Cathy@UBCAlumni
@cathymeyer.bsky.social
MSc, Retired Health Science nerd, population health, home gardener
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Early-life infection burden continues throughout childhood, new data reveal
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Because. We. Are. Canadian. 💪 🦫 🇨🇦
Yes we are further ahead.
Do YOU want to pay extra for everything, Rosemary?
We managed to boycot Jim Beam into closing a distillery. We are gutting their tourist industry. We are taking jobs and businesses. Our economy is actually growing.
So yes, we are further ahead.
Do YOU want to pay extra for everything, Rosemary?
We managed to boycot Jim Beam into closing a distillery. We are gutting their tourist industry. We are taking jobs and businesses. Our economy is actually growing.
So yes, we are further ahead.
December 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Because. We. Are. Canadian. 💪 🦫 🇨🇦
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It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
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December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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So Danielle Smith wants to take over policing in Alberta because she needs the police to get to Albertans on time...
But she can't even manage making sure that POLICE get an AMBULANCE on time with the EMS service she already runs?!?
This is horrifying.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
But she can't even manage making sure that POLICE get an AMBULANCE on time with the EMS service she already runs?!?
This is horrifying.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Mango/Raspberry Battenberg
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Mango/Raspberry Battenberg
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“You tell me, Mr Anderson — what good is washing your hands if the virus is in the air?”
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“You tell me, Mr Anderson — what good is washing your hands if the virus is in the air?”
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷
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By now
you have probably heard
the bad news:
that yet another study
has found
that Covid can cause
long-term brain alterations.
So now
you should really hear
the good news:
that there is still time
for you
to alter your behavior
so you don’t catch Covid.
you have probably heard
the bad news:
that yet another study
has found
that Covid can cause
long-term brain alterations.
So now
you should really hear
the good news:
that there is still time
for you
to alter your behavior
so you don’t catch Covid.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
By now
you have probably heard
the bad news:
that yet another study
has found
that Covid can cause
long-term brain alterations.
So now
you should really hear
the good news:
that there is still time
for you
to alter your behavior
so you don’t catch Covid.
you have probably heard
the bad news:
that yet another study
has found
that Covid can cause
long-term brain alterations.
So now
you should really hear
the good news:
that there is still time
for you
to alter your behavior
so you don’t catch Covid.
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A tale in two parts:
1/2
1/2
Beyond Local: Alberta quietly ends public reporting of COVID outbreaks in acute care
Alberta's government said the province is under no legal obligation to continue publishing the data in a “post-pandemic context.”
www.stalbertgazette.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A tale in two parts:
1/2
1/2
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I have heard that in Canada
doctors are “alarmed”
about this mutant flu,
and I have heard that in the UK
doctors are saying this super flu
is “beyond catastrophic,”
and here in the US
public health departments
(and even the CDC)
are quietly saying
you might want to wear a mask.
doctors are “alarmed”
about this mutant flu,
and I have heard that in the UK
doctors are saying this super flu
is “beyond catastrophic,”
and here in the US
public health departments
(and even the CDC)
are quietly saying
you might want to wear a mask.
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I have heard that in Canada
doctors are “alarmed”
about this mutant flu,
and I have heard that in the UK
doctors are saying this super flu
is “beyond catastrophic,”
and here in the US
public health departments
(and even the CDC)
are quietly saying
you might want to wear a mask.
doctors are “alarmed”
about this mutant flu,
and I have heard that in the UK
doctors are saying this super flu
is “beyond catastrophic,”
and here in the US
public health departments
(and even the CDC)
are quietly saying
you might want to wear a mask.
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Is medical error the third leading cause of death as Makary claimed?
Not according to Vinay Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2016/05/09/m...
Not according to Vinay Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2016/05/09/m...
Don’t believe what you read on new report of medical error deaths
Take the "news" that medical errors are the third leading cause of death with a grain of salt. Medical errors are poorly defined, and that estimate has been around for awhile.
www.statnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Is medical error the third leading cause of death as Makary claimed?
Not according to Vinay Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2016/05/09/m...
Not according to Vinay Prasad.
www.statnews.com/2016/05/09/m...
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3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/3-children-die-from-influenza-a-related-complications-in-ottawa-and-eastern-ontario-region/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/3-children-die-from-influenza-a-related-complications-in-ottawa-and-eastern-ontario-region/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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I will accept being rated a 10/10 though. That one's legit.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I will accept being rated a 10/10 though. That one's legit.
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Ok, but speaking as a Canadian scientist, we absolutely need to fix the stagnant funding for researchers who are already here and punching above our weight, rather than doing the Harper thing again of spending heaps of money to recruit "superstars" from elsewhere.
When Hitler declared war on the universities there was an exodus of researchers.
The American "century" benefited from the influx of great thinkers.
Trump's war on American universities is the end of that century.
Canada's century has begun.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-ce...
The American "century" benefited from the influx of great thinkers.
Trump's war on American universities is the end of that century.
Canada's century has begun.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-ce...
Canada's Century Has Begun
There was an item in the last federal budget that didn’t get much attention but it’s a detail that has the potential to transform Canada’s place in the world.
charlieangus.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ok, but speaking as a Canadian scientist, we absolutely need to fix the stagnant funding for researchers who are already here and punching above our weight, rather than doing the Harper thing again of spending heaps of money to recruit "superstars" from elsewhere.
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I can't for the life of me understand how we as a country continue to allow this
My daughter spent hours in a bathroom this weekend as we waiting for the lockdown to be over.
A few lessons I learned along the way.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A few lessons I learned along the way.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
What Parents Can Do When Their Child Is in an Active-Shooter Lockdown
This moment will come for too many of us.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I can't for the life of me understand how we as a country continue to allow this
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A graph tells you everything you need to know. The top six have the least impetus for masking in health
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A graph tells you everything you need to know. The top six have the least impetus for masking in health
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Influenza A sweeping thru Ontario now. Classrooms are emptying. Consider vaccinating your children.
This little one was too young to be vaccinated.
This little one was too young to be vaccinated.
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Influenza A sweeping thru Ontario now. Classrooms are emptying. Consider vaccinating your children.
This little one was too young to be vaccinated.
This little one was too young to be vaccinated.
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“McClure will no longer be able to deny citizen-led referendum proposals if the proposed questions aren't factually accurate, go against the Constitution or if they don't have clearly explained subject matter statements.”
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Alberta government amends bill after chief electoral officer warns it harms trust
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has made last-minute changes to a bill after the province's chief electoral officer warned it would impede the independence of his office.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“McClure will no longer be able to deny citizen-led referendum proposals if the proposed questions aren't factually accurate, go against the Constitution or if they don't have clearly explained subject matter statements.”
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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The mathematical models narrowed in on one factor: the impact of cuts to foreign aid
Not just from the U.S., but also others such as UK, France and Germany. Growing hyper individualism of high-income countries
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Not just from the U.S., but also others such as UK, France and Germany. Growing hyper individualism of high-income countries
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The mathematical models narrowed in on one factor: the impact of cuts to foreign aid
Not just from the U.S., but also others such as UK, France and Germany. Growing hyper individualism of high-income countries
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Not just from the U.S., but also others such as UK, France and Germany. Growing hyper individualism of high-income countries
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.