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I wouldn’t cite Dr. Robert Redfield if he said blood is red.

2024-07-08

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t take vaccines for granted.

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 007

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The image is a screenshot of the Youtube video of the channel for the CDC and showing the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Day 2. The video is at time marker 2:55:55 and the screen shows a slide. The last sentence has added emphasis with red marker and yellow highlighter. “The Work Group will continue to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine policy, including the need for a universal recommendation.”

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Don’t take vaccines for granted.

2024-07-07

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It took 4 years after “expression of concern” to retract a problematic paper on Vitamin D as a covid treatment.

2024-07-06

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Where did the lunch hour go? The pandemic didn’t steal it, but employers probably did.

2024-07-06

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Screenshot of webpage of the CDC COVID-19 Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Professionals Updated Apr. 12, 2024 - Key Findings from One Large Cross-Sectional Study Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021 This study used data from the Premier Healthcare Database, which represents approximately 20% of all inpatient admissions in the United States since 2000. This cross-sectional study of 540,667 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 included both inpatients and hospital-based outpatients with laboratory-diagnosed COVID-19 from March 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021. The database included reports from 592 acute care hospitals in the United States. The study was designed to examine risk factors associated with severe outcomes of COVID-19 including admission to an ICU or stepdown unit, invasive mechanical ventilation, and death. Main Findings: Certain underlying medical conditions were associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness in adults. Having multiple conditions was also associated with severe COVID-19 illness. Obesity, diabetes with complications, and anxiety and fear-related disorders had the strongest association with death. The number of frequent underlying medical conditions (present in ≥10.0% of patients) increased with age. [The screenshot has yellow highlighted the text “study was designed to examine risk factors associated with severe outcomes of COVID” and under main findings yellow highlighted text is “anxiety and fear-related disorders had the strongest associating with death.” with the word “death” underlined in red marker.

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There’s a horrendous irony in being accused of being “anxious” when you want to avoid covid.

2024-07-06

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What a combo! Bullets and AI.

2024-07-05

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Screenshot of the CDC website URL https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/covid-19-can-surge-throughout-the-year.html The section of text with highlighter is quote: “Getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine in the fall can help better protect you through the winter peak. People who might benefit from additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine this summer include those who are: 65 years of age and older, Moderately or severely immunocompromised or with underlying medical conditions,” end quote.

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The CDC Vaccine Guidance Contradiction.

2024-07-05

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Kite in sky over Scranton Pennsylvania USA

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Excessive screen time was not caused by the pandemic, and lockdown scapegoating is getting really old.

2024-07-05

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Lying chatbot AI misinformation outdoors tips – what could possibly go wrong?

2024-07-04

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Maga is pro mail ballot this time around.

2024-07-04

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Who initiated and presided over this Pentagon anti-vax scheme?

2024-07-03

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They’re prepping for “weeding out” potential “resistance” to Trump from the civil service.

2024-07-02

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drawing of NIOSH N95 mask

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Any mask is better than none, but there are vendors promoting dubious quality masks and counterfeits.

2024-07-01

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Mike Luckovich cartoon 9-30-20 the drawing is that of a field with 2 live cows standing in the center and they’re surrounded by many dead cows laying about the grass with flies swarming around the carcasses. One live cow says to the other in a speech bubble, Yes! Herd Immunity Achieved!

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Alex Jones compared vaccinated people to dead cows.

2024-07-01

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Study finds infections are bad for work attendance, and workdays lost were associated with being unvaccinated.

2024-06-30

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drawing of NIOSH N95 mask

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Ableist mask bans raise questions of how they could be enforced, and also questions about why there’s not another way to deal with the issue of juvenile delinquent vandals.

2024-06-30

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Dianna Cowern @thephysicsgirl #MECFS is unimaginably isolating, especially for severe patients like Dianna. The disease just doesn't make sense; even for me, it's taken a year of caring for her every day to start to understand. To get a sense, Dianna has spent the last year and a half in her room, unable to watch tv or read a book or spend time with friends. She cannot walk or take care of herself. She can brush her teeth and feed herself, but not much more than that. We can cuddle and hold hands, but sometimes that's too much for her. It's so removed from normal life, and so much worse than you could ever imagine. It's hard to share these things, because I fear people will blame me or blame her for not treating her properly, for not taking this medication or that supplement, or following such and such a protocol. Or worse yet, suggesting that all she needs is to get up and go for a walk. Even on this post, people will say those things. But there's no consistent treatment or even diagnostics at this point. So, we are left alone, in pain, wondering if what we're doing is right or wrong, if there's something else we should have done a year ago that would have avoided all this. We try not to think like that, but it creeps in from time to time. If you are a physician, please consider getting involved in treating and researching #longcovid and #MECFS While Dianna is still very sick, her doctors and treatments ease her burden and give us hope. Written by Kyle, Dianna's husband.

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Real suffering — dubious and expensive treatments.

2024-06-29

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Why is it the contrarians and the nonsense that seems to get published so much?

2024-06-28

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Stigma has always made it easy for people to spread dubious rumours during disease outbreaks.

2024-06-28

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Chloe’s Public comment to CDC ACIP meeting, June 2024.

The recommendation for a spring covid vaccine boost for seniors was NOT well promoted.

Read More 2024-06-27

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Thanks to those using podcast paid membership shoutouts to spread public health messaging.

2024-06-27

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