ESCW, MPH 🏳️‍🌈

Where art + science intersect. I'm a public health researcher working on #HIV #LGBT issues, and a graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer living in L.A.

[ESCW, MPH 🏳️‍🌈 @_ESCW]

I collaborated with @ylikeyellow on this #monkeypox risk reduction infographic for @UCLAHHIPP

[UCLA HHIPP @UCLAHHIPP]

Six ways to reduce risk during the time of monkeypox! Stay as safe as possible during this global #monkeypox outbreak. Graphics by #GSSPI created by and for #gay #bi men, please download, RT, and share!

[Deonandan @deonandan]

Babies whose mothers were vaccinated during pregnancy are DRAMATICALLY less likely to be hospitalized for COVID than are babies of unvaccinated mothers.

The anti-vax narrative is dangerous. Literally.

https://t.co/5GNtmViqKp

[Don Ford - The People's Strategist - @DonEford]

So a few months ago we hatched a wild plan thanks to @tkweeks01…

The only way to get COVID protections in hospitals is to make it so COVID is added to the list of hospital acquired infections that stop Medicare and Medicaid from paying out…

And we were all writing in a bit ago…

Well, I got an update… it’s working.

Also, they have to report COVID infections starting in Nov…

That’s what winning looks like.

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

If I could choose just four studies out of the over 500 I’ve reviewed to convince you to take precautions from SARS-CoV-2, the following would be on my list:

1. The Lancet just published a compelling study of >16 million people demonstrating the risk of type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 was significantly higher in unvaccinated individuals compared to vaccinated ones. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients faced a dramatically higher risk of developing diabetes, which declined over time but remained elevated. Most importantly, 60% of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 continued to have the condition 4 months later (https://t.co/U08gHQoyuJ).

2. A study in The New England Journal of Medicine from February (2024) shows alarming accelerated cognitive decline in all individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, even after a recovery period (https://t.co/B6gjgSRA8Y).

3. A preprint on macaque monkeys reveals that even mild and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 can lead to the formation of Lewy bodies post-infection (https://t.co/01pUt1J8Wx). Moreover, a peer-reviewed study on rhesus monkeys showed an equally disturbing increased presence of tau proteins, in all monkeys (https://t.co/K2u4gjIuCJ).

4. The 2007 SARS1 mouse study, which is crucial for understanding the potential severity of coronavirus infections. No mouse survived beyond the 16th serial passage, a phenomenon we refer to as the "rule of 15" or the “passthrough rule.” This shows evidence of the evolutionary process and the dangers of allowing it to spread unabated (https://t.co/H0SC7a5Yqi).

Given the compelling evidence from these studies alone (with intentional omission of the immune dysfunction, elevated cardiac/stroke risk and gut problems), it should be clear as day, that this virus is NOT by any means “mild.” It can do lasting damage on the metabolic system and central nervous system which impairs everyday physical and cognitive functioning. It can cause performance errors and incapacity to work. It’s dangerous and threatens our way of life.

The public has been lied to and cleaning indoor air, masking indoors and vaccinating against SARS-CoV-2 are essential public health measures.

Note that I’ve left out studies showing increased risk rising with repeated infection, and I’ve omitted studies showing the efficacy of precautions… because people don’t take precautions unless they agree that infection poses a serious concern. And until now, we are fighting survival bias and people who think “brain fog” is some kind of rite of passage to immunity.

People don’t understand brain fog from SARS2 is brain damage. People also don’t understand that not being hospitalized isn’t some kind of gold star participation award that keeps you free of lifelong effects from pathogens that can persist in your blood, bone and organs. Until they understand what they’re doing to their bodies and brains, they’ll take zero action. Explain it to them, before it’s too late.

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

Study of Coronavirus damage to heart cells and tissue:

Pictures show two examples of structural damage, including breakage (left) and disruption (right).

Many more details in the paper.

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https://t.co/c1vVDWllFL

[Christy Collins 🕊️ @sun_in_winter12]

Oh my god, you guys- @NIHDirector just said #longcovid is live, replicating virus.

"We see evidence of persistent live virus in humans in various tissue reservoirs, including surrounding nerves, the brain, the GI tract, to the lung."

FINALLY.

https://t.co/x20L5zbgKf

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

While the WHO is busily downgrading Covid and the CDC has checked out altogether, the US never really came out of the recent record winter Covid wave.

The reprieves are growing shorter, & the reinfections are coming more quickly.

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

Neuroimaging findings in children with COVID-19 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://t.co/ws2fuVUwCX
43.74% of children with COVID had abnormal neuroimaging findings on scans such as MRI.

[Muting/Blocking = Self Care @QueeringPsych]

1) To summarize (Breaking it down so stay with me):

- They found COVID in saliva, anal secretions, semen, & vaginal secretions

- They found viable virus (meaning it can grow & spread) in anal secretions & saliva, meaning sexual activities with spit or anything anal has a risk

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Measles is a bad actor, I worked with @billmarshnyt @nytimes we graphically represented what happens when 10,000 kids contract measles including 2,000 hospitalizations also permanent injuries or even death from virus VS the minuscule, pinprick side effects of vaccines: No Contest

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#Measles cases are on the rise. ↗️

It’s one of the most contagious diseases. If one person has it, nearly everyone around them will catch it if not vaccinated.

To protect your child, make sure their vaccines are up to date.

More information:
https://t.co/hh0rT9puga

[Nick #RespiratorsFilterAllPathogens😷 Anderegg @NickAnderegg]

A few thoughts:

a) Called it.
b) It’s far worse than anything I predicted by an order of magnitude.

Ever had a panic attack from reading something? I just did. This is so bad. I’m not even going to spell out all the implications, because it’s literally overwhelming.

[ESCW, MPH 🏳️‍🌈 @_ESCW]

Thread documenting evidence of airborne mpox

[Lazarus Long @LazarusLong13]

Monkeypox is airborne.
MPX is airborne.
#MPXisAirborne
#MonkeyPoxIsAirborne

As shown experimentally, epidemiologically, logically, and via redacted and unredacted government documents.

Not necessarily in that order, but in a thread.

Yes, it is transmitted other ways, too.

[Antonio Caramia @Antonio_Caramia]

👉Weekly #COVID19 assessment in Italy 🇮🇹

🚨The worst figures of the last 10 months for:

🔥Deaths: 307
🔥ICU patients: 219
🔥Hospitalized patients: 6,668
🔥Positivity rate: 20.9%

[Covid Caution - BA.3.2, XFG, LF.7, LP.8.1 @CovidCaution]

The fact that HIV antivirals are showing effectivenes against COVID says a lot about what we're dealing with here.

It's not the flu. It's a novel coronavirus that gets into your blood, brain, organs, bone marrow, and DNA damage and wrecks your immune system.

Stay safe.

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

We recently learned 34% more working Americans ages 35-44 died than expected in the last quarter of 2022, & the CDC recently announced they will no longer be reporting Covid-related excess deaths. https://t.co/JVEvbRQO9k

[AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD, MPH @fitterhappierAJ]

Looks like SARS Cov 2 was the cause of the hepatitis in Kids
https://t.co/dVc8J6dzw3

[Protect Our Province BC @Protect_BC]

This study has some stunning findings: even among those who had COVID but no symptoms, there is tissue damage.
It suggests that we will see massive amounts of chronic diseases among people who had COVID infections in the future.
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https://t.co/r0IV0c7XmO

[Chris Turnbull @EnemyInAState]

Another sly CDC Covid update put out yesterday (Friday afternoon) when nobody is paying attention:

'severe reinfections do occur and some people can experience more severe COVID-19 during reinfection'

& now admits reinfections can happen within 90 days

[Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH @FurnessColin]

What is going to happen with COVID this fall? Well, here's a worried thread ...

First, I do not believe we are seeing anything seasonal about COVID at all. Wastewater signals were elevated but not climbing all summer. Hot weather and being outdoors helped a bit, I'm sure.

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[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

For two decades, PEPFAR has saved millions of lives around the world.

Now the HIV program faces a new threat: US abortion politics, mystifying and worrying global partners.

“Taking funding away… means death,” one HIV leader in Uganda told The Post.

https://t.co/ARN7SSzdpO