Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

In his new In his new Netflix special, Trevor Noah lampooned the (mostly well-off, white) parents who demanded schools open after spending time with their kids.

The NIH finally got their SARS2 self-reporting tool off the ground. The data will be passed off to public health systems, which means case rates will likely reflect results reported through their system.

BOOST. SHARE. REPORT RESULTS.

https://makemytestcount.org/

“I don’t have the fucks for that” to the tune of Camptown Races.

IS IT THANKSGIVING YET?

From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh to Samuel Alito, the stench of corruption—or, at a minimum, serious ethical violations—is growing ever stronger around the Supreme Court. And John Roberts continues to do nothing about it. Will Congress act?https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-stench-of-corruption-is-growing-stronger-around-the-supreme-court/

Say their names, and remember:
- Daniel Davis Aston, 28, transgender man, bartender and performer
- Kelly Loving, 40, transgender woman and "mother"
- Ashley Green Paugh, 35, foster child advocate
- Derrick Rump, 38, bartender
- Raymond Green Vance, 22, first-time patron

Wow, not only have the MTA taken down the problematic "You Do You" anti-mask signs, they have now reinstated signs encouraging New Yorkers to mask up!

Thank you to high risk and disabled New Yorkers and groups like Mandate Masks NY and Brooklyn BCID for testifying at MTA meetings.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #NewYork #PublicTransport #BringBackMasks

New HHS report on Long COVID acknowledges:

- Long COVID impacts millions.

- Numbers will "only continue to grow as COVID-19 continues to circulate."

- Condition "can be extremely disruptive, dismantling [one's] ability to work, their sense of self, and their entire existence."

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/healthplus-long-covid-report.pdf

I will admit
that I have always been skeptical
of the description:
normal healthy people,
but I will also admit
that I have several friends
who would have
described themselves as
normal healthy people
until, that is,
they contracted the virus

About to start the first round of interviews and promotion for “Allegiance” with publicist Kevin Wilson. It’s a rainy Monday morning in London, but our spirits are as bright and gay as this umbrella.

For tickets to see me live and on stage starting in January, visit https://Allegiancemusical.com

@HelenBranswell And by the way, this is not enough to stop this pandemic. Everyone needs access to resources to protect themselves and those they love. We also need structural, environment measures, which we simply have not done or done to scale (e.g. sick pay, ventilation upgrades). Wanna know where ~400 of us scientists stand on what to do now? Read this. Strong consensus on the fundamentals.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05398-2

COVID denialism is fueling radicalization and anti-government sentiment. Caving to junk science and industry demands and rolling back mitigation/ending assistance was a huge mistake.

Remember when leaders ended public health measures claiming that they could always reinstate them when hospitals were overwhelmed again? Well, that’s happening now. Where are the mask mandates? Where is the urgency?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11/20/hospital-capacity-rsv-flu-covid/

#BringBackMasks #COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

An op-ed on a consensus statement by close to 400 scientists in #Nature magazine: "#COVID19 today continues to require the vigilance of hawks and not the denial of ostriches."

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-covid-hawks-ostriches-20221120-olr2q2qitfbwvaxx5wrmdaemoq-story.html

It's anti-gay rhetoric from our politicians like #RonDeSantis and the plentiful supply of guns in America that create this violence. This is not the first massacre of gay people in this country. There are no lone wolves. Hate is an industry in U-S-A.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting

In fact, today The NY Times has a house editorial about white supremacist violence called There Are No Lone Wolves. Let's push back against the NRA and politicians who would say otherwise.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/us-white-supremacy-violence.html

The Nature consensus statement is here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05398-2

And meanwhile, here in the US, we have people "demanding that, basically, all public health officials who recommended and/or implemented business closures, mask mandates, and, yes, vaccine mandates should be put on trial. Indeed, anyone who points out the disinformation promoted by disinformation peddlers like the Brownstone Institute (for example) end up being portrayed as having committed horrific crimes deserving of the guillotine." #COVID

https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2022/11/19/to-nuremberg-or-not-to-nuremberg-that-is-the-antivax-question/

I am heartbroken by this news. 5 are dead and 18 wounded from this horrific armed assault at a gay club hosting a drag show night in Colorado Springs.

An attack upon our community anywhere is an attack upon us all everywhere. My heart is with the victims and their families.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-gay-nightclub/index.html