4/ #Latina #BlackLivesMatter#LongCovid
"Maternal death rate for Black (not Hispanic or Latina) women was 44 per 100k live births in 2019 but increased👉 to 55.3 in 2020 &👉 68.9 in 2021. White (not Hispanic or Latina) women's rates were 17.9, 19.1 & 26.1, respectively."
Chances of a stillborn fetus double in unvaccinated pregnant women. Yet many are still being told not to get vaccinated.
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2/👉A ZJ is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Joules of energy)
For comparison-the annual energy consumption for the U.S. is approximately 0.1 ZJ 👀‼️
And w/associated expansion of the oceans & melting of land-based ice, sea levels are rising relentlessly. MORE
3/A warmer ocean brings tremendous consequences-just sea life, weather patterns across the planet & the food chain—more intense storms, deadly rainfall, flooding, more powerful typhoons & hurricanes-parts of the planet will become drier, w/more heat waves & droughts. MORE
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Researchers observed microbial communities are vastly different between different types of indoor environments such as schools,houses & hospitals-even different rooms w/in same building (e.g.bedroom vs bathroom) exhibit distinct microbiomes. 👀 WOW‼️
2/“We have identified the following 8 major categories of sources of airborne bacteria,viruses & fungi in the built environment: humans; pets; plants; plumbing systems; heating, ventilation & A/C systems; mold; dust resuspension; the outdoor environment…”
3/…found virus-like & bacteria-like particle concentrations of ~105 &~106 particles m−3 in various indoor environments & outdoor air, respectively… measured an average viable airborne fungi concentration of 80 colony-forming units (CFU) m-3 in samples collected from MORE
Via @DanielGriffinMD CT Children's Med Ctr confirms considering [bringing in] Nat’l Guard & FEMA as it explores possibility of setting up tent on hospital lawn. @LauraMiers
Over 70% of US pediatric hospital beds full amid surge of respiratory illnesses goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story…
3/@pen_is_mighty@noondlyt@pewtergod
While the hospital currently has 1-3 children admitted w/C19, there are👉30 admitted w/RSV-
"…the biggest concern…is the uncertainty of when the RSV surge will peak & what will happen w/influenza, as it has started to circulate in the area.
1/“More than 300 outbreaks have been reported in UK seabird colonies & dozens of coastal sites have closed to the public. The Farne Islands are home to 200,000 seabirds, including Arctic terns, Atlantic puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes & razorbills MORE
This is a novel virus. Although it shares certain taxonomic similarities with MORE
@TGer66@EricTopol@GretchenVogel@NewsfromScience@K_G_Andersen@Tuliodna@linfa_wang 2/ coronavirus “colds” and SARS1, it has enough differences that we have little defenses against it. SARSCoV (SARS1) didn’t become contagious until people were pretty sick & in the hospital. So most transmission was to HCWs-known as nosocomial transmission. So it was easily MORE
@TGer66@EricTopol@GretchenVogel@NewsfromScience@K_G_Andersen@Tuliodna@linfa_wang 3/defeated. The longer period of viral replication (incubation period) of at least the initial SARSCoV2 variants + high # of asymptomatics meant it could rapidly spread in the community. As it initially infects the respiratory system it was thought to be influenza MORE