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Our letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use in healthcare to protect patients and staff.
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Our letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use in healthcare to protect patients and staff.
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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In love this story so much
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Pilot programme massively boosts hepatitis B “birth dose” vaccination in Nigeria’s Delta state
The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from chronic, liver-killing infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency. A new project in Delta...
www.gavi.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
In love this story so much
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Sometimes we get told "you have to live your life!" in response to wearing a mask. Reducing risk of serious illness doesn't always mean missing out - my mask helps keep me protected during special events w/ friends & family. And accessories can be fun! #12daysofmasks
youhavetoliveyour.life
youhavetoliveyour.life
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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One hundred thousand people a year and y'all using past tense when you talk about Covid now jfc
Covid-19 Is Still Killing a Disturbing Number of Americans, Study Finds
Between 2022 and 2024, covid-19 killed roughly 100,000 Americans annually, new research by CDC scientists shows.
gizmodo.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One hundred thousand people a year and y'all using past tense when you talk about Covid now jfc
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Kasia @sadsackolympian.bsky.social invites you to take part in #12DaysOfMasks challenge starting Jan 5. “Not all people are able to wear a respirator (like newborns), so it’s incredibly important that the rest of us keep public spaces safe for them. Tag #MaskTogetherAmerica or me & add the hashtag.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Kasia @sadsackolympian.bsky.social invites you to take part in #12DaysOfMasks challenge starting Jan 5. “Not all people are able to wear a respirator (like newborns), so it’s incredibly important that the rest of us keep public spaces safe for them. Tag #MaskTogetherAmerica or me & add the hashtag.”
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Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
“We’re told not to test for Covid-19 this year. If we find [Covid in patients], then we have to close beds”
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“We’re told not to test for Covid-19 this year. If we find [Covid in patients], then we have to close beds”
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Me: Is that a social cue? You have to tell me if it's a social cue
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Me: Is that a social cue? You have to tell me if it's a social cue
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Just me… still masking😷
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Just me… still masking😷
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
Anyone else feel like the masked black sheep these days?
Source: x.com/tryna_do_rit...
I had an EGD on Tuesday, the only time I've been unmasked around a stranger since becoming ill after a dental visit this summer. Today I woke up sick. 😡
funny how “you do you” is both literally and figuratively another way to say “go fuck yourself”
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers - Healthy Debate
Let’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral threat.
healthydebate.ca
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I had an EGD on Tuesday, the only time I've been unmasked around a stranger since becoming ill after a dental visit this summer. Today I woke up sick. 😡
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
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Look at the date. Disabled people told you.
They made too many disabled people.
They made too many disabled people.
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Look at the date. Disabled people told you.
They made too many disabled people.
They made too many disabled people.
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Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
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I love vaccines. Vaccines are good. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/pre...
Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to be hospitalized or deliver prematurely, new data show
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I love vaccines. Vaccines are good. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/pre...
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We’ve created the perfect sickness storm because whether you have covid or not right now, whatever sickness you have is probably worse because Covid damaged your immune system or other organs. But still we do almost nothing to prevent or reduce multiple Covid infections.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We’ve created the perfect sickness storm because whether you have covid or not right now, whatever sickness you have is probably worse because Covid damaged your immune system or other organs. But still we do almost nothing to prevent or reduce multiple Covid infections.
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NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
How State Tax Cuts Could Lead to a SNAP Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
Leaving this here for anyone still “using” (enabling) Meta: www.wwno.org/local-region...
Construction on Meta’s largest data center brings 600% crash spike, chaos to rural Louisiana
An investigation from the Gulf States Newsroom found that trucks contracted to work at the Meta facility are causing delays and dangerous roads in Holly Ridge.
www.wwno.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Leaving this here for anyone still “using” (enabling) Meta: www.wwno.org/local-region...
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For everyone traveling, a reminder to masks up and avoid spending your holidays sick.
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Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
15 Good N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks to Buy Right Now
Flu season is here. These are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For everyone traveling, a reminder to masks up and avoid spending your holidays sick.
😷✈️🦃
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When they’re more afraid of neurodiversity than of vaccine -preventable illness, it’s not about health but about power and control . www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When they’re more afraid of neurodiversity than of vaccine -preventable illness, it’s not about health but about power and control . www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
H5N5 Avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident
For immediate release: November 14, 2025 (25-138) First detection of this strain in a human, risk to the public remains low Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🦆 Bird flu in WA:
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
This is the first-ever human case of H5N5 avian influenza. It's been seen in animals before, but never before in people.
It was confirmed in a Grays Harbor County resident that had backyard poultry which may have mingled with wild birds.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/h5n...
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The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
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Yes for CDC. Find at CDCDataProject.org
The CDC Data Project
In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.
CDCDataProject.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yes for CDC. Find at CDCDataProject.org