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Boldly going! 🚀 Digital storyteller, strategist, sustainable traveler, writer, sports fan, science nerd, progressive, climate advocate, Clean Air Brigade.
Apr 23 4 tweets 1 min read
C0VlD is currently at its lowest transmission levels in the U.S. in over a year.

STILL…

In a space with 30 people, there’s a 1-in-5 chance someone is actively infectious with C0VlD right now.

We can do better than this. With sensible & cost effective measures, we could get transmission down to less than 100 copies/mL in wastewater locally & nationwide (and *sustain* it).

That would make essential spaces like public transit, medical facilities & others safer for all, especially the vulnerable. Biobot COVID levels showing 255 copies/mL for April 20, 2024.
Mar 5 10 tweets 2 min read
Actually, it is illegal for the CDC to tell you to “return to normal activities” while infected with a deadly communicable disease.

Very illegal. Specifically, it is a direct violation of the Public Health Service Act, a federal law which mandates HHS public health agencies’ “responsibility for preventing, transmission and spread of communicable diseases”.