The results of this latest Pew poll are one reason why, IMO, nobody should be asking public health professionals about “how to restore trust in public health”.

We’re not the ones who caused the distrust. Public health isn’t perfect but mining “distrust” was and is a Republican strategy.

Feels a lot like cold with added in shortness of breath, aches, chills. Def different from flu and from reg colds. My second go at this.

I'm pretty low risk so I'm not doing the Paxlovid.

TBF if he was literate he’d be a huge Heinlein fan.

Would be a shame if we like had collaborating scientists at Chinese viral research labs or something. Good thing they shut that down.

I would not recommend anyone come here if they can avoid it. You just don't know what could happen. The stories of ordinary travelers being memory-holed is terrifying.

Add to it that in the US, Kennedy and his cronies want to collect lists of people diagnosed ASD. The diagnosis can be very, very helpful esp school aged kids to get resources, but it's scary.

Stop hitting yourself!

/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.