Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up? I spoke to a “friend” about this & was shocked by the response 🧵/1

The holiday season is upon us, so it's time to start sharing weird AF Victorian Christmas cards! First up... whatever this is 😂 There's a whiff of Star Wars to this one!

The #Leonardi_Effect is alive and well. For those catching up: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

We just got our 4 free expired Covid tests today. The pic of the trepidatious family is freaking me out, it’s like they’re about to be sacrificed to a virus. Just look at the baby’s face.😭 Baby knows, y’all. Baby fucking knows😭😭😭

You Haven’t Had Enough Covid Infections To Be Well Yet.

A nice breakdown of why humidity's influence is mostly a wash..

As Awards Season Approaches, The Vertlartnic Is Pleased To Welcome Nominations For The Vertlartnic People’s Choice Rokitansky Award, Honoring Resistance To Advancements In Healthcare.

“Findings from our study support that prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a significantly increased risk for RSV infection and was a driving force for the 2022 surge of severe pediatric RSV cases in the US.” Get ready for more this fall.

Allowing repeated and deliberate infection of the population with the SARS2 virus is going to break us: Literally in terms of death and disability, economically as there won’t be the workers/spenders, socially as families become divided and morally once we realise what we’ve done.

Please do this! It's great the government is going to send people free COVID tests again. But we also need them to send people free N95 masks.

It’s Wrong To Make Armchair Diagnoses Because It’s Obvious It’s Bacterial Pneumonia, Says Our Not A Doctor.

British Columbians Should Learn To Live With Burning To Death, Say Canadian Authorities.

The Reason That You’re Still Sick Is That You’re Not Sick Enough Yet.

If It Looks Like Long Covid, And Sounds Like Long Covid, And You Developed It During A Covid Pandemic, It’s Probably Long Bacterial Pneumonia.

I've just had a phone call from a colleague who has supported three families this year where the spread of secondary cancers has been described by doctors as 'surprisingly quick'. I know of two this year myself. Is this a thing?