Ms. Opossum graphs COVID data (was @anarchodelphis).
@ratnegative.bsky.social
🏴🇭🇰 🤝 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇹🇼
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COVID-dodging Hongkonger on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səl̓ilwətaɬ & Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land.
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![[Text on an yellow octagon meant to look like the output of an overhead projector.]
The silent erosion of COVID-19 awareness & management in B.C.:
A TIMELINE
[A timeline of the year 2025 and the January of 2026. Numbered diamonds are placed on the timeline to mark the events below.]
1. April 16: Amount & timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID, an online repository, deteriorate.
2. May: The end of RAT Kit Distribution Program is announced in a professional newsletter. This provided free RAT kits to pharmacies.
3. May 31: RAT kits orders from this day onwards would not be reimbursed.
4. June: The BCCDC page dedicated to how COVID-19 spreads is removed.
5. September 1: Under the BC medical services plan, less than 20 people will be allowed in an online group medical visit. An unknown number of bed- & house-bound people will lose telehealth access to the BC-CLMF, a long COVID & ME/CFS clinic. Implementation delayed until January.
6. September 15: Vancouver Sun publishes a sponsored article, suggesting the program responsible for generating SARS-CoV-2 data from wastewater samples would be expanded & describes the then-current state of the program.
7. September 18: The wastewater surveillance program is cut: 8 of 12 wastewater treatment plants will no longer be monitored, and 1 sample will be taken per week instead of 3.
8. October 14: The year's vaccination campaign begins to widespread shortages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dy4l7kqcar73iaezbjxzwiui/bafkreibyc7hcwrwtwlid453tk3fv523vx3cziv4g5qksvdrks6b3ymxo2a@jpeg)
I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
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This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
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"Human challenge studies confirmed that ICV [influenza C virus] caused upper respiratory disease and immune responses.."
Uh ... I don't think growth in this 'mild' Flu C, on top of protected record Flu As H3N2 and emerging H5N1/5 and COVID is helpful?
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12...
Uh ... I don't think growth in this 'mild' Flu C, on top of protected record Flu As H3N2 and emerging H5N1/5 and COVID is helpful?
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12...
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Human challenge studies confirmed that ICV [influenza C virus] caused upper respiratory disease and immune responses.."
Uh ... I don't think growth in this 'mild' Flu C, on top of protected record Flu As H3N2 and emerging H5N1/5 and COVID is helpful?
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12...
Uh ... I don't think growth in this 'mild' Flu C, on top of protected record Flu As H3N2 and emerging H5N1/5 and COVID is helpful?
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12...
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Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
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UCP introduces Bill 9; Protecting Alberta's Children (from accessing healthcare) Act
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
ALT: a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?
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"They are literally arguing for large scale RCTs for PPE during Ebola outbreaks because they don't believe in physical science or the precautionary principle."
@sfeltford.bsky.social
@sfeltford.bsky.social
I'd like to volunteer @ipaccanada.bsky.social to go deal with Marburg & ebola outbreaks.
"...limited evidence with which to draw conclusions on the comparative effectiveness of PPE to prevent exposure to and transmission of VHFs [viral hemorrhagic fevers] to HCWs."🤬
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
"...limited evidence with which to draw conclusions on the comparative effectiveness of PPE to prevent exposure to and transmission of VHFs [viral hemorrhagic fevers] to HCWs."🤬
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Personal protective equipment choices for healthcare workers caring for viral hemorrhagic fevers, CCDR 51(1) - Canada.ca
Review summarizing evidence on PPE use by HCWs to prevent exposure to and transmission of VHFs, including EBOV
www.canada.ca
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"They are literally arguing for large scale RCTs for PPE during Ebola outbreaks because they don't believe in physical science or the precautionary principle."
@sfeltford.bsky.social
@sfeltford.bsky.social
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The bad news:
#H3N2 is new flu strain, "generally thought to cause more illness & be worse for older adults than other strains".
* This, on top of 5+ years of #COVID reinfections, a virus known to dysregulate the immune system.
The good news:
It's PREVENTABLE with an #N95 mask & #CleanAir.
#H3N2 is new flu strain, "generally thought to cause more illness & be worse for older adults than other strains".
* This, on top of 5+ years of #COVID reinfections, a virus known to dysregulate the immune system.
The good news:
It's PREVENTABLE with an #N95 mask & #CleanAir.
1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Watching The Fifth Estate's piece "The political war on safe drugs" then ran to throw more money at @dulfbc.bsky.social for having more backbone and sense than immoral people in power.
DULF LEGAL AID II - The Final Push
Our fundraising just hit a wall: we keep maxing out our incoming daily e-transfer limit of $50,000. But the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) urgently needs your help to keep the fight for drug user r...
www.zeffy.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Watching The Fifth Estate's piece "The political war on safe drugs" then ran to throw more money at @dulfbc.bsky.social for having more backbone and sense than immoral people in power.
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Rest In Power, Leslie Lee III.
Your last words still resonate. The fight goes on. #LongCOVID
Your last words still resonate. The fight goes on. #LongCOVID
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Rest In Power, Leslie Lee III.
Your last words still resonate. The fight goes on. #LongCOVID
Your last words still resonate. The fight goes on. #LongCOVID
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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Thread in essay format + unedited slides: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I will begin with a brief timeline of how the BCCDC has worsened COVID-19 related programs & why they matter:
4/16: The amount and timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID deteriorated. 3/?
I will begin with a brief timeline of how the BCCDC has worsened COVID-19 related programs & why they matter:
4/16: The amount and timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID deteriorated. 3/?
![[Simulated overhead projector slide:]
The silent erosion of COVID-19 awareness & management in B.C.:
A TIMELINE
[A timeline of the year 2025 and the January of 2026. Numbered diamonds are placed on the timeline to mark the events below.]
1. April 16: Amount & timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID, an online repository, deteriorate.
2. May: The end of RAT Kit Distribution Program is announced in a professional newsletter. This provided free RAT kits to pharmacies.
3. May 31: RAT kits orders from this day onwards would not be reimbursed.
4. June: The BCCDC page dedicated to how COVID-19 spreads is removed.
5. September 1: Under the MSP, less than 20 people will be allowed in an online group medical visit. Scores of bed and housebound people will lose telehealth access to a long COVID and ME/CFS clinic. Delayed until January.
6. September 15: Sponsored Vancouver Sun article suggests the program that generates SARS-CoV-2 data from wastewater samples would be expanded and describes the then-current state of the program.
7. September 18: The wastewater surveillance program is cut: 8 of 12 wastewater treatment plants will no longer be monitored, and 1 sample will be taken per week instead of 3.
8. October 14: The year's vaccination campaign starts with widespread shortages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dy4l7kqcar73iaezbjxzwiui/bafkreicfxyqn7yche43lpphoqb6slre4klaq6t4imyqeyzc7ohly5awrga@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Thread in essay format + unedited slides: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I will begin with a brief timeline of how the BCCDC has worsened COVID-19 related programs & why they matter:
4/16: The amount and timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID deteriorated. 3/?
I will begin with a brief timeline of how the BCCDC has worsened COVID-19 related programs & why they matter:
4/16: The amount and timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID deteriorated. 3/?
Reposted by Ms. Opossum graphs COVID data (was @anarchodelphis).
It seems that the BCCDC has made changes to the wastewater surveillance dashboard in response to the previous iteration of this thread. It now tells users to view wastewater data in conjunction with clinical data to understand "respiratory" virus trends. 51/?
![[Simulated overhead projector slide:]
Screenshots from the wastewater surveillance dashboard taken on November 14, 2025.
Key messages: Magnitude and trends are compared to the most recently completed respiratory season (August 2024 - August 2025). Wastewater data should be considered in combination with clinical data for respiratory viral trends.
Below: 2 line graphs representing RNA concentrations at the Victoria and Comox Valley wastewater treatment plants over the past year, with “seasonal magnitude bands” (horizontal blocks of color from green to off-white to orange) in the background (representing the past “respiratory season’s” concentrations? – this is never explained)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dy4l7kqcar73iaezbjxzwiui/bafkreibwbropuxwhln7k6bjhlrqgygxjty5j6ueiacl44utzoqzwf53azi@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It seems that the BCCDC has made changes to the wastewater surveillance dashboard in response to the previous iteration of this thread. It now tells users to view wastewater data in conjunction with clinical data to understand "respiratory" virus trends. 51/?
RIP queen.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
RIP queen.
Reposted by Ms. Opossum graphs COVID data (was @anarchodelphis).
Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
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With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff.
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff.
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
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Do you think people asking for seatbelts & airbags in every car are purity testing? Is it purity testing when you expect your new date to wear a condom?
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Do you think people asking for seatbelts & airbags in every car are purity testing? Is it purity testing when you expect your new date to wear a condom?
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If you think activists asking for public masking are "purity testing," I'm going to assume you've never experienced post viral illness or lost someone close to you due to complications from COVID
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If you think activists asking for public masking are "purity testing," I'm going to assume you've never experienced post viral illness or lost someone close to you due to complications from COVID
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Public healthcare is not going to survive without public oversight.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Public healthcare is not going to survive without public oversight.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.
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Hey folks, this isn't me! I don't have an active public Facebook page right now (though this is making me think I need one).
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey folks, this isn't me! I don't have an active public Facebook page right now (though this is making me think I need one).
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
Wastewater surveillance: useful for bird flu tracking.
GISAID: useful for bird flu tracking (though the tardiness in submitting HPAI sample data isn't entirely the provincial government's fault www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Reprin...)
Aren't governments supposed to, you know, prepare for contingencies?
GISAID: useful for bird flu tracking (though the tardiness in submitting HPAI sample data isn't entirely the provincial government's fault www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Reprin...)
Aren't governments supposed to, you know, prepare for contingencies?
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Wastewater surveillance: useful for bird flu tracking.
GISAID: useful for bird flu tracking (though the tardiness in submitting HPAI sample data isn't entirely the provincial government's fault www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Reprin...)
Aren't governments supposed to, you know, prepare for contingencies?
GISAID: useful for bird flu tracking (though the tardiness in submitting HPAI sample data isn't entirely the provincial government's fault www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Reprin...)
Aren't governments supposed to, you know, prepare for contingencies?
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re-upping this ‘cuz it’s such a good read.
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
re-upping this ‘cuz it’s such a good read.
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Oh my god. It gets worse.
Except that they weren’t testing communal care residents. Over 2024 I followed many accounts at the bad place where people were begging for their loved ones to be tested when they became ill in LTC.
And people going to emergency with bad Covid symptoms were also not being tested.
And people going to emergency with bad Covid symptoms were also not being tested.
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Oh my god. It gets worse.