Jen the perpetual masker

Infographic on Measles in Red, light blue and yellow. It contains the timeline for measles, facts and the R0 that each person can infect 12 to 18 people in an unvaccinated population. Be Wise, Immunize with the MMR vaccine. Getting the vaccine is much safer than getting the disease.

Measles are contagious.
Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized.
Measles can be deadly especially in children.
Measles can cause blindness & deafness.
Measles can cause brain damage yrs later.
Measles can cause "immune amnesia".

Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine.

#medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪

omg that's why they removed its component from the annual flu vaccine?? that's insane. dear god we need everyone to wear masks again

An entire lineage of influenza B viruses literally went extinct due to COVID mitigation measures and people will still say “masks don’t work”

I'm always so worried about if I'm qualified or smart enough to offer help. If I can do just the bare minimum of worrying about others then maybe that's enough justification to take action

‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas. Critics say these cases are no coincidence in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and near-bottom rankings on women’s health care.

wapo.st/3ZXDbks When they banned reproductive healthcare to women, pretending it was to protect fetuses, what did they think would happen to desperate, impoverished, unwell, ignorant people? Be forewarned, I had to stop reading b/c it was upsetting. (This is a gift article, no fire wall)

I am a pediatrician. I served as one of the medical directors for this camp.

I LOVE that HIV in kids is rare. But that does not make this a feel good story.

This camp had started weeks dedicated to LGBTQ kids. These were LIFE SAVING sessions.

Camp is closing because of $. It’s a huge loss.

I went to pharmacy school and I got a doctorate, and god damn it I have to put it to use. Repeating these mantras is cheesy as hell but if that's what it takes to get me motivated..

Surviving is how we can fight back against the system that's so stacked against us. We can't take what we already have for granted like our good health. Any one of us with physical ability or mental wellness or good immunity. We have to use it to help others.

this is part of why all the pearl clutching shit about how "americans can't just execute people" re: Luigi fell so fucking flat. um the cops execute people every single day and brutalize other people further for noticing they did that

I have to protect my community. I need to protect my friends. It's my dity to break the bad news and be a buzzkill about topics that get people hurt and killed. Better to be safe than sorry

ER physicians make a plea for more shelter, warming spaces 'Our emergency department is already crowded and we are not able to provide beds to those who are shelter seeking,' says letter to city council

ER physicians make a plea for more shelter, warming spaces
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Why scientists say we are fighting H5N1 bird flu with one hand tied behind our backs When, where and how the H5N1 bird flu virus may evolve and its capacity to spark a pandemic is hard to predict — in part, some researchers say, because of federal restrictions on gain-of-function rese...

The reason H5N1 is a problem is because there's too much restriction on gain of function research? GTFO.

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One of the hardest skills to develop in medicine—one that simply cannot be learned from books and must be taught and encouraged by example—is the ability to take a step back and say “Wait a minute, that doesn’t make any god damn sense.”

definitely a great sign when a platform has to trick you into posting on there!

Can’t believe this doesn’t work

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
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After falling for decades, the childhood mortality rate has started to rise.

What’s killing kids? Trauma, drugs and firearms.

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hey so sorry to pop in out of nowhere but this post was in my Discover feed and i wanted to make sure you knew about the big goodsmile fraud issue thats happening rn. i've seen it happen to a few friends so i would hold back if you can bsky.app/profile/pers...

Which president is from Florida? I thought Trump was from NY and Biden from PA

The US government literally tried to do this 100 years ago (look up “The Narcotics Farm”) and it didn’t work and leads to worse outcomes (more deaths, more drug use) than doing nothing at all…

Anyone who says shit about what incarcerated trans women do and don't deserve need this simple fact shoved in their face until they shut the fuck up.

Ugh. I am so glad people see how ridiculous this is! Not only is this all based on unsubstantiated rumors from one person (be better, journalists) but fentanyl is not a real weapon. Iran has real weapons.

If fentanyl could actually be weaponized don’t you think the United States would have used it?

‘Mass deportations would disrupt the food chain’: Californians warn of ripple effect of Trump threat In 2023, state was nation’s sole producer of almonds, artichokes, figs, olives, pomegranates, raisins and walnuts

‘Mass deportations would disrupt the food chain’: Californians warn of ripple effect of Trump threat

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