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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

although I need to say, the number of times I've read (like here) that the invasion of Venezuela means Canada must now build a new pipeline, makes me very nauseous. As the US doubles down on the fossil fuel economy, Canada should run in the other direction. No public money for pipelines.

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico Insane.

It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

there's still time to get the kids vaccinated

The fact that the Canadian government's official statement on the president of the United States illegally invading a foreign country does not include the words "President," "United States," "illegal," or "invade" really tells you all you need to know about where we stand, tbh

If you care about the values of liberal democracy or the rule of law, you don't celebrate this the way Pierre Poilievre just did. You deplore it.

If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?

It should be bigger news that the world’s first soon to be trillionaire has created a chatbot that is undressing women without consent. Grok is even undressing children. Musk created it. He’s aware it’s happening and he’s doing nothing to stop it. Every media outlet needs to scream about this.

If a woman chooses to put a sexually explicit photo of herself online, that’s her CHOICE. She’s consenting. If a man asks Grok to undress a woman and then reposts that photo… that’s sexual assault. There was no consent. Learn the difference.

This chart overlays Ontario Canada influenza hospital bed occupancy by year. The latest available trend is blue and rockets up to December 17th. (Holiday hospital reporting is usually delayed, incomplete, and/or unstable.) Chart: PHO

Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.

As Ontario ERs overflow with flu patients & beds run short, Ford shared a video promoting his government’s health spending. #cdnpoli

“It’s time to change the framework we use to assess the value of public transit, so it factors in health and social benefits that come from greater equity, reduced sedentary behaviour and less air pollution.” “We simply can't have and create sustainable, healthy communities without transit.”

Imagine if in 2026 we decided everyone should have access to: Housing Food Clean water Childcare Healthcare Paid time off Education We can choose to make it happen. We can stop blaming people for being sick, poor or marginalized & start demanding more from the elite.

A particularly good post here supporting what we discussed in our convo with @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social in Ep#2. Please share with your loved ones who have young boys/young adult boys: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Aut...

Terms I'd like the media to leave behind in 2025 : "non-consensual sex" (It's rape. You mean rape, so say that. We don't call bar fights 'non-consensual boxing' for a reason!) "underage girls" (Girls are a category on their own. If you mean girl, say girl. If you mean woman, say woman.)

As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu. If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.

Ontario has the fewest hospital beds per person of any province in Canada. Ontario funds its hospitals at the lowest rate per person of all the provinces. We deserve better. #OnPoli #OntarioHealth

From Clean Air Club on Instagram... #Resolutions #NewYear 🧵1/3

As you look back at all that happened in the year that was, remember: alongside all that happened there was also (still) the pandemic, and as you look forward at all that might happen in the year that will be remember: the pandemic is (alas) still happening.

One of the hardest times for me was / is seeing people who claim leftist politics trip over themselves running to abandon the sick & vulnerable the moment the CDC said they could take off their masks. It continues to this day. Folks call themselves leftists but won't mask up

I'm #OneofTheTwo who consistently wears a Respirator. Whenever popular, public celebs or politicians demean masking it increases the likelihood of complete stranger's antagonizing the few of us whom are still committed to our own and other's health and safety.

Costconomics vs Walmartnomics in a nutshell. Here’s why having a Costco in a community boosts the entire community, including nearby businesses, while Walmart destroys whole towns and leaves people leaning on social safety nets. And yes, it’s about as simple as you think. …

Immigrants are not the reason there’s a housing crisis. They’re not the reason ERs are full and people don’t have healthcare. They’re not the reason food is so expensive. They’re the scapegoat. As long as you blame immigrants, you won’t realize the 1% are taking everything.

When you say that “only the sick kids die from the measles”… you’re telling sick and disabled people that they’re expendable. You’re telling them their lives don’t matter. That vaccinating to protect them is too high a price. That’s eugenics. Also, healthy kids die from measles too.

Viruses do not appear spontaneously in the air. They are breathed out by an infected person. It is not abstract, it is concrete. Every high risk person who gets severely ill or dies does so because someone sick did not avoid infecting them.It is not logical to put that burden entirely on the victim.

PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask. Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.

I'm so delighted that my article on Canada's need for a national vaccine registry made @macleans.bsky.social 'The Best of 2025: Maclean’s Top 10 Stories on How to Fix Canada'. As the tagline says ' COVID made it clear. Measles made it an emergency.' macleans.ca/best-of/the-...

I know, of course I know, the new year does not begin until Thursday but considering the amount of flu and Covid and “something” currently circulating if you are planning on resolving to get and stay healthy in the new year you really should not wait until Thursday to start.

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves. www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

If I were paid to do this job, I'd be in the media and on social media every day. I'd say: 1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu. 2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit. 3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.

I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Canadian COVID Forecast Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 CANADA HIGH [no change] About 1 of every 55 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 11.0 x higher -Long COVID: 6.2 x higher -Hospitalizations: 9.8 x higher -Deaths: 9.1 x higher

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“We have been asking them and insist that they invest in measuring the air quality in those spaces, schools and school buses, and not leaving it as something for which school boards have to pull from an already overstretched budget,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social says. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...

Quite apart from the misinterpreted and poorly presented science that will continue to get some of his readers killed or disabled, I’d like to point out another glaring factual error. People that wear masks did not and do not refuse to enter society. Society refuses to accept mask wearers.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

“AI used as much water as the water industry this year” is fucking wild

It's high time for all hospitals, daycares, public schools and long term care facilities to be taking airborne precautions 24/7 from now until .... well ... forever. Because so many of the nasties out there, are either predominantly airborne or have an airborne component.