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Bluedepth

While wandering the office, looking for an open sink to wash my hands after my lunch, here at #work, I made it a little personal custom to walk up next to the common-area hallway anti-#COVID air filter unit and give it a shin-check, which kept it firmly plugged into the wall plug. Making sure that the air filters we had were always plugged in and functioning. So I noticed just now, and then wandered throughout the entire property, all of the filters are gone. Okay. #BadMove #Consequences

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Neil

#Timmins and District Hospital just said that "normal operations" at their hospital means infecting patients and staff with airborne respiratory viruses like #COVID, #measles, #flu etc.

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"Timmins and District Hospital (TADH) has moved from a Green (Low) Risk to Normal Operations, effective April 1, 2025.

As a result of this change, masking is no longer required when providing direct patient care or having direct patient contact"
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tadh.com/patients-visitors/out

Screen shot from Timmins and District Hospital that reads "Moving from low risk to normal operations. Effective April 1, the hospital is resuming normal operations. This change affects masking requirement."
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Tom Kindlon

From Australia:

"WEHI researchers have developed a drug compound that can protect mice from contracting long COVID symptoms.

The world-first study also found the compound can treat acute #COVID with better efficacy than Paxlovid"

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19

News Release 8-Apr-2025 Tackling the ‘silent pandemic’: breakthrough study puts first long COVID treatment on horizon Peer-Reviewed Publication Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Covid Front image: COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This image shows antibodies (shown in orange and purple) binding to ‘spike proteins’ on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 virus (shown in teal and yellow). Spike proteins are critical for SARS-CoV-2 to enter human cells, and this can be blocked by specific antibodies – breaking the infection cycle. Credit: WEHI Researchers have shown a new drug compound can prevent long COVID symptoms in mice – a landmark finding that could lead to a future treatment for the debilitating condition. The world-first study found mice treated with the antiviral compound, developed by a multidisciplinary research team at WEHI, were protected from long term brain and lung dysfunction – key symptoms of long COVID. Researchers hope the unprecedented results could lead to clinical trials and the first treatment for the disease in the future. At a glance WEHI researchers have developed a drug compound that can protect mice from contracting long COVID symptoms. The world-first study also found the compound can treat acute COVID with better efficacy than Paxlovid – the leading treatment currently approved for COVID-19. It’s hoped the results could lead to clinical trials and an oral treatment for long COVID in the future.
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Ed Suominen

There is a Rökysopp song, “Melody A.M.” that gave me a twinge of sad nostalgia. Not the tune, but the end, where it switches to a recording of a guy calling his friend and telling him some “good frequencies” he’s been messing around with in his DSP music machine. He gets to 400 kHZ and his friend says, “Four hundred!” Yeah. “I’m coming over.” “Do that.” “I’ll be there in a sec.”

Just being able to call a friend and have him come over, with no concern about #Covid — about being infected by #virus that has given millions a life of disability and misery and continues to do so whether you choose to believe it or not. And still having such friends, five years into a #pandemic that has changed people’s brains and mass-delusional behavior.

It’s a lot. We’ve been at this a long time, fellow #CovidIsNotOver people, with no end in sight and the pressure to quit worse than ever. For me, the lulls in between waves are some of the hardest of times.

And yet, we persist. We don’t want this virus in our bodies if we can help it, ever.

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Mixter Kit O'Connell

“We’re trying to find the missing pieces that help people connect the dots and the intersectionalities of capitalism and this pandemic.”

New today in Deceleration: "Mask Blocs" help the sick, #disabled, and #COVID-conscious stay involved in their communities in #Texas, while raising awareness about why this needs to be a core issue for organizing on the Left. deceleration.news/texas-mask-b

An image of a group of masked people holding a banner on an overpass reading Long COVID is a Public Health Emergency! One in the center of the group is holding their hand up in a dramatic gesture. Headline text: Texas 'Mask Blocs' Struggle to fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp up. These volunteer and anarchist led groups are working overtime in cities around the state to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.
#disability#politics#USpol
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Mx. Kit O'Connell — Hire me!

“The revolution isn’t happening if it’s not accessible. The revolution isn’t happening if you don’t listen to some of your most vulnerable members.”

Out today in Deceleration: "Mask blocs" in #Texas support the sick, #disabled and otherwise COVID-Conscious communities, providing vital mutual aid amid attacks on public health. deceleration.news/texas-mask-b

An image of a group of masked people holding a banner on an overpass reading Long COVID is a Public Health Emergency! One in the center of the group is holding their hand up in a dramatic gesture. Headline text: Texas 'Mask Blocs' Struggle to fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp up. These volunteer and anarchist led groups are working overtime in cities around the state to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.
#COVID#COVIDIsNotOver#LongCOVID
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datum (n=1)

@Ashedryden sure:

  • be well rested and less stressed. Really! Immune systems perform better when the organism is well-rested, and worse when under stress conditions. Literally calm your system beforehand with meditation if you can?
  • have your vitamins. Results for vitamins D and C vary from "no effect" to "protective" (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ for example), with clear evidence that low vitamin D can down-modulate immunity. Especially important for PoC in northern climes, folks who don't work outdoors, and similar. Maybe start supplementing vitamin D (through sun exposure or pills) a week+ ahead?
  • nasal sprays and mouthwashes. There is evidence for both xylitol and iota-carrageenan giving protection against SARS-CoV-2. A nice review with links to actual research from this past summer: integrativewomenshealthinstitu
  • UV light disinfection, aka Germicidal Ultraviolet. This is harder to access as most installations are for industry, but if you have time and energy perhaps you can DIY it or find a supplier.
  • explicitly say "And if you want to come but are feeling sick, let us know, and we'll drop off a get-better goodie basket and a little gift!" or similar, so folks who are ill have motivation to not come.

You've already said you will ventilate and filter. Add more filters? HEPA is great but Corsi-Rosenthal boxes with MERV-13 filters are also highly effective, relatively inexpensive, and if made with computer fans, very very quiet. They can be totally DIY - there's even a song about it youtube.com/watch?v=5XS-7vgThf !!! - , and various sellers have them available as kits or prefabbed, too.

Less likely to be useful:

  • vaccinate 2-3 weeks prior to be at peak vax-induced immunity before waning
  • PlusLife or RAT testing at the door
  • free mask basket at the door. You sound perhaps willing to use an N95 but you indicated your guests wouldn't.

I hope some of those help! None of them will guarantee no infection, but when one must face such situations, the odds can be improved.

PubMed Central (PMC)Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential AnalysisBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the world’s most important challenges for global public healthcare. Various studies have found an association between severe vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19-related outcomes. Vitamin D plays a ...
#SwissCheeseModel#AirborneAware#CovidCompetent
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