Sam Kaufman

Why do progressives and justice advocates seem to not care about COVID? It’s still important to warn people about the dangers of COVID and make schools and workplaces safe, Andrew Wilkin says.

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CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance) has today issued this press release ahead of next Thursday's publication of the Inquiry's module 3 report:

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Photovoltaic Plants with Battery Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants - Fraunhofer ISE The newest edition of the study by the Fraunhofer ISE on the electricity generation costs of various power plants shows that photovoltaic systems now produce electricity much more cheaply than either ...

Everything has changed ... except the claims of the fossil fuel lobbyists who infest politics and the media.
www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...

COVID infections are not harmless. Research shows that initial and repeated COVID-19 infections can increase the risk of long-term health problems affecting multiple organ systems. Preventing infection and reinfection helps reduce these risks.

#COVID #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention #PublicHealth

COVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate Students To date, 770 million people worldwide have contracted COVID-19, with many reporting long-term “brain fog”. Concerningly, young adults are both overrep…

We cannot stay silent about this as to do so is to be complicit in the illogical & amoral approach of facilitating brain damage as part of the learning experience.

“37 % of the undergraduates exhibited impaired cognition up to 17 months post-infection.”

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How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Join us as we spread awareness and support the Long Covid community throughout March. We’ve planned events, a live webinar on disability benefits applications, interviews with experts, lightings of buildings, landmarks and signs, and much more.

#LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness
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Helps you code though, so hard to tell if it’s good or bad.

Scientific American has updated the figure, now grouped into swimmers, fliers, walkers/runners, and vehicles. A person on a bicycle remains the most efficient way to travel, compared to all forms of biological locomotion and mechanical transport.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

This completely misunderstands the research process including the point of doing literature reviews. Claude’s “analysis” treats research as paint by numbers regurgitation of pre-existing work.

Kustov & folks who share these views need to give up their jobs in favor of those who want to research.

COVID-19 can directly infect heart tissue.

Researchers at the Centenary Institute and UTS created a human heart cell model showing SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect heart tissue, helping explain why some people develop serious heart complications during and after COVID-19 infection.

🚨 Today: Canadian Doctors for Medicare sent a letter to PM Carney expressing deep concern about Alberta's law allowing patients to be billed for essential health care.

This policy endangers the integrity of Medicare for everyone across Canada.

@cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social #cdnpoli #cdnhealth 🧵

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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Any government day of mourning re: COVID is 🤬 pandering because they ('leaders' & public health) are doing next to nothing to prevent more COVID disability & death.
As a Long COVID survivor, I experience ZERO support from the ON PCs or Public Health.
Minimal support from doctors WHEN I INSIST.

Thank you @cancovsoc.bsky.social for your continued advocacy and support of those suffering with COVID.
As an organization, you have done more for me than any other publicly funded group in Canada.
drive.google.com/file/d/1KFyY...
This accommodations letter has helped me a lot 🙌🙌

Letter of the day: Let's clear the air on respiratory infections "Handwashing helps prevent gastrointestinal infections but will not protect your child and you from leaving the emergency department with influenza or COVID."

Letter of the day: let's clear the air on respiratory infections -Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett... via @mtlgazette

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats Traditional vaccines target specific pathogens, limiting their scope against diverse respiratory threats. We describe an intranasal liposomal formulation combining toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and 7/8 l...

I REALLY hope this can be replicated in humans. A trial in mice showed that a nasal vaccine targeting multiple respiratory pathogens including COVID-19 worked really well - enabling development of protective Immunity in the lung for 3 months (the duration of testing) 🧪

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Chronic ocean heating is causing a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a new study of over 33,000 populations has found

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I can’t breach confidentiality… but I think I can say this much.

I am blown away by the change I am seeing in people’s health in the clinical setting… since C19. It’s not subtle. It’s like one of those paintings with every bright colour thrown on it.

It is very sad.

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies - Inside Climate News The lawsuit challenges the oil major’s expansion plans and could set a significant precedent on climate responsibilities for fossil fuel companies if successful, advocates say.

Paris court holds historic climate trial against TotalEnergies insideclimatenews.org/news/1902202...

No.

And do you know why?

Because COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared either.

It’s chewing us slowly like gum until we run out of flavour.

And yet I see meeting after meeting with no masks being worn, except the entirely transparent mask of “normality”.

FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

The FDA has reversed course and will now review Moderna’s new flu vaccine.

Last week, professional agitator Vinay Prasad overrode FDA scientists and sent a letter saying that the FDA would not review it.

Measles: how does it spread and how can I protect my child? A measles outbreak among unvaccinated children in London comes amid a global increase in infections

They are mentioning ventilation.
#CleantheAir
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All of them

Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.

The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

Obvious caveats apply for something off Reddit, but this is at least a plausible thing to happen. I have a feeling we’ll see more, better documented cases that executives want to keep quiet bubble out if the business press over the next year.

My goal is to ensure all educators and students are better trained to recognize real airborne health & safety threats in all schools, and learn how to prevent airborne pathogen infection.
I teach this to my students. Now, I am trying to ensure all educators learn about this as well.
#BlindersOff