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soc-net-bot.bsky.social
Public Transport Under Epidemic Conditions: Nonlinear Trade-Offs Between Risk and Accessibility
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06377
Epidemics expose critical tensions between protecting public health and maintaining essential urban mobility. Public transport systems face this dilemma most acutel...📈🤖
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
margeandfriday.bsky.social
Vaccines have worked for over 100 years, are constantly improving, saving us from epidemics & pandemics. Where would we be without the COVID-19 vaccine?
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
colindickey.com
“American Canto,” I will literally never get over this title

Sing, O Muse, of the sexting of Nuzzi,
Accursed, which brought many measles epidemics and colloidal silver poisonings upon the Americans,
Hurling their country into absolute shit
colindickey.com Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 2h
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
American Canto is also a powerful personal history. Nuzzi's account of growing up in working-class New Jersey as the child of alcoholics in the shadow of New York City and 9/11 is raw and moving. Her mother was angry, beautiful, and unpredictable. Her father, a loving man who supported his family as a sanitation worker, removed debris from Ground Zero. They both died young. A version of Nuzzi did, too. She approached this "kind of death" with the critical distance of a reporter. When interrogating her own mistakes, Nuzzi confesses, "I had trained my whole life in the battlefield of crisis."
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
princetonupress.bsky.social
John Blair's Killing the Dead is a riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia—and why killing the dead is better than killing the living.

Now available worldwide. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #Vampires
Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World by John Blair. A page inside Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World by John Blair A page inside Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World by John Blair
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
glitterburrito.bsky.social
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KILLING THE DEAD VAMPIRE EPIDEMICS FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO THE NEW WORLD JOHN BLAIR For IDA a strong woman
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
stopgenai.com
You should only be chastising antivaxxers for the return of measles if you wear a respirator in public.

If you don't, you're a hypocrite.

You hate antivaxxers so much for spreading deadly disease, but how do you think we think about you and your naked, disease spreading face?!
Measles outbreaks are back, and COVID-19 will make them worse Chrissy Sexton ByChrissy Sexton Earth.com staff writer subscribe facebook linkedin x whatsapp bluesky Follow Earth on Google Measles outbreaks are back, and COVID-19 will make them worse. Researchers are warning that measles outbreaks will be another unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new article published by The Lancet, the experts call for urgent international action to prevent devastating epidemics that could emerge as soon as next year. Many children have missed out on their vaccinations this year, making future measles outbreaks inevitable, explained
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
gigichairman.bsky.social
What will be Gen Z's and Gen Alpha's "lead" brainrot?

A) Social Media
B) Short-form content
C) Microplastics
D) Crypto
E) AI
F) Sports Betting
G) Climate Change-related Issues
H) Widespread Socialization Issues (loneliness epidemics)
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
maskblochtx.bsky.social
Idaho banning vaccine mandates leaves the public vulnerable to viruses and will erode public health. As a country, many viruses we have eradicated are making a comeback, endangering us all.
#vaccineaccessforall #vaccineaccess #viruses #maskup #publichealth #idaho #vaccinemandate
on a light green background, gridded in orange and dark blue, is a dark blue graphic that looks like a spiral notebook with the spiral portion along the top of the book. Along the side of the notebook are tabs in alternating colors of light blue and orange. Each tab reads as follows in dark blue text: “medical freedom act, goal of model nation, public health consequences, political framing, and potential ripple effects.” In the middle of the notebook, there is light blue text that reads: “idaho banned vaccine mandates.” In the top left corner of the notebook is a vaccine vial with a syringe and a red circle with a diagonal line through it, indicating banned. The mask bloc HTX logo is in the upper right corner and along the bottom of the slide, in light blue text reads: “https:propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha.” on a light green background, gridded in orange and dark blue, is a dark blue graphic that looks like a spiral notebook with the spiral portion along the top of the book. Along the side of the notebook are tabs in alternating colors of light blue and orange. Each tab reads as follows in dark blue text: “goal of model nation, public health consequences, political framing, and potential ripple effects.” In the middle of the notebook, there is light blue text that reads: “Medical Freedom Act: Idaho’s “Medical Freedom Act” – makes it illegal to require anyone to receive a vaccine or any other medical intervention. Shifts the legal burden from unvaccinated individuals to those who support vaccination. Removes a core public‑health tool (mandates) that has historically protected communities during epidemics.” In the top left corner of the notebook is a vaccine vial with a syringe and a red circle with a diagonal line through it, indicating banned. The mask bloc HTX logo is in the upper right corner and along the bottom of the slide. on a light green background, gridded in orange and dark blue, is a dark blue graphic that looks like a spiral notebook with the spiral portion along the top of the book. Along the side of the notebook are tabs in alternating colors of light blue and orange. Each tab reads as follows in dark blue text: “medical freedom act, public health consequences, political framing, and potential ripple effects.” In the middle of the notebook, there is light blue text that reads: “Goal of “Model‑Nation”: Activists want Idaho’s law to become a template for other states, citing Florida’s Surgeon‑General as a partner. If replicated, the national patchwork of anti‑mandate laws could erode herd immunity across the country.” In the top left corner of the notebook is a vaccine vial with a syringe and a red circle with a diagonal line through it, indicating banned. The mask bloc HTX logo is in the upper right corner and along the bottom of the slide. on a light green background, gridded in orange and dark blue, is a dark blue graphic that looks like a spiral notebook with the spiral portion along the top of the book. Along the side of the notebook are tabs in alternating colors of light blue and orange. Each tab reads as follows in dark blue text: “medical freedom act, goal of model nation, political framing, and potential ripple effects.” In the middle of the notebook, there is light blue text that reads: “Public‑Health Consequences: The article notes that even conservative‑leaning South Carolina had to quarantine >150 unvaccinated children after a measles outbreak, a scenario Idaho could soon face. Outbreaks strain local health systems, force school closures, and put immunocompromised or medically‑exempt children at heightened risk. Keep in mind - people that have been exposed to Covid-19, have a damaged immune systems.” In the top left corner of the notebook is a vaccine vial with a syringe and a red circle with a diagonal line through it, indicating banned. The mask bloc HTX logo is in the upper right corner and along the bottom of the slide.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
castrocloud.bsky.social
Epidemics test our values as much as our systems.

When fear rises, will we choose compassion or blame?

Our editorial argues for solidarity, because dignity is a public health intervention.

doi.org/10.1002/nop2...
The Stigmatisation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Spread of Mpox: Are We Repeating the Mistakes of HIV?
The 2022 mpox outbreak disproportionately affected men who have sex with men (MSM), leading to targeted public health interventions. While data supported prioritising MSM, this focus risks reviving s...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
itsfrenchy.bsky.social
I was raised with amazing people around. Having time with a matriarchy that survived famine, historic floods, ruined crops, tuberculosis epidemics, loss of life so young for so many reasons in the Delta & would still share what they had no matter how little was the greatest gift they gave me.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
usyseth.bsky.social
Announcing the 2026 #LatsisSymposium, focusing on how historical data can inform our approach to past, present, and future epidemics.

🗓️ Feb 9-11, 2026

🔍 Key Sessions Include:

- Past Outbreaks Dynamics
- Phylogenetics & Ancient DNA
- Disease History
- Synthesis Panel

latsis-epidemics.ethz.ch
Homepage
Latsis Symposium 2026: The history of epidemics - are there lessons for the future?
latsis-epidemics.ethz.ch
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
mathap-bot.bsky.social
Mohamed Mehdaoui, Yassine Ouzrour: Waterborne epidemics via a new coupled SIR--Pathogen--Navier-Stokes system: Mathematical modeling, nonlinear analysis and numerical simulation https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04841 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04841 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.04841
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
humanpoweredcity.bsky.social
The onslaught and genocide that transpired across the continent—waves of settlers, smallpox epidemics, broken treaties, militia campaigns, Christian conversion, the creation of reservations, the relentless theft of land—occurred in Maryland two centuries before the Trail of Tears and Plains Wars.
We’re Still Here: The Still-Evolving Story of the Piscataway Nation
Two centuries before the Trail of Tears, English colonists drove Maryland’s Indigenous tribes from their land. Piscataway descendants want people to know their history.
www.baltimoremagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
bellatv55.bsky.social
include their losses from bird flu epidemics etc etc?
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
baddestmamajama.bsky.social
Really would like to know what people who think that preventing mass death and epidemics is “government overreach” believe government is FOR?? Parades??
nextdoorsv.bsky.social Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1d
Actually, the real problem in my humble opinion is that masks should be required in medical settings *year round* in *all* counties.

I mean... why should you be allowed to spread your germs to other people who are sick?
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
prevfromburgh.bsky.social
And in addition to all the DEATHS from COVID, which were facilitated by his getting rid of the group set up to deal with epidemics.
sharonleetee.bsky.social sharonleetee.bsky.social @sharonleetee.bsky.social · 1d
In my lifetime I don’t ever recall any President actually trying this hard, on a daily basis, to starve countless thousands of poor people in our country…and that’s in addition to the deaths and illnesses across the world he’s caused as a result of abolishing USAID.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Not sure. I think if covid had hit at that time it would have been Spanish flu levels, given how much lockdowns slowed it down and judging from local cases, ventilator treatment saved many.
Not at all downplaying those flu epidemics of course.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
marbleliberal.bsky.social
There were multiple flu epidemics in the 50s and 60s that killed as many
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
medrxivpreprint.bsky.social
Estimating the impact of vaccination and long-acting monoclonal antibodies for RSV epidemics across Hong Kong, Beijing, and Thailand: a modelling study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.25339729v1
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
survivalinternational.org
🌎 From the Amazon to remote islands in the Indian Ocean, uncontacted peoples live in some of the most biodiverse — and threatened — places on Earth.

Their lands are not just their homes — they’re their identity, survival and resistance.

Learn more: uncontactedpeoples.org
text: "What does 'uncontacted' really mean?" image: aerial view of a group of uncontacted people pointing arrows up at the camera, but their houses. It doesn’t mean they’ve “never met anyone.” They remember what contact brought: violence, epidemics, death. Rejecting contact is not isolation — it’s autonomy and self-defence." Find out what 'uncontacted' really means: uncontactedpeoples.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
goodmoms.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
ph-ph-ph.bsky.social
‘Showalter's controversial take on illnesses such as..Gulf War syndrome & chronic fatigue syndrome in her book Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics & Modern Media (1997) has angered some in the health profession & many who suffer from these illnesses. Showalter..has no formal medical training’
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
arend.se
The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
The contestants are: 1) Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World; 2) The Pornographic Delicatessen: Mid-century Montreal's Erotic Art, Media, and Spaces; 3) Self-Recognition in Fish: Exploring the Mind in Animals; 4) Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder; 5) Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth Century America; 6) Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
j-wild.bsky.social
With the stress people are under we will start seeing epidemics again.
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
phil050pher.bsky.social
Amen. Our competitive, individualistic, capitalist culture is batshit crazy, unheathy, anti-human, and has created epidemics of mental illness, and stress-related physical illnesses. Community-based social units are far more normal and natural for us. Cooperation is the key to human thriving.
tiredsleepyzzz.bsky.social tiredsleepy⭐️🍒 @tiredsleepyzzz.bsky.social · 4d
gentle reminder that if you currently feel stressed, overwhelmed, or hopeless:
we’re currently not living in the way that humans have lived for the majority of our existence. our societal structure disrupts our basic needs for community and support. it’s not your fault, or your weakness💗
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM