Rob Allen

More to come, as Twitter™ makes me more interesting.

Tha a' bàta-falbhain agam loma-làn easgannan

| Mary Hiester Reid. Morning Sunshine (1913) |

[tern @1goodtern]

Ok.
I've read "The Painful Truth About Long Covid" six times through, and I'm ready.

Here are ten clues in the article that point to the writer's bad faith.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

Good, because my goal is to make the air in every indoor space in the world completely safe to breathe without any risk of infection from any airborne pathogen, no masks necessary.

[The Yeti of Kananaskis @kananaskinyeti]

You normalized a virus that has by the very minimum maimed 1 in every 6 people, that’s already killed tens of millions and is the cause of the most common chronic condition in kids. You did that, for the promise of a normalcy that never could have been.
The fuck is wrong with you

[Nina Wildflower @Ninawildflower]

My first N95!

You might be surprised to find that, until a few weeks ago, I'd never worn an N95.

I live in the UK, so you can't buy N95 masks here.

Do you think it matters what these masks are called?

A #WorldMaskWeek🧵on N95 / FFP3 / KN95 or whatever we name these masks.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I wanted to make a joke about sodium, but l thought Na, people won't get it.

Chemistry jokes are all about the right reaction.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@simonmaechling Nice to see so many replies to this post. This kind of jest can only help promote science literacy.

So remember — if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

The internet used to be full of websites; there were millions of them and you could browse for hours and come away smarter rather than dumber. Now there are four sites and they've made half the population illiterate. We've destroyed a wonderful thing, and it has destroyed us.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@MarcusShepard I really appreciate an attitude like this that makes space for some who may have re-evaluted or re-educated.

There often seems to be way too much all-or-nothing, hero or villain division in this dialogue.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@_marching_Ents_ @keetmuise A more direct link than the one from @keetmuise

https://t.co/lTMRIzBjUo

[Public Health Action Network @pubhealthaction]

Hi folks, we're delighted to let you know that PHAN and @AirSupportBox will co-host a discussion on Sunday, May 24th at 5pm ET about clean indoor air in healthcare settings.

#cleanair #healthyindoorair #publichealth

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@CovidSolidarit1 My favourite snark when faced with this is to ask them to list the symptoms they believe to be "just a cold". I casually explain to them that what they have just described is the acute (infectious) stage of polio.

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

Trump has only one move. Give Iran a peace deal that leaves Iran taxing 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and roughly 25% of all global seaborne oil trade. It also leaves Israel in a weaker position than it was before the war started. Dumbest war ever.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@jappleby Because LLM AI do not 'know' anything, and cannot do math. They statistically predict what word/term/phrase should come next in any response to keywords in a prompt. From a statistical viewpoint, May 20th is more likely to be Tuesday, or Monday, depending on the training data.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@CTVNews It's clearly not even ready for a best-case scenario.

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@1goodtern: says "Ten"

@RGSAllen: Checks list - and is not disappointed

[tern @1goodtern]

If covid infections make you *more vulnerable* to almost every other pathogenic infection by multiple mechanisms, then you'd expect increases in almost every other pathogenic infection.

And that's what we see.

Ten completely unsurprising news stories:

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

Everyone has their own way of solving problems. Stop judging the method and start appreciating the creativity behind it.

[tern @1goodtern]

If covid infections make you *more vulnerable* to almost every other pathogenic infection by multiple mechanisms, then you'd expect increases in almost every other pathogenic infection.

And that's what we see.

Ten completely unsurprising news stories:

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@TidalPowerBob @LaurenPelley [citation needed]

[Rob Allen @RGSAllen]

@kristatee @LaurenPelley Why is this so simplistically obvious that everybody on 𝕏 can see that this is how it's done , but everybody in PH couldn't see their arse if you set it on fire?

[Keith @keetmuise]

Don’t just wear a mask again because Hantavirus is in the news, it might not be for long, and you need to protect yourself after the media moves on from it.

Wear a mask because Covid destroys the immune system, attacks the heart, damages the brain, and compounds the damage to your body with each infection.

Wear a mask because you want to be healthy and live longer, and because the last few years you and most of the people you know have been the sickest you’ve ever been in your life.

Wear a mask again because there was no reason to stop in the first place.