Dr. Lucky Tran

Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 20:29 UTC

Great video by @luckytran.bsky.social on how to use a CO2 monitor to gauge COVID risk. I carry mine around with me everywhere!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 21:11 UTC

Thank you! They are such handy things to have on you!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:42 UTC

Here’s a video I’ve been meaning to put together explaining how to use CO2 monitors to gauge COVID risk. If you’d like to own this great public health tool, Aranet have kindly offered to collaborate on a GIVEAWAY! To win an Aranet4 indoor air quality monitor, check the YouTube video description.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 07:39 UTC

Sure, everyone complains about first-past-the-post, but tell me what other electoral system has Elmo and Count Binface on the same stage as the leaders of the country?

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:29 UTC

Here's the bill: "IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, INVOLVED IN A LAWFUL ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY, OR RIOT, TO WEAR A HOOD, MASK, OR DEVICE WHEREBY THE PERSON OR THE PERSON'S FACE IS DISGUISED."

nysenate.gov/legislation/...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:28 UTC

Source: www.iqair.com/us/usa/new-y...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:22 UTC

Due to the fireworks, New York City's air quality is the worst in the world tonight.

When AQI is low, it's a good idea to wear a mask to protect your health.

But this could soon be a crime, as one of the mask ban bills prohibits masks at "lawful assemblies."

#NoNYMaskBan

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:09 UTC

Fixed it

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:08 UTC

Yes! You can also contact the tourist board who are taking feedback and relaying to lawmakers. See COVIDAdvocacy.org for contact details.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:15 UTC

CDC: COVID is a health threat that can surge all year round.

NY Democrats: The pandemic is over, let's ban masks!

The mask ban is anti-science, anti-public health, anti-safety.

Take action to stop the mask ban⬇️
COVIDAdvocacyNY.org

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

However, the CDC continues to go out of its way to stigmatize masks, not listing it in its core prevention strategies for respiratory viruses, and calling it an “additional” prevention strategy instead.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:48 UTC

The CDC has finally acknowledged that SARS-CoV-2 is not a typical “winter” respiratory virus, and COVID-19 is a threat that can surge throughout the year.

Source: www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 05:35 UTC

New study by Linsey Marr:

“We aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 & pulled it through masks. After 1hr we were able to recover infectious virus from fabric masks but not an N95 or surgical mask. When we pressed artificial skin against the masks we found viral RNA but no infectious virus on the skin.” #MasksWork

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

Science is clearly political. The more we ignore this, the more we allow political decisions in which science is suppressed to maximize corporate profits at the sacrifice of people's health and lives. Speak up!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

From SCOTUS ruling that it's ok to ignore scientists, to the minimizing of COVID, the growing rejection of vaccines, the increasing restrictions on abortion access, and the lack of sufficient action on climate, the US is really is going all in on science denial. Dark times.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:15 UTC

From the food we eat to the air we breathe, federal regulations are needed to save lives. The SCOTUS Chevron decision that allows courts to overrule experts at agencies, shows that ultimately governments care more about industry profits than our health.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 20:46 UTC

Any country that makes protecting your health or being poor a crime is not a real democracy.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

Your regular reminder that COVID is a bipartisan failure.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:37 UTC

I think they haven't updated their website yet, as they announce it will be a fully masked march just today www.instagram.com/p/C8sO5Y0uFfm/

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:34 UTC

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

Reminder: Fascism rose partly as a result of the 1918 pandemic. Do not stay silent about the attempts to ban masks and protests.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 22:28 UTC

NY Governor Hochul is not only banning masks, she is ending sick leave for COVID. Shame.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

Source: www.instagram.com/p/C8sO5Y0uFf...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

In response to Governor Hochul's and Mayor Adams's push to ban masks, NYC Dyke March has updated its policies to require masks.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:41 UTC

Banning masks has nothing to do with preventing crime. Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, and everyone there wears a mask regularly.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 02:05 UTC

Even before mask bans become law, simply the act of politicians speaking about mask wearers as criminals is stigmatizing a critical public health tool, and encouraging harassment of marginalized groups. That is incredibly reckless and making our cities more unsafe.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

Right wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute are creating model legislation for mask bans, which Democrats are trying to make law.

manhattan.institute/article/mode...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:57 UTC

BREAKING: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she is discussing a mask ban for protests with the City Attorney.

Source: youtu.be/5R6krNYXnZI?...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

Such an ableist comment

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

There is zero evidence mask bans are effective against crime or hate. But there's a lot of evidence that shows banning masks will put everyone's health at risk, and increases harassment and targeting of higher risk people and communities of color. Mask bans make cities LESS safe.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:18 UTC

When leaders talk about banning masks for safety, they ignore the safety of many diverse communities. People who are higher risk, and Asian people have been attacked for wearing masks. Black and Brown communities are disproportionately targeted by police. Safety means EVERYONE.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:01 UTC

Source: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

This is such a misinformed and biased response. (1) EVERYONE is at risk of health impacts of COVID, other viruses, pollution etc. (2) EVERYONE has the democratic right to participate in protests, and take precautions when doing so, no matter their health status.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

The erasure of COVID by the entertainment industry has played a huge role in sanctioning government abandonment of public health. Creatives are complicit in the ongoing harm caused by COVID. What a difference it would make if they actively portrayed the pandemic in their work.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 23:37 UTC

You can file a complain about the restaurant at Chicago O'Hare denying service to mask wearers here: www.hmshost.com/about

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 23:25 UTC

Wow. A restaurant in Chicago O’Hare, one of the biggest airports in the world, banned an infectious disease doctor from entering because they were wearing a mask. This is unacceptable.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:31 UTC

If our leaders were really interested in making cities more safe, instead of funding increased surveillance and introducing useless laws like mask bans, they would: ✅ Fund public health ✅ Fund libraries ✅ Fund education ✅ Fund affordable housing ✅ Fund public transport

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