Strep A Causing Fatalities in the Region
Last December, I wrote a few times (here, here, here, and here) about strep becoming more invasive and deadly if it follows a Covid case–even if it’s mild or asymptomatic…
Marie Snyder
On Prosocial Cuing
Saving another thread from twitter, this time it’s a really short one from Dr. Lisa Iannattone: “I’m a little confused at the ‘making people feel bad about how their choices…
We Don’t Have to Help it Fail
Another thread by Conor Browne, bio-risk consultant specializing in Covid-19 forecasting: Since Since January 2020, a substantial part of what I do has, quite simply, been trying to tell the…
The Manufactured Taboo around Covid Protections
A twitter thread by spheniscus demersus (African penguin) explains the political/public health comms fiasco and our collective denialism so nicely that I want to save it here. (It’s tidied up…
1.5° in the Next Five Years
I’ve been to many marches and protests for the environment. Most recently, the call to action was around changing policies enough to cut GHGs in half by 2030 in order…
ME/CFS as a Guide to Long Covid
ME stands for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a chronic neurological disease affecting the nervous and immune systems of about 17 million people worldwide. It’s also known as CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, for…
Neurodivergent with Hindsight
Maybe because I finally have some time to just exist without anything to plan or prepare, or maybe because I’m back in school as a student, whatever the reason, many…
"Back to Normal" Ignores the Millions with Long Covid
Balloux is well credentialed, but, as you might imagine, I lean towards the critics of this position: From The Underground Academic who lives with Long Covid: “Apart from every other…
Covid Info-Graphics
Scott Squires posted a list of excellent graphics he’s made/collected, openly shared on a google drive, in order to encourage education around Covid protections. Here are just a few: (Read…
On Late-Stage Capitalism’s Slide into Authoritarianism
A bit from former American journalist Nate Bear: The almost universal desire to return to normal in a pandemic, despite normal being bad for most people, is one of the…
Frankl’s Phases of Life in the Camps
My lovely friend and former colleague recently passed away unexpectedly. The kindest people go far too soon. We also went to teacher’s college together over 30 years ago, and his…
CDC’s Revised Guidelines
Something important to get our heads around is why the CDC suddenly announced specifically what we need to do to prevent the spread of Covid. Like, where were they before??…
So Close!
I spent the better part of yesterday morning in the waiting room at a dental surgeon’s office while my daughter got her wisdom teeth removed. They said it would take…
A Quick Evolution of Masking
After my laptop died, and I found out the harddrive was corrupted, and all my pictures were lost, I started backing up my phone photos, and noticed an evolution in…
Resignation
I’ve officially resigned as a school board trustee. As with almost all endings and beginnings, it comes with mixed feelings. As soon as I hit send on the email, I…
On Grief and the WHO and Culpability
I wonder to what extent the desire, or even the ability, to kill one another has been affected by being surrounded by leaders who are looking the other way while…
Back to Basics: A Reminder of How It All Works
What Covid is and how it spreads: It’s a virus that mutates very quickly inside “host” bodies (that’s us if we get it). It can seem respiratory, but it’s actual…
There is No Cure for Covid Except Maybe MAiD
Dr. Rae Duncan is a cardiologist who, pre-pandemic, mainly saw people aged 55-80. Now most of her clients are 16-40. They were previously healthy, but Long Covid affected their heart.…
Why Take the Risk?
If you read my blog and still don’t take Covid precautions, why not? Justin Lee posted a list of his guesses of what people might be feeling when he asks…
Quiet Comprehending
A pretty song for our times form Bo Burnham: Female Colonel Sanders, easy answer, civil warThe whole world is at your fingertips, the ocean at your doorThe live-action Lion King,…