Happening NOW! The open mic is tonight at 8pm EDT (performers already selected, I'm one of them). I've been watching the other events this week so far and WOW, what a powerful COVID-conscious arts festival!!! Please share and hope you can make it! #COVID-19 #LongCOVID #InspireAirAwareFest
Darn it, it's cancelled, sorry.
Tonight on #COVID19 and Life Expectancy in Canada
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 6.7
About 1 of every 84 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 413,100-577,100
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; 9.2X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.6X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 5.4X higher
Deaths: HIGH; 5.6X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
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](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreibirhlvpezyh2refcjdnpzb25khgbzlpqqqvr75jo2fsnxqkhdlve)
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 6.7 About 1 of every 84 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 413,100-577,100 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; 9.2X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 6.6X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 5.4X higher Deaths: HIGH; 5.6X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks 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
Canadian COVID Forecast Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026
CANADA
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 84 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 9.2 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 5.4 x higher
-Deaths: 5.6 x higher
I have fully given up on telling the people I know who all suddenly have a "flu" or "really bad cold" that that is highly unlikely. That virus, you know the one, anything-but-covid. 'Things are going around" is one I heard today. Yeah. One thing.
🤢🤬 Wow. "During the pandemic" is now. The irony that most people won't even hear in that ridiculous interview... talking about people coming together to "do the right thing" when meanwhile everyone has "gone back to normal." Meanwhile, some of us suffer 24/7 thanks to that ignorance.
Super grateful that @thesicktimes.org republished my Canary op-ed
l.gourl.es/l/56898fa8cc... and the include the CTV campaign. I've been really struggling so this is a lovely bright light
#myalgicE #disability #sicktimes #Canada #longcovid
We're a bit delayed with the forecast.
Please check back tomorrow for an update.
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Notre prévision est retardée.
Veuillez revenir demain pour une mise à jour.
Bill C-15 is about to go for a final reading in the Senate and we need all hands on deck calling on senators to remove the so-called Henry the VIII clause. Send a message to Senators now! #Canada #Canadians #cdnpoli share.nwmd.social/s/kQPJfzdK
1/ Has life expectancy fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? In a new pre-print, we find that 31 of 34 high-income countries had still not returned to their expected life expectancy trajectories five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #demography
"Babies with COVID-19 develop more serious disease than those with RSV, US data reveal."
• Hospitalised children under 2 with COVID-19 had higher severe illness risk than RSV
• Ventilators: 39% of COVID ICU babies vs 16% with RSV
• Deaths: 2.9% COVID vs 0.4% RSV among hospitalised infants
This image shows gauges with the Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.5 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.0 New Brunswick: HIGH - 7.1 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.7 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.0 Ontario: HIGH - 7.7 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.9 Quebec: HIGH - 6.6 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 8.1 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).'
Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB
HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL, PEI
About 1 in 99 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
The next virtual COVID-conscious circle is, well, technically TODAY since it's after midnight here. Wednesday March 4th at 7pm EST. PWYC.
En mars, @mswcreations.bsky.social organise trois événements virtuels pour les femmes qui sont conscientes de la COVID-19.
Ils auront de la musique autochtone en direct et des pratiques de pleine conscience.
Joignez-vous ici : medicinesongwoman.com/events
Excellent. Disgusting that it's needed but hiy hiy. #Indigenous #Canada
I just signed a Leadnow petition: People Over Pipelines. Canadians, sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/pe... #cdnpoli #Canada
Ohhh no. I'm in London. My daughter has been using the bus to travel to Toronto airport from here. She won't carry my Aranet4 so no idea how bad it is but thankful she's still masking up.
Yeah imagine these bus drivers, likely having already caught covid various times, driving in CO2-laden air for hundreds to thousands of miles. I can't imagine they're healthy. How could you be? 🤢
5000 CO2!!!!!!???? Worse than VIA Rail. Wow. But yeah you can't open the windows on those buses. At least local surface transit mostly has windows you can open. I've been in Ubers where they had recirc on and it was >3000 CO2 until I checked my Aranet4 & told them to turn it off. #COVIDisAirborne
"via tracker notifications." That's my point. I'm in a FB grp called "Beat Long COVID with a Smartwatch." I'm only one of 1000s getting HUGE benefit out of a smartwatch in mitigating PEM with Long COVID and/or MECFS. Notifs are just 1 of many ways to use devices to help mitigate PEM.
This small study deeply concerns me. It may cause #PwLC or #MECFS to stop or never try using a smartwatch to help them with their PEM. Sounds like the parameters for how participants were able to use their device were extremely limited. My devices and tracking help me tremendously. I have severe LC.
Let's call on Carney to Stop all Canadian arms and weapons contracts with ICE. Sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/no...
Illustrated, board-game-style poster about mask-wearing and COVID-19, designed like a Monopoly board with a pale green background, orange borders, and hand-drawn text. In the centre is a large yellow square reading: “WEARING A MASK IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.” Below it is a smaller card that reads: “NOT WEARING A MASK? IT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO CAUSE DIRECT HARM TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU.” Dice, a house, cards, and game tokens are scattered around the board to reinforce the board-game theme. Across the top are panels saying “DON’T GET COVID,” “IT BREAKS CHAINS OF INFECTION,” “MASK UP! BECAUSE,” “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BODY,” and “DON’T SPREAD COVID.” Down the left side are boxes stating “KILLING AND MAIMING OTHERS IS BAD,” “IT PROTECTS EXTRA VULNERABLE GROUPS LIKE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY,” “IT MAKES YOU A MORE EFFECTIVE ALLY TO THOSE IN NEED,” “COVID SPREAD IS CLASS WARFARE,” and “MEDICAL BILLS ARE EXPENSIVE.” The bottom left corner reads “PROTECT OTHERS.” Along the right side are messages including “IT’S A GOOD DISGUISE AT PROTESTS,” “IT PROTECTS YOU FROM FLU, COLDS, ETC.,” “THERE IS NO CURE FOR LONG COVID,” “IT’S A PATIENTS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “IT MAKES YOU MORALLY CONSISTENT,” and “IT’S A PRISONERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE.” The bottom right corner reads “PROTECT YOURSELF.” Along the bottom are additional panels stating “IT’S A WORKERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “COVID DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,” and “IT’S A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE.” The overall tone is persuasive and educational, emphasizing that wearing a mask is a simple action with broad social, ethical, and health benefits, while not wearing one causes harm.
By Gilly @profesh_baby:
"Wearing an N95 mask (or better!) is the easiest way to protect yourself and everyone around you. It's an act of solidarity."
Source: x.com/profesh_baby...
Canadians are facing a polycrisis, and the next NDP leader will have a critical voice in shaping how we respond. That’s why I'll be joining the NDP Leadership Debate for People & the Planet on Monday, March 2nd. Will you join me? actionnetwork.org/forms/ndp-le... #cdnpoli
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Say NO to C-15's undemocratic power grab! . Canadians, write one here to help protect Canadian lives and our environment: actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
Join me in signing this petition to @hootsuite.com 's CEO calling on them to: Cancel their contract with ICE. As a Canadian business owner and former Hootsuite user, I am DISGUSTED. you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho...
Help Canadian music creators! We need to stop AI from using our music, without permission or compensation, to make AI slop, which is promoted heavily on platforms like Spotify, erasing the presence of human-created music. #Canadian #musicians #music #AI share.nwmd.social/s/bMvyuIq8
Looking forward to our covid-conscious virtual Full Moon circle tomorrow. PWYC and always a lovely group of covid-aware folx.
@mswcreations.bsky.social organise un cercle de la pleine lune pour les femmes qui sont conscientes de la COVID-19 et les personnes bispirituelles ou queers le mercredi 4 février 2026.
Joignez-vous ici (contribution volontaire) : www.eventbrite.ca/e/full-moon-...