Jay KuoHe’s grabbing more power for himself soon, and putting all immigrant communities at high risk of abuse from ICE and other law enforcement. Be ready to stand up for migrants and for due process. There are very dark clouds ahead.
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BroadwaybabytoThis was hands down one of the hardest articles I’ve ever had to write - my plea to maskless healthcare workers from vulnerable patients.
I’ve dedicated it to @Tinu - a Long Covid patient and disability advocate who passed away three weeks ago.
She had cancer - and the healthcare workers treating her refused to mask.
This MUST stop. Patients both need and deserve protection.
You CHOSE to work in healthcare. We didn’t CHOOSE to be sick. We would rather be anywhere other than the hospital.
We need you to help us get better - which is virtually impossible when you’re constantly exposing us to a deadly and disabling virus.
Tinu’s first Covid infection left her completely disabled - and then she developed cancer as well. How callous do you need to be to refuse to mask for someone like her?
I hope my article honours her memory - as well as encourages healthcare workers to think a bit differently. It’s not about YOU and whether you feel you’re at risk. It’s about your patients who ARE at risk.
We need you to do the right thing - mandate or not. Do it for Tinu. Do it for me. Do it for all your patients who are scared in your care. Do it for the next generation who needs us to protect them. Put the mask on.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/a-plea-to-maskless-healthcare-workers
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans #fortinu
Iva CheungHappy New Year! Have a cartoon (and a rant): https://ivacheung.com/2024/01/hazardous-cleanup/ #AmEditing
Hazardous cleanup - Iva Cheung
(See the mouseover text if you’re in this situation in a PDF and aren’t aware of the quick way to get back.) A rant might not be the most auspicious way to start a new year, but the 2023 Acrobat interface change has effectively doubled the time it takes me to input my proofing markup, … Continue reading "Hazardous cleanup"
Ken SchwenckeHave you had a claim denied by your health insurance company? @ProPublica made something to help you get all the records they used, phone calls they had and notes they took in denying it. Check it out: https://projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
LAURENThis is an amazing breakthrough for chronic illness and looks promising as a potential cure and reversal for MS, Crohn's, and many many more.
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed
Dr. Lucky Tran 
Biden: "They keep telling me...I gotta keep wearing (a mask), but don't tell them I didn't have it on when I walked in."
Unacceptable for POTUS to be speaking like this. He should advocate for masks at every opportunity. By setting a poor example, he puts many others at risk.
Denis - The COVID info guy -By Jess @MeetJess
President Joe Biden joked about not wearing a mask Wednesday following this week's positive COVID-19 test of his wife, first lady Jill Biden.
Millions dead
Millions disabled
But he’s joking about a tool that would actually reduce transmission.
#COVIDIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotFlu @auscovid19
Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/MeetJess/status/1699560474935762976
Martin Paul EveAs everyone rushes to invest in AI, moving away from crypto, my new favourite term has emerged: grift shift.
Jeff Crump“We don’t stop hand washing because norovirus cases are down. We don’t stop wearing gloves because HIV cases are down. As a doctor, if you’re arguing that you should be able to expose patients to COVID because infection control annoys you, you should not be a doctor. Find a new career. I bet you’d love denying insurance claims. I bet you’d be a natural.”
This article is a banger.
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/hospitals-are-killing-patients-because
Via @harold
Colin@crump
I'll keep saying it, but people seeking care can be immunocompromised/vulnerable to a degree greater than outwardly anticipated. I work in diagnostic imaging.
Person A comes for a scan, no hint they're more vulnerable - and then they leave with me discovering an incidental tumour.
They were vulnerable when they walked in, they just didn't know it.
Why healthcare doesn't cater for that, troubles me.
I still mask, I'm one of very, very few that still do.
I'll keep saying it, but people seeking care can be immunocompromised/vulnerable to a degree greater than outwardly anticipated. I work in diagnostic imaging.
Person A comes for a scan, no hint they're more vulnerable - and then they leave with me discovering an incidental tumour.
They were vulnerable when they walked in, they just didn't know it.
Why healthcare doesn't cater for that, troubles me.
I still mask, I'm one of very, very few that still do.