WHN
@whn@forall.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

WHO is finalizing its global COVID plan — and it’s missing key protections. Public comment closes tomorrow, Aug 8.

Submit public comment now at covid19@who.int.
Learn more: https://whn.global/scientific/public-comment-on-who-strategic-and-operational-plan-for-covid-threat-management/

#COVIDisAirborne#LongCOVID#CleanAirNow#COVID19#COVID#PublicHealth #worldhealthorganization

Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
WHN
@whn@forall.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

WHO is finalizing its global COVID plan — and it’s missing key protections. Public comment closes tomorrow, Aug 8.

Submit public comment now at covid19@who.int.
Learn more: https://whn.global/scientific/public-comment-on-who-strategic-and-operational-plan-for-covid-threat-management/

#COVIDisAirborne#LongCOVID#CleanAirNow#COVID19#COVID#PublicHealth #worldhealthorganization

Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Anke
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Mme Zabet
@mmezabet@craftgoblin.club  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hi Mastodon & @violetblue!

I'm looking for an N95 mask with no metal but with an exhale valve for my spouse to wear at his warehouse job. He's been wearing 3M 8210V religiously since 2020 to keep from bringing Covid home to me, but his employer is reinstating the use of metal detectors and if the metal staples used to attach the straps set it off, I'm pretty sure he's going to punch out anyone trying to remove his mask.

Suggestions? Boosts appreciated!

#CovidIsNotOver#N95#Mask#Covid
Mme Zabet
@mmezabet@craftgoblin.club  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hi Mastodon & @violetblue!

I'm looking for an N95 mask with no metal but with an exhale valve for my spouse to wear at his warehouse job. He's been wearing 3M 8210V religiously since 2020 to keep from bringing Covid home to me, but his employer is reinstating the use of metal detectors and if the metal staples used to attach the straps set it off, I'm pretty sure he's going to punch out anyone trying to remove his mask.

Suggestions? Boosts appreciated!

#CovidIsNotOver#N95#Mask#Covid
WHN
@whn@forall.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

This proposed CSA standard would:

- Require N95s (or equally protective alternatives) for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors.
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Set a historic global precedent for clean air in healthcare.

Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.
Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.
Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.
Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.
Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.
Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.
At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.
At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.
At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.
WHN
@whn@forall.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. Submitting your comment takes just a few minutes and could make a global impact.

Submit your comment here: https://publicreview.csa.ca/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fHome%2fView%2f2256677

#PublicHealth#CSA#CleanAir#MaskUp#COVID19#COVID#COVID_19#CommunityHealth#DisabilityRights#LongCOVID
Becksy
@Becksy@mastodonapp.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago
@thejapantimes so many BAD DECISIONS taken by inept #british politicians. #Covid and #brexit caused huge and lasting damage. But Brexit was a lie, encouraged by #Farage, and needs to be corrected. The #tories should be barred from holding power for a very long time.
#uk #politics #conservatives #Labour #Starmer #reform #farage
der.hans
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Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
#US. employers announced 62,075 job cuts in July, up 29% from June and 140% from last year.

Over 800,000 layoffs have been announced so far in 2025, the highest year to date total since the 2020 #COVID crash.

What happened to the “Golden age”?

#Trump
Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
#US. employers announced 62,075 job cuts in July, up 29% from June and 140% from last year.

Over 800,000 layoffs have been announced so far in 2025, the highest year to date total since the 2020 #COVID crash.

What happened to the “Golden age”?

#Trump

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Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

New study from Denmark 🇩🇰 of over 1.5 MILLION people who received an mRNA #Covid vaccine

NO increased risk of 29 different adverse events

Filter out the noise. Look at real data.

#mRNA vaccines are incredibly safe.
Violet Blue
@violetblue@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Get caught up: Good #Covid vaccine updates, US slams into its summer surge (rising fast nationwide), study: Covid “wakes up” cancer cells, Aotearoa #LongCovid studies now recruiting, UV light trial shows reduced infections, freaky new variant worries trackers, more:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-july-31-135367980
tagesschau
@tagesschau@ard.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Krebsforschung: Wecken Viren schlafende Tumore?

Dass überstandene Krebserkrankungen zurückkommen können, ist bekannt. Eine Studie zeigt, dass Virusinfektionen wie Covid oder die Grippe dabei eine Rolle spielen könnten. Doch an der Studie gibt es Kritik. Von V. Simon.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/atemwegserkrankungen-krebs-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Atemwegserkrankungen#Krebs#Corona
gittaca
@gittaca@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@tagesschau Ist jene Kritik denn berechtigt? "Daten von zwei Patientengruppen" zeigten "einen großen Effekt". Also höhere Sterblichkeit von und zusammen?

Fragt die Doktoren Bergthaler & Karch doch mal, ob diese Studie vielleicht Anlass zu - oder FFP2/3-Pflicht in -Zentren wäre? Und ob sie sich die Hände waschen? Vielleicht könnten immunsupprimierte Krebspatienten ja vor Zusatzinfektionen geschützt werden?
Ms. Que Banh
@PhotographyElf@socialbc.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I grew up, watching #HulkHogan with my younger brothers. I started hating him, during those early 80s times. I first started hating him for his misogyny. Then, hated him more when he treated Andre the Giant abusively. I also remember his racist shit. Fuck that guy beyond the grave. He was a fascist, bigoted POS. Burn in hell, muthafucka.

Also - he likely died from #covid cardiac arrest because the fidiot didn't believe covid was serious either.

#NoSympathy#GenX
Malte Engeler
@malteengeler@legal.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

As someone who just read up on left-wing accelerationism I find the connection to capitalisms "total mobilisation" around so-called "AI" very fitting.

And yet, it was @danmcquillan (while talking to @parismarx who connected these dots for me.

"AI" totalitarianism is nothing exclusive to tech bros or neoliberal VCs. It has also and regrettably captured the imagination of many on the left.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/286_decomputing_for_a_better_future_w_dan_mcquillan
gittaca
@gittaca@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@malteengeler @danmcquillan @parismarx What % of that is driven by cognitive decline due to most people being "convinced" about not protecting themselves against #CoVID anymore. #BrainFog sounds harmless, but what could it possibly _signal_ for long-term / repeated?!?

Accelerated brain aging is already measurable: https://xcancel.com/EricTopol/status/1947680189561114969 / https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61033-4

#Alzheimer #Durchseuchung
Author-ized L.J.
@ljwrites@writeout.ink  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"As a result [of the problems with tenements], tenement reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries advocated for buildings to be constructed with more windows and larger yards – campaigns that were often rooted in Victorian-era concerns about the evils of ‘foul air’, which was believed to cause infectious disease."

Idk, given the recent issues with ventilation, air quality, and #covid I can't help but think the Victorian reformers were on to something there 🤔 https://worksinprogress.co/issue/chinese-towers-and-american-blocks/ #history #architecture