Katie

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Hopefully having lungs and a vascular system is enough to count as being high risk. It should. 🤞

Fit test results for after shaving, wearing 3m Aura. Normal breathing: 296, deep breathing: 239, head side to side: 293, head up and down: 204, talking: 160, bending over: 266, normal breathing: 259. Overall fit factor: 236. All numbers are in green for passing (>200 is pass value) except for talking, in red.

Fit test results for unshaven face with 3m Aura: Normal breathing: 32. Deep breathing: 22. Head side to side: 35. Head up and down: 54. Talking: 44. Bending over: 90. Normal breathing: 63. Overall fit factor: 38

I just realized the pictures are difficult to zoom in on.

PortaCount fit test results for 3m Aura masks that show with facial stubble the masks fails, but passes after shaving.

PortaCount fit test results before and after shaving. My husband's stubble was a little over 1mm. For reference, an N95 should have a fit factor of at least 100 to pass. Medsky

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.

I recently got access to a Portacount and was devastated by my Wellbefore scores. 😭 I got awful scores on all ear loop masks.

This is the only Zimi mask I did well in. It has nose foam and head straps.

My Portacount results were a little shocking. I have a smaller face and this is with mask tape along the chin of the Aura. No more earloop respirators for me, and Drager or Zimi masks only! 🩺

How are they going to fly the Panama Canal through the iron dome we're building over the country?

A Virus and the Brain I’ve been in a bit of a writer’s block lately, but an article popped up on BlueSky today that really spoke to me, getting me out of the slump.

This is from Dr. Kristin Stuppy's substack and it has a lot of good information. open.substack.com/pub/drkriste...

I got to meet my agency "siblings" and they're all wonderful. Can't wait to read their books!

It was great meeting you! 😊

Screen shot from Mike Hoerger, PhD, stating that currently 1 in 64 Americans is actively infectious with COVID (and probably actually higher because of the 7 day data lag).

Group of maskless, smiling pediatric nurses (some from an oncology unit) surrounded by Taylor Swift just days after her tour where many fans who attended posted that they came down with COVID from the concert.

Six years ago if you had asked these nurses: If there were an airborne virus that you'd catch yearly that could cause brain damage, heart damage, and even death for your patients, how long would you mask for? Every one of them would have said, "As long as it takes." Every one.

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Hopefully CMH has a way of just running the mycoplasma by now and they don't run the whole spectrum at once. That would cut the cost to a reasonable level. 🤞 I hope the cases slow down for you!

Sorry, I don't remember how long it took. For some reason the test isn't even showing up in his portal. He has had mycoplasma blood tests before which take several days, and then another day to confirm the positive. The blood tests were priced like regular labs and not hundreds of dollars, though.

Here's what Children's charged us for a respiratory panel back in 2019. All our doctor wanted was Mycoplasma but they didn't have that as a separate test so we got hit will the whole thing. This was a gut punch. Expected around $100.

Image of a transparent skull with the COVID virus inside the brain. Taken from neurosciencenews.com

Spike Protein Lingers in Brain, Fuels Long COVID
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I remember in 2016 when my daughter, then 5, told my father in law that Trump was bad. He puffed out his chest, ready for a gotcha moment with a child, and said, "What has he done?" She replied, "He grabbed a woman's cat without asking." His face when he realized- kids hear the news, too.

I think making sure Biden is blamed for it is the ONLY way to get Trump to act on it. If it's Biden's fault, then Trump won't need to lie and downplay it. He can brag about how bad of a job Biden did, come up with a gold-colored Trump N95, sell them for $20 each and beat the "Biden Plague."

This program sounds incredible. ❤️

My dad was a pediatrician many years ago and got this from a patient. He says that on multiple occasions, he knew he was about to die because he literally could not take in air after a coughing fit. It's the most terrified he's ever been. I really hope people protect their babies. 😟

Perfect timing, thank you! An adult just told my child she didn't need to take COVID precautions because there's no proof it can hurt the brain. Adding this to my "care package" for him.

Stack of research paper studies, all of which address the effects COVID has on the brain. Many reference its effect on children. Post it note on top says, "Hello! I heard you were having trouble accessing the studies showing COVID's effect on the brain, so I printed a few of them for you. There are hundreds more, along with studies on how it damages pretty much every part of the body. I'm happy to provide those if you'd like. Take care, Katie."

My 12-year-old daughter was on a Discord call with her friends when one of them made fun of her for her COVID precautions. She replied, "I don't want brain damage." The kid's dad chimed in, "You won't find any real proof that COVID causes brain damage." So he's getting a care package from me.

I am so sorry!

This is James Gillchrist, an Iraq war veteran and teacher. He was just fired from Rockhurst High School, a private school in Kansas City, for speaking out against Donald Trump.

REPOST if you stand with Gillchrist as he speaks truth to power!