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Protect Our Province Nova Scotia is a community-care initiative focussed on reducing COVID transmission through evidence-based mitigation. popns.org Clean Air Library, HRM: bit.ly/HRMcleanair NS reported Covid deaths: https://nsheartstrings.online/

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · Nov 10

We've started a Covid conscious starter pack for Atlantic Canada. Right now it's very Nova Scotia heavy and I know I've missed people. Where are you NB, PEI, and NFLD? Please let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed)!

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 1d

WHN is hosting a Clean Air Panel Discussion tomorrow (10am–12pm EDT | 4pm–6pm CET)!

Join leading experts Dr. William Bahnfleth, Jim Rosenthal, Dr. Joe Vipond, and Aaron Collins for an engaging conversation on the importance of clean air, its role in protecting communities, (...)

Promotional graphic from whn.global announcing a “Clean Air Panel Discussion.” The background shows a blue sky with light clouds.

Text at the top inside a green and blue gradient box:
“Oct 8th | 10AM – Noon ET | 4PM – 6PM CET.”

Main description text:
“Discover the fundamentals of clean air and why it is essential for a safe and healthy future.”

Section header: “Featuring leading experts:”
Below are four circular headshots with names underneath:

Dr. William Bahnfleth

Jim Rosenthal

Dr. Joe Vipond

Aaron Collins (wearing a mask)

At the bottom inside a bordered box:
“Join us for insights + live Q&A.”

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Litsa Dremousis @litsadremousis.bsky.social · 2d

Not seeing it on here yet, but the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology are three researchers of the human immune system. One of them is from #Seattle.

Maybe—who knows, but maybe—some of their work will help those of us w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis or #LongCovid

NYT Breaking News announcement on Nobel Prize winners in Medicine or Physiology

The rest of the NYT Breaking News announcement on the Nobel Prize winners in Medicine or Physiology

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 2d

HRM 2025-2028 Accessibility Strategy

Accessibility Strategy

The Accessibility & Inclusion Strategy builds upon the Diversity & Inclusion Framework and the Nova Scotia Accessibility Act to outline 30 action items for improving accessibility and representation f...

www.halifax.ca

PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 2d

The HRM Accessibility Advisory Committee's Annual Town Hall is
5 November 2025 at
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Attend in person at the Paul O'Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library, or join virtually on Zoom.

A link to the 2025-2028 Accessibility Strategy is in the next post.

Accessibility Town Hall

Accessibility Town Hall event details.

www.halifax.ca

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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 2d

Last week, the UK Covid Inquiry showed children weren’t seen as a priority to protect. The toll is heartbreaking - lives lost, health harmed, futures changed. Yet SARS-2 is just one of many airborne hazards children face in schools.

www.safeairschools.org

Graphic of a child holding a teddy bear

Words: SARS-COV-2* SPREADS THROUGH AIR
Children & COVID-19.
Infection Harms »K
• 206 child COVID/PIMS-TS deaths
• Reinfection continues today
• 1 in every 100 children suffer from Long Covid
• The rate doubled between
2023 & 2024
• >19 400 orphans.
Loss of primary or secondary caregiver
Sources: ONS, NRS, GRONI, Imperial College London. December 2024.
*SARS-Cov-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 2d

Global News: 'Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID'

'The Living with Long COVID exhibition is a collaboration by the Museum of Vancouver and SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences - offering a glimpse into the daily lives...'

globalnews.ca/video/114650...

Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

globalnews.ca

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 3d

The Covid vaccine rollout across Canada, but especially in Nova Scotia, is about administrative ease, not infection control, population health, or public health. We know there's an annual wave around September, yet nothing changes. Another year of failure.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 6d

This is the only info we've seen so far 🫥

Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 12d

So, I don't know how reliable this is, but Mosaic Pharmacy posted on their instagram account that rollout will start October 15 and booking will be open October 9. This isn't anywhere on the NS Health site.

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NSJosi @nsjosi.bsky.social · 7d

We do need to promote vaccination for kids and teens, but we also need to pressure governments everywhere to invest in clear air. Like many other viruses, COVID is airborne.

Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 7d

“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”

Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

NOVA SCOTIA

VERY HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 42 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 8.2 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.8 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.4 x higher

This image describes Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada.
Nova Scotia's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [Increasing]
Nova Scotia's COVID INDEX SCORE is 11.6
About 1 of every 42 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 23,700-37,100
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: HIGH; 5.8X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 14.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.4X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
"UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places"
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

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

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

About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 7.5
Alberta: HIGH - 6
British Columbia: HIGH - 5.8
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 12.1
New Brunswick: HIGH - 6.3
Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.2
North: HIGH - 9.2
Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 11.6
Ontario: HIGH - 6.3
Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7
Quebec: HIGH - 9.6
Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 12.4

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)."

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 8d

Periodic reminder that public health in Canada, provincially and Federally, was explicitly told about long COVID in 2020. They knew quite a lot. They received frequent high-quality info. And they said nothing to workers or the public.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · Nov 16

I have to get up and start my day now so maybe I’ll continue this later, but in Nov 2022 we found out that PHAC and CADTH (now CDA) had been keeping a few hundred people total across every province and territory in Canada, including CMOHs, informed on LC since JULY 2020.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 8d

My developmentally disabled sister was admitted to hospital in a @vchhealthcare.bsky.social hospital 3 days ago with pneumonia. Didn't have Covid. Now suddenly she does, in an unmasked hospital amidst a massive Covid wave that VCH is telling no one about. MURDEROUS #bcpoli @josieosborne.bsky.social

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Jan Brown @writenrun.bsky.social · 9d

I’m glad the recommendations are unequivocal but vaccine rollouts by provinces are far too late. Many in my community have already fallen ill and nursing home outbreaks are well underway. Folks need Covid shots BEFORE schools start up each fall. #covidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotSeasonal

Cheryl C 🇨🇦 @carleysue.bsky.social · 9d

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
The Public Health Agency of Canada's immunization guide says COVID vaccines have been shown to be effective at preventing severe disease, including hospitalization and death and can decrease the risk of post-COVID-19 condition, or long COVID.

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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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 9d

Got me some! 🙌 Very convenient tool!

Pick up some masks too so you hopefully won’t need to use the tests, but good to have tests too. I get my braided elastic 3M Aura 9210+ and my lighter Breatheteq KN95s at Canada Strong who sell a sample pack so you can find your best fit before buying wrong size

Canada Strong Masks @canadastrong.bsky.social · 10d

Never wonder whether it's COVID or FLU again.

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST combo rapid tests FOR HOME, approved by Health Canada.

Detect COVID, FLU A, and FLU B with just one swab.

This is a great tool to have ready the next time a family member isn't feeling well.

Well Life COVID and INFLUENZA rapid antigen test kits, package of 5.

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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 13d

COVID-19 cases are still high, so be sure to know the facts and avoid the myths in order to protect yourself and others.

COVID-19 myths vs. facts. myth: If I’ve already had COVID-19 once, I’m immune from getting it again. Fact: There is no limit on how many times you can get COVID-19. Reinfection is common, and each new infection raises your risk of serious illness, organ damage, Long COVID, and more.

COVID-19 myths vs. facts. myth: I won’t get COVID-19 as long as I wash my hands well. Fact: It’s always a good idea to wash your hands, but COVID-19 spreads primarily through the air and respiratory droplets, so handwashing is much less likely to prevent COVID-19 than wearing masks.

COVID-19 myths vs. facts. myth: I don’t need to wear masks if I’ve already been vaccinated.Fact: Vaccines can reduce your risk of infection, and if you do get sick after being vaccinated, you are much less likely to experience severe illness or death, but it is still possible to get COVID-19 and spread it to others even if you’ve been vaccinated, so it’s a good idea to keep masking.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 12d

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.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 14d

My friend, I have heard you
say that you “can’t believe”
the current messaging
they are telling us
around public health,
I only wish, my friend,
you hadn’t been so eager
to believe the messaging
when they told us
the pandemic was over.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 14d

Next week! Make a DIY air purifier!

form.jotform.com/252526894774...

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 18d

Nova Scotia has also greatly diminished the wastewater reporting. This was one of the last reliable indicators of Covid activity in the province.

Ms. Opossum graphs COVID data (was @anarchodelphis). @ratnegative.bsky.social · 18d

Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks.

THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.

PROTEST IT.

Screenshot from https://bccdc.shinyapps.io/respiratory_wastewater/

"The wastewater surveillance program has implemented some new changes starting September 11, 2025:

1) The number of wastewater treatment plants tested has been changed to eight province wide, as opposed to previously twelve wastewater treatment plants.
2) There will now be one sample collected per wastewater treatment plant per week, as opposed to previously three samples per treatment plant per week.
3) Sequencing of wastewater samples will change from weekly to every two weeks."

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 20d

Please share and email to keep the COVID-19 vaccine free in Quebec!

I made a template in EN & FR to send to the Minister of Health and your local MNA.

#SanteQC #QCpoli #LongCovid

bit.ly/4pqFU1F

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

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Jan Brown @writenrun.bsky.social · 19d

Sadly true.

Daisy Patton @daisypatton.bsky.social · 19d

I've said this before—we live in the world COVID built. Accepting "the vulnerable will fall by the wayside" let the wealthy learn they could sacrifice many easily.

Even in this surge, ppl won't mask to practice care. Trump started this, but Biden solidified and was a stopgap for entrenched fascism

By now, the COVID-19 pandemic should have shown us that we’re supposed to rise to the occasion by meeting needs, not fall in line behind fascist incursions. The same forces that encouraged us to sacrifice the disabled, poor, and unhoused to a distorted idea of “natural selection” now instruct us to ignore the genocide of Palestinians. The same forces that pushed conspiratorial misinformation about public health and vaccination want us to give up on practicing collectivity. It’s connected because if we cannot be relentless in our determination to interrupt what’s unfolding before us, then we risk it becoming a disturbing norm.

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Brian (Stuttering Loudly) @stutteringloudly.bsky.social · 19d

Sci fi / horror conventions are requiring masks in 2025 but disability related conferences continue to refuse to consider masks & some even refuse to have virtual options

If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are

#ableism

• www.gaylaxiconmn.org
COVID-19 SAFETY AND POLICIES
Your health and safety are our highest priorities at Gaylaxicon 2025. We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming convention experience for all attendees. Please check this page for updates, as our guidelines may be updated based on evolving public health recommendations and requirements.
Our COVID-19 policies for Gaylaxicon 2025 are as follows:
• Masks: Masks covering your nose and mouth are required in all convention spaces, including registration, panel rooms, and gaming areas, with the following exceptions:
• While performing or presenting on a panel
• In the ConSuite and other designated eating spaces
• Briefly in masked spaces for sipping a beverage
• In non-convention areas of the hotel (ample open seating is available outside of convention spaces for eating and socializing without masks)
• Preferred Masks: High-quality masks such as
N95, KN95, and KF94 are strongly encouraged.
For more information on types of masks, please see CDC mask guidance.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 23d

Make your own DIY air purifier on Monday, Sept 29!
Building materials are provided.

Register through this form: form.jotform.com/252526894774...

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