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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 8h

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More background to the ostrich cull controversy here -

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 9d

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Meet the "Freedom" people protecting ostriches in BC. These gentle bird-loving folks have reverted to type -

@angierasmussen.bsky.social

#H5N1 #BirdFlu #AvianFlu

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RCMP investigate alleged assault of woman who lives beside B.C. ostrich farm

The RCMP are providing round the clock protection for a B.C., resident who lives next to Universal Ostrich Farms (UOF) after a masked man doused the woman in gasoline and punched her in the face.

www.ctvnews.ca

Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 8h

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"I think that in most of these campaigns, this is really just a superficial, self-interested attempt to legitimize and and validate their campaigns using Indigenous values".

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 8h

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When threats of violence & intimidation by their supporters failed, the owners of the BC ostrich farm fighting a cull order, appear to be creating the false impression that they have the protection of the Syilx Okanagan Nation -

www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Syilx Okanagan Nation chiefs deny issuing cease and desist letter in ostrich cull controversy | CBC News

The Syilx Okanagan Nation in B.C. says it did not issue a cease and desist letter that claims to protect a controversial ostrich farm from a Canada Food Inspection Agency cull, and questions its authe...

www.cbc.ca

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 10h

Indeed, fascinating, thanks!

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Why I take low-dose Metformin every day

Outside of its usual prescription route, does Metformin have a role for health?

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 11h

'Fraid so.

Reposted by Tania J. Spencer

Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 13h

I was the most fit I'd ever been in my life before I got COVID in January 2020 at age 60. I belonged to two gyms. Spent three hours a day at the gym, 5X a week, took two classes some days. More than 10K steps every day. Better diet than 95% of Americans. I've had long COVID for almost six years.

Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 1d

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An unsurprising wellness hack from a British tabloid, & a bit more surprising from a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London.

Like #COVID, #LongCOVID is preventable.

But it's not caused by what you ingest, it's caused by what you inhale -

www.themirror.com/news/health/...

Expert says avoid one kind of food to help fight off Covid and long Covid

Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, has said that what we eat can help bolster our body's defences against viruses and potentially help avoid serious consequences ...

www.themirror.com

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 11h

So sorry, Andrea ❤️‍🩹

Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 15h

Same!

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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And this is the article that originally opened the conversation on #Airborne transmission in 2021 -

www.wired.com/story/the-te...

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.

www.wired.com

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Just a reminder that we likely wouldn't be in the 6th year of an #OngoingPandemic with #NEIS if governments had implemented effective mitigations against #Airborne transmission -

healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...

How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate

Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.

healthydebate.ca

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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1️⃣ the recent flu season in the southern hemisphere was more severe than in years past;

2️⃣ we know that COVID can cause immune dysregulation;

3️⃣ & most people have had repeated #Reinfections of COVID.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Last year's flu season was severe, & whereas it used to be uncommon to have 2 severe flu seasons in a row, that may not be the case this year, given that -

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 17h

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Reasons to get vaccinated for #COVID AND #Flu in 2025 -

theconversation.com/flu-season-h...

Flu season has arrived – and so have updated flu vaccines

Despite some confusion around changing vaccine guidelines, the CDC still recommends an annual flu shot for everyone 6 months and older.

theconversation.com

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 18h

That's an interesting question: If cognitive dissonance is simultaneously holding 2 ideas that can’t both be true - & trying to rid oneself of that conflict - then with attribution bias, there is no conflict to resolve. Just an erroneous assumption.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

"One of the main reasons society refuses to face the ongoing damage of SARS-CoV-2 is attribution bias.

It’s not that the harms aren’t there, they’re everywhere.

It’s that people are misattributing them to the wrong causes":

threadreaderapp.com/thread/19740...

Thread by @JamesThrot on Thread Reader App

@JamesThrot: 🧵 Attribution Bias: The Hidden Fuel of COVID Denial One of the main reasons society refuses to face the ongoing damage of SARS-CoV-2 is attribution bias It’s not that the harms aren’t the...

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

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Parents should not be faced with having to homeschool their kids to protect their long term health from an injurious, #AirborneVirus.

That's why we elect governments.

Also, there are many parents who can't afford to do this. I homeschooled my boys, I know what it takes. It's no easy option.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

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...But society decided it wasn’t worth the inconvenience" -

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Thread by @Dave_it_up on Thread Reader App

@Dave_it_up: We Protected Our Children By Homeschooling During COVID, And The Science Proves We Were Right I’ve had it with the gaslighting. For years, those of us who chose to homeschool during the p...

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

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"What makes me furious is that protecting kids from repeated infections was entirely possible. Masks work. Air filtration works. We know exactly how schools could have been made safer.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

That is so very wrong. Governments bragged about having the tools, then used none of them, opted for the vaccine-only strategy, & are now withdrawing even that. In decades to come, it'll be hard to find any public health expert who thought this was a good idea. But right now, it's all politics...

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

* That's the neighbour's cat.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 19h

Yesterday, before the first snow fell, was the perfect day to put up some nesting boxes for the swallows. The forest is a better place than the garden, where Catfood, the squirrel, ate all their eggs this summer, & kept reappearing with a shorter & shorter tail, until a fox got the rest of him too.

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