It is absolutely possible to safely have in-person schools But you can't just wing it You need to 1. Vaccinate adults 2. Ventilate classrooms 3. Test folks weekly 4. Wear masks indoors If adults acted responsibly Kids could be safe in classrooms Lets not fail our kids again

What would ideal COVID Isolation guidance be? Once rapid antigen tests are cheap & ubiquitous 1. Isolate for first 5 days 2. Then test daily 3. Negative X 2 days? End isolation. Good to go 4. Positive? Remain in isolation until 2 negs or 10 days I think its that simple

Well folks, it's finally here! Novavax XBB has EUA approval in the USA for everyone 12 and older, regardless of previous vaccine used. Reaching this point has been the product of many volunteer hours organizing around Novavax. And at one time, it was almost canceled. 🧵

Breaking News: Novavax is now available at Costco, CVS Pharmacy, Giant, Publix, Rite Aid, Stop & Shop and Topco! Here are the links. Costco: costco.web.medrefill.com/csweb/#/store Rite Aid: riteaid.com/pharmacy/sched… Publix (Choose non-mRNA): rx.publix.com/en/f/s?eid=0&i…. CVS: (speak to pharmacist)

This should apply to children in schools, every day.

For the Winter Solstice today, an ancient Celtic melody now known as The Breton Carol. I learned this tune from the late great Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains and I've always thought it captured the magic of the darkest day of the year. Happy Solstice from the west of Ireland

By the way, for everyone agonizing over this: Here in Massachusetts, breakfast & lunch (and at many schools, an afternoon snack) is FREE FOR ALL CHILDREN from pre-school through high school. Our school system is rated #1 in the country. There is no “down side” to feeding kids.

Pfizer's group president, on an earnings call in 2022, said Pfizer 'thinks a lot about generating demand for paxlovid' and 'the removal of mask mandates means covid infections will increase and that's the role paxlovid can play'

Book number 1 of 2024

Sick School Air is Unfair. Kids returned to classrooms alongside a whole new way to get sick. The solution to US K-12 absenteeism is not to blame families or send kids to school sick; we must #DemandCleanAir Visit iaqadvocates.org/demandcleanair for details.

The CDC says it’s no problem to touch the murder hornets.

BREATHE easy. Our new program aims to revolutionize public health by transforming a building’s ability to eliminate indoor air threats. arpa-h.gov/news-and-event…

BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty by the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park as well.

Novavax seeks FDA approval for updated Covid-19 vaccine Novavax plans to have the doses ready for distribution in the US by mid-July 2024, subject to the FDA authorisation and CDC recommendation. pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/novavax-f…

Today, we granted emergency use authorization for an updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that more closely targets currently circulating variants to provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death. fda.gov/news-events/pr…

A short thread on what refusal to comply can look like, with specifics, examples, and ideas for what the future may hold. Actually IDK if it's gonna be short, but it's gonna be specific, so read on if you're curious.