Kegel

It's not your guilt to bear. x

In honour of Long Covid Awareness Month, here are 2 asks for fellow Blueskyers

1. Wear an N95 in public to reduce transmission & in solidarity with the millions living with Long Covid

2. Please stand up to large accounts that minimize this illness & who dunk on disabled folks

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As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr’s allies work to gut vaccine laws Activists who dispute safety of vaccines are pushing to limit immunization requirements in schools

The world has gone mad… the US is a risk to global health with its antivaxxer MAGA movement. Again Congress isn’t doing nearly enough to stop Trump.
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@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Please email your MPs on this important matter. Please share.

Photo to Anneliese Dodds Labour/Co-operative, Oxford East To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of long COVID on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training. Photo of Andrew Western The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions No assessment has been made specifically on the potential impact of long COVID on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training. DWP has commissioned the Right Honourable Alan Milburn to author a report that will seek to understand the drivers of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment, or training and to investigate the root causes of this rise in economic inactivity. The latest available annual data on the number of young people who are NEET by main health condition published by the DWP in November 2025 can be found at: The employment of disabled people 2025 - GOV.UK - Table NEE002. Blue image with white writing. Unemployment: Young People Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 2 March 2026. Long Covid Kids logo in the bottom corner.

and overlapping conditions deserve policies built on robust evidence and precise understanding.
As further work is undertaken to understand the drivers of youth economic inactivity, it is essential that the extensive evidence heard through the UK COVID Inquiry, alongside emerging research and lived

Open Letter to WHO: A Call for the Universal use of Respirators in Healthcare - WHN January 7, 2026 The letter below (a button to download it as a .pdf file is at the bottom of this page) was sent to seven top officials at the World Health Organization on Wednesday 7 January. Press c...

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Covid is airborne, we cannot afford to wait until 2027 with so few getting vaccine access, for a virus that we know is vascular in nature. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social

Statistics show: the risk of catching the coronavirus from surfaces is low There’s really no evidence that anyone has ever gotten COVID-19 by touching a contaminated surface, says Linsay Marr an expert on airborne viruses

@ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social

Covid is predominantly an airborne virus. There is so much research. Please listen to CATA not UKHSA.

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Using a study design from the past, researchers again show COVID-19 is airborne

@ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/usi...

Covid is airborne. Please make an interim statement. 🙏

Primrose taken using colour point. Yellow flowers with some green leaves, on a black and white background.

Rest up flower. 🫶😊

Screenshot of a Medical Xpress article titled “Molecular defect in taste cells causes long-term taste loss after COVID,” dated March 2, 2026. Below the headline is a photo of a person with curly hair sitting at a table, holding a spoon over a cup of cereal, looking bored or unimpressed, suggesting loss of taste or enjoyment of food.

"Molecular defect in taste cells causes long-term taste loss after COVID"

"Taste bud cells are normally replaced every 2 to 4 weeks. But the researchers found evidence that cellular signaling disruptions may persist far longer in certain individuals"

Source: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03...

This is what happened to the elderly gentleman I cared for in 2024. He lost the ability to enjoy the food he'd loved for years, in the final months of his life. 😕😔

Apologies, my friend,
but at a time such as this
I do not hope
that you are well,
rather, I hope
that you are angry
and worried,
rather, I hope
that you are saddened
and not numb,
at a time such as this
it would be strange
to hope
that you are well,
but I hope
that your pets are

It won't be worth anything, when the oceans rise so high they'll swamp the house! 🤪😁

My Mum tried to convince me that they know no one who's been ill recently. When I told her that 40% of infections are asymptomatic, she gleefully told me that if they don't have symptoms that's ok then! I said, but it does the same underlying damage. So,I got the usual side swipe of you're negative

We now face being dragged into another illegal war in the Middle East which has now pulled in multiple countries. People in this country do not want this and it must not be allowed to happen.

Starmer needs to resign.

Forcing disabled people into legislated poverty can kill.

Forcing disabled people to become a financial dependent if they get married or cohabitate can kill.

Refusing to give us autonomy & a living wage forces us into dangerous situations.

We need independence and equality.

ICE Took Wael Tarabishi's Full Time Caregiver Away... and it Killed Him Wael Tarabishi was a 30 year old disabled man who's father Maher was his full time caregiver. ICE took Maher in October, leaving Wael without support. He died three months later.

On this Disability Day of Mourning, let’s honor Wael Tarabishi, a disabled man who died when ICE took his caregiver away.

Wael told them he would die without his father who was his “arms, legs & lungs”.

ICE took him anyways.

Wael died 3 months later:

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And there you go! **** Trump.
Starmer must go! He has made our soldiers targets.

Screenshot of an instagram post. There’s a photo of Alex Pretti standing outside in front of a sign. White cursive text reads Today should be your 38th birthday. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My lov for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken.

Today would have been Alex Pretti’s 38th birthday.

He was executed by ICE over a month ago. Shot ten times in the back after trying to assist a woman who had been pepper sprayed and shoved.

He was a helper and they killed him for it.

Justice for Alex Pretti.

Justice for all victims of ICE/CBP

OK, everyone i know in real life. 🙃

Map of the United States titled “COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data and Levels (U.S.)” dated March 2, 2026. States are color-coded by COVID levels: very high (dark red), high (red), moderate (orange), low (yellow), very low (light yellow), and limited data (striped). Many Midwest and some Eastern states show high or very high levels, while much of the West shows low or very low levels. A note states transmission is subsiding unevenly, with 16 states still at high or very high levels and many states having limited data.

Slide titled “National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)” dated March 2, 2026. It reports an estimated 1 in 76 people (1.3%) are actively infectious, with about 645,000 new daily infections and 4.72 million infections in the past week. Total infections in 2026 are estimated at 51 million, with an average of 5.09 cumulative infections per person. Under Long COVID, it estimates 32,000 to 129,000 new daily cases and 236,000 to 940,000 weekly cases. Under Excess Deaths, it estimates 180 to 310 deaths daily and 1,300 to 2,200 weekly. A note states the U.S. is seeing roughly 650,000 new daily infections amid moderate transmission levels.

Table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” (U.S.), dated March 2, 2026. It lists states alongside CDC transmission levels (Very Low to Very High), estimated percentage actively infectious, and the probability that at least one person is infectious in gatherings of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Several states, including Illinois and Mississippi, are marked Very High, while others like Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and others are High. Many Western states are listed as Low or Very Low. A note indicates some states have limited data reporting.

Table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” (U.S.), dated March 2, 2026, listing additional states with CDC transmission levels, estimated percentage actively infectious, and the probability that at least one person is infectious in groups of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Several states including South Dakota and West Virginia are marked Very High, while Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are marked High. Many other states are listed as Low or Moderate. A note indicates limited data reporting in some areas and explains that West Virginia’s estimate is capped at 1 in 15 due to reporting variability.

US Weekly COVID update: Mar 2, 2026

🔸1 in 76 Actively Infectious
🔸645,000 Daily Infections
🔸4,720,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸51,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸236,000 to 940,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,300 to 2,200 Weekly Excess Deaths

Source: pmc19.com/data/

I was actually taken aback at how indifferent people have become about illness, this evening.

I fear you are right. 😬

I built AIRE, a free browser tool that estimates airborne COVID risk indoors using the PMC framework.

It also offers an optional “cigarette pack equivalent.”

Why?
Because 3% per event is abstract.

Cumulative harm is easier to grasp on a familiar scale. 🧵

The violent actions currently being undertaken against Iran by the US and Israel will undoubtedly result in further suffering for the Iranian people.

#US #Israel #Iran

Foreign Office starts planning evacuation of thousands of Britons in Middle East About 200,000 nationals thought to be in the region as tensions rise after US-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime

Also many British are stranded and at risk. Hotels have been hit in Dubai. Trump didnt think about the implications of dragging everyone into his unsanctioned war.
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