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/

Ffs #Covid

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 terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant. Well, things got better, by a lot. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 9/8.

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.

RE: https://mas.to/@zzt/117280308866454201

Just a reminder that this pathetic fool Ed Sheeran admitted to Rolling Stone that he has had brain damaging Covid 12+ times and he continues to masklessly spread #Covid all around the world with his horrifying fucking world tour.

@dtl @jbond

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't #Covid #vaccine protection fade substantially after 3–6 months? So, if you're depending on a vaccine you last took two or three years ago, you're largely unprotected.

Agi: Perché le botteghe storiche di San Gregorio Armeno hanno tirato giù le serrande?

AGI - Turisti delusi ma solidali con gli artigiani. San Gregorio Armeno, una delle strade più note al mondo, arteria di Napoli che è anche custode di identità di una collettività, con le serrande abbassate.
Uno spettacolo mai visto prima se non all'epoca del Covid. I maestri delle botteghe dei presepi sono stati in sciopero fino a meta' giornata contro l'apertura di un negozio di souvenir. Uno dei tanti pronto a esibire calamitine e cianfrusaglie prodotte in serie che hanno già riempito buona parte della città, compreso il 'salotto buono' di via Chiaia dove se ne vedono ben 9 in meno di tre metri.
La protesta degli artigiani contro lo snaturamento della via
I titolari di antiche ditte artigianali, le uniche protagoniste sinora della vita della strada, a parte qualche caffè, sono preoccupati dalla possibilità che l'apertura di attività commerciali che nulla hanno a che fare con la loro tradizione vada a snaturare questo pezzo di Napoli.
E sui cartelli esposti si legge: "Non vogliamo bloccare il cambiamento, vogliamo difendere la nostra storia. Pastori, presepi, artigiani. Questa è San Gregorio Armeno. Salviamo l'identità di Napoli".
La nota del Comune: "Ammessa la sola arte presepiale"
Il Comune di Napoli, che nel 2023 aveva con una delibera impedito l'arrivo delle friggitorie a San Gregorio Armeno, con una nota ufficiale firmata dall'assessore al Turismo e alle Attivita' Produttive Teresa Amato, fa sapere che:
"La strada rappresenta un patrimonio unico al mondo, simbolo identitario e culturale della nostra città. Nella strada di San Gregorio Armeno è ammessa la sola attività di produzione e vendita di prodotti dell'arte presepiale e dei pastori. Il Comune di Napoli segue con massima attenzione l'evoluzione della vicenda ed è al fianco delle botteghe storiche, confermando l'impegno quotidiano per proteggere il valore culturale, la storia e la tradizione presepiale che rendono San Gregorio Armeno il cuore pulsante e autentico della città".

Why did the historic shops on San Gregorio Armeno close up shop?

Tourists disappointed but supportive of artisans. San Gregorio Armeno, one of the most famous streets in the world, an artery of Naples that is also a custodian of a community’s identity, with its shutters down.

A spectacle never seen before except during the Covid era. The master craftsmen of the nativity scene workshops went on strike until mid-day against the opening of a souvenir shop. One of the many ready to display mass-produced magnets and trinkets that have already filled much of the city, including the ‘good room’ of Via Chiaia, where nine are seen in less than three meters.

The artisans’ protest against the distortion of the street

The owners of ancient artisan firms, the only protagonists so far in the life of the street, apart from a few cafes, are concerned about the possibility that the opening of commercial activities that have nothing to do with their tradition will distort this part of Naples.

And on the displays it reads: “We don’t want to block change, we want to defend our history. Shepherds, nativity scenes, artisans. This is San Gregorio Armeno. Save the identity of Naples.”

The City Hall statement: “Only Nativity Art Permitted”

The City of Naples, which in 2023 had prevented the arrival of fried food shops on San Gregorio Armeno with a decree signed by Tourism and Production Activities Councillor Teresa Amato, states that:

“The street represents a unique world heritage, an identity and cultural symbol of our city. Only the activity of production and sale of products of nativity art and shepherds is permitted in San Gregorio Armeno. The City of Naples follows the evolution of this affair with the greatest attention and stands by the historic workshops, confirming the daily commitment to protect the cultural value, history and tradition of nativity scenes that make San Gregorio Armeno the pulsating and authentic heart of the city.”

#SanGregorioArmeno #Naples #Covid #ViaChiaia #lessthanthreemeters #TheCityHall #TheCityofNaples #TeresaAmato

https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2026-09-15/napoli-san-gregorio-armeno-sciopero-botteghe-39071247/

"Six years after COVID hit, [...] the country is sicker than it’s ever been before, but we can’t come up with any reason why that would be other than “women be faking?”

Disability activists warned for years that this would be the outcome of allowing #COVID to spread unmitigated. Now that it’s time to pay the piper, the state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID and its consequences."

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/covid-not-tiktok-is-disabling-young

#Flu, #covid and #RSV #vaccines are available. In the absence of guidance from the federal government, here’s what you need to know

https://archive.ph/7Cacr #US

Woke up to a headache and very mild fever. The #COVID #vaccine is doing its job, I guess. Hoping coffee will help with the headache. Ouch.