Gervais Vignola

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-September.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, growing to 78%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 14%.

#COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-September.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, growing to 68%.

XFG.* "Stratus" fell to 25%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Following a string of samples from Western Australia, a single sample of BA.3.2.2 was reported from New South Wales.

While the frequencies of this variant are low, it’s ongoing spread gives it every opportunity to acquire the mutations it needs to succeed.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #BA_3_2
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COVID-19 neuro complications, long-term symptoms in kids

Children are suffering neurological damage whilst being deprived of vaccine access. Ffs do something those who have the power to bring change. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19-neu...

"This virus isn’t just a pathogen. It’s an architect of cognitive collapse."

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Now you know why!
A number of vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have racked up a combined $3,300 in automated speed camera fines.
The data comes as the Ford government looks to eliminate the use of speed enforcement cams. #cdnpoli

I’m seeing a lot of misinformation, shaming and disinformation around masking to prevent covid.

First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.

Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.

One of those layers is masking. 🧵

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

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Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize

Ontario’s Auditor General says Ford’s Skills Development Fund process was “not fair, transparent or accountable.”
800,000 Ontarians are looking for jobs—and Ford has turned the Skills Development Fund into a personal slush fund. #cdnpoli

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back Saugeen First Nation is celebrating having a beach returned to it after a surveying error from the 1850s excluded it from the reserve.

Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.

The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.

Both emergency dept and wastewater data suggest a rapid decline in prevalence after a relatively modest summer peak. The lull in evolution continues... with no new fast variants close behind XFG.

That being said, we're still watching BA.3.2*

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

#LongCovid

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YouTube video by APTN News Folk musician Raven Reid shares her story of being a Sixties Scoop survivor | APTN News

The Sixties Scoop took over 11,000 Indigenous children from their homes to live with non-Indigenous families from 1960–1990. Saskatchewan piloted a program called AIM, the Adopt Indian and Métis Project.

Folk musician Raven Reid was adopted as part of AIM.

Circulating Microclots Are Structurally Associated With Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Their Amounts Are Elevated in Long COVID Patients — Alain R. Thierry et al. "The plasma concentrations of circulating DNA, [myeloperoxidase] and [neutrophil elastase] are statistically much higher in patients with LC than in healthy patients (5.7‐, 3.5‐ and 14.9‐fold)."

Circulating Microclots Are Structurally Associated With Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Their Amounts Are Elevated in Long COVID Patients

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#LongCovid #TeamClots #PASC @resiapretorius.bsky.social

There it is

Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.

Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Herd immunity arises from vaccination (when the vaccine protection is long-lasting, as with smallpox or measles). There will NEVER be herd immunity to COVID with the current vaccines. Herd immunity NEVER, EVER arises from recurrent infection.

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"Herd immunity arises from vaccination (when the vaccine protection is long-lasting, as with smallpox or measles). There will NEVER be herd immunity to COVID with the current vaccines...
Herd immunity NEVER, EVER arises from..."

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In the last few weeks we’ve watched ICE:

Pepper spray the Portland frog
Tear gas members of Chicago PD
Zip tie children
Grab Chicagoans from their beds in dead of the night
Open fire on a civilian in her car

Yet they say immigrants are the threat.

Protesters are the threat.

We know better.

People able to book NHS Covid jabs despite not being eligible – pharmacy leaders The Covid-19 vaccination campaign began last week.

Covid cases are surging and it’s insane that Labour has cut vaccines to 13 million vulnerable. Absolutely disgraceful that we aren’t rolling out clean air and vaccines to all. How many more will get long covid, remember the good old days of disease prevention.
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Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest

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The Future of The Free Press The Free Press is joining Paramount.

So Weiss will remain editor in chief and CEO of The Free Press and editor in chief of CBS News, so they’re not hiding the conflict here? The head of CBS News, supposedly impartial and nonpartisan, will also simultaneously be running a highly partisan site.

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

🚨✊🏼ICE agents OUTNUMBERED by PEOPLE, forced to retreat! Share this! If Chicago can do this, we can ALL do this. 🚨1/2

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

Politics, lies, fearmongering, community pressure...

"The thing about viruses is they punish complacency; the costs always surface."

#VaccinesWork! #ScienceMatters!