Carmen Staaf

she/her/hers. Black Lives Matter. jazz pianist, composer, educator

[UKHSA North West @UKHSA_NorthWest]

When meeting indoors, COVID-19 particles will build up and gather in unventilated rooms.

To protect yourself & others this festive season, regularly open your windows to let fresh air in and disperse the #COVID19 particles.

▶ More: https://t.co/bNq9K3oFqg

[Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera]

Of course not. Because we can't predict who will actually develop lung cancer, we assume that everyone will, and then discourage smoking as much as possible. If you convince 100 people who would have smoked not to smoke, you don't save 100 lives, but you save 10 or 15

[Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera]

Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you and cause lung cancer. But did you know that the vast majority of cigarette smokers will never develop lung cancer? 80%+ of current cigarette smokers will not develop lung cancer

[Carmen Staaf @carmenstaaf]

@bhanlon15 Five years on from the *onset* of the pandemic, which is still happening

[Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna @sri_srikrishna]

study funded by Defense Health Agency + DARPA

“US Marines with mostly either asymptomatic or mild acute COVID-19, one fourth reported physical, cognitive, or psychiatric long-term sequelae of infection.”

(2/7)

[André Saravia @ssaraviaandre]

One day like today I was discharged from the ICU after a severe #Covid19 infection.I remember saying to the doctor
“I still have many symptoms, they will pass right?-Yes, in three weeks.”
It’s been 4years, two heart attacks, relearning to walk,fatigue and chronic pain.
#LongCovid

[Derek Franks @Derek_a_Franks]

The WHO says we’re still in a pandemīc, still urges maskīng in their official guidance, and says you can’t afford to pretend like it’s over.

[Derek Franks @Derek_a_Franks]

Why is going through this preferable to wearing a māsk??

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

Today is the sharpest 1-week relative increase in Covid transmission (54%) since the BA.1. Omicron surge in December 2021.

[nychealthy @nycHealthy]

COVID-19, flu and RSV are all currently spreading in NYC. Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings can help protect you and protect others if you’re sick.

Well-fitting masks, such as KN95s, KF94s or N95s, provide the best protection: https://t.co/B6U7bSKPVV

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

2020, before we were forced to pretend this isn’t happening: https://t.co/fXxgSHJOTY

[Kali49 @kaveri59872487]

#CovidIsNotOver This is my 15th semester teaching RN and NP students about Covid 19 pathophysiology. Not a lot has changed except for how much damage we now know the virus causes. It still baffles me that people don’t know it’s airborne, don’t know the risks. 1

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.)

To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!

[Carmen Staaf @carmenstaaf]

https://t.co/8oMF74Vrqp

[Jolenta Greenberg @jolenta_]

Since the late 1970s we've lost over 800,000 Americans to AIDS

in the past 4.5 years we've lost around 1.2 million Americans to COVID

We think of the former as a horribly mismanaged crisis that devalued the lives of people at risk...
but we're nailing it with the latter?

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

@featherty Perhaps this is why: https://t.co/pJcdopLEfR

[Carmen Staaf @carmenstaaf]

Very excited for this Bay Area concert! https://t.co/iHnLwzIldt