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patbiosteamist.bsky.social
Engineer & Scientist. Breaks down Covid papers and Covid data to make them accessible. All views expressed are my own, I speak from a US perspective. Not a Covid researcher nor a Covid scientist. Just a guy that wants the public to understand this info.
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Day 19 - Masked Fitness - Everything Day youtube.com/shorts/-X7LX...

Day 18 - Masked Fitness - Bench / Chest Focus youtube.com/shorts/nn9tO...

Day 17 - Masked Fitness - Squat Focus, moving up to 265lb youtube.com/shorts/WWaSl...

Say No to Sip Valves, All You Need is a Good Water Bottle & a Simple Process for Drinking youtu.be/crVsHhHbl0E

i have to hold my face at just the right angle to breathe today and the thought of me making my face worse just trying to protect myself from an unmitigated virus made me cry haha 🥲 i’m so genuinely worried this will only get worse and i’ll never have the opportunity to safely fix it

Day 16 - Masked Fitness - Deadlift Focus youtube.com/shorts/CZgRx...

Covid Roundup & CDC Update for February 28th 2025 youtu.be/kETB869bGsw

Covid roundup coming tomorrow - the news of the past week took up a lot of my video time this morning.

Day 15 - Masked Fitness - Run Focus youtube.com/shorts/Wkvhg...

Masking Resource Guide - Open Indefinitely - Contribute to Help Others! youtube.com/shorts/8P1SU...

Lots of updates for the past week in the worlds of Covid and public health. Major ACIP Impacts & Large Hits to Early / Mid-Career Scientists youtu.be/sJz2RdzJBBE

Breaking: Tool Works When Used Properly The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Day 14 - Masked Fitness - Accessories Day youtube.com/shorts/WQ0zT...

Wearing a mask at the gym is honestly peak fitness. Day 13 - Masked Fitness - Squat Focus youtube.com/shorts/NWlYZ...

Reminder that this survey to help people select face masks for their face size and type, contributing with your data, is open indefinitely. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Day 12 - Masked Fitness - Deadlift focus (an ugly 335lb to me) youtube.com/shorts/7Xv_l...

Hey Cornhuskers, you’ve got one heck of a cryptic lineage. This one matches the longest COVID infection that I’ve seen (~4 years). 1/

Showing one day at a time that N95 masks do not impact performance. Day 11 - Masked Fitness - Run / DB bench focus youtube.com/shorts/WgWXg...

Covid Roundup & CDC Update for February 21st, 2025 (EO Changes Update) youtu.be/lSHMPKLRD2o

Direct impacts to the public health sector summary over the past 8 days. Systematic Dismantling of Public Health Sector - Covid Impacts youtu.be/YvPIrJPPAAE

🚨 Breaking: Los Angeles will discontinue their COVlD dashboard in 8 days due to "significantly reduced risks to the general public." How can we ~assess our risks~ without data? LA is leaving us to repeat infections, to disability and death in the dark. publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Corona...

24 states + DC in the CDC high/very high range. An estimated 1 in 87 people in the U.S. are actively infectious with COVlD today.

Wearing a mask is NOT an act of resistance. It is NOT a means for anti-surveillance. It IS an effective tool to protective your health and the health of others. That’s it. Stop flowering it up into something it is not. The only reason to wear a mask is as an infection prevention measure.

Day 10 - Masked Fitness - Slow 5 mi Run youtube.com/shorts/GFXYU...

Day 9 - Masked Fitness - Explaining the 3 basic Pull-Ups youtu.be/8IzC7gI6Usg

Day 8 - Masked Fitness - Improvise, Adapt, Overcome youtube.com/shorts/ZQqgn...

USA: "The US government may destroy more than 160 million COVID-19 tests. Here's how to claim your free at-home kits before they're gone." 🔹Free home test: covidtests.gov click on the blue button (Order Free At-home Tests) 🔹Toll-free phone number: 800-232-0233 www.cnet.com/health/claim...

Masked Fitness - Day 7 (deadlift focus, was tired today) youtube.com/shorts/05aAB...

Day 6 of masked fitness. Getting a touch faster on the 3 mile run. Under an 8 minute pace today. Masked Fitness - Day 6 youtube.com/shorts/N1fCw...

It will seem obvious, but it’s something a lot of people either don’t consider, or don’t talk about. Your head size and face shape are going to be incredibly important in selecting a well-fit face mask. The same mask won’t work for everyone. youtube.com/shorts/7nDgc...

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States. XEC.* variants are still dominant, but have fallen to around 34%. The LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily – up to around 24% and on track to take over from XEC.*. #COVID19 #USA #XEC #LP_8_1 🧵

Got through the new Marc Johnson team paper. Here’s the review - Long Covid, Cryptic Lineages, and Bat Sarbecovirus youtu.be/9a6a8ONLno0

Let’s collaborate to help people find masks that fit their face. Direct link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Covid Roundup & CDC Update for February 14th, 2025 youtu.be/sfzEkD5WgMs

Social media is weird because one day you learn you sound a bit like the bird Rio, another day you discover you could pass for an actor at a distance. Potential voice acting and body double career opportunities I guess.

There’s lots of great masks to choose from. My recc is to never buy foam inserts and retrofit a mask, instead just buy a mask that has the foam inserts already. That way you guarantee the seal is effective. 3M Aura 9205+ Mask Tips (Brief Talk on Foam Nose Inserts) youtu.be/AW8Fsq41EDg

An overview of dozens of studies on the neurological impacts of COVID. “Our analysis suggests that vascular dysfunction, neuroinflammation, and gut-brain axis disruption create self-sustaining feedback loops that maintain chronic symptoms.” www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

We believe many neuro problems associated with #COVID come from the virus hijacking blood vessels to gain access to the brain. This is what it looks like for me, using super-resolution microscopy. With thanks to @harryspoelstra.bsky.social, combining vascular and neuro to understand #NeuroCovid 💪

Normalizing masked fitness. Today’s focus was pushing the run. Got 2 miles under 8 min pace. Day 4 - masked fitness (run focus) youtube.com/shorts/3f5WX...

Masked fitness day 3 Day 3 - squat focus youtube.com/shorts/dsoxw...

Was glancing through Marc Johnson’s teams new cryptic lineage paper in pre-print and was very fascinated to see that chronic GI Covid cases seem to be back evolving towards Sarbecovirus (SARS betacoronavirus). Which is largely found in bats. More evidence of zoonotic spillover from bats. 🦇

🚨Know Your Rights!🚨 Clean Air Allies (the non-profit I co-founded w/ @cleanairschool) is launching our 1st campaign. Did you know California students have a constitutional right to safe & healthy school facilities? Here's what you need to know & do⬇️ 🧵 cleanairallies.org