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Nicole Hatton
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Montréal | Canada
I’m mostly here for science and Covid info but I also have other interests and I share art because beautiful experiences are as important as knowledge.
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It’s Bring Your Infectious Disease To School Month
School Headline: It’s Bring Your Infectious Disease To School Month Story by Paul Ingbehavia and Star Radcliffe Photo from Adobe
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by Nicole Hatton
nytimes.com
A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Canadian COVID Forecast Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025

QUÉBEC

HIGH [decreasing]

About 1 of every 134 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 6.3 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.3 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 12.9 x higher
-Deaths: 8.9 x higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Quebec's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [decreasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.4 About 1 of every 134 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 104,100-131,000 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 6.3X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 6.3X higher Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 12.9X higher Deaths: HIGH; 8.9X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025

SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.5 Alberta: VERY HIGH - 13.0 British Columbia: VERY HIGH - 10.5 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.7 New Brunswick: SEVERE - 15.1 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 12.2 North: VERY HIGH - 11.7 Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 15.4 Ontario: VERY HIGH - 10.3 Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 10.2 Quebec: HIGH - 9.4 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 15.9 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : OCT 25 - NOV 7, 2025

QUÉBEC

ÉLEVÉ [en baisse]

Environ 1 personne sur 134 est infectée

Par rapport au point le plus bas de la pandémie au Canada :

-Infections : 6.3 x🔺
-COVID longue : 6.3 x🔺
-Hospitalisations : 12.9 x🔺
-Décès : 8.9 x🔺
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : OCT 25 - NOV 7, 2025

SÉVÈRE : NB, NÉ, SK
TRÈS ÉLEVÉ : CAN, AB, CB, MB, TNL, Nord, ON, ÎPÉ
ÉLEVÉ : QC
MODÉRÉ : aucun

Environ 1 personne sur 126 est actuellement infectée au Canada.
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Nicole Hatton
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Harbinder said: “The whole focus has been on a few months of lost learning. My children haven’t been well enough to go back to school for the last three years. We are not even on the radar. It’s almost as if we don’t exist.”

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #COVIDinquiry
Covid Inquiry uncovers ‘forgotten’ children left disabled by Long Covid
Long Covid Kids supports 7,000 children whose parents say they have been 'gas lit' by NHS, schools and social services, as the inquiry uncovered pandemic-era advice against diagnosing the condition
www.mirror.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.
canadahealthwatch.ca Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Oct 10
How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Hundred of large well done studies from all across the world vs 1 deeply flawed assoc study? www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Amazing how antivaxxers ignore large body of evidence & expert opinion, but when they find something that they think supports their view?

Cognitive bias fest.
COVID Vaccines and Cancer Risk: Experts Dissect Flawed Study
Retrospective study from Korea proves nothing about COVID shots and cancer, experts say
www.medpagetoday.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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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
October 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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COVID & Health News, 10/5/25
open.substack.com/pub/drruth/p...
COVID & Health News, 10/5/25
According to JP Weiland, there are about 510,000 new COVID infections daily with about 1 in 66 people currently infected in the U.S.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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How does someone become an anti-vaxxer or come to believe that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer?

I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
curlycurlynicky.bsky.social
Covid-19 prematurely ages women’s blood vessels.

La COVID-19 fait vieillir prématurément les vaisseaux sanguins des femmes.

www.journaldequebec.com/2025/10/02/l...
La COVID-19 fait vieillir prématurément les vaisseaux sanguins des femmes
Deux chercheurs de Québec ont participé à une étude internationale qui révèle que la rigidité des vaisseaux s'est accélérée chez les femmes.
www.journaldequebec.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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scienmag.com/quantum-nano...
Quantum Nanodiamond Test Boosts Early COVID Detection
In a groundbreaking development that could redefine the global response to infectious diseases, a team of researchers has unveiled a novel quantum-enhanced nanodiamond rapid test designed to detect
scienmag.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
curlycurlynicky.bsky.social
La COVID et la Santé publique | Des histoires de grand-mère
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
La COVID et la Santé publique | Des histoires de grand-mère
L’auteure décèle plusieurs points faibles dans le discours de la Santé publique du Québec au sujet de la prévention de la COVID, notamment en ce qui concerne la vaccination et la propagation du virus.
www.lapresse.ca
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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nytimes.com
Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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1. Superb article by Tess-Finch Lees published today.

'Six years into forever-Covid, the evidence is unequivocal. Coronavirus is an airborne, disabling, neuroinvasive vascular disease that can damage children’s immunity, blood vessels and organs,...

Link in next post
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
Exactly what I would expect from them. It’s not fear, it’s called being informed!
Ben Affleck’s daughter has become the mask-wearing poster girl for Generation Fear
Teenage Violet wants faces to stay covered post-pandemic, but how much of her rollercoaster life plays a part in her puzzling stance?
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Great to see: The Vaccine integrity Project rolls out this week www.wsj.com/health/healt... @mtosterholm.bsky.social
The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government
A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.wsj.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Older adults less likely to be classified as having long COVID, study finds www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/old...
Older adults less likely to be classified as having long COVID, study finds
Among more than 10,000 participants with prior infection, the odds of having long COVID symptoms were lower in those aged 70 and older than in younger age-groups.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Delita Martin, contemporary US multimédia artist who employs printmaking in her art #WomensArt
Artwork featuring a close-up of a Black woman's face, looking out to the viewer from the left side of the image, wearing blue rimmed glasses
September 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025

QUÉBEC

HIGH (no change)

About 1 in every 105 people infected

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections ~8X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~12X higher
-Deaths ~9X higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the seven-day period between September 13-26, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Quebec’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH (no change) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.8 About 1 of every 105 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 93,350-164,925 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 8.2X higher Long COVID estimate: HIGH; 8.4X higher Hospitalizations, ICU: VERY HIGH; 11.7X higher Deaths: HIGH 9.4X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca
September 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 13 - Sep 26, 2025
Severe: NL, PEI, SK
Very high: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON
High: QC
Moderate: none

About 1 in 81 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the September 13-26, 2025 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: 13.4 - VERY HIGH Alberta: 14.8 - VERY HIGH British Columbia: 14.1 - VERY HIGH Manitoba: 14.4 - VERY HIGH New Brunswick: 14.6 - VERY HIGH Newfoundland and Labrador: 15.8 - SEVERE North: 14.1 - VERY HIGH Nova Scotia: 14.7 - VERY HIGH Ontario: 14.9 - VERY HIGH Prince Edward Island: 15.6 - SEVERE Quebec: 9.8 - HIGH Saskatchewan: 15.1 - SEVERE A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category, there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15, red)."
September 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM