Plague Update: SARS1 2009 News, Viewed from 2022
How many mental health problems seen since the pandemic started are actually blamed on changes in the brains of people infected, and not on some scapegoat like quarantines that kept…
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Mask Up for Measles!!
The WHO put out this reminder about measles, which is hitting Europe and the UK hard and starting to be seen more in Canada too: I re-did it to bring…
It’s a Virus that’s Here to Stay
Why don’t we notice all the people getting sick or being disable or dying from Covid? A couple years ago, I wrote about being harassed for wearing a mask on…
Dr. Duncan’s Interview on Long Covid
Dr. Rae Duncan, a consultant cardiologist, explained concerns with Long Covid: The interview is just 13 minutes, but here’s the gist of it below, just a little cleaned up and…
Something is Very Broken
There’s a resignation and disillusionment hitting some Covid-cautious, with some pulling away from larger society, feeling gaslit by it all: “Other than my job, I have zero desire to interact…
It’s Covid-Conscious Community Awareness Day!!
“Until the rest of the world gets a clue, you’re not alone – I’m here for you.” CCCAD maskcots We’re halfway through winter, on a caledar at least, but likely…
The New Impaired Driving Issue
We’re having a rash of car accidents near me. On a few posts, a left turn on a red in front of a school bus and a collision with a…
N95s Reduce the Risk
There are more studies coming out that show that N95s and fresh air help in schools, and we’re still not going to act on them! A pre-print just came out…
Plague Update: From The Past
It’s January 27th, 2022, but you’re reading this in the future. I’m writing this after my intended bed time, having just helped a friend learn how to purchase an NFT.…
Climate Memes
I know weather is different from climate, but it feels like April outside today. All the snow’s melting (at least we got some snow after a very green Christmas), and…
More on Covid and the Brain
A new study further confirms cognitive decline after Covid. The study weeded out depression and other issues in people with Long Covid or Post-Covid Conditions (PCC) from the effects of…
Peak Advancement
Measles cases are on the rise because of lower vaccination rates. It’s one of the most contagious diseases out there, but that’s still not going to budge policy. An article…
We Need Policy Based on Evidence, not Vibes
Survival of the fittest doesn’t mean the strongest survive, it means whomever can best adapt to the conditions of life will survive. Adapting doesn’t mean tolerating what’s happening and ignoring…
Covid’s Immune Response Suppression
For many, Covid seems milder now, closer to a regular flu, but yet another new study suggests otherwise. I like this analogy from Tern to help explain a recent study…
Grand Theft Immunity
T. Ryan Gregory asks us to consider the possibility that repeated infection is rolling the dice that leads to Long Covid, which causes immune damage: “If we’re insisting on using…
Lab Leak Theory Has Backing
A Freedom of Information request by reporter Emily Kopp is now pointing to the lab leak being more likely than previously thought. From Richard Ebright: “An order line for restriction…
The Senate Committee Hearing Addressing Long Covid
It’s a funny disconnect between Twitter and everywhere else. Yesterday everyone I know online was glued to the Senate hearings. If you weren’t one of them, here’s the gist: You…
They’re Going Full Orwell: Sickness is Health
Lots of misinformation out there still. On Vaccinations We know that vaccinations help reduce severity of Covid to keep people out of the hospital, and we know their effectiveness wanes…
The Answer is Less Virus
It’s not nearly as deadly in the near term as the Spanish Flu, which took out 5% of the population, or the Black Death, which wiped out half of Londoners,…
Let ‘er Rip Means Let THEM R.I.P.
A few people have been commenting on the current “death by semantics”, or what Orwell called “doublespeak.” I used that image just in October, but it’s too on-the-nose not to…