Screenshot of a The Globe and Mail article titled “The long and costly shadow of COVID-19,” by health columnist André Picard. Main image shows a large outdoor installation of hundreds of red cots arranged on grass, each with a pillow, symbolizing people affected by long COVID. A person walks among the cots. Caption explains the display represents millions living with post-infectious illness, set up near the Washington Monument in May 2023.

The long and costly shadow of COVID-19

"An estimated 400 million people in the world have suffered from long COVID since the pandemic began"

"Long COVID has a health system and economic impact that is similar to stroke or multiple sclerosis, but has not sparked the same response"

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Canada Post isn't supposed to make a profit. it's a public service.

So listen. We have this data. Showing hospital admissions for ‘resp’ infections 2x pre-pandemic. But ALL school absence discussions - see CBC! See the National last night! IGNORE growing illness as biggest absence factor (or ANY factor!). This is horrible reporting/journalism. /1

Oh yay, that’s good news right? /s

Hi Anna, were you able to get a spring vaccine in Halifax?

Image of a young student in grade school with their head propped in their hand, appearing to have fallen asleep in class. A teacher is standing next to the student, appearing to nudge the student to wake up.

Study links long COVID in kids to worse grades, attention span, and social life.

School-aged children with long COVID had more than double the risk of decreased academic performance than those without the condition. 📝

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Long term cardiovascular effects on COVID-19 infection in children. The need for monitoring Although SARS-CoV-2 infection has been associated with mild illness in children, concerns have emerged regarding potential long-term cardiovascular and systemic effects, even in previously healthy ped...

Athens researchers followed 137 children for up to a year after COVID-19 and found at least 1 in 5 had long COVID symptoms.

Even without heart disease, many showed signs of subtle but lasting heart dysfunction.

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It's not stupid because social media isn't harmful (it is). It's stupid because 1) it doesn't address the harms of social media for all 2) *effective* age verification would be a dangerous invasion of privacy. The alternative, as you say, is ineffective age verification. Either way, stupid policy.

AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.

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Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

“Everything is gone”

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A reminder that any analysis of pandemic impacts on kids / education / economy that does not include a serious examination of the effects of #longCOVID is worthless, and one that does not even mention it should be assumed to be deliberately deceptive unless there's a good reason to think otherwise.

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Mychal, you are a wonderful inspiration! Your posts radiate love and joy, and I hope that you get as much of that and more, reflected right back to you!

School Difficulties and Long COVID in Children and Adolescents Pediatric Long COVID (LC) is an infection-associated chronic condition following SARS-CoV-2 infection. While research has begun to elucidate clinical phenotypes, functional impacts are not well descri...

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠

Tell me again how Cövid is hunky dory for kids 🤬

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Among the Separatists | The Tyee I wanted to learn the true target of their angry dreams. What I heard made me tremble for the Alberta I love.

Alberta separatism isn’t motivated by equalization policies, Senate seats, carbon taxes or oil. These tired complaints may ride shotgun on independence, but bigotry drives the truck.

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Please let me know how it goes!

This is good to know, we’ve usually had to go to another province to get our spring vaccine

Please let us know if this works!

RIP Stephen Lewis, one of the greats, “In 2003, he co-founded the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which as of last year had raised more than $200 million for grassroots organizations fighting AIDS on the ground in Africa.”

B.C. union calls for full-time work-from-home due to spiking gas prices The BC General Employees’ Union is asking for provincially regulated employees to be allowed to work from home full-time due to high fuel prices.

BC union calls for full-time WFH due to spiking gas prices

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The worst people online are having a MELTDOWN over Canada's new leftist NDP leader. Here's why YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

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The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’ | The Tyee Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price.

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne.’ Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price, by @jvipondmd.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social @smbilodeau.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Correctional service cutting librarians at federal prisons, in move criticized by advocates | CBC News The Correctional Service of Canada is finalizing plans to cut all prison librarian positions at federal institutions, in a move that advocates say violates human rights and will actively harm efforts ...

This is horrific. Please consider writing and calling your MP to protest this.

'She just never recovered': Some COVID-19 patients are still dealing with symptoms long after infection | CBC News Ever since Mike Hall’s wife was infected with COVID-19 in June 2022, their lives have never been the same. Hall’s wife has long COVID – which is when COVID-19 symptoms persist longer than three months...

CBC: "'She just never recovered': Some COVID-19 patients are still dealing with symptoms long after infection"

'March 15 marks International Long COVID Awareness day'

"Hall’s wife has long COVID...some days it's difficult for her to get out of bed"

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My neighbour grew up on Devil’s Island! He just turned 90 this year.

"even the declaration of no quarter"