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Long COVID SURVEY Are you experiencing long-term symptoms after COVID-19 infection? Our research team wants to learn about your experiences with virtual healthcare to strengthen Long COVID supports. Requirements: • Identify as having persisting symptoms after COVID-19 (Longhauler) for at least 3 months • Be at least 16 years of age • Be based in Canada Participate at: bit.ly/longcovid2025 Our web survey can save your progress for later!

Canadian Long COVID folks!

Long COVID Web have launched a new study on improving access to virtual healthcare for long haulers. Any self-identified Long COVID patient based in Canada that is 16 years or older can fill out their self-paced survey here by July 1:

www.surveymonkey.ca/r/2ZW2NHV

Please sign and share. Cleaning the air we breathe dramatically reduces viral transmission. Imagine rarely getting sick and how much better you and your family would feel. We all deserve to breathe air as clean as the water we drink.

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Please read our public statement regarding the recent news of a COVID-19-related death of a New Brunswick child under 5 years of age.

protectnb.ca/POPNB-March-...

Sign the Petition Require an update from GNB on role of aerosols and IAQ in transmission; progress on IAQ

We have launched a new petition demanding an update from GNB on promised clean air initiatives and for government to acknowledge airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Public Health has a press conference tomorrow morning. Please sign and share: chng.it/HTf9NZfMsk

#nbpoli

Cultivating the Myth of Transparency New Brunswick Public Health obscured Covid-19 death metrics in the name of convenience

As promised, I sought to find out why NB redefined Covid-19 deaths and how that redefinition impacted reporting, and the response is frightening.

They changed the definition based on vibes, resulting in 2 of every 3 covid-caused deaths not being reported.

#nbpoli #covid19

Still wrapping my head and my words around this, but here is a peak at what I've uncovered.

In addition to spurious rationale for abandoning the nationally established definition of a Covid-19 fatality, NB's reporting change led to approximately 44% of Covid-caused deaths to go uncounted in 2023.

A Day in the Life of a Longhauler A Day in the Life of a Long Hauler Researchers at Simon Fraser University, in partnership with the Museum of Vancouver (MoV) and the PHSA Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network (PCICCN)...

"A Day in the Life of a Longhauler" is a photography project that captures the daily life of individuals living with Long COVID.

Longhaulers are invited to share up to 6 photos from their everyday life which will be showcased at the Museum of Vancouver in the Fall of 2025.

We love this initiative!

Snow is on the way which means we’re all going inside. We have kids and adult respirators available in a variety of sizes. We have rapid tests as well.

If you would like to continue supporting us we accept EMTs at maskprojectnb@gmail.com

Link here

t.co/loNoAXw9oe

It's me, in crayon, expressing my ire by grinding my teeth and not-so-carefully placing the whole of this "data" where it belongs; the fucking bin.

Look, we all hate Trash-Stat Tuesday, none more than myself, but we're here now so we may as well just get it over with.
#nbpoli #covid

Aidez à réduire la transmission de la COVID-19: Recevez une vaccination régulière contre la COVID-19. Portez un masque adéquat et bien ajusté. Utilisez des tests rapides aussi souvent que vous le pouvez. Restez à la maison quand vous êtes malade ou que vous ressentez des symptômes de la COVID-19, même s’ils sont très légers. Demeurez informé sur les impacts et les données de la COVID-19 , les risques liés aux activités et prenez des décisions éclairées. Améliorez la ventilation et la filtration de vos lieux d’habitation et de travail.

Il y a des actions simples et efficaces que vous pouvez entreprendre pour aider à améliorer la situation du SARS-CoV-2 au Nouveau-Brunswick et assurer votre sécurité ainsi que celle de votre famille et de votre communauté.

Infographic titled Help Reduce the Spread of Covid-19. An icon of a needle with description: Stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccinations. An icon of a mask with description: Wear a well-constructed, well fitting mask. An icon of a rapid test with description: Utilize rapid tests as often as you are able. An icon of a person inside a house with description: Stay home if you are sick or experiencing symptoms, even if mild. An icon of a graph next to a person with a thought balloon with description: Stay informed about Covid-19 impacts, data, and the risks of activities and make informed decisions. An icon of an open window with description: Improve indoor ventilation and filter indoor air.

If anyone reads this far, there are simple and effective actions you can take to help improve the SARS-CoV-2 situation in New Brunswick and keep yourself, your family, and your community safe.

"SEASON" SUMMARY (*subject to change)
• 1305 PCR cases
• 501 "hospitalizations" (11 under 19)
• 37 "ICU admissions" (0 under 19)
• 30 "deaths"
• 131 lab confirmed outbreaks

Congratulations @popnb.bsky.social !

👇is doable!

Now let’s go!

#PH
#PublicHealth
#needPH
#needPublicHealth

Our work is paying off by Ryan Murphy

Our work is paying off.

So many thanks to @ryan-murphy.bsky.social for documenting this monumental success!

A screenshot of the mandate letter to the Honourable Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. It outlines his responsibilities, including to update the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, to require new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings follow ASHRAE 241, and to add suitable air filtration and cooling units to existing infrastructure.

Our work is paying off.

Today, Mandate Letters from Premier Susan Holt
incoming Ministers were shared with the public.

The Hon. Chuck Chiasson, Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, will take the lead on the party's commitment to improve the air in public buildings.

With so many new people arriving, it's a good time to repost this dive into our FOI/RTI work which exposed how every provincial and territorial public health office knew about the severity and prevalence of Long Covid in July 2020 and did nothing.

#cdnpoli #longcovid #covid #COVID-19 #SARS-CoV-2

Please continue to be safe and continue to cultivate your interest in the safety of others.
Fight to strengthen your impact.
Rest to strengthen your resolve.
Let care be your radical act.
Let community be your foundation.
And I will see you next week.

Aidez à réduire la transmission de la COVID-19: Recevez une vaccination régulière contre la COVID-19. Portez un masque adéquat et bien ajusté. Utilisez des tests rapides aussi souvent que vous le pouvez. Restez à la maison quand vous êtes malade ou que vous ressentez des symptômes de la COVID-19, même s’ils sont très légers. Demeurez informé sur les impacts et les données de la COVID-19 , les risques liés aux activités et prenez des décisions éclairées. Améliorez la ventilation et la filtration de vos lieux d’habitation et de travail.

Comme toujours, il y a des actions simples et efficaces que vous pouvez entreprendre pour aider à améliorer la situation du SARS-CoV-2 au Nouveau-Brunswick et assurer votre sécurité ainsi que celle de votre famille et de votre communauté.

Infographic titled Help Reduce the Spread of Covid-19. An icon of a needle with description: Stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccinations. An icon of a mask with description: Wear a well-constructed, well fitting mask. An icon of a rapid test with description: Utilize rapid tests as often as you are able. An icon of a person inside a house with description: Stay home if you are sick or experiencing symptoms, even if mild. An icon of a graph next to a person with a thought balloon with description: Stay informed about Covid-19 impacts, data, and the risks of activities and make informed decisions. An icon of an open window with description: Improve indoor ventilation and filter indoor air.

There are simple and effective actions you can take to help improve the SARS-CoV-2 situation in New Brunswick and keep yourself, your family, and your community safe.

New Brunswick Covid-19 Sequencing: January 2024 BA.2.86.1: 2.1% EG.5.1.1: 2.1% GK.2.1: 2.1% HC.2: 2.1% HK.3: 10.4% HK.3.3: 2.1% HV.1: 18.8% JD.1.1: 2.1% JE.1.1: 2.1% JF.1: 4.2% JG.3: 10.4% JN.1: 14.6% JN.1.1: 2.1% JN.1.2: 4.2% JN.1.4: 18.8% JN.1.5: 2.1%

Updated sequencing to January 12.

We see JN.1 and its ilk now making up almost 42% of cases, up from a max of 6% of cases in December. JN.1 is thought to be more immune evasive and has fuelled recent C19 waves globally.

I'd like to pause here and note that our official Covid-19 death count is 999.

999 New Brunswickers have been killed by this virus in under four years.

What should be an atrocity is broadly accepted as normal, inevitable and not worthy of active mitigation.

god help us.

"SEASON" SUMMARY (of the demonstrated-to-be-incorrect numbers)
• 2643 PCR cases
• 1154 "hospitalizations" (20 under 19)
• 76 "ICU admissions" (0 under 19)
• 64 "deaths"
• 283 lab confirmed outbreaks

Bar chart titled New Brunswick Respiratory Season (Aug 27, 2023 - Jan 13, 2024) Hospitalizations: Covid-19: 1154, Influenza: 359 ICU Admissions: Covid-19: 76, Influenza: 40 Deaths: Covid-19: 64, Influenza: 17 Outbreaks: Covid-19: 283, Influenza: 32

Despite influenza being prevalent, we can still see that C19 is not just a flu. The impacts of C19 are deeper and more deadly by orders of magnitude.

A Venn Diagram showing two circles labelled "People sick and/or dying due to Covid" and "People who happen to be in hospital." The overlapping space, representing a very small proportion of either circle, is labelled "NB Covid Data."

It is wishful thinking that the posted data represent what is in our communities.

It may or may not.

Current NB C19 "data" are unburdened by reality. They are poorly sampled and questionably analyzed and represent only what is happening in particular buildings in the province.

It's me, I'm back from a much needed break to express my ire in this internet cesspool by grinding my teeth and not-so-carefully placing the whole of this "data" where it belongs. In the fucking bin. Seriously, fuck this shit.

Wake up, it's Trash-Stat Tuesday.

The bad news is the virus and its associated gruesome impacts, which have been thoroughly and successfully normalized, continue to kill and disable NBers. The good news is, according to the fake numbers, the virus is slowing down a notch.

#nbpoli #covid19

All my investigative pieces to date about all that was known in B.C since Apr, 2020 about #LongCovid -including in kids- as per B.C’s own post-C19 interdisciplinary clinical care network, B.C F.O.I documents & PopNB’s @hallwayorchard.bsky.social @popnb.bsky.social comprehensive RTI work.

Infographic titled Help Reduce the Spread of Covid-19. An icon of a needle with description: Stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccinations. An icon of a mask with description: Wear a well-constructed, well fitting mask. An icon of a rapid test with description: Utilize rapid tests as often as you are able. An icon of a person inside a house with description: Stay home if you are sick or experiencing symptoms, even if mild. An icon of a graph next to a person with a thought balloon with description: Stay informed about Covid-19 impacts, data, and the risks of activities and make informed decisions. An icon of an open window with description: Improve indoor ventilation and filter indoor air.

There are simple and effective actions you can take to help improve the SARS-CoV-2 situation in New Brunswick and keep yourself, your family, and your community safe.

So...
We protect each other.

Power does not want people helping people. Communal care emancipates us and fosters a security in opposition to the widespread, manufactured precarity leveraged against the public by systems of oppression and extraction.

New Brunswick Covid-19 Sequencing December 2023 BA.2.86.1: 1.8% EG.5.1: 5.1% EG.5.1.1: 3.3% EG.5.1.4: 1.2% EG.5.2.1: 0.6% FL.1.5.1: 0.3% FL.1.5.2: 0.6% FY.5: 0.3% GK.1: 1.2% GK.1.1: 2.4% GK.2: 2.4% GK.2.1: 0.3% HK.1: 0.3% HK.3: 19.3% HK.3.2: 0.3% HK.3.3: 0.6% HK.6: 0.3% HV.1: 35.7% JD.1.1: 6.0% JF.1: 3.9% JG.3: 9.5% JN.1: 2.1% JN.1.1: 1.2% XBB.1.16.11: 0.3% XBB.1.16.17: 0.3% XBB.1.16.6: 0.6% XBB.1.5.70: 0.3%

Here's some not-wrong data which is likely why NB PH steadfastly refuse to provide it to public or media; updated sequencing to Dec 27.

HV.1 and HK.3 (related to Omicron EG.5) account for over 50% of cases, while their progenitor accounts for approximately another 10% of cases.

"SEASON" SUMMARY (of the demonstrated-to-be-incorrect numbers)
• 2412 PCR cases
• 1066 "hospitalizations" (15 under 19)
• 64 "ICU admissions" (0 under 19)
• 54 "deaths"
• 254 lab confirmed outbreaks