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On Alien Day (4/26), Reddit users shared this meme from the movie “ALIEN”, reminding us what happens when quarantine is ignored. It’s not just sci-fi. The lesson applies to COVID-19 today. Don’t be an Ash. Prioritize safety, protect your community.

As for my thoughts about "Kill MP", a lot of them seemed very ambivalent about doing much during the Pandemic, even now they all pretend it away while it kills about a 100 or so of us this week.

I don't wish death on them, but I'm ambivalent on their lives as they were about our lives during the Pandemic, and in general.
That Pandemic was a game changer for many of us, really showed us how valuable our lives are to Westminster.

I stand with Kneecap

Published online today, more to come from us on this topic, but here is a taste of what we learnt about the systemic context of supervision during Covid-19 restrictions from postgraduate researchers we interviewed: emerald.com/insight/content/do also available at researchgate.net/publication/3 #phd #covid19 #supervision #onlineeducation #DigitalEd

Si damos todas las oportunidades de mutar al #SARSCoV2, no nos podemos quejar de los “recombinantes cuádruples”. Tanta complacencia no desembocará en nada bueno. #COVID19 no se ha terminado, solo se esconde a ratitos.

Mis ojos y yo seguimos trabajando.

Al mundo parece no molestarle eso de enfermarse cada rato. Mientras algunos ya van tras su sexta infección y la #COVID19, aún esquivo la primera.

¿Cómo lo he logrado? Con respirador #N95 en espacios cerrados, filtros de aire en casa y la compañía de gente afín e igualmente cautelosa.

Pero tal parece que en Australia los omicrones dispararán el número de casos.

Urgent warning Covid cases will SOAR this winter as super contagious strain wreaks havoc across Australia
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

Daily Mail · Urgent warning Covid cases will SOAR this winter as super contagious strain wreaks havoc across...By Ashley Nickel

Just a little positive masking anecdote:

My spouse recently asked for a new mask. We use Cambridge Pro and he felt his was looking worse for wear and it needs to be nice for work. Since it was nearing the end of its protection anyway I ordered a new one.

My spouse is not immunocompromised. My spouse is not at high risk. Most of the time I'm not even sure my spouse would believe covid19 was a threat if not for seeing what it did to me.

But my spouse knows masks work because they've been working for us for over five years now. And now my spouse associates a nice looking, well functioning mask with work, which I think is a cool bonus for me.

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@cremevax Here is a link to 5calls.org to call your reps with a generic script on vaccine access concerns which you are free to change on your own. It literally took me 5 min to make several calls and leave voice mails. Great site.

5calls.org/issue/rfk-hhs-vacci

5 CallsStop RFK's Attacks on Vaccine Access and HHS Transparency ⭑ 5 CallsOn February 28th, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a proposal to end HHS’ 54-year policy of accepting public …

Starting my own "Stone Lore" inspired by NK Jemisin. First seven are essentially the same.
Building from there.

1. A collapse will always come
2. All things change in a collapse
3. Beware the ground on loose rock. Beware hale strangers in a Collapse. Beware sudden silence.
4. Always remember what you are to yourself, & what you are to others.
5. The shake that passes will echo. The wave that recedes will come back. The mountain that rumbles will roar.
6. Breathe not the fine ashfall (PM2.5). Drink not the red water. Walk not upon warm soil.
7. Honor in safety. Survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.
8. The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more.
9. Honesty is risk. Duplicity is more dangerous. Vigilance is wisdom.
10. The stone that stands alone becomes furniture. The stone packed too tightly asphyxiates.
11. There is no mind without a body. There is no body without a mind. Both may fail.
12. Joy is a worthy aspiration. Surviving collapse is superordinate.
13. Those who seek mastery of & subjugation in any endeavor, but especially in matters of the Earth, are best observed warily from afar.
14. All humans are human. All humans are animal. All humans are of the Earth.

Earlier this month the XFL variant was defined, setting a new benchmark in SARS-CoV-2 evolution: a "quadruple-recombinant", meaning it’s evolutionary arc includes 3 recombinant ancestors.

It’s a stark example of how we are giving this virus every possible opportunity to evolve.

This diagram summarizes it’s evolutionary journey, which includes 3 ancestor recombinants and several other sub-lineages before XEC.18 and XEU recombined to form XFL.

#COVID19 #XFL
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