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@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
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@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
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@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
datum (n=1)
@datum@zeroes.ca  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.

They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.

significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls

the functional impact on memory was very strong:

a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.

1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!

Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6

discussed by:
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114785060877455028
https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114797316431201508
https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/114815026573559502
https://mastodonapp.uk/@PaulSchleifer/114797897931610492

#COVID19#COVID#SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver#brain
datum (n=1)
@datum@zeroes.ca  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.

They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.

significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls

the functional impact on memory was very strong:

a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.

1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!

Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6

discussed by:
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114785060877455028
https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114797316431201508
https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/114815026573559502
https://mastodonapp.uk/@PaulSchleifer/114797897931610492

#COVID19#COVID#SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver#brain
Mediapart
@mediapart@mediapart.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Gestion du covid-19: non-lieu pour Édouard Philippe et deux ex-membres du gouvernement

Cinq ans après le début des investigations menées à la Cour de #justice de la République sur la gestion du #covid19, trois ex-membres du gouvernement, Édouard Philippe, #AgnèsBuzyn et #OlivierVéran, ont bénéficié lundi 7 juillet après-midi d’un non-lieu.

Par Agence France-Presse › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/070725/gestion-du-covid-19-non-lieu-pour-edouard-philippe-et-deux-ex-membres-du-gouvernement?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

"Both influenza and corona are RNA viruses; consequently they have a higher mutation rate than DNA viruses, which have a 'proof-reading ability' to find and repair damaged genetic material. 'RNA viruses copy themselves unfaithfully', writes Lowe, 'making difficult the determination of any original form as well as precise foreknowledge about future forms; the copy is unfaithful to the original'.”

, 2020

doi.org/10.1080/19428200.2020.

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Anthony
@abucci@buc.ci  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
Driving with a case of COVID raised the odds of having a car crash about as much as being at the legal threshold of DUI or running a red light, according to an analysis of pandemic-era public health and transportation records from seven states.
From https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/driving-covid-higher-crash-risk

#driving #risk #DUI #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDIsStillHere #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp