I've written an end of year substack post about tracking Trump, where we are ending the year and some implications for Europe and for me personally...

christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

“According to popular opinion, [anti-pandemic measures for schools and schoolchildren] were almost entirely mistaken or ineffective. A newly published study…knocks one pillar out from under this claim.”
#CovidIsntOver
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

Dear @royalsociety.org, the University of Lausanne can only manage, but never erase, the stigma of giving Mussolini a doctorate honoris causa in 1937. Act now, or be for ever the scientific society which kept a fascist leader as a member.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.

“Just the ‘flu” hampers our response to the current Covid pandemic and future pandemics

New from @profstevegriffin.bsky.social @independentsage.bsky.social

independentsage.substack.com/p/just-the-f...

“In 2022, a Journal of Voice study revealed that 30% of Broadway singers continued to experience vocal fatigue, reduced range, or chronic inflammation after recovering from COVID-19.” #ProtectTheHeartOfTheArts💕

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Survey by @theRCN 'reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long COVID, with many revealing inadequate protection at work before they contracted COVID-19, and a lack of recognition of the impact it has had since'. @Alibaabra
rcni.com/nursing-stan...

My inpatient PCRs are turning positive again. We are on the cusp of another exponential explosion in cases around Christmas time. Like every year. And YES, it's seasonal now: we've been getting a wave every season! Spring summer autumn winter. It's what you wanted and what you get.

THREAD: we urgently need to talk about babies & Covid - AGAIN.

A new paper has dropped looking at acute Covid-19 outcomes from Sep 2023-Apr 2024 by age for all England.

Except for deaths, babies under 6 mths old have HIGHEST risk of A&E, admission & SEVERE hospital admission across ALL ages 1/10

"We shouldn’t be surprised by people like Jared Polis complying in advance. But we should also be very clear: anyone who suggests that RFK Jr. running HHS is anything but a monumental, catastrophic disaster is a liar, a fool, or quite possibly both."