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Marie-Michelle Bellon @docteure19.bsky.social · 1d

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 2d

Bonne nouvelle: Le port du hijab n'est plus obligatoire en Iran. Bravo à toutes les femmes et hommes qui ont montrées tant de courage face à cet état liberticide.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

🇮🇷 Iran has abolished the mandatory hijab, according to authorities.

Women who do not wear the hijab will no longer be fined or punished! The law was not enforced for longer already, but it’s official.

This decision by the authorities is partly the result of several waves of protests and

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 2d

“COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years”

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

www.nature.com

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Kittie @kittiepeters.com · 3d

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 6d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Screenshot of message from UPS:

Hi Adam,
All import fees must be paid prior to delivery.
Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied.
Total Amount Due
119.20 USD
Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes.
Pay Now ›

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 6d

We need to get serious about protecting our tamariki. Study finds Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection.
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/long...

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 6d

What a crazy disjointed world we live in!

Isaac Hayes III @isaachayes3.bsky.social · 6d

The new Sora 2 app by Chat GPT crosses the line.

MAKING MARTIN LUTHER KING YELL LIKE A MONKEY IS HATE, NOT INNOVATION.

This is not just offensive, it is a violation of name, image, and likeness.

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Marie ⚜️🍁🌺🌻🦋 @mariefeesavante.bsky.social · 9d

La santé publique nationale du Québec doit se mettre au diapason de la science.

Elle a fait plusieurs erreurs en lien avec la Covid. Elle en fait encore.

C’est la population qui paie le prix avec sa santé.

Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 9d

Un beau texte de la Dre Lyne Filiatrault auquel j'ai collaboré à propos des choix de l'INSPQ.

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

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💜 ShinyEevee @shinyeevee1.bsky.social · 9d

"On se doit d’inclure dans les conséquences graves le syndrome post-COVID (diabète, embolie pulmonaire, crise cardiaque, AVC, maladies rénales (...) ainsi que (la) COVID longue, qui peut être si débilitant(e)."

Merci DrFiliatrault et @nancydelagrave.bsky.social!

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

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 9d

Un beau texte de la Dre Lyne Filiatrault auquel j'ai collaboré à propos des choix de l'INSPQ.

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

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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 12d

We found a link between SARS-CoV-2 reinfection & #longCOVID, & a post-pandemic rise in thrombotic events across all populations, regardless of vaccination or prior infection. Findings support continued COVID diagnosis in suspected cases & mask use by healthcare workers treating respiratory patients

www.mdpi.com

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for writing about your experience, Theo. I value it.

I hate how many people have such strong opinions about something that is so foreign to them.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10d

Erasing history.

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 10d

Alors que les gouvernements minimisent l'impact de la covid, les prévisions de Covid Resources Canada nous aident à y voir clair.

Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 10d

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : SEP 27-OCT 10, 2025

CANADA

ÉLEVÉ [en hausse]

Environ 1 personne sur 60 est infectée

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

-Infections : 5.8 x 🔺
-COVID longue : 5.7 x 🔺
-Hospitalisations : 9.2 x 🔺
-Décès : 7.5 x 🔺

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 10d

It's nice to see science been discussed respectfully on BlueSky. It gives me hope that we could rebuild the pre-Musk Twitter scientific community. It does not help that people are split on many platforms.

X is dystopian and insane. It makes my heart sink.

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 10d

Salient point by Dr. Moriarty, here.

Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 11d

Progressive declines in test sensitivity and positivity duration (possibly variant-dependent, possibly related to population immunity) have led to a common misperception that infections declined substantially after early 2022, based on visual inspection of plots of waste water, hospitalization etc.

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 10d

Tara, I have enjoyed reading this thread so much. I always wondered about the model your team came up with. It's nice to have it all written here.

Looking forward your posts tomorrow.

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Godzillou 🇨🇦 @godzillou.bsky.social · 11d

Donc ya juste l'Alberta et le Québec qui vont faire payer certains usagers pour le vaccin
l'Alberta est antivax mais le Québec est juste cheap 🙄

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11d

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns launch across Canada for 2025-26 #Canada #COVID19Vaccine

Updated vaccines target current strains circulating, infectious disease specialist says

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns launch across Canada for 2025-26 | CBC News

Provinces and territories are starting to roll out updated vaccines to protect people from COVID-19.

www.cbc.ca

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 11d

French onion soup. Miam!

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Marie-Michelle Bellon @docteure19.bsky.social · 12d

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thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 13d

Loved this one.

A book about a hypothetical SARS-CoV-3 that’s really about what we should be doing now.

Grateful for its focus on Long COVID, on people, and the economy.

Thanks @mtosterholm.bsky.social

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 13d

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"Using surgical (sometimes called procedure) masks against an aerosol-transmitted virus is the equivalent of putting a screen door on a submarine and expecting it to keep water out":

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www.skeptic.com/article/mask...

Masks & COVID: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Told Wrong)

The most consequential failure of Covid response wasn’t lockdowns or vaccines—it was masks. Renowned epidemiologist Michael Osterholm reveals why N95s work like submarines while cloth masks are screen...

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Nancy Delagrave @nancydelagrave.bsky.social · 13d

États-Unis et aussi le Canada: Le variant XFG est largement dominant. Le vaccin automnal est bien adapté.

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13d

As the US past its peak of a summer Covid wave, the new CDC genomic surveillance today shows it's nearly all XFG as the variant involved with the cases
www.cdc.gov/covid/php/va...

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