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Chantzy

@chantzy.bsky.social

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Science communicator & writer ✍🏼 🧬 MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM Activist Croissant maker 🥐 📍Vancouver, BC (Views mine)

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 7d

I haven't seen one single study that shows it's harmless to keep getting Covid again & again. But there are thousands of peer-reviewed studies that document long-term harms

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11m

It could happen here!

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2h

Today from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Couldn't agree more

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2h

B.C. is an emerging as a global hub for mRNA & nanomedicine innovation & is home to Canada's fastest growing life sciences sector.

This is what happens when you believe in science 🎉

www.britishcolumbia.ca/news-stories...

BC Gov headline from this week: BC - A global launch pad for mRNA and nanomedicine innovation

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

The mass firings at the CDC tonight drive home the fact that no one is coming to save us

But we can save each other

Wear a mask. Ideally a respirator like an N95

Even if you’re vaccinated. Even if you’re “not worried”

It protects you but it also protects everyone else

Bonus? Less colds & flus!

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STAT @statnews.com · 16d

A major randomized controlled trial of AI for screening mammography will fill a significant evidence gap for a tech already used on millions of mammograms a year
www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/b...

Large breast cancer screening trial will be pivotal step in vetting AI for mammograms

A major randomized controlled trial of AI for screening mammography will fill a significant evidence gap for a tech already used on millions of mammograms a year

www.statnews.com

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 14h

Yay! Have fun. I'm personally doing an outdoor heated patio with the kidlets ❤️

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 14h

Here's the text I got if it makes anyone feel less alone. This person is such a bully to me

Big indoor dinners with friends ♥️
Good for the soul
Scrolling Twitter living in fear

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 14h

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 14h

Sending solidarity to my Canadian Covid aware buds navigating another difficult Thanksgiving. The pressure to eat with non-Covid aware family, the loved ones who continue to put your health at risk, the slow public health response that stalled vaccines till *after thanksgiving*

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 17h

Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California.

The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then

www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate...

Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

www.newsweek.com

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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 18h

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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🦋 @occhitristi.bsky.social · 21h

Being neurodivergent means you over-explain EVERYTHING in hopes of clear communication, then get anxious that your over-explanation was irritating and actually made things more confusing 🫤

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 18h

A friend & former coworker died far too young this week. Words to come, but I realized how much he shaped my career in comms & graphic design. He raised the bar for so many creatives

He loved this quote. Hope it resonates with people who work in graphic design/comms

"I have said this when a client has asked me to do something visually putrid:
"I can't do that, and it will be nearly impossible for me to explain why I can't do it, and if I show it to you, you may even like it. But pretend that I am a lawyer and you asked me to do something patently illegal that would cause my disbarment and professional shame forever. That is what you are asking me to do."
PAULA SCHER
Pentagram

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 1d

This excellent video builds out the case for public grocery stores.

This idea is landing super well with Canadians, who are tired of trading their paycheques for overpriced food so corporations can line their pockets.

It’s the kind of populist offer the NDP can win with! Join us: lewisforleader.ca

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 1d

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

youtu.be/RPuEhQl8Cxo

Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

youtu.be

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Birds are abandoning their usual migration patterns because of warmer temperatures due to climate change.

This could "lead to many bird species dying out and drastically altering nature" 😢

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Ominous warning for humanity as birds adopt 'unsettling' behavior

A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Someone who isn't Covid conscious told me today that "everyone knows baggy blue masks don't really work for COVID. It's on the news"

Is something shifting?

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

So fast! I'm already worried about her moving away in the next few years 😢

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Protect Our Province BC @protectbc.bsky.social · 9d

Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID.

Sign the Children's Long COVID Network petition:

www.change.org/p/demand-fed...

Sign the Petition

Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID

www.change.org

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

The other one was an ecological study. These are useful only for generating hypotheses, not proving cause and effect

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 2d

If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

So RFK Jr. is basing this on 2 studies, one of which didn't even measure Tylenol at all.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2d

Forever thankful for this wild ride that is motherhood 🎢

Oct 9, 2011 holding my daughter right after delivery in a hospital bed

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2d

Nbd only a sample size of 4.9M

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 2d

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/ 🧐

SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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