Sasha Pierson

Software engineer. Prev: @Azure (she/her)

[tern @1goodtern]

There's a new virus going around in the UK called nastiflu.
Unlike other flus, you can't detect it using flu tests, so it's not being picked up by hospital tracking.
But it does show up on covid tests, which is weird, because one of its nicknames is notcovid.

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

#LongCovid patients have:

1. Functional impairment worse than stroke; comparable to Parkinson's

2. Worse quality of life than metastatic cancers

3. Worse fatigue than stroke, bowel disease, & end stage renal disease

We need clinical trials urgently!

https://t.co/UvO8MPHLvm

[Lazarus Long @LazarusLong13]

A Covid Math Word Problem.

If a 52-year-old male patient, without comorbidities, with three doses of vaccines against COVID-19, gets infected by Omicron.

How long until he can get infected again?

Answer next tweet.

[America Matters Media @usamattersmedia]

In just a week since Biden announced, Gen-Z for Biden has gained 26,000 followers. The energy is here to organize young people for Biden, but we need your help. Can you amplify our movement by retweeting and following?

[Reina Sultan 🇱🇧 @SultanReina]

COVID gave me medical issues and now I have to go to appts weekly to figure out/ treat what’s wrong. None of my providers’ offices require masking anymore, so I have to risk getting the virus that gave me the health problems in order to access treatment. #KeepMasksInHealthCare

[🏳️‍⚧️Bisexual Rigamarole🔜 Blerdtaku @GBZed]

I wear a mask in public because Covid is NOT mild, it’s a dangerous level 3 pathogen, we are still in an active pandemic. I want masking in public spaces, especially hospitals. If you're about disability justice/activism you'll be doing the same. #MaskUpC19

[Public Health - Seattle & King County @KCPubHealth]

On May 11, 2023, the Federal Public Health Emergency Declaration ends, which means there will be changes to how some people receive COVID-19-related care, such as testing, treatment, and vaccines.

Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/17821z3cnr

[WIRED @WIRED]

Move the air around. Filter it. Dilute it. (From 2020) https://t.co/Eq64RpVXvI

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

how do i unlock them

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

This article does a nice job of explaining why evidence-based medicine is not the gold standard for public health research.

Evidence-based medicine was established to reduce reliance on doctor’s “gut-feelings”.
If we want science, we need epidemiology.

https://t.co/hg0xhxFYkO

[AnnieRN @ann_mcnitt]

@BCarfree @Jul101Vie "But I LIKE giardia!" 🤦