A few study highlights:
Increasing number of vaccinations further decreases Long COVID 23–36 %
Remdesivir reduced Long COVID by 69 %.
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) reduced Long COVID by 95 % -
effect was independent of up to three vaccination doses.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hey Alberta! Heads up!
Rising COVID hospitalizations in Alberta.
Although gov't is no longer publicly reporting hospital outbreaks (last report April 16, 2025), there are now 4 hospitals on outbreak.
Rockyview, Royal Alex, Leduc, and Miseracordia.
Haven't this many outbreaks in a long time. 1/
New campaign coming soon!
Follow @pandemicresistance.bsky.social and keep an 👁 out!
Extra this today, #yyc:
“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100.
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Shit must be hitting the fan if they're doing this. This is much more direct than their fall vaccination campaigns that were like, "Do this thing to prevent the sicknesses we won't name and we won't really tell you how." 210 cases too late but glad to see it. #ableg www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️
Alberta health officials issued an exposure warning after a person with measles travelled the following route from March 8 to 13:
Toronto → Flair Airlines → Calgary → Budget Car Rental → Taber hospital → Taber Shoppers Drug Mart → Taber hospital
Exact locations and times in the story:
Measles case confirmed in Calgary area; potential exposures in Airdrie, Balzac
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Painting with pink tint of a woman smiling and holding a skull with the words “Public Health is Dead” on top. There is pink paint splattered around the text.
✨NEW EPISODE 🎧 Even 5 years into the ongoing COVID pandemic, public health leaders have stuck to the idea that sprayed droplets are the main way COVID (+influenza etc) spread. But a lot of disease transmission happens through the air we share and many people still don’t know 1/
For the love of whiskey soaked fuck muffins, get vaccinated and wear a mask to help prevent the spread of this measles outbreak in Alberta. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is one of my favourite fat bike rides!
A brilliant Banksy.
Here's a short list of communicable diseases that were once devastating but we rarely think of anymore in Canada, thanks to public health victories of the past.
⚠️ Warning: Some gross images in the thread below.⚠️
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
Worked on this deep dive into Ontario’s air quality investments for many months. And now it’s here: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-scho...
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In Calgary, we're lucky enough to have local deep dive journalism the Sprawl. What do you have in your community? Do you support them financially? Do your friends know about them?
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www.sprawlcalgary.com
Let’s hope they have enough insight to be able to recognize and reflect on the situation…
Smith on science: “You actually hear different viewpoints, so that you can make solid decisions on what you hear.”
Nope. Science is synthesizing a body of EVIDENCE gained through repeated and thorough experimentation that tests a hypotheses.
Go back to school, Danielle.
Neurologic Impacts of Long COVID, an Autoimmune Syndrome: Igor Koralnik, MD
"We believe Long COVID is a new autoimmune syndrome, which occurs when the immune system becomes confused by the virus and begins to attack the body as though something abnormal is present."
0 days without being an embarrassment.
