@kimlockhartga @adhdeanasl
Yes! Such good advice: as well as masking, sanitising, & not shaking hands & esp not with men over 60: “Basically, avoid get togethers at the holidays. Do fun things you want to do instead.”
Is your favorite mug secretly poisoning you?
My latest story uncovers the hidden chemistry of toxic pottery and why “handmade” isn’t always safe.
https://medium.com/science-spectrum/glazed-and-confused-the-chemistry-behind-toxic-pottery-69c70cca1137
#foodsafety #food #science #heatlh #culture #publichhealth #society
Why are so many children getting chronic illness from an uncontrolled infectious disease that causes chronic illness?
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/12/20/nx-s1-5223440/louisiana-ban-public-health-promoting-covid-flu-mpox-vaccines-landry-rfk-jr-anti-vaccine
The challenges of isolating #COVID19 patients prior to the availability of #vaccines: "Facilities with personal protective equipment and potential staff shortages had larger increases in COVID-19 cases than those without such shortages."
And: "admissions to SNFs[skilled nursing facilities] of COVID-19–positive patients early in the pandemic likely played a role in preventable COVID-19 cases and mortality."
#pandemic #PandemicPreparedness #PublichHealth
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2819476
This cohort study evaluates the changes in COVID-19 case counts and death rates among residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) weeks before and weeks after their facility accepted hospital-discharged patients who still had COVID-19.
Might additional advantages be:
Rabbits are not afflicted by devastating diseases like hogs and chickens.
It appears that rabbits don't serve as mixing vessels for influenza and so don't pose a risk to human public health.
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Rabbit meat production and processing in China
"As the biggest rabbit meat producer globally, China has conducted a series of studies on rabbit meat processing and the development of new products...."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174018302390
A hantavirus?
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"Occupants Are Massively Affected by “Mouse Fever” in Kupiansk Direction
December 19, 2023
Occupants Are Massively Affected by “Mouse Fever” in Kupiansk DirectionDefence Intelligence of Ukraine informs that dissatisfaction is growing in the units of the russian occupying army due to inadequate provision of winter uniforms, as well as complete lack of medical care.
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#mousefever #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Virology #PublichHealth
America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines
Many of the people most at risk of dying aren’t getting COVID shots
For years now, health experts have been warning that COVID-era politics and the spread of anti-vaxxer lies have brought us to the brink of public-health catastrophe—that a Great Collapse of Vaccination Rates is nigh.
http://tinyurl.com/covid19eldrisk
#COVID19 #PublichHealth #CovidIsNotOver #Getvaccinated #Wearamask
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