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The argument that Carney cant demand that international law be upheld, not just in the Middle East but everywhere, makes no sense to me. Canada can do this & say both that the Iranian regime should fall & that aggressive war is illegal. It’s in our direct interests to do so.

I knew he was unserious when he gave that Davos speech. Actions don't match words

There's something especially heartbreaking about children being harmed or killed at school.

Schools should be havens of opportunities and hope.

Children deserve to be safe. And any politician with any moral compass should be able to say that much

This is disgusting. Rationalizing the bombing of a school that reportedly killed 108 girls.

But since she asked,

"Currently, 161 public schools operate on military installations across the United States."

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There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things

Indeed! And many CC have to co parent with someone who doesn't care about masks, ventilation or even tells their kids that precautions are 'mental illness'

I hate this timeline

Why your kids are sick all the time. Less than 9% have been vaccinated for 2025-2026.

Most schools are refusing HEPA purifiers bc parents & staff are getting involved. We had 122 BILLION for clean air that expired back in Sept. 2024.

Should we keep joking about the all sick kids or do something?

Hey remember when everyone thought Mark Carney was bravely standing up to fascism?

We've gotta stop falling for neoliberals' bullshit. They support empire because they rule on stolen land and don't want to give it up. Period.

Also he's comparing a study done on global populations to the U.S. population and saying it's wrong because it doesn't match U.S. numbers? Thats not how that works

🙏🙏

It's wild how many so called progressives keep downplaying this virus

He compared post-infection prevalence (~20–30% in infected groups) with population point prevalence ~5–8% of all adults. Different denominators, not contradictory. Keep posting your videos and ignore him 🙌🏼

Letter of the day: Let's clear the air on respiratory infections "Handwashing helps prevent gastrointestinal infections but will not protect your child and you from leaving the emergency department with influenza or COVID."

Great letter from Dr. Filiatrault on clean air and need for respiratory protection in hospitals.
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*without knowing this
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I say this as someone who is pro vax and has had all the 💉

Covid still made me very ill four months post my booster

A lot of larger health accounts care very much about the former message but not the latter. It's important to communicate both clearly

The reason it's so important to explain that Covid vaccines can both reduce transmission & infection AND that this protection wanes over a few months is that if folks get long Covid despite knowing this, they may blame the vaccine

Commenter on Reddit; I am a trained epidemiologist with many years of experience, and an advanced degree in the field. I still have to really work through some studies to make heads or tails of the design, data, and how they interpreted their results. The field of biostatistics is a whole different playing field, and I have to consult reference books frequently. I will sometimes have to give papers to colleagues to read as well so I have a firm understanding. Thank god I don't do research full time. •

Screenshot of Reddit comments. user says complex research studies are difficult even for those with advanced training and argues it’s irresponsible for people without relevant research backgrounds to explain them without expert input. Another epidemiologist with biostatistics training says interpreting such studies requires years of coursework and fieldwork and suggests bringing statistics experts onto the show

Interesting to read some of the critiques of his podcast on Reddit. Agree with these comments. Be careful who you get your science info from these days

We can disagree on that given that LC can have a quality of life worse than cancer. I have always promoted vaccines and the person Michael is dunking has as well

I think it's equally important to communicate that protection from transmission and infection wanes quickly and long Covid is only reduced by a modest amount (~20-40%) thru vaccination, which is why masks help. You can say all this and still promote vaccination. Michael is biased and won't do this

He should probably understand the difference between point prevalence & rates before posting this stuff too

I don’t think I have ever seen a remotely popular Covid activist say people should not get vaccinated, and i follow tons of them.

What I have seen is constant posts from the center saying this is happening, with no evidence and no follow up to the logical problem the claim presents.

Same. They're just as bad as the anti science trolls on that other site. Just a different garden variety

Also I don't know of any Covid activists with kids recommending removing them from public life forever. That's just their way of casting us as fringe/extreme. There's a reason we've been asking for clean air & normalization of N95 masks in schools

haven't seen anyone mention this but he's not actually responding to the claim made in this peer reviewed study that he says isn't true. the study and other studies with findings in a similar range are looking at the rate of long COVID among those who *HAD COVID*, *not* all US adults.

Great analogy. Slow burn. Kids could leave the home before non smoking laws and appear fine immediately after inhaling a lot of secondhand smoke. But what happens if they inhale that every week, year...

Great point. I learned Michael has no background in science or epi but he speaks confidently as if he's an authority on Covid studies & doesn't seem to listen to the people who flag these things

One of the misinformation talking points from centrists on Covid is that Covid activists and anti-vaxxers are the same.

I want you to think of any other rights movement where the centrist position has been “ugh, these people on the far ends are both so noisy, they’re the same.”

Is it all of them?

Bluesky post from simp city 3000 @yakuzajohn.bsky.s... quoting Covid activists in a post by Michael Hobbes who is complaining about seeing too many in his Twitter feed "this shit makes me so angry. I spent like so long so scared for my kid that he was going to keep getting covid over and over and get more and more hurt and I'd have no way to protect him outside of removing him from public life and it turns out he'll be fine! and that's great!!! thank fucking god!"

Somebody tell him...