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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a well established fact. Highly transmissible airborne pathogens need layered mitigations… which is why we ditched most of it and left those at most risk with almost nothing. 🤡

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 16h

My plan is coming together. Buy and eat lots of chocolate. Buy a sewing machine. Make bespoke handbags to sell out of the wrappers. Make lots of money. The plan has several problems, including how long it will take to accumulate wrappers. #pinkyandthebrain #stupidthoughtwhenwakingup

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 16h

I was thinking, oh, it would be cool to make a quilted fabric from candy wrappers so I could make a purse from the fabric. Then I realized that to make the fabric, I would have to eat a lot of chocolate. And how is that a problem? #howmybrainworks #besopoke #sidehussle

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But will no one think of commercial real estate's wellbeing? 🎻

“On average, we found that employees do become more productive when you let them work from home at least some of the time,” said Mang. “First of all, they become more productive because they actually generate more output per hour.”

The ability to generate more output could be as a result of enhanced employee well-being from reduced stress, increased happiness and enhanced job satisfaction, all positive outcomes of working from home, according to Mang and Anwar’s research article.

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So I don't know what's happening with Windows regarding the MB time change. If a fix doesn't come in time, change the time zone to America/Jamaica? /1

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The US has interfered in the German election. They are interfering with elections in Latin America. Trump says Canada is going to be taught a "little lesson." When is the Canadian state going to take treason seriously?

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With a highly transmissible disease on the loose, you are making the decision to get infected for *everyone*. And that is not anyone’s prerogative if you believe in autonomy of one’s body.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An absolutely damning report on the unnecessary COVID deaths of workers at the Cargill plant in High River, AB, highlighting public health and infection control's mismanagement of the crisis, and failure to engage OHS or follow the precautionary principle. albertapolitics.ca/wp-content/u...

As the evidence marshalled in this report shows, the massive
outbreak associated with Cargill was by no means inevitable. It
occurred because systems designed to protect worker health and
safety failed. And they failed for a number of interrelated reasons.
OHS and AHS Did Not Adopt the
Precautionary Principle
The virus SARS-CoV-2 is spread among humans via aerosol
transmission. The period during which someone with COVID-19
can transmit the virus varies depending on factors such as the
variant and severity of illness, but transmission can occur both
before and after symptom onset. Some infected individuals never
experience illness but still spread the virus to others.
At the beginning of the pandemic, Hinshaw and many other
public health leaders believed that COVID-19 only spread via
large droplets and that asymptomatic transmission was not
occurring. As a result, AHS EPH primarily focused on physical
barriers, physical distancing, hand-washing, and surgical masks as
preventative measures at Cargill.

Cargill, AHS, and OHS did not consider the possible range of
aerosol transmission of the virus in a large crowded industrial
work setting and, therefore, did not prioritize — let alone consider
— higher-level control measures such as improved ventilation, air
filtration, and N95 (or equivalent) respirators.
Surgical masks, which were made mandatory at Cargill after April
16, provided inferior protection to workers working eight hours a
day, especially for those working in close quarters with inadequate
ventilation. Sometime between the closure of the facility (April
22) and its reopening (May 4), Alberta OHS came to believe that
tight-fitting, higher-filtration respirators (N95 or equivalent
masks) were required, as demonstrated by the ministerial order
approving KN95 masks (May 3) and OHS officers’ decision to wear
N95 masks during their May 4 inspection. However, the evidence
suggests that this view was not shared by Hinshaw.
Ventilation was not identified as a potential factor in the spread
at Cargill until early May, and even then, there is no evidence that
this pathway was further investigated by AHS or OHS.
Had OHS, AHS, and Cargill adopted the precautionary principle,
which requires taking proactive measures to maximize human
safety before the science about the transmission of a new virus
is known, more aggressive control measures would have been
adopted early on. If improved ventilation, provision of N95 masks
(or cartridge respirators), and other actions had been taken earlier,
hundreds of workers may have been spared from illness.

None of the evidence we reviewed showed any communication
or coordination between AHS EPH officials and Alberta OHS at
this time. In response to our freedom of information requests for
email correspondence between the manager for OHS in Calgary
and several AHS officials who were directly involved in the Cargill
response, we were informed by the Government of Alberta’s
access to information that “a thorough search […] did not yield any
records responsive to your request.”195
By April 16, the total number of known confirmed positive cases
had reached approximately 550. At this point, there had only
been one in-person inspection of the plant, that being AHS’ April
7 visit, which resulted in non-binding recommendations. And, as
mentioned, there was no epidemiological analysis of the outbreak
showing the temporal pattern of the spread within the plant and
in the community.
An internal AHS MOH update on April 17 noted that “84% of
new COVID-19 cases [in the province] are in Calgary Zone, ‘most
related to Cargill.”196 By this time, a Cargill worker and union shop
steward had been admitted to an ICU. On April 18, another worker
would need life support care in the ICU. Cargill, AHS, and OHS had
lost control of the outbreak.

Echoing Cargill’s response to the union’s April 12 letter, Dreeshen
cautioned workers not to listen to “inflammatory rhetoric” and
appealed to them to instead focus on information from public
health experts:
“…On this call are Alberta’s best medical minds and
they provide Alberta’s government with the best up
to date information on a daily basis and I would just
like to encourage everyone to not get distracted by
misleading noise or inflammatory rhetoric because
any government's primary goal — our core goal — is
to keep our people safe…”
Immediately after the town hall, Dreeshen posted on his social
media: “Directly communicated with [Cargill] workers to reassure
them that their worksite is safe.”217 Internal email messages
among senior officials with the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry suggest there was also “a request” to share some “key
messages” about the safety of Cargill’s plant through Hinshaw’s
Twitter account.218
Hours after the town hall, Dr. Nick Etches, acting lead medical
officer of health for the Calgary Zone, wrote to colleagues
requesting assistance with an epidemiological analysis of
the outbreak:
“[Hu] just spoke with [Hinshaw] and she wants us
to answer some questions that will likely require
additional epi support. Essentially we want to
determine the proportion of the Cargill-associated
cases that are due to:
1) Workplace transmission

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I go to a checkup yearly. My iron was a problem after my covid infection. Correlation is not causation of course but just putting it out there

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is important to mention that low iron may also cause this, and I have used the horrible google tool and it seems possible there are viruses that cause iron depletion. Of course many other things that can cause fatigue If you have low iron, do what the doc tells you and take the pill

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pretty sure covid screws your immune system. How long? Not sure. Yeah, I've seen some studies

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

does anyone else feel since covid there is an assault on people who don't feel like they have to be very social?

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I do wonder, for people who have things like breathlessness, afib after covid or a "bad cold" where tests are ordered and nothing is found, or it goes way or they fix it, what the long-term implications are and whether there was damage to something. /1

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Preventable chaos. Every year.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Usually, when a disease is “endemic” countries have long standing plans to battle them. Targets, including zero targets. Now, we use the word to pretend we can ignore something. Yet another way COVID-19 is an exceptional disease.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This image just flashed up on my Facebook. Someone had taken this picture of our huddle (all women, mind you) gearing up to intubate our first #COVID patient in 2021. While I appreciate how historic the captured moment was, I also had chills run down my spine, instant flashbacks, and PTSD. Sigh.

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What I am mad about is that society has chosen not to consider any precautions at all, masks or not. But it was sold to them that covid is "mild". It is 2026. Someone I know is in the hospital for afib and possible pots following a "bad cold" so the current variant. /1

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It is normal for people to die. It is not normal to let people die, that want to live, when you could have helped save them with a simple courtesy. 😷

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I am starting to think it's time to by stock in the companies that make metoprolol. I wonder how many people have started that since covid

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

2026 - I guess society's way of dealing with things is get covid, get afib or pots, oh we can't really figure out why it happened, here are some meds that might help with some of it, and let's hope it goes away and never happens again and is managed by the meds (when hospital resources are thin)

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Oh my friend had a "bad cold" before her hospitalization for afib and high heart rate. I remember her telling me she thought she had covid. She likely was not tested. I don't drive or I would have driven a test to her

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't have a big circle of friends but I probably know more people now who have had long term effects (whether they know it's from covid or not) from covid than not. Latest is in hospital with afib and high heart rate, possibly when she stands (pots) www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

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Cardiac Arrhythmias and Autonomic Dysfunction Associated With COVID-19: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association | Circulation

Cardiac arrhythmias are commonly noted in patients during infections with and recovery from COVID-19. Arrhythmic manifestations span the spectrum of innocuous and benign to life-threatening and deadly...

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Never forget... Dolly Parton was one of the people who gave us the Moderna COVID vaccine.

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please, someone please turn Doug Ford telling a reporter that he has a big ass for Trump to kiss into a Canadian Heritage Moment. It does feel like we are at a point in time that is a Canadian Heritage Moment

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I would just like to point out that I don't think Americans feel comfortable eating their own food products right now

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As was predicted by demographers decades ago, though it happened years earlier than modeling had anticipated. This is a GOOD thing. The only bad parts are: -effects are heterogeneous -the Elon Musks will white -our outdated concepts of economic growth still depend on population growth

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

the meep meep chior does the 1812 overture If you want to see video of the recording of this, you can find it www.youtube.com/watch?v=IghP...

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1812 Overture

YouTube video by Steven Price - Topic

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There is another lady who powers through this aria? so fast it is mind-boggling and obviously a virtuosic show. However, the version below is just so light and beautiful youtu.be/EDlx8wMj80E?...

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Rejoice - Diana Damrau

YouTube video by Lilith89ibz

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From a recent post. But it doesn't matter if the workers we don't have enough of get sick. They decided the bigger danger is them not showing up to work because there was a mask mandate

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sumo-suzy.bsky.social @sumo-suzy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Before covid, I had never heard of anyone in my circle with sepsis. Since covid, I have heard of two people in my circle who almost died of sepsis, and one in my brother's circle (a close childhood friend) who has passed from sepsis

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“It feels like I’m on an island by myself, on a different planet, because no one seems to understand.” Emily developed #LongCovid aged 9. Now 14, she lives with constant pain and struggles to fit in at school because she uses a walking stick. Clip from Channel 5 News.

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