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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-09 23:58:46

Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against
flu-like illnesses including Covid,
and should be replaced by respirator-level masks
– worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient,
according to a group of experts urging changes to World Health Organization guidelines.
There is “no rational justification remaining for prioritising or using”
the surgical masks that are ubiquitous in hospitals and clinics globally,
given …

Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-03 22:03:56

Local non-governmental organizations who organize and help survivors on the worst day of their lives are the backbone of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in California.
By joining together and creating a "Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters" ( #VOAD ) group,
they start to take steps to communicating, cooperating, collaborating and coordinating future response and rec…

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NorCal/SoCal’s Interactive Local VOAD Map

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-01-13 21:39:42

Worldwide, sales of new cars with a fossil fuel combustion engine dropped to the level of 2004, by 2024. And sales of new cars that use fossil fuels (100% or partially, in hybrids) dropped to the level of 2012. EVs are on the march.
canarymedia.com/articles/clean

Graph showing total vehicle sales growing from below 50 million in 2000 to over 80 million in 2016, followed by a steep drop in the Covid years. Recovery after that - to almost 80 million - comes with lots of EVs. IEA data.