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Image is purple with images of fold-flat KN95 masks, the text reads INFECTION IS NOT INEVITABLE - Gathering with precautions saves lives and extends community care to all. #SeeYouSafer seeyousafer.org

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I don’t trust my safety to science hype in the pop culture press.

2024-04-28

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Screenshot is a link card from USA Today dot com, with the headline First human case of bird flu detected in Texas after outbreak of virus among c… photo of some kind of cages with a sign on a paper print out, the sign has images of gloves and boots and says quarantine please wear gloves and boots

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Perhaps a respirator mask should be recommended in all stages of food production?

2024-04-27

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Yes, those are Care Bears sunglasses.

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I don’t feel left behind, I feel disrespected.

2024-04-25

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Banning noncompetes: Good for workers, businesses, and the economy The FTC estimates that banning noncompetes will mean More innovation: an average of 17,000-29,000 more patents each year More startups: a 2.7% increase in new firm formation - that's 8,500+ new businesses per year Higher earnings: typical workers earn $524 more per year Who's affected? An estimated 18% of U.S. workers are covered by noncompetes. That's 30 million people. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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Noncompetes have harmed healthcare too.

2024-04-24

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The campaign against child vaccination and in favour of widespread infection with contagious diseases is the same project.

2024-04-24

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DOCTORS ARE HUMANS WITH PHONES THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME CESSPOOL OF MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SOMETIMES DOCTORS BELIEVE AND REPEAT NONSENSE IF A DOCTOR SAYS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ASK FOR CLARIFICATION AND MORE INFORMATION OR GET A SECOND OPINION

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A potentially serious illness should prompt seeking personal medical advice.

2024-04-22

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Preventing pollution at Everest, but are they preventing covid at the camps?

2024-04-21

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Normalize asking people if they’re being paid to promote products and services!

2024-04-20

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Many references to “climate engineering” are actually a part of climate denial & disinfo narratives.

2024-04-19

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Political abuse of behavioral science and mental health.

2024-04-12

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Screenshot with a big X in red marker over the image of a youtube video at the point in the video 36 seconds in, and on the screen is the word colloidal silver in big letters and a screenshot of a PLOS ONE article or study titled “Evaluation of silver nanoparticles for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: in vitro and in viv” the video title is Nasal Sprays and Reducing the Risk of COVID Reinfection posted on the channel RTHM Health 787 subscribers 820 views Sep 18, 2023 RTHM’s Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jennifer Curtin talks about nasal sprays and their impact on preventing or treating SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Curtin recommends colloidal silver in both nasal sprays and oral rinses and uses them for her own COVID risk reduction.

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Lefty zine promoting right-wing pseudoscience protocols of an expensive concierge clinic?

2024-04-10

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You know, I'm something of a scientist myself Meme with Willem Defoe with a confident smile and the caption reads at the top You know, I’m something of a scientist myself, and the text underneath says here’s a buncha quote science unquote that’s actually vendor marketing material

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The need to slow down, review, and engage critical thinking when making purchases or investments.

2024-04-10

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Antiviral Injustice

2024-04-08

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The memory holed knowledge of presymptomatic and asymptomatic spread of infectious diseases.

2024-04-07

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Don’t waste money on dubious products without a proven record of safety.

2024-04-06

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What definitions of “extremist” are being used?

2024-04-06

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Screenshot of direct message conversation. text reads #OSHAhearing bit.ly/OSHAhearing Nicolas Smit @PPEtohe Jan 19, 2023 Replying to @PPEtoheros @nb_covid_info and 31 others — Here’s evidence @COVIDOversight knew about the widespread negligence in July. I was asked by their top investigators how they should investigate & they confirm I gave them info that helped -Show more- QUOTE — NYT Science @NYTScience “It’s frustrating and frightening because a mask like this can make the difference between life and death, but no one knows about them.” nytimes.com A Clunky Mask May Be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste 11:54 AM 2022–07–09 — Nicolas Smit Jan 19, 2023, 3:46 PM

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The shadowbanning of the pandemic.

2024-04-05

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Screenshot of tweet, Joe Friday @justthefacts85 1:49 AM · Jun 24, 2022 These are just a few recent ones as I didn’t go back that far. I’m sure most posts, if not all, are lifted from others. (Last row reversed, sorry.) I don’t know if this is some kind of bot or what. Image attached to tweet are a series of screenshots showing Sammy4723 tweets verbatim copied from the original tweets as follows, TalkerTeacher don’t know who needs to hear this right now but it is perfectly normal to want to avoid catching a potentially debilitating disease during a world- altering pandemic anyone telling you different has an agenda that does not have your health and well-being in mind 8:55 AM 6/19/22 LaurentForan: In the future, students will read in their history book the chapter on the 2020s with shock and anger. “How can a ruling class consciously let a virus kill millions?” When they’ll learn that it was the logic of the profit system, they’ll understand the subsequent revolution. 6:20 PM 6/19/22, and AmySpiro: Israel confirmed more than 10,000 new COVID cases yesterday for the first time since early April. The positivity rate of all those tested yesterday is close to 40%. 2:11 AM 6/20/22

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Sammy4723, anonymous pandemic influencer sock puppet account.

2024-04-04

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Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360–1380. doi:10.1086/225469 Imagine, to begin with, a community completely partitioned into cliques, such that each person is tied to every other in his clique and to none outside. Community organization would be severely inhibited. Leafletting, radio announcements,or other methods could insure that everyone was aware of some nascent organization; but studies of diffusion and mass communication have shown that people rarely act on mass-media information unless it is also transmitted through personal ties (Katz and Lazarsfeld 1955; Rogers 1962)

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Journalist thinks covid is no longer political — just “trusts” right-wing covid denial.

2024-04-03

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Photo by Chloe Kaczenski Humbert. A tent lit in pink and another lit in red under a tree line silhouette under a starry sky showing a portion of the Milky Way seen in a night sky at Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania. July 1, 2019.

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It’s Dark Sky Week & there’s a light pollution debacle in Scranton Pennsylvania.

2024-04-02

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Imagine if your doctor withheld cancer treatment because your employer needs you on the job for the next few months. Your employer doesn’t care if you live 20 more years because if you die 6 months from now they can replace you by then, but they want you on the job now, so you are refused life-saving treatment, or maybe your doctor doesn’t even bother to tell you there’s treatment. All to cater to the business. This appears to be CDC’s plan with infectious disease, and beyond. Chloe Humbert, The CDC, Media & PR: a public health disinformation campaign. https://tinyurl.com/public-health-disinfo

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Imagine if your doctor withheld cancer treatment because your employer needs you on the job for the next few months.

2024-04-02

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Covid denial, the musical

2024-04-01

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