We have to remember that each and every one of us is part of humanity. We must be determined to achieve positive change, but also to take a long view of what needs to be done. What is important is not to become demoralized. Optimism leads to success; pessimism leads to defeat.

Same situation seems true around the world… ignoring the science is not only at your own risk but places everyone at risk!

When people ask me at stores if there’s anything else they can do for me I often say “world peace” they think I’m kidding … I’m not…how can I get them to believe me and do something? What should they do??

SARS-CoV-2 is surging rapidly in the US. Hospitalizations are up 30% compared to last week. Community spread is going bonkers. This is not a drill 🚨 cases are going to increase substantially, and will be hard to detect due to extreme low testing rates.

The GOP remains unmoved… thoughts and prayers is all … and I don’t believe in their god and their thoughts are shallow and quickly disappearing at best

And actually accomplished what tangible outcomes other than contributing to global climate change??

There are many formal & informal institutions- government, business, education, non-profits, race, age, gender, etc. We know the roadblocks to policy change. If polls are correct & 80%+ of Americans truly agree on change on guns, why is the conversation focused only on politics?

If we can get people to stand & protest outside of government buildings - why not gun shops … why not advocate for education on gun violence early and often, why not create an opponent to the NRA ? … No one else should unnecessarily die in this country.

SF folks: it's now a big-time surge. No longer just cases (~500/d reported, so true # >2K, or ~250/100K/d). Also major uptick in hospitalizations: 98 in SF (vs 18 six wks ago). UCSF Health 41 pts in hospital, twice April #. If you're trying to stay well, time to up your game.

fuck you roberts. fuck you thomas. fuck you alito. fuck you kavanaugh. fuck you gorsuch. fuck you coney barrett.

National League for Nursing: "The result will inevitably be a patchwork of laws that will disproportionately negatively impact people of color & those on the economic margins of society, including rural Americans who already travel great distances for medical care" #RoeVsWade

The SCOTUS decision is going to create "two Americas," divided by access to #abortion, says Steve Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, University of Texas School of Law.

Overturn is the understatement of my lifetime. Shame shame shame on the US Supreme Court. Most of whom should be debarred.

Wastewater surveillance gives us a window into the near future. It shows us what individual testing may miss -- the trends in #COVID19 prevalence and variant subtypes. It presages clinical data. So here, US monitoring shows a surge underway.

'The probability of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was 7%, for non-mask wearers, probability was 52%.' medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

… and now we have “Widespread Outbreaks of Hepatitis A in US” according to #cdcgov which only seems capable of lowering preventative guidelines for communicable disease.

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