Victor Barger

Thanks for all the tweets

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[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data.

Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Confused about the variants you're hearing about most right now? Here they are, explained. 🧵

[Clean Air Club @Clean_Air_Club_]

🧪Here's an updated roundup of highly reliable, easy-to-use molecular covid tests on the market today!

Accuracy stats, cost per test, and citations throughout. 🧵

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

If you’re in this situation, head over to https://t.co/a7mTeGtIIe.

We’ve recently updated it so that anyone 18+ years old and in the US can enroll and get telemedicine and treatment for free. The treatment if prescribed can be delivered to your door and will be entirely paid for by the program - no co-pays

[Victor Barger @vabarger]

@zeyneparsel @Concordia Seriously?! Ugh

[Victor Barger @vabarger]

@zeyneparsel @Concordia Oh no! That’s terrible! Can you get Paxlovid? Please take care!

[Anna @Annatated]

Important life-saving info: if you have a condition on the CDC's list of risk factors for COVID-19 you can get universal masking as an ADA accommodation.

Here's some helpful info on how this applies to healthcare from @PeoplesCDC : https://t.co/4Y0tPrUng1

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

These are the locations where we have detected cryptic lineages from wastewater so far. Number of lineages is in yellow.

I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg.

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[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Some hospitals are saying they don't need mask mandates anymore because people are likely to get COVID elsewhere anyway.

That's a dereliction of duty. Regardless of what is happening elsewhere, no one should ever have to risk their health while seeking medical care. Do no harm.

[Erin Prater, MPH, M.A.², CHES® @ErinMPrater]

#Arcturus, a #COVID variant sweeping India, is now in the U.S., @CDCgov says—and it’s coming in hot. What it means for the future of the pandemic: https://t.co/hQqFHFmh4S #XBB116 #Omicron #COVIDTwitter #scienceTwitter #medTwitter #publichealth H/t @RajlabN

[Nathan Lands @NathanLands]

What exactly are AutoGPTs?

AutoGPTs, which appeared just last week, are designed to automate GPT-4 tasks, enabling the creation of agents that complete tasks for you without any intervention.

The most popular ones are BabyAGI by @yoheinakajima and Auto-GPT by @SigGravitas.

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

New review on masks & Covid isn’t what you think https://t.co/i8pVZPwwU5 by @KelseyTuoc via @voxdotcom cc @DFisman @GidMK

Review mixes studies (78, most non-pandemic) with 2 (more positive) COVID mask studies.

“...really surprised that @cochranecollab let this go through.”

[Abraar Karan @AbraarKaran]

A clear, concise message from Senator @BernieSanders on upgrading your masks

[Jon Uleis @MovingToTheSun]

My new favorite thing - Bing's new ChatGPT bot argues with a user, gaslights them about the current year being 2022, says their phone might have a virus, and says "You have not been a good user"

Why? Because the person asked where Avatar 2 is showing nearby

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

💡NOTE—get ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS for your home if live near or downwind of the #OhioTrainDisaster toxic plume (PA/WV/MD/VA downwind residents). Gases like volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are so small that they slip through HEPA filters & masks—unless a carbon filter. Get it!

[Dianna Cowern @thephysicsgirl]

This is #longcovid.

COVID is not a flu.

[U.S. Department of Labor @USDOL]

If you’re experiencing lingering effects of COVID – often called #LongCOVID – you may be entitled to workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA). Learn more from @JANatJAN. #LongCOVIDatWork https://t.co/cOj8pUHX8I

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Still ~4,000 COVID-19 deaths per week in the US. In terms of American deaths, that's a 9/11 every 5 days or a Vietnam War every 100 days.

[Victor Barger @vabarger]

@tourmalinewire0 @Open5G @Baicells @SamsungMobile So cool! How did you get it to work?!

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Which variant? So there is an easy way to determine likely variant you’re infected with if doing a PCR test—previous dominant BQ variants had S-Gene dropout (SGTF) signal. But with #XBB15 surging, all XBB have non-SGTF on PCR tests. @Walgreens tracks this!
https://t.co/omFziwL8Y7