“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Indeed
It's interesting to look at the detection data for Whooping cough (also called Pertussis, named after the bacterial cause - 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴.
Australian NNDSS data show a 3-5 year space between Pertussis epidemics.
Poster for hospital room door
My recommendations to this committee:
1. Specify easy-breathing N95s <100 Pa
2. Encourage NIOSH to create a Bioaerosol Respirator
Standard with breathing resistance as low as 25 Pa
Going out on a limb here: I think we are at the start of a new Covid wave.
Stats from todays NSW Health report:
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
Study of.l Flu vs. SARS-CoV-2 Switzerland found that...
🦠relative hazard comparable
🦠absolute number of patients with healthcare-associated Omicron was 3x higher than those with healthcare-assoc flu
🦠COVID-19 still represents much larger hospital burden than flu
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www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
Current mood…
Picture of comedy characters Kath and Kim
Department of Government Effluency
Algorithmic Choice with Custom Feeds
blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-20...
Thank goodness for @karencutter.bsky.social
👰♀️ Wore masks to my sisters wedding (6/150)
📷 Appeared in no professional photos because of it
😷 Advised didn’t want it to be remembered as a ‘masked event’
Who’s really wearing the mask…? 🎭
And wear a mask indoors even when the windows are open…
I love the mask lines on my face. They are evidence on my skin of the choices I have made. I am proud of them. They are like warrior paint. Every mask worn is breaking a chain.
