7/ Thank you @LoriTFreeman & @NACCHOalerts for protecting the public health workers who protect & serve all of us.
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8/ Lori Freeman, Theresa Anselmo & Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 joined me on Epidemic.fm to discuss the attacks public health workers have weathered over the pandemic:
2/ - China & others could take advantage of rising seas & melting glaciers
- drought & other extreme weather can spark conflicts and forced displacement—countries like China & Russia are poised to take advantage
3/ 11 countries in that category of acute risk: Afghanistan, Colombia*, Guatemala*, Haiti*, Honduras*, India, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Nicaragua* & Pakistan.
Powell was 84 and had multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, and Parkinson's disease.
2/ 45% of people with active multiple myeloma developed an adequate response to the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines in this study: nature.com/articles/s4137…
That means that more than half of people with multiple myeloma who were vaccinated did not respond to vaccination.
3/ To protect people who are too young to be vaccinated, elderly & immunocompromised, it is essential that everyone around them ALSO be vaccinated & take reasonable precautions (masking, testing, etc).
People in civilized societies look out for one another.
2/ A recent @ASCETweets report on the state of our schools found:
- 53% of public schools need to update or replace building systems
- 41% report problems with their HVAC
- 1/3 use portable buildings infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/schoo…
3/ Over the past year, Congress has passed multiple bills making up to $170B available for improvements in school infrastructure, including measures to improve indoor air quality.
More funding will also be available through the infrastructure and budget reconciliation bills.