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It's wild watching media folks who have consistently normalized infectious disease and platformed minimizers throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic now expressing shock that vaccine rates have plummeted or that H5N1 is not being taken seriously. *You* helped to make this happen.
December 3, 2024 at 1:50 PM
It's wild watching media folks who have consistently normalized infectious disease and platformed minimizers throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic now expressing shock that vaccine rates have plummeted or that H5N1 is not being taken seriously. *You* helped to make this happen.
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Took a course on urban health in undergrad. I asked my professor why Scandinavian & Asian countries had things like universal healthcare, robust social programs, better transportation, etc. He said it was because these countries are racially homogeneous. EVERYONE CAN "WIN" CAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME.
December 3, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Took a course on urban health in undergrad. I asked my professor why Scandinavian & Asian countries had things like universal healthcare, robust social programs, better transportation, etc. He said it was because these countries are racially homogeneous. EVERYONE CAN "WIN" CAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME.
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This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM
This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :
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Reminder of where things are, for those who insist on turning a blind eye (or worse). 🧵
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 21, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Reminder of where things are, for those who insist on turning a blind eye (or worse). 🧵
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky
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Antivaxxers and infectious disease minimizers have been very successful.
US: 60% of Americans say they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
"A sense that the vaccine isn’t needed and concern about side effects are the top reasons this group gave"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"A sense that the vaccine isn’t needed and concern about side effects are the top reasons this group gave"
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
60% of Americans say they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic Party are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say they will get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Antivaxxers and infectious disease minimizers have been very successful.
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And as your local neighborhood epidemiologist who specializes in infectious diseases, here is my favorite visual representation as to why the type of masks you all are using is important and why purchasing good ones NOW is essential.
November 18, 2024 at 6:59 PM
And as your local neighborhood epidemiologist who specializes in infectious diseases, here is my favorite visual representation as to why the type of masks you all are using is important and why purchasing good ones NOW is essential.
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I never understood why women had to give up things to be with men. Little innocuous things that made them happy. A sewing class. A dance class. A weekly tea group. An annual girls’ trip!!! The dudebro podcasts have labeled us all sluts and whores for going on TRIPS.
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 AM
I never understood why women had to give up things to be with men. Little innocuous things that made them happy. A sewing class. A dance class. A weekly tea group. An annual girls’ trip!!! The dudebro podcasts have labeled us all sluts and whores for going on TRIPS.
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Ive met so many women who had every hobby from birdwatching to ballroom dancing, HARMLESS innocent things that gave them joy, that they gave up because their partners and spouses were threatened by that joy.
The same joy that attracted you to them in the FIRST fucking place.
The same joy that attracted you to them in the FIRST fucking place.
November 19, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Ive met so many women who had every hobby from birdwatching to ballroom dancing, HARMLESS innocent things that gave them joy, that they gave up because their partners and spouses were threatened by that joy.
The same joy that attracted you to them in the FIRST fucking place.
The same joy that attracted you to them in the FIRST fucking place.
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The single essay that I tell people to read the most often is this one from James Baldwin that is ostensibly about Jews and white supremacy but is really about how to think about oppression and how we respond to it. The last third is especially incredible.
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They're Anti-White
archive.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
The single essay that I tell people to read the most often is this one from James Baldwin that is ostensibly about Jews and white supremacy but is really about how to think about oppression and how we respond to it. The last third is especially incredible.
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
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My friend and I were having a conversation where we were marveling at men’s delusion of desiring well-rounded, interesting, fun women who have fully fleshed out personalities, hobbies, even stories of world travel and think those women are gonna wanna be SAHM wives/moms in Bumblefuck,USA b/c of you
November 19, 2024 at 3:09 AM
My friend and I were having a conversation where we were marveling at men’s delusion of desiring well-rounded, interesting, fun women who have fully fleshed out personalities, hobbies, even stories of world travel and think those women are gonna wanna be SAHM wives/moms in Bumblefuck,USA b/c of you
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RNA viruses mutate so quickly that this is us, as a HUMAN RACE, losing the equivalent of at least century of data and understanding of novel diseases under his rule
RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:21 AM
RNA viruses mutate so quickly that this is us, as a HUMAN RACE, losing the equivalent of at least century of data and understanding of novel diseases under his rule