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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

🚨Tell the Department of Energy not to change the Section 504 rules!🚨 Accessibility for disabled people is about to be REMOVED from new federal buildings unless we act by MON, JUNE 16!! Tell the gov't: If we build a new building, it MUST be fully accessible! 👇TAKE ACTION NOW!👇

Red flyer, black and white text. Header reads emergency action needed, large block text with exclamation points on both sides. Below, a call to action that reads

Accessibility for disabled people is about to be removed from federal buildings unless we act by Monday June sixteenth!

The US Department of Energy has issued a quote direct final rule end quote that would eliminate the long standing requirement that new buildings constructed with federal money must be accessible to people with disabilities!

They claim it’s unnecessary and burdensome.”But here’s what eliminating this rule really means

New federally funded buildings could be built without ramps, elevators, accessible bathrooms, or doors.

There would be no enforceable standards for accessibility in construction or major renovations.

It weakens the civil rights protections guaranteed by Section five oh four of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

For those in #NYC or nearby - free rapid tests available. If you are part of an org/group or can help w/community distro…come grab a box and do your part! Individuals who need tests are welcome also! DM for pick up. Please share.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

42 cases of *unexpired* rapid antigen tests ⬇️ #CovidIsNotOver

Stacks of cardboard boxes filled with rapid antigen tests for covid 19 acquired from the government sit in a living room on hardwood floors in front of open windows with white curtains. A white air purifier is on the ground to the right of the boxes and a grey metal rolling cart with a green handle is to the left.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

UPDATE: Someone nearby is coming tmro to help out! Thank you for helping get word out about this.Very grateful for you all! 🫶 If any local community groups/individuals want to help distro tests/need tests, they can lmk and arrange for pick up. I’ll also be contacting groups and doing handouts.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Please help me find someone to lend a hand with this? Feel free to share on other platforms, dm to people, post in groups, etc. These tests will be made available (free) to the community!! If I refuse the delivery it goes back to HHS. Thank you!!📦😷 #NYC #MutualAid #CovidIsNotOver

A square flier with light purple abstract shapes and dark purple lettering. In the bottom right corner, three line drawn rapid tests. The flier has an ask for urgent volunteer help.

Help needed!

Mon April 21 in NYC, Harlem.

Help needed w/large delivery of Rapid Tests from Health and Human Services. They won’t deliver up to my apartment and I can’t physically lift the boxes.

Boxes will need to be moved from curbside (possibly lobby) up to my apartment.

Elevator building, will have a dolly slash cart available.

Please let me know if you can help!
(A mask is required and provided. You can take tests home with you!!)

Interested in distro?
Reach out!

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

🚨HELP NEEDED MONDAY 4/21 IN NYC (HARLEM)🚨 Rapid test delivery being done curbside, they refuse to do it to my door and I can’t physically lift the boxes. I have an elevator and can make a dolly available. Please lmk if you can help! Anyone interested in distro also lmk!

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COVID Long-Haulers Against Fascism @guerillaadvocacy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join us on April 19 at 2:00 pm EDT for Guerilla Advocacy Round 2, a #50501 event. This is a virtual rally with captions. If there are other accessibility requests, we will do our best to provide! Speakers TBA. Limited space; overflow streamed to YouTube. Sign up👇 events.pol-rev.com/events/afc50...

Soft blue background with a little boy and a dog drawing. Text says yes I did it. No I'm not sorry. Yes, I'd do it again.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I spoke yesterday at an online #HandsOff event organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social. Here's my speech. Please keep talking about these important things, get involved in mutual aid efforts and community organizing, ask your neighbors how you can help, and know your rights.

I’m Robyn Saldino, I live in New York City, and I developed Long COVID after a COVID infection in December 2021. I’ve participated in advocacy across several orgs, I’m a RECOVER patient representative, I do resource distribution from my apartment, and I’m active in mutual aid efforts. I’ve also been fighting my own eviction for more than 18 months.

After multiple months of trying to convince legal aid orgs to proactively take my case, give me advice, or point me to resources before I lost my housing or was served with an eviction notice, I found out that a warning and eviction had both been filed only after I emailed my landlord about a separate issue and was told my concern was likely made up, due only to the fact that we were about to go to court. I had not received either one. I again began trying to find a legal aid group to help me, and could not get anyone to give me advice without a case number or without physically going to court first. I repeatedly explained that my disability would prevent me from physically traveling to the courthouse, but still received no help.

As a disabled person, it is extremely difficult for me to make last minute plans, and unlikely that I will be traveling to the courthouse in-person due to my disability. I need time to arrange for virtual accommodations, submit requests, and handle other paperwork that comes along with living in a world that is not designed for accessibility. The hardship that this causes is extraordinary, and knowing that no one has bothered to inform me is infuriating and disheartening.

Throughout the course of my case, I was never given a lawyer, though here in NYC we have Right to Counsel, and I am legally entitled to have one present.

I came into contact with more 50 people, lawyers, social workers, advocates, housing specialists, court workers, etc, and these contacts became my lifeline, but no one ever took on my case. I eventually was told to refer myself to Adult Protective Services.

APS asked the court assign me a Guardian ad Litem.

The case dragged on. My Landlord refused to accept a housing voucher.

My APS worker helped to finally sort out my SNAP, utility benefit, and health insurance, and allowed me to finally, after more than 2 1/2 years in this city, see a doctor.

My case took 18 months, and I won. Immediately after winning my case, my landlord filed for eviction again under a different pretense, and I successfully got that case dismissed, too.

Mutual aid kept me afloat, allowing me to make a single payment to my landlord and extend the case long enough to continue searching for housing that would accept a voucher.

It kept me fed when I didn’t have SNAP. It got me to a doctor and got me meds when I needed them. It got me to clinical trial appointments for a Long COVID trial I was enrolled in. It has allowed me to distribute thousands of covid tests and masks, to lend out my air purifiers, and even to give direct aid to long haulers in need of support.

I live in a medically underserved community— a FEMA-designated, medically underserved community. My neighborhood has one of the highest eviction rates in the city. There is no Long COVID clinic in my community. We’re losing funding, care, homes, rights, and lives.

Prior to the global outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, approximately 1 in 10 households were being threatened with evictions in formal court filings each year. By September 2020, that number was 1 in 6. 1 in 6 households were behind on rent and at risk of eviction. Renters were 2 to 6 times more likely to report housing insecurity than homeowners. Many of the filings were unresolved pre-pandemic cases, filed before the eviction moratorium was put into place in 2020, which means we were playing catch-up. When the moratorium ended in 2021, eviction filings increased 78.6% over the next year.

Even if a tenant is able to win their case or gain access to a housing voucher, the housing crisis persists.

Finding accessible housing is it’s own unique challenge.

There is an extreme lack of accessible housing. Less than 5% of housing is accessible for people with moderate mobility needs. Less than 1% of housing is fully accessible for wheelchair users. The cost of living in the United States, and the average rent already exceeds the maximum monthly supplemental security income a person is able to receive. When people with disabilities apply for affordable housing, widespread discrimination coupled with a lack of available accessible housing, creates additional barriers that are more likely to lead to homelessness and institutionalization.

I’m not having it. I’m saying hands off. Hands off our community, hands off our long haulers. We can do better. Thank you for being here.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Disabled and chronically ill DV survivor struggling trying to balance things, get bills paid, make it to appts, take care of myself, etc. Recent tests worse than previous ones. New rx and new docs. Finally won eviction case. Trying to stay afloat. Any help makes a difference. TYSM 🫶

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Help w/emergency needs: 💸PP: PayPal.me/RobynthRedd Help me stay independent and safe: 👑WL: throne.com/robynthredd

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Disabled DV survivor at risk of losing utilities/apt due to $20k+ arrears. Fees are stacking, landlord is harassing me. Court again 7/29. 🏘️: $442/$2900 (June/July only, DUE 7/5 W/LATE FEE) 🔌: $285/$887 (FINAL NOTICE) gofund.me/8991e474 PyPl/Vnmo: RobynthRedd #MutualAid #Crowdfund #HousingCrisis

Disabled & chronically ill DV survivor w/o medical care for 4.5 yrs, no income/SSI. Dealing with worsening #LongCOVID symptoms and am now ~90% bedbound.

Fighting ongoing eviction after kicking out abusive ex. Funds go toward $20k+ rent arrears.

Next court date 7/29. Anything helps!!

gofund.me/8991e474
paypal.me/RobynthRedd
venmo.com/u/RobynthRedd

APS is involved now and I’ve made some progress toward getting help (rent voucher, home care, medical care, etc), but I still have to pay rent/utilities in the meantime, assistance won’t cover everything, and I have considerable other expenses.

I think I finally have SNAP! I should be getting home care started soon.

It was recommended that I get a Rollator and a few small items to my living space to make it more accessible as soon as possible. For the time being/until I can see a doctor in person, these are my two biggest expenses:

$2900 - Rent (June + July)
$887 - ConEd (Final turnoff notice)

gofund.me/8991e474
paypal.me/RobynthRedd
venmo.com/u/RobynthRedd

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Have until tmro (5th) to make a payment before court!! I still owe more than $7000 to stop the eviction. Legal aid won’t talk to me about housing or DV stuff. Please 🎁💬🔄❤️ GoFundMe.com/f/RobynThRedd-emergency PayPal/Venmo: @RobynThRedd #MutualAidRequest #LongCovid #Crowdfund

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

HRA denied my SNAP/Medicare/CA almost 2 wks ago and didn't notify me. Was denied an emerg. grant bc of a computer error. Requested a Fair Hearing. Was told I'd get a FH date by 12/8. Only have until 12/1 to pay arrears. If you can help - 🎁💬❤️🔁 GFM: gofund.me/0d098f40 Venmo/PayPal: @RobynThRedd

gofund.me

Help me remain stably housed, organized by Robyn Saldino

(Updated 11/20) In 2021, a pair of eucalytpus trees fell on the condo I shared with my mo… Robyn Saldino needs your support for Help me remain stably housed

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

I waited longer than I should've to do this, and I'm sorry for asking. My abuser left ~$10k in arrears/utilities are gonna be cut off/I'm facing eviction. Grateful for support of any kind! #MutualAid #LongCovid GFM: gofund.me/f97dabce Venmo/Paypal: @RobynthRedd

gofund.me

Help me remain stably housed, organized by Robyn Saldino

In 2021, a pair of eucalytpus trees fell on the condo I shared with my mom. I was forced t… Robyn Saldino needs your support for Help me remain stably housed

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

I forgot to post this here. I got Novavax on Thursday. Took me two weeks to find a CVS that had it but I argued with the pharmacist and they finally gave it to me for free under Bridge Access. Here’s my vaccine selfie @luckytran.bsky.social

A woman takes a selfie wearing a black tank top with silver letters that says “Stronger Than I Look.” She recently got vaccinated.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Currently working on putting together a spreadsheet so we can track our #Novavax data and use it to see how it really looks for those of us with #LongCovid. I’m hoping to have it ready by Monday, but I’ll keep you all posted. If you’re interested in helping, please let me know.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

In the time that I’ve lived here, they’ve renovated: -the apt across (with all windows open) -the apt above -the apt next door (with the door open) -the apt under Mine was a recent remodel and my oven doesn’t work, and my bdrm light is f’d up from the remodel above. Rent has gone up 11%. 😐

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Cat on a bike @catonabike.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

I need help. Can't look after myself any more. I have a recovery plan in mind but I can't make anything happen. I'm in Brixton, London #cfs #me #cfsme

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Updates on Novavax shots getting ready to ship from pharmacies in NJ and WA. The plan is to have access at pharmacies every 5 miles (or so we’re hearing). Walgreens won’t be carrying Novavax. 5 shots per vial, so take friends. Any unused shots can be returned by the pharmacy for a refund!

“Hallelujah! God’s Grace. Stacy is a Vaccine Account Manager at Novavax in NJ. I received a message from her a few minutes ago.

Stacey - 8:24pm
Hi! He emailed me at my personal email. The vaccine will start shopping early next week and will be available at CVS, Acme, Costco, Wegmans, and more. It won’t be available at Walgreens.

Our local Novavax rep in Washington state and our McKesson local rep also contacted us today about our order getting ready to ship.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Quick question- if I’m vaxxed, and I mean really vaxxed, so we’re talking 4x over - will my phone go off for the energy alert…or will it be my arm? Or both? Wondering if all 5G devices are involved here? My desktop also? Thanks in advance 😂

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Last time I'll post... Got my ex out. I have no one else on this side of the country. ~1 day to find a WFH job or I won't be able to renew my lease. Have certifications and 60+ college units. Willing to work multiple jobs/long hours. Happy to send a resume. TY! #WFH #jobsearch

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Would be interested to know the real numbers we’re seeing with overlap between Covid and strep. Likely steep. Very steep. Seems strep and Covid are cohabiting nicely, but most ppl assume if it’s strep, it can’t ALSO be Covid, or strep tags in at the end of Covid. Quite a pair.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Why does this entire city seem like it’s covered in urine? I’m on the 5th floor, my bedroom flooded again, and the towels I used (along with my ac) are covered in foul-smelling orange urine-ish water. Same stuff ran down the walls of my bathroom once when it flooded. Wtf.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I still don’t understand why the internet isn’t more like real life. If I think I might’ve been rude, I apologize. If I have a good conversation with someone with opposing views, I tell them I appreciated the opportunity to have that conversation. The internet is “anonymous” but we’re still people.

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Good Covid News @goodcovidnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

The US gov awards $45m in Long Covid grants designed “to expand access and care, develop, and implement new or improved care delivery models, foster best practices for Long COVID management, and support the primary care community in Long COVID education.” www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...

hhs.gov

HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID

A press release about upcoming awards for Long COVID

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Reposting b/c I have until Oct. 4 to renew my lease and I absolutely have to find a WFH job. Disability and PA are held up. Have a cert. in Responsive Web Design, passed the NYSATAS, Coca-Cola Scholar, background in SpEd and ECE, super flexible, and I learn quickly! Please and TY so much!

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Absolutely needed to see this, super excited for a hangout tomorrow night!

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

NYC Mayor: “Do not drive in flooded areas. Drowning risk.” Also NYC Mayor: “School is NOT cancelled. Students and staff must be on time and prepared to suffer all fools, including myself. Drive quickly through flooded areas, do not pass GO, do not collect $, govt shutdown imminent.”

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Have a BIG ask - I finally got my ex out of the apt, but... I desperately need to find a job in the next week or I won't be able to renew my lease. Disability is too slow rn. I've been looking for a year for a WFH job, so if anyone can connect me to anything, I'd be grateful. Thank you!

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

This page on the CDC site has links to several resources, including all local health clinics in your area where you can access free masks. Try libraries as well. You’ll have to contact sites to confirm. Projectn95.org takes submissions for free masks for IC/caregivers. Feel free to add more.

cdc.gov

Masks and Respirators

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

1. It's not just allergies. If you didn't have allergies for the last 43 years and a week, you didn't wake up with them *today* 2. Stay home when you're sick 3. Wear an N95/respirator 4. Ventilate your spaces 5. STOP BREATHING ON EACH OTHER

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Washington had 111 cases of TB last year. They had a massive prison-related outbreak, and a woman who was identified in JANUARY 2022 and just arrested in JUNE 2023 for refusing treatment. We really shouldn’t be overlooking that WA is like a cesspool of TB. What is going on up there?

seattletimes.com

WA’s largest tuberculosis outbreak in 20 years connected to at least one state prison – The Seat...

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Today, in “Things that stupid people have proposed…” Mayor Adams of NYC has finally revealed his big plan to add more housing to the city!! He would like to revive SRO housing. He’s offered up shared bathrooms, shared kitchen, and bedrooms w/o windows. A gym to shower in “b/c it just makes sense.”

gothamist.com

Mayor Adams pitches dorm-style apartments, hallway bathrooms in NYC housing plan

Mayor Eric Adams says his latest proposals would allow developers to build new dormitory-style housing for the first time since the 1950s.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Cool 😐 WTF, Washington. 135+ potential contacts? Does everyone understand that even if they don’t have TB now, it can still become a full-blown, infectious case of TB in the future? If only there were some device one could wear over their face to block coughs…

original.newsbreak.com

Local Health Department Investigates TB Case at Kentridge High School | Washington Updates | NewsBre...

Public Health – Seattle & King County is examining a case of active tuberculosis (TB) at Kentridge High School. In partnership with Kent School District officials, the health department is assessing...

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Ginny @ginflo2.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

👇🏙️🍎💨✏️

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Die Frau Jü 🎈 @diefraujue.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Persistent symptoms and conditions among children and adolescents hospitalised with COVID-19 illness: a qualitative study (09/23) H/T @harryspoelstra.bsky.social #ProtectTheChildren bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/9...

Figure 1
Visual representation of thematic analysis results from both paediatric patient and parent/caregiver interviews.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

"Wearing a well-fitting mask or respirator consistently and correctly reduces the risk of spreading the virus that causes COVID." "Schools/ECE programs should consider flexible, non-punitive policies and practices to support ind. who choose to wear masks regardless of the COVID hosp. adm. level."

A screenshot of the CDC's masking guidelines, pulled from Operational Guidance for K-12 Schools and Early Care and Education Programs to Support Safe In-Person Learning

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

I will mask, we both use CPC mouthwash and nasal spray already, have air purifiers in both rooms, will keep windows open in bedroom, living room and bathroom. 🤞 I truly believe that most people are reasonable, IF you are willing to be also. There is middle ground here, even if it isn’t 100%.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

If you haven’t ever used this product, I highly recommend it. Has no scent, doesn’t leave a greasy residue (I think it makes my hands feel like the dust jacket of an expensive hardback book - so…15/10), and keeps hands from bleeding as the weather gets colder. Runs ~$5, this has lasted 2 yrs so far.

Product pictured is Vaseline Clinical Care hand sanitizer lotion, 2-in-1, skin moisturization and germ kill

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Well…that went well. Just for clarification, I love this man with my whole heart and then some. There was a time when he was N95’d and testing everyday - his company required daily testing much longer than most and I was so grateful for that. I don’t know how we got here, but I have my suspicions.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

CDC, EPA, ASHRAE - wrote clear guidelines for schools/ECE programs regarding ventilation. Covid relief $ could've funded upgrades. States chose not to. "...optimize ventilation and maintain improvements to indoor air quality to reduce the risk of germs and contaminants spreading through the air."

A screenshot of CDC guidelines for ventilation in school settings. The full text can be found here https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-childcare-guidance.html

A data map of the United States showing Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds spent to date, by state.

A data map of the United States showing Governor's Emergency Education Relief funds spent to date, by state.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

"...studies have shown masks to be effective in mitigating COVID-19-assoc. cases in schools... must start planning...and build an effective school infrastructure, including upgrading ventilation..." - Kevin Kavanaugh, MD www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/70-covi... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Pima County, AZ: Schools w/o mask req's were 3.5x more likely to have outbreaks.
Another Pima County study found that with masks: 16.32 per 100,000 residents. W/o masks: 34.85 per 100,000 residents.
Study in NE Journal of Medicine: Greater Boston Area School District led to an addt'l 44.9 cases per 1000 students. 11,901 in total, 29.4% of cases at the time.
CDC reported that vaccinations cut adolescent hospitalizations by 90%.
Swedish school-based study showed masks reduced detected Covid aerosols by 69% and air cleaners decreased detected aerosols by 39%.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

"It's not uncommon to see somebody get COVID in Jan, then in Apr, and again in Sept. We often see that by that 2nd or 3rd infection, they develop long COVID. That, for me, is very concerning." -Amy Edwards, MD, (Assoc Med Dir. for Infection Control at Univ Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hosp)

70% of cases are transmitted by kids.

Kids under 8 are more likely to transmit than kids 9-17.

75% of non-healthcare outbreaks start in schools/daycares

Teachers of young children are 67% more likely to get Covid than an average occupation

24% of kids hospitalized have symptoms past 5 mos

60% have subclinical systolic cardiac impairment 5 mos after an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic infection

Type I Diabetes ~doubled in kids with Covid

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

CVS pharmacists across ~24 locations in eastern KS/western MO walked out. This has been going on since Thursday. They said that demands from CVS have not only endangered their own health/safety, but the health/safety of patients. This is unacceptable. We need sustainable, long-term solutions.

usatoday.com

CVS pharmacists stage walkout over working conditions, leaving pharmacy counters closed

The walkout in the Kansas City area comes amid national concern over patient safety. Pharmacists say staffing doesn't match rising workplace demands.

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Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

We know that Covid leads to cognitive impairment. Why are we doing this to ourselves, our children, and our communities? Starting a Covid-related learning-loss thread here: V V V

1. A tweet from Alix Burack reads: "I'm seeing DRAMATIC loss of reading comprehension skills at the community college level. After recently providing a class with instructions for a writing exercise comprising a mere 3 sentences, students messaged me in a panic asking me to explain the instructions. Heart-breaking."

2. A tweet from revival.care reads: "Repeated SARS2 infection is leading to significant cognitive impairments among children and youth.

Grade 7s: can’t write a sentence, can’t read, math achievement between grade 1-4, can’t identify own state.

We are destroying a generation of young minds. And for what?"

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