Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤
@sloanlance@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
@pezmico
Remember: Masks do NOT protect the wearer from #COVID-19 or other infectious diseases!

Masks protect nearby people from germs the wearer may be spreading. So, yes, wear a mask as your duty to protect everybody around you and hope that they will do the same.

deutrino
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clawfulneutral
@clawfulneutral@soc.port0.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
clawfulneutral
@clawfulneutral@soc.port0.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from HHS As of Aug. 28, 2025 Pfizer: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Moderna: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: approved for people with underlying conditions Novavax: Ages 65 and older: approved Ages 5 to 64: approved for people with underlying conditions Under 5 years old: not approved Note: Novavax is only available for people ages 12 and older Data: Department of Health and Human Services; Chart: Axios Visuals
Violet Blue
@violetblue@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
#Covid news updates: US & UK surges accelerate, all metrics rising, no CDC wastewater data for 2nd week. Ireland hospitals slammed; Spain vacation spots selling out of Covid tests; Japan in 3rd month of surge. Arrest made: Hollywood Covid Testing LLC was fake. More:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-august-28-137520443

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SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:
@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

😷 Never give up talking about covid. 💉

Yesterday, while talking with a resident they mentioned they signed up for the fall flu shot.
I asked about the covid vaccine to which they replied, "I have had several, that should be enough"
I explained how it mutates and vaccines try to keep up; the damage to the brain and internal organs with each infection; long covid, etc...
She signed up!
She is only one person, but it's better than one fewer.

#Covid#CovidIdNotOver
SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:
@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

😷 Never give up talking about covid. 💉

Yesterday, while talking with a resident they mentioned they signed up for the fall flu shot.
I asked about the covid vaccine to which they replied, "I have had several, that should be enough"
I explained how it mutates and vaccines try to keep up; the damage to the brain and internal organs with each infection; long covid, etc...
She signed up!
She is only one person, but it's better than one fewer.

#Covid#CovidIdNotOver
Eva Winterschön
@winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

monday morning starts off with the sentiment, "at least it feels better than yesterday", a subjective statement when there's a fever involved and still no vocal cord control. I don't want another day of bed rest, very tired of bed, tired of downtime. stupid covid.

#covid #healthcare #medical #nimbus
Greengordon
@Greengordon@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
@pluralistic

#RTO#Covid

"Return to office? An exercise in pure friction-shifting. The friction your boss experiences from furiously fantasizing about how lazy you're being at home is swapped for the friction of your commute, the friction of having to reschedule deliveries that you weren't home to sign for, the friction of having to eat a packed lunch or waste your pay on overpriced, additive/grease/salt/sugar-laden quick-service food."
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last week

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#Pluralistic

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Greengordon
@Greengordon@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@pluralistic

#RTO#Covid

"Return to office? An exercise in pure friction-shifting. The friction your boss experiences from furiously fantasizing about how lazy you're being at home is swapped for the friction of your commute, the friction of having to reschedule deliveries that you weren't home to sign for, the friction of having to eat a packed lunch or waste your pay on overpriced, additive/grease/salt/sugar-laden quick-service food."
Yogthos
@yogthos@social.marxist.network  ·  activity timestamp last week

Scientists suspect COVID-19 may be subtly damaging immune systems, akin to measles, by depleting T-cells and causing lasting inflammation. Studies show even mild COVID increases risks of bacterial/viral infections, shingles, and sepsis, with viral remnants found years later. Despite political resistance to this alarming idea, evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 could be reprogramming our immunity on a global scale, making us more susceptible to everything.

https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1733

#covid #science
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Mask up, friends.

(my covid protocols are so deeply ingrained now, they're pretty much the default, but even I will relax a little sometimes... but when I see it rising, that's when I get disciplined about it again; I managed to travel 9000 miles across the US/Canada without getting sick but also: I had luck with me; I'm not gonna press the luck now)
#covid
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-vaccine-label-change-alpha

Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Mask up, friends.

(my covid protocols are so deeply ingrained now, they're pretty much the default, but even I will relax a little sometimes... but when I see it rising, that's when I get disciplined about it again; I managed to travel 9000 miles across the US/Canada without getting sick but also: I had luck with me; I'm not gonna press the luck now)
#covid
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-vaccine-label-change-alpha

Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
Disease “weather” report We’re in the middle of a Covid-19 wave, with all indicators—from wastewater to hospitalizations and deaths—climbing. The pace isn’t as fast as last winter’s surge and levels remain below last summer’s wave, but the trend is clear. Wastewater data show “moderate” Covid activity in the West and South and “low” levels in the Northeast and Midwest, though rates are rising everywhere. Covid-19 Wastewater Levels in the United States. Source: CDC NWSS; annotated by Your Local Epidemiologist
gittaca
@gittaca@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@davidgerard The crutch that will keep the scam going, though, is the unfortunate detail of LLMs being good enough to _keep faking it_ in many professions. And the need to do that (and even pay for such tools) is fuelled in part by cognitive & neurological impairment due to mass #CoVID infections: https://www.panaccindex.info/i/159257225/cognitive-and-neurological-impairment-brain

cc @Zitron whose rants about the #GenAI industry bubble are spot-on in almost all aspects, except for this medical angle. Brain-damaged market stays irrational for even longer.