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@meetjess.bsky.social
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Lover of all animals. Nature admirer. Elderly advocate. Bookworm. Sarcastic & compassionate. Music lover. Fierce Mama bear. #WeNotMe #COVIDISAIRBORNE

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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton has died people.com/dolly-parton...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80, Just 4 Days After Saying, ‘I Still Have so Many Things I Want to Achieve’
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. The country music legend was known for songs including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5.” She also starred in movies like ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘T...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In case anyone missed my post, If you need to stock up on readimasks, you can use the code MeetJess20 for 20% off !! If you haven’t tried these masks yet, I love them. readimask.com
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ReadiMask is the only strapless N95 respirator with a perfect seal to keep you and yours safe. MRI Safe.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I genuinely LOVE my Readimasks and use them for things like scans, the dentist, and my hair appointments. They make these situations so much easier for me💛 If you’ve been meaning to try them, or already do, use MeetJess20 for 20% off! (I earn a small commission from sales) readimask.com
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ReadiMask
ReadiMask is the only strapless N95 respirator with a perfect seal to keep you and yours safe. MRI Safe.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Parents spent years begging for cleaner air, safer schools, & basic protections. They were told children would be fine. Systems are scrambling over hantavirus exposure in kids. The message feels painfully clear Children were always worth protecting. Society just chose not to
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Met Gala 2026: Cardi B Has Fever, Reveals She's Sick "You wanna know a secret?" Cardi told reporters outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “I'm actually sick and I have a fever." Of course .. nothing says high fashion like viral transmission … www.eonline.com/news/1431643...
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Cardi B Went to Met Gala 2026 With a Fever
Cardi B put on a brave face while attending the Met Gala 2026 in NYC on May 4, revealing on the red carpet that she's actually under the weather and battling a cold on fashion's biggest night.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I had to spend an afternoon at the children’s hospital A little boy, IV in hand, walking out of oncology in an N95. His parents behind him, unmasked. Something about that moment I can’t shake—the smallest person in the room holding the most responsibility for his own safety.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Looking to connect with a Canadian health reporter. Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12. This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Let’s stop pretending this is just about “comfort” or “personal choice.” Masks aren’t about fear. They’re about duty of care. They’re about science. They’re about respect for life.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Living in 2025 is just scrolling through apocalyptic headlines in between emails that say “hope this finds you well.”
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Self-care is hard when the world is in collapse and your brain is like “should we spiral or just doomscroll with snacks?”
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
To the mothers who are no longer with us, the soon-to-be mothers, the mothers with babies up in heaven, the step-moms, the chosen moms, the moms who adopt, who foster, who surrogate, the women yearning to be moms, the women in mother roles, even the fur moms Happy Mother’s Day 💝
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about the moms who’ve carried more than most people will ever understand 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Measles. Is. Back. A disease we had basically eradicated in the U.S. is now spreading in schools, hospitals, and communities. Why? Because misinformation kills. 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
We’re not “hanging on by a thread.” We’re hanging on by a nerve. Exposed. Raw. Snapping under the weight of a world that’s pretending it isn’t dying 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
It’s exhausting, being the strong one. The one who still cares. Still masks. Still warns. Still grieves. But hear this: You’re not alone. There’s an invisible army of the aware. Quiet, compassionate, masked-up warriors choosing truth over convenience
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
🧵 A Day in the Life (The Parent Who Knows the Pandemic Never Ended). Voiceover.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Repeat COVID Infections & Dementia A time bomb no one wants to talk about 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Trying your best as a parent in a world like this is like walking a tightrope with no safety net. You love them so fiercely, but the world is a storm, & no matter how hard you try to shield them, it’s still coming for them. But you keep going. You keep trying. It’s all you can do
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Fascism doesn’t win by convincing everyone. It wins by exhausting you. By making decency seem radical. By making resistance seem futile. By normalizing the absurd until you forget how bad it really is. Fascism has no place in a just world. Not now. Not ever.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Your immune system isn't a Tamagotchi that dies if you don't play with it. "Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy. Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sending kids into poorly ventilated schools and acting shocked when they get sick is like tossing them in a pool and being surprised they’re wet.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Every year, tens of thousands of people go to the hospital for help — and end up catching infections that cost them their lives. We have the tools that could stop so much of that pain and loss. It's time to talk about why we need permanent mask mandates in healthcare 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
2025 is basically a zombie apocalypse, but the zombies are us, and instead of brains, we’re after the last bit of sanity. #EndOfTheWorldIsNow #StayWeird
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis dies aged 88 His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
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Pope Francis dies aged 88
World leaders pay tribute to the Pope as a
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy Easter from those of us holding society together with respirators, filtered air, caffeine, and emotional duct tape. 🐰🩷🐰🩷
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Fascism doesn't arrive waving a flag. It shows up when we're too tired, too distracted, and too flooded to fight back. A 🧵 about the climate crisis and the authoritarian creep:
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It’s hard to grieve what hasn’t died. Friendships. Trust. Normalcy. They’re still there—just not the same. That’s called ambiguous loss. And it’s everywhere now. A quick thread 🧵
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
They told me parenting would be hard. They didn’t say I’d be managing airborne transmission, collapsed institutions, and mass delusion before my morning coffee. A 🧵 for the last parents standing:
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Long COVID is real. It’s common. It’s disabling millions. And no one talks about it—because if we looked too closely, we’d have to change So instead, we decided: Let people get sick. Let kids struggle. Let the vulnerable disappear. Let the numbers stop counting.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Still masking in 2025? Absolutely. Because unlike “good vibes,” N95s actually filter viruses. A quick 🧵 on why I haven’t retired my mask (and neither should you)
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The real flex? Still rocking my N95 while everyone else treats air like a shared drink at a frat party.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Measles Can Damage the Immune System for Years www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/w...
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Measles Can Damage the Immune System for Years
An infection can also leave children and adults with other long-term health problems.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A Pill to Prevent COVID-19 Shows Promise « Ensitrelvir works by blocking the virus’ ability to make more copies of itself, it makes sense that it can both treat and prevent disease, depending on when people take it » time.com/7267886/pill...
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A Pill to Prevent COVID-19 Shows Promise
Results from a late-stage study on the new drug ensitrelvir are encouraging.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Rochester woman says she’s tested positive for COVID-19 18 times in five years, leaving her feeling ‘crazy’ www.whec.com/top-news/roc...
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Rochester woman says she's tested positive for COVID-19 18 times in five years, leaving her feeling 'crazy'
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – “People think I’m crazy,” said Kristen Kruger, who says she has tested positive for COVID-19 18 times in the last five years.Kruger shared photos with News10NBC’s Chief Investigative...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Long Island baby tests positive for measles — and 12 more may have been exposed, officials warn nypost.com/2025/03/12/u...
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Long Island baby tests positive for measles — and 12 more may have been exposed, officials warn
A Long Island baby tested positive for measles as health officials issued an ominous warning Wednesday that at least 12 more people may have been exposed to the virus.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive order. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's order
Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive ...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals | CNN
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more easily, accord...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
COVID-19 May Be Linked With Higher Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds I’ve been saying this for a few years now … www.sciencealert.com/covid-19-may...
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COVID-19 May Be Linked With Higher Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds
Aside from the potential curse of long COVID, people who've had the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be more likely to develop high levels of biomarkers for brain proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease, scientist...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
After COVID-19, kids more likely to have GI symptoms for up to 2 years www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/aft...
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After COVID-19, kids more likely to have GI symptoms for up to 2 years
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I found a random bruise on my leg… and I mean the only possible reason behind it has to be the great lockdowns of 2020.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. t.co/hKu1wvx0GF
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron
New study shows why annual COVID boosters are critical to controlling COVID.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Pope Francis to take meetings at home while sick with bronchitis, Vatican says www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262047/...
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Pope Francis to take meetings at home while sick with bronchitis, Vatican says
The pope has faced several health challenges in recent years, including knee problems requiring a wheelchair, respiratory infections, and a fall resulting in a forearm contusion.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Severe COVID can catalyze arterial plaque growth, sparking deadly heart problems www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/rep...
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Report: Severe COVID can catalyze arterial plaque growth, sparking deadly heart problems
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests abcnews.go.com/Health/long-...
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Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests
A new CDC study published Monday found that more than 1 million children were affected by long COVID in 2023. Higher levels were found in lower-income households.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The global prevalence of COVID-flu coinfection is 14%, with Asia and Europe having the highest rates of influenza A/B coinfection, www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/met...
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Meta-analysis estimates 14% global COVID-flu coinfection rate
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
2 Central Vermont schools shut down for sick days An uptick in flu, COVID, and a stomach bug shuttered two Washington County schools this week and overwhelmed a local hospital. www.wcax.com/2025/01/29/2...
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2 Central Vermont schools shut down for sick days
An uptick in flu, COVID, and a stomach bug shuttered two Washington County schools this week and overwhelmed a local hospital.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Both mild and severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are linked to changes in brain biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease. But let’s keep getting it over and over right ? www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
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Does COVID increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease?
COVID-19, even in mild cases, is linked to changes in Alzheimer’s disease-related brain biomarkers comparable to four years of aging. This study raises concerns about long-term neurological risks and ...
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Long-Covid symptoms persist into second year in nearly 70% people: Study english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/health/...
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Long-Covid symptoms persist into second year in nearly 70% people: Study
Nearly 70% of people continue to experience the same long-Covid symptoms in the second year as in the first year after suffering COVID-19 infection -- caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Measles warning at Toronto Pearson Airport www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Toronto Public Health warns of possible measles exposure at Pearson Airport | CBC News
Toronto Public Health (TPH) says travellers may have been exposed to measles on Wednesday if they were on a Turkish Airlines flight or if they passed through Terminal 1 at Pearson International Airpor...
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