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@darnitanywho.bsky.social
Still masking.
ME/CFS = I can't afford to get c0v*d
ME/CFS = I can't afford to get c0v*d
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Leading #LongCOVID and related disease researchers presented updates to their work Friday at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. As always, we live blogged the event. Check out summaries of each talk: bit.ly/4o38Gne
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Leading #LongCOVID and related disease researchers presented updates to their work Friday at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. As always, we live blogged the event. Check out summaries of each talk: bit.ly/4o38Gne
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It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
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Get your health advice and vaccine information from trusted healthcare professionals and trusted alternative sources:
1. www.who.int
2. www.gov.uk/government/o...
3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
1. www.who.int
2. www.gov.uk/government/o...
3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Get your health advice and vaccine information from trusted healthcare professionals and trusted alternative sources:
1. www.who.int
2. www.gov.uk/government/o...
3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
1. www.who.int
2. www.gov.uk/government/o...
3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"...the big pandemic public health story,” says Bar-Yam, “has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"...the big pandemic public health story,” says Bar-Yam, “has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
When the time comes, I hope to have access to metformin to reduce risk of PASC
Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 trial, suggesting that taking Metformin during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of #LongCOVID. bit.ly/4hCDo56
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When the time comes, I hope to have access to metformin to reduce risk of PASC
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A new at home clinical trial for #LongCOVID launches today to test tirzepitide.
Co-lead @julialmv.bsky.social, argues in a new op-ed that decentralized trials will accelerate research and make clinical trials more accessible for people with Long COVID.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w...
Co-lead @julialmv.bsky.social, argues in a new op-ed that decentralized trials will accelerate research and make clinical trials more accessible for people with Long COVID.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w...
We need more at-home clinical trials for Long COVID. Here’s how we designed the largest one yet. - The Sick Times
We are now recruiting for the Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T), which participants can complete entirely from bed.
thesicktimes.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A new at home clinical trial for #LongCOVID launches today to test tirzepitide.
Co-lead @julialmv.bsky.social, argues in a new op-ed that decentralized trials will accelerate research and make clinical trials more accessible for people with Long COVID.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w...
Co-lead @julialmv.bsky.social, argues in a new op-ed that decentralized trials will accelerate research and make clinical trials more accessible for people with Long COVID.
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w...
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Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today
Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
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Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
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.
thesicktimes.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...
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People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Beyond all reason
Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.
substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Some ~500,000 peer-reviewed journal articles later, there’s simply no excuse to not protect the public, especially those who count on responsible adults to keep them safe.
Kids deserve better so we need to do better. Actions over excuses.
😷 💉 🪟💨
Kids deserve better so we need to do better. Actions over excuses.
😷 💉 🪟💨
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some ~500,000 peer-reviewed journal articles later, there’s simply no excuse to not protect the public, especially those who count on responsible adults to keep them safe.
Kids deserve better so we need to do better. Actions over excuses.
😷 💉 🪟💨
Kids deserve better so we need to do better. Actions over excuses.
😷 💉 🪟💨
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“Long COVID is common, affecting up to 10% to 20% of children with a history of COVID-19. With almost 6 million US children potentially affected, this is higher than the number of children with asthma, the most common chronic health problem in children.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens
This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.
jamanetwork.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Long COVID is common, affecting up to 10% to 20% of children with a history of COVID-19. With almost 6 million US children potentially affected, this is higher than the number of children with asthma, the most common chronic health problem in children.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Going state by state for the 2nd week in a row to check on COVID-19, influenza, and RSV trends bc the shutdown is interrupting public reporting.
Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.
caitlinrivers.substack.com
Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.
caitlinrivers.substack.com
Force of Infection | Caitlin Rivers | Substack
Weekly updates on what's going around. Tracking COVID-19, influenza, RSV, food recalls, and more. Helpful for anyone looking to stay well. Click to read Force of Infection, by Caitlin Rivers, a Substa...
caitlinrivers.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Going state by state for the 2nd week in a row to check on COVID-19, influenza, and RSV trends bc the shutdown is interrupting public reporting.
Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.
caitlinrivers.substack.com
Not done yet as most data doesn't come out until tomorrow, but already seeing small signs of increase in RSV among ages 0-4.
caitlinrivers.substack.com
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Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today
April 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today
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Another call for sources: I'm reporting on pediatric Covid vaccine access. If you've had trouble finding pediatric doses in stock, or if your child was turned away, I'd love to hear from you: maggie.astor@nytimes.com.
Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.
Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Another call for sources: I'm reporting on pediatric Covid vaccine access. If you've had trouble finding pediatric doses in stock, or if your child was turned away, I'd love to hear from you: maggie.astor@nytimes.com.
Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.
Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.
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NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
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Sept 28th update:
Wastewater daily inf estimate are cratering, just as anticipated via the model. This trend should continue for at least the next month.
🔸510,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in 66 currently infected
🔸1 in 165 highly infectious
Wastewater daily inf estimate are cratering, just as anticipated via the model. This trend should continue for at least the next month.
🔸510,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in 66 currently infected
🔸1 in 165 highly infectious
September 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Sept 28th update:
Wastewater daily inf estimate are cratering, just as anticipated via the model. This trend should continue for at least the next month.
🔸510,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in 66 currently infected
🔸1 in 165 highly infectious
Wastewater daily inf estimate are cratering, just as anticipated via the model. This trend should continue for at least the next month.
🔸510,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in 66 currently infected
🔸1 in 165 highly infectious
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with September 14 data
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with September 14 data
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
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Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Please mask up in public indoor spaces. Even if you stopped masking, it's worth resuming it until we have guaranteed healthy indoor air for all. You don't want to get even one more #COVID19 infection, as every infection makes it more likely you'll be affected by #LongCOVID, like Kelly has been.
This is your regular reminder that Covid is airborne.
It’s not over. It’s still killing and disabling people.
It’s a novel virus and we still don’t know the full long term effects, but what we do know is not encouraging.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
Protect one another.
It’s not over. It’s still killing and disabling people.
It’s a novel virus and we still don’t know the full long term effects, but what we do know is not encouraging.
Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.
Protect one another.
September 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Please mask up in public indoor spaces. Even if you stopped masking, it's worth resuming it until we have guaranteed healthy indoor air for all. You don't want to get even one more #COVID19 infection, as every infection makes it more likely you'll be affected by #LongCOVID, like Kelly has been.
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Very useful reminder 🧵 by @Biff234523 about trying to get Novavax:
4-item thread to consult before you set about on your Novavax journey this time around:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19711...
4-item thread to consult before you set about on your Novavax journey this time around:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19711...
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very useful reminder 🧵 by @Biff234523 about trying to get Novavax:
4-item thread to consult before you set about on your Novavax journey this time around:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19711...
4-item thread to consult before you set about on your Novavax journey this time around:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19711...
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Latest 🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on Novavax availability for the USA (🧵as of ~20 mins ago):
TLDR: lots of places have it.
[But sometimes pharmacy staff don't know.]
Full thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19713...
TLDR: lots of places have it.
[But sometimes pharmacy staff don't know.]
Full thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19713...
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Latest 🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on Novavax availability for the USA (🧵as of ~20 mins ago):
TLDR: lots of places have it.
[But sometimes pharmacy staff don't know.]
Full thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19713...
TLDR: lots of places have it.
[But sometimes pharmacy staff don't know.]
Full thread:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19713...
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Today @thesicktimes.org: in-depth feature by the great @davetuller1.bsky.social about why many Long COVID experts and patients say functional neurological disorder (or FND) is an unhelpful diagnosis, and what to do if you want to push back on this diagnosis yourself.
Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you. - The Sick Times
Some people with Long COVID are receiving potentially unhelpful diagnoses of functional neurological disorder (FND), a condition in which people experience neurological symptoms that cannot be attribu...
thesicktimes.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today @thesicktimes.org: in-depth feature by the great @davetuller1.bsky.social about why many Long COVID experts and patients say functional neurological disorder (or FND) is an unhelpful diagnosis, and what to do if you want to push back on this diagnosis yourself.
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COVID-19 cases are still high, so be sure to know the facts and avoid the myths in order to protect yourself and others.
September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
COVID-19 cases are still high, so be sure to know the facts and avoid the myths in order to protect yourself and others.