This is so exciting: a new Canadian site where you can buy from independent bookstores. 🔥
#Canada
#AmReading
www.booksellers.ca
"It Feels like Everyone is sick"
Please help me continue my efforts to:
1. Raise Awareness for Covid and Long Covid.
2. Provide advocacy assistance.
3. Advocate for education, mitigation, and air filtration.
gofund.me/c4dae9171
Increased levels of Alzheimer’s-linked protein found in some with long COVID
Medical Xpress
January 13, 2026
By Stony Brook University
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/incr...
#LongCovid #AlzheimersDisease #CovidIsNotOver
I'm excited to share the latest in the '12 Days of Covid Consciousmas' series...
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 10.1
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 583,200-806,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 10.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.2X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreigcayvfpw3riiwc5ff4taetmai2egkpb4dyvp7ghhtvqirbpzm2vu)
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
Here are 50 reasons someone might be masking in 2025. None of them have to do with anxiety or criminal behavior, and not all of them about COVID. Use them in your accommodations requests or when advocating to protect the right to wear masks/prevent mask bans.
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Okay, enough of politics for a bit. Back to formatting my books for print. Oh, did I mention BOOKS? If you enjoy sci-fi, space opera, thrillers, alternate history, or romance, click on the link to my site, below, to check 'em out:
authormichaelhicks.com/my-books/
Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 13 - Sep 26, 2025
Severe: NL, PEI, SK
Very high: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON
High: QC
Moderate: none
About 1 in 81 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK?
Waste water and test positivity rate data from mid-late August were reported this week.
All Canadian provinces are experiencing a large wave of infections.
Some may have peaked already, although we need another couple of weeks of data to determine this.
Right!? Although, I still haven't mastered cooking dried beans as much as canned!
Awesome! Vegan, too, and I LOVE chickpeas.
Well said. Tired, but awake here, too.
🤞
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
“Maybe I met him on some boys’ trip? I feel like I’ve seen his penis before. Have we ever gone swimming at the same time? You have a mole right here under your rib cage, right?” said Trump
Aaaaand Quest For The One is now live on Amazon US! 😊
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR1P5L3G/
Hey, all! I just wanted to post a quick update on availability for Quest For The One. It's now live at the following sites:
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR1P5L3G/
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/.../24166128...
Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/.../quest-fo....
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Test your COVID BS detector. Adaptive exam; difficulty shifts with your answers. Results may surprise you (even PhDs). Take it: seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
Post your badge if you ace “Epidemiologist’s Nightmare.”
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Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
Yep. 2 of my nieces are already off sick less than a week back at school.
Register today www.bakerinstitute.org/event/scienc...
MUZZLED CANCER REPORT—For past 3 years, the alcohol industry, aided by its allies in Congress & Trump WH, sought to discredit and bury a major analysis linking alcohol and getting sick and dying, including cancer. They succeeded. Author says says Trump WH blocked it.
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
CANADA
High [No change]
About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~7.2 higher
-Long COVID ~7.7 higher
-Hospitalizations ~10.7 higher
-Deaths ~10.9 higher
An IG post by Sarah Michelle Gellar, posted yesterday
This was included in a carousel w/ pics from the last 3 weeks
She is taking a selfie in front of a mirror while wearing a white KN95 mask
She is on set of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale”
#MasksSaveLives #KN95sWork #KN95sSaveLives
This makes me so happy!😷 Plus, I'm so excited for the Buffy reboot!
Going all in for Covid Awareness.
If you want to help get the word out please pitch in. $5 goes a long way. gofund.me/7817f5f5 If you’d like to help support my work, and more billboards please do so, we need to educate the public now. #covid19 #backtoschool #longcovid #mentalhealth #teacher
