."
Source: archive.li/BVzwv
"A significant study conducted in Sweden has revealed alarming insights into how dementia not only affects the risks of contracting COVID-19 but also influences the outcomes for those infected."
Source: archive.li/BVzwv
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dementia Heightens COVID-19 Risks in Sweden’s Seniors.
"A significant study conducted in Sweden has revealed alarming insights into how dementia not only affects the risks of contracting COVID-19 but also influences the outcomes for those infected."
Source: archive.li/BVzwv
"A significant study conducted in Sweden has revealed alarming insights into how dementia not only affects the risks of contracting COVID-19 but also influences the outcomes for those infected."
Source: archive.li/BVzwv
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I’m pretty good at airborne precautions…but I have been bitten twice by a mozzie today.
I’m doing a root cause analysis!!!
I’m doing a root cause analysis!!!
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m pretty good at airborne precautions…but I have been bitten twice by a mozzie today.
I’m doing a root cause analysis!!!
I’m doing a root cause analysis!!!
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Australia: In August, 211 patients died from influenza compared to 153 from COVID-19, amid record-breaking flu season.
Reported deaths so far this year:
🔸COVID-19: 1,473
🔸Influenza: 977
🔸RSV: 149
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Reported deaths so far this year:
🔸COVID-19: 1,473
🔸Influenza: 977
🔸RSV: 149
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
newsGP - Flu deaths overtake COVID-19 fatalities
In August, 211 patients died from influenza compared to 153 from COVID-19, amid Australia’s record-breaking flu season.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Australia: In August, 211 patients died from influenza compared to 153 from COVID-19, amid record-breaking flu season.
Reported deaths so far this year:
🔸COVID-19: 1,473
🔸Influenza: 977
🔸RSV: 149
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Reported deaths so far this year:
🔸COVID-19: 1,473
🔸Influenza: 977
🔸RSV: 149
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
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Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
Heart attack risk triples within weeks after a COVID-19 infection and quadruples within a month after a flu infection, per a large review and analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Source: archive.li/kbL8w
Heart attack risk triples within weeks after a COVID-19 infection and quadruples within a month after a flu infection, per a large review and analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Source: archive.li/kbL8w
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
Heart attack risk triples within weeks after a COVID-19 infection and quadruples within a month after a flu infection, per a large review and analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Source: archive.li/kbL8w
Heart attack risk triples within weeks after a COVID-19 infection and quadruples within a month after a flu infection, per a large review and analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Source: archive.li/kbL8w
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The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can also boost cancer treatment success
Innate immune response to vaccines helps people with cancer live longer
cen.acs.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
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What is Cardiac long COVID?
Published: October 24, 2025
“The main symptoms that could relate to cardiac long COVID include breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, fatigue, and orthostatic intolerance.”
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.li/VxqkQ
Published: October 24, 2025
“The main symptoms that could relate to cardiac long COVID include breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, fatigue, and orthostatic intolerance.”
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.li/VxqkQ
October 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What is Cardiac long COVID?
Published: October 24, 2025
“The main symptoms that could relate to cardiac long COVID include breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, fatigue, and orthostatic intolerance.”
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.li/VxqkQ
Published: October 24, 2025
“The main symptoms that could relate to cardiac long COVID include breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, fatigue, and orthostatic intolerance.”
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.li/VxqkQ
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There's been some recent coverage of this study. This reporting is pretty good, so here's a gift 🎁 link.
> 1,000 patients undergoing immunotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer & melanoma; having had an mRNA covid vax nearly doubled survival time.
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> 1,000 patients undergoing immunotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer & melanoma; having had an mRNA covid vax nearly doubled survival time.
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Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
wapo.st
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
There's been some recent coverage of this study. This reporting is pretty good, so here's a gift 🎁 link.
> 1,000 patients undergoing immunotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer & melanoma; having had an mRNA covid vax nearly doubled survival time.
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wapo.st/49gZB6w
> 1,000 patients undergoing immunotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer & melanoma; having had an mRNA covid vax nearly doubled survival time.
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wapo.st/49gZB6w
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"Australian researchers unlocking secrets of COVID-19 may have landed on new ways to reduce organ injury from heart attacks and stroke"
SARS-CoV-2 can damage endothelial cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery. This microvascular injury drives organ damage and Long COVID.
archive.li/AMBdJ
SARS-CoV-2 can damage endothelial cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery. This microvascular injury drives organ damage and Long COVID.
archive.li/AMBdJ
October 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Australian researchers unlocking secrets of COVID-19 may have landed on new ways to reduce organ injury from heart attacks and stroke"
SARS-CoV-2 can damage endothelial cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery. This microvascular injury drives organ damage and Long COVID.
archive.li/AMBdJ
SARS-CoV-2 can damage endothelial cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery. This microvascular injury drives organ damage and Long COVID.
archive.li/AMBdJ
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I don't know about Lego blocks, but definitely enough for a spoon, just in our brains:
share.google/MI5mcqduVzvX...
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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study
share.google
October 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I don't know about Lego blocks, but definitely enough for a spoon, just in our brains:
share.google/MI5mcqduVzvX...
share.google/MI5mcqduVzvX...
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"There is little published evidence that any therapy is effective at removing microplastics from the body."
But that's not stopping entrepreneurs from selling treatments or consumers from buying them.
This is an issue to solve w/ regulation, not probiotics.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
But that's not stopping entrepreneurs from selling treatments or consumers from buying them.
This is an issue to solve w/ regulation, not probiotics.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
As new treatments for microplastics emerge, here’s the evidence on how well they work
Entrepreneurs aim to remove microplastics from the body, but the cost can be steep and the clinical benefit remains uncertain.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"There is little published evidence that any therapy is effective at removing microplastics from the body."
But that's not stopping entrepreneurs from selling treatments or consumers from buying them.
This is an issue to solve w/ regulation, not probiotics.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
But that's not stopping entrepreneurs from selling treatments or consumers from buying them.
This is an issue to solve w/ regulation, not probiotics.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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"Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies"
"The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain."
Published: February 28, 2024
Source: archive.md/yWzIs
"The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain."
Published: February 28, 2024
Source: archive.md/yWzIs
October 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies"
"The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain."
Published: February 28, 2024
Source: archive.md/yWzIs
"The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain."
Published: February 28, 2024
Source: archive.md/yWzIs
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🎯🧵 by Dr. @jamesthrot.bsky.social on Twitter:
"Since I’m a neuropathologist, I’ll put my two cents into this MND discussion.
SARS-CoV-2 isn’t just a respiratory virus. Emerging evidence shows it can infect human motor neurons. Could this link to..."
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"Since I’m a neuropathologist, I’ll put my two cents into this MND discussion.
SARS-CoV-2 isn’t just a respiratory virus. Emerging evidence shows it can infect human motor neurons. Could this link to..."
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October 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🎯🧵 by Dr. @jamesthrot.bsky.social on Twitter:
"Since I’m a neuropathologist, I’ll put my two cents into this MND discussion.
SARS-CoV-2 isn’t just a respiratory virus. Emerging evidence shows it can infect human motor neurons. Could this link to..."
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threadreaderapp.com/thread/19758...
"Since I’m a neuropathologist, I’ll put my two cents into this MND discussion.
SARS-CoV-2 isn’t just a respiratory virus. Emerging evidence shows it can infect human motor neurons. Could this link to..."
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COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 9 October 2025
🔹Active cases: 225 (-16.9%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 48 (+2.1%)
🔹Resident cases: 181 (-16.2%)
🔹Staff cases: 44 (-20.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 391 (+1)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹Active cases: 225 (-16.9%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 48 (+2.1%)
🔹Resident cases: 181 (-16.2%)
🔹Staff cases: 44 (-20.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 391 (+1)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
October 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 9 October 2025
🔹Active cases: 225 (-16.9%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 48 (+2.1%)
🔹Resident cases: 181 (-16.2%)
🔹Staff cases: 44 (-20.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 391 (+1)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹Active cases: 225 (-16.9%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 48 (+2.1%)
🔹Resident cases: 181 (-16.2%)
🔹Staff cases: 44 (-20.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 391 (+1)
@SamRaeMP
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
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Another study showing links between COVID and cancer.
“The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay between viral infections and cancer development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay between viral infections and cancer development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Study: Individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection had significantly higher risks of developing HPV-related cancers: a 67% increase in cervical cancer, 131% in vaginal cancer, 98% in vulvar cancer, 92% in anal cancer, and 78% in oropharyngeal (throat) cancer.
#covid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/
#covid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/
SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Another study showing links between COVID and cancer.
“The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay between viral infections and cancer development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay between viral infections and cancer development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Know what else causes cognitive issues & disabilities? COVID infections. We’ve known this since the beginning but it was shushed up in the rush back to “normal.”
This study went from ‘13 to ‘23 so clearly other factors are also at work. But to not also acknowledge COVID’s role is pure foolishness.
This study went from ‘13 to ‘23 so clearly other factors are also at work. But to not also acknowledge COVID’s role is pure foolishness.
September 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Know what else causes cognitive issues & disabilities? COVID infections. We’ve known this since the beginning but it was shushed up in the rush back to “normal.”
This study went from ‘13 to ‘23 so clearly other factors are also at work. But to not also acknowledge COVID’s role is pure foolishness.
This study went from ‘13 to ‘23 so clearly other factors are also at work. But to not also acknowledge COVID’s role is pure foolishness.
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Two mass shootings within hours of each other and this is what is on this sick motherfucker‘s mind.
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Two mass shootings within hours of each other and this is what is on this sick motherfucker‘s mind.
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Was the (+) co-worker masked, though?
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Was the (+) co-worker masked, though?
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But many people have also forgotten what the infectious period is or think it has changed based on what they see others do.
It doesnt hurt to remind them, & that's why I posted. Even long before covid, people I know stayed home when sick/masked when they couldn't. We should maintain that standard.
It doesnt hurt to remind them, & that's why I posted. Even long before covid, people I know stayed home when sick/masked when they couldn't. We should maintain that standard.
September 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
But many people have also forgotten what the infectious period is or think it has changed based on what they see others do.
It doesnt hurt to remind them, & that's why I posted. Even long before covid, people I know stayed home when sick/masked when they couldn't. We should maintain that standard.
It doesnt hurt to remind them, & that's why I posted. Even long before covid, people I know stayed home when sick/masked when they couldn't. We should maintain that standard.
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I'm glad he canceled two shows - better for him & safer for those working w/ him. But I wonder about this apparent new "2 day" rule - now, & earlier when his co-star Martin Short tested (+). And during the short run of JCS at the Hollywood Bowl, Josh Gad...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
Steve Martin Cancels Comedy Shows Due to COVID Diagnosis
The comedian-actor had shows planned in Virginia on Friday and Saturday night with his 'Only Murders in the Building' co-star Martin Short.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm glad he canceled two shows - better for him & safer for those working w/ him. But I wonder about this apparent new "2 day" rule - now, & earlier when his co-star Martin Short tested (+). And during the short run of JCS at the Hollywood Bowl, Josh Gad...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
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Brilliant video by @k8lister.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Brilliant video by @k8lister.bsky.social