I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27/Human-Cost-Failing-Name-COVID-Airborne/

How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

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1/n 🧵

#COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

I'm starting to become more vocal about #Covid, and I'm getting so much fucking pushback from people who have not bothered to stay informed on the topic.

I'm trying to find a way to communicate to the people that I love that they *should* be worried about catching the virus, and they should do everything they can to avoid catching it, especially repeatedly.

But nobody listens to the Cassandras.

If what we predicted doesn't come true, we're happy, but nobody remembers that we were predicting dire things.

If what we predicted does come true, we're not happy, and still nobody remembers that we were predicting dire things.

Nobody wants to hear that Covid is an airborne immune destroying virus and that 5-10 years down the road (or even now!!!), they're going to be mysteriously sicker. Of course it will not be attributed to Covid, because nobody believes that Covid is an immune-destroying virus except us Cassandras and a few nerdy researches tucked away in the halls of academia or whatever.

I am so fucking frustrated at this point! I almost feel like I'm gaslighting myself, because I don't have peers who have the same amount of knowledge and who are taking the same types of precautions to protect themselves and the people that they care about.

My friends are starting to treat me like a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory nut. I don't even push knowledge on them unless they ask me. And they don't even ask me, because they know they will get an irritatingly long and passionate infodump about it.

We as a society really fucked up. We as a world really fucked up. The things that we could have done in order to prevent so many people getting sick and dying were so damn simple, but nobody wanted to do them.

And now, even the people who are closest to me, to whom I can't help leak Covid information to, are tired and exhausted and don't want to hear it.

They don't want to see me in my mask. They don't want to understand my perspective, they have no compassion for my struggle these last six years, and they are not even curious how I've never caught it. They don't care that to the best of my knowledge, I have protected myself from it over the last six years, and I'm one example of how a person can do so.

I tried to remind them that it's OK to mask again. It's OK to get a HEPA filter. It's OK to assess risks before you go somewhere. Nobody fucking wants to do that! Everybody wants it to be over, they want to go back to pre-Covid days, they want everything to be normal and happy and shiny and whatever again.

And it cannot be because we did not defeat the virus. It is here to stay. It continues to mutate, it continues to infect people and give them long Covid, and it does continue to kill people. They just don't see this information in regular media. A person has to go digging for it in actual research papers and follow the people who have continued to track the virus, citizen scientists, as it were.

Nobody likes a know-it-all. I feel like they are all just waiting for me to catch it. They're waiting for me to fuck up (that's what I'm getting into gaslighting/tinfoil hat territory -- not trusting the people who say they care about me). They all want me to relax my fucking boundaries and not wear a mask around them and not to be cautious.

It's like fucking #Pluribus, except those aliens can't do harm to living beings or even pick a damn apple, even though they are scheming behind the scenes to infect the last remaining people.

I feel like there are people in the world who, if I caught Covid, would laugh and point and say see, you're one of us now.

I would love to be able to let my boundaries down for a while, the way Carol did when she went running off with her alien companion. But then, more likely than not, I would catch Covid. And with my pre-existing immune issues? I would be signing my own death warrant.

No temporary pleasure or escape is worth that.

Though I did wish yesterday that somebody would give me an atomic bomb* because I'm about ready to nuke the entire universe so we can start over.

* if you haven't seen the show, you won't get that reference

#IAmCarolSturka #CovidIsNotOver

Agi: La Russa: "Non c'erano ragioni giuridiche per le dimissioni di Daniela"

AGI - Cosa è pesato di più a Ignazio La Russa in questa vicenda del ministro Daniela Santanchè? "Aver dovuto essere io a parlare con lei ma l'ho fatto nell'interesse sia di Daniela che del partito, perché la situazione era difficile, nel senso che non c'era alcuna ragione giuridica per le dimissioni". Lo ha detto il presidente del Senato a "Dritto e Rovescio" su Rete4.
"Lei", ha proseguito La Russa, "ha un'assoluta mancanza di condanne, addirittura sulla vicenda famosa del Covid non c'è nemmeno il rinvio a giudizio. Però la pressione delle opposizioni si era concentrata su di lei, che ha le spalle larghe. E nel momento in cui c'è stato il referendum, c'era la vicenda Delmastro, se Giorgia le chiede di dimettersi fa bene a dire 'no, voglio che me lo chiedi ufficialmente perché sia chiaro che io mi dimetto perché obbedisco a quello che ritieni opportuno". "Quindi onore e merito a Daniela per il senso di responsabilità e onore e merito a Giorgia", ha affermato La Russa.
Il presidente del Senato ha detto la sua anche sul sottosegretario alla Giustizia, Andrea Delmastro, assieme al capo di Gabinetto del dicastero di via Arenula Giusi Bartolozzi, costretto alle dimissioni: "Delmastro non ha nessun processo in corso, neanche un avviso di garanzia che io sappia, ma è capitato dentro il referendum, cioè la particolarità sta nel fatto" che, "mentre quella di Daniela è una cosa vecchia, questa c'era nei giorni del referendum, lui paga un prezzo alto, ma per una vicenda contingente".

La Russa: "There were no legal grounds for Daniela’s resignation."

Regarding the issue involving Minister Daniela Santanchè, what was most important to Ignazio La Russa? “I had to be the one to speak with her about it, but I did so in the interest of both Daniela and the party, because the situation was difficult, meaning there was no legal reason for her resignation.” He said this, the President of the Senate, to “Dritto e Rovescio” on Rete4.

“She,” La Russa continued, “has an absolute lack of convictions, even regarding the famous COVID case there isn't even an indictment. However, the pressure from the opposition had focused on her, who has a broad perspective. And when there was the referendum, there was the Delmastro affair, if Giorgia asks her to resign, it’s right for her to say ‘no, ask me officially because it must be clear that I resign because I obey what you deem appropriate.’" “Therefore, honor and merit to Daniela for her sense of responsibility, and honor and merit to Giorgia,” La Russa stated.

The President of the Senate also commented on the Undersecretary of Justice, Andrea Delmastro, along with the Head of Staff of the ministry on Via Arenula, Giusi Bartolozzi, who was forced to resign: “Delmastro has no ongoing trials, not even a pre-trial investigation that I know of, but it happened within the context of the referendum, the peculiarity being that, while Daniela’s is an old issue, this one was present during the days of the referendum, he pays a high price, but for a contingent affair.”

#LaRussa #Daniela #DanielaSantanchè #IgnazioLaRussa #Senate #DrittoeRovescio #COVID #Delmastro #Giorgia #AndreaDelmastro #ViaArenula #GiusiBartolozzi

https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2026-03-26/la-russa-daniela-santanche-dimissioni-36321202/

#ME/CFS patients, have you heard of the Perrin technique? I just read that someone got from bedbound to having quite a bit more life quality? #Covid #LongCovid

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 levels has come up somewhat from the nice low numbers we've been seeing lately. The last calculation was made on 3/17.

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.

Headed home from #Drupalcon. Not sure if I've successfully avoided #covid, but I made sure I was wearing a mask anytime someone was talking about #AI, because I refuse to be killed by that bullshit in particular.

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Conte: “Ci sono voluti 15 milioni di voti per far dimettere Santanché. Meloni oggi è una premier debole”

“Ci sono voluti tre anni e 15 milioni di voti dei cittadini che hanno votato No al referendum per far dimettere una ministra responsabile di una truffa Covid ai danni dello Stato. Chi è responsabile di tutto questo? Giorgia Meloni, una premier oggi debole, debolissima con un governo che barcolla che non si occupa affatto delle urgenze dei cittadini”. Questo il primo commento di Giuseppe Conte, leader del M5S dopo le dimissioni di Daniela Santanchè da ministro del Turismo del governo Meloni. Per Conte si tratta di decisioni tardive.
Perché l’auspicio del presidente del Consiglio di dimissioni di Santanché ora? “Non glielo so dire” risponde Galeazzo Bignami “credo che però la presidente del consiglio sia stata molto chiara nella sua richiesta e questo è molto importante e da considerare”
L'articolo Conte: “Ci sono voluti 15 milioni di voti per far dimettere Santanché. Meloni oggi è una premier debole” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Conte: “It took 15 million votes to get Santanché out. Meloni is a weak premier today.”

It took three years and 15 million votes by citizens who voted No to the referendum to oust a minister responsible for a Covid fraud against the State. Who is responsible for all this? Giorgia Meloni, a prime minister today weak, extremely weak with a government that stumbles and doesn’t deal with citizens’ urgent needs. This is the first comment by Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5-Star Movement, after the resignation of Daniela Santanchè as Minister of Tourism for the Meloni government. For Conte, it is a late decision.

Why the Prime Minister’s wish for Santanché’s resignation now? “I don’t know,” responds Galeazzo Bignami “but I believe that the Prime Minister has been very clear in her request and this is very important and to be considered.”

The article Conte: “It took 15 million votes to oust Santanché. Meloni today is a weak prime minister” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Conte #Meloni #Covid #State #GiorgiaMeloni #first #GiuseppeConte #DanielaSantanchè #Santanché #GaleazzoBignami #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/03/25/dimissioni-santanche-conte-meloni-governo-notizie/8336679/

"BA.3.2 has been found in [CA. CT. FL. HI, ID, IL, Maine, Maryland, MA,MI, NH, NJ, NV,NY, RI,SC, TX, UT,VT, VA, WY, LA, MI, OH ]o.
..."BA.3.2 isn’t one of the dominant #Covid variants in the U.S., but other offshoots of omicron are, according to a CDC tracker. Reported cases have not been more severe than other infections"

Independent https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/covid-variant-identified-already-spreading-173140687.html
#Science #HealthCare

i can't help but feel that COVID was a test we failed. like, we could have risen to the moment and discarded our petty individualism and committed to changing our ways of life - perhaps permanently! - to ensure the safety of our communities

it was such a simple thing, and we *knew* exactly what we had to do, and we just... didn't. even most people who made masking their entire personalities during 2020 gave it up as soon as biden green lighted woke COVID denialism

#covid #uspol #uspolitics

🤔 I predict in less than a week this facility will be in lockdown.

Thank you to the folk who won't wear a mask 😷 while visiting Grandma or Grandpa.

👉 Someday I hope you realize you are contagious before you show symptoms, and though Grandma and Grampa were frail and old, they wanted to live longer,
the same as you.

🕯️ Rest in Peace, Keith 🕯️

#Virus #Covid #Flu

Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing. Should I take a Covid test?
#covid

Santa is a bioterrorist.

#ChristmasPlague #Covid

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Graph displaying 12 covid outbreaks since 2020 in USA with 5 of the largest spikes in infections occurring after Christmas (marked with santa hat)

The Fediverse in a nutshell.

#Fediverse #covid #corvid #crow #meme #trans

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Meme template, similar to the infamous Drake one, but with a cute girl with pink hair and a ribbon, frequently used by the trans* community. On the top panel you see the girl frowning and waving away while wearing a surgical mask and sunglasses, saying no to the word "covid". On the bottom panel, the same girl, this time smiling, is holding a crow on her index finger, next to her there is the word "corvid".