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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · Apr 14

Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,400 hospitalizations, 860 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 8,600 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.

3 tables showing total expected hospitalizations since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%), total expected ICU admissions since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%), and total expected deaths since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%)

Tables available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index
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Graph showing Estimated new daily infections resulting in daily life activity-limiting symptoms lasting >3 months, by province, since Dec 2021. (5 week rolling averages)

Graph available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index
Page 13 (Long COVID)

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Jess @curvywitch.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Understanding Trump's War on Research Funding & The Future

America the Irrelevant

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 4

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Feb 25

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.

"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."

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Jess @curvywitch.bsky.social · Feb 25

My hero!

CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Feb 25

NEW: I just asked Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett if she had a message to Elon Musk.

What would she say to him? Here was her answer:

“Fuck off.”

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · Feb 3

Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 1-14, 2025

SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC
HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Feb 1-14, 2025 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:VQ5RF

Canada: 12.7 - VERY HIGH
Alberta: 10.3 - VERY HIGH
British Columbia: 8.5 - HIGH
Manitoba: 10.0 - VERY HIGH
New Brunswick: 8.4 - HIGH
Newfoundland and Labrador: 8.3 - HIGH
North: 10.9 - VERY HIGH
Nova Scotia: 9.1 - HIGH
Ontario: 16.4 - SEVERE
Prince Edward Island: 9.3 - HIGH
Quebec: 12.7 - VERY HIGH
Saskatchewan: 9.9 - HIGH

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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Pessimistic Persimmon @pessimisticpersim.bsky.social · Feb 3

Luckily most of the important kids weren’t affected.

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · Feb 3

🇺🇸1.01million children estimated to have experienced #longcovid in 2023

That's ▶️ 1.4%

An increase on the 2022 estimates
80% have activity limitation

What are we doing to our kids?

Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests

A new CDC study published Monday found that more than 1 million children were affected by long COVID in 2023. Higher levels were found in lower-income households.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · Feb 3

Wholesale egg 🥚 prices are now spiking to ~$7 per dozen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/b...

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Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social · Feb 3

You say: they shutdown USAID.

You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Feb 3

#USDA reported 5 new #H5N1 #birdflu infected herds today, 4 in ... wait for it ... Nevada! & 1 in California. The Nevada herds are the first there since early December. I hope the people who study sequences can find these & figure out if they are all part of the same outbreak or new introductions.

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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · Jan 24

A brilliant article from @amymaxmen.bsky.social on the impact of our exit from the WHO. “This not only makes Americans less safe, it makes the citizens of other nations less safe," said Tom Bollyky, director of CFR global health. The U.S. cannot wall itself off from transnational health threats,"

What a U.S. exit from the WHO means for global health

By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump's new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Jan 24

In An Emergency, Your Local Government Isn’t Ready to Evacuate People With Disabilities. California’s fire-prone counties left people to die. Other communities don’t have to, by @metrauxjulia.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/environment/... via @motherjones.com #wildfires #disability #inclusion

Your local government isn't ready to evacuate disabled people

California's fire-prone counties left people to die. Other communities don't have to.

www.motherjones.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jan 21

It’s incredible to me how many people don’t know that the nazis started with disabled people.

They tested their extermination plan on us…. Because by and large no one cares what happens to disabled people.

When we tell you that leaving us by the wayside is dangerous, we really mean it.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Jan 21

Now more than ever:
Global health needs champions
Science needs champions
Public health needs champions.
I will keep doing my part because it's the one thing I can control. Sharing fact-based information on science, health and global health threats.

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Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · Jan 21

Questions for RFK Jr.’s Senate Confirmation: Part III
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Questions for RFK Jr.’s Senate Confirmation: Part III

RFK Jr. will soon be asked questions about heading the Department of Health and Human Services. Here are some suggestions.

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Regina McIlvain @reginamia.bsky.social · Jan 21

the thing is, those who voted for him wanted this. from Heather Cox Richardson: "Walter Schaub,... wrote: “America voted for corruption…. Trump’s corruption and naked profiteering is so open, extreme and pervasive this time around... The very idea of government ethics is now a smoldering crater.”

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jan 21

What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?

Wearing a mask.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · Jan 21

Science Alert: 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has Surged Since The Pandemic, Study Reveals'

'Scientists are growing concerned that infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be triggering more cases of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)'

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has Surged Since The Pandemic, Study Reveals

Scientists are growing concerned that infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be triggering more cases of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

www.sciencealert.com

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · Jan 21

The CDC estimates that there were 4-8 million COVID-19 cases between October 2024 and early January 2025. The agency doesn’t include #LongCOVID in these estimates, but a significant fraction of those infected likely developed Long COVID or experienced new or worse chronic illnesses. bit.ly/40HrBeY

$An orange background and a meter indicating moderate to high national wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The graphic reads: “THE SICK TIMES: This Week’s COVID-19 Trends Update. All COVID-19 data sources indicate that cases are now decreasing in the U.S., suggesting we’re past the peak of this winter’s surge. Other diseases — especially norovirus — continue to spread, too. The CDC has estimated that there were 4-8 million COVID-19 cases between October 2024 and early January 2025, leading to up to 210,000 hospitalizations and up to 25,000 deaths. The agency doesn’t include Long COVID in these estimates, but due to what we know about the disease, a significant fraction of those infected likely developed Long COVID or experienced new or worse chronic illnesses following COVID-19 this winter.”$

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jan 21

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · Jan 18

American Heart Association: 'How the virus behind COVID-19 can harm your blood vessels and your heart'

'It started as a respiratory illness...it quickly became apparent that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was so much more'

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How the virus behind COVID-19 can harm your blood vessels and your heart

Researchers are zeroing in on the ways SARS-CoV-2 damages and persists inside blood vessels, raising the risk for heart attacks and strokes years after an initial infection.

www.heart.org

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Katharina 🦋🍋🍀 @katha1970.bsky.social · Jan 18

‼️Important opportunity for #LongCovid patients & MDs‼️

Please share your experiences with medications and supplements tried for Long Covid in the FDA/CureID "Long Covid Treatment Survey" until Jan 31st.

Results may influence clinical trials!

Link: cure.ncats.io/pilot-overvi..., then click "share".

Screenshot of a Post from Hannah Davis on X asking Long Covid patients, care partners and healthcare providers to share experiences with Long Covid treatment attempts with Cure ID for data analyses.

Screenshot of a Post from Hannah Davis on X reminding Long Covid patients, care partners and healthcare providers to share experiences with Long Covid treatment attempts with Cure ID for data analyses, specifying that the results will go right into the hands of people at the FDA and elsewhere and will be used to help inform clinical trial selections and guidelines.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

Study: Multiple Covid Infections Associated with Long Covid.

"With this cohort the evidence is clear that by having Covid numerous times, patients became more at-risk for developing Long Covid”

Study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Source: news.stonybrook.edu/university/s...

Study: Multiple Covid Infections Associated with Long Covid
January 15, 20254 min read
Covid patientA new study that identified 475 patients with post-acute sequelae of Covid-19 (PASC), also known as Long Covid, revealed that 403 of these patients — nearly 85 percent — had multiple Covid-19 infections over the course of the four-year period from March 2020 to February 2024.

Additionally, vaccination independently reduced the risk of Long Covid in patients who had received the vaccination prior to contracting the infection.

Conducted by a team of researchers in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University, in conjunction with the Stony Brook World Trade Center (WTC) Health and Wellness Program, the study may serve as a foundational assessment of Long Covid patients in the post-pandemic era. To date there are few studies with such a patient sample size that investigates what puts patients at risk for Long Covid and what causes this chronic condition.

The findings are published early online in the February edition of The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.

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