the 'let's roll up our sleeves and get organizing' in response to the election results and potential crises on the horizon is encouraging (albeit frustrating since it's what so many have been pleading for us to start doing since the *last* election), but as things stand right now, i don't see a path toward meaningful organizing gains

until we can reach a critical mass of masking again, working together is a non-starter. we can have our differences but when they put others at risk, we're simply not on the same side. soc-dem, dem-soc, little c communist, liberal, anarchist, leftist, feminist, abolitionist, antifascist, environmentalist... it doesn't matter how you identify unless we find consensus on taking care of each other

developing a culture (counterculture?) of care is step zero and your organizing efforts won't have any support from people like me until we do

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#organizing #communityOrganizing #movementOrganizing #activism #ClimateCrisis #election2024 #trump #antifascist #leftistnews #migration #immigration #housingjustice #disabilityJustice #COVID #COVID19 #Palestine #PalestineSolidarity #Gaza #genocide #endtheoccupation #reproductivejustice #feminism #abolition #protest

I am getting pretty nervous about my surgery this Thursday. I have endometriosis, and need to have that tissue removed from connecting both my bladder and bowels, while they also remove my inner junk partially. There is no knowing how much my innards have glued together before they go in, but I hope it all will go quick and easy - and that I get to go home asap.

I will be in open ward with maskless people, and it scares me.

#covid #endometriosis #hysterectomy #deepBowelEndometriosis #maskup

November 6, 2024
Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2825849

#LongCovid #JAMA #study #covid

The math is simple:

1. Tumors are constantly forming in the body
2. The immune system normally keeps them in check
3. A virus that damages the immune system's ability to fight tumors is allowed to freely circulate
4. We see an explosion in the rate of aggressive cancers

https://biosignaling.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12964-024-01818-0

#cancer #covid #covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

Nov 15th update:

“A REALLY good sign for winter, with Covid infections dropping again this week. 3x⬇️ of 12 month avg, and 3x⬇️ of early Nov avg (2020-2023). Looking less likely to reach 1M infections/day in Dec.

🔸185,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in every 180 people currently infected”— by JP Weiland #press #COVID

#Ottawa, #Ontario, #Canada #COVID Update:

Yikes, quite the spike last week for #hospitalizations due to COVID and #RSV picking up as well. Note the data specifically reports *due to* those viruses. 🧵 1/

New: the week's #Covid news and new resources in one easy, free digest. US faces "quindemic," babies under 6 have highest hospitalizations, David Tennant's Macbeth cancellations, new black masks, and more.

Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-115966923

#publichealth #LongCovid #journalism #prevention

The investigation gets wild. Reading about that makes you wonder about #biological #attacks, and #CoViD.

Great article encouraging (but not shaming) people who are disappointed in the recent election results to wear mask to help to look after the vulnerable people in the community.

https://open.substack.com/pub/loweryourexpectations/p/heres-something-you-can-do-if-you?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#wearamask #mutualaid #covid

This week my department at the VA, many of whose employees work remotely, will be meeting in person, as we do several times per year.
I won't be there, because they refuse to take any #COVID precautions. I got COVID for the first time earlier this year from the last in-person group meeting, and I'm not going to risk that again.
I angsted over whether this will hurt my career. My boss insists it won't. I'm not sure I believe him, but I believe him enough to stay home.
#CovidIsNotOver

#covid #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
From Mike Hoerger"s PMC #COVID19 Forecasting Model, Nov 11, 2024:

"We're starting to get our 1st glimpse of the shape of the winter wave.

- Expected transmission a month from now: 1.3 million daily infections
- Best-case: 0.7 million daily infections
- Worst-case: 1.8 million daily infections"

https://pmc19.com/data/PMC_COVID_Forecast_Nov11_2024.pdf

💥If you’re planning on getting pregnant, make sure you’re vax’d and try your best to avoid catching Covid while pregnant💥

A new study in Nature found that maternal COVID-19 infection increased the incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring.

“#COVID infection during pregnancy disrupted the balance of maternal/ fetal immune environments, driving alterations in astrocytes, endothelial cells, and excitatory neurons.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02822-z #press

Political polarization is making us sick, according to new research from a team at New York University. @thetyee’s Crawford Kilian writes about how COVID-19 epitomizes this and whether there’s a possibility of repair.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/06/Political-Polarization-Making-Us-Sick/

#Health #COVID #Polarization #Politics #Canada #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

A spike in #COVID deaths has driven a decline in Australian life expectancy for the second year running

Tic toc
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/australian-life-expectancy-covid-19-decline/104578134

This study is from 2022 but I'm just discovering it now, and .... Jeesh #covid #brain #viralpersistence #longcovidkids #longcovid

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05542-y?fbclid=IwY2xjawGWUbpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbkPu6ANFSZS8SoQnpQDja0R2JeJTcd5Ua2kXs-cuRLoIMFFzkHUI-NIXw_aem_qEEbP_evBb03neU41y78JA

So basically treat everyone driving as if they are driving drunk. That's what I've been doing. I look both ways while driving through a GREEN light. I've seen more people drive through a 🚦 red light recently than I have the entire rest of my life!

"The OR of car crashes associated with COVID-19 was comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder."

(I believe "OR" stands for Odds Ratio?)

#Covid #LongCovid

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/01.wnl.0001051276.37012.c2

More proof of #covid and #longcovid damaging the heart. We know COVID causes serious heart conditions, heart attacks, etc., we have so many studies and stats, why this isnt important to the majority of people, why this us not leading to infection control measures like masking, is something I will never understand. But I'll be continuing to #maskup as I know #covidisnotover and #longcovid is a dice roll away, increasing chances each infection.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241101/Elevated-cytokines-found-in-the-blood-of-long-COVID-sufferers-explain-heart-problems.aspx

I am so glad I gave myself time this morning to listen to Ed Yong's talk from XOXO. https://youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?si=vT8rVEuprpgEhJi4

Huge feels that came up for me about becoming disabled, worrying about my productivity, immunocompromised life under Covid prevention denial, getting well enough to go back to producing but realizing that is not good for me and not necessary, but still some guilt.

#Covid #Journalism #MentalHealth #MajorLifeChoice #CovidIsNotOver #Burnout #ImpostorSyndrome #SelfCare

I wish we'd see more ads going after #DonTheCon on the #economy.

He inherited a great economy from #Obama and destroyed it (BEFORE the #pandemic.)

He ignored #Covid and killed more Americans in 11 months than every war since WWII. Which destroyed the #SupplyChain and caused #inflation to skyrocket.

I refer to it as: "The house was still standing when he lit the match" paradox.

A big month for next generation Covid vaccine development! 🎉

- The first nextgen vax outperforming Pfizer's for 12 months!

- Next-gen vax is coming with next-gen anti-vax campaigning that's like the anti-mRNA ones on steroids 😳

- More funding news from Project NextGen, with a big trial kicking off, & trying out a smartwatch for clinical trial data collection.

Plus more data from clinical trials & preclinical studies in my update post @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/10/31/strong-longterm-results-and-a-nextgen-anti-vax-campaign-covid-vax-update-22/

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

Covid surges in US as unequal access plagues vaccination and treatment rates https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/covid-vaccine-rates-paxlovid-data #COVID

(Don't) look up!

#climatechange #environment #sustainability #nature #globalwarming #savetheplanet #climate #climatecrisis #ecofriendly #climateaction #zerowaste #sustainable #earth #gogreen #climatechangeisreal #plasticfree #green #sustainableliving #climateemergency #recycle #eco #pollution #fridaysforfuture #climatejustice #climatestrike #covid #vegan #renewableenergy #water #photography #photo

Un informe concluye que cerca de 4.000 ancianos muertos en residencias de #Madrid pudieron salvarse https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20240315/9563703/informe-concluye-7-291-mayores-murieron-residencias-abandonados-suerte.html #Covid #Ayuso

New study: "The #OpenScience, #patent-free nature of the project enabled a large number of collaborators to provide in-kind support…By making all #data immediately available and ensuring that all compounds are purchasable…without the need for materials transfer agreements, we aim to accelerate research globally along parallel tracks…We hope that this can serve as an alternative model for antiviral discovery and future #pandemic preparedness."
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abo7201

#COVID #COVIDMoonshot

This is scary stuff. The anti-vax disinformation campaigns will kill people and reduce life expectancy, probably more than even #COVID . Approved vaccines work to prevent serious diseases and are safe. Do people want to see children with #polio in iron lungs again?

#BBCNews - #Covid Inquiry focuses on government as stakes rise
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66951800
Decisions made by #Boris #Johnson , his government and his team of scientists in the early days of the #pandemic are to come under intense #scrutiny as the second part of the #CovidInquiry begins.

BIG WIN: New York's Governor Kathy Hochul just announced they will be sending free N95/KN95 masks and #COVID tests to schools.

Thank you to COVID Advocacy NY and all the groups and advocates who have been pushing. Keep going: We need a free mask and test program for all New Yorkers!

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/academic-year-begins-governor-hochul-makes-covid-19-tests-and-masks-available-schools-keep-new

#NPI #COVID #vaccines
Good reference to an article on future vaccines: https://archive.li/wGa8U

#USA #us #deepstate #censorship #youtube #google #bigpharma #bigtech #vaccination #covid

Looks like the media has finally reached peak #COVID minimization: Defining the end of the pandemic by movie ticket sales.

Fantastic news this- #Cambridge, #Massachusetts' $500 monthly #Covid-originating #BasicIncome experiment will continue, and even expand
Wonderful
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/02/business/cambridges-covid-experiment-giving-poor-families-500-month-will-continue-grow/ #UBI