We are in an era where it is possible to have queer elders, and the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project wants to collect those stories before the elders go away

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/old-lesbians-interviews

THIS. This is why 'I don't want to put a label on my child' is harmful. If you don't know you're not neurotypical, you end up thinking it's a personal failing that you don't fit in/keep up, and that you're not trying hard enough even though you've been trying hard all your life.

Neurodivergent Kids Flourish When They're Taught How Their Brains Work - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/

🇦🇺 "Australia is experiencing a “big wave” of Covid-19 infections that is coinciding with a rise in ​influenza and other winter illnesses, health authorities and experts are warning."

"Esterman said the current wave was “as bad as it was at the end of last year”. “And it’s still going up, so that’s a major concern especially since many hospitals have stopped mandatory face masks for their staff.”

“We’re looking at 6 to 10 times as many people actually infected as the case numbers are showing,” Esterman said.

#COVID19 #Australia #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne @auscovid19

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/06/australia-covid-cases-flu-increase-data-numbers-rise

So it turns out that there’s PFAS in a lot of masks and respirators!

The below threadreaderapp link is mostly about PFAS in 3M products, compiled by Lazarus Long; there’s a searchable Google docs spreadsheet linked.

Apparently 3M is still in the discovery process, so more PFAS-affected products may be added over time.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1794654829132091399.html

Please share this info with others ❤️

People are enquiring about other brands. Looks like almost all Dræger masks have PFAS in them?

#Covid #StillCoviding @auscovid19

(Here is info about PFAS, for those who aren’t yet familiar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_substances)

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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

A few more signals of a new wave now.

I've added a page for a fresh take on a Risk Analysis - trying to estimate the % Currently Infectious now from Aged Care Staff Cases in combination with the seroprevalence survey result.

It comes out at 1.8% or 1-in-56, which implies a 42% chance that there is someone infectious in a group of 30.

Report Link:
https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-au-vaccinations/output/covid-19-au%20-%20report%20Weekly.pdf

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19

@weirdwriter Horrible website, and I can't see how this site is in any way "accessible" for anyone who actually has ME/CFS (it's way too overdone and overwhelming).

The actual content on a website (i.e. text and images) is miles more important than how it looks, and it absolutely does not need to follow nonsense design trends that harm usability and make it inaccessible and unusable for disabled people out there (let alone for the disease they're advocating about in the first place!).

Surprising age groups COVID is hospitalising and killing, as virus surges across Vic again. By Mandy Squires

#PandemicIsNotOver #COVIDisNotOver @VicGovDH @MaryAnneThomas @VictorianCHO @mandy_squires @auscovid19

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/new-covid-data-reveals-posh-and-poor-victorians-being-struck-down/news-story/e4922fe8a4a08ee686ad0db40cf61fe7

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

BA.2.86.* "Pirola" is waning under a challenge from the JN.1.* +FLiRT sub-lineages - led by KP.2.

With the latest Nextclade update, the first 7 FLiRT sub-lineages are now being classified. I'm now separating them from all other BA.2.86.* (including JN.1.*) lineages in a new "Lineage L2" group: JN.1.* +FLiRT.

Report link:
https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf

#COVID19 #Australia #BA_2_86 #JN_1 #Pirola #KP_2

How has the message not gotten out that people need to sanitize Youtube links?

Everything before the "si=" is the actual link. That "si=" part lets Youtube link your fedi account to your Youtube account and therefore to everything Google has on you.

Please stop feeding the corporations even more data about you and everyone who clicks the link you post.