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said it for years: you don’t have to always mask. but if you masked in easy to do, non eating scenarios as much as you can bear, ie —planes —busses —trains —stores —movies —concerts —offices —HOSPITALS you’d be sick less, save lives & enjoy life much more

This is such an excellent, clever clue! Love a good cryptic crossword myself.

"The quiet normalization of COVID-19 in our society has come at the great expense of school-age children and adolescents." thesicktimes.org/2026/07/24/t...

👋 Public Health Communicator from Australia here. One of the reasons Australia punches above its weight in sports is that it prioritizes sports science. It's no surprise that Aussie athletes like the swim team have been consistently masking to prevent themselves getting sick before competitions.

Some studies say more than 10% of people have Long Covid. This too is underestimate bc many don’t know their new health issues are Covid related, Drs. don’t recognize for ex. diabetes or A Fib🫀 can be Covid related. Some don’t even see a Dr. for new issue so are an invisible stat. DON’T BE A STAT, 😷

2/ "In 1 out of 3 people, the dormant Varicella Zoster Virus reactivates & causes shingles. The risk of this happening increases with age, particularly from the age of 50, due to ageing of the immune system". Know what also ages your immune system? #COVID understandingshingles.ie/who-is-at-ri...

Almost Getting There on repeated COVID infections as a population-level cause, but of course not quite www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Promising first image

Settling in on a Sunday

Every part of the decision to pretend Covid is over mirrors exactly what the republicans do, it was a political choice, it was emotional, and it was non-scientific, because the science was screaming it was a terrible idea. Point this out to most Democrats and they will silently blink at you.

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🙏 PLEASE CAN YOU SPARE 4 MINS 💉If you have a health condition that qualified for priority Covid vaccines due to health reasons or older age (or 'flu) OR 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧You live with someone who does OR 😷You wear a mask AND 🇬🇧Live in the UK 🔁 + 💕 Thx! forms.gle/vbb9YYhy1RNd...

Best get practicing! bsky.app/profile/meto...

Apparently maybe tomorrow. Might do a small dance in it if it arrives.

'ckinell

Is the thinking that they were both nasty pieces of work?

Looks incredible. ✔️ The original WB cartoon crew ✔️ Anti-enshittification rhetoric ✔️ Slapstick ✔️ Justice for a neurotic with trust issues

"My neighbour is a cannibal Who screams throughout the night"

This is (relatively) good news. Brazilian President Lula’s pledge to protect the Amazon appears to have paid off. In 2025 the smallest amount was burned in 40 years. It’s still a tragedy that any of it is getting burned, but this is real progress.