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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Reminder that these models *constantly* report a huge surge and have been wrong about it over and over and over. SARS-CoV-2 is still here. You still need to take it seriously. But please follow modellers who get it right.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Trump regime will round you up off the street and arrest you because you spoke your mind. And federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it. It's fascism. Call it what it is.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

When you see this graphic about travel to the #US from #Canada, this is almost a complete collapse of air travel year over year /1 🧵 Link 🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Summer flight bookings from Canada to the United States,
March 2024 and 2025
Analysis from travel industry monitor OAG found that while airlines have reduced their Canada-U.S. capacity by only a few percentage points in recent weeks, passenger bookings are down by more than 70 per cent for the summer travel season.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Amazon should not allow hateful, bullying, threatening merchandise like this. Cancel your Amazon, Canada. #cancelyouramazoncanada

Screenshot of Amazon search results for "make Canada 51st state".
Text reads: There are 7 pages of this garbage. CANCEL YOUR AMAZON, CANADA

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Leo McKay Jr. @leomckayjr.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I just sent a short email. It took me like 2 minutes.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

After being on BlueSky for just months, I’m already so grateful for a space with smart, fun people, who tell heartbreaking and heartwarming stories with a courageous take no crap, speak the truth attitude. 2025 is going to be a rough one, so having this place will help. #HappyNewYearBlueSky

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a rainbow is visible in the blue sky

ALT: a rainbow is visible in the blue sky

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all. Here’s to staying positive and testing negative.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Do you know what causes Autism? #COVID That's the conclusion of a study of over 18000 kids born in 8 different hospitals. Boys born to mothers who got infected while pregnant are TWO TIMES more likely to be diagnosed with delays in brain development like autism 12 months later. #LongCovidKids

COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys.
Boys born to mothers who got COVID-19 while pregnant seem to have a higher risk of subtle developmental delays, including those associated with autism spectrum disorder.

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Kim-Bo @kim-bo.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Sean Fraser is leaving Federal politics. This is so sad, What a wonderful politician he is. No one can shut up Pissant Pierre like Sean. I hope he runs for the Leader of the NS Liberal Party and kicks the crooked PC's to the curb in 4 years. Nova Scotia would be lucky to have him as Premier !

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

To be clear, my question was yesterday, and the website was just updated this morning.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I hope so. We've all learned that hospitals & IPAC are always less than enthusiastic & transparent.

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Godless Gardener @godlessgardener.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

To all the people upset about Luigi Mangione being made into a folk hero. Now you know how we felt when you made Kyle Rittenhouse into a hero.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Thanks. Will be interesting to see the actual wording.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ah. Would love to see the details in print. Can you share?

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Anyone have a source for this?

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

What is the source for this? I'd like to read the details but can't find it.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It's wild that it took this long. Masks are an incredibly effective tool to control the transmission of airborne pathogens.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It's everywhere & everything. It's been an escalating devolution for decades.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In *every* sector, normalized price gouging, abysmal quality, hostile service, & shitty attitudes, are all results of late-stage capitalism. It's not you; It's systemic rot, and you need to stop tolerating it.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The sentiment is right, but 'the founders' were rich white men, intentionally designing a system that favoured their position & control. It may be worse now, but it was always rigged & crooked.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

"Weekly proportion of laboratory confirmed Covid hospitalizations by source of acquisition" Maybe healthcare should start practicing infection control?!?

A screenshot of a graph from The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program.
Weekly proportion of laboratory confirmed Covid 19 hospitalizations by source of acquisition: healthcare associated from September 9 2024 to November 17 2024 consistently about 36 percent, with a low of 27.9 percent and a high of 39.6 percent.
The other source is labelled community associated.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We don't say this loudly enough, or often enough: Corporations are apex predators, and we are their prey.

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PoP Nova Scotia @popns.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Unsurprisingly, there's been low Covid vaccine uptake in Nova Scotia. We need an education campaign that targets misinformation. CBC Nova Scotia "Vaccination benefits getting lost amid misinformation, say experts":

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It's gonna take a whole lotta cat-account muting, to make BlueSky timeline informative.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Latest report from Dr Mona Neimer, Canada's Chief Science Officer. science.gc.ca/site/science/e…

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Masking properly, with N95+, absolutely works against aerosols.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I guess. But those who advocate for masking surely shouldn't be uninformed. It's weird.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

If you're serious about masking, N95 and better are what works. KN95s are VASTLY inferior. I do not understand people passionately advocating for masking, but wearing these inferior ones. Baffles me.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

At a glance, at your link, it doesn't seem to state what's in it.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

More than 4000 new Long COVID victims, per week.

Covid forecast for Nova Scotia, Nov. 23-Dec. 6, 2024, showing SEVERE.
1 in every 32 people is infected & contagious, right now.
@MoriartyLab
www.covid19resources.ca

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

From populists on the right, but also from establishment figures desperate to bury their responsibility, there's an ongoing push to bury the harms of COVID. Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD. www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...

1. While a precise estimate of long COVID prevalence is still emerging, current research suggests that up to 10-30% of people who contracted COVID-19 exhibit symptoms corresponding to long COVID in the weeks and months following acute infection. Across OECD countries at a minimum, this would represent upwards of 39 million people who had or are currently living with long COVID. Sustainable investment in long COVID research is crucial to inform health and social care resource allocation. As the evidence base grows, developing standardised measures of symptoms and functional impact to support a more precise definition that enables the disaggregation of levels of long COVID severity could be useful to better understand the condition, assess its impact, and to tailor care and support.
3. Long COVID can severely limit people’s ability to undertake basic activities of daily life and can dramatically hamper quality of life. More than 7 million quality-adjusted life years may be lost annually across OECD countries due to the condition. Studies from across a range of OECD countries suggest that one sixth to more than one-third of people may have persistent cognitive symptoms, often lasting more than 12 weeks, after a COVID-19 infection.
4. Even conservative estimates of long COVID prevalence would indicate that long COVID may be reducing the workforce by nearly 3 million workers across OECD countries, amounting to an economic cost of at least $141 billion USD from lost wages alone. Moreover, even among those who were able to return to the labour force, a significant proportion reported needing to reduce the number of hours they worked, compared to before their infection.

5. The economic and social welfare costs of long COVID are dramatic: Even excluding the direct costs of health care, long COVID is likely costing OECD countries as much as $864 billion $1.04 trillion USD per year due to reductions in quality of life and labour force participation. The limitations in activities experienced by long COVID patients, including dropping out or reducing their participation in the labour force, as well as direct medical care costs, can have dramatic implications on their financial well-being. Costs to health and social protection systems may also be high over time.
6. Long COVID could further exacerbate inequalities: The COVID-19 pandemic brought attention to longstanding socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in health. Evidence from some countries suggests that certain groups – including populations with lower education attainment, and those living in more deprived areas – may be at risk of developing long COVID, and of experiencing more severe symptoms.
7. Patients have played a critical role in bringing attention and action to long COVID: Throughout the pandemic, countries deprioritized many key aspects of person-centred care in exchange for rapidly implementing policies intended to contain the virus. While the need for rapid action was clear, the lack of patient voice in the process was notable. In contrast, patients and patient groups have been at the forefront of advocating for both a recognition of long COVID as a legitimate condition, in articulating their care and support needs, and in spearheading research into the condition. In many cases, countries have responded by actively working together with patient groups to disseminate information and develop patient-centred support services.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Two ideas to save the world. I stole them both from smarter people: (1) Turn off the internet for one year. (2) Annually sacrifice the richest person in the world. Just imagine the December scramble as the guy at the top frantically gives away all his money.

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

His statement is utterly false. Why would anyone want to follow someone who posts completely false things.

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Jan Brown @writenrun.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm not much of a graphic designer but I created this image to use on my social media profiles in order to encourage more people to vote. Feel free to download and use it if you'd like to do the same. Politicians need to understand we're watching them and care enough to vote! #nspolui

The image is a Nova Scotia provincial flag on a yellow background, with a large checkmark below it, and the words "I voted! Did you?".

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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Unfollow. Probably should be a block, too.

Neil Stone Twitter post 11/23/24 saying: "Vaccines ended the Covid pandemic."
Of course this is bullshit, as the Covid pandemic is ongoing.

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