Rebranding COVID as an “influenza-like illness” is a way to minimise the danger — pretending it’s no worse than the flu. Source: image
By Nate Bear @natebear1.bsky.social "The UK says it won't even bother when the next pandemic hits. The lesson most countries have drawn from covid is that letting the old and weak die is better for capitalism. The pandemic was a waymarker on our journey to a harsher, crueller world" Source: Framework for managing the response to pandemic diseases: image
hunter*: "what opinion will you defend like this?" decolonize: "covid is far from over and repeat infections aren’t good for anyone! wear a gawdamn mask!" #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷 Source: image
USA: Mask Mandate Returns At New Jersey Hospitals Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1. Source: https://archive.md/h4MBj image
USA: FDA officials said without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children "Neither Prasad nor Makary provided details or data about the 10 children they said the vaccines killed or the circumstances surrounding those deaths" "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that since the start of the pandemic, more than 2,000 children age 18 and younger in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. Nearly 700, or about 33%, were less than 1 year old." Source:
"COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause" According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated. Source: https://archive.md/me3mp Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2842305 image