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Between Covid vaccine restrictions, mask bans, threats to Medicaid and Medicare and a measles surge… there’s never been a more important time to protect your health.
My article on respirators looks at how to choose a mask, how to fit test, why you should be masking & more:
My article on respirators looks at how to choose a mask, how to fit test, why you should be masking & more:
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Between Covid vaccine restrictions, mask bans, threats to Medicaid and Medicare and a measles surge… there’s never been a more important time to protect your health.
My article on respirators looks at how to choose a mask, how to fit test, why you should be masking & more:
My article on respirators looks at how to choose a mask, how to fit test, why you should be masking & more:
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
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Latest reported #Measles cases
US - 1,046
Canada - 2,161
Measles cases are largely a result of people choosing to not get themselves or their children vaccinated. Canada's major outbreak area remains SW Ontario but Alberta is on the rise.
US - 1,046
Canada - 2,161
Measles cases are largely a result of people choosing to not get themselves or their children vaccinated. Canada's major outbreak area remains SW Ontario but Alberta is on the rise.
May 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Latest reported #Measles cases
US - 1,046
Canada - 2,161
Measles cases are largely a result of people choosing to not get themselves or their children vaccinated. Canada's major outbreak area remains SW Ontario but Alberta is on the rise.
US - 1,046
Canada - 2,161
Measles cases are largely a result of people choosing to not get themselves or their children vaccinated. Canada's major outbreak area remains SW Ontario but Alberta is on the rise.
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Mirrors everything I've been saying about H5N1. Definitely worth the watch.
www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Mirrors everything I've been saying about H5N1. Definitely worth the watch.
www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...
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These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
HPAI Confirmed Cases in Livestock | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov
February 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
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There's a Canadian House of Commons petition circulating to cancel Elon Musk's dual citizenship and passport. I signed it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There's a Canadian House of Commons petition circulating to cancel Elon Musk's dual citizenship and passport. I signed it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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HI AMERICA, YEAH, NO. LOVE, CANADA
January 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
HI AMERICA, YEAH, NO. LOVE, CANADA
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It’s an inconvenient truth: if we claim to care about EQUITY, we must protect people from COVID at work, schools, health settings, etc…the most disadvantaged are among those disproportionally impacted by acute & long-COVID. We need courage to speak up, clean the air, mask up in the name of EQUITY.
December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM
It’s an inconvenient truth: if we claim to care about EQUITY, we must protect people from COVID at work, schools, health settings, etc…the most disadvantaged are among those disproportionally impacted by acute & long-COVID. We need courage to speak up, clean the air, mask up in the name of EQUITY.
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Last wastewater readings found H5 bird flu in Davis, Los Angeles, Marina, Napa, Novato, San Francisco, Ontario, Paso Robles, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale and Turlock.
November 26, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Last wastewater readings found H5 bird flu in Davis, Los Angeles, Marina, Napa, Novato, San Francisco, Ontario, Paso Robles, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale and Turlock.
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“When hospital staff began masking again, the rates of hospital-onset respiratory viral infections decreased by 33%”
Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals
Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found
www.medpagetoday.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:24 AM
“When hospital staff began masking again, the rates of hospital-onset respiratory viral infections decreased by 33%”
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0