USA: Deadly 'super' flu surge forces schools to close and triggers mask mandates across the US "The CDC has reported that between 1.9 million and 3.3 million Americans have had the flu since October 1 and 19,000 to 38,000 have been hospitalized. The surge has led to a reinstatement of mask mandates across several states for everyone entering a hospital." Source: https://archive.md/Sa6yF

UK: Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases Some schools are reintroducing COVID-like measures due to higher illness rates than last year. In late November, 107 school incidents in education settings were reported: 17 influenza, 2 COVID, and 76 where the exact respiratory virus wasn’t known. Source: https://archive.md/sLyme

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System. 07 December 2025 "A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this. The message is clear: protecting ourselves still matters." Source:

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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System

A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart dise...

Study: https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712%2825%2900509-0/fulltext

For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise. "For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years." Source: https://archive.md/9AqXz

What Doesn't Kill You Mutates And Tries Again. #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #CleanAir #MaskUp😷

Rebranding COVID as an “influenza-like illness” is a way to minimise the danger — pretending it’s no worse than the flu. Source:

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Justin Lee (@DailyJLee) on X

They're telling us a lot of the covid is going to be classified as "influenza-like illness", and nobody cares, we actually prefer it, flu makes us ...

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:

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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 ...

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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:

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En(during COVID) (@DEC0L0NIZE) on X

covid is far from over and repeat infections aren’t good for anyone! wear a gawdamn mask!

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

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:

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FDA officials said without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children. Here's what you should know

COVID-19 infection carries a greater risk of myocarditis than the COVID-19 vaccines, scientists say.