These wonders of the natural world took my breath away this morning. #Conservationists and #Epidemiologists advise people to admire them from a distance. #deer #animals #environment #nature

Do any of my #MediMasto know if there's a vaccine for the #XBB 1.5 yet or whether the current #vaccines (#bivalent, etc) actually protect against it? There are so many opinions and I trust y'all more!
This article SEEMS to say #bivalent doesn't help against it much but it lessens the impact. Did I read that right?

Signed,
A Worried Uber Driver

@WFKARS, @Drneuro, & all the #Virologists and #epidemiologists I didn't tag cos I don't know about you yet.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/covid-variant-xbb-explainer

Thoughts about how information flows on #Mastodon compared to the nonfederated, corporately owned social media platforms. For example, #twitter #facebook.

How would mastodon compare to Twitter, in regard to the types of information that spread on social media (e.g., going "viral") - during the outbreak of a novel virus that is infecting humans?

During a viral pandemic, the source of more reliable information is obviously the people that have been studying viruses and the spread of pathogens - as part of their everyday Job description. For instance, virologists and epidemiologists. Unfortunately, as we witnessed during the #SarsCoV2 outbreak - there are many arrogant people who believe they know more than they do, regardless of the subject. Ignorant arrogant types of personalities - have a habit of instinctively being motivated to share their unqualified opinions on social media (& get annoyed by toots like this one - that detail the evident facts about some human’s, poor quality, social media behavior)

A person only experiences this if they're qualified in a scientific subject - because then you perceive the level of ignorance. Those who aren't qualified (or "well-read" on the subject) - don't perceive that ignorance because they're part of it (within the social echo chamber of misinformation).

And then there are the social media users that are politically motivated, in other words, social gossip, rather than scientifically motivated (the average person in many cultures). They may or may not be informed about some subject, but, due to their personal agendas are either implicitly or intentionally spreading disinformation.

The fossil fuel industry and biased folk that, for example, like their fuel-burning lifestyles (e.g., cars, trucks, etc) - are typical examples of the people that intentionally spread disinformation about climate change and reject the ideas to mitigate climate change (the naysayers & the what about problems? - rather than promoting climate solutions).

So, we know that mastodon is different in that it's not owned by a corporation (though it is regulated by the instance admins) and does not use algorithms to promote toots. Would mastodon be a more reliable source of information during a novel viral outbreak that had a high mortality rate? (Better to ask these questions now rather than later) Because, due to the levels of ecological degradation that humans are causing - those pathogen outbreaks are increasing.
"Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change" https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/index.html

#fediverse #software #SocialMedia #climate #ClimateChange
#science #virology #virologists #epidemology #epidemiologists #InfectiousDiseases #COVID #virus #fungi #bacteria #ZoonoticInfectious #disease #mosquitoes #ticks
#laypeople #politics #ignorance #ConfirmationBias #misinfromation
#narcicism #disinformation #corruption

Thoughts about how information flows on #Mastodon compared to the nonfederated, corporately owned social media platforms. For example, #twitter #facebook.

How would mastodon compare to Twitter, in regard to the types of information that spread on social media (e.g., going "viral") - during the outbreak of a novel virus that is infecting humans?

During a viral pandemic, the source of more reliable information is obviously the people that have been studying viruses and the spread of pathogens - as part of their everyday Job description. For instance, virologists and epidemiologists. Unfortunately, as we witnessed during the #SarsCoV2 outbreak - there are many arrogant people who believe they know more than they do, regardless of the subject. Ignorant arrogant types of personalities - have a habit of instinctively being motivated to share their unqualified opinions on social media (& get annoyed by toots like this one - that detail the evident facts about some human’s, poor quality, social media behavior)

A person only experiences this if they're qualified in a scientific subject - because then you perceive the level of ignorance. Those who aren't qualified (or "well-read" on the subject) - don't perceive that ignorance because they're part of it (within the social echo chamber of misinformation).

And then there are the social media users that are politically motivated, in other words, social gossip, rather than scientifically motivated (the average person in many cultures). They may or may not be informed about some subject, but, due to their personal agendas are either implicitly or intentionally spreading disinformation.

The fossil fuel industry and biased folk that, for example, like their fuel-burning lifestyles (e.g., cars, trucks, etc) - are typical examples of the people that intentionally spread disinformation about climate change and reject the ideas to mitigate climate change (the naysayers & the what about problems? - rather than promoting climate solutions).

So, we know that mastodon is different in that it's not owned by a corporation (though it is regulated by the instance admins) and does not use algorithms to promote toots. Would mastodon be a more reliable source of information during a novel viral outbreak that had a high mortality rate? (Better to ask these questions now rather than later) Because, due to the levels of ecological degradation that humans are causing - those pathogen outbreaks are increasing.
"Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change" https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/index.html

#fediverse #software #SocialMedia #climate #ClimateChange
#science #virology #virologists #epidemology #epidemiologists #InfectiousDiseases #COVID #virus #fungi #bateria #ZoonoticInfectious #disease #mosquitoes #ticks
#laypeople #politics #ignorance #ConfirmationBias #misinfromation
#narcicism #disinformation #corruption

Who are the #epidemiologists and infectious disease #modellers on Mastodon?
I will update this list as I come across them and if you “favourite” or “boost” this toot you will be updated every time there is an addition.
With these you can create an “Epidemiology/Modellers” list on mastodon to browse their focused stream.

List so far:
@famulare
@enenbee
@aetiology
@DrZoeHyde
@dgbassani
@doxy_cycling
@adamjkucharski
@dgurdasani1
@epiellie

#epidemiology #epidemiologist #infectiousdisease

I've been watching the postings that appeal to me. Today it is baking sweet, warming holiday #food. Tomorrow it could be #dog pics. Some days I want to know what #epidemiologists and ER docs are saying about the #pandemic. I have not posted much, ever, on social media because I didn't want my attention to be the thing that was being sold and/or manipulated. I wanted to see what I wanted see. While I appreciate the appeal of algorithms, it makes it harder for me to see what I want. So Hi.

Hey, #Covid19 #medical #specialists & #epidemiologists here on #Mastodon I need your #help: after 3 #vaccination shots with #BioNTechpfizer which #booster is better: #Moderna or the new #Sanofi ?

Hey, #Covid19 #medical #specialists & #epidemiologists here on #Mastodon I need your #help: after 3 #vaccination shots with #BioNTechpfizer which #booster is better: #Moderna or the new #Sanofi ?

Do #covid symptoms correlate to the strength of the line of an LFT? Mine do (sample size 2 so far!) However I've heard this from many other people over the years now. I also think there is a belief that a stronger line means stronger transmission.

Anyone know an actual answer to this? Need #Epidemiologists #Virologists and #Medical people.

This seems to answer my last question then

RT @BNN_Breaking@twitter.com

Hysterical doom-mongering #Epidemiologists : 65 per cent of Covid hospital patients tested positive AFTER admission https://mol.im/a/10339555 via @MailOnline@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BNN_Breaking/status/1474443723811524611