Plague Update: Emergency (Department) Over
If society organized and chose even a month to focus on preventing sick people from wandering around and flying everywhere, we’d wipe out more influenza like we did 6 years…
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WHO Knows?
https://x.com/i/status/2014729568549273982 The World Health Organization knows the world is running low on healthcare workers, but isn’t doing the bare minimum to keep the existing ones, and new ones safe. At…
Covid Study References
I sometimes write without linking to studies because I've posted all the studies so many times already, but here's a bunch of useful ones when evidence is necessary.THE PROBLEM:Covid isn't…
The Brave and Stalwart
As a quick reminder, well-fitting N95s/FFP3s work amazingly to avoid measles, the flu, and covid. I haven't been sick in years, and I love it!! The only inconvenience is not…
Not Just a Health Issue
Professor Lidia Morawska just won a quarter million dollar science prize for her work in proving that Covid is airborne, against the WHO's public announcement to the contrary back in…
New Air Quality Guidelines
Health Canada published new Guidance for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Professionals that acknowledge that Covid can be spread through airborne transmission. "Indoor air quality is considered an important environmental determinant…
They’re Heeeerrrrrreeee!
You might be able to book a Covid shot in Ontario right now with priority given for people who are high-risk, and on October 27th for the general public. That…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Safe Schools and Hospitals
We're starting the school year with high levels of Covid in Ontario, and kids are still getting sick from a disease that, unlike the flu or a cold, has potential…
Not Strategy but Symptoms
So, things are a mess. But here's an interesting take on Trump from Andrew Wortman: "Trump's 2 a.m. meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren't part of a predetermined strategy--they're collapse. A…
Not Strategy but Symptoms
So, things are a mess. But here's an interesting take on Trump from Andrew Wortman: "Trump's 2 a.m. meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren't part of a predetermined strategy--they're collapse. A…
AXE THE VAX TAX!
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the $100 her government intends to charge most Albertans who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is just an “administration fee” to cover the…
Danielle Smith to Albertans: No way can you have free COVID vaccinations like every other Canadian
If you’d hoped Danielle Smith’s flip-flop from denying free COVID-19 vaccinations to health care workers to providing them might indicate she could also have a change of heart on vaccines…
In one day, Danielle Smith’s UCP government flip-flops on unpopular COVID and expense claim policies – so what’s up?
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government just flip-flopped on plans to make health care workers pay for COVID-19 vaccinations and to stop making cabinet ministers file expense claims. So what gives?…
Alberta’s UCP government makes important breakthrough in Internet enshittification
With its BookVaccine.Alberta.ca website, which is confusing and upsetting significant numbers of Albertans fearful they will lose access to lifesaving COVID-19 immunization, Alberta’s United Conservative Party has made a significant…
Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins
Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the fall…
Yup, Still Writing About It
Covid is still here and still killing more people than car crashes. The highest vehicle fatality rate in Canada in the past decade was in 2023, with 1,964 deaths with…
Yup, Still Writing About It
Covid is still here and still killing more people than car crashes. The highest vehicle fatality rate in Canada in the past decade was in 2023, with 1,964 deaths with…
Vaccinate Against Variant Soup
Some weird new federal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine guidance - in layman's terms.Variant soup ingredients from April 2025But first, remember that, when it comes to vaccinations, Covid is like the flu, not…
Vaccinate Against Variant Soup
Some weird new federal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine guidance - in layman's terms.Variant soup ingredients from April 2025But first, remember that, when it comes to vaccinations, Covid is like the flu, not…