Maura L.

The protections some of us have been using actually WORK, and work a charm. You don’t have to keep contracting airborne illnesses.

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25.1% of participants who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 12.8% reported sleeping disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"

Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”

“I’M PISSED!”

Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records - Nature Communications Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting the cardiovascular system have been reported, but evidence in young people is limited. Here, the authors quantify the incidence of a range of outc...

For those who thought Omicron was the "off ramp" to reopen schools and go back to work.

Kids and cardiac sequelae. Over a million in the study.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.

It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.

I’m not reposting anything with RFK Jr’s face on it out of respect for xour eyes but “autism epidemic” is like saying “freckles epidemic” or “cleft chin epidemic” it’s not a disease it’s just a way some people are and the thing we need to fix is a hostile societal framework.

Too many people keep saying, “They're just trying to get a reaction out of us.” A fascist government is not your petty ex. They don't need a reaction out of you. They're carrying out their agenda whether you react or not. Talking about the administrators of a fascist state like this is so detached.

Former Skadden associate: The Administration cannot pick and choose who gets representation. It cannot use executive power to scare lawyers out of advocacy.

“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”

Finance Ministry: “We’ve never exported anything, but now that America has economic interest, we could ship some samples of unrefrigerated krill via standard transit to the White House. Paired with some Limburger, epoisses, or cabrales, they will realize we have cards ripe to negotiate with”

Endemic black faced sheathbill looking down on penguin masses on Heard Island

Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.

Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.

Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.

The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.

The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.

This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.

When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” ask yourself this… healthy for who? When was America healthy?

It’s not about health. It’s about thinning the herd. Culling the weak

It’s about assigning blame to people with chronic illness & pushing health supremacy

It’s straight from the Nazi playbook

Never forget you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing.

You can wear a mask and protect others.
You can get boosted.
You can help someone in need.
You can donate to mutual aid.
You can amplify voices different than your own.

Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.

In honour of the estimated >400 million globally who've experienced Long Covid, please stop referring to the pandemic in past tense.

For real, god damnit this is the lowest bar

Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by tho...

Seattle council in February reauthorized the use of non-lethal methods of crowd control which were suspended. And the police union is just awful. www.kuow.org/stories/seat...

I'm rewatching The Wire. A character in the episode I'm watching says, "A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie." For some reason, that speaks to me these days (as do a million other lines from the show.)

The news cycle is so stressful these days. Constant threats of tariffs, annexation, cuts to social services, civil rights etc.

We can’t know what is going to happen next, but whatever it is, we need to stay as healthy as possible in order to fight back.

Make activism accessible & mask up!

Most of Quebec’s 36 measles cases contracted in health-care settings The number of measles cases continues to rise in Quebec. A total of 36 cases have been confirmed, including 28 in the Laurentians. In addition to the Montreal, Laval, and Montérégie regions, which are...

God damnit. This makes me so angry given the fight we’ve had since 2020 to protect against airborne transmission in hospitals and other congregate settings. It’s the worst “I told you so” montreal.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/q...

Chart: Positive flu tests With some help from masks, social distancing and fewer crowded gatherings, we beat the flu — but just for a season. Source: C.D.C. Four-week rolling average of positivity rates from approximately 300 clinical laboratories across the U.S.

At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.

Chart: U.S. adults reporting a disability The number of people reporting a disability soared. Many Americans struggled with long Covid and reported cognitive issues like “brain fog.” Source: Census Here, adults refer to people older than 16.

Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist.

Sanctuary city laws don’t just protect undocumented immigrants and their mixed-status families.

Sanctuary laws keep our towns healthy & whole. Folks who fear their government are less likely to call the fire dept, less likely to report contagious diseases, etc

Criminalization hurts all of us.

Democrats giving up on trans rights because they poll badly is like a sports team deciding to score on their own goal instead of the opponent’s because that’s what’s been getting the loudest cheers lately.

Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to access a vast database containing earnings information for nearly all U.S. workers. This database is maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is primarily used for child support enforcement.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

A people who couldn't draw the line at genocide are definitely not gonna draw the line at an assault on democracy.

Genocide is the RED line. The one line no one must cross. They crossed it, and outlawed anyone trying to stop it. Those are the people y'all want to fight for your democracy. Wow!!

They are worried about retaliation. However, as leaders we need to speak up for the future of the planet and next generation who fight for it! If we don't speak up for science, who will? If not now, when?? (2/3)

There is hesitancy by key scientific organizations to speak up and push back on the current administration. I just sent this to one of the "leaders". (1/3)