It’s out! Our new state-of-the-science review of MASKS/RESPIRATORS in reducing transmission of respiratory infections. 13 authors (for our disciplines, see posts 3-4). 38000 words. 413 references. One conclusion: these devices work. For detail, read on. 1/ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cm…

I told you so

"what primarily explains the feelings of dissatisfaction on the part of people with ME is not, as Blease et al suggest, that they are disbelieved and unheard, but that they are actively neglected and harmed." This 👆🏻

Ppl don't realize this means mass death. Places like India are at dire risk of temperatures raising above 50°C. Which means *instant death* for humans. We'll go from "everything's fine" to "millions dead" and everyone will be shocked, as if scientists didn't warn us for decades

No. You really can’t. Disabilities aren’t equal. Some chronic diseases are so severe, they don’t let you live „in spite of”. There are no adaptations in the world that can allow some of us to live even a modicum of life. I have an electric wheelchair. I’m too unwell to use it.

This page Mutual Aid for ME is a fantastic project to help spread the word about mutual aid fundraisers for people with ME. Follow them and donate to their fundraisers!

I still owe $786 on my electric bill, my remaining wisdom teeth are causing me pain and im worried about upcoming rent since I still haven't found a job yet. I really need help reaching my gfm goal. gofund.me/b534eafd

Sunday chores with my Flo Mask. Annual cleaning of my backyard...yes, I waited until summer is officially over 🤦. Between all the pollen, dust, and power washing of spores on concrete, I finished with zero sneezes or congestion.

Read that quote. Read it again. Most people who suffered COVID infections have persistent cognitive deficits, but do not even realize or recognize the damage or the change in performance. This is one of the key reasons people persist in believing COVID is no worse than a cold.

Order these & help other folks order them. Donate to others if you don't need them, but please: Recognize how meager this last crumb of pandemic welfare is. When #Project2024 has stripped every other piece of pandemic care away.

This is... not great. What is the effect on children of repeated infection?

Not only did it show that COVID causes cognitive damage, but none of the participants noticed what happened to them. A real worst case scenario.

It has been so humbling to me, as a public health researcher, to (need to) become a citizen medical researcher and, even more so, the extreme intelligence, competence, tenacity, and resilience in this patient community.

Your surgeons have COVID brain damage. Your pilots have COVID brain damage. Your nuclear reactor engineers have COVID brain damage. Your president has COVID brain damage. Your children have COVID brain damage. You have COVID brain damage.

This is so true. And doing this while significantly cognitively impaired…

My mom is still testing positive for Covid three weeks later and the doctors told her it’s long Covid and gave her antibiotics. We have lost the fucking plot