Help me out here - What’s the word for creating a buzz about something minor to DISTRACT us from the real issues?
✈️ #ClimateChange - turbulence, extreme weather
✈️ #Covid - brain fog/stroke/heart attacks in pilots, mechanics, air traffic control
(not rhetorical- really looking for the term)
#Samara #SamaraClimate #SamaraSARS
USDA Grants More Than $70 Million to Protect Crops, Natural Resources
Thank you! -for KEEPING US FED & safeguarding our resources & cherished WILDLANDS
#ClimateChange #Bees #collapse
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-grants-more-70-million-protect-crops-natural-resources https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/059916d6d06c29299fd41ec9349d2759732ab2c982f578681642b3e315964901.webp
“USDA has maintained the option to deploy vaccines in poultry, if needed”
Yes, it’s NEEDED! Please deploy. Do we have to beg?
#H5N1
Merriam-Webster Dictionaries (American) #2024 Word Of The Year:
POLARIZATION
Just in: Bad news about a Texas strain of #BirdFlu: H5N1 is mutating. It’s more capable of causing disease. And it replicates better in the #brain.
Good news: approved antivirals are still effective
https://www.txbiomed.org/news-press/news/bird-flu-is-mutating-but-antivirals-still-work/
In the News:
#Norovirus Rampant, worse than seen before
What you need to know:
In addition to being contact, food, & water-borne, it’s also #airborne. So if you want to SKIP THE VOMIT, you’ll need donn that #N95 respirator mask - in addition to washing your hands and avoiding contaminated foods.
The kicker:
If you’ve had covid, your immune system won’t be able to fight off norovirus like it did before. You are now more susceptible to any type of infection.
It’s been a rough start to 2025, hasn’t it? Take care out there!
#News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norovirus-wave-twice-last-year-cdc-data/
#ItsAirborne https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/1/151
#Covid Immune System Damage: https://time.com/6306361/covid-19-immune-system/
#Samara #SamaraVirus #SamaraSARS https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/dbab9b47e4878f15a25ff9e5ae5fdf9dce55b8293568f4f48246077578d1a44c.webp
Experts call for more surveillance of #H5N1 in domestic #cats
Cats have been dying from both bird & cow clades of avian #influenza. Could they be a reservoir for virus evolution & transmission to mammals?
AVMA advises #N95 PPE to prevent spreading #HPAI; cat mortality rate is up to 67%
#Samara #SamaraCat #SamaraVirus
Eureka! Found the perfect article for the “so-called #LongCOVID” denier in your life. Very approachable language, featuring the best in offensive catchphrases.
“Disability claims skyrocket, raising new PUZZLE alongside “excess mortality’”
“Along with a BAFFLING rise in POST-PANDEMIC mortality rates that has INSURERS STYMIED, the number of Americans claiming disabilities has skyrocketed since 2020, adding another puzzling factor that could impact CORPORATE BOTTOM LINE”
“While #REMOTEWORK work reduced some risks, it INCREASED SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR and musculoskeletal issues”
💭 There’s some great information hidden in this insurancenews.net article, so, I actually think this would be a brilliant share - especially with those who’ve “moved on from #covid” but find that their bodies haven’t.
“awareness of the importance of disability coverage may rise, creating opportunities for insurers to expand their customer base…
Such gains and opportunities could, however, be offset by a boost in #disability and long-term claims, raising insurers’ liabilities, experts say, as well as a need to increase reserves in anticipation of payouts.”
#Samara #SamaraSARS
Breaking: Mysterious Illness Claims Another Life In Rajouri, India
Health experts struggle for answers today, after declaring the outbreak under control a month ago
Neurodevelopmental delay
in #children exposed to maternal
#SARS‑CoV‑2 in‑utero
Children
exposed to COVID-19 while in the womb have a tenfold higher frequency of developmental delays, esp. in early language development, vs those not exposed
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61918-2.pdf https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/e4ca7fd5956b195de9b34e6a27ca1c18c1379256542278f50f4c0db59b88a7c9.webp
Washington Department of Agriculture warns of avian #flu risk in #cats
Watch for neurological symptoms, lethargy. Animal clinics advised to N95 per CDC.
What's causing #BirdFlu to surge? Probably #ClimateChange, experts say
The current bird flu panzootic {a pandemic in animals} has spilled over to an unprecedented number of animals across the world
How America lost control of the #BirdFlu, setting the stage for another #pandemic
Virologist: “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed”
Marked neurotropism and potential adaptation of #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus in naturally infected domestic #cats
New study: The dairy cattle-strain of #BirdFlu has evolved to better infect cat brains. Cow➡️bird➡️cat transmission is suspected in the group of dead stray cats that were investigated.
The experts who published this research are concerned that surviving cats may pose an infection risk to humans. Cats may serve as another mammalian host species that can be a reservoir of bird flu. Further evolution and possible reassortment between cow and bird clades of H5N1 within cat populations is a real possibility. Pet cats may become a source of infection to their humans and veterinarians.
Indoor cats are still at risk of contracting #HPAI even though they’re not wandering outside hunting. Housecats will eat household mice and rats, and they are at risk of exposure at the veterinary office. The #CDC has warned veterinarians and animal clinic staff that they may be vectors of disease between their patients. They are advised to wear #N95 respirators and follow standard airborne and fomite infection prevention protocols.
Ask your veterinarian to wear an N95 / FFP2 respirator. For the sake of your pet.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2024.2440498
Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working #memory
Another study linking #covid to cognitive impairment dropped today. This concept is no longer controversial - #WearARespirator #N95
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85919-x https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/54db02ef7ea76e83b8412c7fee9dc9fec1f995ef1ecf98a27dd7c3073e50c80b.webp
The Kids Are Not Alright
Covid Damages the Immune System
that’s why they’re sick all the time
#weararespirator #N95
#cleanschoolair #AirQuality
#Samara #SamaraSARS
https://www.surreynowleader.com/opinion/analysis-why-are-bc-kids-sick-all-the-time-health-experts-explain-7752521 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/93874b69f5f08520fd1dc36a8b6b90c0d43962848cff195b57a21a4727f21117.webp
#CDC did something AWESOME! Along with the USDA & Dept of Interior, released the 1st-ever
“National One Health Framework to Address #Zoonotic Diseases & Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States”
- for health threats people & animals SHARE, including #covid19, #mpox #AvianFlu, and #Ebola
High Marks, Center for Disease Control! Earning your namesake this week 🏆
#Samara #SamaraSARS #SamaraVirus
https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/media/pdfs/2025/01/354391-A-NOHF-ZOONOSES-508_FINAL.pdf
#Covid Harms Babies
During last year’s “respiratory virus season,” infants were hospitalized more than any other age group
SARS2 even harms #babies in utero
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-26/covid-may-have-led-to-autism-and-developmental-delays-in-babies-study-shows https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/2129981bda0476c452d495faa07f6e039233715eee92cd436db6cdb62d606828/2846939be30d0651cd82548032331e950026671a2c0c182906d826ce8cad0050.webp
DeSantis appointee to university board says women should become mothers, not pursue higher education
Dear folks in #LAfires -
Well-sealed #N95 respirators can protect you from:
Fire #Smoke
#Influenza
#BirdFlu
#Covid
Upgrade to P100 if possible - for aerosolized chemicals.
How N95s work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJpvdZXxcs