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@chantzy.bsky.social

Science communicator & writer โœ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿงฌ MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM Activist Croissant maker ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿ“Vancouver, BC (Views mine)

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Thanks so much ๐Ÿ™ glad you have nice memories of Burnaby too

30.11.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*pretty bad

30.11.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜† I was pretty at it too. Didn't inherit the gene

30.11.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Larry Moore Obituary November 28, 2024 - Kearney Funeral Services View Larry Moore's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Sorry you lost your mom ๐Ÿซ‚ so hard indeed! Especially in a pandemic everyone ignores โค๏ธ
He def had blues in his soul! I wrote about his music career here: www.kearneyfs.com/obituaries/l...

30.11.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like many Canadians, his death was hastened by Covid. Because of ableism, some may say "oh he had underlying conditions," but he was happy & living at home. The last pic he sent me was him smiling with his new kitten. After getting Covid, he couldn't text anymore & lived between the ER & LTC

30.11.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My dad died a year ago this week. He was a blues musician & very cool so please enjoy this video of him playing harmonica ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ˜Š

30.11.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.

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30.11.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 483    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

๐Ÿ’ฏ

30.11.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.

Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).

30.11.2025 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1563    ๐Ÿ” 342    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
Saturday Opinion cartoon Flu
Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season - cartoon
THE 4 STAGES OF SURVIVING
SICKNESS SEASON
WHAT? A VIRUS CAN'T INFECT WHO IT CAN'T REACH
STAGE 3: DENIAL
IT'S JUST ALLERGIES IT'S JUST ALLERGIES
IT'S JUST ALLERGIES.
STAGE 1: PREPARE
STAGE 2: DEFENCE
STAGE 4: SURRENDER
"COUGH COUGH*
* HOLOS
BREATH*
"GASP!"
I FOUGHT BRAVELY

Saturday Opinion cartoon Flu Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season - cartoon THE 4 STAGES OF SURVIVING SICKNESS SEASON WHAT? A VIRUS CAN'T INFECT WHO IT CAN'T REACH STAGE 3: DENIAL IT'S JUST ALLERGIES IT'S JUST ALLERGIES IT'S JUST ALLERGIES. STAGE 1: PREPARE STAGE 2: DEFENCE STAGE 4: SURRENDER "COUGH COUGH* * HOLOS BREATH* "GASP!" I FOUGHT BRAVELY

Cartoon full of misinformation in the Guardian.

We have the tools to prevent sickness. The real denial is ignoring that high quality masks and vaccines reduce infections. This isnโ€™t hard.

29.11.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 257    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thank you for creating it! ๐Ÿ’œ Next time I have a dinner party with minimizers I think I'll have it subtly playing in the background, with volume decibels ever increasing as the evening goes on

30.11.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the best thing on the topic Iโ€™ve seen even tho havenโ€™t fully finished

29.11.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bad Press โ€” Public Health is Dead Coming Soon

Love this latest Public Health is Dead episode from @DaniAtomicus with @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & @wanderingkayli.bsky.social

A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
๐ŸŽฏ

www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...

29.11.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

So good! Thank you as always for your voice

29.11.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever PHNOM PENH — The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutat...

'H5N1 is no longer the slow-moving outbreak of the past. It has become a fast-changing global pathogen, spreading through birds, repeatedly testing the biological boundaries of mammals and producing more genetic variation than at any time in its history'

cambodianess.com/article/a-mu...

29.11.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 171    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

You have! I have receipts. Sorry you were blocked - hopefully they can do a lit review!

29.11.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same. I got another one last year (checked my records and had only had one!)

29.11.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccineโ€™s protection declines gradually thereafter.

New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16โ€“22 yrs.

The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

29.11.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 190    ๐Ÿ” 99    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests

Just as some country's (e.g. Finland), are finding that it is cheaper to house the unhoused than not, the world may eventually realise that it is cheaper to prevent #LongCOVID, than not -

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

28.11.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Do we really need more stuff? A proposal for a recycled economy

My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.

All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?

29.11.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2797    ๐Ÿ” 499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 286    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

I've only ever seen one on a road trip to Alberta, when it waltzed into a grocery store lol

29.11.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohh kangaroo is on the list!

29.11.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

-Pink flamingo
-Llama
-Puffin
-Elephant
-Moose ๐ŸซŽ

29.11.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal How to describe theย laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. Itโ€™s not just the hard-won ground lo...

"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social

28.11.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Someone tell the white liberals on this site that steamrolling over Indigenous rights is not an attribute of "political genius"

28.11.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for supporting your communities. Noticed a person you were serving was masked -this means they could be high-risk and/or trying to protect themselves/others. When you see a mask, wear a mask. Matching safety precautions goes a long way ๐Ÿ˜ท

28.11.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Toronto Star article excerpt from today on Carney's foreign policy: 

Carneyheads will tell you that none of this matters - that as long as the results are the same between a feminist foreign policy and a nonfeminist foreign policy, then that's all that counts. But the results can't possibly be the same if leadership signals that its priorities no longer explicitly include the equal economic, political, and social participation of women and girls in your foreign policy and your foreign aid.

Toronto Star article excerpt from today on Carney's foreign policy: Carneyheads will tell you that none of this matters - that as long as the results are the same between a feminist foreign policy and a nonfeminist foreign policy, then that's all that counts. But the results can't possibly be the same if leadership signals that its priorities no longer explicitly include the equal economic, political, and social participation of women and girls in your foreign policy and your foreign aid.

New term guys: Carneyheads

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

28.11.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think itโ€™s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.

27.11.2025 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 425    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

When people show you who they are, believe them

28.11.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is literally no reason for this party to exist.

28.11.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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