Sometimes
learning history
will upset you,
and sometimes
learning history
will infuriate you,
and sometimes
learning history
will embarrass you,
but if learning history
only makes you feel
happy and calm and proud
it means that you
still have much to learn
from history.
I teach patho to nursing students. Every semester since spring of 2020, I have taught about Covid. And every semester to have to change my lecture to keep up with new data. I was teaching Covid this semester and I told them that if nothing else, understand the science 1/n
🔵Thread: The Plague of Athens - A Terrifying Ordeal 🏛️
1/Athens, during the second year of the war, faced a terrible situation - the #PlagueofAthens. Thucydides documented its onset in 430 BCE. Unclear where it originated, theories abounded, from Ethiopia to Spartan sabotage.
SECOND BOOSTER SOON—The FDA is considering authorizing a second bivalent Omicron booster shot against #COVID19, which many experts have pushed for, like @PeterHotez. Peter and I will also advocate for this next week together at meetings in DC.
What is going on with our immune cells after COVID-19 infection?
This thread will explore some of the impacts of COVID infection on our immune system even after people are recovered including:
- Missing naive T-cells
- Exhausted T-cells
- Loss of B-cell maturation
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Norman Rockwell is often associated with the conservative, racist politics of 1950s white America. So I thought it would be nice to share some of his lesser-known antiracist work from the 1960s.
The Runaway, 1958 \ Golden Rule, 1961
The 15th Anniversary of The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer is officially 80% SOLD OUT! Don't miss out on this flat, fast, FUN 26.2 Mile Beach Block Party, y'all! ➡️ https://t.co/fYwAAgnqrS #runDONNA#DONNATogether