German spy agency believed CoVid-19 likely started in a laboratory in Wuhan.

The widely accepted theory is that Covid-19 emerged in bats and then jumped to humans, most likely through another animal, or "intermediary host."

As time worn on, scientists have not found a virus in either bats or another animal that matches the genetic make-up of Covid-19, leading some to doubt the theory.

#Pandemic #CoVid19 #Asian #Health #Virus #PublicHealth #SARSCov2

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o

Today marks the five year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic. Some things I want people to remember:

The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day

COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne. Droplet transmission was pushed incorrectly & then doubled down on for economic reasons. If governments admit it’s airborne, they have to spend money upgrading air quality and providing respirators etc.

The only way to avoid Long Covid is to not get Covid.

A well fitted respirator like an N95 offers excellent personal protection

Mask mandates belong in healthcare

If you’re not masking for your patient, you’re abdicating your responsibility to do no harm

It costs nothing to open a window and it will improve ventilation and reduce odds of viral spread. Air purifiers work well too

COVID is a social justice issue. Masks, tests, air filters, paid time off… these things all cost money. The disease disproportionately impacts those who are most vulnerable and multiple marginalized

Repeat infections don’t make you stronger. They don’t give you immunity. They actually harm your brain, heart and immune system. They’re also NOT inevitable

Kids are harmed by COVID too. They need the adults to protect them. We need clean in schools and on school buses

We went “back to normal” for capitalism. It wasn’t because it was safe. It wasn’t because there was a cure. Governments and those in power Are willing to sacrifice us to keep end stage capitalism afloat a little longer

Repeat infections are NOT inevitable. We can still curb the spread. We don’t have to accept constant sickness and disability as our new normal.

May we be in a much better place five years from now than we are today.

If you know someone suffering from Long Covid, reach out to them. Ask them how you can support them. Remind them they’ve not been forgotten. Wear a mask for them. They are counting on you.

Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard looking at that day. Plus, some of the things that have happened since, from the emergence of long COVID to how Africa defied dire predictions of a catastrophic loss of life.

https://flipboard.com/@health/five-years-of-covid-19-5nfre7m85qh3uc4v

Five years from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, @Eater's Jaya Saxena takes a look at how things have changed for food and dining, and how they haven't. "Everywhere — including in this retrospective of those pandemic-era pivots that stuck around, for better or worse — there are signs and scars of what the last five years have wrought. And sometimes, hints of a better future," she writes. "If only we stop thinking of COVID in the past tense."

https://flip.it/JcE_Dy

What we still don't know about COVID-19 five years after the WHO declared a pandemic.

@abc reports: "Health care professionals are working to find answers, such as how many people have truly died, how long the virus spread undetected in the U.S. and its origins."

https://flip.it/82JRd0

5 years ago today, the WHO officially described #COVID19 as a #pandemic.
IMI project CARE played a crucial role in advancing our understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and expanding the available therapeutic tools to address COVID-19.
Its research has also laid the groundwork for improving preparedness for future pandemics.
Read our interview with the project coordinator
https://europa.eu/!7Byvbg
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU #Preparedness #Health #Research

"Five years after the start of the worst health crisis in living memory, there is a national conversation waiting to be had about the roles of the individual, society and the state in such a crisis. What is my responsibility to myself and to my community, and what is the responsibility of the state towards us? At each level there is room for improvement, but we’re not addressing it. Let’s hope we can have that conversation before we’re tested again, but first the more strident – and misguided – voices have to pipe down."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak

A good thing to see at the end of a conference.

Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them.

Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma.

Most people are firmly in denial about COVID, and many are grasping on to conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric in order to return to their 2019 version of “normal”.

That denial is changing us. Refusing to deal with trauma has consequences.

We’re becoming more detached, reckless and apathetic.

There’s still time to change. It starts with acknowledging that the threat has not passed and we all need to do our part to protect our health & the health of those around us.

We have to begin to adapt so that we can heal.

The Nation's largest #egg producer is being investigated after reporting a profit of *342 PERCENT FOR THE LAST QUARTER*.

This is the same profiteering we saw after T****'s mismanagement of the #Covid #pandemic destroyed the #SupplyChain. #HistoryRepeatingItself

Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance and self care.

Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.

Have a vulnerable loved one you want to protect? Wear a mask.

Work in healthcare and want to protect your patients? Wear a mask.

Want to fight fascists? Wear a mask.

Worried about low vaccination rates bringing back measles, polio and other eradicated diseases? Wear a mask.

Want to resist and keep your activism virus free? You guessed it, wear a mask.

When worn correctly, they’re highly effective. Trump and Vance are as anti-mask as they come, so we need as many people as possible masking in solidarity.

Let’s keep people healthy while normalizing them as an important tool in the fight against disease AND fascism.

Elon Musk is amplifying bird flu conspiracy theories stating that Biden killed the chickens and it’s all a hoax.

The truth is bird flu is far from a hoax. Millions of animals have been culled. A human being has died. A 13 year old in Canada spent months in the ICU.

H5N1 poses a major threat to become the next human to human pandemic, not to mention what it is doing to the wild animal population and our food supply.

Misinformation kills, and Musk owns a platform where he actively encourages it.

Remember that a well fitted respirator and eye protection provide excellent protection. Avoid raw eggs and dairy. Cook meat thoroughly and don’t handle sick animals.

"We know that infection and reinfection, even when mild, is linked to cell and organ damage that may harm their future health. More needs to be done to protect our children, and the first step is ensuring that our schools are safe"

"The briefing also says Long Covid can also lead to a 'substantially increased' risk of sudden death and 'silent' damage to cells and organs which can lead to later illness.

"Certainly the silent organ damage is a real problem, we think, for future development of disease."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543885/long-covid-warning-silent-organ-damage-is-a-real-problem

I told my mother this past week's (and this year's) covid numbers in the US. Her one and only question — why isn't the media talking about it?

That's a great fucking question.

Luckovich!
#HealthCare #Pandemic #RFKJr #Measles

Archaeoethnologica: Man & Society in Calamity - Book / Homem e Sociedade ante a Calamidade -Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/02/homem-e-sociedade-ante-calamidade.html

The World Health Organization says a mysterious illness is suspected of killing more than 60 people in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past month, and that it is continuing to spread. @CBSNews has more
https://flip.it/0bPL9X
#WHO #Health #Africa #Disease #Medicine #Pandemic