Jane O’Neill

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and worsened by reinfections and ongoing transmission. Governments and health systems must prioritise research, care access, and protection for kids—otherwise, the long-term social and economic costs will keep rising.

#LongCOVID

The image is a public health poster from NYC Health titled “Prevent Long COVID.” It explains that the only way to prevent Long COVID is to avoid getting COVID-19, as each infection carries a risk. It lists prevention tips: Wear a well-fitting mask (N95, KN95, KF94) in crowded or poorly ventilated indoor spaces. Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations. Stay home if sick, or wear a mask if you must go out. Avoid close contact with sick people. Wash hands often or use hand sanitizer.

By nychealthy @nychealthy.bsky.social

The best way to prevent Long COVID is to prevent getting COVID-19 or getting it multiple times. That means staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and wearing a well-fitting mask, especially when indoors among crowds.

Learn more: www.nyc.gov/site/doh/cov...

Governor, have you considered getting together with other big names and having a daily press conference that leads the American people and tells us in nice specific steps like this how we can stop what's happening?

We need to be pointed in the same direction by some competent leadership.

Governor Pritzker, we need your help. You have law enforcement at your disposal.

Enforce the law. Defend the constitution and the people. Make an example. Show them there are consequences for flouting the law in Illinois.

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

CNN: The ratings are in for the first day. 6.26 million viewers on ABC. That was four times Jimmy Kimmel's average. And that's despite the show not even being available in a quarter of all American homes.

A screenshot of two X posts. The first post is from @youwouldntpost, associated with the Stan Chera memorial fund, stating "we did it folks. they're pro-masking now" with a laughing emoji. The second post is from @DHSgov_1d, linked to Homeland Security, stating opposition to a mask ban by Governor Gavin Newsom, citing a 1,000% increase in assaults on ICE law enforcement and their families being doxxed and targeted. The post includes an image from a Fox News broadcast featuring Gavin Newsom at a podium with "Safe Schools, Safe Communities" signage, surrounded by people, with headlines reading "NEWSOM TAUNTS I.C.E. AFTER BANNING FACE MASKS" and "ALERT - THE ICE BROADVIEW PROCESSING CENTER OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN CHICAGO."

Thank you to State Sen. Scott Wiener for this bill, to Gov. Gavin Newsom for supporting it, and AG Rob Bonta for enforcing it.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

This is what happens in countries that value Science.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy.

It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.

We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

💯💯💯💯💯💯

Vaccines are battle training for your immune system. If you could give it intel on the enemy, why would you withhold that? Give me ALL the vaccines! I want to be prepared for everything!

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

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CDC Sends Termination Notices To 600 Employees, Including 100 Working In Violence Prevention The CDC sent termination notices to 600 employees, including 100 who prevent violence. This comes days after a fatal shooting at the CDC headquarters.

“Among those laid off in the CDC include employees who help other countries track violence against children as well as those who work to prevent child abuse and teen dating violence.
“There are nationally and internationally recognized experts that will be impossible to replace”

New Yorker cartoon: two people drinking wine on a beach deck. One says to the other, "I can't believe that the summer, and civilization, are almost over."

Same, same....

Plea for fellow reporters: can we stop reflexively referring to everyone the feds randomly arrest as “undocumented” or “in the country illegally?” We frankly have no idea who they’re detaining or what their status is most of the time, and there are *many* reports of people with status being detained

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Post-acute viral infections are not new (note that I use 'post-acute,' not 'postviral' as viral persistence can occur long-term). Yet, society and the medical community continue to dismiss millions worldwide suffering from #LongCovid and other similar conditions.This is an excellent historical text:

I remember when this happened.

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.

Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

A fifth of California homes are investor-owned as state’s affordability crisis deepens – report New figures show that the Golden state’s rate of investor-owned homes is 19%, with mountain regions up to 83%

You know how the Abundance Guys only talk about zoning laws and pretend corporate power has nothing to do with the affordable housing crisis in places like California?

Here’s how you know they’re trying to trick you into not seeing the whole problem.

World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

“More than nine in 10 renewable power projects globally are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Always good to remember.

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

It’s a good thing we have AI to do our thinking for us since we decided to let loose an airborne virus that causes cognitive damage.

#CovidIsntOver

You learn about your topic by researching it. Who says something, why they said it, and what's left out of the narrative help build your story. AI cannot do any o those things. All it can do is stochastic parrot in the general direction of research.