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Just another millennial posting about pop culture, politics, public health, plus my drawings and poems—but mostly 🇵🇸
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Multiple BMJ studies found Long Covid rates over 20%: 📈 25.1% of people in 13 countries reported #LongCovid symptoms 🌏 30.2% of people in China said they had at least one Long #Covid symptom 🏥 40% of US health care workers could be experiencing Long Covid More details: youtu.be/5Ziown8qlfA?...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

In new Gallup poll released this week what % of Republicans see Trump silencing dissent, refusing to obey court orders, tanking economy and like it? 90%. Yes 90%. These people are not fellow Americans, they are the enemies of our freedoms and democracy. Our Republic can not co-exist with them

submitted 18 days ago • 15 comments

You aren’t imagining it, people are getting sick more after they’ve had Covid.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The Democratic Party’s actions need to start matching its rhetoric. “To cheer Booker while Palestinians in Gaza are being slaughtered by Israel is not just tone-deaf. It is a damning indictment of a party as morally bankrupt as the Republicans led by President Trump.” #CoryBooker

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Chicago, The Encampments is playing now until Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse! #TheEncampments

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Be kind to your brain, wear a mask 😷🫶🧠 #covid

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Two new studies on #LongCovid in kids show the damage that it can do and the protection vaccination can provide: 🫁 A type of MRI showed children and teens with Long Covid had significant lung abnormalities. 💉 The mRNA Covid vaccine reduced the risk of having one or more Long Covid symptoms by 57%.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Some public health news on seasonal flu and measles: 😷 Seasonal flu surge shows signs of improvement with 26.9% test positivity (down from 31.6%). 💉 Texas measles outbreak continues with more cases and hospitalizations. Plus, #LongCovid in women and if you need a measles vaccine booster.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Israel has violated the ceasefire in Gaza 266 times since it came into effect on January 19, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dh48s1

submitted 77 days ago • 46 comments

These dummies could have had a compliant corporate Dem with literal Uber lobbyists on her staff and instead they did school shootings and measles

submitted 80 days ago • 59 comments

An incredible resource full of essential information for everyone about Long #Covid.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

submitted 88 days ago • 15 comments

Clinical medicine is proving to be one of the best use cases for #AI right now. Instead of eliminating jobs, AI could improve patient outcomes, relieve burdens on clinicians, and help mitigate the physician shortage.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Gearing up for a Covid-safer work trip: ✅ 2 air purifiers for the meeting room ✅ 1 KF94 mask per day (plus a couple backups) ✅ A few SIP valves for evening drinks ✅ Far UVC light with a belt holster #covid

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I need the C🦠- safe community to hear something very clearly from me… Esp those of you who have not engaged your legislators about mask bans. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE, on any side of aisle politicizing a medical device is a PROBLEM. It must stop now.

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

A few clips from goofing around in #Fortnite over the weekend and experimenting with CapCut.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

A poem not written by AI about a #poem written by AI.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Another study shows that getting #Covid multiple times increases your risk of developing Long Covid: 📈 Prevalence of Long Covid in the study was 18.9% 🦠 Those with multiple infections were more likely to develop Long Covid vs. those with a single infection (30.8% vs. 16.7%)

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment