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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Sep 24

Thanks to Violet Affleck for speaking out on behalf of children and young people.

BC School Covid Tracker @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social · Sep 24

"... it is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say 'we knew how to protect you and we didn't do it.'"
Thank you to Violet Affleck for speaking out on behalf of children and young people.

MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · Sep 24

Violet Affleck spoke at UN Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action on Sep 23, 2025, advocating for #CleanAir and masking as vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from #LongCOVID. #MaskTogetherAmerica
Source: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v... 2:40

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Sep 22

I know, my friends,
that in this moment
we have other things
to worry about
than this ongoing pandemic,
and yet, my friends,
that in this moment
we have other things
to worry about
does not mean that we
need not worry about
this ongoing pandemic.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Aug 19

The teacher told me
her school’s principal
asked her if she
was going to keep masking,
so I asked her
what she said in response
and with a laugh she said
that she told him
“of course I am,
you always tell us
we need to set a good example.”

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Aug 13

My niece informed me
that her generation feels
it’s so embarrassing
to contract Covid in 2025,
so I asked her
if members of her generation
feel it’s worth wearing a mask,
and my younger cousin informed me
that unfortunately
many in her generation
also find masks embarrassing.

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hand-washing is not effective at preventing the spread of an airborne disease, be it measles or covid. Thank you to Dr. Susan Kuo for emphasizing this!

Protect Our Province BC @protectbc.bsky.social · Jul 20

Measles, like COVID is a contagious airborne virus.

Handwashing is ineffective for prevention but what is effective includes vaccination, use of masks especially N95 masks, cleaning the air in schools and a public awareness campaign.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Jul 16

Shouldn't be worth sharing (as the safety of vaccines has been clear for ages) but sharing for those that are still skeptical...

Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · Jul 16

Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma

NBC News
July 14, 2025
By Kaitlin Sullivan

stillcoviding.ca/en/news/stud...

#vaccines #research #disinformation #CovidIsNotOver

Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma

stillcoviding.ca

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Jul 10

A note to future historians:
if you are wondering
why we let things get so bad,
(why we let things get even worse)
please understand
it’s not that we didn’t know
what was happening
(or what we could do)
it’s that ultimately
too many of us
just did not want
to be inconvenienced.

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Jul 13

Yes. It seems much harder for folks to change themselves than for them to talk about all they change they will make...

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Jul 11

I keep hearing people say
they are ready
oh how they are ready
to change the world,
but they balk when asked
if they are ready
to change their own habits,
for they are ready
oh how they are ready
to change the world,
so long that is
as they do not need
to change themselves.

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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · Jun 21

If 4.9 million kids with asthma is a national health priority, what does it mean when 5.8 million have Long Covid?

Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Jun 18

A fantastic thread! We cannot let this be forgotten. Our children deserve better.

Anneke @littleann4ever.bsky.social · Jun 17

Two yrs ago, I was trolling the Open gov’t site for FOI responses w/behind the scenes info for a pandemic timeline. Included was finding the original FOI response with Dr. Henry’s infamous quote asking Gustafson, Daly & Brodkin for data to support low #Covid19 transmission in #bced schools.
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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Jun 16

'Long covid is now the number 1 chronic illness in children...' surpassing asthma.
Heartbreaking.

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · Jun 16

After abandoning every mitigation and infecting kids repeatedly, our media wants to know: why do so many children have Long COVID?

My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children

Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health

www.thegauntlet.news

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · Jun 11

The headline asked
“Why are so many children
getting long Covid?”
and though we know
that the answer
to this question
is that the pandemic
never ended,
meaning many children
are still catching Covid,
we keep asking this question
hoping for a different answer.

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BC School Covid Tracker @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social · May 26

If you or a family member are dealing with long covid & are connected to a BC k-12 school (student or staff), I want to hear about your experience. With your permission I will share your story anonymously.
Message me on the BC School Covid Tracker Facebook Page!

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BC School Covid Tracker @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social · May 21

"PEDIATRIC LONG COVID. Practical Guide for Families and Education Stakeholders."
⭐️ Link here:
bcschoolcovidtracker.knack.com/bc-school-co...

Pediatric Long Covid - Practical Guide for Families and Education Stakeholders

Pediatric Long Covid: Practical Guide for Families and Education Stakeholders. Discover symptoms, the impact on children, and practical advice to support them in daily life.

pediatrie.longcovidbelgium.be

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · May 20

"We can 'follow the science' even when it scares us, instead of insisting that 'we have to live our lives' until those lives go up in flames."

Brilliant essay by Violet Affleck on the intersections between the climate crisis & Covid crisis 👌🏼

yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...

A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles

BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…

yaleglobalhealthreview.com

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · May 15

This article is always worth a share! 'Decision-based evidence-making'.

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · May 14

Only the finest decision-based evidence-making: '“Could you please give me some of the stats from your school assessments for the media brief today. We need to be able to give some data that supports what we keep saying transmission in schools is low,” Henry wrote.'

Emails show Dr. Bonnie Henry knew of concerns over BC’s COVID-19 data and school exposures while publicly downplaying them

During what officials called a ‘daunting’ spike in school exposures, the provincial health officer maintained that spring break drove infections, not in-school transmission

www.capitaldaily.ca

arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · May 12

"Measles, like SARS-CoV-2, spreads through tiny infectious particles called aerosols that linger in the air that we breathe... In a classroom with poor ventilation & air filtration, one infectious student can infect up to 90% of their susceptible classmates."

BC School Covid Tracker @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social · May 12

"OPINION: Keep politics out of public health as measles cases rise. Canada can't afford to let measles run rampant."
Note: Thank you to Dr. Lyne Filiatrault and Arijit Chakravarty for their continued activism.
⭐️ Link here:
bcschoolcovidtracker.knack.com/bc-school-co...

OPINION: Keep politics out of public health as measles cases rise

Canada can't afford to let measles run rampant

www.surreynowleader.com

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BC School Covid Tracker @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social · May 5

"ANSWERED: Is COVID-19 Harmful to Children? A Compilation of Peer-Reviewed Medical Research."
⭐️ Link to other relevant articles:
bcschoolcovidtracker.knack.com/bc-school-co...

ANSWERED: Is COVID-19 Harmful to Children?

A Compilation of Peer-Reviewed Medical Research

www.panaccindex.info

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · May 2

Yes, and if only most people would do more than just SAY, 'think of the children'.

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · May 1

I know, I know,
we all roll our eyes
when someone says
“think of the children”
but considering how
new studies have found
“Children face elevated
kidney, heart, and gut risks
for years
after Covid infection,”
it is really seems
that we probably should
think of the children.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · May 1

The professor tells me
in past semesters
her mask wearing
inspired a few students
to mask too,
but this semester
she has masked alone,
but when I ask
if she has wanted to stop,
she says: “no
it’s good for students to see
someone doing the right thing
when everyone else given up.”

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 30

“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.

A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.

And then came gratitude…

You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…

You chose not to flirt with fascism.”

From Ukraine.

The Nation That Trump Could Never Break

Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

viktorkravchuk.substack.com

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arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Apr 27

Agreed. The kids are NOT okay. No covid infection is 'harmless' or 'immune system strengthening'.

World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · Apr 25

5. Kids are not okay. Repeat COVID infections can affect children’s brains, hormones, and immune systems. The myth of “mild in kids” is harmful.

arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Apr 27

Heartbreaking. Thoughts are with those families affected.

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Apr 27

Carney confirms: 9 people dead in Vancouver, one person in custody. It is believed that the individual acted alone, no threat to the community.0

arosz.bsky.social @arosz.bsky.social · Apr 23

...and nothing about masks. Surprise, surprise. 😡
Totally shameful.

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