Infectious disease minimizers own this. Public health officials who consistently downplayed COVID own this. Media who plarformed minimizers own this.

as a science journalist, lemme say it is utterly astounding to get science *and* journalism this wrong on every level

mRNA technology may be THE most underrated and unfairly scrutinized (fuck you COVID antivax crew) medical breakthrough in my lifetime.

Like... The things this is already showing it can do in the last 5-7 years is incredible.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

"Medical institutions must educate staff that Long COVID is a disabling condition affecting up to 40% of healthcare workers who contracted and continue to contract COVID-19 while working in hospitals that have failed to control the spread of the virus and other pathogens."

#LongCOVID

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

Every damn day. Super simple fix.

The frustration that I have…

I still don’t think the government has *ever* clearly communicated the long term risk to health that COVID-19 poses…

and so most people still have no idea of the real pros and cons of getting infected or spreading disease.

Or ya know, clean the air and mask indoors, especially when flying. You’d think after seeing Olympian’s continue to mask everywhere in order to remain healthy, the pros might take notes.

Well, Lauer is sick so it’s absolutely going to be running through the club. Goddamn people, mask and clean the air.

Have we any clue why Scherzer left?

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

An excellent thread!

Same in the #Yukon, where there has been a noticeable uptick in public coughing & sneezing, coinciding with holiday gatherings, & more winter indoor living (currently snowing, with a wind chill of -28 degrees C) -

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Opinion: A decade ago, writer Steven Galloway’s cancellation tore CanLit apart. The effects linger to this day The bestselling novelist faced sexual-assault allegations, costing him his job. Marsha Lederman asks, would this case be handled differently today?

I dunno, man. Seems pretty wild to write an extensive piece like this and only give a cursory mention of why so many people "declined to be interviewed."

The man has sued so many people for even just TWEETING about the case. But I still gotta listen to CanLit elites play the victim? C'mon.

Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

This👇

Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 · Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Photographer Jo-Anne McArthur from @weanimals has published a series of photos from two correctional facilities in Canada, where inmates work in farms where farmed animals share captivity with the prisoners.

👉 veganfta.com/articles/2025/10/12/cana...

Despite the marketing, it’s not a mere cold. We need to think beyond the initial acute-stage effects. Please take this seriously.

“It’s not just long COVID.
It’s a virus that rewrites the factory that makes immune cells - the bone marrow.”

Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick Times Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.

NEW: A series of studies have shown that the diabetes drug metformin may help reduce the risk of #LongCOVID. So why isn't the information being translated into guidelines for providers?

@sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org!

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Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!

We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.

Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"

US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.

I know two people who got long covid from infections during doctor appointments where they couldn't easily mask (an MRI and an ENT exam). this is a very real risk.

And before anyone says anything - yes, there are MRI-safe respirators, most people don't know about them or have access to them.

20 October 2025 Australian researchers unlocking secrets of COVID-19 may have landed on new ways to reduce organ injury from heart attacks and stroke The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused enormous global healthcare challenges and further led to longer-term health complications for millions of infected individuals. Much remains to be learned about the virus, but one thing is clear: the SARS-CoV-2 virus can unleash widespread, systemic effects throughout the body due to its ability to cause damage to endothelial cells (termed endotheliitis). This process is associated with microvasculature dysfunction and is a major cause of the acute and chronic complications (Long-COVID-19) of the disease.

"Australian researchers unlocking secrets of COVID-19 may have landed on new ways to reduce organ injury from heart attacks and stroke"

SARS-CoV-2 can damage endothelial cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery. This microvascular injury drives organ damage and Long COVID.

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+ The way "hostages" is applied to Israelis hostages but not to Palestinians when the same articles admit "vast majority of Palestinian prisoners were held without charge" which reads to me like they were hostages, too.

Field of play- typos because ARGHHHH