The unvaccinated might be convinced to vax if the vaccinated seemed happier, less scared, and were enjoying the holidays. No one jumps fences for grass that looks yellower on the other side

Until it ends, write your legislators (and remember when it’s time to vote), put your kids in camps & sports if you can, see family often, and actively remind your children that they are low risk. Don’t feed the beast. Be a counter to the madness. nytimes.com/2022/01/04/bri…

We really need everyone to define “near capacity” concretely. Can they clarify that hospitals run at near full occupancy, always, for financial efficiency? How much worse are things now? What is the difference in % and # of full beds? Or does that not induce enough panic?

CDC continues it pattern of fear mongering. Particularly about kids.

The bidirectional interplay between the immune and nervous systems is extremely interesting. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Here's a simple guideline: don't trust elected officials to give you good substantive expert info; don't trust substantive experts to make policy decisions that balance competing values or stakeholder interests; and don't trust randos on the internet to do either.

Our first healthcare pilot was successful, resulting in a 39 percent decrease in staff assaults from patients. beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/3-ph…

Last week the CDC updated its policy tracker for public mask mandates noting whether or not a county had a mask mandate in place on a given day. From there we can map the "official" COVID-19 cases per 100K. Here's the Omicron wave. Mask mandates do not work.

I love the way this journal cuts to the chase

Every online service, credit card, anything should allow you to fully delete your account and any associated data / usernames / passwords.

Philadelphia Schools Families! fill out the survey to express your needs for before school care and start times for k-8. Please retweet to make sure it reaches as many families as possible; I know many have been waiting for this. #phled philasd.org/greatschools/b…

Household detergent exposure may be linked to EOE. Want to know all the other things lurking in your house that increase the risk of immune disease? Grab a copy of the Baby and the Biome lilmixins.com/pages/book healio.com/news/allergy-a…

New titles this month worth getting your hands on!

#TheBabyAndTheBiome by Meenal Lele is out tomorrow! 👶

Of the 180 days in the Philadelpia school district calendar, 19 are half-days. That’s 10.5%. At least 60 hours of instruction that have been quietly cut from the school year.

"The Baby and the Biome combines medical insights with practical advice on a more informed, healthier approach to the ABCDEs—Antibiotic use, Baby Care, Diet and Environment—during a newborn’s first thousand days," - Meenal Lele #newborn #parentingbook thetableread.co.uk/new-book-explo…

Why do we believe that parents with diets well-documented to contain almost no vegetables or diversity will magically feed a healthy, diverse diet to their kids?

At Girard waiting for the El and fewer than 50% of riders paid. Right in front of the person in the booth and 2(!) transit officers. That’s why SEPTA service is so bad

Will public schools administrators remember from COVID that kids are often better off in school (air conditioning, filters, lunch!) than they are at home? Or will they cancel school because of the smoke?

watched a dude park immediately in front of a fire hydrant, (in front of a school) with 3 other perfectly good open spots. Of course they have an obscured license plate The PPA 1600 N Howard