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People were already getting complacent when COVID was declared 'over'. Remain vigilant. Use common sense. Stock up on essentials before tariffs drive the cost of everything up and it becomes even more unsafe to leave the house, and that includes masks. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
People were already getting complacent when COVID was declared 'over'. Remain vigilant. Use common sense. Stock up on essentials before tariffs drive the cost of everything up and it becomes even more unsafe to leave the house, and that includes masks. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Avian flu is a conservation and public health crisis.
18,000 dead baby elephant seals. Terns having seizures on beaches. Outbreaks among livestock. Human deaths.
Draining research funds and gagging the CDC is dangerous for the whole planet. So are proposed mask bans. We need those n95s.
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18,000 dead baby elephant seals. Terns having seizures on beaches. Outbreaks among livestock. Human deaths.
Draining research funds and gagging the CDC is dangerous for the whole planet. So are proposed mask bans. We need those n95s.
🪶 🌿
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Avian flu is a conservation and public health crisis.
18,000 dead baby elephant seals. Terns having seizures on beaches. Outbreaks among livestock. Human deaths.
Draining research funds and gagging the CDC is dangerous for the whole planet. So are proposed mask bans. We need those n95s.
🪶 🌿
18,000 dead baby elephant seals. Terns having seizures on beaches. Outbreaks among livestock. Human deaths.
Draining research funds and gagging the CDC is dangerous for the whole planet. So are proposed mask bans. We need those n95s.
🪶 🌿
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A right-wing dark money group backed by some big names has launched a new public health “academy” complete with its own medical “journal.”
The editorial board of this new publication is stacked with COVID contrarians and misinformation spreaders.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
The editorial board of this new publication is stacked with COVID contrarians and misinformation spreaders.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
“A New Academic Publishing Model”: Right-Wing Dark Money Group Launches Fringe Medical Journal
The right-wing RealClear Foundation’s foray into public health has been called “a mockery of scientific process.”
www.importantcontext.news
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A right-wing dark money group backed by some big names has launched a new public health “academy” complete with its own medical “journal.”
The editorial board of this new publication is stacked with COVID contrarians and misinformation spreaders.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
The editorial board of this new publication is stacked with COVID contrarians and misinformation spreaders.
www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...
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MUZZLED FACT—💡Last year, 95% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 weren't up to date on the latest vaccine booster.
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
February 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
MUZZLED FACT—💡Last year, 95% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 weren't up to date on the latest vaccine booster.
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu
P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads
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Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
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"The appalling human cost of this insane exercise in gender censorship mustn’t be forgotten."
“People will get sick. And, especially in cases like congenital syphilis where you cannot lose a day to treat, babies will die.” The appalling human cost of this insane exercise in gender censorship mustn’t be forgotten.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std...
CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order
Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"The appalling human cost of this insane exercise in gender censorship mustn’t be forgotten."
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He we go. The more severe bird flu strain is now in the cow population.
Detected in dairy cows in Nevada.
Just in time to have Captain Brainworm in charge of public health.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Detected in dairy cows in Nevada.
Just in time to have Captain Brainworm in charge of public health.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
USDA detects a second bird flu strain in dairy cattle, agency email says
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
He we go. The more severe bird flu strain is now in the cow population.
Detected in dairy cows in Nevada.
Just in time to have Captain Brainworm in charge of public health.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Detected in dairy cows in Nevada.
Just in time to have Captain Brainworm in charge of public health.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Honestly, after the CDC's handling of COVID, w/ how they often made & altered recommendations & safe practices to favor capital over public health, I don't trust that they have the public interest in mind, & don't give much credence to their responses. 🤷♂️
Centers for Disaster Capitalism, indeed.
Centers for Disaster Capitalism, indeed.
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Honestly, after the CDC's handling of COVID, w/ how they often made & altered recommendations & safe practices to favor capital over public health, I don't trust that they have the public interest in mind, & don't give much credence to their responses. 🤷♂️
Centers for Disaster Capitalism, indeed.
Centers for Disaster Capitalism, indeed.
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The Nazis burned books they considered subversive. The #Trump administration is conducting a "digital book burning" according to researchers--destroying information from federal agencies on the web on topics they consider subversive but are essential for public health. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
Scientist calls the disappearance of federal health data a 'digital book burning'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University, about her efforts to preserve federal health data that recently disappeared from government websites.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Nazis burned books they considered subversive. The #Trump administration is conducting a "digital book burning" according to researchers--destroying information from federal agencies on the web on topics they consider subversive but are essential for public health. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
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Since the geek squad over at DOGE is evidently expanding their meddling with taxpayer-funded public health data, we figured we'd better archive some other government sites to preserve data that belongs to the American people from theft by censorship. Today it's the FDA!
acasignups.net/fda-website
acasignups.net/fda-website
FDA.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
February 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Since the geek squad over at DOGE is evidently expanding their meddling with taxpayer-funded public health data, we figured we'd better archive some other government sites to preserve data that belongs to the American people from theft by censorship. Today it's the FDA!
acasignups.net/fda-website
acasignups.net/fda-website
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1/ The TB outbreak in Kansas City isn’t just about case numbers. The real danger? Limited treatment options. TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow-growing bacterium that’s hard to kill and has developed resistance to many drugs. #TB #PublicHealth
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
1/ The TB outbreak in Kansas City isn’t just about case numbers. The real danger? Limited treatment options. TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow-growing bacterium that’s hard to kill and has developed resistance to many drugs. #TB #PublicHealth
Vaccines are generally good. Debilitating side effects can occur. More than one thing can be true at the time. When did gaslighting and victim-blaming become de rigueur for the medical establishment? My fellow spoonies with hidden/dynamic disabilities will empathise: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
'Cooker, anti-vaxxer, sheep': The people Australia's COVID-19 response forgot
Australia's COVID-19 response saved countless lives, but it also left hundreds of people believing they were suffering a constellation of strange symptoms from the vaccines. Now they're fighting a cla...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Vaccines are generally good. Debilitating side effects can occur. More than one thing can be true at the time. When did gaslighting and victim-blaming become de rigueur for the medical establishment? My fellow spoonies with hidden/dynamic disabilities will empathise: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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