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Posted by Matthew Cortland on twitter. Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Support Masks in Indoor Public Spaces. Description: Do you support or oppose requiring that all individuals wear masks in public indoor spaces, like in grocery stores, restaurants, and retail shops, in order to combat another surge of coronavirus infections? All likely voters — Support: 55%, Oppose: 43% Democrat — Support: 83%, Oppose: 16% Independent / Third party — Support: 54%, Oppose: 44% Republican — Support: 29%, Oppose: 69% Black or African American — Support: 71%, Oppose: 28% Hispanic or Latino/a — Support: 80%, Oppose: 18% White — Support: 52%, Oppose: 47% Disabled — Support: 61%, Oppose: 38% Not disabled — Support: 52%, Oppose: 47% Disabled household member — Support: 62%, Oppose: 37%

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Don’t fall for Pluralistic Ignorance on Masks

2023-01-02

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Caption Hi! one way masking what? next to a cartoon picture of Hello Kitty wearing a space suit

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Pandemic memes 2022

2022-12-31

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Moral Sabotage & Community Care Disengaged

2022-12-30

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A collage of photos of doctors, scientists, public health and clean air experts partying, dancing at conferences or on social media, at book tours, older passengers on an airline flight, social media posts, nurses singing at the White House, maskless selfies, January 6th rioters, a crowded sports stadium,, a Joe Biden rally in Wilkes-Barre with signs that say Safer America, almost nobody wearing masks, and includes a ribbon cutting ceremony where the ribbon is made of masks that is cut and celebrated.

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Forcing Normal in the Roaring 2020s

2022-12-13

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There’s a photo of an open sandwich one side jelly, the other side peanut butter. And below that is another picture of someone’s hand holding the sandwich which was made inside out with the peanut butter and jelly on the outside so the hand is smooshed into it. The caption reads repeat the truth don’t lead with the lie and make a mess make a truth sandwich instead.

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Repeat the truth, don’t lead with a lie

2022-10-14

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The Pfizer earnings call: profits driven by surges

2022-10-02

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Derwezeh gas crater, Turkmenistan photo by P.Lechien, Public Domain

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APHA: portal to a public health bizarro world hellscape

2022-08-20

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Overcrowded hospitals are bad for physical and mental health.

2022-07-11

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Alarm is appropriate, the volcano is erupting

2022-07-06

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The spiderman holding a piece of paper meme with the caption This is important information but I could make a paper airplane, except with the head replaced by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

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CDC documented concern about airborne transmission and had advised for airborne precautions as early as January 2020

2022-05-16

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The image is from the NY Project Hope web site and written in marker are the words Project Hopium! with a facepalm emoji. Text on image reads NY Project Hope Coping with COVID 5. Look at uncertainty from a different perspective… It’s been said that uncertainty can be an “emotional amplifier,” meaning that uncertainty amplifies the emotions of whatever you’re thinking about. For example, it can be unpleasant to be uncertain about whether you’re going catch COVID-19, but it’s pleasant to be uncertain about how the new food you’re trying will taste. Looking at uncertainty in the lense of unexpected joy can take away some of the fear. Leaning into uncertainty as you do when you’re going to a new place, reading a new book, eating new food, learning a new language, and traveling abroad can help you to be more open to uncertainty, and more creative. We don’t know how these experiences will turn out, but we are still willing to engage in them.

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Pandemic Political Abuse of Psychiatry

2022-05-09

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Monica Gandhi mask cutting celebration in San Mateo County (video)

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