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I would also love your recommendations for heated patios for December in Vancouver. I seem to recall you posting about a couple last year!

My app keeps cutting out too

My kids wore their costumes over top of full rain suits one year. They looked dripping wet but were comfy and dry.

Study Shows COVID-19 Reinfection More Than Doubles Long COVID Risk in Children - Penn DBEI A new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that COVID-19 reinfection in children significantly increases the risk of long COVID and other serious health complications.

Penn Medicine: 'Study Shows COVID-19 Reinfection More Than Doubles Long COVID Risk in Children'

'This work, conducted as part of the NIH-funded RECOVER Initiative, analyzed data from more than 465,000 patients across 40 pediatric hospitals.'

dbei.med.upenn.edu/publication/...

Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

'This marked the first year since the beginning of the pandemic that flu deaths outnumbered COVID ones.'

Starting counting disabilities from Covid, and deaths from the chronic conditions caused by Covid, and maybe then this will have some credence 😒

I was so outraged by this article. Zero mention about long covid or the damage to all organ systems including the immune system. Minimizing by the govt just parroted by the cbc. Shame.

Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection? - Harvard Health Two-thirds of Americans with long COVID are women. Women approaching menopause who have long COVID seem to experience worsened symptoms of both conditions. Women's sex hormones appear to contribute...

“Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection?

With overlapping symptoms, women struggling with both conditions can have trouble getting the help they need.”
www.health.harvard.edu/womens-healt...

I think that the person to whom you are responding is Canadian, not American

“Surgical masks are not considered respirators and shall not be used as respiratory protection by HCWs.” -CSA

Excerpt from Sept 2025 guidance for indoor air quality professionals PDF by Health Canada. I've highlighted the phrase In addition to (followed by advice to recommend respirator masks) Ventilation can help reduce viral transmission in indoor spaces by preventing the accumulation of potentially infectious respiratory particles in the air. Good ventilation, combined with other personal protective measures, can further reduce the risk of infection. In addition to improving indoor ventilation, the following should be considered (PHAC 2021a, 2022, 2023a, 2023b, 2023c): • Encourage occupants to stay home and away from others if they are not feeling well. • Limit the amount of people in areas where ventilation is poor. • Have policies that require or strongly recommend people to wear a well-fitting N-95 or KN-95 respirator mask in indoor public settings. • Provide supplies for people to clean their hands often (e.g., soap and water, or alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol). Remind occupants to clean their hands after contact with shared surfaces and objects, and after coughing or sneezing. • Regularly clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces and objects. › Develop and put into effect routine cleaning and disinfecting protocols that focus on shared surfaces, objects, and equipment. › Use disinfectant products with a valid drug identification number and follow manufacturer's instructions for cleaning and disinfection.

Health Canada has released new guidelines for air quality professionals that clearly state Covid can linger in the air & respirator masks should be considered IN ADDITION to improving ventilation

🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

I would add schools to this list. It would protect children and so many families.

Policy Win: Health Canada Releases New IAQ Guidance Health Canada announces new IAQ guidance, providing essential insights for improving indoor air quality and safety in buildings.

Policy Win: Health Canada Releases New IAQ Guidance

ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...

My experience of living with long neuro-COVID Dr. Kelly Ann Fearnley lives with long COVID and persistent neurological and neurocognitive symptoms. In this article, she talks about her experiences.

11/22/21, Medical News Today: 'Through my eyes: Long neuro-COVID'

'My heart rate would increase further, to 170 bpm, on standing and with minimal exertion, such as getting a drink or using the bathroom.'

'I haven’t watched TV or driven in 10 months.'

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/thr...

"...and 25,000 new #LongCOVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities" 👇

And I’d love a covid-safe summer camp for my kid

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

For those who want to read it:
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.

Yes, we’ve found that not everyone will get over it in my kid’s sports 😢. Not easy.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Covid and flu vaccine bookings now open in NS #halisky

When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Quebec sounds terrible too. We haven’t heard a thing in NS, not even when the vaccines will be offered, or to whom.

It seems even later than last year. And there’s been no definitive statement, that I’m aware of, that tells whom will qualify for a vaccine. This makes me worried, as we hear about restrictions from Quebec and Alberta.

Yes! I see my mask as protecting my health and that of my family. But it is also an act of defiance and compassion that cannot be hidden.