Nope. False positives are extremely common with these kinds of tests.
If the virus was circulating in Italy in Oct 2019 we would see that reflected in hospitalizations and deaths. Again: COVID is a deadly contagious disease! It doesn't tiptoe quietly through a population like a cat burglar.
Lab leak truthers love to point out that "only" one-third to one-half of early cases were directly linked to the market but you know how many were linked to the lab?
Zero.
Plus if the virus had emerged in the summer there would have been *far* more than hundreds of cases by January.
Some important details from Robert Redfield here: Covid started in the summer of 2019*, which nukes the “wet market” natural origin timeline And the head of the Chinese CDC told him in early January they had hundreds of cases and it “had nothing to do with the wet market.” Redfield understood that top Chinese officials were pushing the wet market narrative and U.S. officials were eager to play along since they were also implicated.
Redfield is a Trump appointee and known crank. If COVID was circulating in summer of 2019, the entire timeline of the pandemic would be different. Chinese authorities were not "pushing the wet market narrative," they actively covered it up.
What is happening to people's brains over there
I hope this message makes it to more pregnant people. Your placenta is a big ol’ vascular organ and if you looked at images of Covid-impacted placentas you would mask up *at least* in pregnancy.
10.02.2026 16:33 — 👍 45 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 1
Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for February 10, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "moderate*" (orange) and reports a slight increase (diagonal up arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions." The middle text reads, "The U.S.’s long winter COVID-19 wave continues. Major national metrics are at plateaus as of late January, as disease levels increase in some regions and decrease in others. In better news, flu levels are declining again, after an uptick last week."
The U.S.’s long winter COVID-19 wave continues, as disease levels increase in some regions and decrease in others. Flu levels are declining again. And measles also continues spreading in the U.S.; the latest hotspots for this disease are immigration detention centers. bit.ly/3MdqPlz
10.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 34 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1
The planet burns, but most educated people still eat beef. Millions are disabled weekly by Long COVID, but most people still don't mask up where indoors.
Reminder: just because most people are doing something doesn't mean that behavior is aligned with either science or even their own stated morals.
“People used to be getting healthier year on year.
Now we're getting sicker year on year.
The difference is Covid.”
Can We Learn Something From Olympic Athletes Who Have Had Covid?
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al9K...
lrt: the covid vaccine was one of the few good things Trump did! and they're just gonna let it all go to waste because some oppositional-defiant fuckwits are still mad somebody told them to wear a mask
11.02.2026 01:16 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Murder clowns.
Respiratory season is over my a**.
Reminder: Bonnie Henry's office confirmed respiratory season starts and ends here based on her vibes (see next post). Same for all these colluding CMOHs.
A well fitted N95 mask offers excellent protection against Covid.
When people lose their sense of smell or taste … it’s because the virus is damaging the brain.
We’ve seen a drop in IQ with each covid infection.
An increase in vascular disease.
Long COVID may trigger Alzheimer’s.
Mask up!
Once more with feeling:
SARS-CoV-2 IS A WHOLE-BODY VIRUS.
#COVID #disability #chronicillness #healthcare #publichealth
This DEFINITELY deserves a classroom analysis by students. Children need to use their math & media skills to learn about information bias in the media.
11.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
“So how long are you going to wear a mask?”
“I don’t know, how long are you and everyone else going to ignore how constant Covid infections are damaging our bodies and killing us slowly before you demand govt invest in clean air everywhere, paid sick days to curb spread, and a universal vaccine?”
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination, Immune Dysregulation, and Cancer 🚨A PREPRINT, with an IMPORTANT warning: #Leonardi_effect→Cancer risk↑ SARS-CoV-2 infection creates a tumor-permissive immune landscape in long COVID, potentially elevating long-term cancer risk through persistent dysregulation. ➡️“SARS-CoV-2 is not a classical oncogenic virus: it lacks dedicated viral oncogenes, does not typically establish long-term persistence(one could debate this!), and differs fundamentally from canonical oncoviruses such as HPV, HBV, and EBV.” ➡️“Nevertheless, mounting evidence shows that the virus perturbs multiple cancer-relevant pathways, creating conditions that may promote tumor initiation or progression in susceptible tissues.”
🚨🧵by Dr @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on XTwitter:
"SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination, Immune Dysregulation, and Cancer
🚨A PREPRINT, with an IMPORTANT warning: #Leonardi_effect→Cancer risk↑
SARS-CoV-2 infection creates a tumor-permissive immune..."
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We are in an official flu epidemic and COVID still around so I’ll be taking my distance and wear a mask if I need to go out as a person with a heart condition.
Better safe than very ill. 😷
COVID-19 cases are rising. Vaccines are scarce, but you can still stay safe: wear a mask indoors, get tested early, and rest if you're sick. We’re here to help with care + support. 💜 http://radianthealthcenters.org #COVIDPrevention #LGBTQHealth #RadiantHealthOC #StaySa
11.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Laughing because people like are sick?
08.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"CDC had a study on their website early on that 1 in 5 people who got even mild COVID were likely to get long COVID. They never ever mentioned it beyond the website. I started digging deeper in and gathered this" Followed by partial image (auto-generated by medium.com based on images in the article???) that appears to see through a body, pointing to "lungs" "circulatory system" and "immune system"
🎯share by @scottsquires.bsky.social on XTwitter today:
"CDC had a study on their website early on that 1 in 5 people who got even mild COVID were likely to get long COVID. They never ever mentioned it beyond the website. I started digging deeper in and gathered this"
medium.com/@covidsafety...
Bro. People should wear a mask in a protest because COVID is STILL EVOLVING AND STILL CONTAGIOUS.
pmc19.com/data
"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread including asymptomatic cases missed by testing alone." followed by partial screenshot of one of the charts (just the very top of the image)
🚨🧵by @jammer.bsky.social on X:
"New study from Japan found after reclassifying COVID to a lower alert level, reported infections dropped sharply due to reduced testing, but wastewater continued detecting high viral loads, revealing invisible community spread..."
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Yes, it is really hard living during an ongoing pandemic when you can try your hardest but still not be able to prevent the ones you love becoming disabled and dying an early death because they refuse to take precautions.
#CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp #CleanTheAir
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-sickness-absence-rates/october-2025 NHS Sickness Absence Rates
What could possibly explain the trend line in this chart?
#LongCOVID
#COVID
#medsky
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
NHS Sickness Absence Rates, October 2025
i just cannot seem to get better from anything anymore. it takes weeks.
even last summer, when i got something as mild as a stye, the doctor was like "wtf your body is not letting this go away" and i had to get a damn shot in my eye.
long covid is the fucking worst.
January 30, 2026. COVID-19 National Wastewater Data Map #COVID19
Last updated 1/24/2026
{https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-national-data.html}
Take precautions! 😷💉
January 30, 2026. COVID-19 National Wastewater Data Map #FLU
Last updated 1/24/2026
{https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data/activity-levels.html}
Take precautions! 😷💉
"Wastewater surveillance reveals hidden COVID spread beyond reported cases"
As COVID testing becomes less routine, case numbers can underestimate outbreaks. Research led by Prof Murakami shows wastewater surveillance reveals hidden spread, offering a clearer view of transmission and early warnings.
Wear an ffp2
Open windows - ventilate
Clean the Air - Use a Hepa Air Purifier
Vaccinate
#Covidisairborne
Born in the wrong era, not so much for romanticising the past reasons as gods I wish I could do literally anything with my life.
Long covid stops me from most viable at-home hobbies as well as working in my field, and the risk of worsening my condition stops me from most social hobbies.
We are still being told to wash our hands for an airborne virus.
#COVIDisairborne
