The CDC is urging everyone to get new coronavirus vaccines, but people without health insurance now have to pay up to $200 out of pocket. I talked to a dozen people without health insurance about the tough choice between vaccination and paying bills washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…

For a disease which affected all 7+ billion earthlings in a globally shared experience, the level of backlash has been pretty remarkable. We could have moved towards sharing the responsibilities of all illness. Instead, most societies have doubled down on individualism.

Today The Sick Times: Important analysis piece by Justine Barron about the threats posed by mask bans. Our political climate “creates this perfect storm where it’s going to further criminalize Black and Brown people who need masks to survive.” thesicktimes.org/2024/09/03/per…

Look to do a stop mask bans March in Brooklyn and DC as well as well in September 18 at prospect park or fort greene Brooklyn and October 20 in DC Looking for activist and group to assist in this Email me at [email protected] I need a safety team volunteers

A New Hampshire man is fighting for his life after testing positive for three mosquito-borne viruses. Climate change is making mosquitoes more widespread and active for longer times. Take precautions: cover up, wear bug spray, eliminate standing water. cbsnews.com/boston/news/ne…

If we reach 1.5°C, this is what is going to happen: ‼️Every fraction of a degree matters—beyond 1.5°C, the risks and damages from extreme weather, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss increase dramatically.

Covid is a workers’ rights issue.

Pretty cool: Scientists are working on a mask that can analyze your breath in real-time to detect biomarkers, which can help spot diseases such as COVID. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

It’s been said before but the second Greta started making connections between climate change and capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism the media coverage came to a screeching halt.

The Onion peaked in 2014

This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result. These stories must be told and we must learn from them. independent.ie/opinion/commen…

This is extremely disingenuous. You don't "respect the right of anyone to continue masking," if you are calling them scaremongering, and claim that the illness they are suffering is not significant. Effectively communicating about science requires empathy.

The @NYTimes "Announcing the 2024 Climate Forward Speaker Lineup". Nope, your eyes aren't deceiving you. That's Kevin Roberts, head of #Project2025 nytco.com/press/2024-cli…

NYPD arrests scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 at Citibank: “I’m a biologist, I’ve been studying climate change since 1982 and no one is listening to the data. So today they’re going to have to listen to my body blocking the doors of the world’s largest funder of new fossil fuel

Scoop: When Nassau County passed its mask ban, the police department claimed there would be training. But as an information request from NYCLU reveals, there doesn't really appear to be any! New from me at Mother Jones. motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

NEW: Nassau County police officers — a department with a well-documented history of aggressive and discriminatory policing tactics — have received no training, guidance, or guardrails on how to enforce the mask ban. This is reckless, and puts Long Islanders at risk.