hey! johns hopkins is doing a survey about long covid! but they're having trouble finding CONTROLS, so if you've managed to avoid covid (#novid ) they wanna hear from you!
i took it! took about 30mins, and they ask about your vaccinations, so you might wanna have your card handy because they wanna know how many, what brand, and when. go help them out! #covid#LongCovid#COVID19
Mastodon needs to see Violet Affleck. Not only does she wear 3M Auras and FloMasks consistently, she's also trying to show her mindset with the book she's carrying. #Covid
May 19, 2017 – Four months after his inauguration, almost 700 positions still remained empty at the Center for Disease Control. The vacancies appeared at every level—from administrative roles to scientific advisers to director-level positions.
I hear that 2020 was difficult and traumatic for a lot of people. But for me, and I suspect for many of us who are still Covid-cautious, this year has been the most difficult year yet.
Not only are few people still wearing masks, but mask bans are now happening. Public areas are more and more dangerous, and mask-wearers are now being viewed as criminals.
Family are less and less tolerant of what they now view as subversive behavior from those of us who don’t want to gather together without mitigations.
As more years pass, waiting on medical care becomes impossible, and the likelihood of needing to take the major risk of visiting medical, dental, eye care and other facilities becomes greater. And now with the added risk of even healthcare providers not masking.
This is the hardest year by far. My patience for those talking about the trauma of 2020 has waned.
@luckytran This is what a Republican congress does. ⬆️ Every #COVID post from now on should also be tagged #VoteBlue#Vote#Biden The cat is to remind you of how the MAGA views vaccines and the Rs in congress that are happy to let them. Rs want to fund billionaire tax cuts, Dems want to fund #healthcare. #CovidIsNotOver#CatsOfMastodon#GOP
It's ridiculous that most Democrats are just watching passively as Republicans are passing mask bans. In states where Democrats hold power, they should absolutely be passing laws that codify and protect people's rights to wear a mask.
Some good health news: an effective, universal vaccine will likely be developed for #Covid:
"The first pan-coronavirus ("universal") vaccine Phase 1 clinical trial results are encouraging for eliciting broad sarbecovirus, #SARSCoV2 variant immune response.
We haven't seen this in people before:
Individuals vaccinated with SpFN/ALFQ had robust
cell-mediated and antibody responses against multiple clade 1 sarbecoviruses."
-Eric Topol
"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."
This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.
Seems an example of natural selection at work, honestly.
"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."
"This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.”
For people who were certain they had #covid but their Cue tests kept coming out negative: Cue diminished accuracy of its tests August, 2022 and again in October, 2023.
Do you know what killed more than 19,000 Americans in the last 3 months? Covid. About 9 an hour. Many many more than that have been hurt, often permanently.
That’s a lower number than previously, yet the risks remain.
Stay home when ill, wear masks in crowds and inside, stay up to date on your vaccinations and improve ventilation (ex: opening windows) to stay healthier.
#COVID “offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up just 1% of cases in US in mid-March, now makes up over a quarter.
…But Dr. Ho has conducted early lab tests in cells that suggest that slight differences in KP.2’s spike protein might make it better at evading our immune defenses and slightly more infectious than JN.1.”
US Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new rule requiring hospitals to electronically report cases of respiratory illness such as COVID-19 on a weekly basis, even in the absence of a declared public health emergency.
Public comments on whether to adopt this policy are open.
I got another #COVID booster a few days ago. Tomorrow I will order another batch of N95 masks for my family. I will continue to get COVID boosters and continue to wear N95 masks for as long as they're available until and unless something meaningful is actually done about this ongoing pandemic so many seem eager to pretend isn't ongoing. I expect to mask in public spaces for the rest of my life.
After seeing that Albertans are experiencing an uptick in #COVID hospitalizations, I thought I'd look up where the COVID hotspots are in the U.S. I know you won't be surprised, but, the top four are all in the Deep South:
The WHO issued a report that transforms how the world understands spread of respiratory infections like #COVID-19, #influenza, & #measles: 🙄😷 “However, a committee advising the CDC appears poised to brush aside the updated science when it comes to its pending guidance on healthcare facilities.”
Centuries ago, Venice was a major world power, with trading routes & influence throughout the world. Got notice plague was on the way, but to preserve commerce opted not to do anything to counter. 1/3 of the city died in ensuing outbreak, at all levels of society.
A few weeks ago, my 70-something firecracker aunt went on a river cruise, caught #covid, developed pneumonia, was hospitalized, seemed to be recovering, and then suddenly died. I hate exposing my family’s private grief, but I want to remind you that covid is not fucking over.
"Although fears of a societal “greenlash” – backlash to green policies – are largely unfounded, survey data suggests, climate policies and the Greens have become a focal point for far-right attacks.
The Greens have become a punching bag in the media, and victims of far more aggression in real life than other parties."
“Conspiratorial and far-right groups that exploited #COVID denialism and #antivaxx disinformation for relevance during the pandemic quickly pivoted to other issues to try and stay relevant.
Many of the groups behind these narratives previously peddled COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and are switching to #climate issues as radical right parties increasingly focus on environmental policy."
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
This woman's gofundme has been up for OVER A YEAR and is not even halfway to her goal. one of her kids posted on birdsite about how they're terrified that so soon after celebrating her birthday, they may have to plan for her funeral. donate and share.
Originally for this woman's recovery from Long Covid and payment for surgeries needed to help her breathe and move, most of the money is now going towards her daughter who is battling stage two breast cancer (the most aggressive type, which you can see in the updates).