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COVID prevention is collective action.
Long COVID can only occur after a COVID infection, so preventing infection and reinfection matters. Cleaner indoor air, access to high-quality respirators, staying home when sick, and reliable testing help protect everyone.
#PublicHealth #COVID19 #LongCOVID #COVID #InfectionPrevention #CleanAir #MaskUp #LongCOVIDAwareness
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WHN public health graphic on a dark charcoal background. At the top left is the white “whn.global” logo with a pink dot. At the top right: “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” Large red and white text reads: “No COVID means no Long COVID.” Below: “N95 or better. Clean air. Test when needed. Stay home when sick.” A red banner at the bottom reads: “Prevent infection and reinfection.”
Researchers tested undergrads while measuring brain blood flows. Their brain scans looked like people in their 60s:
previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older, and this appeared to be especially true if they reported experiencing brain fog due to COVID-19.
Over a third of them showed objective cognitive impairment:
37.33 % of participants who reported previously having COVID-19 displayed objective cognitive impairment [...] (assessed via computerised testing),
And neuron death is irreversible:
This may indicate microglial hyperactivation, theoretically driven by elevated oxidative stress from dysfunctional mitochondria—a possible contributor to cell death and cognitive impairment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159124007311
h/t @PatrickWirth
I used to think if Covid was visible or smelled bad that more people would wear masks.
Seeing all these bare-faced coughing people walking around in the orange stinky wildfire smoke tainted air has reset my expectations.
I don’t really like going to new small businesses in the age of “post” #COVID as someone still masking.
People at chain stores can be relied upon to not really give a crap. Small business owners may decide to voice their opinions about things. But hey, at least I can blame the wildfires today.
(...) and what must change to protect healthcare workers and patients.
Read the full article: https://whn.global/hcws-have-died-and-been-disabled-laws-should-have-prevented-this/
#WorkplaceWellness #WorkspaceSafety #MaskUp #N95 #COVID #LongCOVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #healthcare #globalhealth #healtheducation #publichealthmatters #infectionprevention
#oil #OilCrisis #energy #Iran #USPol #USWar #IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #ClimateChange #war #COVID
Perhaps (now) to few people's surprise, the inquiry into the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic as concluded nearly two thirds of the money spent was wasted (£10bn of nearly £15bn spent), identifying the (so-callled) VIP lane as a key element in that wastage.
The mismanagement of PPE is a classic example of insiders enriching themselves while criticising benefits 'cheats' & 'greedy' pubic sector workers.
What a country we we live in.
When COVID-19 cases fall, protections often disappear before transmission does.
That is how one wave quietly becomes the next.
Breaking the cycle means keeping measures like masking, testing, and cleaner indoor air in place a little longer, until spread is truly under control. The tools exist. We have to use them long enough to work.
https://whn.global/will-the-pandemic-ever-end/
#Pandemic #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #CollectiveAction #CommunityHealth #DiseasePrevention #GlobalHealth
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World Health Network graphic on a dark charcoal background. At the top are “whn.global” and “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” A centered gradient-outlined label reads “Collective Action.” Large text asks: “Will the pandemic ever end?” The word “pandemic” appears in a pink-to-yellow gradient. Below, white text reads: “COVID-19 waves follow a familiar pattern: collective action rises as cases surge, then fades as cases decline.”
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World Health Network graphic on a dark charcoal background. At the top are “whn.global” and “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” A gradient-outlined label reads “Collective Action.” Main text reads: “Restrictions are lifted, urgency disappears, and ongoing transmission quietly seeds the next wave. This makes prevention hardest when risk appears lowest, weakening support for protections like cleaner indoor air. Breaking this cycle requires us to act beyond the peak of each wave, not abandon protections the moment cases begin to fall. Masking, testing, ventilation, and coordinated action must continue until transmission is truly under control.”
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World Health Network graphic on a dark charcoal background. At the top are “whn.global” and “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” A gradient-outlined label reads “Collective Action.” Large white text reads: “The tools already exist.” Below: “What is needed now is the collective will to use them long enough to make lasting progress.” The words “collective will” appear in a pink-to-yellow gradient. At the bottom: “whn.global/will-the-pandemic-ever-end.”
Long Covid series [01] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
This is going to be mostly my personal experience with long covid, interspersed with bits of knowledge I receive from the various medical staff that are helping take care of me~ I'll try to make sure I just reply to the last post so people new to the series can look back at the old posts easily
Hopefully, it can help people understand some of the effects of this rather widespread, invisible disability that I and countless others have to fight day in and day out and empathise with those that have it
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One of the physical symptoms is that I'm dimished to something like 20% of my previous max stamina, with activities costing multiple times what they previously did alongside a much slower stamina recovery
Grocery trips are prohibitively expensive on the stamina now, and I need to sit for 30~45 minutes before I can even put groceries away...showers require most of a day's worth of stamina (baths are a little better but harder to wash my hair in... cooking? I have to have a stool in the kitchen and even then, the parts that require standing drain my stamina quickly
and honestly? I'm one of the lucky ones...Physics Girl (youtube) recently managed to stand up for the first time in a year or two, and that's been both a sobering reminder of what long covid can do as well as a source of great hope for my own recovery, though I'm ready to fight it for years (on top of the 1.5ish years I've already had to deal with it).
Back on the topic of physical stamina, the worst part is that exercise doesn't work. For a healthy human, using up 105% of your stamina leads to increased stamina after recovering for a day or two. For long-covid patients, exceeding our (now much smaller) stamina capacity *decreases* our stamina capacity
You can think of it as an injury paradigm in that overloading a leg recovering from a recent breakage will re-injure it, not strengthen it
and that's probably enough for a first entry
Long Covid series [02] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Oh how much changes in 2 months.
Not for the better, mind you. Definitely not for the better.
Today's post is going to be a little insight into what we've learned through my physical therapy. There's a speech therapy component to it as well, but we'll get to that in a future post
What's changed from last time is that my physical stamina has continued to decline, and gotten to such a point that I've had to completely abandon any and all violin performance. That was the love of my life, my purpose, part of my identity, an outlet for self-expression, and...also the singular thing that my income was based on. Turns out that having all of that stripped away all at once with no clue whether I'll ever get it back or not leads to depression (moderately severe, according to my therapist )
Well, today, I learned why. We did some testing on what I was physically able to handle by testing my pulse and my perception of my own exertion and fatigue. My resting heart-rate was the usual 105ish bpm (long covid pushes resting heartrate up a bunch, evidently), 110ish after 2 minutes of walking at bodyweight (exertion: 6/10), and 125ish after 4 minutes (exertion: 7~8/10). One of the other symptoms we kept track of was the speech test, paying attention to whether I could speak while walking without taking big, gasping breaths due to exertion Oh, and one of the symptoms I noted was that my muscles through my thighs and butt started to shudder as if I was on the last rep or two of a weightlifting set, eeking out the very last of my capabilities.
The conclusion she came to was that, in my current condition, the best plan was to walk 1~2 minutes 3 times a week while paying attention to the symptoms (I need to get a pulse monitor, I guess). *If* my body can handle this without crashing or having post-exertion malaise (PEM), I could slowly increase this by a minute or two every week or two.
Did I mention using the transit system to get there and back required me to walk about 30 minutes with the added weight of my bag and water? (at the very least, the next two visits are going to be virtual, which will be nice)
Soooo with this info, I get to look back at every violin stream I did from Jan 2024~Feb 2025 and see that every stream I did in my attempt to make sure I could survive, I was injuring my stamina more and more, leading to my current condition, I guess
Long Covid series [03] - Today I Learned [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
I finally got a follow-up with my long-covid specialist (it took so long to get a second appointment because I really needed to get a few physical and speech therapy appointments in, which also took a while and had complications )
Here's a quick TIL from my after-visit report:
・Drinking water quickly rather than sipping helps expand blood volume more rapidly, mimicking the effects of IV saline. (Interesting to know, especially since I tend to sip, not chug )
・Drink 2-4 liters of water per day. (Send help )
・Knee high compression socks come in variable strengths. The weakest strength is 15-20mmHg. Pick the most tolerable and helpful for you. (Medically sanctioned thigh-highs?
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・Think of activity as a cycle of action/relaxation/action/relaxation/action/relaxation. (What I heard: "You're useless to the party if you've got no mana, go regen some mana ")
・Sleep: Consistency is key - try to have the same bed time and wake up time every day, and stick to it. (A bedtime within ±6 hours of yesterday's counts as consistent... ... ... right...? )
I do make light of the advice, but a lot of this is genuinely interesting to think about and try to slowly implement in my life.
Medically sanctioned thigh-highs
#Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #Health #Disability #MECFS @longcovid
Well, the nightmare scenario has arrived.
Major injury, surgical intervention & multiday uncontrolled exposure of your partner in a hospital that has no respiratory precautions despite asking for accomodations. 😢
I have a molecular test system.
What's the current view of isolation & testing regimes these days?
I have focused so much on prevention I have lost touch with isolation & test best practices.
I understand air management. 4 more air fanatas on the way. We have done this before. Just need advice on current testing regime.
Used to do 3/5 days RAT then PCR clean out.
Thanks.
And special nonprintable words to a medical system that covers callous disregard of risk esp to seniors with "kindness".
You can mitigate risk right up to the point where the system forces you to accept it. Then you can only mitigate the downstream consequences and start again.
Study in the Lancet cites improvement in fatigue post Covid but far more research needed to control Long Covid symptoms.
#COVID #LongCovid
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00242-2/fulltext
Long COVID affects millions of people worldwide. The experiences shared here are just a glimpse into what daily life can look like for those living with Long COVID.
If you’re living with Long COVID, we want to hear from you. Fill out the survey in the caption to share your story and have it featured. Your voice helps raise awareness, inform research, and push for real change.
#LongCOVID #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVIDAwareness
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the WHN logo and the text “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” Large white text reads: “Long COVID has disabled me.” Below it: “I can't go grocery shopping or walk my dog around the block or clean my home. The fatigue and post exertional malaise have left me unable to do so much. The brain fog makes it unsafe to drive. I work less than half the hours I did prior to getting sick, and am financially struggling. I haven't seen most of my friends since I got sick. I'm thankful that I can work remotely, because I wouldn't be able to safely commute. However, work is about all I can manage to do in a day.” Attribution: “– Person living with Long COVID.”
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the WHN logo and the text “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” Large white text reads: “I can’t work anymore.” Below it: “I can only do short outings from my home. I got covid in 2022. In 2023 i was absolutely terrible, couldn’t take care of myself and constantly crashing. I’ve improved to the point where i can do chores around my family house and can leave the home sometimes (had to move back in with my parents due to this.) I have maybe 1/10th the energy of an average person. Im still reliant on my family for support.” Attribution: “– Person living with Long COVID.”
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the WHN logo and the text “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.” Large white text reads: “Our child has been sick for more than 5 years.” Below it: “He can't focus, can't read, can't play, can't go to school, can't go out, can't sleep properly, can't watch a movie, can't hold a long conversation.” Attribution: “– Long COVID caregiver.” Beneath a horizontal line, additional text reads: “If you’re living with Long COVID, we want to hear from you. Fill out the survey in the caption to share your story and have it featured. Your voice helps raise awareness, inform research, and push for real change.”
From the new OECD report:
The projected GDP loss from the condition places Long Covid among the most economically significant chronic conditions in OECD and EU member countries.
#Covid #LongCovid #Economy #health #medicine #pandemic
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However, while chronic conditions such as stroke and MS generate most of their costs through healthcare
spending and informal care, the continuing burden of long COVID arises mainly from reduced labour
participation and productivity losses, reflecting a broader macroeconomic impact rather than medical
expenditure alone. Overall, in proportional terms, the projected 0.1-0.2% GDP loss from long COVID
places it among the most economically significant chronic conditions in OECD and EU Member countries.
Lastly, the estimates in this report probably understate the true burden of long COVID. The condition is
likely to have wide-reaching consequences that are not yet fully understood. Beyond the core symptoms
of long COVID, infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of developing a range of chronic conditions
- including cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, neurological impairments and autoimmune disorders -
which will add further pressure on health systems and increase costs in the years ahead. These effects
may take considerable time to become fully visible. In addition, long COVID may affect children's
development and educational attainment - factors not yet captured in current economic projections.
July 2026 Edition Available Now!
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Download the latest issue for free + explore past editions anytime: https://whn.global/kidszone/
#PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDConscious
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RE: https://universeodon.com/@WADeptHealth/116873752580919355
Some good news re #covid #covid19 #wastewater reporting in Washington State …
Marsberger Schüler geben Gas: Sie laufen um Spenden für ihre Mitschülerin Lenja.
Marsberger Schüler geben Gas: Sie laufen um Spenden für ihre schwerkranke Mitschülerin Lenja.#WDR #Marsberg #HSK #Spende #Spendenlauf #Covid #Long-Covid #Schule #Mitschüler #Erkrankung #Mitgefühl #Therapie #Lauf #Sport #Gymnasium #NRW
Lenja braucht dringend eine Covid-Therapie: Ihre Mitschüler starten für sie einen Spendenlauf
Germany is apparently going to demand doctor notes for all sick days because people are taking too many. People in the comments are making this about “foreigners who don’t work”.
Probably has nothing to do with #COVID, which simultaneously ruined everyone’s lives but also has no ongoing or lasting impacts.
WHN endorses ACOG's 2026 Maternal Immunization Schedule, joining leading medical organizations in supporting science-based guidance for maternal health.
We also encourage a layered approach to infection prevention, including effective respiratory protection against airborne illnesses during pregnancy.
Read our full statement: https://whn.global/in-support-of-acogs-2026-maternal-immunization-schedule/
#ACOGS #PrenatalCare #COVID #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention #OBGYN #PublicHealth #Vaccination #Immunization
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Wastewater testing is vital for public health. It needs sustained funding to continue beyond fall 2026.
By Betsy Ladyzhets
#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDIsNotOver
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/06/30/wastewater-testing-is-vital-for-public-health-it-needs-sustained-funding-to-continue-beyond-fall-2026/
What are your favorite strategies for making vacations safer?
#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention
Each new infection represents another chance for transmission, another family affected, and another person who may develop Long COVID or other serious complications. Preventing infections remains one of the most effective public health tools we have.
If your organization is committed to protecting community health, please help amplify this message.
#PublicHealth #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention #LongCOVID #HealthEquity #COVID #HealthEducation
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My monthly update on next generation Covid vaccines is online now @PLOS — with a new streamlined structure I hope makes it easier & quicker to read.
News on:
- a major UK grant supporting a UK/US collaboration on a vax from Stanford Uni
- another 4 trials began recruiting in China, Europe, & USA
- another 2 trials are fully recruited in Germany & USA
Plus preclinical reports:
Review showing that Long Covid is "a substantial public health burden."
#COVID #LongCovid
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1839646/full
The CDC's June 22 data warns the South and West may face a summer COVID increase — here's what the activity levels show. #covid #cdc #publichealth
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Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
So, ugh, this is not good: all of the Washington State wastewater data are not being updated. The note isn't making any promises about when the reporting will resume. Since Seattle has about eighteen kajillion people coming here for the World Cup, it would be really great to have wastewater reporting up and running. 😬
You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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A screencap that says:
"Washington wastewater data is currently unavailable as of June 15 due to a disruption in sample delivery services. The WA State Department of Health is evaluating alternative sample delivery options and will update this dashboard as soon as samples are received and results become available."
Alas, the same notice is up this week, so Washington State #covid #COVID19 wastewater reporting is still offline. :( Any ideas on when it will get fixed, @WADeptHealth ?
The U.S. CDC's Acting Director Jay Bhattacharya blocked a study on COVID-19 vaccines from publication. Today, it came out in a different journal. The study shows that vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness by about half among adults last fall and winter. Here's more from NBC.
#CDC chief blocked a #covid #vaccine study. Now it’s in a top medical journal.
The study, which had been slated for publication in March in the CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, found that the #covid19 vaccine reduced the risk of ER visits & hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half last winter. [And]…the vaccine can help reduce the risk of severe illness in adults even after accounting for immunity from prior #vaccination or infection.
#Trump #RFKJr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/
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Please pitch in and help my comrade Hardworking Netizen eat and sleep indoors.
They are a Stop Gen AI member, they debug my web dev fuck ups, they are working hard to organize their retail workplace, and they engage in their own mutual aid when they can. They're also #Covid safe.
Hardworking Netizen is a benefit to society as much as the Musks and Altmans of the world are a massive determent to society.
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I was watching someone talk about the #COVID pandemic (which, #COVIDIsNotOver, but not the point) and they said "everyone" was angry about having to stay home.
That is not a reaction that ever occurred to me. Difficult, isolating, traumatic, stressful (in multiple ways), sure. But angry? You might as well be mad at a hurricane.
Sure explains a lot though.
Stumbled across this photo I took of empty shelves at Target at the start of #covid lockdowns in March 2020. #photography #pandemicPhotos
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Empty pharmacy shelves in the “Cold & Flu” aisle.
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Empty soap/hand sanitizer shelves. A sign informs customers that they are out of certain items.
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Empty shelves where antibacterial wipes usually go.
#Covid, #Measles, #Ebola, #Screwworms, and now #HIV.
I SWEAR TO GOD, I've raised *goldfish* that learned faster than this INCREDIBLY MORONIC Administration. 🐠
#DisasterPresidency
#TooStupidToBePresident
#LordHelpUs
#RFKJr
Trump's budget plan includes huge cuts in wastewater monitoring.
#COVID https://www.newsweek.com/worrying-covid-cicada-variant-spreads-as-us-maps-go-dark-12019859
@_elena reminds me of the #Luca app that was pitched at the start of #Covid in Germany: The app was marketed heavily by #Smudo, frontman of a famous band here. The company and Smudo seemed very undiscerning to criticism about its closed-source nature (now seems to be #OpenSource). The hole practice seemed shady.
My conclusion then was maybe Smudo / #Fanta4 had good intentions, allowing concerts, helping people. But didn't get OpenSource + were used by a company. Maybe similar w. #VonDerLeyen...
<resetting the "days since a stranger has accosted me angrily for wearing a mask in public" counter back to zero>
I just had “the talk” with my dad.
About Covid.
Don’t assume they know. Have you had the talk yet? #TheMoreYouKnow 🌈 #Covid #EducateYourElders
This is music to my ears.
No "during Covid." It's the current and ongoing Covid pandemic!
BTW, wear a respirator mask, N95!
Share!
"We Protect Us: a community conversation on navigating COVID, trauma, and healing. Hosted by FORGE: https://forge-forward.org/
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm Central (6:30 EST / 3:30 PST)
Location: on Zoom!
While it may feel like the world has moved on from COVID, the pandemic is still ongoing, and many trans and nonbinary survivors in particular are continuing to navigate the world with caution and making continuous risk-assessments to stay safer.
This event offers a virtual community meeting space with facilitated discussion on the ways that COVID has impacted our communities, the trauma of the ongoing pandemic, strategies for healing and safety planning, and building solutions and solidarity. We invite you to bring your knowledge and experience to share with others in ever-changing COVID- and risk-aware communities."
Register at: https://forge-forward.zoom.us/meeting/register/joLWsYCTQDiLxQ8jtDqmDg
Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is low. The last 7DRA calculation was on 6/2.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.
"Leading OB-GYN society breaks from CDC on recommended vaccines for pregnant women, including COVID-19"
"All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines..."
This is the first time the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released an immunization schedule independent of the US CDC.
#HealthCare #USA #Pregnancy #CIDRAP #Vaccines #RSV #COVID #TDAP
RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116721885357123392
Another thing kids with Long COVID aren't faking: how sensitive their eyes are to light.
This is not "in their heads", it shows up in measure after measure after measure.
3 years ago today, we lost my Dad. We've never recovered from that traumatic loss. Dad suffered a premature death due to unmasked people in hospital, where he was infected with covid. That set off latent TB, which he recovered from in hospital. The covid infection he never fully recovered from. It damaged his heart, which didn't have issues prior to covid infection. That led to his long covid cardiac arrest death.
This is one of the big reasons I'm vigilant about masking up & get upset at folks who stopped masking & are enabling more eugenics in our communities. I lost my Dad because of reckless unmasked people. I have one Aunt disabled from long covid & in a wheelchair. How many more lives need to sacrificed for eugenics, inhumane public health & basic lack of concern for others?
We are having quiet, family ceremonies for my Dad's memorial, today ❤️💗❤️
Love is infinite.
#InfiniteLove #FamilyPhotos #ForeverLoved #CovidKills #MasksSaveLives #CovidSafety #StopEugenics #BCHealth #BCpoli #BonnieHenrySocialMurderer #SocialMurder #Father #Dad #Family #Love #Memorial #AsianMastodon #PublicHealth #BCNewDeathParty #BCGovernment #BCNDPKilledMyDad #Covid #LongCovid
Harvard reports that use of an adjuvant increases duration of action and activity of mRNA vaccines against Omicron in mice studies.
#COVID #vaccines https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-immune-system-enhancer-extends-covid-19-vaccine-protection-animal-models
RE: https://climatejustice.social/@chu/116700659978050049
Although I have MMR, unlike the vast majority of people feigning concern about this, I...
WEAR A GODDAMN RESPIRATOR MASK IN PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES!
Antivaxxers aren't the only reason why mumps is returning.
YOU GODDAMN BAREFACED IN A CURRENT ONGOING #COVID PANDEMIC PLAGUE RATS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!
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AodeRelay boostedEveryone, can I get a collective "oh FFS" as Toronto now has a mumps outbreak?
All together now "oh FFS"
“Brain fiber damage found months after moderate-to-severe #COVID-19 in unvaccinated older adults.
Affected brain areas linked to emotion, decision-making, and awareness.
Findings highlight possible biological basis for long COVID symptoms.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361923026002728?via=ihub
I would much rather be kind than nice.
In this context, nice is being polite to the maskless plague spreading masses. Thus not rocking the boat while they keep on disabling and killing people with their breath.
Being kind is my sticking my neck out to condemn the maskless plague spreaders, to fight for the position that going along with the masses spreading the Covid plague showed our overlords that you'll accept spreading e.coli and Ebola too.
So, once again, WTF is wrong with YOU?!
"What is 'nice'?
Being nice means being polite, pleasant and agreeable in a given social situation. It arises from expectations around how we should act with regard to others and is considered a form of social conditioning.
However, when we are being nice, we are not necessarily being genuine; we might be motivated by fear of rejection or some other less desirable outcome. And being nice is not always a positive thing. Consider the phrase, "Oh, she was just being nice," which could have a subtext that she wasn’t being sincere or that she was being superficial...
Ultimately, being nice is attributable to being selfish. We act nicely because we want something in return: either for the other person to be nice to us in return or to provide us with something more tangible. Being nice can even be considered a form of manipulation that enables you to get what you want out of a situation.
What is 'kind'?
Being kind, on the other hand, is based on genuinely caring about others and doing things for them with the intention of a good or positive outcome for them, not yourself. Acts of kindness may or may not personally benefit the person being kind; they tend to be selfless and come from a place of compassion, empathy and generosity.
For example, if you see that someone is experiencing sexual harassment at work, an act of kindness would be to stand up for the victim or find ways to dissuade the abuser from further negative actions, no matter the personal cost."
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Every single one of you barefaced in public are
responsible for this, BTW.
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In yet another sign that public health is dead,
the North Bay Perry Sound heath unit now
wants you to do your own risk assessment for
*e.coli*. They will be replacing routine water ...
www.myhealthunit.ca ...
New Beach Sig...
#NorthBay #NorthBayPerrySound #Ecoli
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dead Tech - the blog
I write about the modern tech infrastructure and its
impacts on culture and humanity. In times like these,
In=danth_articlac from a understanding how tech is reshaping our daily
experience and how it might reshape it differently is
st important if we want to live relatively happy lives,
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That problematic person who keeps popping up in your
feeds. Blogs (or, according to HackerNews "seed|s] extreme
left wing ideas into the minds of vulnerable HN members
with my demented, violent writing") at
deadsimpletech.com/blog/posts
For the record:
The barefaced, the masses who decided to embrace inhaling the Covid plague over and over because Joe Biden said "take off your masks!" in early 2021 and *everyone* is doing it... Are responsible for encouraging the downplaying of e.coli, Ebola, etc.
You showed our capitalist overlords that you are okay with getting the brain damaging #Covid plague virus over and over, and you're also cool with your children having brain damage and chronic illness.
You would be angry at people who have HIV who go around having condomless sex without warning people.
So why not the maskless, who undoubtedly have a massive death and disability toll?!
So, you fucking bootlicker of plague rats...
WTF is wrong with YOU?!
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’ +7 # @ kimcrawley@zeroes.ca
Every single one of you barefaced in public are
responsible for this, BTW.
Neil © 171
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In yet another sign that public health is dead,
the North Bay Perry Sound heath unit now
wants you to do your own risk assessment for
*e.coli*. They will be replacing routine water ...
www.myhealthunit.ca ...
New Beach Sig...
#NorthBay #NorthBayPerrySound #Ecoli
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@kimcrawley
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“Go wv A cee 2h
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degenerated into critical analysis of tech and tech trends
pretty much immediately.
dead Tech - the blog
I write about the modern tech infrastructure and its
impacts on culture and humanity. In times like these,
In=danth_articlac from a understanding how tech is reshaping our daily
experience and how it might reshape it differently is
st important if we want to live relatively happy lives,
er whatever the world brings.
5
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PERSONAL NOTE
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That problematic person who keeps popping up in your
feeds. Blogs (or, according to HackerNews "seed|s] extreme
left wing ideas into the minds of vulnerable HN members
with my demented, violent writing") at
deadsimpletech.com/blog/posts
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"A #cancer vaccine,⚡using the same core #mRNA technology as the #COVID vaccine, has shown an almost 50% reduction in the risk of #melanoma recurrence or death when combined with immunotherapy...
Global cancer care is approaching a new breaking pt.
I was honored to be a part of the latest The Lancet Oncol Comm that projects a nearly 100M worker shortfall by 2050, wth the greatest burden falling on LMICs..."
-Dr C Young
#Health #Vaccines #HHS #RFKJr #Kakistocracy #USPol
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5827041/cancer-vaccine-mrna-melanoma
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Post by Dr C Young on the cancer vaccine using the same core mRNA tech as the Covid vaccine:
Katelyn Jetelina, aka Your Local Epidemiologist, has a newsletter out with an update on #covid #COVID19 vaccines and what’s known (and not known) about fall availability. There’s also a reminder for people who are eligible for a spring booster.
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-update-common-cold-ticks
Norwegian study shows COVID infection leaves lasting, hidden scars on the heart muscle, even years later.
The study shows a clear increased risk of damage to the heart with repeat COVID infections.
#Health #Medicine #COVID #hearthealth
https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag228/8694598?login=false
Well, I do believe this is a first since #Covid #Wastewater data has been collected...
Los Angeles Hyperion plant has detected ZERO covid!!
Looks like the only thing really going around locally is Rotavirus. Norovirus is on the rise nationwide but low in SoCal.
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Chart showing 0 N Gene PMMoV Normalized for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater at Los Angeles Hyperion treatment plant for Mar 27 2026.
(prior data point was 3 - so unlikely to just be an anomalous data point)
A big month for next generation Covid vaccine trials!
— Details of an exciting trial in Tanzania of an intranasal vax for low-resource communities—results may come soon;
— Results from a trial of a pancoronavirus vax, with a 2nd trial for another underway in Europe;
—A pancoronavirus vax trial in Australia expands to Sydney;
— Overview of the Covid human challenge studies, as one reaches a milestone
This & more in my latest vax update @PLOS
Yay 🎉💪💉 #COVID vaccination may protect household members
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-vaccination-may-protect-household-members
RE: https://mastodon.social/@patientled/116647429195124001
You may be aware of the hypothesis that reactivation of herpes-family virus (like EBV and HHV-6) may play a role in Long COVID.
This paper https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.26353495v1.full-text found that one HHV-6 protein does correlate with LC burden:
Higher salivary HHV-6 DNA was associated with worse overall Long COVID symptom severity, anxiety, and depression
But no association between amount of viral DNA and LC burden:
Shedding of neither EBV nor HHV-6 DNA was singularly predictive of Long COVID status
Note that does NOT imply there isn't a causal relationship between active herpesvirus and LC, because other factors might mediate. It ONLY means that quantifying viral DNA in saliva is not predictive.
Great work by Dr. Iwasaki and the Putrino lab!
#ICE detainees are dying by #suicide at an 'alarming' rate, AP investigation finds
Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by ICE, he was on his fourth day of #isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers & chills of #COVID-19.
His request for #MentalHealth treatment had been put off, records show, & staff had forbidden Rayo from making his nightly call to his mother as a precaution intended to prevent the spread of illness.
#law #HumanRights #PublicHealth
https://apnews.com/article/ice-suicide-deaths-detention-custody-d902169055292dfd27f5079e609e86ad
same shit as abortion bans, different day.
"I don't like this thing!"
"Why?"
"It's bad!"
"Ok, but it also saves people's lives and livelihoods if you allow it tho."
"No! Don't like it!"
"Uhhhhh people are literally going to die and worse, my dude."
"Fine! Only enough to keep them alive!"
"Right, maybe we can save a few people from long covid, especially due to repeat infections,
even this late into the SARS Pandemic."
"No! Pandemic ended!"
"Then why are people still getting complications, deaths, and industry delays due to rising long-term sickness?"
"Lazy!"
"Please go get your head checked, mate.
Covid causes systemic infections.
I probably have literal brain damage too. TBI is nothing to be ashamed about, unless you're shaming other people for it."
"No!"
"Do you want someone to go with you?
I can help you with paperwork as long as we take breaks.
Might need to do it over different days, especially with my sleep schedule."
#SarsCoV2 #MERS #covid #coronavirus #outbreak #InfectionPrevention #infectionControl #hygiene #HandsFaceSpace #NHS #advice #WednesdayWishes #OortArtCloud
Modern healthcare systems ... work best when:
- a disease has a clear cause
- testing identifies the problem
- treatment follows a predictable path
- recovery is expected
Long COVID fit none of those patterns.
https://www.blog.brittanijamesmd.com/p/long-covid-changed-everything
Former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams put it bluntly this week:
“Long COVID’s disability & suffering will be the pandemic’s most devastating long-term global legacy. Neither GBD supporters nor critics anticipated its scale or included it in their policy calculus — and ‘let er rip’ strategies prioritizing widespread exposure clearly worsen the toll.”
https://www.blog.brittanijamesmd.com/p/long-covid-changed-everything
If you regularly wear a respirator in public, do you work from home, hybrid (ie 3 days a week at home and 2 in the office), or in person?
Feel free to substitute school for work in this poll if you attend school instead of working
| I work in person in an office/jobsite/store/etc. and generally wear a mask to work: | 14 |
| I work in person in an office/jobsite/store/etc. and generaly don't wear a mask to work: | 7 |
| I work in a hybrid environment and generally don't mask at work: | 12 |
| I work in a hybrid environment and mask at work: | 16 |
| I work from home: | 59 |
| I do not work: | 28 |
| Other: | 1 |
Assuming that you still are making a regular effort to avoid covid, what, from an ethical standpoint is the minimum acceptable level of effort you feel that another person needs to put into preventing the spread of diseases ( especially Covid 19)?
To clarify, this is just what you expect people do do in their daily lives, not protocols for visiting you, what you'd like a loved one to do to remain safe, etc.
| At least a few basic precautions like wearing a mask or staying home when sick: | 59 |
| Simple precautions ( ie masking in high risk areas and around high risk people): | 51 |
| Clear consistent effort, even if a person's risk tolerance is higher than mine: | 22 |
| Roughly similar precautions to myself (or higher): | 7 |
| I don't require any actions on their part: | 4 |
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A fun (annoying) social thing is when people ask you why you don’t want to do [thing that is fundamentally incompatible with avoiding #COVID] and the answer is COVID and then you can see their brains trying to divide by zero.
I accept that most people don’t agree on the premise, but I’m not sure how it doesn’t make logical sense.
Holy Shit! NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has died aged 41, he raced last weekend
I swear he had Long Covid, constantly mentioning illness, fatigue, requesting doctors at races, respiratory issues
Anytime Trump says he’s lost only 13 people, be sure to point out the over 400,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. that have been attributed to the mishandling of the pandemic by the previous Trump administration.
#COVID #Iran #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Hello, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average got updated this week, yay. It's pretty low, so another yay for that. The last 7DRA calculation was on 5/12.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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@mcnado I am looking at our PHO Bonnie Henry in British Columbia, doing a 'mild' presser over Hanta on a long holiday weekend (even jaded media caught that) - and if Ebola hits Canada she will turn to herd immunity
In baseball 3 strikes, you're out - she fucked SARS1, SARS2, now likely Hanta
and keeps failing upwards
Old news - I saw this when I was in Japan back in March for a conference and my web and social feeds were full of Japanese news.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0
#Ensiltrevir is a much better drug than #Paxlovid for #COVID in *every* single aspect: higher antiviral activity, longer half life, fewer drug - drug interactions and better clinical data (remember #Paxlovid failed their prophylaxis trials).
Bonnie Henry presser - Hanta doesn't spread like Covid 'which lingers in the air for a long time'
NOW SHE SAYS THAT!!!
From 2020, Covid doesn't go around corners to admitting it's airborne
God she IS awful
HOLY FUCK SCIENCE
"Brazil: "Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 without damaging human cells.""
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html
Study: Ultrasound effectively destabilizes and disrupts the structural integrity of enveloped respiratory viruses.
Published: 13 February 2026
The good news: cleaner indoor air, better ventilation, filtration, testing, and masking in crowded spaces can meaningfully reduce risk. Awareness matters. Prevention still matters.
#InfectionPrevention #PublicHealth #LongCOVID #COVID #COVID19 #AirborneVirus
#COVID can spread to your bloodstream and give you a heart attack or stroke. Seems worth avoiding. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-research-chips-away-covid-19-blood-clot-mystery
The morning when the technician came to carry out the inspection for my last FTTC line, it became clear that COVID would not be a contained problem.
This morning the technician came to carry out the inspection for the activation of the FTTH.
I’m not activating any more fixed connections...
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So, I had a pretty rough case of COVID a couple years ago. Screwed up my sense of smell and taste for several weeks. Everything smelled sort of rotten and anything with vinegar particularly so.
My sense of smell and taste eventually returned BUT every now and then I'll wake up in the morning and the rotten smell/taste is back nearly full blown (including this morning). Anybody know what the mechanism is for this??
When thoughtfully implemented, these tools support continuity, inclusion, and better outcomes for students and their communities.
Read the full article:
https://whn.global/when-children-are-sick-schools-must-adapt/
#LongCOVID #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #HealthEducation #Education #EducationSystem
I went to an annual appointment at my cancer hospital yesterday in my N95 mask. My doctor and nurse sort of accommodated me; my doctor wore a surgical mask and commented proudly that she didn’t need to be asked again to put one on this year, while the nurse seemed to actually consider air flow and asked if I wanted to have the exam room door stay open.
When I arrived, I sat in the waiting room near the only other masked people, two people wearing surgical masks. They soon got called in, and then I was the only masked person. An unmasked guy walked past me talking to his companion, and said something like, “she’s wearing that shit.” I readied myself for confrontation, but they didn’t come back.
Lots of people there were coughing and clearing their throats.
My doctor excitedly told me that all my numbers are good, and that I am still beating the odds in surviving the aggressive cancer that I had. But I’m now surviving in spite of the masses who have “moved on” from Covid. And in spite of those who use a “risk assessment” that allows them to fool themselves into believing that they are somehow still my ally.
It doesn’t have to be this way. I want to fight harder for humanity, but humanity doesn’t want to fight for me.
COVID hasn’t gone away. It’s still causing infections, long-term health damage, and death in 2026 — but protection works, and it’s not too late to start. Read the full update: https://whn.global/scientific/covid-in-2026-what-people-and-organizations-need-to-know/
#COVID19 #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDIsNotOver #COVIDPandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #CleanAir #Masking #MaskUP
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Still seem to have dodged #Covid so far...
But did get something nasty on my way to, from or during a conference last weekend...
First time in 5 or 6 years I have gotten sick, actually, which has been a nice respite, honestly!
I #WearAMask whenever I am in enclosed spaces with others outside my household.
If 90% of everyone on the busses, trains, cars, and conference had been masking... the last few days I would have probably felt just fine...
Unfortunately, that is not my reality. :(
It was a slow month for next generation Covid vaccine results reporting, but a big month for clinical trial news:
- A new clinical trial for intranasal and inhaled versions of a vax is on the starting blocks in the US;
- Another intranasal vax trial has expanded to another 2 cities in the US; and
- A trial for a "variant-proof" vax going into phase 2a trial in Germany.
Plus some preclinical reports & more in my latest monthly update @PLOS
"#Neurasthenie" war früher "Hysterie"...
Was hier bei der #PVA in #Österreich abgeht ist reine Menschenverachtung und Grausamkeit. Das einzige Ziel: Kosteneinsparung.
Die Herabsetzung von #MECFS und anderen #PAIS Leidenden geschieht systematisch und als Doktrin, nicht wegen fehlender, sondern gerade wegen gezielter Fortbildung.
Dies ist eine riesige Schweinerei, und es hat sich seit 2020 und #COVID herzlich wenig zum Besseren geändert.
Einfach nur widerlich.
Read the full article by Becky Ancira Robertson on our website: https://whn.global/why-long-covid-balance-problems-and-weakness-deserve-urgent-recognition/
#LongCOVID #LongCOVIDAwareness #COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth
Here is what #RFKJr and his minions don't want you to know about the effectiveness of #vaccines for #COVID. https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/exclusive-heres-the-covid-19-vaccine #ImpeachRFKJr
health,healthcare [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
Amid RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/8jbp2
#covid-19 #flu #health #moderna #vaccine
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/europe-not-us-first-to-authorize-modernas-combo-mrna-flu-covid-vaccine/
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Image of a building with the Moderna logo behind a security fence.
health [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
HHS rejects publication of study showing Covid-19 vaccines prevent hospitalizations, ER visits CNN
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/z9gfe
#uspol #covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/health/hhs-cdc-study-covid-19-vaccines
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"People with compromised immune systems should be able to access healthcare without fear of leaving the facility with another infection. All healthcare facilities should require masking: It benefits everyone and protects both patients and healthcare workers from the continued risk of Long COVID." https://thesicktimes.org/2026/04/24/we-need-masks-in-healthcare-now/ #Covid19 #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid
The speed at which a virus spreads depends on:
1. How dense the population is.
2. How dense the population is.
@ BobGolen
#Virus #Covid #Fascism #Population #PopulationDensity
Long COVID doesn’t come out of nowhere. It starts with COVID infection.
The most reliable way to reduce your risk is to prevent getting COVID in the first place. Clean air, well-fitted respirator masks, testing regularly and staying home when sick all help lower exposure and protect your health long term.
#InfectionPrevention #LongCOVID #COVID19 #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #PublicHealth
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The CDC was about to publish a report that the 2025-2026 #COVID #COVID19 vaccine cut the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations for healthy people in half last winter, but acting CDC director[*] Bhattacharya has blocked its release. Excellent reporting from Lena Sun.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/
The WaPo app isn’t offering me a share #GiftLink button, so this is apparently outside the paywall?
[*] Fun fact, federal regulations for temporary appointments mean acting CDC director Bhattacharya lost his position last month, but he seems to be … just … not … leaving … anyway. 🤷🏼♀️
Lena Sun has a follow up story, saying that the CDC won’t publish the 2025-2026 vaccine effectiveness findings:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/
COVID-19 is still spreading. Respirator masks are still one of the simplest ways to reduce risk, for you and the people around you.
#COVID19 #COVIDIsNotOver #COVID #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention #PublicHealth #LongCOVIDAwareness
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Pale gray World Health Network graphic with the whn.global logo at the top. Large pink and black text reads: “COVID-19 never ‘ended’.” In the center is a simple white mask icon with pink ear loops. Below, large black text reads: “You should still be wearing a mask.” At the bottom it says: “World Health Network” and “Science for a safer, healthier world.”