New paper on Masks:
Some claim scientific studies show masks don’t work, or that surgical masks are as good as N95s. Just released paper shows this claim is false. Masks work, and N95 respirators give a much higher benefit than surgical masks.
The controversy about N95 respirator and mask efficacy is based on claims that studies (RCTs and meta-analyses) have no observed effect. Our paper shows these claims result from the use of incorrect mathematical equations.
Unfortunately, I knew this would happen. Long Covid sufferers and those with compromised immune systems would just get conveniently forgotten.
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #healthconsequences #healthcare
Everyone Is Eager to Forget Covid. But Who Are We Forgetting Along the Way? https://getpocket.com/collections/long-covid-marginalized-groups?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
Go the mask wearers, and a salute to the particle physicists and scientists who alerted us to airborne spread in July 2020.
A plea issued by 239 scientists from around the world to recognise and mitigate airborne transmission of COVID-19 addressed to international health authorities is to be published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The 239 signatories from 32 countries come from many different areas of science and engineering, including...
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"Billionaires now hold so much of the world’s wealth, their apologists argue, there’s no choice but to rely on them for philanthropy. But we can’t take our eyes off the ball: We need to tax the ultrarich out of existence."
In an age of massive global inequality & billionaires supporting authoritarian politicians & doing precious little about climate disruption, it's time for global wealth tax
https://jacobin.com/2021/11/elon-musk-wealth-tax-inequality-poverty-philanthropy
UPDATE: Wily has been FOUND. Thank you so much everyone for your help.
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San Francisco: Our dog has escaped her sitter and we are trapped on a plane for the next 9 hours.
She was last spotted in the Castro, heading toward the Mission but she could be anywhere. She is very sweet but very timid.