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#4 – Compartmentalization – Holding two conflicting ideas or behaviors, such as caution and incaution, rather than dealing with the anxiety evoked by considering the incautious behaviors more deeply (hypocrisy) Hospitals and clinicians claim to value health/safety but then don’t require universal precautions Public health officials claim to value evidence but then give non-evidence based advice (handwashing over masking), obscure or use low-value data over high-quality data (self-reported case counts over wastewater), etc. Getting a flu vaccine but not a Covid vaccine Interviewing long Covid experts who recommend masking in indoor public spaces but then going to Applebee’s Masking in one potentially risky setting (grocery store) but not masking in another similar or more-risky setting (classroom) Infectious disease conference where people are unmasked Long Covid and other patient-advocacy meetings where only half the people mask In-person only EDI events Not testing because it’s just family Mask breaks

Join us tomorrow for a special WHN Town Hall featuring Eric Feigl-Ding and Barry Hunt as they discuss current public health developments, ongoing global risks, and the importance of prevention in 2026. 📅 Tuesday, May 12 ⏰ 12–1 PM EDT Register for the Zoom Town Hall here: necsi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Hantavirus #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #GlobalHealth

Mehrere hundert Menschen heute in #München bei der #LiegendDemo, deren Trauergang jetzt gerade vom Sendlinger Tor zum Stachus zieht, um bessere medizinische Versorgung für #MECFS-Patient:innen und mehr Geld für die Erforschung der myalgischen Enzephalomyelitis zu fordern.