Erykah
@erykahmiszti.bsky.social
Pink haired, Covid conscious, immune suppressed, cat lady, gardener for the zombie apocalypse, sci fi geek.
https://erykahmiszti.uk/
https://erykahmiszti.uk/
August 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎵I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes… a weather front is now here; the inflammation grows… 🎵
June 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🎵I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes… a weather front is now here; the inflammation grows… 🎵
“The 1918 influenza pandemic helped expose droplet guidance as incapable of preventing airborne infection.
Aerobiology emerged in the 1930s from the failure of droplet dogma to protect public health.”
Aerobiology emerged in the 1930s from the failure of droplet dogma to protect public health.”
Denial of Airborne Infection: A Review
“Is no one interested in understanding the dynamics of airborne infection?” Explore the compelling history of airborne contagion and the latest study to confirm it.
www.psychologytoday.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“The 1918 influenza pandemic helped expose droplet guidance as incapable of preventing airborne infection.
Aerobiology emerged in the 1930s from the failure of droplet dogma to protect public health.”
Aerobiology emerged in the 1930s from the failure of droplet dogma to protect public health.”
Heartening to see that a majority of YouGov responses want a better world for the UK’s disabled.
Do people who have a disability need more support from the benefits system?
Thinking about the different groups who the benefit system supports, for each of the following groups do you think it offers too much support, too little support, or about the right amount? People who...
yougov.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Heartening to see that a majority of YouGov responses want a better world for the UK’s disabled.
“The health secretary has pledged to fight chronic illness, but experts say he risks increasing it with department cuts”
How ‘revenge of the Covid contrarians’ unleashed by RFK Jr puts broader vaccine advances at risk
The health secretary has pledged to fight chronic illness, but experts say he risks increasing it with department cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“The health secretary has pledged to fight chronic illness, but experts say he risks increasing it with department cuts”
First harvest of the year!
April 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
First harvest of the year!
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Join the NHS bloc on the People's Assembly National Demonstration aginst Austerity!
Assemble 11:30AM - exact location to be announced!
WELFARE NOT WARFARE | STOP NHS JOB CUTS | END NHS PRIVATISATON
Assemble 11:30AM - exact location to be announced!
WELFARE NOT WARFARE | STOP NHS JOB CUTS | END NHS PRIVATISATON
April 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join the NHS bloc on the People's Assembly National Demonstration aginst Austerity!
Assemble 11:30AM - exact location to be announced!
WELFARE NOT WARFARE | STOP NHS JOB CUTS | END NHS PRIVATISATON
Assemble 11:30AM - exact location to be announced!
WELFARE NOT WARFARE | STOP NHS JOB CUTS | END NHS PRIVATISATON
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“While CO₂ doesn’t transmit viruses itself, it acts as a proxy for indoor crowding and poor ventilation. When there isn’t enough ventilation, these levels stay high as do the chances that airborne viruses can linger longer and infect others.”
The role of carbon dioxide in airborne disease transmission: a hidden key to safer indoor spaces
The concentration of CO2 in the air directly affects how long a virus remains infectious.
theconversation.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“While CO₂ doesn’t transmit viruses itself, it acts as a proxy for indoor crowding and poor ventilation. When there isn’t enough ventilation, these levels stay high as do the chances that airborne viruses can linger longer and infect others.”
“Benefits and Work has created a brief, anonymous questionnaire about the PIP cuts in which your answers will immediately be published online. The one page survey is for anyone who currently gets PIP daily living without scoring any 4 point or higher descriptors.”
No 4 point PIP descriptors
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Benefits and Work has created a brief, anonymous questionnaire about the PIP cuts in which your answers will immediately be published online. The one page survey is for anyone who currently gets PIP daily living without scoring any 4 point or higher descriptors.”
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'Covid, Learning, and Rights'
In her new article, @larawong.bsky.social highlights the UK's neglect of those at-risk and calls for equitable policies.
Link to full magazine below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In her new article, @larawong.bsky.social highlights the UK's neglect of those at-risk and calls for equitable policies.
Link to full magazine below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
April 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Covid, Learning, and Rights'
In her new article, @larawong.bsky.social highlights the UK's neglect of those at-risk and calls for equitable policies.
Link to full magazine below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In her new article, @larawong.bsky.social highlights the UK's neglect of those at-risk and calls for equitable policies.
Link to full magazine below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
“a small group of COVID-impacted NY artists offered a gesture of collective care in Manhattan's theatre district, asking a question no one else seemed willing to: what if the pandemic isn't over-and what if it's stealing our joy?”
Mask For Pleasure: COVID-impacted Artists Raise Awareness at George Clooney's Broadway Opening
On the opening weekend of the Broadway debut of George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, a small group of COVID-impacted NY artists offered a gesture of collective care in Manhattan's theatre distri...
www.broadwayworld.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“a small group of COVID-impacted NY artists offered a gesture of collective care in Manhattan's theatre district, asking a question no one else seemed willing to: what if the pandemic isn't over-and what if it's stealing our joy?”
Not doing it that quietly!
Is COVID quietly sabotaging our immune systems?
Experts are increasingly coalescing around the view that COVID has weakened our immune systems, leaving us vulnerable to other infections
www.canadianaffairs.news
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Not doing it that quietly!
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The cuts proposed to disability support are a disgraceful attack on some of the poorest people in our society.
They need to be stopped — and together we can stop them. And we can win a Wealth Tax as a progressive alternative.
My new article 👇
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-c...
They need to be stopped — and together we can stop them. And we can win a Wealth Tax as a progressive alternative.
My new article 👇
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-c...
April 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The cuts proposed to disability support are a disgraceful attack on some of the poorest people in our society.
They need to be stopped — and together we can stop them. And we can win a Wealth Tax as a progressive alternative.
My new article 👇
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-c...
They need to be stopped — and together we can stop them. And we can win a Wealth Tax as a progressive alternative.
My new article 👇
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-c...
“The idea that public health is not a collective responsibility but an unpaid contract gig for you and me should be put to bed in 2025. ”
COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.
A new story, rooted in the way we live now, would necessitate the telling of present-day truths.
canadahealthwatch.ca
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“The idea that public health is not a collective responsibility but an unpaid contract gig for you and me should be put to bed in 2025. ”
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Why Do Covid Conscious People Still Try To Stay Well And Healthy Despite All The Evidence That Their Actions Work?
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Why Do Covid Conscious People Still Try To Stay Well And Healthy Despite All The Evidence That Their Actions Work?
Oh the urge to grab a pen and write #covidisairborne on this sign!
April 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Oh the urge to grab a pen and write #covidisairborne on this sign!
Appt today is at far end of hospital. Not a single person masked (apart from me) anywhere that I could see. :(
April 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Appt today is at far end of hospital. Not a single person masked (apart from me) anywhere that I could see. :(
“This is because the overwhelming majority of the increase is due to the fact that new claims for employment and support allowance (ESA) had been replaced by UC claims. So, as the number of ESA awards shrank, the number of UC awards rose.”
DWP condemned by statistics watchdog for "entirely misleading" WCA figures
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“This is because the overwhelming majority of the increase is due to the fact that new claims for employment and support allowance (ESA) had been replaced by UC claims. So, as the number of ESA awards shrank, the number of UC awards rose.”
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The bar is so low. This pandemic has demonstrated for some the question "hey, could you give up brunch for just one Sunday in a year so I can see you safely?" is too much to ask.
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The bar is so low. This pandemic has demonstrated for some the question "hey, could you give up brunch for just one Sunday in a year so I can see you safely?" is too much to ask.
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Still not wrong, just early.
Ignoring Covid infections is a giant mistake.
We should be preventing them.
Long Covid is very real & very serious and still a significant risk to all.
The pandemic is continuing whether you ignore it or not.
It's not lockdowns; it's infections.
FAFO.
Ignoring Covid infections is a giant mistake.
We should be preventing them.
Long Covid is very real & very serious and still a significant risk to all.
The pandemic is continuing whether you ignore it or not.
It's not lockdowns; it's infections.
FAFO.
March 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Still not wrong, just early.
Ignoring Covid infections is a giant mistake.
We should be preventing them.
Long Covid is very real & very serious and still a significant risk to all.
The pandemic is continuing whether you ignore it or not.
It's not lockdowns; it's infections.
FAFO.
Ignoring Covid infections is a giant mistake.
We should be preventing them.
Long Covid is very real & very serious and still a significant risk to all.
The pandemic is continuing whether you ignore it or not.
It's not lockdowns; it's infections.
FAFO.
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We take a look at who is eligible for the spring COVID-19 vaccine, now that booking has opened 📆
Those who receive a vaccine are around 45% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 compared to those who remain unvaccinated.
More details: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/25/w...
Those who receive a vaccine are around 45% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 compared to those who remain unvaccinated.
More details: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/25/w...
Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Spring Booster’?
Details of who is eligible to book a free NHS COVID-19 vaccination this spring.
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk
March 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We take a look at who is eligible for the spring COVID-19 vaccine, now that booking has opened 📆
Those who receive a vaccine are around 45% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 compared to those who remain unvaccinated.
More details: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/25/w...
Those who receive a vaccine are around 45% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 compared to those who remain unvaccinated.
More details: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/25/w...
My tiny orchard is coming alive in the sunshine.
March 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My tiny orchard is coming alive in the sunshine.
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