Conformity Experiments
This image comes from a century ago, of course. It’s still very hard to be different, but sometimes it’s vital. When I taught a course called the Challenge of Change,…
covid-19
Spot the Difference!
Which crowd would you feel safer in, especially with wastewater levels of Covid very high and in an upward trend in places, and no longer being monitored elsewhere! Here’s the…
Graphic Response to Mask Removal in Hospitals
Dr. Evonne Curran sent a 3,000 word letter to the medical authorities in Scotland because “prevention is primary, and our job is to keep people safe. Withdrawing masks in hospitals…
Rough-Cut Research Peer-Review: On Remote Work
One more thread to be saved before I write something of my own; this time it’s James Heathers‘ scathing take down of Talia Varley’s article in the Globe and Mail.…
Ely’s Long Covid Disability Roulette
The Washington Post put out a free article about a new study that defines long Covid. They identify 12 key symptoms to create a common language on this. The symptoms…
Why We’re Not Keeping Kids Safe from Covid
I mentioned a bit about McKinnon and Co. in footnote to a recent post on health care privatization, but these threads need a wider audience. I can’t verify any of…
Dear Health Authority Without The Infection Control
To follow up my Dear Premier letter, Dear Saskatchewan Health Authority: Your capable employees had booked me for a routine appointment at a hospital in Regina. To get to my…
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…
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…
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…
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…