Notices by Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (luckytran@med-mastodon.com), page 6

Australia just recorded temperatures of 41.6 degrees C (106.9 degrees F)…. in the middle of WINTER.

NEWS: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just sent a letter to Congress revealing that the Biden Administration repeatedly pressured his teams to censor certain COVID-19 content.

"I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/business/mark-zuckerberg-meta-biden-censor-covid-2021/index.html

With news Meta was reluctant to remove COVID misinformation on its platforms in 2021, it's critical to remember that they also did the opposite when Threads launched, and were overzealous in suppressing all COVID information, even from reliable sources. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/

"If the pandemic began with messages of solidarity, it rapidly devolved into reassurances that only the truly vulnerable would experience COVID’s greatest harms. In the shadow of that predatory view of human life, the population of the vulnerable has only expanded. Reinfection raises the risk of finding out how vulnerable you and those around you are, too."

Great opinion piece in the @globeandmail!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-do-we-have-to-keep-getting-covid/

With lots of reports of COVID positives after the DNC convention, worth examining what COVID policies they had in place.

There was no warning about high COVID levels, no asking attendees to test, no providing high quality masks, or even encouraging people to wear them.

The only COVID policy the DNC had was "masks will be allowed if necessary due to a disability."

Source: https://demconvention.com/faqs/

The positive tests from DNC attendees are rolling in.

The "surprise" guest was COVID.

Psst liberals: Pretending that COVID is over is as anti-science as pretending that COVID never existed.

You can now schedule your updated COVID-19 vaccinations at some pharmacies.

CVS: https://www.cvs.com/scheduling/patient-lookup?lob=rximz&flow=vaccine&icid=cvs-home-s1-l1-vaccinations

Walgreens: http://walgreens.com/findcare/schedule-vaccine

If you need to get an appointment before the end of August to use the CDC Bridge Program, some people are having luck at CVS.

Did you know that one of the most effective ways to get people to take action on climate change is to talk about your health?

I made a video about how climate change is making us sicker, and how we can save millions of lives by making polluters pay.

https://youtu.be/ARv-jM5-Gf4

You will be able to order your free COVID tests from COVIDtests.gov in late September.

GOOD NEWS: The US government has announced that it will again offer free at-home Covid tests starting in late September.

You will be able to get 4 more free test kits sent through the mail.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/covid-tests-us-will-offer-free-at-home-kits-starting-late-september.html

BREAKING: Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County.

They are seeking a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of the mask ban in Nassau County.

Link to lawsuit: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i76648z1800hwx0akzui6/1-Class-Complaint.pdf

We are finally getting updated COVID vaccines.

But the CDC's Bridge Access Program, which provides COVID vaccines for free to people who are underinsured, is ending this month.

What is the point of having public health tools if the people who need them most can't access them?

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html

The FDA just approved the updated COVID-19 vaccines, as we reach the peak of the summer COVID surge.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-and-authorizes-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently

"Although the Nassau mask ban contains provisions for people who mask for medical reasons it is up to the police to determine whether someone has a medical reason for masking if they are out in public. This means that enforcing the ban is subjective and will disproportionally impact Black people and people of color, who are more likely to be stopped by police and are also more likely to wear masks to prevent Covid."

Great op-ed in STAT by Kaitlin Costello

https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/20/mask-bans-nassau-county-north-carolina-new-york-disabled-rights/

"40% of nurses reported that they have had Covid-19 themselves this summer.

Of those, 21% said they had attended work while infected with the virus."

It's malpractice that hospitals aren't requiring masks and giving workers adequate paid sick leave.

https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-nurses-concerned-amid-summer-upsurge-16-08-2024/

Nassau County, NY just passed a mask ban and now residents say they are going to take pictures of anyone wearing a mask and send them to police.

This is why we need to stop any kind of mask ban legislation. They empower vigilantes to harass and surveil people wearing masks for health reasons.

Source: https://archive.ph/1R6Pm

Democrats at the DNC convention keep claiming “COVID no longer controls our lives.”

What scientists say: The global incidence of Long COVID is ~400 million individuals, which is estimated to have an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion.

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6

#DNCConvention2024

The FDA looks likely to approve updated COVID vaccines this week, just as we hit the peak of one of the largest summer surges of the pandemic.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/health/fda-updated-covid-19-vaccines/index.html

Studies show people of color are far more likely to take COVID precautions like wearing a mask. Any mask ban therefore disproportionately targets and criminalizes people of color.

Source: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-september-2023/