COVID in animals

Animals and COVID-19

Researcher finds 'stunning' rate of COVID among deer. Here's what it means for humans https://t.co/b3mNPCtea8
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) March 9, 2022

The search for animals harbouring coronavirus — and why it matters.

SARS-CoV-2 in animals, perhaps mutating there, could potentially provide a reservoir of the virus that causes COVID-19 that could, and has been shown, in mink, to reinfect humans. https://t.co/nWGv5RfhY0
— Max Powers (@MaxPowerRocks) February 8, 2022

The coronavirus silently stalked Iowa's white-tailed deer in late 2020, infecting bucks and yearlings. If they become a reservoir for the virus, people and animals could be at risk, health experts say. But how are deer catching the virus to begin with? https://t.co/CteIjliRIA pic.twitter.com/yxoYHsLrhv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 7, 2022

Hong Kong announces hamster sales may resume after ordering 2,200 hamsters to be culled after tracing an outbreak to a worker in a shop where 11 hamsters tested positive for Covid. https://t.co/ORomEEmJb2
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 30, 2022

Ozzie, 61, world's OLDEST male gorilla, dies of Covid at Atlanta zoo #SmartNews https://t.co/Bt6xEA8q0M
— Valerie Hogan (@ValerieHogan) February 2, 2022

#WhatsHappeninginHK #HongKong 🇭🇰 2022…

Reuters: “The former British colony has become one of the most isolated cities in the world.”

Also: Two pet #cats have tested positive for coronavirus; government urges pet owners to avoid kissing animals.https://t.co/Kkef8QEIbS
— 🚶🏻Curtis S. Chin (@CurtisSChin) February 7, 2022

Staten Island deer riddled with Omicron, according to study https://t.co/U0tsc7zh60
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 8, 2022

@RadioFreeTom

First reported case of a person getting COVID from a cat https://t.co/mBuWa0Uv4n
— Wayne Wilson (aka slider2004) (@WilsonT20237575) June 29, 2022

COVID-19 infections spread through gorillas at Atlanta zoo

9 Signs Your Dog Has COVID-19 and What to Do About It

COVID-19 has now been found in 29 kinds of animals, which has scientists concerned

Urine therapy is the latest terrible anti-vaxxer idea

Urine therapy – where advocates encourage people to drink their own urine to tap into its redemptive properties – is among the latest, and a recent video calling the therapy the next "COVID antidote" was viewed over 366,000 times. https://t.co/o8TzBwaozt
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 31, 2022

Me in 1990: I bet by the time I’m really old, like 2022 or something, we’ll have flying cars and space colonies and a cure for cancer, because we’re so devoted to scientific progress as a nation

Actual 2022: pic.twitter.com/XOdLrHBfrw
— RadicalLeftLunaticHat (@Popehat) January 29, 2022

There’s a private Facebook group called “Urine Therapy” with 10.4K members.

I thought it had to be a joke, but these people are 100% serious.

Claiming that urine cures virtually everything, including COVID and cancer.

Facebook’s private groups are so fucking dangerous. pic.twitter.com/cllFtpEfyP
— Kristofer Goldsmith (@KrisGoldsmith85) January 30, 2022

BREAKING: due to the recent outbreak of COVID in red states, there's a shortage of supermarket urine on store shelves.#ThanksJoeBiden pic.twitter.com/hHd0llKMBt
— Paul Lee Teeks (@PaulLeeTeeks) January 16, 2022

An Alabama anti-vaxxer who recently suggested urine as a COVID cure now says that he doesn’t need a driver’s license to operate his car because it’s his “wagon."https://t.co/ZLFdwZwuBo pic.twitter.com/E3xmKDH9iw
— AL.com (@aldotcom) January 29, 2022

Low income workers are hurt the most by the bad Supreme Court decision on mandates

👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 https://t.co/GnvXYcdtwA
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) January 13, 2022

Covid is rampant in Florida

DeSantis won’t do what is needed to stop the growth of Covid.

Fewer tests would hide thishttps://t.co/SJV4kP0B9m
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 3, 2022

This is sick. Florida’s Surgeon General is asked about rising Covid cases and his response is raising his eyebrows and smiling. He needs to resign. pic.twitter.com/YH9u7V7YwZ
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 4, 2022

DeSantis has declared victory over COVID-19 on:
4/20/20
4/28/20
5/4/20
5/20/20
9/25/20

3/2/21
3/8/21
6/4/21
10/14/21
10/28/21
11/27/21

Among other dates.

Today, Florida broke its record in new cases which was set yesterday. @removeron
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) December 25, 2021

In this edition of "The Absolute Worst," @JoyAnnReid brings you "the saga of #Florida Governor Ron DeSantis whose state is exploding with #Covid." #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/JGJP8dey7d
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) January 4, 2022

There are no state run COVID testing sites in Florida.

The lines you’re seeing are from overburdened testing sites run by counties, municipalities, and private organizations.
— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) January 3, 2022

COVID cases in Florida up 1051%, more than any other state. Hey Ron DeSantis, how are those bans on vaccine and mask mandates working out for you? pic.twitter.com/bxI3ahCLAL
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 28, 2021

Ron Desantis today is adopting Trump’s “we gotta slow the testing down” policy, claiming that people are sitting in line for hours for tests because they are hysterical and “will just go out and get tested all the time” for no reason. pic.twitter.com/CKKUaflJSl
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 4, 2022

More delays on return to office work

New: Staff at @WSJ were told today that the company won't be mandating a broad office return, and instead team leaders will figure out what the "hybrid and flexible" work arrangements should be for their group
— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) February 22, 2022

This is the right move. Nonessential workers should work remotely during surges…and employers should do everything in their power to make environments truly safe for essential workers.https://t.co/ymbjwSPEO9
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) January 3, 2022

The omicron variant is forcing many companies to once again change their back-to-office plans, upending expectations for workers. https://t.co/DQm1vNMJnv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 22, 2021

The New York Times today "strongly encouraged" all employees to work from home as Omicron spreads in the city. Those who do go into the office "must wear a mask at all times unless … eating or drinking," per memo.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 21, 2021

Like other major media companies, CNN is making changes due to the new Covid surge. CNN offices are closing "to all employees who do not have to be in the office to do their jobs," per internal memo tonight. Back to 2020 protocols, essentially.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 19, 2021

Major corporations that had planned to bring all their employees back into offices in early 2022 now have to decide whether those dates make sense in light of further evidence of the pandemic’s unpredictability. https://t.co/NsDx3SgX57
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 7, 2021

Individualism vs. Public good

These tweets should do more to spell out that the individualism that is preventing us from doing better at combatting Covid is a Republican problem. Democrats want to do things to help the public good.

I mean… you've kind of got to work the country you've got. The US is extremely individualistic and not particularly risk-averse. It's also extremely polarized. None of that is going to change overnight. Public health strategies probably need to accept those as constraints. https://t.co/J363a8InQn
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 31, 2021

From the article pic.twitter.com/KpOD971pL2
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

It won’t work on the Trump cult members. They’re not concerned about protecting others. They’re only concerned about themselves.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

I don’t really buy “individualism” as a huge distinguishing cultural characteristic between the US and, say, Australia — two countries that pre-Covid I think everyone would have said are very much part of the same cultural milieu. https://t.co/dRUxGh8ZSE
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 1, 2022

Correlation of increased COVID cases and complaints that Yankee candles don’t smell

America's most robust COVID data tracking system https://t.co/n1GpRH6n2W
— Jessica "sign up for my newsletter" Roy (@jessica_roy) December 21, 2021

oh wow ha ha ha WOW https://t.co/f1vu4wSaKA
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 22, 2021

Here's a plot of the "no smell" complaints for the top three Yankee Candles on Amazon. pic.twitter.com/EFUsGil5k4
— Nick Beauchamp (@nick_beauchamp) December 22, 2021

More delays on return to office worksites

“I was wrong on this.” A new Covid wave is upending corporate plans to get offices back to normal https://t.co/syshntyFoE
— Bloomberg (@business) December 16, 2021

Apple will delay bringing its workers back to the office until a "yet to be determined" date, while giving all of its corporate and retail employees $1,000 to buy equipment for their home offices. https://t.co/y7MXaZ27AR
— CNN (@CNN) December 16, 2021

New: Washington Post staff just told there will be a phased return to office, with some people on Jan 31 and the rest on Feb 15. The Post will be mandating boosters and requiring weekly testing at the office.
— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) December 15, 2021

I wrote about the perfect date for a Return to Office: April 25, when it's not too hot, not too cold and all you need is a light jacket.

JK!! The perfect RTO date doesn't exist, CEOs are saying. My @nytimesbusiness look at how company plans went haywire https://t.co/4cGQZfONY7
— Emma Goldberg (@emmabgo) December 11, 2021

An airline passenger wore a thong on his face instead of a mask

You can’t make this up!

A Florida man was kicked off a United Airlines flight after attempting to fly with a red thong on his face in place of a mask. https://t.co/kjcctRCxGn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 17, 2021

The FAA has received 5,300+ incident reports from airlines regarding ‘issues of assaults or misconduct in the air’ — here’s how unruly passengers are impacting air travel (warning: graphic images) pic.twitter.com/4YGkh1RuXW
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 11, 2021

Ron Johnson suggests mouthwash kills covid

Dumbass

Listerine has explicitly stated that no research data proves that its mouthwash prevents or treats COVID-19. https://t.co/oH3LkpxXEk
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 9, 2021

Hey, @RonJohnsonWI, did you catch this? https://t.co/1kiXxZCUav
— Wisconsin Democrats (@WisDems) December 9, 2021

"Raymond Niaura, interim chair of the epidemiology dept at NYU, said that gargling [mouthwash, as Ron Johnson suggested] wouldn’t hurt if accompanied by vaccination.

“'That way, one would be at reduced risk for infection and have good smelling breath.'"https://t.co/wgq7bGji3A
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 9, 2021