Michael Ernst
@michaelernst.bsky.social
"COVID-19 warrior" -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
All opinions expressed here are my own. Unless you want to buy them.
All opinions expressed here are my own. Unless you want to buy them.
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Covid has killed ~5-6x the number of people this year as those who died in 9-11. Both are heartbreaking, ❤️🩹 but only one is grieved publicly. The other is barely noticed & declared over
September 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Covid has killed ~5-6x the number of people this year as those who died in 9-11. Both are heartbreaking, ❤️🩹 but only one is grieved publicly. The other is barely noticed & declared over
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Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
that cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about:
March 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
that cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about:
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
www.aol.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
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US: "17 states around the U.S. reported "very high" wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—during the week between January 5 and January 11."
"This is a drop from the week before, where 20 U.S. states had very high levels."
Source: www.newsweek.com/covid-19-was...
"This is a drop from the week before, where 20 U.S. states had very high levels."
Source: www.newsweek.com/covid-19-was...
January 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
US: "17 states around the U.S. reported "very high" wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—during the week between January 5 and January 11."
"This is a drop from the week before, where 20 U.S. states had very high levels."
Source: www.newsweek.com/covid-19-was...
"This is a drop from the week before, where 20 U.S. states had very high levels."
Source: www.newsweek.com/covid-19-was...
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"Lexical retrieval difficulties in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Insights from verbal fluency and naming tasks"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image is from the Science for ME latest update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #CovidBrain #PASC
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image is from the Science for ME latest update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #CovidBrain #PASC
January 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Lexical retrieval difficulties in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Insights from verbal fluency and naming tasks"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image is from the Science for ME latest update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #CovidBrain #PASC
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image is from the Science for ME latest update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #CovidBrain #PASC
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lordy there's so much doomerism about this so if you will allow me my semiregular Lunch Break Rant™...
I think the best thing we can do right now is to start introducing people who aren’t paying attention to this (or don’t know why it’s dangerous) to alternatives. Stop letting your aunt contact you on Messenger instead of texting, introduce your mom to someplace else to share photos, whatever!
Huge changes across Facebook's platforms coming soon. Mark Zuckerberg says the recent elections "feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech..." www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/...
January 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
lordy there's so much doomerism about this so if you will allow me my semiregular Lunch Break Rant™...
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It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety
November 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM
It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety
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Friday morning, iPhones in the 218 blew up with the news that Congressman Rick Nolan had passed away. The accompanying picture in the StarTribune was from Election Night, almost exactly 10 years ago, at a hotel out on Hwy 371, past the mute Paul Buyon.
October 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Friday morning, iPhones in the 218 blew up with the news that Congressman Rick Nolan had passed away. The accompanying picture in the StarTribune was from Election Night, almost exactly 10 years ago, at a hotel out on Hwy 371, past the mute Paul Buyon.
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Long ϹΟVΙD Is Harming Too Many Kids www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
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CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
October 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Long ϹΟVΙD Is Harming Too Many Kids www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
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Finally, an essential read for everyone especially parents teachers, and education leaders.
Every damn word of this is true:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
(thanks to Alberta's Blake Murdoch for caring so much)
fin/
Every damn word of this is true:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
(thanks to Alberta's Blake Murdoch for caring so much)
fin/
Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids. They Need Help.
Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants
www.scientificamerican.com
October 18, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Finally, an essential read for everyone especially parents teachers, and education leaders.
Every damn word of this is true:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
(thanks to Alberta's Blake Murdoch for caring so much)
fin/
Every damn word of this is true:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
(thanks to Alberta's Blake Murdoch for caring so much)
fin/
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The requirement forces Oklahoma teachers to "reference" the role of the Ten Commandments in America's founding, so as a historian & teacher, let me offer this suggestion:
"Although some idiots today insist that the Founding Fathers were inspired by the Ten Commandments, they absolutely were not."
"Although some idiots today insist that the Founding Fathers were inspired by the Ten Commandments, they absolutely were not."
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued this memo today requiring teachers in all schools to keep a Bible in their classroom and teach from it as a historical document. (Via KOCO 5 News)
June 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
The requirement forces Oklahoma teachers to "reference" the role of the Ten Commandments in America's founding, so as a historian & teacher, let me offer this suggestion:
"Although some idiots today insist that the Founding Fathers were inspired by the Ten Commandments, they absolutely were not."
"Although some idiots today insist that the Founding Fathers were inspired by the Ten Commandments, they absolutely were not."
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It's not just COVID, we could make SUCH A DIFFERENCE if we improved indoor air ventilation. Because it turns out a virus LOVES high CO2.
It is still baffling to me how our society managed to turn COVID into personal masking decisions and not BETTER BUILDINGS.
www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/c...
It is still baffling to me how our society managed to turn COVID into personal masking decisions and not BETTER BUILDINGS.
www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/c...
A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine
CO2 is a good proxy for how much exhaled — and potentially infectious — air is in a room. New research suggests the more CO2 there is, the more virus-friendly the air becomes.
www.statnews.com
June 10, 2024 at 1:41 PM
It's not just COVID, we could make SUCH A DIFFERENCE if we improved indoor air ventilation. Because it turns out a virus LOVES high CO2.
It is still baffling to me how our society managed to turn COVID into personal masking decisions and not BETTER BUILDINGS.
www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/c...
It is still baffling to me how our society managed to turn COVID into personal masking decisions and not BETTER BUILDINGS.
www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/c...
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COVID offers three possible paradigm shifts. If they’re true, and if we actually accept them, so much changes:
- Much of disease transmission is airborne
- The biggest impact of viruses is chronic disease
- Virus exposure harms, not helps, immune systems
publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-...
- Much of disease transmission is airborne
- The biggest impact of viruses is chronic disease
- Virus exposure harms, not helps, immune systems
publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-...
October 5, 2023 at 2:16 PM
COVID offers three possible paradigm shifts. If they’re true, and if we actually accept them, so much changes:
- Much of disease transmission is airborne
- The biggest impact of viruses is chronic disease
- Virus exposure harms, not helps, immune systems
publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-...
- Much of disease transmission is airborne
- The biggest impact of viruses is chronic disease
- Virus exposure harms, not helps, immune systems
publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-...
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2023 COVID deaths were higher than if we’d reintroduced polio, whooping cough, diphtheria, measles & mumps combined. 75k vs 43k, adjusted for population.
This is bc of CASE load. Other viruses are deadlier, but none reinfect like Covid. Read:
t.co/NnFCppkF5C
This is bc of CASE load. Other viruses are deadlier, but none reinfect like Covid. Read:
t.co/NnFCppkF5C
COVID lulls aren't being earned by policy; they're being bought with infections and deaths
Celebrating a COVID lull years into the Biden Administration's utter abandonment is woefully out of touch with the science
t.co
June 8, 2024 at 12:48 PM
2023 COVID deaths were higher than if we’d reintroduced polio, whooping cough, diphtheria, measles & mumps combined. 75k vs 43k, adjusted for population.
This is bc of CASE load. Other viruses are deadlier, but none reinfect like Covid. Read:
t.co/NnFCppkF5C
This is bc of CASE load. Other viruses are deadlier, but none reinfect like Covid. Read:
t.co/NnFCppkF5C
Stop giving bears such a bad rap; they don’t deserve it.
Women, would you rather be stuck in a forest with a strange man or a strange bear? inews.co.uk/opinion/wome...
Women, would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?
I want to say the man, I really do, but I can’t shake the idea that I would be safer with the bear
inews.co.uk
April 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Stop giving bears such a bad rap; they don’t deserve it.
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HEY MINNEAPOLIS:
There's a new coffee shop called Corner Coffee opening up in the downtown area (by the target). Do not patronize them: they are owned by an Assemblies of God church, which is extremely conservative, Trump supporting, and homophobic/transphobic AF.
There's a new coffee shop called Corner Coffee opening up in the downtown area (by the target). Do not patronize them: they are owned by an Assemblies of God church, which is extremely conservative, Trump supporting, and homophobic/transphobic AF.
April 27, 2024 at 8:01 PM
HEY MINNEAPOLIS:
There's a new coffee shop called Corner Coffee opening up in the downtown area (by the target). Do not patronize them: they are owned by an Assemblies of God church, which is extremely conservative, Trump supporting, and homophobic/transphobic AF.
There's a new coffee shop called Corner Coffee opening up in the downtown area (by the target). Do not patronize them: they are owned by an Assemblies of God church, which is extremely conservative, Trump supporting, and homophobic/transphobic AF.
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everything in this article has been on my mind so much lately as i leave the nonprofit sector. annehelen.substack.com/p/when-your-...
When Your Profession is On Fire
On Industrial Burnout Machines
annehelen.substack.com
April 24, 2024 at 2:48 PM
everything in this article has been on my mind so much lately as i leave the nonprofit sector. annehelen.substack.com/p/when-your-...
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I'll go ahead and say it. It's Josh Bell.
One hugely famous instrumentalist is so known by basically everyone in music to be a predator that even my opera singer friends know about it. Like, do you realize how bad it must be if a VOCALIST knows about it?
(vocalists ilu)
(vocalists ilu)
April 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
I'll go ahead and say it. It's Josh Bell.