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Op-Ed: Polio is back — aided by global health failures that spread COVID and monkeypox (via @latimesopinion) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Self-described militia members are being praised by local law enforcement for assisting evacuees of the California Oak fire, but these groups often "help" while promoting right-wing extremist ideologies, anti-government sentiment and conspiracy theories. latimes.com/california/sto…

20 GOP-led states are suing the USDA over a rule from the agency that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ students in free school lunch programs. The AGs argue schools have the right to deny queer and trans kids lunch money. nbcdfw.com/news/local/tex…

Anyone who thinks BA.5 is just another variant isn't paying attention >200,000 new cases yesterday. Vertical.

MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem" REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment! Here's what you need to know:

Monkeypox is not a “sexually transmitted infection”. It’s transmitted via close contact, of which sex is only one type. Yes, it is primarily affecting men who have sex with men right now, but men who have sex with men also have friends and family and neighbors and children.

Between COVID round-who-even-knows and monkeypox...buckle up, parents. It's going to be one heck of a back-to-school.

this monkeypox breakout is going to be very ugly when it "suddenly" explodes into the general population. the messaging around it currently is horrendously irresponsible. painting it as an sti that affects queer men is going to lead some very dark places that we have seen before.

The herd immunity people were wrong, the urgency of normal people were wrong, the vaccine-only people were wrong... let's cut the nonsense, we need updated vaccines, ventilation, filtration, high-quality masks, and ubiquitous testing. #vaccineplus

Something important just happened. People illegally caged pretrial in Prince George's County, MD risked retaliation & *sued* the jail where they're *currently jailed.* The lawsuit is powerful. One of clearest I've read. Reads like a Twitter thread. I've posted it for you below.

I was a healthy cardiologist and marathon runner. Now, I have organ damage and I’m on two medications to thin my blood. Let’s call #LongCovid like it is. A condition with potential to cause a vasculopathy and clotting state that will lead to unprecedented medical complications.

[1/2]Good article featuring the ever thoughtful @linseymarr. Loading and unloading are riskiest times, so if you are an effort optimizer this is place to make sure your N95/FFP2/KF94/KN95 is well fitted. Another spot that is risky is bus ride on tarmac to and from gate.

Even if COVID disappeared tomorrow, there are many people I no longer trust because they stopped caring about the collective. The virus is awful but it’s the lack of empathy & humanity we showed each other that gave it room to destroy so much more.#bringbackpublichealth #SARSCoV2

This is a small practice. Payroll was 2x leading up to the big under-5s event, and 1.5x with ongoing huge demand for vaccines. I can't afford to keep vaccinating at this scale if insurance companies aren't going to pay.

@RegenceWA denied all our immunization claims saying that the code wasn't valid on the date of service. @WADeptHealth it's going to be hard to increase capacity for pediatric vaccination when payers are acting the fool.

@RebbeSMZ I resent having to change trains in Cleveland.

Good God. It’s 2022. OVER 70% of Americans support marriage equality. Yet, 157 unabashedly bigoted Republicans voted against two consenting adults being able to get married regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin. But yeah, the preach to us about “family values”.

Students in 6th to 12th grade in the Dallas Independent School District, the second largest in Texas, will now be required to use see-through backpacks. It’s not the backpacks. It’s the guns. thehill.com/homenews/state…