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Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025 in #ONTARIO: High About 1 in 74 people in ON are CURRENTLY infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: #Infections ~6.8 higher #LongCOVID ~7.8 higher #Hospitalizations ~9.6 higher #Deaths ~9.9 higher
COVID outbreak risk remains in #ONhealth hospitals without layers of protection. Universal masking in ALL areas of #Ontario hospitals is essential for safe healthcare access. Let regional decision-makers know this is a priority. @safecare.initiative.works Take action: safecare.initiative.works
In a sample of 816 Covid patients from Saudi Arabia followed for up to four years, 29% developed #LongCovid according to the WHO definition of LC bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
As the number of U.S. measles continues at a record high, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has not backed down from his January executive order loosening the stateās strong school vaccine laws by allowing religious and philosophical exemptions for the shots, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
Not good.
Mapped: When Each Country Will Reach Its Population Peak www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-when-... The world is overpopulated on some continents and life is worse over there.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwoodās Handmaidās Tale used to come to power.
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination NIH-funded study suggests need to boost CD8+ T cell response after infection. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Taken together, these findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response. The effect is similar to that in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV. www.ddw-online.com/covid-19-cau...
Vaccination of people who had been infected with #SARSCoV2 prior to vaccination produced spike-specific CD8+ T cells at considerably lower levels and with less functionality.
Critics of Andrew Bailey, Trump's pick to help run the FBI, say the Missouri AG got the attention of the White House by following Trumpās tactic of targeting political opponents. āWhat better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,ā one said. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
"Every one of these people is taking with them skills and knowledge that will be difficult to replace. But there may be no single individual whose departure better captures what is being lost and destroyed than Demetre Daskalakis."
Here's an introduction to MCAS youtu.be/-OUKrd9VOZA
Watch out for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) after SARSCov2 infections, especially if you have #LongCovid It can be deadly if you are unprepared for an anaphylaxis episode. www.aaaai.org/conditions-t...
MCAS is a condition in which the patient experiences repeated episodes of the symptoms of anaphylaxis ā allergic symptoms such as hives, swelling, low blood pressure, difficulty breathing and severe diarrhea. High levels of mast cell mediators are released during those episodes.
Mast cells release histamine, tryptase, chymase, cytokines (TNF, IL-6), prostaglandins, etc., and are activated by stress, infections, tissue damage, antibodies, hormones, and other mediators.
Mast cells have also been implicated in the pathophysiology of many diseases, including allergy, asthma, anaphylaxis, gastrointestinal disorders, many types of malignancies, and cardiovascular diseases.
Mast cells are immune cells of the myeloid lineage and are present in connective tissues throughout the body and show up as red splotches on your skin. Mast cells are known to regulate vasodilation, vascular homeostasis, innate and adaptive immune responses, angiogenesis, and venom detoxification.
BREAKING: Looks like Rudy Giuliani was NOT helping a DV victim at the time of the accident. Article states troopers & firefighters, already on the scene for a separate domestic violence incident across the interstate, witnessed the crash and rendered aid. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I used to qualify for the Covid booster as I have MS. Viral infections can trigger a relapse, so I can't risk it and will have to find the money to pay for it this year. It's an incredibly short-sighted decision to exclude people like me.
More than 1.2 million Americans have already died from Covid-19, and the death toll would be far, far greater if the vital Covid-19 vaccine had not likely saved tens of thousands of lives of people of all ages, notes NNU. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
Trump called for āgold-standard scienceā: how the NIH, NSF and others are answering Some researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Plans to comply with US President Donald Trumpās call for āgold-standard scienceā leave the door open to political interference in science. āThe overall strategy is attacking scientific findings in order to diminish the publicās trust,ā says epidemiologist David Michaels.
are a long-established vaccine technology that offers advantages such as - stability at refrigerated temperatures and suitability for individuals with immunocompromised. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12...
PHH-1V81 is an adjuvanted recombinant protein vaccine from šŖšø biotech company HIPRA static-web.hipra.com/2024-11/Omic... -The š targets the Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD) of the Omicron XBB.1.16 variant, presenting it as a homodimer (a protein made of 2 identical parts). - Recombinant protein š
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... These immune responses were strongly associated with effective neutralisation of the XBB.1.16 variant & cross-protection against other Omicron sublineages, including XBB.1.5 & JN.1.
#Medsky #IDSky #virosky #immunosky #publichealth A recent #clinicaltrial demonstrated that the PHH-1V81 XBB.1.16-adapted #COVID booster š induced robust , coordinated #antibody & #Bcell responses in previously vaccinated adults.
I believe that 99% of what RFK Jr. does is motivated by: 1. Protecting his ego and vanity. He must convince people vaccines are bad b/c he canāt be wrong. Endless photos of himself exercising b/c vanity. 2. Creating conditions for his law firm to increase profits from suing various companies.
For people who have #LongCovid, mast cells are often triggered by activities and certain foods. Keep a food diary to help figure out what foods trigger your mast cells.
Most people think mast cells are only involved in allergies or rare conditions like MCAS or mastocytosis. Thatās incorrect. Research shows mast cells are active in many diseases, including neurodegenerative, autoimmune, infectious, heart, gut, and mental health conditions.
Impeach them all for lying non-stop in a cabinet meeting. Trump: š¤Æ So much praise?!? š¤Æ --> mini stroke (or a complete act to bow out and escape the consequences of the #Epsteinfiles and witnesses coming forward this week.)
What is the administration hiding? Is the bruise on the back of Trump's hand from an IV? What is he being treated for? The American people deserve to know whether the President is cognitively capable of doing his job. This isn't governing.
#LongCOVID patients were more likely to be unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated prior to infection (fully vaccinated: 29.8% vs. 54.3%; partially/unvaccinated: 70.2% vs. 45.7%). bsky.app/profile/viru...
Trump calls for more Covid vaccine data to stop CDC ābeing ripped apartā on.ft.com/4lY4Qej
After Sec. RFK Jr.ās ouster of the CDC director, four more high-ranking officials reportedly resigned. Letters from them include warnings that the agencyās mission has been compromised, with anti-vaccine policies and other growing misinformation. trib.al/XyuOntD
Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 16-Aug 29, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: AB MODERATE: CAN, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 121 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
We have common goals. Let's collaborate. So far I have been curating content about the dangers of viruses, especially SARSCov2.
Travelers who will be visiting or staying in remote areas should be careful to cover open wounds, wear loose-fitting and long-sleeved shorts, long-sleeved pants, and socks. Infestations are very painful, & if travelers suspect they may have been infected should seek medical care immediately.
such as nasal or eye openings, healing umbilical scars of newborns, genitalia, or other open wounds can attract the female flies, which can lay up to 3,000 eggs. People most at risk are workers near or with livestock, & vulnerable populations: the elderly, immunocompromised, or malnourished.
The screwworm infestation comes from a female fly that lays its eggs in an open wound of a live human or other warm-blooded animal. Wounds as small as a tick wound, or other bodily openings
Travelers Advised After Flesh-Eating Parasite Found in U.S. ā How to Stay Safe www.fodors.com/news/news/tr...
While you are correct about the controlled opposition, it doesn't justify your improper use of the term neoliberal. You're conflating two different concepts.
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
This āexplicitā is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. Itās not ambiguous.
Do you mean Russian operative Giuliani? Or do you mean trans Giuliani? Trump kissed or licked Giuliani's fake breasts in this video years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guve...
If itās about crime, why havenāt troops been deployed to red states with crime problems? Does Trump not care about the safety of the people who voted for him?
Leadership in medicine isnāt just about policy, itās about never forgetting the patients. Fauci embodied that by always seeing patients. RFK Jr has never known the privilege or responsibility of holding someoneās life in his hands
Thousands of Hurricane Helene victims are being evicted ā less than a year after being displacedā¦ And now, as FEMA crumbles, imagine what *future* victims of ecological disasters will have to endure
Fema spent $245 mil on the now closed down concentration camp in Everglades. Cause, emergency mgt money for hurricanes & storm damage should be illegally used. FL won't get paid a dime by fed govt either. Hunker down, folks.
That's lawless authoritarianism.
Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations.
If I were Trumpās treating physician, my initial concern would be a neurological event (e.g., transient ischemic attack or mild stroke) given the combination of an unusual arm position, unsteady gait, and reported unwell appearance. #Trump #stroke (I'm not a physician)
Why Isn't Donald Trump's Declining Health Being Covered by Corporate Media? Where are the op-eds & news programs calling for Trump's resignation due to his declining health, impaired abilities, & march towards fascism? Oh, yeah, "both sides" corporate journalism. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
of these loopholes need to go. The imperial presidency, created by both parties since WWII, was a grave mistake. We can have sensible discussions about re-delegation later, once we have two pro-democracy parties & respect for norms, laws, & the Constitution again. For now, it all must go.
What "Make America Great Again" really means....
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administrationās effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children āare in the process of being removed" today.
Tell your pharmacist about your high risk conditions that qualify you for vaccinations: - Being female - High A1C blood levels (pre-diabetic) - High blood pressure - Pre-existing medical conditions (diabetes, large waistline, etc) And more bsky.app/profile/viru...
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.
Another loss in court for Trump Admin A federal judge overnight barred the administration from deporting a group of unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala.. after lawyers argued the effort would skirt legal protections Congress established for these minors
Kristi Noem lies with every word she speaks. Los Angeles was fine before the illegal federal raids. Louisiana is not. Did she misread the crime stats by state and think that LA was Los Angeles?
Full vaccination before infection showed a protective trend, with fewer fully vaccinated patients developing long COVID and recovering faster, consistent with other literature. Higher #LongCovid rates in unvaccinated people than in vaccinated people.
Full vaccination before infection showed a protective trend, with fewer fully vaccinated patients developing long COVID and these patients showing quicker recovery timelines, consistent with other literature. Higher rates of #LongCovid in unvaccinated unvaccinated people than in vaccinated people.
Interessant dass #Saudi-Arabien professioneller #Postcovid erhebt als #Deutschland Prevalence of Long COVID: 2020ā21 (Wuhan/Alpha): 35% 2021ā22 (Delta): 30% 2022ā23 (early Omicron): 27% 2023ā24 (late Omicron): 23% Thx @virussucks.com @virus.sucks sollten wir uns gemeinsam anschauen
Neurocognitive and fatigue-related symptoms persisted for the longest durations; some lasting over 32 weeks. Quality of life (SF-36, EQ-5D-5L) was lower in all domains at 6 and 12 months, and only 38.7% of long COVID patients resumed work within 12 months, as compared to 82.3% in the resolved group.
#LongCOVID patients were more likely to be unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated prior to infection (fully vaccinated: 29.8% vs. 54.3%; partially/unvaccinated: 70.2% vs. 45.7%). Reinfection occurred in 34.9% of long COVID versus 12.8% of resolved cases.
Diabetes mellitus was present in 40.3% of the long COVID group vs. 9.9% of the resolved group, and was the second strongest independent predictor (adjusted OR 14.3). #diabetes --> #LongCovid
Female participants had a higher prevalence (63.0% in the #LongCOVID group vs. 49.6% among those with full recovery). In adjusted analyses, being female was the strongest independent risk factor (adjusted OR 11.11).
25% of people in Saudi Arabia are still developed Long COVID during the Omicron era. (Saudis do better than the others) Prevalence of Long COVID stayed high (used time periods as a proxy) 2020ā21 (Wuhan/Alpha): 35% 2021ā22 (Delta): 30% 2022ā23 (early Omicron): 27% 2023ā24 (late Omicron): 23%
Even with Omicron, prevalence of Long COVID stayed high (used time periods as a proxy) 2020ā21 (Wuhan/Alpha): 35% 2021ā22 (Delta): 30% 2022ā23 (early Omicron): 27% 2023ā24 (late Omicron): 23% 1 in 4 people still developed #LongCOVID during the Omicron era.
Neoliberal == conservatives It's the opposite of liberal government policies.
Anyone who thinks this is an acceptable way to treat another human being, especially a child, is Fād up. Itās a pretty basic ask of human decency to show empathy & humanity towards others. Unless youāre a monster & sociopath.
Donāt look away
Joe Biden is out buying ice cream while everyone is asking whether Trump is dead.
Ancient #DNA solves 1,500-year-old mystery that caused āworldās first #pandemicā ... | #Plague | #bacteria | #Yersinia | #microbes | #Mediterranean | Via interestingengineering .com
#Cholera #outbreaks spreading to 31 countries ... | #bacteria | #infection | #Vibrio | #contamination | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
A paper published in Nature Medicine presents multimodal data from 347 individuals, linking gut microbiome diversity and resting heart rate to glucose levels. This approach enhances understanding of Type 2 diabetes beyond traditional HbA1c measurements. go.nature.com/4mmNCbi š§Ŗ
Garcia: āWe finally heard from the Epstein estate. Theyāve agreed to provide the actual Epstein book, along with other documents that havenāt been made public yet.ā
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus āBiasā Complaints Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer andā¦
My main take away from the #TwitterFiles was never work for Elon Musk or a company who would sell out to similar. The way he went after current and previous employees makes working for or near him untenable. Tough to write defensive code for a #MuskLevelEvent. Be careful what you track/retain.
I would love to see just one ā¦ just one of the people who got sucked into the Twitter Files admit that these people are doing the exact specific thing they claimed to be angry about and its clear to them, now, that all of this was always in bad faith.
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in schoolā¦
Gonna need every Dem presidential candidate to answer yes to using the full weight of the federal government to prosecute anyone who was even remotely involved in DOGE
Long COVID-19: A 4-Year prospective cohort study of risk factors, recovery, and quality of life. In a 4-year follow-up of 816 COVID patients, 29% developed long COVID per WHO criteria. This finding matches higher global prevalence estimates and highlights the enduring burden of post-COVID illness.
Eventually, the brain š§ fog turns into neuroinflammation and tension headaches or worse. Some people are getting brain tumors. #LongCovid sucks.
The most common persistent #LongCovid symptoms were: fatigue (57%) post-exertional malaise (46%) cough (41%) cognitive dysfunction/brain fog (31%) shortness of breath (25%) Fatigue & brain fog often lasted > 32 weeks. bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Long COVID-19: a Four-Year prospective cohort study of risk factors, recovery, and quality of life Nearly 29% of post-acute COVID-19 patients developed #LongCOVID-19 in this Middle Eastern cohort. Female sex, diabetes, reinfection, & hospitalization predicted delayed recovery. #Persistent symptoms
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trumpās name in the Epstein files. Iām suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
Are you sure that the old guy in the red hat is Trump and not a body double?
Over 300 MILLION American citizen's files stolen by DOGE. Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files? #LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
This is inhumane treatment. āNo sleep, snacks only, no toothbrush. I didnāt brush my teeth for 13 days,ā he said. āI was worried that Iām going to die.ā
āILLEGALSā MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. Heās a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
The old guy in the red hat looks like a body double for Trump. He got the idea from Putin.
The Trump administration is more concerned about conducting raids on fire crews than protecting communities from catastrophic fires. Firefighters put their lives on the line, Wyden emphasized, including the Oregon firefighter who died on Sunday while battling a wildfire in south-western Montana.
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Dem who fights back w expert-level-trolling precision is at it again & does not disappoint. Newsom: āYou have not seen this on Fox News so the president might not be familiar with these factsā MY GODDESS HE IS GOOD AT THIS. Also, #epsteinfiles
