Brian Vastag
Brian Vastag
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Occasional science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai #Hawaii. Sometimes SCUBA diver.

May 2020: Coronavirus may cause post-viral syndrome
|wapo.st/48pPWGK
She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough
|wapo.st/4l8I0Rx
June 29, 2025

The State of Hawaii doesn't really broadcast this, but after a lot of rain, the nearshore ocean is polluted with human and cattle feces and lots of other nasty run-off. We have thousands of cesspools on Kauai and many thousands of cattle. The county posts these brown water advisories but definitely does not advertise them widely.

This message brought to you by me seeing visitors swimming in literal human 💩 today.

#Hawaii #travel #tourism #ocean

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