Since it’s hungry ghost festival this weekend:
(Burning paper effigies of stuff you want your dead relatives to have is a very common Taoist practice. I was really tickled to see that they have a Covid vaccine paper effigy, too)
(Story from 2021)
😷💉 “FDA on Thursday approved the latest slate of annual #Covid #vaccines, clearing the way for Americans 6 months & older to receive updated shots in midst of prolonged summer surge of the virus.
Pfizer & Moderna are expected to begin shipping vaccines to pharmacies and doctors’ offices within days. The shots are tailored to a version of the virus that took off this spring before giving way to closely related variants, all of which appear to spread faster”
For those of you who missed it, HICPAC meeting with public comments were today, check them out!: https://youtu.be/eY50YQhEJz8?t=16484
some HICPAC info is at: https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/php/upcoming-meeting/index.html for their next meeting in November, which will likely discuss or even vote on draft guidance for masking in healthcare / updating infection control
‘A ton of #Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough – experts
Epidemiologists push newly approved booster vaccines as current virus strain threatens at-risk groups
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/04/covid-19-summer-wave
I finally got around to reading this and it's the perfect #covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #COVIDisAirborne synopsis, #VioletAffleck blows me away again this year piece published at #Yale global health review , worth the read!!!! https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a-chronically-ill-earth-covid-organizing-as-a-model-climate-response-in-los-angeles/
Mucosal ("sterilizing") Covid vaccine trials are kicking into high gear.
Tens of thousands of next generation trial volunteers will be needed in the US soon. And we've got the first details for a Project NextGen "mini-efficacy" trial...
The first step for human challenge trials of intranasal etc vaxes is underway in the UK...
All this & more in my latest nextgen vax update @PLOS ...1/2
If you haven't checked it out yet @whn 's new Kids' Zone #COVID Conscious Magazine is a great resource for kids of all ages, please read it, share it, engage with it. The September edition is now out and free to download at https://WHN.global/kidszone
Here is one of my favorite sections that relates the story of the Elephant and the Blind Men to Covid, and talks about how to deal with differences and set boundaries:
Americans can once again order 4 free at-home #COVID tests from the federal government - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Health/americans-order-4-free-home-covid-tests-federal/story?id=114179632
@whn ’s October Issue of Kids’ Zone Magazine: Halloween Edition is out now! Featuring spooktacular #COVID -conscious activities, fun fall field trips, freaky fit tests, and MORE it is great for kids, teens, and young adults of all ages! Available for free download at https://whn.global/kidszone
#covid19 #StillCOVIDing #COVIDconscious #MaskUp #Respirator #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #CovidCautious
I'm very excited that a #covid -conscious article I wrote "The Mosaic of Covid-Consciousness" got published in the British publication, the Psychologist, here in 2024! I think it is so important in spreading awareness to a wider audience. The field of psychology has an important place in our ongoing COVID-19 and #longCovid crises, and we all are a part of the solution. Please share it with your circles!
https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/mosaic-covid-consciousness
Want to see what we have been up to at Air Support Project? Check out our Quarter 3 update to learn more about our milestones in creating an affordable high efficiency fan-and-filter air cleaner, an airwareness support app, and our release of educational #COVID-19, #wildfire, and #hurricane blogs, again with thanks to our Balvi grantor and those who are fanning the movement to #KnowBetterBreatheBetter
https://airsupportproject.com/air-support-projects-2024-quarter-3-update/
November is here! And so is the next issue of Kids' Zone Covid-Conscious magazine made by @whn volunteers, for digesting #covid info and putting it into action, and sharing stories from others who are doing the same. Although it's geared toward kids, I've heard a lot of adults enjoy reading it too! And we are largely submission based, which helps bring a variety of perspectives and builds community, so feel free to download and to send us submissions at
Proud to debut our Airwareness App: a free, browser-based tool that simulates indoor air quality scenarios!
Customize room size, ventilation, occupancy, & pathogens. Visualize airborne infection risks and make smarter decisions for healthier indoor spaces.
Try it here: https://airsupportproject.com/airwareness/
Enhancing airflow in classrooms is vital for #Accessibility. Our new blog reveals how the Airwareness App visualizes #COVID transmission risk in real time and helps pinpoint the best strategies for better indoor air. Because everyone deserves to breathe easy. Check it out:
Discover how our free Airwareness App can help you visualize COVID‑19 risks and optimize ventilation, filtration and masking for a healthier indoor environment. Learn how to make your space safer and breathe easier—read the full guide now!
https://airsupportproject.com/guide-on-how-to-use-the-airwareness-support-app/
EVERY SINGLE DAY in parenting groups, I see posts that say "[family member] knowingly exposed us to an illness! What do I do?"
We literally learned AN ENTIRE SET OF SKILLS FOR HOW TO HANDLE THIS DURING A MULTI-YEAR PANDEMIC THAT NEVER ENDED.
But now that everyone is "back to normal," I guess they have amnesia about masks, pods, and explicit conversations about illness and exposures?
@whn Kids' Zone #COVIDconscious magazine February #valentines edition on matters of the #Heart including avoiding #covid , #music for grief and healthy habits, poetry and emotions, fun games, also #blackhistory month #stillCoviding #ramadan and much more at https://whn.global/kidszone/
We recognize that people wear masks for many important reasons. Why do you mask? Help promote health and safety in our communities.
#Masking #KN95 #YallMasking #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #COVID #COVID19 #CommunityHealth
#COVID taught me that zombie movies are wildly unrealistic. Where’s the scene where Karen licks a doorknob to “build natural resistance” to the zombie virus?
Or the guy who runs into a horde, screaming, “My rights!” because he’s pretty sure the CDC invented zombies to sell more hazmat suits?
Where's the government’s Zombie Safety Taskforce announcing: “If you’ve been bitten but haven’t fully turned after 3 days then get back to work. The economy needs you!”
Matt McGorry does a perfect, succinct Myth vs Fact on #Covid/ #longCovid , you can view the YouTube Short here:
Hey did anybody hear anything yesterday to "remember" or "never forget" the day that we entered the global pandemic called #Covid?
It's been 23 years and we still get bombarded with insistence that we never forget 9/11!!
But not one rememberance of Covid.
DEATHS:
7,090,776 - Covid
2,996 - 9/11
ILLNESSES RELATED TO:
65,000,000 - #LongCovid
45,200 - 9/11
If we had a 9/11 every day since March 11, 2020, the total deaths would still not be as many as the deaths from Covid.
#Cancer, #Covid, & #Alzheimers #Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before #RFKJr announced that 10,000 #HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on #NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
#Trump #health #science #medicine #AntiIntellectualism #idiocracy #USpol
https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification/
Major funding cuts to the vaccine pipeline announced in the US, but important advances for mucosal Covid vaccines globally:
- 10th mucosal vax reaches phase 2 (in Canada)
- Another human challenge trial as prep for mucosal trials started in Singapore
- Trial results, including one for intranasal vax in kids in China
And lots more in my latest next generation Covid vaccine update now online @PLOS
Mike Masnick compares how the Free Press covered the (misleading-to-false) story of the #Biden admin’s "censorship" of #SocialMedia [actually trying to combat harmful #disinformation like #election & #COVID #lies & #ConspiracyTheories or #HateSpeech like #WhiteSupremacy], to how they handled the very real #censorship attack on #Wikipedia by #Trump’s DC #USAttorney #EdMartin.
Spoiler: there are differences.
#law #tech #moderation #dictatorship #FourthEstate #journalism
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/
