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"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." - Mary Oliver, Invitation Librarian. Dog mom. Reader. Nature lover. Photo taker. Gardener. Occasional knitter. Piano player. Misinformation hater. Spoonie.
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Legislation states that we must protect all staff from preventable illness. But for COVID, it really seems like that is no longer applicable. And b/c a substantial % of infections, even in young, healthy people, go on to cause long term illness, why has it been allowed to infect people at work.”

submitted 69 days ago • 6 comments

This is a really interesting study. They found the neurological consequences of COVID not to differ among acute disease severity. Which aligns well with the experience that very mild infection can trigger Long COVID just as much as severe. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 81 days ago • 5 comments

This is incredibly disturbing. My mother contracted polio when she was a child and spent years in the hospital. Later in her life she suffered from post-polio syndrome. There was no polio vaccine at that time. The U.S.A. is regressing.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

COVID isn’t a cold—it's like a car accident. It damages organs, causes long-term illness & raises risk of heart attack. In the long run it's always a losing game. Hack it by understanding risk. Keep (children) safe! www.peertopublic.com/posts/unders... by @gckirchoff.bsky.social & Arijit Chakravarty

submitted 86 days ago • 13 comments

This is why “you do you” does not apply to public health.

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

Well what a great start to the morning. The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber has just issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

It was an honour to listen to a man of action and integrity speak last night about his new book “Dangerous Memory”. Looking forward to reading it @charlieangus104.bsky.social

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

submitted 107 days ago • 209 comments

ebird is a fantastic citizen science success story with millions of observations that provide data that supports conservation. Love this visualization.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, this is actually concerning. The sequence of the hospitalized teen with H5N1 has been released. Both of these mutation sites are known to impact α2,6 binding that is needed for human to human transmissibility. Need top experts on H5N1 to immediately to look into this.

submitted 107 days ago • 21 comments

The Ottawa International Writers Festival was sizzling listening to Carol Off. “At a Loss For Words” is a perfect book to help understand these dark political and social times. The crowd was on its feet applauding when she finished urging us all to find solidarity in the days ahead.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

“Seeing the world without the past would be like visiting a city after a devastating hurricane and declaring that people always lived in ruins.” - Steven Stoll Dangerous Memory tells how we got to these these dark times and how to get our way back to the light. House of Anansi press

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments