Nature: Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case: Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.https://t.co/TZdt8u8g8A
— Roland Baker (@RolandBakerIII) January 23, 2023
Category: Covid-19
Pay attention
Billionaires at Davos don't think COVID is a cold
A few weeks ago, the New York Times called mask-wearers "the last holdouts". This week, the world's richest people went to great lengths to protect themselves from COVID
https://t.co/T3vcwapMZ4— J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) (@jgownder) January 20, 2023
I know how bad it is
Sometimes I have to hypnotize myself into a state of denial to keep from panicking:
"Here’s the truth: the pandemic is not over. It’s much worse than you have been led to believe. Unless you’ve spent the past several years reading scientific studies, it can be hard to convey just how wrong the public perception of COVID really is." /1
https://t.co/BmJgPC3Mto— Dr. Angela Grace (@DrAGrace_cyhtt) January 16, 2023
Who’d a thunk it
QAnon influencer who said only idiots get vaccinated and “Fauci should be hung with a rope,” has died of COVID. https://t.co/TxPbk0lOjF
— SarahCA on 📫 and 🐘 (@SarahBCalif) January 12, 2023
If only we followed the science
A while ago, someone I know started sending around links to the People's CDC—a coalition that styles itself as a model of what the CDC would look like if it actually **followed the science** on pandemic restrictions. I was fascinated. (1/x) https://t.co/NuzEW8Iedi
— Emma Green (@emmaogreen) December 28, 2022
Congratulations, Vlad
Your international antivax campaign is bearing copious fruit:
“More than a third of parents with children under 18—and 28% of all adults—now say parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) to attend public schools, even if remaining unvaccinated may create health risks for others” https://t.co/UhdQanreqG
— Phillip Carter (@Carter_PE) December 27, 2022
I honestly don’t understand
Why we’re all just pretending this pandemic is over:
Boston officials considering a return to an indoor mask mandate https://t.co/XvxGVEY3qi
— Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) December 27, 2022
Do it yourself
I’m in the process of making one myself!
We focus on vaccination- yet ventilation is our largest ROI- yet least utilized mitigation tool. One in every classroom & store would save 100,000 lives, EZ.👇🏽
The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Smithsonian https://t.co/xB6XIsoTbA
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) December 26, 2022
Inevitable
Holy hell: The dangers in rising religious exemptions to school vaccinations in Florida. A byproduct of this suppression of vaccine advocacy and outright cheerleading against vaccinations by Ron DeSantis and his demon sperm SG has been unnecessary deaths. https://t.co/EfsHKM1agU
— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) December 18, 2022
Free stuff!
As a part of its new push, the administration is restarting the free at-home Covid-19 test program, permitting each American household to order up to four free tests this winter from COVIDTests.gov. It is also offering federal resources to local health departments, putting an extra focus on high-risk individuals including by providing a winter playbook for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and permitting nursing home staff to administer vaccinations.
Some advice: You’ll get a more accurate test if you swab your cheek next to your upper molars, under your tongue, the back of your throat, and THEN do your nostrils!