Kathryn
@kadamssl
Past-Chair of the Women’s Caucus at CASWE-ACFTS, MSW, Long COVID research, therapist, equity advocate, intersectional feminist, mom. Tweets my own.
Telling the truth about COVID is increasingly becoming an act of resistance. #equity #Equality
I'm with you! It would be far easier if there were more of us, but I don't act responsibly because it's easy or because others are. I act responsibly for myself, my family, and our future, and most of all for the kids. Stay strong 💪
This is why I post masked pics. It isn’t for attention. It’s not to prove I’m ‘good’ or ‘special’ or deserving of accolades. It’s to let others know that masking is still a real option and to stand in solidarity with those who are doing what’s right even when it’s unpopular.
Demonstrating appropriate PPE usage is both protective of the wearer, potentially protects others reducing harm and making more inclusive spaces, and it fosters pro-social responsibility nature.com/articles/s4159…
Welp, I’ve been called a Soros shill and used as an example of 1984-esque conformity in the past two hours. All in a good day’s work, I suppose. 😂
Ozzy Osbourne dead: Black Sabbath singer dies aged 76 weeks after touching final show thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2…
Unconscionable.
The average US family health insurance premium has increased from $6,000 in 2000 to over $25,000 in 2024. That’s a 297% increase, more than triple overall inflation. The biggest beneficiaries of this massive increase in costs: health insurance companies.
🚨 Do you remember when this dingdong said that TB incidence would make the best bellwether for Covid induced post-infection immune damage, back in 2022? Look what has happened since then. Like the man says: **"Latent TB turns into active disease in immunocompromised people"**
Parenting right now feels like tucking your kid in while the world burns outside—then whispering, "You’re safe." Even when you’re not sure that’s true. 🧵
5/ Even previously healthy children are reporting new difficulties, from persistent coughs to concentration issues. While those with existing conditions like asthma or ADHD are at higher risk, many others are also affected. #PediatricCOVID #ChronicIllness
"clean air is a basic human right... that includes the air in our schools.."
Opening speech by @hans_kluge, Director @WHO_Europe, at the 2nd European Indoor Air Conference, held in the Senate in Paris: "Breathing clean air is a basic human right that includes the air in our schools." ▶️ platform.genevahealthforum.com/index.php/ghf-…
When I was pregnant I was worried about avoiding alcohol, caffeine, unpasteurized cheeses and sashimi… but they were all super easy to avoid. Please don’t hang out with pregnant people if you have ANY symptoms of illness. Especially in crowded indoor settings. 😢
COVID & CHILD DEVELOPMENT Yet another study has just been published showing the long-term impact of maternal COVID infection on child development. At 24 months: 🔎 36% of infants exhibited cognitive delays 🔎 64% communication delays 🔎 57% motor delays nature.com/articles/s4139…
⚠️BREAKING Covid infection destroys brain cells. We suspected this early as Anosmia (loss of smell) is an early sign of nerve damage. (H/T @brownecfm ). Now we have more data out of Portugal, reported in @Nature , that Covid infections caused dementia. “Infection with…