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Fluent in sarcasm,Broadway &French|💙@jenniferbeals, music (@Lin_Manuel, @sarabareilles,@johnmayer,TS) singing & 🌏travel when not Professing for the $ & fame😏

[Dツ @dgohar]

Why, THANK YOU, Ma’am!🙏🏼☺️#SecretGoodDeed is MY favorite, TOO!😊https://t.co/F6oUTVMJgx is great for ideas in that regard.
Helping OTHERS like that&the #GratitudeLetter/Visit give the most “bang for your buck”WRT our own #happiness& #lifesatisfaction,which also PREDICT #success😊

[Kathryn @kadamssl]

“Plasma collected after 2020 shows systematically higher IL-32 levels compared to pre-pandemic plasma.”

A global increase in inflammation looks like more illness, slower recovery times, more disability, intensifying chronic conditions, & an overall decline in population health.

[K8 @CoastalK8]

I love to see this as it’s confirmation that when the stakes are high (in this case gold medals) the sci matters & risk assessors know FFP2/3 work to protect & prevent.
Sad that when it’s my personal stakes (my children’s health) I get labelled as anxious or a nut job!

[Scott Squires @scottsquires.bsky.social @scott_squires]

CDC had a study on their website early on that 1 in 5 people who got even mild COVID were likely to get long COVID. They never ever mentioned it beyond the website. I started digging deeper in and gathered this https://t.co/bhdxdncO9i

[Clean Air Dyke @FullLaneFemme]

A Public health department FINALLY produced a video explaining how airborne viruses work. Next step, getting videos like this on TV and all over social media. Too many people think handwashing will prevent covid or the flu🫤

[Lisa Oshima @lisawhelan]

A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."

20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild."
https://t.co/CIoDq7JO8t 🧵1

[Jammer @acrossthemersey]

New York Times. Better late than never.
https://t.co/GM28QqfAPF

[James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath @JamesThrot]

Covid damages the part of your brain (frontal lobe) which is responsible for empathy, emotional regulation & overcoming self-centeredness.

This will facilitate immorality.

Each & every infection you have causes damage.

Many are on infection 4 (or more).

Signed, a neurologist.

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

*not just*

But it IS increasing. I’ve been teaching since 2009.

The problem is substantially more pronounced now than it ever was, and it began getting worse in 2021-22 when all students returned from remote learning.

It’s not the lockdowns.

It’s the synergy of virus-induced neurological conditions and unprocessed trauma and grief that will haunt everyone until they’re dead.

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

A Pattern I Can’t Ignore Anymore.

For the past three years, I’ve seen the same scenario play out—over and over, and it’s only getting worse.
A student starts missing assignments.
I send a check-in.
I offer flexibility, a meeting, support.
Weeks go by. They resurface—apologetic, citing health or mental health issues.
I respond with compassion. I extend deadlines. I make a plan.
They thank me…
And then… they vanish.
Or miss more.
Or book a meeting they never attend.
Maybe they try one more time.
Maybe they don’t.
And then they’re gone.
This isn’t laziness. It’s not entitlement.
It’s something bigger. Something systemic.
Call it burnout. Call it a mass disabling event. Call it post-viral sequelae.
But don’t call it normal.
If this isn’t the aftermath of COVID, I don’t know what is.
I know this pattern is playing out not just in higher ed, but in healthcare, K-12 schools, the workplace.
If you’ve seen it too—in your field, your family, your life—I’d love to hear from you.
Because we can’t fix what we keep pretending is just an individual failing.

[indi.ca @indica]

So forget the Arab, African, Asian, and Latin American migrants who have long been forgotten. If America is abducting a former ‘American Pie’ actress in chains, you know that pie is fucked. 10/10 and read more:

https://t.co/KhQoBtwelZ

[Charles W | Protect the Heart of the Arts 💕😷 @waltz_tales]

No one’s been able to answer this so far, but let’s try again.

Given viral persistence, will SARS-CoV-2 from past infections transmit through blood like HIV?

Like, if I have a blood transfusion, will I get potentially harmful viral material from someone’s 2022 infection?

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

Hey @Apple @tim_cook:
The next Apple Watch should do more than track health—it should protect it.
Add real-time air quality sensors to detect airborne threats like viruses & pollution.
A billion wrists measuring air = A global movement for clean air.
Because what we breathe matters.
#ThinkDifferent #BreatheEasy

[charlos @loscharlos]

Must read:

“Nath is among several academic researchers who have sought to repurpose drugs for #LongCovid only to be met with refusals from the pharmaceutical companies that make them. It's not clear why these manufacturers have balked at supplying drugs for these trials.”

[zoë 💫 @filmsbyzoe]

you know lin manuel miranda did the mufasa songs and not the moana 2 songs because mufasa came out two days ago and that “don’t mess with my brothaaaa” song is already viral meanwhile ive yet to hear a moana song 😭 like sorry he can’t help but make hits that stick like grits

[David Lingenfelter, PhD @dlingenfelter]

40% of the students reported experiencing "brain fog" post-COVID-19, and 37% showed objective cognitive impairments up to 17 months later.

Distinct prefrontal patterns were observed in students post-COVID-19, similar to those seen in much older adults.
https://t.co/AO6YyTZeUr

[Deborah Holloway 😷 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @DebHolloway]

I mean, am I going to have to build an H5N1toolbox for these people? Probably. Been there, done that. https://t.co/OfKvfRLPAN, https://t.co/2ZQQHRQMvL. Anyway, Happy Holidays! /fin

[ME/CFS Science @mecfsskeptic]

1) In the process of reviewing the most interesting ME/CFS-studies of 2024.

I think this one ranks top of the list: Beentjes et al.

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

Illogical quarantines. Optional testing. You-do-you PPE.

The H5N1 outbreak on dairy farms could have been ended with swift action months ago. Instead, officials deployed the COVID playbook. Now, we’re a mutation away from disaster:

https://t.co/s2xULncwuQ

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

I wrote about @NPR 's decision to frame disabled people's ongoing exclusion from all public spaces as an annoyance to be navigated by individuals, rather than a massive civil rights violation to be challenged by the collective.

https://t.co/pxrG5QKARk

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

Los Angeles is reporting its first human H5N1 case. H5N1 & H1N1 was detected in Silicon Valley wastewater. A bunch of kids have H5N1. 84 human cases have been reported in 15 states, & 5 new states reported cases in December. Nothing to see here! We will be forced to work & consume right through it—until we collectively drop. Have a nice day.