@byurkowski.bsky.social
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<<Canada enters chat >>
Yes, MAHA gang is hugely to blame. And yes, 🍁has its own M-CHA gang (god help us).
And, PRO-infxn public health msg'ing since COVID (Hybrid Immunity ™️, get infected or accrue Immunity Debt™️, 'only the vulnerable') accelerated this mess.
Can't be PRO-infection AND pro-vax 🤷
Yes, MAHA gang is hugely to blame. And yes, 🍁has its own M-CHA gang (god help us).
And, PRO-infxn public health msg'ing since COVID (Hybrid Immunity ™️, get infected or accrue Immunity Debt™️, 'only the vulnerable') accelerated this mess.
Can't be PRO-infection AND pro-vax 🤷
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
<<Canada enters chat >>
Yes, MAHA gang is hugely to blame. And yes, 🍁has its own M-CHA gang (god help us).
And, PRO-infxn public health msg'ing since COVID (Hybrid Immunity ™️, get infected or accrue Immunity Debt™️, 'only the vulnerable') accelerated this mess.
Can't be PRO-infection AND pro-vax 🤷
Yes, MAHA gang is hugely to blame. And yes, 🍁has its own M-CHA gang (god help us).
And, PRO-infxn public health msg'ing since COVID (Hybrid Immunity ™️, get infected or accrue Immunity Debt™️, 'only the vulnerable') accelerated this mess.
Can't be PRO-infection AND pro-vax 🤷
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Today I was told it’s a luxury that I can stay in bed posting on social media … and that men are the ones giving me that luxury
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Today I was told it’s a luxury that I can stay in bed posting on social media … and that men are the ones giving me that luxury
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
Being bedbound is not a luxury
Social media is a connection to the world for many of us
Disability is not a vacation & men aren’t providing for the vast majority of us
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By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
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New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade
Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccine’s protection declines gradually thereafter.
www.medscape.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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The meeting began
with an icebreaker:
“which of your skills
would be most useful
if you found yourself
sent back in time
to the Middle Ages?”
and as I looked around
at all the unmasked faces
I was tempted to say:
I know how to
avoid the plague,
but instead I just said:
I can knit.
with an icebreaker:
“which of your skills
would be most useful
if you found yourself
sent back in time
to the Middle Ages?”
and as I looked around
at all the unmasked faces
I was tempted to say:
I know how to
avoid the plague,
but instead I just said:
I can knit.
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The meeting began
with an icebreaker:
“which of your skills
would be most useful
if you found yourself
sent back in time
to the Middle Ages?”
and as I looked around
at all the unmasked faces
I was tempted to say:
I know how to
avoid the plague,
but instead I just said:
I can knit.
with an icebreaker:
“which of your skills
would be most useful
if you found yourself
sent back in time
to the Middle Ages?”
and as I looked around
at all the unmasked faces
I was tempted to say:
I know how to
avoid the plague,
but instead I just said:
I can knit.
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I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
September 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
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I asked a lawyer
about the list
of extremism indicators
and he said:
worry,
but don’t worry too much
these won’t stand up
in court.
And then
I asked a historian
about the list
of extremism indicators
and she just said:
worry.
about the list
of extremism indicators
and he said:
worry,
but don’t worry too much
these won’t stand up
in court.
And then
I asked a historian
about the list
of extremism indicators
and she just said:
worry.
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I asked a lawyer
about the list
of extremism indicators
and he said:
worry,
but don’t worry too much
these won’t stand up
in court.
And then
I asked a historian
about the list
of extremism indicators
and she just said:
worry.
about the list
of extremism indicators
and he said:
worry,
but don’t worry too much
these won’t stand up
in court.
And then
I asked a historian
about the list
of extremism indicators
and she just said:
worry.
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You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy.
It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy.
It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.
We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
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One of the big COVID facts that tend to make people go deer in headlights is the high percentage of asymptomatic infections. Unfortunately these infections can still cause you or others problems months or years later. This was known back in 2020 but shushed up afterwards.
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
One of the big COVID facts that tend to make people go deer in headlights is the high percentage of asymptomatic infections. Unfortunately these infections can still cause you or others problems months or years later. This was known back in 2020 but shushed up afterwards.
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Disabled people are not getting a free ride.
They’re not stealing your tax dollars.
The process to get approved is dehumanizing & painful. It’s designed to make you quit.
You sacrifice your autonomy, dignity and independence for a benefit that forces you to live in legislated poverty.
They’re not stealing your tax dollars.
The process to get approved is dehumanizing & painful. It’s designed to make you quit.
You sacrifice your autonomy, dignity and independence for a benefit that forces you to live in legislated poverty.
September 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Disabled people are not getting a free ride.
They’re not stealing your tax dollars.
The process to get approved is dehumanizing & painful. It’s designed to make you quit.
You sacrifice your autonomy, dignity and independence for a benefit that forces you to live in legislated poverty.
They’re not stealing your tax dollars.
The process to get approved is dehumanizing & painful. It’s designed to make you quit.
You sacrifice your autonomy, dignity and independence for a benefit that forces you to live in legislated poverty.
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A Timelapse of a kitten's growth.
August 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A Timelapse of a kitten's growth.
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N.W.T. turns to vending machines to distribute FREE HIV tests, naloxone kits, hygiene products #NorthwestTerritories #Canada
All of the products are dispensed free in paper bags for privacy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
All of the products are dispensed free in paper bags for privacy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.W.T. turns to vending machines to distribute HIV tests, naloxone kits, hygiene products | CBC News
The government of the Northwest Territories is introducing a different type of vending machine to communities in the territory. They are called health boxes and provide the public with health supplies...
www.cbc.ca
August 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
N.W.T. turns to vending machines to distribute FREE HIV tests, naloxone kits, hygiene products #NorthwestTerritories #Canada
All of the products are dispensed free in paper bags for privacy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
All of the products are dispensed free in paper bags for privacy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Saying that the kids in Gaza who died of starvation had “pre existing conditions” is eugenics.
It’s a way to make people not care that kids are being starved to death.
It’s ableism.
It’s labelling them as expendable because they were sick.
No child is expendable.
It’s a way to make people not care that kids are being starved to death.
It’s ableism.
It’s labelling them as expendable because they were sick.
No child is expendable.
August 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Saying that the kids in Gaza who died of starvation had “pre existing conditions” is eugenics.
It’s a way to make people not care that kids are being starved to death.
It’s ableism.
It’s labelling them as expendable because they were sick.
No child is expendable.
It’s a way to make people not care that kids are being starved to death.
It’s ableism.
It’s labelling them as expendable because they were sick.
No child is expendable.
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Vaccines don’t prevent infection. Vaccines are meant to produce immunological memory and antibody production, so that when you get infected, your immune system can rapidly respond to eliminate the pathogen and prevent serious complications, including death.
Vaccines don’t cause autism!
Vaccines don’t cause autism!
August 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Vaccines don’t prevent infection. Vaccines are meant to produce immunological memory and antibody production, so that when you get infected, your immune system can rapidly respond to eliminate the pathogen and prevent serious complications, including death.
Vaccines don’t cause autism!
Vaccines don’t cause autism!
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"The real work is preparing for descent: imagining economies that function with less, re-anchoring communities, and adapting culturally to live within limits. Collapse is not the end; it is the context."
(Art Berman)
#TalkingPoint
#collapse
(Art Berman)
#TalkingPoint
#collapse
August 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The real work is preparing for descent: imagining economies that function with less, re-anchoring communities, and adapting culturally to live within limits. Collapse is not the end; it is the context."
(Art Berman)
#TalkingPoint
#collapse
(Art Berman)
#TalkingPoint
#collapse
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On any given day, there are more people in any tiny village in Scandinavia with Long Covid than there are people who wear crappy surgical masks.
(Apart from looking in the mirror, I have yet to see a high quality respie.)
(Apart from looking in the mirror, I have yet to see a high quality respie.)
On any given day, there are more people in Canada with Long Covid than there are people who wear a high quality mask. Or a crappy quality mask, which is still the majority of masks I see.
What an utter failure of public health education.
What an utter failure of public health education.
About 2.5% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $25.6M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $25.6M.
August 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On any given day, there are more people in any tiny village in Scandinavia with Long Covid than there are people who wear crappy surgical masks.
(Apart from looking in the mirror, I have yet to see a high quality respie.)
(Apart from looking in the mirror, I have yet to see a high quality respie.)
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Yes, and it’s ridiculous & horrific that:
* We haven’t been able to get 2 or more vaccines a year if we want.
* Doctors & HCWs don’t wear masks & we have to jump through hoops to get them to consider it.
* There’s no infection control ANYWHERE in society.
* 1% of people mask on airplanes. #COVID
* We haven’t been able to get 2 or more vaccines a year if we want.
* Doctors & HCWs don’t wear masks & we have to jump through hoops to get them to consider it.
* There’s no infection control ANYWHERE in society.
* 1% of people mask on airplanes. #COVID
It’s honestly ridiculous and horrific that we all need to make these complicated calculations to figure out when to get our next COVID vaccine.
COVID vaccines should be accessible to anyone who wants them every year (like flu vaccines) and all year round.
COVID vaccines should be accessible to anyone who wants them every year (like flu vaccines) and all year round.
August 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yes, and it’s ridiculous & horrific that:
* We haven’t been able to get 2 or more vaccines a year if we want.
* Doctors & HCWs don’t wear masks & we have to jump through hoops to get them to consider it.
* There’s no infection control ANYWHERE in society.
* 1% of people mask on airplanes. #COVID
* We haven’t been able to get 2 or more vaccines a year if we want.
* Doctors & HCWs don’t wear masks & we have to jump through hoops to get them to consider it.
* There’s no infection control ANYWHERE in society.
* 1% of people mask on airplanes. #COVID
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British government really is out there threatening Irish artists and writers with terror charges as if we haven’t all heard this historical song before.
August 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
British government really is out there threatening Irish artists and writers with terror charges as if we haven’t all heard this historical song before.
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H5N1 bird flu hasn’t gone away. Its threat as the next pandemic hasn’t diminished. You’re just not hearing about it in the media because the US secretary of health & human services doesn’t want you to
Cook meat & eggs well, avoid raw milk, wear an N95, it’s airborne—be more prepared than US govt is
Cook meat & eggs well, avoid raw milk, wear an N95, it’s airborne—be more prepared than US govt is
It Was Airborne The Whole Time
An update on H5N1 bird flu.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
H5N1 bird flu hasn’t gone away. Its threat as the next pandemic hasn’t diminished. You’re just not hearing about it in the media because the US secretary of health & human services doesn’t want you to
Cook meat & eggs well, avoid raw milk, wear an N95, it’s airborne—be more prepared than US govt is
Cook meat & eggs well, avoid raw milk, wear an N95, it’s airborne—be more prepared than US govt is
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I am deeply disturbed by this rhetoric that preexisting health problems mean deaths don’t matter. We saw this during COVID. Now it gets applied to every public health threat—H5N1, measles, etc.—and genocide. Disabled people are not disposable.
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I am deeply disturbed by this rhetoric that preexisting health problems mean deaths don’t matter. We saw this during COVID. Now it gets applied to every public health threat—H5N1, measles, etc.—and genocide. Disabled people are not disposable.
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“We’ve been watching H5N1 bird flu, a virus with a 50 percent mortality rate in humans, spread and evolve for almost four years now. Instead of doing anything, our governments have put the dairy and cattle industry’s profits ahead of public health…” #birdflu
Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social It Was Airborne The Whole Time. An update on H5N1 bird flu. cc @elhopkins.bsky.social @1goodtern.bsky.social www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/it-was-air...
It Was Airborne The Whole Time
An update on H5N1 bird flu.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We’ve been watching H5N1 bird flu, a virus with a 50 percent mortality rate in humans, spread and evolve for almost four years now. Instead of doing anything, our governments have put the dairy and cattle industry’s profits ahead of public health…” #birdflu
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In canada, we plan to protect poultry from airborne viruses like h5n1,
but will continue to force our children to breathe virus-laden air in classrooms all day long until they are permanently disabled or dead.
Did I get that right?
#CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #MedSky #IDSky #CleanTheAir
but will continue to force our children to breathe virus-laden air in classrooms all day long until they are permanently disabled or dead.
Did I get that right?
#CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #MedSky #IDSky #CleanTheAir
How farmers and government are trying to reduce avian flu risk in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
There will be new defence measures in place in B.C.’s Fraser Valley this fall to try and prevent poultry flocks from getting infected with avian flu.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In canada, we plan to protect poultry from airborne viruses like h5n1,
but will continue to force our children to breathe virus-laden air in classrooms all day long until they are permanently disabled or dead.
Did I get that right?
#CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #MedSky #IDSky #CleanTheAir
but will continue to force our children to breathe virus-laden air in classrooms all day long until they are permanently disabled or dead.
Did I get that right?
#CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #MedSky #IDSky #CleanTheAir
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B.C. Ministry of Agriculture & Food announces $2.5M to help egg & poultry producers fight avian flu - the plan includes things like HEPA filters and UV lights.
No baggy blues or hand sanitizer?
It's almost like H5N1 is airborne.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
No baggy blues or hand sanitizer?
It's almost like H5N1 is airborne.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
How farmers and government are trying to reduce avian flu risk in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
There will be new defence measures in place in B.C.’s Fraser Valley this fall to try and prevent poultry flocks from getting infected with avian flu.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture & Food announces $2.5M to help egg & poultry producers fight avian flu - the plan includes things like HEPA filters and UV lights.
No baggy blues or hand sanitizer?
It's almost like H5N1 is airborne.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
No baggy blues or hand sanitizer?
It's almost like H5N1 is airborne.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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1/14 🦠 BREAKTHROUGH: H5N1 FOUND AIRBORNE ON DAIRY FARMS 🦠
Emory University study reveals infectious H5N1 virus in air during milking operations & multiple transmission routes on 14 California dairy farms.
This changes everything.
A.J. Campbell et al.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #PandemicRisk #EmoryUniversity
Emory University study reveals infectious H5N1 virus in air during milking operations & multiple transmission routes on 14 California dairy farms.
This changes everything.
A.J. Campbell et al.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #PandemicRisk #EmoryUniversity
August 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
1/14 🦠 BREAKTHROUGH: H5N1 FOUND AIRBORNE ON DAIRY FARMS 🦠
Emory University study reveals infectious H5N1 virus in air during milking operations & multiple transmission routes on 14 California dairy farms.
This changes everything.
A.J. Campbell et al.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #PandemicRisk #EmoryUniversity
Emory University study reveals infectious H5N1 virus in air during milking operations & multiple transmission routes on 14 California dairy farms.
This changes everything.
A.J. Campbell et al.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #PandemicRisk #EmoryUniversity