We seriously need a crowdfunding campaign to put a billboard up like this everywhere

Hungary banned Pride marches. This is the response ✊🏳️‍🌈

Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year. Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year. Capitalism kills.

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission. Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.

Today RFK and co. removed the COVID vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for children and pregnant people. This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone. COVID vaccines are an important tool to reduce serious health risks and should continue to be available to everyone.

MUST READ: Roald Dahl's 1988 letter debunking anti-vaxxers. "It really is almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunized." Dahl lost his daughter to measles in 1962, before the vaccine was available.

I know there's been years of disinfo downplaying the flu in order to dismiss COVID as a threat, but both things cause serious illness and are best avoided. This flu wave is no joke. It's a good idea to get this season's flu vaccine (it's not too late), and wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.

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Today NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he hoped recent events would accelerate implementation of a mask ban. Reminder: There is no evidence that mask bans stop crime. Mask bans make cities more unsafe because preventing people from wearing masks increases the spread of diseases.

Scientists have already investigated this. The result? The doctor pushing this junk science had his license revoked for spreading deadly lies about vaccines.

NBC News

Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’

Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found c...

UPDATED: Trump's confirmed picks to lead US health agencies: HHS - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. NIH - Jay Bhattacharya CMS - Mehmet Oz CDC - Dave Weldon FDA - Marty Makary Surgeon General - Janette Nesheiwat All have spread disinformation on vaccines and public health measures.

Vaccines are one of the most important inventions humans have ever made. Period.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who has been pushing a mask ban for NYC, has again tested positive for COVID. A timely reminder that now is a good time to wear a mask, and to call your representatives and tell them to speak out against mask bans. Source: https://archive.ph/FPTPi#selection-1453.4-1453.62

A new drug described as “the closest we have ever been to an HIV vaccine” could be sold for $40 a year and still make 30% profit, but is currently being sold by pharma companies for $42,250. Absolutely criminal.

the Guardian

HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient

Generic version of a drug already on the market, which can suppress and prevent HIV, would still yield 30% profit if the current price was slashed,...

This is terrifying. Police in the UK will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said. Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail, and a £1,000 fine.

the Guardian

Masked protesters could soon face arrest, says Home Office

Rights groups say proposed police powers for England and Wales are pandering to ‘culture war nonsense’

From Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: "We have lost touch with our staff in Gaza, with health facilities, health workers and the rest of our humanitarian partners on the ground. This siege makes me gravely concerned for their safety and the immediate health risks of vulnerable patients. We urge immediate protection of all civilians and full humanitarian access." This is heartbreaking. Do not look away. Do not accept this. Keep speaking up.

Something climate activists who are ignoring #COVID need to know: Working to reduce the harm of current pandemics, and preparing for future pandemics, is a key component of climate adaptation. Health justice isn't a distraction. The climate crisis IS a public health crisis.

The politicians who cause the government shutdown should not get paid. The workers who are have no control, but are adversely impacted by the government shutdown are the ones who should continue to get paid.

It's never a good idea to shut down the government due to political selfishness, but doing so right when your country's largest city is dealing with historic flooding is unethical and disastrous.