😷Mark Dixon

Image showing wastewater levels in Pittsburgh going up to 16.49 WVAL (wastewater viral activity levels) with a map showing a dark dot in the North Side of Pittsburgh.

Heads-up: #COVID levels in Pittsburgh wastewater are "Very high" right now. See for yourself at
www.pa.gov/agencies/hea... . #WearAMask #airquality

Correction!! Turns out that the recent super-high wastewater readings were errors. I got suspicious and so asked the PaWSS team about it directly, and they fixed it! So fortunately COVID wastewater levels are currently "Moderate." Not great but better than 3x high.

Image shows a map with a dark blue "very high" dot in Pittsburgh, with the graph showing a spike during the latest two readings for COVID in Pittsburgh's wastewater.

Quick heads-up this Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh: recent COVID wastewater levels are higher than they have been since April 2023. You can decrease your chance of catching/giving COVID by testing before gathering, opening windows, filtering the air, wearing masks, and more!

Can't wait to see it in print!

You can borrow filters like these for free for your events, too, at least in Pittsburgh, via Clean Air Tools Pittsburgh: linktr.ee/cat.pgh .

Five AirFanta 3Pro air filters in mesh bags on the floor near a table and chair at the front of a room. Lots of books on shelves all around.

My wife, @mchristinebd.bsky.social, did a book event yesterday and I tagged along to watch and also set up 6 AirFanta 3Pro air filters to reduce viral transmission. (Five pictured, one more in back. Plug spots limited options.) We both wore high quality masks, too. #COVIDisnotover #AirQuality

When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

Slide from Zoom meeting for Allegheny County Health Department with "restarted wastewater testing" circled by me in the "COVID-19" bullet under "Respiratory Season"

A few COVID-aware friends and I have been testifying at local Allegheny County Health Department board meetings to ask them restart COVID wastewater testing and this week they announced they would! A small but serious win for public health! Thanks, ACHD! www.facebook.com/AlleghenyCou...

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said...

We’re gonna have a ministry of jokes in like 6 months

Inside of Chevy Bolt car filled with seven visible AirFanta 3Pro air filters and a box fan. (There is an 8th AirFanta in the front seat, not visible.)

I went to film an indoor event yesterday and wore a P100 mask + set up 8 AirFanta 3Pro filters to clean the air. Used the box fan to push outside air indoors. #CovidIsNotOver

17K views of an MD and a psychotherapist discussing health anxiety for 2+ hours. Are people who still mask in airports & elsewhere displaying “maladaptive behavior”? The 2 experts admit they are “ignorant” about Long Covid; they also seem unaware that people are still dying (130/wk in US)
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A collage of four pictures of Covid awareness billboards. The first one in the upper left corner is at night time in the winter. The long Covid billboard reads long Covid ruins lives mask up. And there is a graphic of a white N 95 mask. The billboard is on a brick pizza shop and it is brightly lit up in the nighttime. The second billboard in the bottom left corner is on a large brown platform and is also in winter, but in the daytime and it is a clear blue sky day. The billboard also reads long Covid ruins lives mask up and there is a graphic of a white N 95 mask. The third billboard is in the top right corner There’s a rainbow coloured crosswalk at the intersection of two streets. There is a brown brick building with large glass window panes. On the side of the building, there is a very large billboard a digital one that reads. Bright green background. With words that read COVID-19 CAUSES... BRAIN DAMAGE DEMENTIA IMMUNE DAMAGE HEART PROBLEMS DIABETES CHRONIC ILLNESS N95 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION ANYONE CAN GET LONG COVID, EVEN KIDS. MASK UP AND STAY SAFE. On the left side of each symptom is a small graphic of a red virus particle. There is a large red virus particle in the upper right corner. There are two men and walking separately in different directions as well as two women walking the same direction as one of the men. The sky is clear. The women are wearing black and one of the r men is wearing jeans, and a blue shirt. The fourth billboard is in the Bottom right There is a large green digital billboard display with the words COVID-19 CAUSES... BRAIN DAMAGE DEMENTIA IMMUNE DAMAGE HEART PROBLEMS DIABETES CHRONIC ILLNESS N95 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION ANYONE CAN GET LONG COVID, EVEN KIDS. MASK UP AND STAY SAFE. On it. There is also a graphic of a purplish virus particle, and a white n95 mask. There are also 3 vehicles in the picture, two are dark blue suvs and the other is a white car. There are buildings in the background.

The next Covid Awareness billboard will be something to the effect of…

“Mask Up, Clean The Air, Protect the Kids, and Show We Care.”
#SafeSchoolsNow

If you like to help me continue my work and place some more billboards please share/donate. Every bit helps. YerAweSum!

gofund.me/b398a403

#FreeDC

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

This recent news from BCMAC is so frustrating. The PA government encouraged the development of this facility. Now we get served poorly regulated pollution with our climate catastrophe. "Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines"
www.marcellusawareness.org/shell-plasti...

Yes! Please unpack!

In many places, as you well know, masking IS the crime! You’re already there!

Join conversation

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Topic: Listening to the Body: Whole-Person Care for Long COVID.

Panelists will bring insight into the complexities of Long COVID and the evolving tools we can use to address it—ranging from pacing strategies and acupuncture to nutrition, somatic practices, and retraining the nervous system.

It absolutely fucking floors me that we have normalized repeat infections with this virus - I know people who have had Covid 5+ times already! Wear a mask and fight for clean indoor air and better vaccine access because we all deserve so much better than this.

I’m begging folks to mask up for Pride events! Show solidarity with your disabled and high risk peers and make the event safe and inclusive for everyone.

Now more than ever we need to stay united and ensure no one is left behind.

Masking is resistance.

Masking is community care.

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.

‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain down Shelters are a lifeline in Israel from Iranian attacks, but Palestinian citizens of the country have been locked out.

“The only democracy in the Middle East” they keep telling us

“Just because it’s Jews only doesn’t make it an apartheid state” they insist

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

"Resist N'at" protest sign.

"Resist N'at" protest sign. #NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025...

"Make Fascism History Again" protest sign

#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025...

Upside down American flag on pole stuck in planter next to road in Pittsburgh.

#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025...

Pittsburgh #NoKings Rally June 14, 2025 Explore this photo album by Mark Dixon on Flickr!

#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh - Just a pile of photos of some sweet protest signs... www.flickr.com/photos/96025...