Elizabeth Gaffney

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[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

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There are 7 human coronaviruses (so far).

Four of them cause the "common cold" (229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1).

The three most recent are deadly (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2).

All three of the deadly ones use the ACE2 receptor. Only one of the common cold viruses (NL63) does.

[Josh Ellis @jzellis]

As far as online shouting goes, I will point out that I spent years screaming at y'all about imminent climate collapse and people acted like I was crazy to think it would happen so quickly. But I was right about everything down the line. So here's another freebie of horror:

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

'Sounding the alarm': World on track to breach a critical warming threshold in the next five years - CNN https://t.co/16w4CoSHpo

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

@maryellen61201 @Apple Yep and made the mistake of signing out of my AppleTV to try and fix it, can't log back in.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

Kahlil Gibran on friendship and the building blocks of meaningful connection https://t.co/WlPYxrtUZg

[that one nurse epi 🐀🏳️‍🌈 @SobsInEpi]

3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19.

So let me walk you through what I, an infectious disease epidemiologist public health nurse, am doing since I tested positive on a rapid antigen today.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Can we please settle this debate already? There is no labor shortage. There is a living wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a child care shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.

[Sari Beth Rosenberg @saribethrose]

So, what’s the plan? Because right now the people banning books & banning African-American Studies are winning.

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

I need another @Tommy_little and @UrzilaCarlson streaming comedy special. Who makes these things happen?

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

Being home sick and all bored and watching She-Hulk and having thoughts like “can you be an attorney of other stuff?” and then having Google be like “OMG, yes, I’ve been waiting for someone to ask.”

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

@BobSnz Congrats!

[Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @o_guest]

Whenever somebody tells you women cannot code, or you are "dumb", remember: the deliberate erasure; somebody put effort into rewriting history to f with you. That's how powerful you are.

[Diana Berrent Nadia @dianaberrent]

You are eligible for the new bivalent booster *if* you:

- Completed your primary vaccine series (2 shots of Pfizer or Moderna or one shot of J&J)

- Had your last booster (if any) over 2 months ago

- Are age 12+ (for Pfizer) or age 18+ (for Moderna)

Pass it on...

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

@timwestland @screencrafting Congrats!!! So exciting!!

[Elizabeth Gaffney @egaffney]

@MMonticolo Congrats!

[BythePeople @BythePeople18]

Don't listen to Mitch McConnell. By downplaying Republican odds to retake the Senate, he is trying to lull Democratic voters into a sense of complacency. Don't fall for it. Keep fighting & send him into retirement. After all, he vowed to retire if they don't retake the Senate.

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

Absolutely no one is arguing that schools should be shut this fall. But the blanket opposition to any kind of public health measures, regardless of what the future brings with regards to new disease variants, is ideology posing as science.

[Vaccinated Neuron @NeuroSmiley]

This is why the current "new normal" is unsustainable

[Jessica Morgan @TheJMo78]

@QueenMab87 (1) It’s been driving me nuts seeing good newspapers writing that the court is protective of religious rights. It isn’t. It’s protective of Christian rights. My rights as a Jew are being violated.