I heard this today from an amazing physician-scientist who I respect a lot: "We had two existential threats to humanity - climate change and pandemics. Now we have the third one - disinformation. And we are not doing anything about it."

📸: Paul McCartney doing the iconic Abbey Road Crossing (and almost getting ran over (?!), filmed by Mary McCartney, 2022 ✨

I don't think covid is the only or even always the most important problem. But I do think refusal to engage with it will undermine most other attempts to improve things and reveals a whole lot more than your words do about your politics

The key takeaway is that COVID-19 has the potential to trigger the same pathology that causes Parkinson's. Parkinson's is preceded by a prodromal stage that can last decades. Symptoms are consistent w/ Long Covid. They may prove to be one and the same. The time to act is now.

"I simply gave back what you threw at me." - The Ocean

Imagine being an adult in 2024 and assuming if something was important that it would be on the news.

It’s not easy, but avoid C19 infections as best you can: * To protect yourself & others. * Because improved protections & v@ccines are on the way. The healthier you are then, the better.

The New York Times, NYT Health, NYT Science: S@RS-CoV-2 is also showing the potential to cause cancer. Mentioning this now could help inspire your readers to limit their number of infections & stay healthier in the long run.

Helene is a tragedy but with the ocean as warm as it is it unfortunately will happen again. Now imagine if the government was shut down like 82 Republicans voted for. Imagine if FEMA and NOAA didn't exist like in Trump's Project 2025. We need serious people in politics.

The time Kris Kristofferson consoled Sinead O'Connor after she was booed mercilessly for telling the truth on SNL in 1992. It costs nothing to be a decent human being. God speed Kris Kristofferson.

Really sad today to have officially left my left my job after being sick with long covid for so long. I loved working as a teacher and am gutted this has happened. This illness takes so much from so many people and yet most of the world is still acting like it doesn’t exist.

Nobody can convince me that heart attacks & strokes before age 50 are normal. I've been around for a long time. This is not normal. Most of my doctor colleagues agree in private that something is very, very wrong, but they won't comment publicly.

“Those putting off medical appointments and other risky activities may see this as a slightly broader window (today through Nov 7) to get things done… [However] transmission remains very high in absolute terms, even if low in relative terms.”

Coates is obviously really smart but his morality is also so clear cut that anyone can understand it, which prevents him from being steamrolled by this bizarre hostility

My dream debate would be moderated by Rip Taylor, Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Riley

"If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't.” - Jimmy Carter

Perhaps years of practice being C19-safe will help prepare us for other disasters.