A question, fellow #COVIDSafe folk, what do we think about KN95 mask expiration dates? Seeing a lot of expired or soon to expire masks for sale and my mum is asking if they are still good? So I am asking all of you.
I follow COVID scientists here on Mastodon. I've seen them post links to studies showing waning effectiveness of COVID vaccines after 6 months.
I received the updated booster last October and want to get boosted again prior to some planned travel in July. (Air travel to the MAGA anti-vax cesspool known as Florida)
I have contacted three pharmacies in my area.
One has no COVID vaccines at all and said they won't receive any until fall.
The other two say they will not vaccinate me because they must follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines stating that only people 65 years and older should receive boosters at this time.
They won't vaccinate me even if I am willing to pay out of pocket.
Both say I must get a recommendation from my health care provider before they will even consider it.
Less than 20% of people in my state are up to date on their COVID vaccines. For those of us who want to follow the science and not some arbitrary age limitation, why not let us get vaccinated?
Liebe #Journalistinnen,Moderatorinnen,Veranstalter*innen
In Deutschland gibt es sehr viele #Pflegefachpersonen,die mit Eigenerfahrungen zB zum Thema #Covid19,#Pflegewissenschaft,#Pflegeaufgaben,#Pflege in unterschiedlichen #Settings Medienlandschaft bereichern können.
Warum werden bevorzugt Männer in einem Beruf mit>80% Frauen eingeladen und warum dann jene mit populistischen Ansichten? @verfassungsblog gab es keine andere Person heute,die bereit war zu sprechen?
I still don't trust gyms enough to use them, even when #COVID19 is low. Here's why: I ran an experiment in my home office using my CO2 monitor. I did my daily high-intensity exercise in the sealed room at 7:30. Then I let it air out and worked quietly in the same sealed room starting at 8:30. It took:
Less than 20 minutes of exercise for CO2 to rise from 600 to 1200.
Almost 2 hours of working at my desk to rise from 670 to 1270.
CO2 levels tell us how much air is rebreathed and is a proxy for infection risks in spaces shared with others. If one person working out in a 250-square-foot room can cause CO2 to go from safe to poor in just 20 minutes, what can a roomful of exercising people do to risks in a gym? Perhaps some have upgraded air filtration and ventilation, but without CO2 monitoring, I just wouldn't trust it. (2/2)
"Because emerging variants can already evade existing vaccines and treatments and #LongCOVID can be disabling and lacks definitive treatment, multifaceted, sustainable approaches to the #COVID19 pandemic are essential to protect people, the economy, and future generations."
Roman poet Virgil said this over 2,000 years ago. For some reason, it seems an awful lot of people need to be reminded of this in 2024.
The rise of Long #COVID19 we experienced after the holiday surge has diminished back to 2023 levels. Still, more than 1 in 20 American adults reported symptoms of Long COVID in April. More than 1 in 25 experience activity limitations from #LongCOVID. And 1 of every 83 have significant limitations.
A #Chinese woman who served 4 years in #prison over her video reports from #Wuhan during the early days of the #pandemic has been released from a #Shanghai prison facility, following more than a week of online speculation about her whereabouts.
Zhang Zhan, 40 years old, was detained & sentenced by a Chinese court in 2020 after #documenting in more than 120 vids how #Covid19 ravaged the city where the #coronavirus was first detected.
People who were repeatedly vaccinated for COVID-19 — initially receiving shots aimed at the original variant, followed by boosters and updated vaccines targeting variants — generated antibodies capable of neutralizing a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 variants and even some distantly related coronaviruses.
Next week, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour arrives in Madrid for two huge concerts. Many Swifties who attended her packed Paris shows have reported contracting COVID. https://archive.ph/sMxMi
Dummheit?! … Da passt dieses Video (2021) sehr schön, nicht nur zum Thema #Klima#Hochwasser#Klimakatastrophe: Es bietet sich auch als Symbolvideo für den Typ „Querdenker, Impfgegner, AfD-Wähler“ an - und den gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit #Covid19.
🇪🇸 Spain: A new wave of COVID-19 infections is beginning to be noticed in hospitals in Spain.
"According to data from the Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System released by the Carlos III Health Institute, hospitalizations due to covid-19 have quadrupled in two weeks, mainly affecting people between 65 and 79 years old."
"In communities like Madrid, infections have skyrocketed in patients aged 60 or over, increasing by 60%."