Marcia Cohen Zakai
@cozamarsh.bsky.social
Former Senior Commission, City of San Jose
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Marcia Cohen Zakai
@cozamarsh.bsky.social
· Nov 11
The results of the CDC’s upcoming HICPAC meeting will surely be consequential for infection control standards in healthcare.
Will you join me in going on record by emailing the Committee?
Here’s what I emailed HICPAC (HICPAC@cdc.gov) and copied NNU:
Hello HICPAC members:
Will you join me in going on record by emailing the Committee?
Here’s what I emailed HICPAC (HICPAC@cdc.gov) and copied NNU:
Hello HICPAC members:
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social says "things aren't bad yet."
"ILI ... is still below the 'epidemic' level threshold." (This threshold is usually when I put on my mask... at airports or crowded indoor places, because I don’t have time to get sick.)"
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/flu-season...
"ILI ... is still below the 'epidemic' level threshold." (This threshold is usually when I put on my mask... at airports or crowded indoor places, because I don’t have time to get sick.)"
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/flu-season...
A rough flu season may be taking shape
Plus updates on measles, infant botulism, the question grab bag and good news.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social says "things aren't bad yet."
"ILI ... is still below the 'epidemic' level threshold." (This threshold is usually when I put on my mask... at airports or crowded indoor places, because I don’t have time to get sick.)"
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/flu-season...
"ILI ... is still below the 'epidemic' level threshold." (This threshold is usually when I put on my mask... at airports or crowded indoor places, because I don’t have time to get sick.)"
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/flu-season...
Based on their callous disregard for workplace precautions in their book, Macedo & Lee would surely approve of Tyson's prioritizing cost-benefit analysis over employee health & well being. OSHA was no match for Tyson & other companies with inadequate Injury/Illness plans for mitigating COVID harms.
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
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My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Based on their callous disregard for workplace precautions in their book, Macedo & Lee would surely approve of Tyson's prioritizing cost-benefit analysis over employee health & well being. OSHA was no match for Tyson & other companies with inadequate Injury/Illness plans for mitigating COVID harms.
Peter Attia’s “Focusing on what really matters for reducing your risk of death” is full of self-praise for “accuracy over attention” & not prioritizing, as the media does, the more sensational over the most common causes of death. Once again Attia places COVID-19 among the 1-3% set of causes,
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November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Peter Attia’s “Focusing on what really matters for reducing your risk of death” is full of self-praise for “accuracy over attention” & not prioritizing, as the media does, the more sensational over the most common causes of death. Once again Attia places COVID-19 among the 1-3% set of causes,
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Reposted by Marcia Cohen Zakai
Medicare Advantage OVERVIEW:
- Succinctly, Medicare Advantage Plans are BAD!
"Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com did an excellent job!
I've Medicare A & B, a Medicare Supplement Plan, & a Part D prescription plan.
- Succinctly, Medicare Advantage Plans are BAD!
"Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com did an excellent job!
I've Medicare A & B, a Medicare Supplement Plan, & a Part D prescription plan.
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Medicare Advantage OVERVIEW:
- Succinctly, Medicare Advantage Plans are BAD!
"Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com did an excellent job!
I've Medicare A & B, a Medicare Supplement Plan, & a Part D prescription plan.
- Succinctly, Medicare Advantage Plans are BAD!
"Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com did an excellent job!
I've Medicare A & B, a Medicare Supplement Plan, & a Part D prescription plan.
Please call your California Congressional Reps to urge them to support Rep. Rho Khanna's letter to the UC President in support of the CA Nurses' new contract for better patient/nurse protections! I just called mine!
Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients! act.medicare4all.org/sign/congres...
Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients! act.medicare4all.org/sign/congres...
Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients!
25,000 registered nurses working at University of California medical centers (UC) and represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) will have their contracts expire on ...
act.medicare4all.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Please call your California Congressional Reps to urge them to support Rep. Rho Khanna's letter to the UC President in support of the CA Nurses' new contract for better patient/nurse protections! I just called mine!
Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients! act.medicare4all.org/sign/congres...
Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients! act.medicare4all.org/sign/congres...
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Doctors: we've accepted too many myths about Covid.
My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing.
youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT...
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My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing.
youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT...
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youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Doctors: we've accepted too many myths about Covid.
My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing.
youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT...
🧵1/11
My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing.
youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT...
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@medpagetoday.com
Imagine for a moment that it were normal for healthcare facility policies on hand hygiene to be "all over the map" depending on whether few or many were testing positive for diarrheal disease.
So disheartening that the report quotes MDs LaSalle, Grisolia & Weber, who
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Imagine for a moment that it were normal for healthcare facility policies on hand hygiene to be "all over the map" depending on whether few or many were testing positive for diarrheal disease.
So disheartening that the report quotes MDs LaSalle, Grisolia & Weber, who
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October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@medpagetoday.com
Imagine for a moment that it were normal for healthcare facility policies on hand hygiene to be "all over the map" depending on whether few or many were testing positive for diarrheal disease.
So disheartening that the report quotes MDs LaSalle, Grisolia & Weber, who
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Imagine for a moment that it were normal for healthcare facility policies on hand hygiene to be "all over the map" depending on whether few or many were testing positive for diarrheal disease.
So disheartening that the report quotes MDs LaSalle, Grisolia & Weber, who
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Thank you @thewhn.bsky.social for this brilliant discussion about the basics - and more. There's still hope when the medical and engineering experts actually work together!
What does it really mean to have “clean air”? Our panel — featuring Dr. Joe Vipond, Jim Rosenthal, Aaron Collins, and Dr. William Bahnfleth — dug into what truly keeps our spaces healthy and why clean indoor air matters more than ever.
Watch the full discussion now on YouTube
youtu.be/EXaP-1jkUvM
Watch the full discussion now on YouTube
youtu.be/EXaP-1jkUvM
The Power of Clean Air: The World Health Network | Clean Air Panel Discussion
YouTube video by World Health Network
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you @thewhn.bsky.social for this brilliant discussion about the basics - and more. There's still hope when the medical and engineering experts actually work together!
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"Because the far right is trying to create a bogeyman term in 'antifa' to equate protests with terrorism, I got caught up in the middle of this."
Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering
We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...
www.democracynow.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Because the far right is trying to create a bogeyman term in 'antifa' to equate protests with terrorism, I got caught up in the middle of this."
Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin
open.substack.com/pub/wcha/p/u...
open.substack.com/pub/wcha/p/u...
Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin
State order expands COVID vaccine access and insurance coverage to include all people 6 months and up; getting the latest vaccines and masking protect against infection
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin
open.substack.com/pub/wcha/p/u...
open.substack.com/pub/wcha/p/u...
Santa Clara County (California Bay Area) is one of several to reinstate a mask mandate in healthcare during "virus season" (Nov-March).
COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...
COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...
Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of prior health orders | Public Health |...
Full text of Santa Clara County's Health Order requiring use of face masks in patient care areas of health care delivery facilities during designated winter respiratory virus period; rescission of pri...
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov
October 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Santa Clara County (California Bay Area) is one of several to reinstate a mask mandate in healthcare during "virus season" (Nov-March).
COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...
COVID isn't seasonal, but SCC's standing order is better than nothing, which is the case almost everywhere else😥.
publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/cov...
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On November 4th, Californians will have the opportunity to fight back against Trump's election-rigging efforts in Texas by voting on Prop 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. Prop 50 is an emergency...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Reposted by Marcia Cohen Zakai
Along with nurses around the globe, we are grieving the murder of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip.
We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
Nurses denounce killing of Palestinian Nursing Association leader
National Nurses United today condemned Israeli forces’ recent killing of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at K...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Along with nurses around the globe, we are grieving the murder of Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip.
We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues against this outrageous violence. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today!
Send a virtual postacrd to Congress: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, must go!
act.medicare4all.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Tell Congress How Dangerous RFK Jr. is to Nurses and Patients Today! act.medicare4all.org/letter/rfk-v...
Reposted by Marcia Cohen Zakai
Violet Affleck crushes it again
“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!
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!
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Violet Affleck crushes it again
Reposted by Marcia Cohen Zakai
There is a web page at the ACIP web site which defines "shared clinical decision making". It dates from 2025-Jan-07 (when CDC was still moslty sane).
www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
As to who's involved on the clinical side, I captured this image (because character limits). Pharmacists qualify.
www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
As to who's involved on the clinical side, I captured this image (because character limits). Pharmacists qualify.
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is a web page at the ACIP web site which defines "shared clinical decision making". It dates from 2025-Jan-07 (when CDC was still moslty sane).
www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
As to who's involved on the clinical side, I captured this image (because character limits). Pharmacists qualify.
www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
As to who's involved on the clinical side, I captured this image (because character limits). Pharmacists qualify.
New on Cardiac Long Covid
More reasons to decrease the spread, prevent infections/reinfections, & continue vaccinating ("vaccines have been instrumental in significantly reducing the burden of morbidity & mortality during both acute & post-acute phases of infection")
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
More reasons to decrease the spread, prevent infections/reinfections, & continue vaccinating ("vaccines have been instrumental in significantly reducing the burden of morbidity & mortality during both acute & post-acute phases of infection")
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
Cardiovascular disease prevention and management in COVID-19: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, t...
Abstract. The coronavirus-associated disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed significant challenges due to the complex interplay between SARS-CoV-2 infe
academic.oup.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New on Cardiac Long Covid
More reasons to decrease the spread, prevent infections/reinfections, & continue vaccinating ("vaccines have been instrumental in significantly reducing the burden of morbidity & mortality during both acute & post-acute phases of infection")
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
More reasons to decrease the spread, prevent infections/reinfections, & continue vaccinating ("vaccines have been instrumental in significantly reducing the burden of morbidity & mortality during both acute & post-acute phases of infection")
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
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Sign up for updates on Prop 50
On November 4th, Californians will have the opportunity to fight back against Trump's election-rigging efforts in Texas by voting on Prop 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. Prop 50 is an emergency...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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I’m in Gaza City, my bag is packed, but I refuse to leave my home
Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, and at the cost of losing our homes forever.
By Ahmed Ahmed.
Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, and at the cost of losing our homes forever.
By Ahmed Ahmed.
I’m in Gaza City, my bag is packed, but I refuse to leave my home
Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, and at the cost of losing our homes forever.
www.972mag.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m in Gaza City, my bag is packed, but I refuse to leave my home
Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, and at the cost of losing our homes forever.
By Ahmed Ahmed.
Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, and at the cost of losing our homes forever.
By Ahmed Ahmed.
Dr. Adalja claims that "not repeatedly vaccinating truly low-risk people against COVID isn't very controversial" but I hope more MDs will oppose "risk-based Covid 💉s" & instead advocate, just as we do for the influenza 💉, for universal Covid vaccination.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Risk-Based COVID Vaccination Gets It Right. Here's What RFK Jr. Gets Wrong.
Government leaders have created confusion and controversy
www.medpagetoday.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Dr. Adalja claims that "not repeatedly vaccinating truly low-risk people against COVID isn't very controversial" but I hope more MDs will oppose "risk-based Covid 💉s" & instead advocate, just as we do for the influenza 💉, for universal Covid vaccination.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Are you concerned about changes to the vaccine schedule? act.medicare4all.org/survey/chang...
Are you concerned about changes to the vaccine schedule?
The U.S. recently reached an alarming public health milestone: measles cases have just reached their highest peak in decades. Nurses and other health care workers are at high risk of occupational expo...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Are you concerned about changes to the vaccine schedule? act.medicare4all.org/survey/chang...
Will you join me in submitting public comments in support of vaccine access before the CDC's ACIP meeting on Sept. 18-19?
Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social makes the process easy for each of us - experts & lay people alike - to go on record: precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social makes the process easy for each of us - experts & lay people alike - to go on record: precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Will you join me in submitting public comments in support of vaccine access before the CDC's ACIP meeting on Sept. 18-19?
Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social makes the process easy for each of us - experts & lay people alike - to go on record: precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social makes the process easy for each of us - experts & lay people alike - to go on record: precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
I use the present tense because that's the reality. It's still here, spreading & harming us - including children & those of seemingly low risk - in the acute & long-term stages. We've been told to live with Covid & accept Covid deaths & disability as normal, because there are fewer of them now.
I intentionally use Covid in present tense because I am a disability reporter, and it is a mass disabling event, even if acute deaths are down.
Maybe unpopular take but I think "during COVID" is fine!
Death data show a clear acute phase from spring 2020 until spring 2022. Since then deaths have steadily trended downward and this winter fell below flu deaths. You can take COVID seriously and still talk about the worst of it in the past tense
Death data show a clear acute phase from spring 2020 until spring 2022. Since then deaths have steadily trended downward and this winter fell below flu deaths. You can take COVID seriously and still talk about the worst of it in the past tense
September 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I use the present tense because that's the reality. It's still here, spreading & harming us - including children & those of seemingly low risk - in the acute & long-term stages. We've been told to live with Covid & accept Covid deaths & disability as normal, because there are fewer of them now.
TY Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social for making it easy for each of us to go on record in support of universal vaccine access, including Covid vaccines, before the next ACIP (CDC vaccine committee) meeting scheduled for 9/18-19. TY for once again leading the way.
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
Tell the CDC: We Need Immediate Universal Access to COVID Vaccines and Broad Access to All Vaccines
COVID vaccine access is in jeopardy; public comment to CDC ACIP vaccine committee opens today 9/2 and closes 9/13 at 11:59pm EDT
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
TY Dr. @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social for making it easy for each of us to go on record in support of universal vaccine access, including Covid vaccines, before the next ACIP (CDC vaccine committee) meeting scheduled for 9/18-19. TY for once again leading the way.
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
Reposted by Marcia Cohen Zakai
COVID is on🔥 Watch #MaskTogetherAmerica Back-to-School Health Forum featuring Dr. Hoerger @michael-hoerger.bsky.social, Dr. Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social & Dr. Robi Tamargo, three distinctive speakers who stand for the layered approach to sickness prevention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_R...
Back-to-School Health Forum 2025
YouTube video by MaskTogetherAmerica
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August 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
COVID is on🔥 Watch #MaskTogetherAmerica Back-to-School Health Forum featuring Dr. Hoerger @michael-hoerger.bsky.social, Dr. Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social & Dr. Robi Tamargo, three distinctive speakers who stand for the layered approach to sickness prevention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_R...