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Science geek, nature nerd, public health professional. Cancel student debt! Kindness matters. Here for #catsoftwitter and science. #CovidisAirborne
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my luck has run out. Lived alone last 3 yrs, avoided COVID. 1 wk after moving in w/friends, 1 got COVID and exposed whole house and now I’m sick & likely have it. My friend is immunocompromised so I was super careful and took 5 x RAT b4 moving in, but her bf threw caution to wind
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Just answered anonymous staff survey and told them they need to be less ableist re SARS-Cov2… by talking explicitly about COVID… they will probably know it’s me but they need to hear it so 🤷🏻♀️
(For context, I work in public health in CA)
This is what I wrote:
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So careful and one person’s casual attitude and lack of protections have caused this.
You do you is not public health and not sustainable, our actions affect others
#CovidIsNotOver
#MaskUp
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Now we’re all feeing sick with 1 + test so far, & pending PCR tests
The bf had always quarantined carefully so thought he didn’t have to this time, & my friend reminded him that I had moved in expecting it to be a COVID safe household. It’s just so annoying to have been
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Just because the public health emergency was ended, does not mean that the virus is not still infecting and disabling people. By holding in-person events, meetings, etc., and having zero covid protections and precautions, it's implicitly telling everyone that
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it doesn’t matter if they are high risk, or get infected, and are potentially disabled. The CDC admits that as much as 1 in 5 people who have had covid go on to develop Long Covid, which can potentially be disabling, and it can affect anyone, not just those with comorbidities.
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It would be better to have universal protections such as air filtration and masking with high quality masks. Here are some articles explaining more about this, and I would encourage more intentional thought and planning around this:
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“Part of genuine DEI work is working to not be ableist, and I would like to see more of an explicit effort in our org. to be less ableist. In particular, with regards to the ongoing SARS-COV2 pandemic.
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Update: so myself and other exposed roommate are both symptomatic AND negative tests…
can anyone explain to me why tests neg?
Her: RAT - & PCR -
Me: 2 x RAT - (1/day)
Is it just lower viral load in us??
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Most of all, thanks to
#preparednotscared
folks on Twitter for sharing info and insights to educate, inform and keep us all safe!! 🙏🏻✊🏻
#CovidIsAirborne
#MaskUp
#CovidIsNotOver
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Lastly, I referenced the great work of the
@PeoplesCDC
on how to have safer in person gatherings:
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@That_Snail_Girl
Agreed. I have a hard time trusting folks at the best of times but this has added to that & generally losing faith in humanity sadly. It’s also just so hard if not impossible to find anyone being remotely COVID cautious for a roommate sitch!
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@Magnolia_613
@bethechange1682
Thanks, really feeing this today! Am sitting out/staying at home during a work thanksgiving potluck today bc it’s indoors and most likely a superspreader event & my family don’t care either, are vaxxed and relaxed. Some days are exhausting
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So I attended this webinar to ask
@usedgov
a question and they ignored me… twice
It shouldn’t be this hard to get reliable info!
So much for this “on-ramp” they keep telling us is amazing! 😩😡
#SAVEonStudentDebt
@StrikeDebt
@CFPB
@DebtCrisisOrg
@theSBPC
Lots of people have been reaching out to us asking for personal help navigating the broken student debt violence machine.
Bring your questions to the Dept of Ed. This is their mess.
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Y’all: I’ve planned life around
#pslf
debt cancellatn for 7+ yrs bc @ rate I’ve been able to pay back loans I’ll be 80 before paid off…
BUT, I legit feel trapped in poorly $ govt/service jobs…
Will pslf pay off? Is it worth it??
Wld love to hear success
#cancelstudentdebt
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So sad that student loan borrowers have to ask questions such as:
“Will my daughter be responsible for my SL debt when I die?”
The answer is no, but no one should have to think about this and worry!
#CancelStudentDebt
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@bbbrazil__
Great! I am hopeful that when enough of us speak out they will eventually have to listen!!
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@Angry_Staffer
Why is Biden not keeping campaign promise to
#CancelStudentDebt
when he has executive power to do so and it would help kick start the economy & Janet Yellan and labor unions think it’s a good idea???
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@StudentLoanJus1
Done! This is the third time I’ve written to White House in last few months! Let’s keep the pressure on!!
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Even though I’m a lot closer to student loan debt cancellation, no one should have to go through 20 years of stress, anxiety & putting life on hold just bc you tried to live “the American dream” & get an education.
@POTUS
@SecCardona
#CancelStudentDebtNow
#PickUpThePenJoe
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“An injury to Mohela…”
I don’t give a f*^% if
#CancelStudentDebt
causes an “injury” to Mohela, since we already pay them nearly $400 million
What about the greater, more onerous injuries to the 45 million people saddled with usurious, predatory SL debt?!
Next is a brief by
@ArchCityDefense
+ other Missourians, filed by
@UCBConsumerLaw
arguing that any lost revenue from MOHELA (the MO student loan giant of concern in NE v. Biden) is speculative, remote and does not constitute losses to the state.
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@Magnolia_613
Yes, as of April 2022. I wore an N95 mask and brought a
#CorsiRosenthalBox
to the office but no one/almost no one else masked in building. There was no flexibility (mind you, I work in public health), so I sought out another job that allows me to work 100% remotely.
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@arghavan_salles
@jubunnies
This is such a brilliant podcast series! I’ve listened to all the episodes available. As a woman with endometriosis, my pain has been dismissed by 5+ doctors in few years and this series was incredibly validating!
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@SecCardona
No,
@SecCardona
, waiver did not help qualify payments. I took out first loans in 1999, have been paying back since 2005. Clock started over when consolidated for
#pslf
in 2016, should have 6 yrs count, but FedLoan upped months from 32->36 mos. That’s 1/2.
#pslf
is broken system
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@SecCardona
No, this is not true & isn’t boast- worthy, it’s barely made a dent: 150,000/9,000,000 = < 1.7% of
#pslf
borrowers have actually received cancellation
The system has not been fixed!
just bloody
#CancelStudentDebt
already
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@kristopherroe
@MaryJoNabuurs
A physician’s assistant asked me the same thing at an appointment recently and assured me that no one there was sick so I didn’t have to mask. To which I replied there’s plenty of asymptomatic transmission and she cut me off at that point. 🙄
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Today was assured by MOHELA that PSLF cancellation, w 120 payments should be processed mid Oct, and even if payments restart they’re $0… but I’ve had such “assurances” b4 incl that their payment counts weren’t wrong (they were, by 10 mos), so how can I trust them?
At this point I'm convinced MOHELA can't do anything right. Remember when we were told we'd have plenty of time (at least 21 days) to get ready? We're two weeks from October and these 🤡 can't tell me when my payment's due.
How is this supposed to help us
#SAVEOnStudentDebt
?
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I just wrote the
@LongCovidAP
letter "Find a Cure For Long Covid" & told gov that Economist David Cutler says we need ≥$28 billion annually now! 11 demands articulate this in the letter.
Write your letter here:
Be Loud.
Take Power.
Fight Long Covid!
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@AbdiEllie
@AbrontheGreat1
@SecCardona
It follows you into retirement. The “govt can take up to 15% of your Social Security benefit” by garnishing your benefit in retirement
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RT bc only one more day to make public comment on the new IDR proposal. As
@StrikeDebt
have explained, EdDept proposing to make ppl pay student loans @ 225% poverty level, or an AGI of $32,800/yr. Where I live, CA, rent could easily be $24,000+/yr so how ppl supposed to eat?!
We always say that debt is a form of social control. This is a perfect example.
Did you know that
@SecCardona
&
@UnderSecKvaal
are planning to calculate your student loan payment to specifically keep student debtors food insecure?
You can't make this up
TREAD 🧵 1/5
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Welcome to America: can we increase maternity leave to a level on par with other similar high income countries?
—> NO
But, the FDA has just approved a pill for postpartum depression instead so you can take a drug and get back to work!
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@nilikm
Yes, both mental/emotional fatigue at poor handling by govt worldwide, and sadly bodily fatigue from COVID infection 2 wks ago, still recovering!
Hope you can rest a lot and feel better soon!
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Urge the White House and Congress to Mail Free N95 Masks to the Public! Send an email here:
#FreeN95s
#BringBackMasks
@MandateMasksUS
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Help please
#CancelStudentDebt
crew:
So many issues with Mohela and payment counts towards PSLF
Basically it’s taken 6-7 months to go from 102 -> 110 payment count.
But the kicker is that I also submitted one employer with 12 months that they seem to have ignored
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Apropos of nothing, I think today would be the best day to
#CancelStudentDebt
like you promised during your last campaign
@POTUS
Apropos of nothing, I think today's a great day to give to my campaign.
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@SecCardona
Actions speak louder than words
@SecCardona
, fewer than 1.7% of public servants who are eligible have actually seen debt cancellation.
#CancelStudentDebt
#10kNoWay
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@nohomelikeplace
Thanks! Yeah honestly I don’t so much lay the blame on the person as the larger geopolitical system that is telling us all to get continuously reinfected and it’s mild and just a flu. That’s how we all ended up in this mess
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Great article.
“Pandemic life remains terribly lonely. Elements of pre-pandemic normal social life have returned, but not for those of us who aren’t going along with the so-called “back to normal.” I want a name… Lacking a better one, I’ve started calling it broken sociality.
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I just wrote the
@winslow_la
@theacecoalition
@LongCovidAP
letter "Mandate Respirator Protection In Your Healthcare Facility (International Action)" — Write one here:
Be Loud.
Take Power.
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Who is in charge of determining state income taxes? I am in CA & the $10k student loan debt cancellation is due to be considered taxable income, and I want to raise hell/advocate
Is it the governor? Attorney General? Who has jurisdiction to change it??
#CancelStudentDebt
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@POTUS
@SecCardona
I am a 40-something professional toiling away in poorly paid public service, under
#pslf
…
this tweet below is literally my future… I cannot afford to save for retirement bc of student loan debt… just
#CancelStudentDebtNow
already!
"I have lived meagerly and because of my student debt was not able to save for retirement. I still work at the age of 71 in a very high "Covid risk" environment, literally risking my own life because of student debt."
#CancelStudentDebt
#CancelStudentLoans
#StudentLoanJustice
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@kprather88
Thanks! Maybe now my colleagues, in public health, won’t object so much to having a CR box in the office with this stamp of approval?! Having CDPH get behind it gives this legitimacy (which frankly wasn’t needed, it’s evidence l-based but like masks, state had to be involved)
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@Alison06044825
Yes. I called Mohela yesterday, on hold for 2.5 hrs, & I was just checking payment count for pslf but they person I spoke to said check back in a week & if no payment count avail. then re-upload all employer info to Mohela so I can be sure o get it to them before Oct 31 deadline
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@GaloresCircus
@Nheduana
@sammy4723
I contemplate this often bc I work in tobacco control. CDC: “There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure,” precisely why indoor smoking was banned in workplaces, airplanes, etc.
Huge disconnect that
#COVIDisAirborne
& acts like smoke!
Yet ppl breathe infected air!
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@genderlessflesh
Thanks! Yes we’ve been swabbing throat and nose for the rapid tests. My roommate had a neg PCR too which was weird. I’m awaiting PCR test results
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This has happened to me before multiple times. Why have a call back option if they don’t call back?!?
#SAVEonStudentDebt
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@POTUS
@SecCardona
@VP
@SenAlexPadilla
@SenFeinstein
I am a professional, I’ve been paying off loans for 20 years, I am a public service worker, and I sometimes have to ration what expenses I can pay month to month… food, gas, medical bills…
#cancelstudentdebt
already!
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@FSACOO
, how about the fact that both Mohela and FedLoan have not counted PSLF payments correctly? Servicers haven’t even been able to do the one job you’re paying them for!
Do you have information about potential violations of the Higher Education Act and its related regulations? Submit tips & info 👆🏻
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Can someone pls explain this to me?
I re-sent employment verification & according to my calc I should have 5-6 years of
#pslf
payments. But according to FedLoan I ONLY have 3 yrs!
Why are there almost twice the eligible payments than qualifying payments?!?🤬
#CancelStudentDebt
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@AlisaValdesRod1
When I was being pushed back to office in a previous job, 4 d/wk in person, I built a
#CorsiRosenthalbox
to keep in office near my desk space, plus KN94/N95 masks on all the time, and CR box filters air! Highly recommend!
More here:
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Just started new job at CA Dept of Public Health and let me tell you that the words of its founder in 1870 still ring true today:
“There may be cases [where] it will become necessary to compel obedience to the rules of hygiene. For ex., pure air and pure water are necessities…
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I work for large state *Public Health* dept and was just on zoom where someone from another team said COVID is gone so she shouldn’t be scared of getting COVID at a concert.
I said that’s a very rationale fear bc it is not gone & you could catch it again.
🤦♀️
#CovidIsNotOver
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Comments from
@LisaAnsell2
,
@millennial_debt
,
@MaxwellFrostFL
and many more, incl SL borrowers at this Ed Dept hearing are 🔥
Thank you!
🚨 HEA Debt Cancelation Public Hearing 🚨
Registration is now available at
Also make sure you submit your comments about a potential debt cancellation rule at
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#SAVEonStudentDebt
would be great if we could have any faith that the system works, but it doesn’t. Long call wait times, being hung up on, incorrect info, that’s what I have come to expect from Mohela
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@anthonydmarek
I’d be up for having a roommate who is taking the pandemic seriously and is masking indoors etc. but sadly I’ve lost some faith in humanity and have just presumed it’s not even possible so living alone atm…
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@That1teddygirl
I was sent on plane to see grandma age 6 every summer as UM, but I wouldn’t do that today with my own kid. That was the 80s & my parents could wait at gate with me and flying was less hectic, stressful, full of delays, not to mention heaps of COVID risk. I’d not be comfortable
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@PeteUK7
Thanks
@JimRosenthal4
for mentioning fan safety wrt fire risk!
I had a malicious colleague try to stop me using my
#corsirosenthalbox
at work bc she made excuses about fire risk. She just didn’t like it and told me she liked the office “COVID-y!”
Needless to say I found diff job
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@EmJayNabuurs
@o_bel_
@inkblue01
@BerlinBuyers
I’ve used these Armbrust KN95 masks, and find them comfortable, and they come in pink:
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@DisabledDem
Thanks, I should have said in the post that we’re already doing the throat plus nose swab protocol, thanks to all of those who recommended it on Twitter.
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I just submitted a comment in support of reinstating mask mandates in healthcare in LA County and you can too. It’s super easy, just click on link below & choose Agenda item 12 to make comment there:
@joaquinlife
#KeepMasksinHealthcare
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Feeling 😤 while listening to this hearing at moment, while seeing a homeless woman get out of her car literally right outside my office… the juxtaposition is stark and I’m galled by Mohela’s greed in such an inequitable world… cry me a river Mohela!
#CancelStudentDebt
Tomorrow, a judge will consider whether to block debt relief for 40 million people at the request of
@MOHELA
's lawyer, right-wing
@AGEricSchmitt
.
It will stream live @ 10:30AM central:
We'll be watching. You should too.
#cancelstudentdebt
#cancelMOHELA
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The pseudo-return in the “new normal” means social life and community appear to be more available, but for many of us, they aren’t… Experiences of community are offered but not actually present… they're present only via serious risks which are often un- or under-acknowledged…
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@VaishAnanth
Thanks for sharing! I experienced some of this my PhD viva and the aftermath and it’s taken years to unpack the trauma and heal
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@SecCardona
I look forward to seeing tangible changes & commenting during public comment period, bc as you stated in press release: “if a borrower qualifies, it shouldn’t take mountains of paperwork or a law degree to obtain it.”
However to date, that has not been true!
#PSLFfailure
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Yes, this! It’s taken me the last year to get the pslf count closer to what is
#t
should be but it’s still incorrect!
So much time wasted!
On the slim chance the Supreme Court doesn’t block
@POTUS
#studentdebt
relief, $10-20k forgiveness won’t even come close to compensating us for the time we’ve wasted on hold or getting bunk info from loan servicers through the years.
Our time is valuable.
#CancelStudentDebt
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@architectspider
@theSBPC
@POTUS
The waiver makes it so that payments before consolidation will now count, but only if you get paperwork in before Oct 31 deadline
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@eastbank_dc
@Fuentes_Liza
@CinnamonMelody2
Yes! Like studies on universal basic income! They spend the money on necessities like food and rent!
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@genderlessflesh
Thanks! It’s hard too knowing that we’re being super diligent with testing, and I doubt the rest of the population is, for systemic, political reasons, but also wish the tests were better! Thanks for sharing your experience
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Yes, I know it’s wild that the federal poverty level is so out of date that we have to have such large multipliers, but that’s another conversation!
Please advocate to
#CancelStudentDebt
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@fuckyouiquit
@BradNailsIt1
@CorsIAQ
The 4 filter cube has much larger/better surface area, which makes it more effective and I’m pretty sure you can then run it longer before replacing filters
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@HH09379475
@BoundByTorah
@MoneyVisCoach
This is logical fallacy. SLs are predatory lending just like subprime mortgages, re: economic crash of 2008. Recall how we bailed out banks… we’re fighting to bail out 45 m ppl, taxpayers, who were just trying to have middle class life w education
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I think of this facet of broken sociality as social loneliness. This involves more time spent alone -- reduced time doing things and seeing people compared to pre-pandemic -- because fewer places are doing anything (let alone enough) to mitigate covid exposure.”
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@valenceawest
Agreed, yet I complained this summer about FedLoan and got a nonsense and placating response from Ed Dept, and zero answers or resolution.
Genuinely would love to know if there’s a successful avenue to hold any servicers accountable…
been on hold w Mohela almost an Hr now!
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@LisaAnsell2
Well said!
I especially appreciated: people “denied payment eligibility for arbitrary and false reasons,” bc this has happened to me and I complained to
@usedgov
recently and… crickets… no surprise they have not responded FFS 🙄
#CancelStudentDebt
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Does anyone in the COVID cautious community have suggestions for good N95 respirators that work effectively/have good fit over beards?
3M Aura? VFlex? Thanks!
#MaskUp
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsNotOver
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Today is the last day to submit public comment about the broken
#pslf
system and other Dept of Education proposed rules. I just submitted comments and if you haven’t done so yet, I urge you to do it today!!
#pslf
#CancelStudentDebt
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@ann_mcnitt
Can’t speak to novavax, as I haven’t had it. But like you the regular boosters made me very sick for 24-36 hrs, but the bivalent booster was not as bad, only felt bad maybe 12ish hours?? Obvs not ideal but much better
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@Alison06044825
Also file a complaint to student to hold them accountable for the mess that is pslf
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@leilacleigh
Thanks, yes, we are swabbing mouth and throat first. I actually saw your tweet re trying to get metformin so I asked the doctor for it and so did my roommate, both told no. her doc had heard of study but would not prescribe until CDC recommends it! 🫠
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@vera_tenacious
@PeteUK7
I’ll bring my
#CorsiRosenthalBox
! 😆
Great space by the way, thank you both!
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Some levity for today: the art of lying… who did it better, my cat or the Victorian painter James Tissot?
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This is what public health does… provides opportunities to help people lead longer healthier lives. Who doesn’t want that?!?
#BringBackMasks
#COVIDIsAirborne
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