One of the things I'm most looking forward to in playing those shows next month will be the reaction to my wearing an #n95 the entire show. Dollars to doughnuts I'll be the only masked person there; 100% I'll be the only masked musician.

#covid #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver

Good things: I had to go to the dentist this week. As I was waiting for my appointment wearing an N95 mask, the dentist peered into the waiting room to tell me she was almost done. She was also wearing an N95 mask, a 3M Aura!

Then a few minutes later she walked out again with the patient ahead of me, and that person was also wearing an N95! Three of us in one room with N95s out in the wild and not at a special masked event, it's been a while since I've experienced that!

#WearAMask #MaskUpN95 #Covid #CovidIsNotOver

@avilewis I wish you had worn an N95 mask to show all #PeopleWithDisabilities that you care more than other politicians about #DisabledLives & are against #eugenics in #PublicHealth policies. We have been failed by every single political party in Canada & are treated like none of our lives matter to any of you politicians.

#CDNpoli #FailureToProtect #CovidNeverEnded #CovidStillKills #LongCovidHealthCrisis #NDP #DisabledLivesMatter #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #UnmaskedPlagueSpreaders #DoBetter #StopEugenics #Disability #Covid #LeadByBetterExample

@avilewis Bonnie Henry removing mask mandates resulted in my Dad getting infected by #unmasked hospital staff. He died from covid cardiac arrest in 2023. This was government sanctioned #murder by #eugenics policies. Every single political party has failed to protect citizens, especially most vulnerable ones. Every single politician has normalized eugenics. That will end up costing provincial & federal governments, millions, if not billions to deal with long covid & many other preventable health issues. You have an opportunity to do better & lead by a more humane, not eugenics, living example. Start by normalizing wearing masks indoors again.

#CDNpoli #FailureToProtect #CovidNeverEnded #CovidStillKills #LongCovidHealthCrisis #NDP #DisabledLivesMatter #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #UnmaskedPlagueSpreaders #DoBetter #StopEugenics #Disability #Covid #LeadByBetterExample #YouShouldKnowBetter #N95sSaveLives #MasksSaveLives

The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health had to publish the procurement costs of the covind vaccines, following a Federal Administrative Court ruling.
In total, the country paid ~1bn USD.

This is good. Without transparency, there can't be trust.

https://www.bag.admin.ch/de/beschaffung-von-impfstoffen-gegen-covid-19

#covid #vaccine #mrna

You know what drives me up the wall? The number of people who see a drop in the #COVID peak every few months and think, "Great! I can't wait to go to that conference next week," or, "Phew, finally I can go out to dinner again."

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Sweetheart, what do you think is causing every subsequent increase, literally every few months, since 2020?! Stop it!

This is a subtoot. #MaskUp for dog's sake.

Hello, these are (usually) the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. But it appears none of the three King County wastewater sample sites were updated this week on the dashboard. :(
There are 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@universeodon.com

Well, once again my wife and her coworkers exchanged more #covid than knowledge at their on-site meeting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r3zxvy89xo

#Covid #Charity #GoodNews #Suffolk #Donation #KindHearted

Got my #Covid vax for spring … ow.

Il Tempo: "È un debole". Trump contro Papa Leone. La replica dei vescovi: "Parole denigratorie"

"Papa Leone è debole in materia di criminalita e pessimo in politica estera. Parla della "paura" dell'amministrazione Trump, ma non menziona la paura che la Chiesa cattolica, e tutte le altre organizzazioni cristiane, hanno provato durante il Covid quando arrestavano sacerdoti, pastori e chiunque altro per aver celebrato funzioni religiose, anche all'aperto e mantenendo una distanza di 3 o addirittura 6 metri. Mi piace molto di più suo fratello Louis che lui, perché è tutto MAGA. Lui capisce, e Leone no! Non voglio un Papa che pensi che sia ok che l'Iran abbia un'arma nucleare. Non voglio un Papa che pensi che sia terribile che l'America abbia attaccato il Venezuela, un Paese che inviava enormi quantità di droga negli Stati Uniti e, peggio ancora, svuotava le proprie prigioni, liberando assassini, spacciatori e omicidi, nel nostro Paese. E non voglio un Papa che critichi il Presidente degli Stati Uniti perché sto facendo esattamente ciò per cui sono stato eletto, con una vittoria schiacciante, ovvero portare i dati sulla criminalità ai minimi storici e creare il miglior mercato azionario della storia". Lo scrive su Truth il presidente Usa Donald Trump. "Purtroppo, la debolezza di Leone sulla criminalità e sulle armi nucleari non mi sta bene, né il fatto che incontri simpatizzanti di Obama come David Axelrod, un perdente della sinistra, che è uno di quelli che volevano che i fedeli e il clero fossero arrestati. Leone dovrebbe darsi una regolata come Papa, usare il buon senso, smettere di assecondare la sinistra radicale e concentrarsi sull'essere un grande Papa, non un politico. Questo gli sta facendo molto male e, cosa ancora più importante, sta danneggiando la Chiesa cattolica!", aggiunge Trump.
Non si è fatta attendere la replica dei vescovi americani: "Sono profondamente addolorato che il Presidente abbia scelto di scrivere parole così denigratorie nei confronti del Santo Padre. Papa Leone non è un suo rivale, né il Papa è un politico. È il Vicario di Cristo che parla a partire dalla verità del Vangelo e per la cura delle anime". Così l'arcivescovo Paul S. Coakley, presidente della Conferenza episcopale statunitense, in una nota, risponde al post sui social media in cui il presidente Usa, Donald Trump, attacca Papa Leone XIV.

“He’s weak.” Trump vs. Pope Leo. The bishops’ reply: “Defamatory words.”

Pope Leo is weak on crime and terrible in foreign policy. He talks about the "fear" of the Trump administration, but doesn't mention the fear that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian organizations, felt during Covid when they arrested priests, pastors, and anyone else for holding religious services, even outdoors, while maintaining a distance of 3 or even 6 meters. I much prefer his brother Louis, because he’s all MAGA. He understands, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a country that was sending huge quantities of drugs to the United States and, worse, emptying its prisons, releasing murderers, dealers, and killers, into our country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because he is doing exactly what I was elected to do, with a landslide victory, namely bringing crime statistics to historic lows and creating the best stock market in history.” This was written on Truth by US President Donald Trump. “Unfortunately, Leo’s weakness on crime and nuclear weapons doesn’t suit me, nor does the fact that he meets Obama supporters like David Axelrod, a loser from the left, who is one of those who wanted the faithful and clergy to be arrested. Leo needs to get his act together as Pope, use common sense, stop pandering to radical leftism and focus on being a great Pope, not a politician. This is hurting him a lot and, more importantly, it’s damaging the Catholic Church!” Trump adds.

The reaction from American bishops didn’t delay: “I am deeply saddened that the President chose to write so slanderous words against the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not an opponent, and the Pope is not a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ speaking from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.” Thus Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the Episcopal Conference of the United States, in a statement, responds to the post on social media in which US President Donald Trump attacks Pope Leo XIV.

#Trump #PopeLeo #theCatholicChurch #Christian #Covid #6meters #Louis #America #Venezuela #theUnitedStates #DonaldTrump #Obama #DavidAxelrod #American #PaulSCoakley #LeoXIV

https://www.iltempo.it/esteri/2026/04/13/news/trump-contro-papa-leone-debole-replica-vescovi-usa-parole-denigratorie-47252494/

It's a faint result but it explains why I have been feeling like crap the past couple of weeks. #covid again.

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COVID test result showing a faint line.