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#Covid on rise as experts say England has 'capitulated’ to the virus
#Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread #vaccine booster rollout as new variant, #XEC, emerges
Prof Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London, said those working in the field were perplexed by the current attitude to the battle against Covid, as the latest figures showed an increase in hospital admissions
#Pandemic #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #death #healthcare
Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus
Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, XEC, emergesNicola Davis (The Guardian)
Despite Persistent Warnings, #Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From #Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
The decision to buck federal #government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were #children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, #doctors say.
#News #Healthcare #Health #ACA #Covid #Pandemic #Insurance #PublicHealth
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences
Texas Ignored Medicaid Enrollment Guidance and Warnings, Records Show
The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, doctors say.ProPublica
When "pandemic fatigue" (see also: the bystander effect) results in outcomes that can accurately be described as eugenics -- no matter how passive the form -- then succumbing to pandemic fatigue is succumbing to eugenics
Someone who doesn't intend to be a eugenicist can nevertheless express eugenic behavior by failing to resolve the cognitive dissonance of knowing better but failing to act accordingly
Ultimately, if someone's belief in harm reduction stops at their comfort zone, that's just a belief in making themself feel better
#covid #covid19 #pandemic #PublicHealth #eugenics #CovidIsNotOver
How to be an Effective Advocate for a Disabled Patient
Disabled patients are rightfully terrified of being hospitalized. We are stripped of our agency and control in a hospital environment. Having an effective advocate can vastly improve the experience.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
If you don’t understand why disabled people are screaming about ableism, eugenics and mask bans … please read.
We’ve gone from protect the vulnerable, to stay home forever, to let them fall by the wayside … to making us criminals for wearing a medical device. We are NOT ok .
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/we-are-witnessing-real-time-eugenics
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans #bullying #CleanAirClassrooms #UglyLaws
We Are Witnessing Real Time Eugenics... and People Don't Seem to Care.
Mask bans and revocation of medical exemptions have been all over social media this week - and anti-maskers are reacting with glee. They are celebrating disabled people losing a tool for protection.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19
VIENNA (AP) — A woman in Austria was found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media.thecanadianpressnews.ca
Flere unge døde av sykdom: Forskere slår alarm
Sykdom tok uvanlig mange unge menneskeliv i fjor. Forskere frykter at senfølger av covid-19 er årsaken.Jan-Erik Wilthil (NRK)
Tess Finch-Lees: If parents don’t fight to protect children from Covid in schools, nobody else will
“It’s not your fault,” I told 16-year-old Cara, whose mother died of a SARS-CoV-2 infection she gave her.Tess Finch-Lees (Irish Independent)
#Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an #Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided
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#NewYork Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minimal services, if any” for years, including at the height of the #coronavirus #pandemic.
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Judge Orders Guardian to Return Thousands to Elderly Woman For Services It Never Provided
New York Guardianship Services had billed Judith Zbiegniewicz $450 a month for court-ordered care, but a judge found the company provided “minimal services, if any” for years, including at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.ProPublica
During Antitrust Trial, Exec Admits Kroger Jacked Up Milk and Egg Prices Above Inflation
"The thing is, execs all over the economy were saying this stuff on their earning calls back in 2021," said one progressive economist. "This was not a secret."jake-johnson (Common Dreams)