Germans also don't care that so many people are still being hospitalised from #Covid and the #flu.

Mandating medical face masks in public transit, hospitals, doctors' offices, pharmacies etc. would be an obvious, effective countermeasure. Air filters (which could be combined with AC, see above!) would also help.

Perhaps the best solution would be mandatory vaccinations, but Germans just have a God-given right to share their diseases with others. “Thou shalt infect your neighbour as yourself!”

"It was September 2014. Vance was disturbed by Trump's "ignorant babble" about the dangers of #vaccines . "I remember thinking, 'This guy has got to be pulling our legs,'" Vance says." - Newsweek. Is Donald Trump Really Just Andy Kaufman in Disguise? An Investigation. September 26, 2016 at 12:33 PM EDT

September 2014 Trump is #AntiVax before #COVID19 in December 2019. Anyone remember #COVID in June 2026? #CounterBrainRot

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45294192

Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord

Troll accounts that tried to influence the US election also tweeted about vaccines, a study says.

#Covid, #Measles, #Ebola, #Screwworms, and now #HIV.

I SWEAR TO GOD, I've raised *goldfish* that learned faster than this INCREDIBLY MORONIC Administration. 🐠

#DisasterPresidency
#TooStupidToBePresident
#LordHelpUs
#RFKJr

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr457lxr71o

US to end Pepfar funding of South Africa's HIV programmes

More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world.

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#Covid #Lithuania 2026-06-20
#Covid #Czechia 2026-06-20
#Covid #Germany 2026-06-20
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@ducky/116780751613938974

Some notable things from @ducky 's weekly roundup https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/06/19/2026-06-19-general/ :

for children over 8 years old, ones with a history of reinfection were almost ten times more likely to get Long COVID than those who did not. For children under 8 y/o, reinfection doubled the risk, and boys were almost five times more likely to get Long COVID than girls.

and

that one dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced the likelihood of developing Long COVID by 63%.

More evidence for metformin's effectiveness against LC, and first I've heard of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) having an impact as well.

#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #LongCOVID #metformin

This week's Pandemics in BC post (no BC-specific post because the province is only releasing most data once per month):
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/06/19/2026-06-19-general/
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #flu #measles #shingles #bundibugyo_ebola
2026-06-19 General – Pandemics in British Columbia