#Pandemic

Why are so many Gen Zers depressed?Thread I recently came across a study from the American Psychological Association that showed that more than 7 in 10 Gen-Zers report symptoms of
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Absolutely essential reading from @edyong209in @TheAtlantic on the covid pandemic. This last line is especially important for #energytwitter since it draws a perfect parallel with the #climatecrisis (1/7, soapbox incoming)https://www.theatl
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Also we stopped walking during the pandemic allowing lower back muscles to atrophy. My back pain was drastically reduced when I made a point of walking more. The first couple
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every day I think about how if how if the federal government had wanted to keep the COVID-19 pandemic from being a catastrophe, we'd have done all the things we
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It’s confusing to me that any country/state would act surprised that reopening their economy would do anything besides lead to an uptick in COVID cases. There is no “middle” of
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Dear #Pdx #media, use the context of the moment you're reporting on. Broken glass is not "really bad" compared to the injustice that people are crying out about tonight. Talk
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1/ To really understand how thoroughly our politicians, PUBLIC HEALTH and media (esp in Massachusetts) have failed our children, look no further than this article. Not ONE of these kids
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Important to remember that deaths ascribed to Covid-19 are not the only deaths induced by the pandemic, due to differential cause of death, who is counted, indirect effects on treatment
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As government blames students for a spike in coronovirus cases and a second wave that was actually well in its ascendancy before students headed off to university for the new
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1. This only people that make the pandemic political are the @KLoeffler's of the world, when they decided to turn a straight-forward public health emergency into a wedge issue, and
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30th Jan: India had the first case of COVID 1931st Jan: Commerce Ministry Bans Export of PPEs, masks, Ventilators & other medical equipmentFeb 8th & Feb 25th: Surprisingly, in a
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@CFPB just issued a research report on COVID-19’s impact on consumers’ credit reports. Finally! Finds that delinquencies did not increase during March thru June. No shock, credit bureaus have put
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Interesting read... (interview with Peter Tsai):"The man who made N95 masks so effective had been retired for over two years when the pandemic struck. But the inventor didn't think twice
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Not to be a killjoy, but to be a killjoy:There's been good HIV meds for 25 yrs. Yet, the better part of a million (mostly nonwhite) ppl still die of
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.@AstraZeneca and @UniofOxford announced yesterday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine is 70% effective, and has the highest projected production capacity worldwide. This is great news. But... THREAD1/7 While @AstraZeneca has
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Y'all, PLEASE call the Oakland County DA: 248-858-0656. Press ZERO and ask why the (dis)Honorable Mary Ellen Brennan decided that it was appropriate to lock up Little Sis. I just
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