Why Is Everyone Suddenly Sick??
Some people are working hard to believe this level of illness, getting sick several times each year, has always been the case. The latest bizarre reason I've heard for all…
covid-19
Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, blows off criticism of her government’s dubious COVID-19 report
Alberta premier Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, continues to slough off criticism of the report on Alberta’s COVID-19 response produced by her government’s a handpicked panel of vaccine skeptical and…
Its addled report assailed by expert critics, UCP COVID ‘task force’ quickly descends into a task farce
As predicted on Friday, it didn’t take long for the debunking of the conspiracy-theory-riddled final report of the United Conservative Party Government’s so-called task force on Alberta’s response to the…
Alberta government ‘task force’ report on response to COVID-19 calls for vaccine use to be halted, pumps quack cures and conspiracy theories
Hours after U.S. government health agencies’ websites began to go dark as part of President Donald Trump’s opening attack on public health in the United States, the Alberta government yesterday…
Norms are for Breaking
Anonymous is urging me to move on away from precautions and towards prior norms of society in a string of comments on a previous post. I had too much to…
Still with the Immunity Debt Claims?
Two competing claims were made in the past few days on whether Long Covid should be a concern for parents of children or if children actually develop greater immunity from…
We’re Not Invincible
If an attractive person flirted with you, but then mentioned, just by the way, "I've been sexually active with someone with chlamydia, but don't worry because I don't have any…
Suppression is the Goal: A Final Covid Plea for 2024
We've survived 2024, but excess mortality compared to pre-pandemic rates is quite high for young adults (18-44), and in school-aged kids, it continues to increase year over year, with 2024…
Spike Proteins Sticking Around
Yet another study indicates the brain is negatively affected by Covid, yet we're still okay with children getting it repeatedly. Ali Max Erturk explained his recent study published in Cell…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jo Lauder, Tyne Logan, Fran Rimrod, Alex Lim and Stacy Gougoulis discuss how a largely-forgotten 2009 heat wave is the deadliest natural disaster…
WHO: "We Cannot Talk about Covid in the Past Tense"
Dr. Tedros said this in the WHO Director-General's opening remarks at Tuesday's media briefing where he also suggested that over 20 million people have died from SARS-CoV-2 so far, and…
CAN-PCC Survey
CAN-PCC has put out a survey on its draft of recommendations for Long Covid (PCC = Post Covid Condition) that anyone can comment on. They're asking us for evidence of…
Only When It is Darkest Out Can You See the Stars
These are my summary notes from this excellent podcast from Andrea Pitzer on Next Comes What, "How We Survive This Mess." Pitzer previous wrote a history of concentration camps, One…
A Tale of Two Studies
I was confronted yesterday with the ubiquitous claim, "Lockdowns destroyed kid's ability to socialize. Now they're committing suicide because of it!!" Let's have a closer look again:I posted this mini-thread…
Homelessness planning during COVID
I’ve written a book chapter on the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness planning in Canada. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview:https://nickfalvo.ca/covid-19-and-homelessness-planning-in-canada/
The Pandemicene
Bird Flu is still not officially a pandemic concern, but there are some convincing arguments that it should be:Lazarus Long wrote about the teenager who contracted H5N1:"The Canadian BC teenager…
Everyone Seems Fine ≠ Long Covid is a Myth
Lots of people still really don't believe that some people have had their lives destroyed by Long Covid, and that they might too. And their loved ones. And sooner than…
More Studies on Covid Harming Children — How many do we need to act??
What do smoking, drinking, rollercoasters, and Covid have in common? They should all be avoided during pregnancy. One recent study found that when moms have Covid-19 during their pregnancy, their…
Break the Chain of Transmission!
BC's deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, actually announced to the public, "If you've had Covid recently, you've had a boost to your immunity. So that's a good thing."…
Propaganda vs Real Risk Scenarios: Sickness is health.
Arijit Chakravarty is a biologist who uses biotech and math to understand and write about Covid. He wrote a very long thread that I'll abridge here: "Over the last five…