Cathy@UBCAlumni
@cathymeyer.bsky.social
MSc, Retired Health Science nerd, population health, home gardener
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When I asked how she was
as we stood by the copier
my coworker noted
she’s quite sick
but she said not to worry
as she’ll wear a mask
tonight
when she goes to her book club,
and as I stood there
staring at her unmasked face
I replied: I’m sure your book club
will appreciate that.
as we stood by the copier
my coworker noted
she’s quite sick
but she said not to worry
as she’ll wear a mask
tonight
when she goes to her book club,
and as I stood there
staring at her unmasked face
I replied: I’m sure your book club
will appreciate that.
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
When I asked how she was
as we stood by the copier
my coworker noted
she’s quite sick
but she said not to worry
as she’ll wear a mask
tonight
when she goes to her book club,
and as I stood there
staring at her unmasked face
I replied: I’m sure your book club
will appreciate that.
as we stood by the copier
my coworker noted
she’s quite sick
but she said not to worry
as she’ll wear a mask
tonight
when she goes to her book club,
and as I stood there
staring at her unmasked face
I replied: I’m sure your book club
will appreciate that.
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In 15 minutes we're hosting @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social on the Future Trends Forum to discuss doing science in an antiscience time.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In 15 minutes we're hosting @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social on the Future Trends Forum to discuss doing science in an antiscience time.
Join us here:
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"To a lawyer trained in occupational safety regulation or human rights litigation, this is not an academic disagreement. It is a warning that existing standards may now be legally indefensible"
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Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance - Business Upturn Trade & Policy
When a group of senior clinicians and public health scientists formally urged the World Health Organization in January 2026 to...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:14 AM
"To a lawyer trained in occupational safety regulation or human rights litigation, this is not an academic disagreement. It is a warning that existing standards may now be legally indefensible"
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
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COVID is now in its 7th year. The US faces a 12th wave, with 1.2M recorded deaths. Global deaths near 27M, the true death toll is far higher. Transmission remains high (~1 million infections/day), reinfections are widespread, and Long COVID remains a mass-disabling condition affecting millions.
Public health collapsing as COVID pandemic enters its 7th year
The systematic dismantling of public health services in the United States, including childhood vaccinations that have saved millions of lives, is a historic crime committed by the US ruling elite.
www.wsws.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 AM
COVID is now in its 7th year. The US faces a 12th wave, with 1.2M recorded deaths. Global deaths near 27M, the true death toll is far higher. Transmission remains high (~1 million infections/day), reinfections are widespread, and Long COVID remains a mass-disabling condition affecting millions.
How she jumped up
January 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
How she jumped up
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An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:
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Individuals with long COVID neurocognitive symptoms showed a significant increase in blood tau protein, a biomarker linked to neurodegenerative diseases, compared to pre-infection levels. doi.org/hbjtjr
Increased levels of Alzheimer's-linked protein found in some with long COVID
A study of 227 individuals who experienced neurocognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection—such as headaches, vertigo, balance dysregulation, changes in taste/smell, and brain fog—displayed a significant increase in their blood plasma of a crucial protein called tau, which is found in nerves and especially in the brain.
medicalxpress.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Individuals with long COVID neurocognitive symptoms showed a significant increase in blood tau protein, a biomarker linked to neurodegenerative diseases, compared to pre-infection levels. doi.org/hbjtjr
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I don't think things would be so dire in the world today if there hasn't been a pandemic that leaders chose to downplay. I think things would still be a mess, but Covid played (and plays) a role in this. Historically pandemics breed fascism
January 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I don't think things would be so dire in the world today if there hasn't been a pandemic that leaders chose to downplay. I think things would still be a mess, but Covid played (and plays) a role in this. Historically pandemics breed fascism
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I wish it didn't take a global pandemic to teach me this, but if someone's comfort matters more than my health, we're not compatible
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I wish it didn't take a global pandemic to teach me this, but if someone's comfort matters more than my health, we're not compatible
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The Department of Justice is entirely broken now and is in crisis.
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
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A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The Department of Justice is entirely broken now and is in crisis.
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Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
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I used to believe
that even if my friends
and family and coworkers
would not listen
when I told them
Covid was still out there
they would have no choice
but to acknowledge this
when they caught it again,
but now I know
most people can even ignore
the sound of their own coughing.
that even if my friends
and family and coworkers
would not listen
when I told them
Covid was still out there
they would have no choice
but to acknowledge this
when they caught it again,
but now I know
most people can even ignore
the sound of their own coughing.
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I used to believe
that even if my friends
and family and coworkers
would not listen
when I told them
Covid was still out there
they would have no choice
but to acknowledge this
when they caught it again,
but now I know
most people can even ignore
the sound of their own coughing.
that even if my friends
and family and coworkers
would not listen
when I told them
Covid was still out there
they would have no choice
but to acknowledge this
when they caught it again,
but now I know
most people can even ignore
the sound of their own coughing.
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I have climbed to the summit of life. Want to know what is up there? Nothing. There is nothing up there, so burn that effing candle and use the good dishes daily.
a person is holding a lit candle in their hands
ALT: a person is holding a lit candle in their hands
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I have climbed to the summit of life. Want to know what is up there? Nothing. There is nothing up there, so burn that effing candle and use the good dishes daily.
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Carney really needs to step up immediately.
(Reuters) - Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Britain, and Denmark said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Carney really needs to step up immediately.
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We are more than just individuals.
We are a society.
Big challenges like an indundation of severe flu needs systemic responses.
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate.
We are a society.
Big challenges like an indundation of severe flu needs systemic responses.
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate.
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
We are more than just individuals.
We are a society.
Big challenges like an indundation of severe flu needs systemic responses.
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate.
We are a society.
Big challenges like an indundation of severe flu needs systemic responses.
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate.
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Long COVID is best described as a cluster of overlapping symptoms rather than one single condition, according to a review of 64 studies from 20 countries covering 2.4 million people.
Fatigue was most common, often alongside muscle and joint pain, cognitive symptoms, or shortness of breath.
Fatigue was most common, often alongside muscle and joint pain, cognitive symptoms, or shortness of breath.
Study outlines recurring symptom clusters that define long COVID
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Long COVID is best described as a cluster of overlapping symptoms rather than one single condition, according to a review of 64 studies from 20 countries covering 2.4 million people.
Fatigue was most common, often alongside muscle and joint pain, cognitive symptoms, or shortness of breath.
Fatigue was most common, often alongside muscle and joint pain, cognitive symptoms, or shortness of breath.
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How's that appeasement thing working out, Canada?
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 AM
How's that appeasement thing working out, Canada?
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Antivaxxers like RFK Jr love to cherry pick policies from countries like Denmark so they can falsely justify reducing vaccines in the US, while ignoring context.
If they really wanted to learn effective health policy from Denmark, they would be pushing for universal single-payer healthcare.
If they really wanted to learn effective health policy from Denmark, they would be pushing for universal single-payer healthcare.
January 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Antivaxxers like RFK Jr love to cherry pick policies from countries like Denmark so they can falsely justify reducing vaccines in the US, while ignoring context.
If they really wanted to learn effective health policy from Denmark, they would be pushing for universal single-payer healthcare.
If they really wanted to learn effective health policy from Denmark, they would be pushing for universal single-payer healthcare.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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With Northback ramping up their PR campaign for their "new" grassy mountain mine proposal (still an open pit mine), Smith was asked if she supported it today.
Again she played the "well, it's an advanced project so what can you do?"
The UCP declared it an advanced project.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Again she played the "well, it's an advanced project so what can you do?"
The UCP declared it an advanced project.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
January 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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At long last
now that Thanksgiving
and Christmas
and New Year’s
are all behind us,
you can finally say:
that you
have survived the holidays,
and so now
all you need to do
is make it through
the ordeals that await you
until it is time
to once again try
to survive the holidays.
now that Thanksgiving
and Christmas
and New Year’s
are all behind us,
you can finally say:
that you
have survived the holidays,
and so now
all you need to do
is make it through
the ordeals that await you
until it is time
to once again try
to survive the holidays.
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
At long last
now that Thanksgiving
and Christmas
and New Year’s
are all behind us,
you can finally say:
that you
have survived the holidays,
and so now
all you need to do
is make it through
the ordeals that await you
until it is time
to once again try
to survive the holidays.
now that Thanksgiving
and Christmas
and New Year’s
are all behind us,
you can finally say:
that you
have survived the holidays,
and so now
all you need to do
is make it through
the ordeals that await you
until it is time
to once again try
to survive the holidays.