@donatemask

👋 Our order 😷 arrived yesterday and we wanted to give a shout out and say, Thank You.
With the the ongoing health threats of wildfire smoke and respiratory illnesses, the supply of n95 masks will be so very helpful, especially for my husband who has COPD and other health issues.

Thanks again for providing a much needed service.
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#Covid #RSV #Wildfire #ViralPnuemonia

Sounds like #covid :(

"The artist was found dead at his Paris home on Tuesday evening. Authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death, though no foul play has been reported. French media said the musician had complained of headaches in the days leading up to his death, according to Reuters. "

https://variety.com/2026/music/global/kavinsky-dead-french-dj-nightcall-drive-1236823180/

He's such a complete turd, and now the new Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Stuck with him through 2028.

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-trump-2677290062/

#RonJohnson #COVID #Wisconsin #Senate

Agi: Vaccini Covid e anti influenza, la co-somministrazione è sicura

AGI - Un nuovo studio ha rilevato che la somministrazione dei vaccini contro il Covid-19 e l'influenza nello stesso giorno non è associata a un rischio maggiore di eventi avversi gravi o clinicamente significativi rispetto alla somministrazione del solo vaccino antinfluenzale. In diverse versioni aggiornate del vaccino contro il Covid-19, i risultati complessivi in termini di sicurezza sono risultati simili.
I risultati suggeriscono che la somministrazione concomitante di entrambi i vaccini nella stessa seduta sia sicura. Lo studio è stato pubblicato su Annals of Internal Medicine.
Analisi su larga scala
I ricercatori della Washington University di St. Louis, Usa, hanno condotto una simulazione di studio clinico mirato, includendo dati relativi a 2,5 milioni di pazienti del sistema sanitario del Dipartimento degli Affari dei Veterani degli Stati Uniti tra il 1 settembre 2022 e il 26 agosto 2025, per valutare i rischi a 90 giorni di eventi avversi dopo la somministrazione concomitante dei vaccini contro il Covid-19 e l'influenza, considerando i periodi di vaccinazione con il vaccino bivalente, adattato a XBB e adattato a KP.
Confronto tra gruppi
Hanno confrontato oltre 700 mila persone che hanno ricevuto entrambi i vaccini con oltre 1,8 milioni di persone che hanno ricevuto solo il vaccino antinfluenzale, esaminando 46 potenziali eventi avversi, raggruppati per gravità.
Risultati sulla sicurezza
I risultati hanno mostrato che la vaccinazione concomitante contro il Covid-19 e l'influenza non ha aumentato il rischio di eventi cardiovascolari e trombotici, disturbi neurologici, disturbi immuno-mediati e altri esiti durante i tre periodi di aggiornamento della formulazione del vaccino contro il Covid-19.
Implicazioni per le politiche vaccinali
I risultati supportano la sicurezza a breve termine della somministrazione concomitante negli adulti e possono contribuire al dibattito in corso sulle politiche vaccinali.

COVID vaccines and flu vaccines, co-administration is safe.

AGI - A new study has revealed that the administration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines on the same day is not associated with a greater risk of severe or clinically significant adverse events compared to the administration of only the influenza vaccine. In various updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine, overall safety results have proven similar.

The findings suggest that the concomitant administration of both vaccines in one session is safe. The study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Large-Scale Analysis
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, USA, conducted a targeted clinical trial simulation including data relating to 2.5 million patients in the Veterans Affairs Department of the United States healthcare system between September 1, 2022 and August 26, 2025, to assess the risk at 90 days of adverse events following the concomitant administration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, considering bivalent vaccination periods, adapted to XBB and KP.

Group Comparison
They compared over 700,000 people who received both vaccines with more than 1.8 million people who received only the influenza vaccine, examining 46 potential adverse events, grouped by severity.

Safety Results
The results showed that concomitant vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza did not increase the risk of cardiovascular or thrombotic events, neurological disorders, immuno-mediated disorders, and other outcomes during the three formulation updates of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Implications for Vaccination Policies
The findings support the short-term safety of concomitant administration in adults and can contribute to ongoing debates about vaccination policies.

#COVID #COVID-19 #StLouis #UnitedStates

https://www.agi.it/scienza/news/2026-07-30/vaccini-covid-influenza-sicuri-37803886/

Hello, it’s 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 the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21.

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.

Repubblica.it: Covid, Fauci si avvale del quinto emendamento. Trump: “Aveva idee folli”

L’immunologo volto della pandemia si è avvalso a sorpresa della facoltà di non rispondere di fronte al Senato, per timore di un agguato repubblicano

COVID, Fauci relies on the fifth amendment. Trump: "He had crazy ideas."

The immunologist unexpectedly took advantage of the right to remain silent before the Senate, fearing a Republican ambush.

#COVID #Fauci #fifth #Senate #Republican

https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/07/29/news/covid_fauci_senato_usa_quinto_emendamento-425500281/

Can you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.

#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing

#GiftArticle
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the removal of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.

#Trump #COVID #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Senator #RandPaul accuses Dr. #Fauci of funding research in China that sparked the #pandemic, & then lying about it to #Congress — outrageous accusations Dr. Fauci vehemently denies.

In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [ #NIAID ], including during the #Covid pandemic.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

“the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’”Dr. #Fauci said

Dr. Fauci told the panel that it pained him not to answer questions, but that he was doing so on the advice of his lawyers.

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

The top #Democrat on the panel, Senator #GaryPeters of Michigan, accused #RandPaul of waging a politically-motivated inquiry to “basically legitimize a predetermined conclusion that was reached years ago.”

Dr. #Fauci & Mr. Paul have been tangling with one another for years. In 2021, when the senator accused Dr. Fauci of lying while testifying before the #Senate, Dr. Fauci replied, “If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you.”

#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

Over the weekend, #RandPaul released >1,100 pages of Dr. #Fauci’s typewritten personal diary without saying how he got them. On Tuesday, “Health” Secy #RFKJr said he gave the documents to Paul & another [crazy] #Republican, Sen #RonJohnson of Wisconsin, “so they could see the light of day.”

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

The diary does not add much to the scientific debate around the so-called lab leak theory. Rather, it echoes past disclosures showing Dr. #Fauci wrestling with a fast-moving crisis as scientific understanding of the virus evolved.

But the entries included personal observations in which Dr. Fauci marveled at his fame & relationships with celebrities, further inflaming a partisan political battle. [it had to be surreal for him]

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law

On Tuesday, a group of >155 physicians, scientists & #PublicHealth advocates, organized by #AIDS activists who worked closely with Dr. #Fauci in the 1990s, issued a public letter defending him & condemning what they considered the #Trump admin’s relentless attacks on #science & scientists.

#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #USpol #law

Witch hunting is generally some form of deflection >>

#Fauci Pleads the Fifth and Kills Republicans’ Big #Covid Hearing.

https://newrepublic.com/post/213673/fauci-republican-covid-19-hearing-plead-fifth-amendment

Fauci and Rand Paul face off in Senate hearing over COVID origins diary release

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/29/nx-s1-5910542/fauci-rand-paul-diary-coronavirus-origin-lab-leak-hearing

#wellness #covid #publichealth

Domani: «Mascherine farlocche? Falso» Domenico Arcuri smonta il teorema FdI

Il tecnico è stato sentito in commissione Covid e ha ribaltato il teorema dei meloniani. «Nessuna maxi commessa per 1,25 miliardi». E su Conte: «Amicizia nata soltanto dopo»

"Crazy masks? False." Domenico Arcuri dismantles the FDI theory.

The official was heard before the COVID commission and overturned the Melonians’ theory. “No major contracts of €1.25 billion.” And on Conte: “Friendship born only after.”

#DomenicoArcuri #COVID #Conte

https://www.editorialedomani.it/fatti/mascherine-farlocche-falso-domenico-arcuri-smonta-il-teorema-fdi-j228hfqc

Agi: Arcuri in Commissione Covid: È stato come guerra, tragedia collettiva difficile da elaborare

AGI/Vista - "Quanto è difficile elaborare la tragedia collettiva del Covid, che è stato come una guerra? Quanto è più semplice tentare di raccontarla da un'altra visuale, che si occupa di elementi trascurabili?", così Domenico Arcuri. l’ex commissario straordinario per l’emergenza Covid, in Commissione alla Camera. Camera Fonte: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev

Arcuri in the COVID Commission: It was like war, a collective tragedy difficult to process.

AGI/Vista - “How difficult is it to process the collective tragedy of Covid, which was like a war? How much simpler is it to try to tell it from another perspective, one that deals with negligible elements?” said Domenico Arcuri, the former extraordinary commissioner for the Covid emergency, in Parliament’s Commission. Camera Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev

#Arcuri #theCOVIDCommission #Covid #DomenicoArcuri

https://www.agi.it/vista-tv/video/2026-07-28/arcuri-in-commissione-covid-e-stato-come-guerra-tragedia-collettiva-difficile-da-elaborare-38272253/

I'm happy to report that the #washingtonstate #covid #covid19 #wastewater site is being updated again, yay. It's been down due to a supplier issue since early June.

Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant. The 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels is up above the nice low baseline level we were enjoying this spring. The last data is from 7/14.

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.