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text says "There’s no way to know which COVID-19 infection will cause long-term illness. Each new COVID-19 infection increases your risk of organ damage, Long COVID, and disability, even if you have no other health conditions that you know of, and even if your previous COVID-19 infections were mild or had no symptoms. Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history. Wear masks. get vaccinated. keep indoor air clean.” Graphics on the side illustrate people getting sick repeatedly until eventually they end up with long-term illness.

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

Today, the UK arrested Lord Mandelson for his alleged ties to Epstein. But here in the United States of America? Nothing.

Tomorrow, I am bringing Haley Robson, a heroic survivor, to the State of the Union.

Screenshot of a CIDRAP article titled “Report underscores death toll of health care-related infections.” Subheading shows “News brief | February 21, 2026” by Laine Bergeson, with topic listed as Healthcare-Associated Infections. Below the headline is an image of a patient’s hand in a hospital setting with an IV cannula inserted and secured with medical tape, tubing visible, suggesting clinical care and infection risk context.

Spain: Healthcare-Associated Infections Kill 3× More People Than Car Accidents Each Year.

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) cause about 6,774 deaths a year in Spain — Over 3× more than car accidents — showing a serious but often overlooked health risk.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/healthcare-a...

Illustration showing a side profile of a human head with red, branching blood vessels extending through the brain and face against a red background. Text below reads: “Why covid-19 is ‘a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one’.”

Why COVID-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain,” Benest tells The BMJ.

Source: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Screenshot of a VisaHQ article dated February 10, 2026, by the Visas & Immigration Team @ VisaHQ, titled “Portugal, Germany And Thailand Re-Impose Covid Testing For Arrivals From China.” Below the headline is a stylized illustration featuring the flags of Portugal and Germany, a syringe, medical symbols, a globe, and a landmark resembling Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, representing international travel and COVID-19 health measures.

Portugal, Germany and Thailand Re-impose Covid Testing for Arrivals from China

As XBB.1.5 spreads rapidly, several governments are bringing back pre-departure COVID testing for travelers from China. Portugal now requires a negative test within 48 hours and will add wastewater sequencing on flights.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Public service announcement: RSV was really bad for many patients in the ICU this past week. Please get vaccinated if you are eligible.

I guess this says everything 😔😔

Basically anyone can get #Longcovid including children who are the ones I am most concerned about because they are the least protected and most exposed group. We urgently need clean air and sensible policies of non attendance with COVID. Failure to rest when infected increases the risk of damage 🧵

Styopka’s wisdom

The world is held together not by great heroes, but by people who simply helped. You are not obliged to save everyone, but if you saved one, that is enough.
#StyopkasWisdom

I said what I said

It’s been two weeks since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a US citizen, in broad daylight.

He’s not being investigated.

There’s been no accountability.

Yet 7 Democrats just voted to fund ICE.

They voted to give more money to the people who did this.

Disgusting.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

We can either sit here and let Kristi Noem repeatedly lie to our faces or we can fight back every single day until she and this entire regime are removed from office.

If you choose to fight, click below to demand your representatives impeach Noem!

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

SAT averages from 1952-present

ACT scores from 1970 to 2025 across subject areas

Just look at these ACT subject areas and SAT Math scores.

Gee golly, I wonder if there’s something going around that causes neurological malformations in fetuses, developmental delays in children, and cognitive dysfunction and brain damage in teens and adults?

🤦‍♂️

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Covid infection accelerates vascular aging – especially in women A Covid infection, particularly in women, may lead to blood vessels aging around five years, according to new research.

healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/covi...

If COVID were primarily prevented by handwashing, we'd expect it to surge in water-scarce regions the way true water-washed diseases do.

The fact that it is surging in high-income countries with excellent hygiene is far more consistent with airborne spread than "wash your hands harder"

Styopka’s wisdom

Civilization doesn’t end with an explosion - it ends with indifference to cruelty
#StyopkasWisdom

SAD NEWS 😢

My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant

Her husband is the donor

There is no mask mandate at the hospital

He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition

10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife

BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP

When RFK Jr ends all vaccination recommendations and requirements for children, guess what happens?

Insurance companies can stop paying for the shots.

Millions of parents won’t be able to choose the vaccines because they won’t be able to pay for them.

He knows this.

It’s social murder.

Wisconsin DHS confirms pediatric deaths associated with respiratory illness, encourages vaccines In a statement released Thursday, DHS Respiratory Disease Epidemiologist Tom Haupt confirmed the deaths of the patients, saying ”It’s with heavy hearts that DHS reports the first pediatric deaths of t...

Wisconsin DHS confirms pediatric deaths associated with respiratory illness, encourages vaccines.
"Officials added that one of the patients died from COVID-19, the other from influenza." www.wmtv15news.com/2025/12/18/w...

Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/COVID19positive titled “I’ve gotten covid 9 times,” posted 9 hours ago by user JackfruitOpposite743, with a yellow label reading “Tested Positive – Long-Hauler.” The post is written by a 22-year-old woman who says she had been mostly healthy and happy for most of her life until starting college in 2021. Since then, she reports repeated illnesses including strep, bronchitis, mono, pneumonia, and COVID. She states she has had COVID nine times since 2021, with one infection progressing to pneumonia and requiring hospitalisation. She says she washes her hands religiously, avoids crowds, is vaccinated regularly, and experiences severe pain, body chills, exhaustion, and fear of going to crowded places. She asks for help, saying repeated infections feel like they are draining her body.

This is wild. A 22-year-old having COVID 9 times isn’t “normal” or acceptable.

She washes her hands religiously, but COVID is airborne — Public health failed her.

She had been healthy and happy for most of her life, but repeated infections have clearly taken a toll on her health and wellbeing.

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article) A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.

🧵Omfg. In 1965, to keep an eye on China, the CIA hatched a plan to put a monitoring device on Nanda Devi, a difficult to climb mountain in India, overlooking China.

The device was powered by voltage generated by heat from radioactuve Plutonium.

They lost it in the icepack feeding the Ganges.

It’s honestly laughable. If this administration cared about us they would do something to end the gun violence problem in this country”

Zoe Weissman is a sophomore at Brown. Zoe survived the Parkland school shooting.

Barely over 18 and they’ve already endured two mass shootings.

It’s unimaginable

A doctor wearing an N95 respirator

Remember there is no reason for alarm. You can easily protect yourself with a well-fitted respirator. Back it up with air filtration and vaccination.

WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new strategic plan for the management of coronavirus disease threats, including COVID-19, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV), and potential ...

"WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond"

www.who.int/news/item/03...

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”

Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?