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Frontiers | Diabetic cardiomyopathy and COVID-19: intersecting pathways and amplified cardiovascular risk Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a diabetes-induced heart condition characterized by ventricular dysfunction without other cardiac diseases. Chronic hypergly...

Diabetics and COVID.

Not great for your 🫀

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For years,
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social has been fighting against anti science highlighting that science is the canary in the coal mine - as it dies, misinformation, disinformation and authoritarianism thrive.

The poem should begin: First they came for the scientists and I did not speak up…

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Thanksgiving dinner and baseball. Rest of family are on their way downstairs.

It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

I am absolutely shocked at how sick they got. Early 40s, not terribly overweight, diabetes. Had a booster last year. This a harsh reminder that this thing will keep sniping people when they least suspect.

Question for the Covid braintrust here. A relative caught it 2w ago, didn't seek antivirals, now 14d out is fatigued, uncontrolled blood pressure, rapid heart rate, sleeps all day. Is there anything that helps in the immediate post-infectious phase? I'm worried they'll get Long-Covid (again).

Frontiers | Heterologous prime-pull mucosal vaccination with an adjuvanted RBD vaccine elicits robust IgA production and protects against SARS-CoV-2 Despite the efficacy of approved severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines in preventing severe disease and death, breakthrough i...

We’re making progress on intranasal delivery of our low cost recombinant protein Covid vaccine, in collaboration with @tulanemedicine.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social

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Common cold, flu, Covid: Why is Britain so sick right now? Why coughs and colds seem to be taking hold currently - and what you can do to protect yourself.

Infectious disease docs explaining that COVID infections are no big deal giving off the same vibe as Russian politicians explaining why the flames shooting out of the refinery are no big deal.

"Nothing to see here. Everything is proceeding according to plan."

In the end, the antifa moral panic is just...fa.

Different places are enacting masking rules in healthcare because so many workers are sick that they may not be able to maintain the healthcare system.

Why would anyone risk this? Many of those workers will be out long term or permanently so why aren’t masking rules in place permanently?
#MaskUp

Health P.E.I. is reinstating a mandatory masking policy in all of its facilities in response to the growing presence of respiratory illnesses on the Island.

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mask-mandate-health-facilites-9.6934985

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...

🚨A cornerstone of 🇺🇸 public health has been DECIMATED

Nearly the ENTIRE staff of CDC’s MMWR was FIRED

This publication was a go-to for information on
🇺🇸 DISEASE OUTBREAKS

What’s next?

www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c... via @statnews.com

Support for mandatory vaccinations is growing in Canada, poll finds | Globalnews.ca The online survey found that 72 per cent of Canadians think vaccinations for children should "definitely" or "probably" be mandatory in their province.

globalnews.ca/news/1147248...

Venezuelan opposition activist wins Nobel Peace Prize following speculation of Trump win fuelled in part by U.S. president Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opponent of authoritarianism, rather than authoritarian

Watching the inevitable critics of Carney's performance with Trump today, I am reminded of the two bits of advice I used to give clients: Don't antagonize people who can inflict serious harm on you. Don't start fights with crazy people. There are other routes to success than confrontation. #cdnpoli

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The move is the president’s latest effort to weaponize the Department of Justice to punish political rivals. It comes two weeks after Halligan secured charges against James Comey, the former FBI director.”

When our President is an active and fervent white supremacist who foments division and hate at every turn, Fox News really gets to Fox News all over themselves.

I would call for these people to be fired but they are literally doing what they are paid to do.

I can only wish for this here.....

Ha! I asked the AI about UVC today and it talked about Dr Rockwood’s research and linked to a PR page about it. This is why we need humans.

YouTube video by Robert Reich The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

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This is public health.

A few good people are desperately trying to keep the ship afloat, and carry their overpaid colleagues who are too busy looking out for #1 to live up to their responsibilities, but the silence from the field as a whole is deafening.

Step the 🤬 up or stop taking the cheques.

Canada is close to losing its measles elimination status. What happens then? Experts blame waning vaccination rates and disinformation for outbreaks that have continued for nearly a full year

Canada is close to losing its measles elimination status. What happens then? Canada eliminated measles decades ago, but it will lose that status on Oct. 27 – barring a ‘miracle,’ by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Please watch Sean Fraser,
Attorney General of Canada.

Conservative’s push to end birthright citizenship (all their MPs also voted against women’s rights) shows we can’t afford to get distracted by 🇺🇸politics.

We’re one bad election away from risking 🇨🇦 democracy.

#Canada
#StandOnGuardFor🇨🇦

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

October 7, 2025

Daily reminder:

The Leader of the Official Opposition still does not have a security clearance to be able to view any information on foreign or domestic influence or terror.
#cdnpoli

These guys are making medical decisions for you and your family. They don’t trust you to choose for yourself.

Dead baby from #measles led the news tonight.

It won’t be the last dead measles baby. More will follow.

As long as we, as a country, continue to frame proven & safe vaccines as optional, to pretend that measles, etc aren’t airborne, to reject N95s, to reject clean air, more babies will die.

With BC trailing just behind Alberta for bad policy, while Ontario is still doing better: at least they have a vaccine mandate for school attendance.

Anyone who thinks any of this incompetence, ignorance, and complacency is partisan is an ideological idiot. parties only differ by flavour of idiocy.