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Yet another example of people ignoring material reality, in this case the clearly visible poor weather conditions, for the sake of "tradition" and "normal".

And relying heavily on "it won't happen to me".

Is it any wonder then, for the sake of "traditions" and "normalcy", how easily people can ignore the material reality of all the illness and death they see around them when the threat is "invisible"?

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Christmas Day swim survivor says ‘it was a mistake to get in’ as two feared dead

A swimmer saved from stormy seas believed to have claimed two lives in Devon says it was a “mistake” to enter the water. Mike Brown, 60, was rescued …
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Where is the air version of this...

dotgr.id/@andy/115629173741064…
The water quality in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, is monitored by 8 clams. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and this triggers analyses that can immediately shut off the city's water supply, if at least 4 are closed.



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Andy Welfle 🪐 (@andy@dotgr.id)

Attached: 1 image so much depends upon eight clams in Warsaw tasting the water testing for toxins in a dam
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Yeah, real time molecular sampling of air could make a huge difference.

People won't mask, won't test, won't isolate. Clean air doesn't require people to change their behaviour, good but only goes so far.

Imagining a classroom where the "clam" closes, indicating there's a real problem right now, not a theoretical vague dismissable threat. Masks go on, testing begins, the chain is broken there.

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@mediaevalfishsandwich :10000:

Someone did make a CO2 monitor based on this concept, but..

Birdie® ━ Fresh Air Monitor™ ━ Danish Design

Free Shipping *Worldwide* — Birdie® is an award-winning indoor air quality monitor - improving your indoor climate and health. Birdie® will let you know when to ventilate your home without the use of annoying light, sound or phone notifications.
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@yumpsuit
Nice, looking for it now, hope he gets somewhere with the idea. Someone has to eventually.

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Gabe Newell: The Billionaire Redefining Work-Life Integration from His Yacht

Explore Gabe Newell's unique daily routine and work philosophy. The Valve co-founder blurs the lines between work and leisure, integrating scuba diving, coding, and pioneering ventures like neural interfaces and pathogen detection from his yacht.
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Good Ventilation In Schools & Colleges And How To Achieve It -- a joint union guide for union reps/
healthandsafetyreps

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Aim of this resource
  • To promote the importance of good ventilation in schools and colleges.
  • To help education trade union representatives work together to improve ventilation across settings to the benefit of all staff and pupils.



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A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again

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The impact of viral infections on the brain persisted for up to 15 years in some cases. And there were no instances where exposure to viruses was protective.

Around 80 percent of the viruses implicated in brain diseases were considered 'neurotrophic', which means they could cross the blood-brain barrier.



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A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again : ScienceAlert

A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
ScienceAlert Staff (ScienceAlert)
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🔗 There’s Something in the Air stevebheadteacher.wordpress.co…

Imagine every school in the country was found to have Legionella in its water supply.

Imagine that the bacteria in the water was making pupils and staff ill….in every single school….every single day.

Imagine that children and adults in every school were routinely developing a cough, high temperature, shortness of breath, chest pain, and other flu-like symptoms.

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There’s Something in the Air

Imagine every school in the country was found to have Legionella in its water supply. Imagine that the bacteria in the water was making pupils and staff ill….in every single school….eve…
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gup.pe groups are officially dead: github.com/immers-space/guppe/…

We already have @maskup @pandemicene @askazero @thezeroes, but if there are any other covid-related ones you'd like created, please PM me

Guppe is dead?

Hey @wmurphyrd 👋 I notice as of September 2025, the domains gup.pe and immers.space seem to have expired and a.gup.pe has been replaced with a WordPress installation full of SEO-targeted content ab...
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🔗 “I pretty much haven't worked since 2020”: How the effects of Long COVID have harmed professional musicians and DJs musicradar.com/music-industry/…

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“I pretty much haven't worked since 2020”: How the effects of Long COVID have harmed professional musicians and DJs

Though the 2020 COVID pandemic had many negative effects on the music industry, an underreported aspect is how Long COVID has left some professional musicians unable to continue with their careers
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Why are you taking sarscov2/covid seriously when others like you didn't?

(presumably there are a number of discrete subtypes of people like you and for which there may be many distinct 'whys'; feel free to share any/all of them)

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If I had to make a full list, I would probably start with these:
1) I was able to do the math, and was willing, long before 2020.
2) I read Ontario's SARS Commssion report, and realized Dr. Henry had abandoned the precautionary principle, and was not intrinsicly trustworthy. A whole lot of "two truths and a lie", unfit for office.
3) I learned that humans do not develop any lasting immunity to SARS-nCoV2, so each infection puts your immune system / brain / cardiovascular system / liver / kidneys (and so on (and on and on)) in harm's way.

I was able to understand that public health messaging was not directed at supporting public health, but rather brr "Line Go Up."

And yeah, "people like me" has the potential for a lot of axes.

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@violetblue heya! In the recent COVID newsletter, you wrote, “… I don’t see anyone covering the public health developments as a whole picture, rather than fragments.”

There is “Health Security Decoded” by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security: centerforhealthsecurity.org/ou…

Apologies if this came from you, and my inbox and I both forgot; felicitations if this is new and useful! You’re the fuckin’ best, keep on keeping on

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Health Security Decoded | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Updates on the most important news, events, developments, research, and policy in the areas that comprise health security: biosecurity and biodefense, medicine and public health, science and technology, domestic preparedness and response, government …
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
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🔗 Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area

“I think most non-COVID-cautious musicians think about COVID precautions only being for the sake of disabled and immunocompromised folks, and don’t realize that these are real issues that the musicians themselves can be impacted by and are all at risk for.”


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Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area

COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
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🔗 Researchers overlooked airborne diseases for centuries — then COVID-19 changed everything

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Researchers overlooked airborne diseases for centuries — then COVID-19 changed everything

A fascinating exploration of microbes that can travel through the air reveals how the pandemic marked a turning point for a crucial research field.
Marr, Linsey C.
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🔗 Stanford must end its complicity in COVID harms

It’s unconscionable that Stanford School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute hosted a conference in October led by architects of the disablement of 100 million people and the preventable deaths of tens of millions more. It’s even worse that University President Jonathan Levin lent institutional support by volunteering to make the opening remarks. It’s worse yet that the apparent success of this conference may have influenced President Donald Trump to tap at least two conference participants for top health posts.


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From the Community | Stanford must end its complicity in COVID harms

A Stanford conference of COVID contrarians and Long COVID skeptics featuring President Levin is reverberating all the way to the White House.
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what an incredible display of maturity and restraint for a college newspaper op-ed discussing a gore-flecked nightmare conference of vultures and hyenas and dung beetles.

It’s a feat to experience disability and still have this article inside you five years on. Elite academia voice is a trip in an internet of polemics.

and furthermore, lmao at the perhaps unintended pun in “being fêted at Stanford.” Blessed is Nurgle’s garden.

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🔗 Developing chlorine-based antiseptic by electrolysis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/319055…

> This paper examined the possibility of using hypochlorite water as a chlorine-based antiseptic for handwashing in public buildings and healthcare facilities. The electrolysis method was used, which produces Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) from mixing drinking water with small amounts of sodium hydroxide. Hypochlorous acid is usually produced by blood cells to surround pathogens when the skin is cut and exposed to pathogens. The methods used were based on hydrolysing drinking water at a different salt concentration (from 0 up to saline water 0.9% NaCl) under the different power supply. The results showed that 0.005-0.01% hydrochloride water can be a perfect antiseptic that can kill most bacteria and pathogenies within 12 s. In one prototype set up one liter of the prepared solution needed the only 2 g of NaCl, 12 V and 3 amps' power. However, the pH value should be maintained to be around 5-6. The results also showed that the most efficient way was to produce the solution on-site. However, if stored properly it can be used for 7-10 days after production.

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Developing chlorine-based antiseptic by electrolysis - PubMed

The use of Alcohol-based antiseptics is efficient and approved, however it has some limitations. This paper examined the possibility of using hypochlorite water as a chlorine-based antiseptic for handwashing in public buildings and healthcare facilit…
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🔗 The Long COVID Game helloworlds.ca/the-long-covid-…

> This short (<5min) instructional game can help illustrate the risks of repeated COVID infections and the chance of acquiring Long COVID. It was designed for large groups, such as a classroom of students. The goal is to communicate the benefits of wearing a respirator, such as an N95, to reduce the number of COVID infections and thus the risk of contracting Long COVID.

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The Long COVID Game – Hello, Worlds

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🔗 “I’ve Never Felt So Confused”: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic link.springer.com/article/10.1…

> This mixed-methods study incorporates online survey data from the January 2023 Alberta Viewpoint Survey (N = 1196) and interview data collected from May-August 2023 (N = 23) to study the strategies families and caregivers used during the tripledemic to manage FWC in a time of high uncertainty.

> Caregiving struggles were exacerbated during the fall of 2022 with the circulation of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19

> This mixed-methods study highlights the strategies families and caregivers used during the tripledemic to manage family-to-work conflict (FWC) in a time of high uncertainty

> Parents, especially mothers, were most likely to miss work for extended periods, leading to a greater potential for FWC among these groups

> Caregivers who were able to take advantage of workplace, relationship, and network resources were better able to limit FWC during these uncertain times

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“I’ve Never Felt So Confused”: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic - Journal of Child and Family Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected those with caregiving responsibilities and its impacts continue.
SpringerLink
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The next head of the US NIH 👇

🔗 Republican Witness In COVID-19 Misinformation Hearing Has Been Repeatedly Discredited By Courts For Promoting Misinformation krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media…

> In an October 2021 ruling that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates violates federal law, U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw wrote that Dr. Bhattacharya "offered opinions regarding the pediatric effects of masks on children, a discipline on which he admitted he was not qualified to speak," adding "his demeanor and tone while testifying suggest that he is advancing a personal agenda. At this stage of the proceedings, the Court is simply unwilling to trust Dr. Bhattacharya." Judge Crenshaw also added that Dr. Bhattacharya's testimony was "troubling" and "problematic." Similarly, a Manitoba Judge found the same month that Dr. Bhattacharya's testimony public health restrictions was contradicted by a range of evidence, including his own sources.

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Congressman Krishnamoorthi Reveals Republican Witness In COVID-19 Misinformation Hearing Has Been Repeatedly Discredited By Courts For Promoting Misinformation

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Krishnamoorthi participated in the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing titled, "Combating Coronavirus Cons And The Monetization of Misinformation.
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A remote long covid clinic -- yeah, there's probably no interest in or need for something like that, right? Better just mothball it. 🙃

🔗 Alberta had a long COVID program that never saw the light of day fitzhugh.ca/local-news/the-sto…

> Tools for remotely assessing fatigue and breathlessness were designed, developed, and then shelved before clinical implementation.

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The story of Alberta's rural long COVID program that never was

Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Jasper Fitzhugh)
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🔗 How school eligibility influences the spread of infectious diseases medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11…

> Researchers analyzed the natural age cutoff for kindergarten eligibility in California to compare COVID-19 rates between children old enough to start school and those who were not.

> The study's findings underscore the complexity of school-based transmission and highlight the effectiveness of school-based prevention measures.

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Q&A: How school eligibility influences the spread of infectious diseases

A study in JAMA Network Open sheds light on how school attendance influences the spread of infectious diseases, using COVID-19 as a case study.
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🔗 Brunch, Interrupted -- Americans elected Biden in the midst of crisis. Instead of understanding that, Democrats went back to brunch. thegauntlet.news/p/brunch-inte…

> A big part of the Democrats return to power in 2020 was COVID. That’s not my opinion; that is what exit polls tell us about voters’ decision to turn out for Joe Biden. The top two reasons Democrats had for turning out to the polls in November of 2020 were racial justice issues and the pandemic.

> Democrats never seemed to understand how reluctantly the public returned them to power. It wasn’t an, “oh, thank God, Joe Biden is here,” vote. It was a “we have to get this fucking guy [Donald Trump] out of here” vote.

> The Democrats capitalized on the gore. When 220,000 had died, Biden announced that “no one” who had overseen that kind of death should remain President. 800,000+ Americans have died of COVID during his Presidency, which he has yet to resign.

> Biden, Harris, and their spouses held a memorial at the reflecting pool for the 400,000 Americans who died of COVID under Trump the night before their Inauguration, only to never again mention Americans dying of COVID en masse again when they actually had the power to do something about it.

> My focus is COVID. I followed closely as, in the delusional world of the Biden liberal, getting COVID (a virus which damages the brain, heart, and immune system) twice a year became a totally okay and in fact laudable thing. I watched as wearing a mask went from being socially positive, to being socially ok, to being socially negative, as Bidenism reverted from anti-Trump to its true form; pro-capital. To protect capital, people need to accept this new condition of employment: more, repeated sickness, zero protections and ongoing risk of disability.

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Brunch, Interrupted

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@pandemicene @novid #CovidIsNotOver

Boosting this phenomenal resource on #covid19 #covid #LongCOVID that I return to time and time again. Thanks for keeping it updated as studies come out, @augieray!
mastodon.social/@augieray/1121…

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So, here is the spreadsheet. I defy someone who thinks COVID is just like the flu to spend just ten minutes perusing the findings of these 500+ studies. I don't like scaring people, but people should be more frightened.
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Some sales + resources for US-based #COVIDcautious #covidconscious #stillCOVIDing #covidaware #ZeroCovid folks #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #WearAMask #MasksWork #maskup @maskup @pandemicene @novid

Masks/mask related:
linktr.ee/buymasks - (at)buymasksUS on Instagram has a linktree for mask resources and more coupons. I will do my best to update the below, but please also utilize this as a resource (and follow them on IG if you're on there!)
maskbloc.org/ - Find your local mask bloc for free masks (and/or to donate to)!
behealthyusa.net/collections/c… - 70% off POSH KF94s from BeHealthy with code POSH70 (many cute colors and designs for adults and kits though they expire in less than a year). They also have a bundle of 100 Blue 2D KF94 for $50, and the main BeHealthy site often has codes for 20-40% off retail priced masks too, they carry many korean KF94s.
alliantbiotech.com/ - redimasks (adhesive n95s - good for MRIs) 50% off with code M4E50%
armbrustusa.com/ - HIYX13RN for 30% off (sign up for emails and texts for other semi-regular coupon codes, n95s, kn95s, they allow you to purchase single masks to sample as well).
bonafidemasks.com/ - TRUST25 for 25% off (kn95s).
bloxdirect.com/ - $.25/ea duckbill n95s (caveat- shipping is pricey).
protectly.co/ - \VitaCore CAN99 Black Respirators 10 packs are 20% off with code VitaCore. Protectly also offers mask samples for purchase (n99 and n100 excluded), and has a 10% code when signed up for sms alerts.
stauffersafety.com/ - They have both the normal 3m 9205 auras and the cloth elastic version auras (9210s). Free shipping over $50 too.
officedepot.com/a/products/700… - office depot has 3m auras and a 25% off code when signed up for text alerts (and free shipping over $50).
fittests4all.bigcartel.com/ - Home mask fitting kits (pre order).
sipmask.com/ - 20% off sip mask valve with code SIPMASKBLOC (subscribe and save excluded).

Air Purifiers:
officecrave.com/lorell-hepa-42… - Lorell 420 Air Purifier for $47.25 (reviewed here, same unit just taotronics branded: housefresh.com/taotronics-ap00…)
bulksupply.com/lorell-hepa-420… - 4 pack of filters for the above $12.21(they also carry the air purifier for $52.64).

Tests/test related:
store.pharmalynk.com/products/… - $5.98/ea Flowflex sale
amazon.com/Flowflex-COVID-19-H… Flowflex rapid tests - 5 tests (but multiple swabs and vials in one box, heads up) for $32 (less if you setup subscribe and save).
target.com/p/flowflex-covid-19… - Flowflex 5 pack (also all in one box) for $35.
lifehacker.com/where-to-find-a… Comparison of the NAAT tests on the market.
shop.aptitudemedical.com/ - Metrix NAAT tests (also available on Amazon).
shop.3eohealth.com/ - 3eo NAAT tests.
virus.sucks/pluslife_en/ - Info on Pluslife NAAT tests (email discount [at] virus dot sucks for discount codes).
ondemand.labcorp.com/covid-19-… - PCRs for $79 (either overnighted to you, which you overnight back, or in person in some locations). PCR testing at walgreens is $130, for comparison.

Covid Positive (Rapid, NAAT, or PCR) - What To Do:
peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what… - People's CDC guide (has a symptom tracker and isolation diary).
docs.google.com/document/d/1z7… - Clean Air Club's Guide (includes a symptom tracker).
pharmd.substack.com/p/i-have-c… - Guide with some supplement recommendations that may prevent Long Covid, adult and children dosing suggestions.

Covid Positive (Rapid, NAAT or PCR) - Telehealth Options:
hidrb.com/covid - A Paxlovid telehealth option (that doesn't require video calls!) to get a paxlovid RX if you have a positive rapid, NAAT, or PCR test.
sesamecare.com/medication/paxl… - Another Paxlovid telehealth but does require video appointment
plushcare.com/covid-medication… - Another Paxlovid telehealth option but does require video appointment
agelessrx.com/metformin/ - Metformin telehealth option (prescribed for antiaging, and best to do before you test positive as it's mailed out to you)

CO2 Monitors:
cleanaircrew.org/aranet4coupon… - Clean air crew constantly has an aranet coupon code (to buy from Naltic industries), if there isn't an aranet sale this is likely the cheapest way to get one.
smartairfilters.com/en/product… -SmartAir CO2 monitor (under $70, comparison with Aranet here: breathesafeair.com/smartair-co…).
inkbird.com/products/wireless-… - Inkbird Iam-T1 (usually around or under $110, comparison with Aranet here: breathesafeair.com/inkbird-iam…).
a.co/d/d3QH6oW - Vitalight CO2 monitor (usually under $50, much shorter battery life - 8 hours at best, review here breathesafeair.com/vitalight-m…).
digikey.com/en/products/detail… / mouser.com/new/sensirion/sensi… - Sensirion scd4x. Also way cheaper than Aranet, needs to be plugged into a USB A port and only shows colors (green, yellow, red) but does show readings in app.
Naomi Wu reviews the Vitalight and Sensirion in this video here: youtu.be/Fo2cZiRyokk

Vitalight Mini CO2 Detector Review - An Affordable Alternative?

One product has taken this goal to heart. The Vitalight Mini CO2 Detector (also called the Vitalight CO2 Monitor) is an affordable carbon dioxide monitor that
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<cw: don't read if you wish to remain calm>

The laissez faire way of handling sarscov2 infection and transmission described in this abomination of an article is everything that's wrong with how we've been told to deal with the ongoing pandemic. Complete negligence by the authorities ergo complete negligence by individuals

🔗 Tim Dowling: two of my sons are home – and have brought Covid with them theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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Tim Dowling: two of my sons are home – and have brought Covid with them

Sitting at my kitchen table, waiting to be fed and watered, enjoying the pets, no housework. I wouldn’t mind being ill myself
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🔗 ‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’ bps.org.uk/psychologist/we-nee…

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‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’

Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about what’s needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.
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🔗 Air Quality Monitor with Raspberry Pi 5, PMS7003, and Viam hackster.io/JoyceJetson/air-qu…

> Connect a particulate matter sensor to a Raspberry Pi to trigger a DIY air filtration system

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Air Quality Monitor with Raspberry Pi 5, PMS7003, and Viam

Connect a particulate matter sensor to a Raspberry Pi to trigger a DIY air filtration system.
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@hhf strictly speaking, the bioaerosols that carry sarscov2 virions are indeed particles -- albeit generally considered to be smaller than 2.5 microns -- and it is by filtering out these smaller particles with crboxes, hepa filters, and respirators that their concentration in a room and thus transmission events can be reduced. CO2 is merely a proxy, though beyond the acidity of the air it plays no direct role in the transmission of pathogens.

But I do understand the point you intended to make and for someone uninitiated in fluid dynamics and IAQ it's important to understand that a pm2.5 sensor doesn't identify the presence of airborne pathogens. The article itself doesn't invoke sarscov2 either, but swapping in a CO2 sensor is exactly what I had in mind in this context 👌

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In 2020, a fluid dynamicist from MIT warned the US CDC that covid was airborne ('21)

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This deserves a highlight:
"Two years ago, one of us (A.C.) made a prediction in Fortune Magazine that a few years of ‘learning to live with’ COVID (i.e., pretending it doesn’t exist) would lead to a billion cases of Long COVID. A recent estimate pegs the total incidence so far at 400 million cases of Long COVID. Long COVID is well on its way to becoming the world’s most common disease."

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right? That might be the understatement of the month. The post I boosted right before it has more info abut the actual ancestor strains: zeroes.ca/@xz_keg@bird.makeup/…

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A new recombinant, XEK is designated. XEK is recombinant of KP.2.3 and XEC. https://github.com/cov-lineages/pango-designation/issues/2774 Here is a brief figure on how XEK is formed.
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> Marburg virus disease (MVD), a haemorrhagic fever, has been confirmed in a few patients in health facilities in [Rwanda]. Investigations are being carried out to determine the origin of the infection. Enhanced preventive measures are being implemented in all health facilities. Contact tracing is underway, and cases have been isolated for treatment.

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First cases in the country. In multiple healthcare facilities, so.. community spread? They definitely threw in some droplet dogma to calm the herd.

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Enhanced Preventive Measures Implemented for Viral Fever - Rwanda Biomedical Centre

Marburg virus disease (MVD), a haemorrhagic fever, has been confirmed in a few patients in health facilities in the country. Investigations are being carried out to determine the origin of the infection.
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