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joabbess @joabbess.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Hello Blueskies, I don't have the time or patience or studio equipment to record an educational presentation. Is there somebody in here who could help me set up a lip-syncing avatar to perform my role from a script for streaming ? Without needing to take a bank loan.

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joabbess @joabbess.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Provocative action ? Agent provocateur ?

Headline from The Guardian newspaper "North Sea collision: Russian container ship captain charged with manslaughter". Russian ?

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joabbess @joabbess.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hey @1goodtern.bsky.social How is the "respiratory season" going ? An increasing number of radio and television presenters are breathless and hoarse, and MPs are clearly suffering with cold-like symptoms. Anecdata coming from schools, too.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Here are some nice mushrooms

A rosette of orange and green Stereum ostrea mushrooms growing on the broken end of a tree branch nestled under fallen autumn leaves

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💥 The Maverick Mind 💥 @themaverickmind.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

CANADIAN Version of this series would have been boring. Man gets cancer... Man goes to Dr. because they have universal healthcare. The End.

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joabbess @joabbess.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr9J...

A backpack recovered near a PLAYGROUND contents MONOPOLY MONEY...

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God @thegodshow.com · 08/12/2024

Thanks to all the atheists out there just doing the right thing without me threatening you with fire and brimstone.

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joabbess @joabbess.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Involved in family care of elders today. God TV is on. The preacher is praying for healing for people. Suddenly I have insight. Many ordinary Americans are thrown on the mercy of Jesus, because they can't afford healthcare. Let's get back to the communal welfare of the Acts of the Apostles.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

And exactly how many times lower would it have to be to get R<1… Clue. Not 9 times.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/12/2024

New modeling study finds that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks from the start of the pandemic, the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have been 9 times lower.

What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer
Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly.

What would have happened if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn high-grade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? A modelling study1 has estimated just how sharply transmission might have dropped.

Determining the effect of masks on viral transmission is difficult, and most studies so far have been affected by limitations such as small sample sizes. To overcome this issue, Richard Sear at the University of Surrey, UK, developed a model of transmission using data from the UK National Health Service COVID-19 app. The app, which ran on mobile phones between 2020 and 2023, logged information about infections and the length of time users came into contact with each other.

Sear built on a previously published analysis2 of 240,000 positive COVID-19 tests and 7 million contacts — instances in which app users were notified that they had been exposed to the virus. He estimated that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks — both highly effective at filtering particles — the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have dropped by a factor of 9.

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Save Our Democracy @saveourdemocracy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I started wearing a mask about a month before most of the population of the United States even knew the covid was coming. A P100 mask. I have not had any problems since, and I have not even caught a small cold! It's simple common sense! Works wonders. The next thing, get ready for the bird flu.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Just because a bunch of professors at Stanford say COVID’s no big deal doesn’t make it true. You know this. You know someone who’s died from covid. You know someone with long covid. You’ve probably had covid several times yourself. They are spreading misinformation because it fits their ideology.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 06/12/2024

Declaring martial law to force myself to go to bed

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LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 1888, a course at MIT taught how to use CO2 measurements to determine whether a building was properly ventilated. The CO2 thresholds recommended in 1888 are exactly those used in 2024 by a large number of official agencies: 600, 800, 1000 and 1500ppm. Public health is also a matter for engineers.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It’s alarming to think #H5N1 is just one mutation away from human-to-human transmission. If we had acted decisively when it first emerged in March, we wouldn’t be playing Russian Roulette with this threat now. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors

In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

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Sue @inkblue01.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Even if you believe that Long Covid is caused by viral fragments and not replicating virus. Do you really think reinfection is going to improve that outcome? Why not fight for better vaccines to target these stubborn antigens.

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Kat @kittywifclaws.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Good morning to all the kind smart people in my phone. Yes, you with the bed hair and not enough caffeine. Especially you.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I asked my aunt, the doctor, to help me make sense of the new article in Science titled: “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors,” and my aunt replied: “it means that we are a single mutation away from catastrophe.”

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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Q: What's worse than having a quad-demic? A: Having a quad-demic straight after a large wave of Covid infections that have damaged people's immune systems.

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Dave Cactus @davecactus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

WAITRESS: Would you like to try a quesadilla? ME: I can barely eat one dilla, let alone a whole case.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Getting More Dangerous time.com/7200088/can-...

time.com

Bird Flu Is Becoming a Bigger Threat

It's one mutation away from getting more dangerous to humans.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Before 2020, I was sick pretty often and it was a really big obstacle for me academically. Now several years wiser, I'm teaching classes of >80 undergrads and not even catching a sniffle all term. Getting sick this much less this easily has been a huge quality of life upgrade; I highly recommend it!

A smiling selfie in front of a poster of minerals, wearing a black KN95 mask.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This veteran 🇿🇦 human rights activist is still very much alive—and very much an activist—in spite of being HIV positive for decades. youtu.be/rWVK7ReNnsY?...

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Zackie Achmat, 2024 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

YouTube video by CDCFoundation

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 2003, the New Yorker called the co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign, Zackie Achmat, “the most important dissident in the country since Nelson Mandela”.

A young Zackie Achmat wearing an HIV positive t-shirt, smiling and waving his arms. He is a brown skinned Cape Malay man with black haur. With him is Nelson Mandela also wearing a similar shirt, waving his arms. Nelson Mandela has a similar skin colour and grey hair. They are with a crowd.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This is what we need now: we need a Treatment Action Campaign in every country—for #LongCovid. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This is what's happening now. This is why so many people, children and adults, are falling ill with so many things. There's an airborne virus causing an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Old wisdom about healthy lifestyles isn't enough to address the seriousness of this immunity-ravaging disease. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Many governments, including your own, are in denial about what's needed. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The virus that causes it is airborne.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

But then at the end of 2019 came a new sickness that harms the immune system. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Pneumonia and other illnesses have always been around, but there weren't sooo many sick people. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Now, back to the situation in the UK in 2024. bsky.app/profile/alph...

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 2023, South Africa had an estimated 427 new TB cases per 100,000 people. South Africa is on the WHO's lists of 30 high burden countries for TB, HIV-associated TB, and drug-resistant TB.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Today, in spite of the improvements, tuberculosis remains the number one killer disease in South Africa, and for many people it persists because they have AIDS.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

That Health Minister eventually died and the President was also eventually fired, and after that, the government's AIDS policy began to improve.

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang wearing a braided fringe and looking pouty.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

An activist campaign, the Treatment Action Campaign, rose up and demanded antiretroviral treatment and a sensible approach to preventing and managing HIV/AIDS.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Many people threw caution to the wind, and masses of people became ill with diseases such as tuberculosis, and their immune system couldn't cope. So even if they recovered a little for short periods, they got progressively weaker and died.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Our Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, said the best approach to the disease was just building your immune system through a "healthy lifestyle" with natural foods like beetroot. Our President went along with it.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Many people were in denial about the seriousness of this illness and who it affected. The government was in denial.

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Tania Melnyczuk @alphabetania.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

But they weren't better. The illness harmed their immune system and made them vulnerable to other infections. The virus is called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and the disease is called AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome).

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