PoP Nova Scotia
@popns.bsky.social
Protect Our Province Nova Scotia is a community-care initiative focussed on reducing COVID transmission through evidence-based mitigation.
popns.org
Clean Air Library, HRM: bit.ly/HRMcleanair
NS reported Covid deaths: https://nsheartstrings.online/
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Clean Air Library, HRM: bit.ly/HRMcleanair
NS reported Covid deaths: https://nsheartstrings.online/
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PoP Nova Scotia
@popns.bsky.social
· Nov 10
We've started a Covid conscious starter pack for Atlantic Canada. Right now it's very Nova Scotia heavy and I know I've missed people. Where are you NB, PEI, and NFLD? Please let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed)!
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Many of us continue to navigate #LongCOVID without access to a family doctor.
And all that talk of trying off-label meds, as it turns out, was just talk.
So we struggle on with zero support, zero medical care, & a whole lot of government-manufactured #Stigma.
Welcome to our world 🌎
And all that talk of trying off-label meds, as it turns out, was just talk.
So we struggle on with zero support, zero medical care, & a whole lot of government-manufactured #Stigma.
Welcome to our world 🌎
I’ve spent the last hour reading hundreds of posts from long COVID support groups.
I can’t tell you how upsetting it is to read the suffering.
Trigger warning.⚠️
Several posts talk of a feeling of fading away… into death…
and we have recently lost several wonderful long COVID advocates…
I can’t tell you how upsetting it is to read the suffering.
Trigger warning.⚠️
Several posts talk of a feeling of fading away… into death…
and we have recently lost several wonderful long COVID advocates…
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Many of us continue to navigate #LongCOVID without access to a family doctor.
And all that talk of trying off-label meds, as it turns out, was just talk.
So we struggle on with zero support, zero medical care, & a whole lot of government-manufactured #Stigma.
Welcome to our world 🌎
And all that talk of trying off-label meds, as it turns out, was just talk.
So we struggle on with zero support, zero medical care, & a whole lot of government-manufactured #Stigma.
Welcome to our world 🌎
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Please fill in this survey if you are a HCP with #longcovid or #ME. Please share widely thank you
🚨New survey alert 🚨
The experiences of healthcare professionals living with Long COVID (with PEM) and/or ME
All information can be found on the landing page here.
www.physiosforme.com/hcpwithmesur...
The experiences of healthcare professionals living with Long COVID (with PEM) and/or ME
All information can be found on the landing page here.
www.physiosforme.com/hcpwithmesur...
hcps with ME survey | Physiosforme
www.physiosforme.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Please fill in this survey if you are a HCP with #longcovid or #ME. Please share widely thank you
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We need clean air.
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We need clean air.
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As we enter the season of holiday gatherings and events, consider illness mitigation strategies. Especially if you're part of an organization that's planning an event, how are you making sure you're not entrenching segregation based on socioeconomic status and disability? 1/4
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As we enter the season of holiday gatherings and events, consider illness mitigation strategies. Especially if you're part of an organization that's planning an event, how are you making sure you're not entrenching segregation based on socioeconomic status and disability? 1/4
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Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
STAT
November 10, 2025
By Helen Branswell
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/cana...
#Canada #health #measles #antivaxxers #ScienceDenial #CdnPoli
STAT
November 10, 2025
By Helen Branswell
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/cana...
#Canada #health #measles #antivaxxers #ScienceDenial #CdnPoli
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
stillcoviding.ca
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
STAT
November 10, 2025
By Helen Branswell
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/cana...
#Canada #health #measles #antivaxxers #ScienceDenial #CdnPoli
STAT
November 10, 2025
By Helen Branswell
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/cana...
#Canada #health #measles #antivaxxers #ScienceDenial #CdnPoli
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 12.7
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 18,200-25,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 8.0X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.3X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 13.3X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 16.8X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreifrud7vvzonmyb2ibvlm7vyy2h7dlvt3v2tnx3r5hxezx43zbyvqa@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
NOVA SCOTIA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 93 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher
-Deaths: 16.8 x higher
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“If you’re COVID conscious, they want to psychologize you, stigmatize you, threaten you, until you “go back to normal.”
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“If you’re COVID conscious, they want to psychologize you, stigmatize you, threaten you, until you “go back to normal.”
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
👋 NS, NB, and PEI:
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
👋 NS, NB, and PEI:
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
As we enter the season of holiday gatherings and events, consider illness mitigation strategies. Especially if you're part of an organization that's planning an event, how are you making sure you're not entrenching segregation based on socioeconomic status and disability? 1/4
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As we enter the season of holiday gatherings and events, consider illness mitigation strategies. Especially if you're part of an organization that's planning an event, how are you making sure you're not entrenching segregation based on socioeconomic status and disability? 1/4
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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"Without high-quality surveillance data, Ho warns that health organizations are not well-prepared to recommend corresponding vaccine formulations and time their roll-out."
Canada's Covid tracing & reporting infrastructure is almost non-existent now because provinces just won't do it.
Canada's Covid tracing & reporting infrastructure is almost non-existent now because provinces just won't do it.
COVID Is Beginning to Surge Globally. Here’s What We Know
Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say
www.scientificamerican.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Without high-quality surveillance data, Ho warns that health organizations are not well-prepared to recommend corresponding vaccine formulations and time their roll-out."
Canada's Covid tracing & reporting infrastructure is almost non-existent now because provinces just won't do it.
Canada's Covid tracing & reporting infrastructure is almost non-existent now because provinces just won't do it.
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My kids are at Halcon and were very excited to see that Wallace Shawn was also masking.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My kids are at Halcon and were very excited to see that Wallace Shawn was also masking.
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Like some other vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine protection fades over time, especially as the virus changes. Staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines as recommended by your doctor helps make sure you are as protected as possible. Call us at 919-560-7608 to schedule your appointment.
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Like some other vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine protection fades over time, especially as the virus changes. Staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines as recommended by your doctor helps make sure you are as protected as possible. Call us at 919-560-7608 to schedule your appointment.
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Long Covid is common - ~1 in 5 people have it, and it's on the rise. Reinfections add to the burden. It's the most common chronic condition in children.
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Long Covid is common - ~1 in 5 people have it, and it's on the rise. Reinfections add to the burden. It's the most common chronic condition in children.
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
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We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
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Every donation we receive is used to send masks to people across Canada. 😷 🇨🇦
Donate today to support our work! 💙
donatemask.ca/donate
Donate today to support our work! 💙
donatemask.ca/donate
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Every donation we receive is used to send masks to people across Canada. 😷 🇨🇦
Donate today to support our work! 💙
donatemask.ca/donate
Donate today to support our work! 💙
donatemask.ca/donate
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The big science accounts are talking about immune dysregulation due to COVID-19 now.
I. Told. You. So.
Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole.
Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)
I. Told. You. So.
Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole.
Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The big science accounts are talking about immune dysregulation due to COVID-19 now.
I. Told. You. So.
Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole.
Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)
I. Told. You. So.
Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole.
Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)
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"Staff had to turn away one individual who suffered a stroke"
N.S. patients waited for more than 70 hours in the ER for hospital admission: MLA | CBC News
Paul Wozney says he received a blunt assessment of an overcrowded emergency room where he was told some patients had been waiting over 70 hours.
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Staff had to turn away one individual who suffered a stroke"
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In a statement, CBC told me:
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
Earlier this week, the CBC broadcast an interview with Gill Deacon, discussing her Long COVID recovery using brain retraining.
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
1/n
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
1/n
CBC’s Flagship Program Platforms “Quackery” for Long COVID
CBC's national broadcast aired an interview with Gill Deacon about her Long COVID recovery. Deacon used an unproven program called the Lightning Process that's been criticized for exploiting patients ...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In a statement, CBC told me:
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Masks have been reinstated in NB, PEI, and NFLD health care facilities. NS Health & the IWK have been completely silent. On May 7, 2025, a memo was sent to Sr. Leadership stating universal maksing might return in response to "seasons of increased viral respiratory activity." We are in that season.
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Masks have been reinstated in NB, PEI, and NFLD health care facilities. NS Health & the IWK have been completely silent. On May 7, 2025, a memo was sent to Sr. Leadership stating universal maksing might return in response to "seasons of increased viral respiratory activity." We are in that season.
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One simple, powerful and often overlooked thing you can do to resist fascism?
Wear a mask, ideally an N95!
Covid is not over
Masking sends a powerful message that you value your health & the health of your community
That you don’t think disabled lives are expendable
It’s radical community care
Wear a mask, ideally an N95!
Covid is not over
Masking sends a powerful message that you value your health & the health of your community
That you don’t think disabled lives are expendable
It’s radical community care
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
One simple, powerful and often overlooked thing you can do to resist fascism?
Wear a mask, ideally an N95!
Covid is not over
Masking sends a powerful message that you value your health & the health of your community
That you don’t think disabled lives are expendable
It’s radical community care
Wear a mask, ideally an N95!
Covid is not over
Masking sends a powerful message that you value your health & the health of your community
That you don’t think disabled lives are expendable
It’s radical community care
Reposted by PoP Nova Scotia
Please wear an N95 or better that seals well on your face to help prevent COVID infection. Air must pass through the filter media to be filtered, not leak through gaps at the side (as in a surgical mask).
My favourite, easy-breathing respirator is the Q100:
canadastrong.ca/products/can...
My favourite, easy-breathing respirator is the Q100:
canadastrong.ca/products/can...
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Please wear an N95 or better that seals well on your face to help prevent COVID infection. Air must pass through the filter media to be filtered, not leak through gaps at the side (as in a surgical mask).
My favourite, easy-breathing respirator is the Q100:
canadastrong.ca/products/can...
My favourite, easy-breathing respirator is the Q100:
canadastrong.ca/products/can...
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People hate when you refuse to pretend the pandemic is over. They hate it so much.
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
People hate when you refuse to pretend the pandemic is over. They hate it so much.