Odilon Couzin
@odiloncouzin.bsky.social
Public Health, former MSF, Journo in past life, on a Zero Carbon mission. London, Hong Kong, Kunming, Chicago and all points between. 新聞自由 #EndFossilFuels #COVIDisAirborne
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
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Congress has mandated that Medicaid recipients work 80 hours a month unless they can prove they are “medically frail,” or risk losing their Medicaid.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congress has mandated that Medicaid recipients work 80 hours a month unless they can prove they are “medically frail,” or risk losing their Medicaid.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
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I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
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"Labelling appliances as 'cleaner' can unintentionally accelerate this trend by giving the impression that modern stoves are environmentally benign." - James Heydon.
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Labelling appliances as 'cleaner' can unintentionally accelerate this trend by giving the impression that modern stoves are environmentally benign." - James Heydon.
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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The US is rolling back standards on harmful soot particulates.
These under the radar actions will cause a lot more illness in the years to come.
youtube.com/shorts/wuIGF...
These under the radar actions will cause a lot more illness in the years to come.
youtube.com/shorts/wuIGF...
Why is air pollution is going to get worse NOW?
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The US is rolling back standards on harmful soot particulates.
These under the radar actions will cause a lot more illness in the years to come.
youtube.com/shorts/wuIGF...
These under the radar actions will cause a lot more illness in the years to come.
youtube.com/shorts/wuIGF...
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'More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks, designed to change their #sexuality and #genderidentity, in NHS hospitals between 1965 and 1973...conversion practices in the UK are still not illegal.' #ESAT
A ban is urgently needed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A ban is urgently needed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
'More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks, designed to change their #sexuality and #genderidentity, in NHS hospitals between 1965 and 1973...conversion practices in the UK are still not illegal.' #ESAT
A ban is urgently needed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A ban is urgently needed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tim Walz: “Donald Trump calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’ is unprecedented for a US President. Demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity is something I was hoping we’d never have to see.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Tim Walz: “Donald Trump calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’ is unprecedented for a US President. Demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity is something I was hoping we’d never have to see.”
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UK press release:
Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with #longCOVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Paper:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @precisionlife.bsky.social
Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with #longCOVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Paper:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @precisionlife.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
UK press release:
Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with #longCOVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Paper:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @precisionlife.bsky.social
Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with #longCOVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities
precisionlife.com/news-and-eve...
Paper:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @precisionlife.bsky.social
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The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
www.seattletimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
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(1/4) 🧬 @precisionlife.bsky.social has released exciting results from the LOCOME project
Using DecodeME and other datasets, LOCOME has identified a number of genetic signals and biological pathways that may be involved in ME.
Using DecodeME and other datasets, LOCOME has identified a number of genetic signals and biological pathways that may be involved in ME.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
(1/4) 🧬 @precisionlife.bsky.social has released exciting results from the LOCOME project
Using DecodeME and other datasets, LOCOME has identified a number of genetic signals and biological pathways that may be involved in ME.
Using DecodeME and other datasets, LOCOME has identified a number of genetic signals and biological pathways that may be involved in ME.
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#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through November 2025...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through November 2025...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
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Six-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples ->
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Six-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples ->
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
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Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
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A raft of former #FDA commissioners — nearly all who've held the post over the past 35 years — decried Vinay Prasad's leaked plan to change the regulation of vaccines. In a letter to @nejm.org they wrote: "The answer is not to toss aside the basic rules of science." www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
A dozen former FDA commissioners decry Prasad memo on vaccine regulation
Changes to the ways in which the FDA plans to regulate vaccines represent a threat to effective vaccines and public health, 12 former commissioners say.
www.statnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A raft of former #FDA commissioners — nearly all who've held the post over the past 35 years — decried Vinay Prasad's leaked plan to change the regulation of vaccines. In a letter to @nejm.org they wrote: "The answer is not to toss aside the basic rules of science." www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
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BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
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"What’s New in ME/CFS?" A new Q&A series from Solve M.E. featuring top scientists on breakthroughs, hope, & what’s next.
We’re kicking off with Prof. Chris Ponting of @decodemestudy.bsky.social.
🎥 Watch now → youtu.be/26EgGn49osw
#MECFS #DecodeME #LongCOVID #SolveME
#MEAwarenessHour
We’re kicking off with Prof. Chris Ponting of @decodemestudy.bsky.social.
🎥 Watch now → youtu.be/26EgGn49osw
#MECFS #DecodeME #LongCOVID #SolveME
#MEAwarenessHour
What's New in ME/CFS? Interview with Dr. Chris Ponting
YouTube video by SolveME
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"What’s New in ME/CFS?" A new Q&A series from Solve M.E. featuring top scientists on breakthroughs, hope, & what’s next.
We’re kicking off with Prof. Chris Ponting of @decodemestudy.bsky.social.
🎥 Watch now → youtu.be/26EgGn49osw
#MECFS #DecodeME #LongCOVID #SolveME
#MEAwarenessHour
We’re kicking off with Prof. Chris Ponting of @decodemestudy.bsky.social.
🎥 Watch now → youtu.be/26EgGn49osw
#MECFS #DecodeME #LongCOVID #SolveME
#MEAwarenessHour
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Oof. This hurts. So hard fought to eke this one out over far too many years, only to have it slip out of reach again
Trump reversing the safe staffing mandate is his way of saying, “Happy Holidays and I hope your loved ones die.”
Trump administration repeals Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate
HHS repealed the rule on Tuesday, which would have required nursing homes to increase staffing, saying the regulations would have disproportionately harmed rural communities.
www.healthcaredive.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oof. This hurts. So hard fought to eke this one out over far too many years, only to have it slip out of reach again
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Journalists! If you’re covering the #ACIP meeting this week, this report is super helpful, with tons of info and stats on the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - Hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Journalists! If you’re covering the #ACIP meeting this week, this report is super helpful, with tons of info and stats on the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
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yes, it’s really that bad.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
yes, it’s really that bad.
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"It's time to call out the misleading, partial information which encourages people to buy stoves without appreciating the significant pollution & health effects they cause"
#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health
airqualitynews.com/news/fuels-n...
#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health
airqualitynews.com/news/fuels-n...
Feature: Why we need transparency in the wood-burning industry
Dr Rebecca Booth, an associate principal scientist who has spent over 20-years developing lung cancer treatments tells Air Quality News why we need transparency when it comes to pollution from woodbur...
airqualitynews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"It's time to call out the misleading, partial information which encourages people to buy stoves without appreciating the significant pollution & health effects they cause"
#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health
airqualitynews.com/news/fuels-n...
#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health
airqualitynews.com/news/fuels-n...
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"Plastic was never designed to be recycled, Enck explains in the book. The only aspect of plastics actually being recycled is the myth that recycling will stop #plastic pollution." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122025/judith-enck-big-plastics-book/
Peeling Back the Curtain on Big Plastic’s False Solutions
Judith Enck has spent her entire career working to protect public health and the environment. Enck took the helm of New York’s oldest environmental organization, Environmental Advocates NY, soon after graduating college, then went on to hold senior leadership roles in state and federal government, including as deputy secretary for the environment in the New […]
insideclimatenews.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Plastic was never designed to be recycled, Enck explains in the book. The only aspect of plastics actually being recycled is the myth that recycling will stop #plastic pollution." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122025/judith-enck-big-plastics-book/
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And there are prior examples of Høeg & Prasad misrepresenting data from VAERS to overestimate the incidence of vaccine adverse events. They have been in lockstep on this for years. Manipulating VAERS data is one of the oldest anti-vax tricks in the book.
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And there are prior examples of Høeg & Prasad misrepresenting data from VAERS to overestimate the incidence of vaccine adverse events. They have been in lockstep on this for years. Manipulating VAERS data is one of the oldest anti-vax tricks in the book.
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2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...