Covid still exists and is still disabling and killing people. The powers that be just stopped recording sufficient data. Yes you still need to wear a mask outside your home. #CovidIsAirborne #covid #disability #ableism #longcovid

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Facebook post by Jaylen Jean Cozadd "why is everyone using mobility aids now?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why are all these young people disabled?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why is my family getting sick a lot lately?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why are we all dumber and meaner now?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why can't my friend remember anything?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why do simple activities make me tired?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why aren't there more doctors available?" there was a mass disabling pandemic "why are too many of us dying so young?" there was a mass disabling pandemic

Greetings, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been highlighting the bad SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, which finally improved in last week's reporting. This week, they're headed back up. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 9/15.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.

How reliable are face masks after they expire? Would you trust them to protect you? #Covid #FaceMasks

At a conference on special education law, i.e., disability, I've only seen one other person masking.

Disability-related conference. People from multiple states. Two people out of this many: #COVID #CovidIsntOver

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Panoramic photo of a large conference room with hundreds of unmasked people.

@whitequark

Yes, but (a) my last #Covid #vaccine cost me £90, and (b) there was a period after the last free generally available vax when you couldn't get one even if you were prepared to pay.

@mcc

It’s like 2022-2023 again trying to find pediatric #COVID vaccines. Used to be hard to find anything for kids under 3. My 5yo has struggled her whole life to be protected. We had about 1-1.5 years where you could show up at a chain pharmacy and just get it.

Now we’re back to hunting for answers and nobody will tell us: do they exist? Where can I get them? Allegedly Pfizer has one for 5yo’s? Apparently they’re not in stock anywhere near me.

When she was 3yo I had to drive 1.5 hrs to get her vaxxed. Before then I had to go 45 mins to a single community clinic in Charlotte, NC.

I hate this timeline so much.

So after weeks of no government office, retail pharmacy, or pediatrician being able to help, I’ve finally been enlightened.

In South Carolina, young kids must have a prescription to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Then you need a location with pediatric Pfizer doses. But good luck finding those because eg. commercial pharmacies don’t have a place in their signup forms to ask “do you have a Rx?” They just see your child’s age and say “nowhere has your doses.”

Thankfully I’ve got a pediatrician engaged to prescribe for my daughter and a local CVS who was willing to call nearby stores & find me one with the kids doses. #COVID

Katelyn Jetelina (“Your Local Epidemiologist“) has a newsletter out that includes a section about the fall vaccine access problems some people are experiencing.

#COVID #COVID19

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/where-are-the-fall-vaccines-plus

Just signed up for my #COVID and #Flu vaccines at #CVS. Website made it very easy

This year‘s batch of 5G nanites have been installed.

#vaccine #covid #flu #5G #nanites

Suchen wir schon COVID Impfungen? Ich wurde fündig in der Apotheke im Duckwitzcenter.

#covid #Bremen #Impfung

RaiNews: Influenza stagionale, Pregliasco: "Attesi 12-14 milioni di casi"

L'indagine: "1 italiano su 3 intende vaccinarsi ma in calo rispetto a era covid"

Seasonal influenza, Pregliasco: “Expected 12-14 million cases”

The survey: “1 in 3 Italians intend to get vaccinated but down compared to the Covid era”

#Pregliasco #Italians #Covid

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/09/influenza-i-primi-segnali-pregliasco-attesi-12-14-milioni-di-casi-54221fc8-5be1-4dbf-a810-a510c43c3df0.html

Today, the oathless charlatans in US legacy news have decided to sue the #POTUS because he took their press passes away.
It wasn't the #Ukrainewar.
It wasn't the #Iranwar
It wasn't #freepalestine
It wasn't #Covid.
It wasn't #January6th.
It wasn't the #Epstein files.
It wasn't violent deportations.
It wasn't murder of US citizens in the streets.
It wasn't any of the multitude of crimes by the Trump Administration.

It was their press passes.
Think about it.
#USpol
#Vote
#NoKings

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Xhaka ammette la frode sul pass Covid, niente Nazionale: rischia carcere e lunga squalifica

(Adnkronos) - Il capitano della Svizzera e centrocampista del Sunderland chiede scusa: "In preda a paura e incertezza, è stato un errore"

Xhaka admits the Covid pass fraud, no national team: risks prison and a long ban.

(Adnkronos) – The captain of Switzerland and Sunderland midfielder apologizes: “In a state of fear and uncertainty, it was a mistake.”

#Xhaka #Covid #Switzerland #Sunderland

https://www.adnkronos.com/sport/granit-xhakaconfessione-falso-certificato-covid-svizzera-rischi_5eL2c8Wo0ZMdt1hSNnROOs

@thatkatharine

Hoping not to derail your thread, but:

Do workers usually respond well to that request? We generally #mask up and open windows till the workers have gone. I usually throw in a few words about being unable to make #Covid antibodies, so that masking up in front of them feels less like judging them for poor hygiene.

Part of the reason we do what we do is to avoid making demands that people might find unreasonable, and part is because most people have never worn a proper #respirator and so we can't trust their fit and technique. On the few occasions when we've tried it, technique has been lamentable — using only one head strap, failing to pinch the bridge over the nose properly, and so on. People treat respirators and masks like a meaningless technical requirement ("you've asked me to wear this, so I'll wear it to humour you") rather than life-saving infection control equipment.

To answer your question directly: no, I don't think we've ever mentioned that respirators are reusable.

Something I hadn't thought of until I went for an eye test last weekend is that some glasses fit better with #FFP2 respirators than others. The chappie in the shop checked that I'd chosen a pair that would work and adjusted the nose pads for best fit. (I know you wear #FFP3, so I don't know whether this applies equally to you.)

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Caso mascherine Covid, chiesto il processo per Irene Pivetti e altre otto persone

Nuovi guai giudiziari per l’ex leghista ed ex presidente della Camera, Irene Pivetti. La Procura di Milano ha chiesto il rinvio a giudizio per lei e per altre otto persone nell’ambito di una l’indagine, trasferita tra Roma, Busto Arsizio e il capoluogo lombardo, sulla compravendita dalla Cina, per 35 milioni, di mascherine durante l’emergenza Covid.
Secondo l’ipotesi del pm Giovanni Tarzia e Roberta Amadeo, titolari del fascicolo, ne sarebbero state consegnate però, un quantitativo pari a un valore di 10 milioni, di qualità scadente, praticamente inutilizzabili e con falso marchio CE. L’inchiesta, aperta sette anni fa, ha al centro la Only Italia Logistics, società di cui Pivetti – che attende un nuovo processo d’appello pe il caso delle Ferrari – è stata amministratrice delegata tra il 2018 e il 2022, anno in cui la società è fallita.
Tra coloro che rischiano il processo ci sono anche la figlia e il genero della ex esponente della Lega e l’imprenditore Luciano Mega. Le accuse a vario titolo sono frode in forniture pubbliche, bancarotta, appropriazione indebita, riciclaggio e autoriciclaggio. I capi di imputazione contestati all’ex parlamentare e ai suoi coindagati sono 67. Per la vicenda era già cominciato il dibattimento davanti al tribunale bustocco che poi si è bloccato. Ora la parola spetta al giudice l’udienza preliminare di Milano.
L'articolo Caso mascherine Covid, chiesto il processo per Irene Pivetti e altre otto persone proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

COVID mask case, trial requested for Irene Pivetti and eight other people.

New legal troubles for the former Leghist (Northern League) and former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Irene Pivetti. The Milan Prosecutor’s Office has requested her indictment along with eight other people as part of an investigation, transferred between Rome, Busto Arsizio, and the Lombard capital, into the sale of 35 million masks from China during the Covid emergency.

According to the hypothesis of prosecutors Giovanni Tarzia and Roberta Amadeo, who hold the case file, an amount equivalent to a value of 10 million, of poor quality, practically unusable and with false CE markings, would have been delivered instead. The investigation, opened seven years ago, centers on Only Italia Logistics, a company of which Pivetti – who is awaiting a new appeal hearing in the Ferrari case – was CEO between 2018 and 2022, the year in which the company went bankrupt.

Among those at risk of trial are also her daughter and son-in-law, the former Lega (Northern League) MP, and entrepreneur Luciano Mega. The charges, to varying degrees, include fraud related to public supplies, bankruptcy, embezzlement, money laundering, and aggravated money laundering. The 67 counts against the former parliamentarian and those investigated with her have been contested. The trial before the Busto Arsizio court had already begun but stalled. Now it is the Milan judge’s turn at the preliminary hearing.

Article: Covid Mask Case, Trial Requested for Irene Pivetti and Eight Other People – Il Fatto Quotidiano

#COVID #IrenePivetti #BustoArsizio #China #Covid #GiovanniTarzia #RobertaAmadeo #OnlyItaliaLogistics #Ferrari #Lega(NorthernLeague #LucianoMega #Milan #CovidMaskCase

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/21/pivetti-mascherine-covid-rinvio-giudizio-notizie/8513232/

Granit Xhaka has admitted what has been suspected for a while already. He purchased a fake #COVID #vaccination certificate.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/xhaka-says-obtained-vaccination-papers-101830676.html

''Confusion in the immune system': How allergies can develop later in life'

"One such "on switch" is Covid-19, which can leave its stamp on the immune system in the form of new allergies. […] Infection increased the risk, and vaccination decreased the risk"

"If your body sees a type of food or an environmental allergen coming in when your immune system is already overwhelmed [by fighting off a virus]," she says, "your immune system's like, 'Okay what is this now? Just get rid of everything'."

"Antibiotic use […] has been linked to a subsequent risk of allergies."

"the gut microbiome […] seems to play a role in myriad aspects of our health – including immune system function. Disrupting the microbiome […] may lead to "confusion in the immune system," causing what should be harmless substances to be filed under threats that need neutralising."

"Pregnancy is another seismic disruption to the immune system […] women may experience new allergies after they hit menopause, another time of great hormonal change."

"The bite of a lone star tick, an arachnid native to North America but spreading to new parts of the world as the climate warms, can be another surprising allergy trigger – specifically, causing reactions to red meat."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260917-confusion-in-the-immune-system-how-allergies-can-develop-later-in-life

#health #allergy #covid #RSV #pregnancy #ImmuneSystem #antibiotics #tick

Got my COVID and flu shots on Friday... Didn't feel great yesterday; feeling mostly ok today.

#COVID #Flu #Shots

FWIW, as far as I can tell, according to the (American) CDC the mRNA vaccines and #Novavax have the same eligibility criteria for adults.

So there’s no reason #CVS should be preventing me from scheduling Novavax other than incompetence or not actually having the doses in hand.

#COVID #COVID19

Ok, the #CVS scheduler is working properly now. I can get a #Novavax shot as soon as 5 minutes from now if I want.

#COVID #COVID19

The #World today finds itself in a 'reset' situation
#Iran must start talking to the #EU
the current situation is harmful for EVERYONE
The #PLANET MUST 'cut' the 'logistics' that fuel the war capabilities of #Russia and #USA
>Restore talks and order.
'Cut off Putin, Trump's legs'
Balancing international #Markets
(no one wants#Economic chaos)
The World has already suffered the hardships of the #Covid #pandemic and cannot support the 'pandemic' caused by these Putin/Trump assholes.
Must be done.

This week's Pandemics in BC blog post:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/09/19/2026-09-19-general/

No BC-specific post this week.
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #influenza #measles

@Narrowboat_LunaBetty @Tattooed_Mummy

I paid £90 to a service called Pharmadoctor and got vaccinated at my local Tesco. They say the price is set by the pharmacy and not by Pharmadoctor, and they say I should expect to pay £75–£95 for this year's #Covid #vaccination. They also give me a choice of two #vaccines (Spikevax and Cominraty) and, honestly, I have no idea which is better.

Anyway, shop around before you pay another £140. You should be able to find it more cheaply than that.

I've been doing a bit of research on the price of a COVID19 shot here in the US and I'm still not sure what it costs. Anyone have an idea what the cost is if you don't have insurance? I called a local pharmacy and they kept saying that it's free with most insurance plans. It's like they were getting my question. 🤷‍♂️

#covid #covid19

#Flu #vaccine achieved this am. While I was waiting my turn, I got to listen to a whiny, young woman persistently coughing and complaining about how sick she was. Was she wearing mask? Of course not! Don't be silly.

The tech who jabbed me was, tho. She, too, wasn't impressed by #COVID Mary, who, fortunately, wasn't there to get a shot, so didn't cough in that particular space.

Hey la team masque, j’ai un élastomère que j’ai laissé de côté quelque temps après les premières utilisations (quelques semaines dans son sac de rangement fermés, le reste du temps a l’air).

Là je sors d’un rhume, et quand je l’utilise, ça me fait tousser et je sens que ça irrite le haut de ma trachée. Est-ce que vous auriez des idées d’où ça pourrait venir? (problème de conservation qui ont niqué les filtres, ou jsp?)

Merci de partager un max pour que j’ai des réponses pertinentes 💛

#covid #covidcautious #masque #FFP3 #boost

The Atlantic: College is Coming Apart

#college #education #ai #trump #covid

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That's what I thought at first too. But I've come to the conclusion that something bigger, stranger, and more damaging has been taking place for a long time. Al has combined with two other recent campus crises-the coronavirus pandemic and the research-funding cuts of the second Trump administration-to amplify a deeper truth: American college is incompatible with itself. Americans speak of "college" as if it is one coherent thing. That's wrong. Higher education is a bundle of unrelated things held together by custom, history, and accident. The college bundle was always a tenuous one. It has little reason to remain together, even as the institutions inside it are too entrenched to separate.

Seen elsewhere with no backing Source

PFIZER & BIONTECH’S UPDATED OMICRON XFG COVID-19 VACCINE AUTHORIZED BY HEALTH CANADA; DISTRIBUTION TO BEGIN IN COMING DAYS AND WEEKS

#COVID #Canada

@jbrownesq @MFennVT

But that wouldn't have worked if people hadn't closed their eyes to the risk because practising infection control is less fun than going to the pub. We should have demanded better indoor air. We should have demanded continued monitoring of infection rates. We should have demanded #Covid vaccinations for all, rather than for just enough people to prevent the #NHS from collapsing. We should have demanded more research into the risks of, and possible remedies for, #LongCovid.

Most people are astonishingly good at self-deception and self-justification.

@fesshole

Interested in ways to safely decorate masks?
Curious about demonstrations of drinking valves or beard bands?
Struggling to find a model that fits well?
Have other masking related questions?

Join us on Saturday, September 19th - at 5:30pm Central (UTC -5) for examples, demos, & answers.
Visit https://texanalysis.com to join the meeting via Jitsi.
(No account required. You can enter any name or username and hop right in.)

Check out the Masking Reference Doc while you're there!

#WearAMask #Covid

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Event promo image featuring the profile picture of Texan_Reverend and the event details: Masking Webinar + Q&A With Texan_Reverend Saturday, September 19th At 5:30pm Central Respirator Reuse, Decorations, Drinking Valves, Sizing, and More! Attend Via Jitsi Visit https://texanalysis.com to join the meeting room. Check out the Masking Reference Doc while you're there! Hosted By: @Texan_Reverend

The CDC is delaying making #COVID #COVID19 vaccines available through its Vaccines for Children program. That program provides vaccine access to about half of all US children.
#giftlink

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/well/covid-vaccines-vfc-program-delay.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFE._kac.IHnzqkw4MvEd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Il Tempo: Truffa sui crediti covid a Napoli, maxi sequestro di oltre 130 milioni

Truffa sui crediti covid a Napoli, maxi sequestro di oltre 130 milioni

COVID credit scam in Naples, massive seizure of over €130 million

COVID credit scam in Naples, massive seizure of over €130 million

#COVID #Naples

https://www.iltempo.it/pillole/2026/09/17/video/truffa-sui-crediti-covid-a-napoli-maxi-sequestro-di-oltre-130-milioni-49163578/

Il Tempo: Truffa sui crediti in emergenza Covid, maxi sequestro da 130 milioni a Napoli

NAPOLI (ITALPRESS) – Fatture false e società “fantasma” per intascare oltre 130 milioni di euro di aiuti di Stato legati alla pandemia. E' quanto ha scoperto la Guardia di Finanza di Casalnuovo di Napoli al termine di un'indagine coordinata dalla Procura di Nola. La truffa è partita dal controllo fiscale a un'azienda di materiali edili di Somma Vesuviana. Scavando tra i conti, i finanzieri hanno scoperto una rete di società cartiere (due a Napoli e una a Latina) prive di dipendenti e sedi operative, create unicamente per emettere fatture per operazioni mai avvenute.
Lo scopo principale era creare falsi crediti d'imposta del tipo Deferred Tax Assets (Dta) – uno strumento introdotto dallo Stato durante l'emergenza Covid per permettere alle aziende in difficoltà di trasformare le perdite in crediti da utilizzare per pagare meno tasse o da vendere ad altri.
L'operazione ha portato al blocco di 133 milioni di euro di crediti fittizi prima che venissero incassati o ceduti. Su ordine del GIP di Nola, i finanzieri hanno inoltre sequestrato beni per 1,5 milioni di euro (tra cui tre immobili, quote societarie e conti correnti) a 7 persone tra amministratori reali e prestanome.
– Foto: ufficio stampa Guardia di Finanza –
(ITALPRESS).

Covid emergency debt scam, massive seizure of €130 million in Naples.

NAPLES (ITALPRESS) – False invoices and “ghost” companies to pocket over €130 million in state aid linked to the pandemic. This was discovered by the Finance Police of Casalnuovo di Napoli as a result of an investigation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nola. The fraud originated from tax checks on a building materials company in Somma Vesuviana. Digging through the accounts, the police officers uncovered a network of shell companies (two in Naples and one in Latina) without employees or operational offices, created solely to issue invoices for transactions that never occurred.

The main purpose was to create false tax credits such as Deferred Tax Assets (DTAs) – a tool introduced by the State during the Covid emergency to allow struggling businesses to transform losses into credits to be used to pay less in taxes or to sell to others.

The operation led to the blocking of €133 million in fictitious credits before they were collected or transferred. On order of the GIP (Judge for Preliminary Inquiries) in Nola, the police officers also seized assets worth €1.5 million (including three properties, corporate shares, and bank accounts) belonging to 7 people, including real administrators and proxies.

– Photo: press office of the Finance Police –
(ITALPRESS).

#Covid #Naples #NAPLES #SommaVesuviana #Latina #DeferredTaxAssets #State #theFinancePolice–

https://www.iltempo.it/italpress/2026/09/17/news/truffa-sui-crediti-in-emergenza-covid-maxi-sequestro-da-130-milioni-a-napoli-49162400/