CDC Releases “Most Accurate Map Yet” Of All Current Covid Cases Marked In Different Shades Of Purest White.

Shel Silverstein called it

This happened. This week. 😂

I prefer not being argumentative or debate but this current #SARS2 covid wave necessitates universal masking in all healthcare settings.

BREAKING: Anderson Cooper just did a complete fact check on Donald Trump’s press conference from earlier. It’s about time the media holds Trump accountable. Retweet so all Americans see this.

This is a serious, avoidable problem. We know how much excess mortality there was leading up to October last year, even if we were greatly under-reporting deaths and hospitalizations. Delaying rollout by 6 weeks compared to U.S. had serious consequences last year. We should

I still get triggered reading this. These individuals in IPC a& others who didn’t challenge it, are responsible for hundreds of thousands of HCW lives. And we STILL don’t have any IPC against airborne infections in our hospitals DESPITE KNOWING the risks to both staff & patients

Back-to-school reminder that the greatest mortality impact of repeated SARS-CoV-2 infections falls on the young, not the old Only half way through 2024 and excess deaths among school-aged children are running 6% above the pre-pandemic normal

Where we started / Where we are now, CDC COVID-19 community transmission / levels / wastewater maps Edition. CDC staff: “Are we the baddies?” Don’t worry, it’s only a thousand people dying a week right now, and ~7% getting some form of long covid.

Dean Blundell🇨🇦 Rachel Gilmore reported it yesterday! She is a Canadian Treasure!! youtu.be/7gto7XnybI0?si…

But the value of COVID minimization to Russia is obvious. Paid influencers built the bandwagon. But our own grifters and opportunists jumped on. Public Health and infection control leaders didn't have the backbone to stay the course - and many switched sides on masks.

With public health abandoning efforts to contain COVID, and falling back to the lie that it's over, our institutions lost credibility. People see for themselves that something is still wrong, and more end up in the anti-vax camp because they're told that's the only other choice.

Why oppose clean air in schools? Refusal to acknowledge the harms they already caused (guilt/fear/ego) & avoidance of liability. In some cases, they assume it has to be ultra-expensive to address. It can be $$$, but CR-Boxes & open windows aren't costly. What do you think?

Ignoring the impact of dying family members on outcomes of the COVID response seems like a choice. Not a good choice, either.

Hear ye, hear ye! I hereby proclaim that I shall block & sometimes mock/report ppl who ignore/deny reality. Reasoned discourse requires reason. When they lack it, I don't owe them my unpaid educational/emotional labor. I have better things to do to improve our 🌎 Who's w/ me?

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD PublicAffairs As Peter notes, there's a strong tie between Russian propaganda & COVID & climate antiscience disinformation. This @Guardian report from a few years ago is suddenly even more relevant: theguardian.com/media/2021/may…

Florida high school football player collapses and dies during a game, becoming the 7th high school athlete to suddenly die this month. Totally normal. For years medical studies have been sounding the alarm about widespread vascular damage from COVID-19, and here we are.

🚨🚨 LADIES - pay attention to what I'm about to tell you. In case you haven't read, or aren't aware, the state of Texas is suing the Biden administration to BLOCK the HIPAA laws that shields the medical records of women. And why? Bcos Republicans want your medical records

What the hell are ppl DOING in YYC? Over 500 AGAIN! You selfish wasteful idiots are going to make us all run out of water & IT IS NOT OK! FFS, stop it. Cut showering in half. No pools/ carwash/whatever you do on hot days. If you aren't conserving every drop YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

Wow. This is brilliant. It's powerful on so many levels.