Vickster2

Vickster2

@vickster2.bsky.social

Covid-competent & salting the vibe 😷. A bit left of centre. Here for the science & politics. Tea drinker & lover of all things nature. Elementary Teacher. Toronto 🇨🇦. She/her. Ally 🌈 Slava Ukraini.

541 Followers 482 Following 541 Posts Joined Nov 2024
20 hours ago

I cannot reiterate enough with the frequency and gravity it deserves that every reinfection increases the cumulative risk of Long COVlD.

Our PMC survey data (n>2,000) suggest it is rare to avoid LC after 5+ known infections. I'll talk more about that again Sunday night in Becky's Space.

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3 weeks ago

🚨Must read/listen: “After COVID infection, the immune dysfunction usually…lasts a few months, & then it does begin to recover. But…people are often catching COVID more than once a year. And that would keep you in a permanent state of immune dysfunction…because you just keep adding infections…”

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1 month ago
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Feb 12, 2026
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In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

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1 month ago
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Donald Trump accused of 'measuring child's genitals with finger at auction' Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files include an email summarising a complaint alleging that child "auctions" were held at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home - accusations denied by the ...

How is this not picked up by all American newspapers?
The public should be calling for his impeachment and incarceration.
He and his co conspirators need to be prosecuted to the fullest.
He is the #PedoPresident
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

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New drug could prevent diabetes complications not fixed with blood sugar control, study hints An experimental drug compound could be a promising treatment for harmful diabetes complications, per a new study in lab mice and human cells.

This new drug might really change outcomes for people with diabetes.

New drug could prevent diabetes complications not fixed with blood sugar control, study hints | Live Science share.google/MMCa7pYhsx0w...

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Public education and the costs of COVID inequity We need policies to protect precarious workers and students.

www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

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1 month ago

Great article by Andrew Wilkin @teachrprecarity.bsky.social on precarious front line people in our society that provide essential services such as teachers and their risks and serious consequences of repeated COVID exposures.

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1 month ago

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

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1 month ago

For fellow Canadians, Jim Pattison owns the PriceSmart, Save-on-Foods, Urban Farm, Choices, and Nesters grocery stores among others. If you shop there it would be a good idea to let them know how you feel about their parent company profiting off fascism in the country threatening us.

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1 month ago

FAFO

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And there it is.

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A pilot just flew through one of the strongest aurora storms in years — and saw the sky explode in color. From the cockpit of a Boeing 787, pilot Matt Melnyk had a view like no one else. Flying at 37,000 feet over Manitoba, he watched as the auroras filled the entire sky.

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1 month ago

Whatever🥱.

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2 months ago

Wow.

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2 months ago

#CovidConscious folks, please sign and share this petition to direct Toronto Public Health to take action on indoor air quality. You don’t need to live in Toronto to sign.

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Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)

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Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO We have over 900 signatures, help us get to our next goal of 1000! Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessi...

'Tell the Board of Health to direct Toronto Public Health to take steps to adopt Health Canada’s new guidelines for indoor air quality.'
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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THIS 👇 HERE

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MORE OF 👇 THIS.....

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2 months ago

Please sign and share. Clean air is essential (just like clean water).

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2 months ago

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

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Here's a summary of all the data that supports adding more red meat to your diet

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2 months ago

Tired of getting sick all the time? Better indoor air quality helps reduce the spread of airborne viruses like the flu, Covid, and measles. Please sign.

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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

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2 months ago

This is a crucial line from Mamdani

Mike Johnson-for one-is very polite. Yet his policies will likely kill millions of Americans. Cutting Medicaid and failing to extend the ACA subsidies alone will cause over 51,000 to die. Per year

He should be forever hiding in shame. Instead-he’s House Speaker

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2 months ago

Absolutely!

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This story is heartbreaking. Improved indoor air quality and indoor masking would go a long way to reduce viral illnesses that are spread through the air. @theingredientslist.bsky.social @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social @profalisonk.bsky.social

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BREAKING: We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files We’ve figured out how to unredact some of the Epstein Files:

MASSIVE BREAKING: : We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files. No Joke!

krassencast.com/p/breaking-w...

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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

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2 months ago
This image shows gauges with the Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 10.0
Alberta: VERY HIGH - 12.4
British Columbia: HIGH - 7.6
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.3
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 10.5
Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 9.1
North: VERY HIGH - 10.3
Nova Scotia: HIGH - 9.9
Ontario: HIGH - 9.2
Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 6.6
Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.4
Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 14.0

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

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