kdnyhan

kdnyhan, 16 days ago to random

Wow. A microbiology lab at Texas A&M accepted purchased raw milk samples from NPR for H5N1 testing, then contacted the milk producers to seek permission. When the producers said, "don't test our milk," the lab not only declined to carry out the tests but also refused to send the samples on to another lab.

kdnyhan, 7 months ago to random

Dear unmasked radiation oncologist attending:
When you see your patient is wearing a mask, don't ask if the patient would like you to wear one too. Just put it on.

kdnyhan, 2 months ago to cargobike

Dear #CargoBike enthusiasts, what would you recommend for these circumstances?

• ride on pavement but also a dirt road in poor repair
• leave outdoors NEAR THE OCEAN for days at a time
• bring a small dog (15 lb) in some kind of carrier or crate - but, I don't need to bring the dog when I'm training for the #CarryShitOlympics
• in winter I'll store the battery in the basement of an unheated house
• I'm not very handy but I'll have to try and do maintenance myself bc it's quite rural

kdnyhan, 4 months ago to random

"The good news is while there’s no biological solution to such a new and dangerous virus, there absolutely are engineering and social solutions."

Julia Doubleday on living with COVID via IAQ improvements

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/learning-to-live-with-covid-means

kdnyhan, 2 months ago to random

Just got a phishing email at work masquerading as a notification about an exposure to an infectious disease.... Joke's on them, we don't have a contact tracing team to send out notifications 🤦‍♀️

SallyStrange, 3 months ago to random

The #CDCsays applying pressure to wound now optional

kdnyhan, 4 months ago to climate

Hi, do I know anyone -- or do you want to introduce me to anyone -- who might attend the What Works #Climate Solutions Summit in #Berlin in June?
I'm not interested in traveling (to a climate conference ✈️🤯✈️) but if you are, or are nearby, maybe we could collaborate on an abstract about the relative coverage and value of several bibliographic databases relevant to climate and health.

kdnyhan, 2 months ago to random

As much as I hated the NPR "let's guilt my husband into indoor dining" article, there's a silver lining to every cloud: it has prompted a lot of responses that I really enjoyed reading.
This essay will restore some of your faith in people and marriage: https://theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/my-long-covid-isnt-a-burden-on-my

kdnyhan, 11 months ago to random

Somehow I was not expecting to see this recognition of the behind-the-scenes work that goes in to running a digital library in a book published by Harvard Business School

"When they do their jobs well, they do it more or less invisibly. But without them, there would have been no story."

library collections managers, right down to the students making their way through college by shelving and unshelving books, copying and scanning, and delivering files across the campus had no place in his story. When they do their job well, they do it more or less invisibly. But without them, there would have been no story.

kdnyhan, 6 months ago to boston

Hi #Boston, there was a shop that sold adaptive/inclusive design stuff - pens and cutlery that are easier for people to use if they have tremors, etc.
It was near TD Garden, on one of the little streets running NW-SE.
This was maybe 12 years ago.
Is it still there? Where? What's the name? Any other suggestions about browsing/buying #AdaptiveDesign stuff for consumers?

kdnyhan, 1 month ago to random

Just got a peer review request from a journal I didn't know, and because the topic was right up my alley I went and looked up the journal -- diamond OA, CC-BY, author retains copyright -- all things I want to support. None of which they mentioned in the request.
Don't hide your light under a bushel, handling editors!

kdnyhan, 1 year ago to random

Hi US folks, today is the last day to submit a public comment to CMS about COVID safety in hospitals

Submit the comment: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/01/2023-07389/medicare-program-proposed-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals

Guide about how to comment, including a template: https://mahealthequity.substack.com/p/last-chance-due-tomorrow-june-9-tell

What I submitted: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10pkWDnwB7cpDE_ptBjgzu70SQkYQZ81cYjZxuixa1Cg/edit?usp=sharing

#COVIDIsAirborne #COVIDIsNotOver

kdnyhan, 5 months ago to random

The volunteer pianist playing Beethoven in the radiation oncology waiting room... is wearing a mask and even twisted the ear loops in an effort to improve the fit.

The radiation oncology staff? No masks.

kdnyhan, 4 months ago to random

LMAO at this #PublisherValueAdd

** Please note that some fully open access journals require the submitting author to tick a box agreeing to the standard publishing agreement as part of the submission process. In such instances, authors should tick this box to be able to proceed and the values will then be manually overridden by our Author Service team.

Accept the terms that you legally can't accept, and then we promise we'll override the system to apply the right terms later. Trust me :)

kdnyhan, 7 months ago to random

George Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/covid-deaths-rise-scrap-mask-wearing-hospitals

kdnyhan, 8 months ago to random

Linsey Marr won a MacArthur!
#COVIDisAirborne and sooner or later everyone is going to know it.

kdnyhan, 8 months ago to random

Hi #medlibs #lb people, anyone want to make a support group for weaning ourselves off Chrome and/or Google Search? I want to switch fully to Firefox in terms of browsers and mostly to... well, I don't really know, Duck Duck Go I guess, as a search engine.

But the thought of figuring out Firefox profiles and importing bookmarks and setting up plugins makes me want to go take a nap. And the idea of switching search engines is even worse.

kdnyhan, 1 month ago to random

About the IAQ aerostability of SARS-CoV-2 paper that has been all over COVID-cautious Mastodon - it's fascinating (and open access).

Haddrell et al (2024). Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk. Nature Communications, 15(1), 3487. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47777-5

kdnyhan, 8 months ago to random

If "your immunity gets stronger and broader" "each time you catch it" - why are you catching it over and over again?

I'll paste the source here but honestly your blood pressure will be lower if you refrain from clicking.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66848549

kdnyhan, 1 month ago to random

I know @pluralistic has talked about right to repair in the context of wheelchairs - I bet you'd be interested in this too

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/01/wheelchair-repair-delay-numotion-national-seating-mobility/

The headline is "After private equity firms gobbled up wheelchair makers, users pay the price in long repair times"

ubikaritas, 1 month ago to random

#CovidCautious community, I’m tabling at an academic conference next month to spread awareness of both the Public Health Pledge (@phpledge) and #COVID19 precautions as paths toward inclusivity, and I’m trying to think of what would make this table both useful and appealing to passersby. Does anyone have suggestions on what else I can do, in terms of signage, giveaways, activities, etc.?

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #academiclife #Covid #PublicHealth #WearAMask

kdnyhan, 11 days ago to random

Interesting paper HT @dupuisj

Schwalbe, N., Nunes, M.C., Cutland, C. et al. Assessing New York City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategy: A Case for Risk-Informed Distribution. J Urban Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-024-00853-z