Illustration showing a side profile of a human head with red, branching blood vessels extending through the brain and face against a red background. Text below reads: “Why covid-19 is ‘a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one’.”

Why COVID-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.

Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Ossoff: We would be naive not to expect dirty tricks. This man tried to steal the presidency when he lost it the first time. The best insurance against dirty tricks is landslide margins of victory.

Authoritarian regimes make you feel like shit because they will never admit they’re losing.

But Trump is losing — and it’s because of the organizing work you’re doing.

Screenshot of a VisaHQ article dated February 10, 2026, by the Visas & Immigration Team @ VisaHQ, titled “Portugal, Germany And Thailand Re-Impose Covid Testing For Arrivals From China.” Below the headline is a stylized illustration featuring the flags of Portugal and Germany, a syringe, medical symbols, a globe, and a landmark resembling Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, representing international travel and COVID-19 health measures.

Portugal, Germany and Thailand Re-impose Covid Testing for Arrivals from China

As XBB.1.5 spreads rapidly, several governments are bringing back pre-departure COVID testing for travelers from China. Portugal now requires a negative test within 48 hours and will add wastewater sequencing on flights.

'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states. The appeal is from Dr.

A leading U.S. health official urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It. Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.

Since polio vaccines may be considered “optional,” do you enjoy the following? Walking, being warm, having energy, driving normally, sports, travel, functional bowel and bladder, strong bones

If you enjoy any of the above, then polio vaccines are not optional, they’re common sense #polio #vaccines

2 hockey players are barely seen in a sea of stuffed animals of all colors that is on the ice.

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🤒Flu very high in OR, WA, KY
📈COVID very high Midwest, high NE
🤰COVID in pregnancy increases autism 44% in girls
😴Leaky gut barrier correlates w/Long COVID fatigue
🩸Stem cell treatment for LC fatigue

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Screenshot of a Facebook post from a 37-year-old mother describing severe post-viral illness after probable COVID, including neuropathy, orthostatic hypotension with tachycardia, extreme weight loss, fatigue, and being bedbound. I’m a 37 year old mother of two young children who is desperate to get my life back! I got a viral infection in October (probably Covid) and started to develop all of these weird symptoms. I’ve been pretty much bed bound ever since. I have neuropathy from my waist down, orthostatic hypotension with tachycardia, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was 115 pounds in October and I’m down to 87. I’m wasting away in my bed with no hope of getting better....

Looks like a Facebook post from a 37-year-old mother describing severe post-viral illness after probable COVID, including neuropathy, orthostatic hypotension with tachycardia, extreme weight loss, fatigue, and being bed bound.

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New Documents Reveal Florida Paid Over $573 Million to DeSantis-Connected Immigrant Detention Contractors in 2025 - UNICORN RIOT New documents provided to Unicorn Riot have revealed that the state of Florida gave at least $558 million to private contractors last year to work on two immigrant detention centers — including the no...

Documents Reveal Florida Paid Over $573 Million to DeSantis-Connected Immigrant Detention Contractors in 2025

unicornriot.ninja/2026/new-doc...

Done with the skin graft surgery and it was a success. Now more healing time for the foot and thigh where they took the skin from. Please help with donating and boosting this post.

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Dog kicked by Memphis Safe Task Force member on the mend as US Marshals defend action The dog’s owner told Action News 5 that the deputy U.S. marshal seen punting her pup had no reason to do so, but officials with the U.S. Marshals Service say otherwise.

Small dog suffers broken rib after being repeatedly kicked by U.S. Marshals deputy. "Action News 5 obtained two videos that show the marshals service employee kicking Yoshi not once, but twice." www.actionnews5.com/2026/02/07/d...

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-January.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, but fell to 57% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew to 37%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Canada #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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We The People know.

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Wishing former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn the best in his run for Congress. If anyone deserves to win, it's him.
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Alt text: NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report for the week ending 31 January 2026 showing that influenza, COVID-19 and RSV are all at low levels of activity across New South Wales, according to NSW Health.

NSW Health table showing notifications for COVID-19, influenza and RSV in the week ending 31 January 2026. COVID notifications increased 18.5% (505 cases; 2,296 YTD). Influenza decreased 13.9% (564 cases; 4,064 YTD). RSV increased 4.3% (456 cases; 1,755 YTD).

Bar chart showing weekly COVID-19 notifications in NSW from July 2024 to January 2026 by test date. Notifications declined from mid-2024, rose to a clear peak around June–July 2025, then steadily fell through late 2025 into early 2026.

Alt text: NSW Health chart and table showing COVID-19 test positivity at sentinel laboratories. In the last week to 1 February 2026, COVID-19 positivity rose to 3.0% (157 positives from 5,199 PCR tests). Influenza positivity fell to 3.2% and RSV rose to 2.0%.

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 5 Feb 2026

From 25 Jan to 1 Feb 2026

🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.0% (+0.6%)

🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4

🔹COVID: 505 (+18.5%)
🔹Influenza: 564 (-13.9%)
🔹RSV: 456 (+4.3%)

health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

The president had his DOJ raid an election office and seize ballots. Now he is threatening to take over elections. Sadly, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.

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Alt text: Screenshot of a CIDRAP news brief titled “Long-COVID symptoms persist for years in nonhospitalized adults, study reveals.” By Laine Bergeson, posted “16 minutes ago.” Includes a photo of a woman pressing her temples, looking distressed/fatigued.

Long-COVID symptoms persist for years in nonhospitalized adults, study reveals

Study of 130 non-hospitalised Long COVID adults in Sweden found that at 2.5 years ~50% had severe dyspnea and depression, and 42% had impaired lower-body strength on testing at clinic.

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

Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible

So full of 💩

Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.

Texas Senate District 9 over the years ⬇️

2022 ➡️ 🔴 Republican wins by 20 points
2024 ➡️ 🔴 Trump wins by 17 points
2026 ➡️ 🔵 Democrat wins by 14 points

We can compete and win anywhere. But we MUST show up and vote! TEXAS your primaries are on Tuesday, March 3!

www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...

Such blatant corruption — which the media will, of course, totally ignore.

Is that “the problem” Ron? Is that really the problem?

A 30-pt swing in South Carolina in November makes me a Senator and retires Lindsey Graham. 🇺🇸

The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.

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The director of Melania movie

Beautiful

Donald Trump is targeting our elections. It's why he raided the election offices in Georgia. I am running for Congress in 2026 and I will not let him get away with it.