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Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025

NOVA SCOTIA

VERY HIGH (no change)

About 1 in every 83 people infected

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections ~13X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~15X higher
-Deaths ~16X higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between September 13-26, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Nova Scotia’s COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH (no change) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 14.7 About 1 of every 83 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 14,125-24,975 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: VERY HIGH; 12.5X higher Long COVID estimate: HIGH; 8.3X higher Hospitalizations, ICU: SEVERE; 15.0X higher Deaths: SEVERE; 16.4X 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
September 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Nova Scotia’s premier Tim Houston’s govt promotes fracking & pipelines, hates carbon pricing, & makes NO mention of the climate crisis in its messaging on the extreme drought, wildfire risks & restrictions on woods access & trail use. Quite the disconnect. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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"Plastic harms human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle," says Dr. Philip Landrigan of @bostoncollege.bsky.social, lead author of a new Lancet report. Worldwide plastic production is on track to double by 2040, and triple by 2060.
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government - Halifax Examiner
This is not about one election or another. Governments come and go, left, right, and centre. But never before have previous governments, even super-majority governments, made such radical changes in t...
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February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 1-14, 2025

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

About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Feb 1-14, 2025 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:VQ5RF Canada: 12.7 - VERY HIGH Alberta: 10.3 - VERY HIGH British Columbia: 8.5 - HIGH Manitoba: 10.0 - VERY HIGH New Brunswick: 8.4 - HIGH Newfoundland and Labrador: 8.3 - HIGH North: 10.9 - VERY HIGH Nova Scotia: 9.1 - HIGH Ontario: 16.4 - SEVERE Prince Edward Island: 9.3 - HIGH Quebec: 12.7 - VERY HIGH Saskatchewan: 9.9 - HIGH 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)."
February 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order (𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
@stephanienolen.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Asanda Zondi, a participant in a research study to test a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. A U.S.A.I.D.-funded trial shut down, leaving a medical device in her body that needed to be removed right away.Credit...Sandile Ndlovu for The New York Times
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM