COVID is still here, hope you're all continuing to mask and make good choices about the spaces you spend time in

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/new-covid-variant-ba32-22094368.php

#CovidIsNotOver #Covid19 #HealthNewsUSA

Masks, Misinformation, and Making Do
Appalachian Health-Care Workers
and the COVID-19 Pandemic

This volume comprises the COVID-19 pandemic experiences of Appalachian health-care workers, including frontline providers, administrators, and educators. The combined narrative reveals how governmental and corporate policies exacerbated the region’s injustices, stymied response efforts, and increased the death toll.

Despite the Appalachian focus, I think anybody paying attention would recognise many of the experiences, written early in this pandemic, when everything was still fresh, and the cloak of denial had yet to descend.

I really appreciated reading this mixture of detailed personal history and academic essay.

The book is freely available as a PDF:
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93396

#COVIDIsNotOver #PandemicHistory #Bookstodon #COVID19 #StillMasking #PlagueBook

THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for Mar. 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers

- Tracking #Iran 's extended communication blackout

- #Google Search is using AI to replace headlines

- Cyberattack on a car breathalyzer firm leaves drivers stuck

- The DJI Romo robovac had security so bad one man remotely accessed thousands of them

- Praise for the 49MB web page

- Updates on #Russia ’s expanding (intentional) internet blackout

- #DOGE plans to change US radiation dose rules

...and much more.

✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-24-153785746

#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver

#CovidIsNotOver

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Mme Desjardins-Gunville précise que la petite Chloé avait déjà été hospitalisée à plusieurs reprises en janvier après avoir contracté plusieurs virus, dont la COVID- 19. « Ses poumons étaient déjà très faibles et son asthme était difficile à contrôler », raconte-t-elle.

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#Quebec #Gatineau #Ottawa #Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2241260/deces-urgence-hopital-gatineau-asthme

Advocacy opportunity 📣 Pre-register to present directly to BC gov about YOUR priorities for the next provincial budget!

The registration deadline is Friday, April 10 at 2pm: https://consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations/195 Presenting can be done virtually; they’ll follow up in May about whether you’ve been selected. Additional written input options will open in June.

This is a great chance to speak directly to policy-makers if you want things like:

💨 #CleanAir
🩺 #LongCovid care
💩 wastewater monitoring
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🧪 free rapid tests past 2026
💉 ongoing vaccine access including #Novavax

Let’s tell BC gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to protecting the health of British Columbians!

#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCpoli #BCHealthcare #Covid19BC #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #NovavaxNow

First the government opened the borders; let it rip, told us to live with it, and now they're taking free RATs away from those who can least afford it. The affordable RAT option from pharmacies that they mention - $7.99 for a single.

It's lot to pay when you are already stretching your budget to afford fuel to get to your job and food for basic survival.

Not to mention going into a pharmacy where there's a nice old dear topping up her angina medication where she'll probably get infected. Though I guess most people do that anyway 🫩

#taspol
#auspol
#CovidIsNotOver
#acaseoftherespiratories

https://www.health.tas.gov.au/news-sajari/news/update-covid-19-rapid-antigen-tests-service-tasmania-centres