Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉
@Cleavon_MD
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Emergency Medicine Doctor & Iraq War veteran on the frontlines of the pandemic interested in global health crises. #SoulsLostToCovid
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If teachers are essential then prioritize them. No teacher should return to in-person learning without being vaccinated.
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Just got to work and was notified there are no more ICU beds in the state of Arizona.
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🕯️Moment of silence for 33 y.o. Dr. Li Wenliang, Ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital in China. On February 7, 2020 he died from COVID after warning the world of a mysterious pneumonia in late December 2019. #SoulsLostToCovid
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Trump: You know, our doctors get more money if someone dies from COVID. Truth: I took a 20% pay cut due to less patients. Lost 3 colleagues & 27 y.o. cousin. Cried countless times delivering news of deaths to families. I'm doing more for the U.S. than you!.
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Dr. Susan Moore died today from COVID, but HOW she died is unacceptable. She posted a video to Facebook from an Indiana hospital days before her death about mistreatment. "This is how black people get killed when you send them home and they don't know how to fight for themselves"
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High quality MASKS protect against INFECTION, whereas VACCINES protect against HOSPITALIZATION. It's too early to drop mask mandates.
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In 1962 Dallas County #Texas vaccinated 950,000 residents against the poliovirus in two days, ensuring an immunization rate well over 90%.
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It’s the final countdown! After 10 months on the frontlines, I just got word that I’m scheduled to get the Moderna vaccine tomorrow afternoon! Let’s go!!! 🙌🏾 🙌🏾.
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Moment of silence for 47 y.o. Army veteran and longtime nurse Jeff Sales, fully vaccinated, who worked on the COVID unit in Florida. He died from COVID 12 hours after testing positive for the virus, leaving a wife and 4 children #SoulsLostToCovid
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I've always been HONEST about what I'm experiencing as an ER doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic, but @YumaRegional wants to SUPPRESS the TRUTH. Healthcare providers must be able to communicate with the public during a deadly pandemic. @jamielandersx.
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🧵NO ICU BEDS! When our rural Arizona hospital ICU is full, we medevac patients to different hospitals across the state, BUT NOT TONIGHT, because there were NO ACCEPTING HOSPITALS, so for an entire 12 hour shift we managed ICU patients, while treating other emergencies. 1/13.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards reissues indoor mask mandate for Louisiana. More than 2,000 infections today involve children. "Let's rid ourselves of the notion, right now, that kids can't get COVID. We can't send children back into school unvaccinated & unmasked."
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This is a reminder that a THREE-vaccine regimen is highly protective against HOSPITALIZATION, whereas high quality MASKS, such as KN95s are highly protective against INFECTION. Both are required to protect against COVID.
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Dr. Mark Kline Physician-in-Chief at Children's Hospital New Orleans: "This delta variant is every infectious disease specialist's worst nightmare. There was a myth. that children were somehow immune. It has become very clear that children are heavily impacted"
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On election day, Georgia honored former Georgia Rep. John Lewis by showing up to the polls and voting for @JoeBiden. I know he's looking down from above with a smile. Rest in power!
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🧵On my last ER shift, there were NO accepting hospitals for my ICU patients. Across Arizona, ⬆️HCW illness, ⬆️nursing ratios & ⬇️PPE. We need HELP!! This is not "living with the virus" it's dying from the virus. We need a shutdown @dougducey.
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4 month old Grayson Perry is one of 279 children in Texas hospitalized for COVID. On Christmas Day, 93 children in Texas were hospitalized with COVID. One week later, that number soared to 279 kids. COVID is not harmless in children.
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The COVID-19 vaccine should go to healthcare workers, nursing home residents, teachers & essential workers FIRST! . People who refused to wear a mask & social distance should be the VERY LAST to get a vaccine!.
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It makes ZERO sense to wear a mask into a restaurant then take it off inside, sit shoulder to shoulder, talk, shout and spew virus and pretend people are not being infected. Hospitals are full and healthcare workers are running on empty.
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Listen to Dr. Catherine O’Neal describe the #DeltaVariant at the Louisiana Presser. "The Delta Variant is coming for us, it's a BEAST. It's different!. We’re either going to get vaccinated & end pandemic or we’re going to accept DEATH and A LOT of it"
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Phil Valentine, 61, conservative radio talk-show host who told followers they were "probably safer not getting" the COVID vaccine if they weren't high risk died from COVID August 21, 2021. His family says "PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!" #SoulsLostToCovid
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I’m walking back into work to join my troops on the battlefield. Thank you everyone. Let’s all do our part to mitigate spread of COVID19. #stayathome
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An ICU bed without staff is like a plane without a pilot - USELESS!!.
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I’m off from work today, but my mind is still in the emergency room. Sitting across from loved ones in the consultation room beginning that difficult conversation, “What do you know about the condition of your loved one?” 1/8.
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34 y.o. anti-vaxxer Stephen Harmon died from COVID on July 21. On June 3rd he posted a tweet saying "I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one." Please #GetVaccinated and wear a mask. #SoulsLostToCovid
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296 days after our first case of COVID in New York City, I got the Moderna vaccine in Yuma, Arizona amid my 3rd surge. The end is near, but I must remain vigilant throughout 2021 because I can still infect my family. Looking forward to day we're all vaccinated! #RightToBareArms
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🏅Nurse Carla Brown was recognized Tuesday by Gov. John Bel Edwards & East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broom. After her husband passed away from COVID, Carla traveled door to door giving COVID vaccinations to more than 2,000 people.
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12 y.o. twins Parker & Ben Madsen from Tucson Arizona had a birthday wish to get vaccinated b/c they lost their Great Aunt Gwen & Great Uncle Mike to Covid before the vaccine was available to them. Now they're vaccinated like their parents & older brother
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I walked into a Marshalls Clothing store today to go Christmas shopping, but there were too many people in the store for my comfort so I did an about-face and walked out.
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This was never about @YumaRegional, it was about the fact that Arizona has ZERO ICU beds, but Yuma Regional thought the public should NOT KNOW that valuable information during a deadly pandemic. We've seen this same suppression of truth with @GeoRebekah in Florida.
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One of the most dangerous jobs amid the pandemic is being a respiratory therapist! They are at EVERY intubation and manage ventilators, as a result they are continuously exposed to deadly COVID aerosols & are under enormous emotional strain! 💔.
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I’ve treated battlefield casualties in Iraq & COVID in NYC. In June, when I arrived for the surge in Yuma, Arizona I expected public health measures by @dougducey, yet today our hospital has 107 COVID patients. We’re exhausted! TY @nytimes @KatherineJWu .
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The virus is closing in on us. Another ER doctor has contracted COVID19 at work. This makes the 4th ER doctor over the past weeks. The vaccine can’t come soon enough. We are still waiting to hear when our emergency department is scheduled!.
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A timeless pandemic poem. Stay the F home by @SamuelLJackson . Now technically I’m not a doctor.But motherf**ckers listen when I read a poem.So here I am, Sam F**cking Jackson.Imploring you: Keep your ass at home
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ARRESTED: Justin Stoll, 40, from Wilmington, Ohio is charged with online threats and witness tampering related to his participation in riots at the U.S. Capitol.
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🧵This beautiful soul has been in the ICU for 7 weeks on a ventilator because of COVID. Zelene Blancas is a 35 y.o. first grade bilingual teacher in El Paso Texas who tested positive for COVID on October 20th. She did everything right, but tragically still got COVID. 1/6
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🧵This is the 4th thread dedicated to the precious children that have died from COVID during this never-ending pandemic. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid
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Hi I'm Dr. Gilman what brings you to the ER? My first patient of the shift gives me a look of shock, reads my badge then says, "Is this you in the paper?". I glance at the @yumasun newspaper, smile then say, "Yes that's me." . She smiles back and says, "Thank you for staying!".
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10 y.o Tanitoluwa Adewumi from New York became the newest chess master in the US.♟. Three years ago, Adewumi and his family lived in a Manhattan homeless shelter after fleeing religious persecution by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in their home country of Nigeria.
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What happened to the 175 beds??? We likely don’t have nursing to staff them. This is not good.
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Kids say the most random things before bed. My oldest: “You know what I learned today? The smell of grass when it’s cut by lawnmowers is a chemical distress signal to communicate to other plants that it’s in danger”.
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My oldest just came in the room to tell me that her friend's father just died from COVID19. "I got COVID and survived," said her 13 y.o. friend, "but my father died.".
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Vaccine Update: I got the Moderna vaccine 10 days ago and only had one day of arm soreness - no other side effects. I'm looking forward to getting my entire family vaccinated when they are allowed.
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Less than a month after 18 y.o. Elijah “E.J.” Johnson scored two touchdowns in his first high school game of the season, his mom says he’s fighting to breathe due to COVID pneumonia complicated by blood clots. He's admitted to a pediatric ICU in Missouri
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I'm not really sure what to say anymore, besides the situation is horrible in Arizona and WE are on OUR OWN. 171 people died yesterday in Arizona. Think about that. all those people on ventilators in ICUs that are overwhelmed are dying. More & more admitted each day. 1/5.
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🧵 This thread is dedicated to the precious children that have died from COVID during this never-ending pandemic. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid
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I just want to say that Envision has had my back 100% during this horrible situation with @YumaRegional.
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After one week without masks, COVID outbreak forces two Mississippi high schools to close and go virtual.
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Omicron is a deadly virus. Former UFC star 41 y.o. Chris "The Crippler" Leben from San Diego CA is recovering from COVID after being on life support. He declined to talk about his vaccination status. This was his second battle with COVID #TheySurvivedCovid
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Dr. Mark Kline Physician-in-Chief at Children's Hospital New Orleans dispels the myth that only children with pre-existing conditions are getting sick: "Half the children we are seeing with COVID were perfectly healthy"
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🧵 A personal thread on ASMYPTOMATIC spread. My brother’s family has COVID and my mom is exposed. “We didn’t want to worry you,” said my mom & brother, which is why I’m just finding out today. 1/10.
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I came to Yuma, Arizona to provide excellent healthcare and advocate for underserved populations. The love and support I've received from the community reaffirms this is where my family and I need to be. I'll be back with my team in the trenches on Monday!.
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🚨Arkansas confirms two child deaths from COVID. The first pediatric COVID-19 death happened at the end of last year but took time to confirm. The second death happened THIS MONTH. 12 kids are currently hospitalized and 7 are CRITICALLY ILL.
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Healthcare workers that die from COVID deserve line-of-duty benefits. Over 3,600 healthcare workers have died from COVID19. Source:@CTZebra .
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This has been a tumultuous week for truth-tellers! Thank you @GeoRebekah for checking-in with me. Providing accurate information during this pandemic is paramount. When history is written we will be on the right side.
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🧵One of the great UNKNOWNS about the Omicron variant is the impact on children 4 weeks AFTER infection.
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Healthcare workers did not sign up to work during an endless pandemic with ZERO help from state and federal governments. These healthcare workers gave their lives to treat patients with COVID in Arizona. Their families should all receive $500,000 death benefits. @dougducey.
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🧵 As coronavirus continues to kill thousands per day, it's important to humanize their deaths. This thread is dedicated to the countless young people worldwide lost to COVID. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid💔
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Everyone needs a high filtration mask to protect against #Omicron. Milwaukee is ensuring everyone is protected by handing out 500,000 N95 masks - packs of 5 for a single adult, 10 for a couple and 20 for a family.
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My colleagues in New York City are getting the vaccine TODAY. we're suppose to get the vaccine on December 20th in Yuma, Arizona at our hospital.
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Shortly after 14 y.o. Daniel Salinas recovered from COVID, his behavior began to change. He developed a migraine, then began talking to himself. He was rushed to UC Irvine and diagnosed with COVID psychosis. He's still hospitalized. #TheySurvivedCovid
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🚨In 10 days, 6 members of Impact Church in Jacksonville #Florida died from COVID. Four members who died were under the age of 35, all of them healthy, and the only thing they had in common was they were NOT VACCINATED, said the pastor. #SoulsLostToCovid
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This beautiful soul lost her life life to COVID19. The world is emptier without her. If you think you're healthier than her, then think again. #StayHome.
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@naomiosaka It's time for athletes to stand together. Verbal abuse and racist insults by fans passed off as heckling is appalling. "Fans" spit on and throw food & water bottles at athletes. I can't imagine what you've had to endure as a world class black athlete.
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Sometimes it’s too much to immediately return back to treat patients, so I go outside to the ambulance bay & let the cool air dry my tears. Then I take a deep breath, walk into the ER and see the next patient, “Hi, I’m Dr. Gilman what brings you to the emergency room today?./end.
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If we get hit with another variant and we've abandoned all public health measures, it's going to be really hard to put anything back in place. This idea that we're going to abandon everything is a very premature concept in many countries right now @DrMikeRyan
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Florida Pastor and Anti-Vax COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles hospitalized with COVID after saying it’s God’s judgment against LGBTQ & Jewish people.
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I moved my entire family to Yuma, Arizona from NYC. Then was told ONE DAY that I could not return to work over a tweet about ICU beds. This is unjust, but has happened to 100s of ER doctors nationwide. We need legislation that provides due process for ER doctors like me.
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“From previous waves we believe seven percent to 10% developed long COVID, but with Omicron, the numbers being infected are so high that even if just 1% of infected children get long COVID, it’ll cause more pediatric long COVID cases than Delta.”
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In the meantime, I’ll sit and wait hoping that my 60 y.o. mom doesn’t test positive for COVID. /end.
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Despite shattering daily records of cases & deaths, we are still divided. Battling misinformation, simultaneously battling the virus. Hospitals filled with patients, restaurants filled with patrons. HCWs begging for masks, while many refuse to wear one! @dougducey @mkraju
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🚨There are no pediatric hospital beds in the state of Oklahoma due to the #DeltaVariant. Children are being transferred out of state to Texas. Doctors are calling for a state of emergency.
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🧵As coronavirus continues to kill thousands per day, it's important to humanize their deaths. This thread is dedicated to the 18-19 year old children that lost their lives to COVID. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid.
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🧵COVID CHECK-IN. Hey healthcare workers across the U.S. Can you check-in and let us know what you're seeing at your hospitals? Your voice is very important! Share as much or little as you like.🙏🏽 I'll start with a template.
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46 y.o. Brandon Haynes from #Louisiana died from COVID. "I asked him to take the vaccine & he wouldn't. The best way I can honor him is to request friends and family members take the vaccine.” Mom provided a vaccine clinic at his funeral #SoulsLostToCovid .
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⚠️It's beginning. Patients in southwest #Missouri are starting to be transferred to other hospitals, hundreds of miles away, as hospitals become filled with COVID patients. Only 38% of #Missouri is fully vaccinated & #DeltaVariant infections are surging.
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Never forget that our government knew how deadly this virus was and let COVID19 spread across America infecting 17 million, while at the same time pushing schools to unsafely open. Philamena Belone should be alive, as well as 100,000s of others.
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🧵This is a very important video about the pandemic. Dr. Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , a United Kingdom–based medical journal. He's an honorary professor at the London School of Tropical Med, Univ. College London & University of Oslo
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🧵COVID CHECK-IN #4 (12/28 - 1/3) Hey healthcare workers across the U.S. Can you check-in and let us know what you're seeing at your hospitals? Your voice is very important and is saving lives! Share as much or little as you like. I'll help amplify.
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It's important to note that COVID and non-covid patients with head bleeds, respiratory distress, diabetic ketoacidosis, electrolyte abnormalities, strokes, car accidents, traumas, and overdose are ALL COMPETING for ICU beds. 6/13.
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A COVID outbreak hit a Cornish nursing home in England where 100% of residents & 94% of staff received both doses of Covid vaccine. Importantly, every single case was asymptomatic, showing the efficacy of vaccination.
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2020 y'all! This is the first Christmas Eve that I've ever spent on Twitter, but I #StayAtHome and I'm fortunate that my family and I are alive and healthy! The kids are patiently waiting 2 more hours to open presents. 😂🤣😂.
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I saw this misinformation billboard in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where only 30% of the population is fully vaccinated. For the record, COVID-19 vaccines do not contain aborted fetal cells.
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*Healthcare workers that die from COVID deserve line-of-duty death benefits.
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It warms my heart to report that Isaac Cary, who was on life support following a breakthrough infection, is home and doing well. His daughter says, "he is 100% independent again and doesn't require oxygen or a walker."🌹.
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In Utah, the Salt Lake County Health Dept has issued a mask-mandate. Everyone over 2 y.o., regardless of vaccination status or past COVID-19 infection MUST wear “well-fitting masks” indoors or if standing in line in public. KN95 MASKS will be PROVIDED
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@naomiosaka Imagine having the WORST DAY at work and then REQUIRED to do a press conference on how you messed up. Then having that interview played over and over again on all major news and social media. That's not good for mental health.
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