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Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : OCT 11-OCT 24, 2025 CANADA ÉLEVÉ [stable] Environ 1 personne sur 95 est infectée Par rapport au point le plus bas de la pandémie au Canada : -Infections : 6.1 x🔺 -COVID longue : 5.9 x🔺 -Hospitalisations : 11.3 x🔺 -Décès : 9.2 x🔺

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 SEVERE: NL, NS, SK VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC MODERATE: none About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : SEP 27-OCT 10, 2025 GRAVE : aucun TRÈS ÉLEVÉ : MB, TNL, NÉ, SK ÉLEVÉ : CAN, AB, CB, NB, Nord, ON, ÎPÉ, QC MODÉRÉ : aucun Environ 1 personne sur 60 est actuellement infectée au Canada.

1. The intense and all-encompassing institutional and societal pushback seen in some countries against any intervention to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, whether that be vaccines, or air filtration / purification, or masks, is not simply as a result of mandates or lockdowns.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC, MODERATE: none About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

PSA: Ontario #Covid vaccines available for high risk/priority individuals starting w/o Sept 22 (now) (Flu shots Oct 14). Free flu and covid shots will be available to the general public Oct 27. More in link, including pharmacy locations. *Website may change over time* www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...

Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to abuse under fascism. ICE has been neglecting the medical needs of detainees. One disabled immigrant, Rodney Taylor, needs our help. He's a double amputee who's been in the country since he was two years old. He's being held in solitary:

The Canadian publishing industry calls for the repeal of @youralberta.bsky.social's discriminatory book ban. The revised directive continues to restrict access to literature, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the expertise of educators & librarians. publishers.ca/repeal-alber...

Hospitalizations are expected to require 6.2% of Canada's staffed hospital beds for three weeks (CIHI: average duration of COVID hospitalizations: www.cihi.ca/en/covid-19-...).

About 3.4% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week. The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $90.2M.

Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,800 hospitalizations, 1,000 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 24,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 13 - Sep 26, 2025 Severe: NL, PEI, SK Very high: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON High: QC Moderate: none About 1 in 81 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Cette semaine au Canada, le coût estimé des hospitalisations dues aux infections est de 90,2 millions de dollars.

… et 24 000 nouveaux cas de COVID longue suffisamment graves pour limiter les activités de la vie quotidienne. Cette semaine, environ 3,4 % de la population canadienne est infectée par la COVID ou souffre de la COVID longue limitant leurs activités quotidiennes.

Cette semaine au Canada, il est prévu que les infections entraînent 4 800 hospitalisations, 1 000 décès (personnes qui meurent au moins un an plus tôt qu’elles ne l’auraient fait sans la COVID-19) …

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : SEP 13-SEP 26, 2025 GRAVE: TNL, ÎPÉ, SK TRÈS ÉLEVÉ : CAN, AB, CB, MB, NB, Nord, NÉ, ON ÉLEVÉ: QC MODÉRÉ: aucun Environ 1 personne sur 81 est actuellement infectée au Canada.

Happy COVID-19 Data Tuesday from #C19RC ! Join us tonight for a discussion with Dr. Tara Moriarty & Dr. Stef Christensen to talk about next steps for collecting and using trusted data. @moriartylab.bsky.social @wikisteff.bsky.social . Register here: covid19resources.ca/discussions/

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Great way to help this incredible org continue doing its incredible work! Please help if you can (last day for this particular fundraiser is Sept. 13): www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/don... Please amplify! #ShareTheCare #StrongerTogether

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🍎🏫 Back to school is here! Grateful for the students, teachers, staff, support staff & volunteers whose energy and dedication make learning possible. Wishing you all a safe and successful school year!

"Don't read it, your hair will catch on fire!" —Margaret Atwood Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story: CBC List of banned school books includes The Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : AOÛ 30-SEP 12, 2025 CANADA ÉLEVÉ Environ 1 personne 65 est infectée Par rapport au point le plus bas de la pandémie au Canada : -Infections 7.2 supérieur -COVID longue 7.7 supérieur -Hospitalisations 10.7 supérieur -Décès 10.9 supérieur

Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025 CANADA High [No change] About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~7.2 higher -Long COVID ~7.7 higher -Hospitalizations ~10.7 higher -Deaths ~10.9 higher

"Raw milk is risky business at the best of times, and despite what some influencers claim, there are no nutritional benefits to drinking it, according to the CDC."

"Human Papillomaviruses are established as the most common sexually transmitted pathogens worldwide. Research has shown that vaccination against the virus pre- infection prevents most HPV linked diseases."

Somehow this got buried in the thread, but it's important.

This is a direct immunostaining using the frontal lobe of a patient with Alzheimer. Why is there so little high-resolution microscopy being performed in human tissue? Question for pathologists. We can extract a lot of data, and in 3D! (Dream Theater sounds appropriate this time) #FluorescenceFriday

This piece by @abbraxas.bsky.social and Justin Feldman is all anyone needs to read about Oster. Share it widely. proteanmag.com/2022/03/22/m...

Please support the CSA draft standard Z94.4.

"The James Bay lowlands are the last untouched carbon sink on the planet. They are literally the Earth's lungs. Before anything is done to them, careful consideration must be given to the long-term impacts."

*NEW* update from @ghostgurney.bsky.social #onpoli #onhealth

Measles. Is. Back. A disease we had basically eradicated in the U.S. is now spreading in schools, hospitals, and communities. Why? Because misinformation kills. 🧵

Notre aperçu national en français : bsky.app/profile/mori...

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 28-Jul 11, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: ON MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

NDP MPP France Gélinas: “That is public money going into private hands instead of our local hospitals, where help is desperately needed. “This model of private delivery with public dollars is alarming & unfair. Study after study shows that private clinics benefit the wealthiest" #OnPoli #OnHealth

"The recent budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services....“Hallway medicine” will not end until Ontario abandons its short-term thinking..." @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social @ghostgurney.bsky.social

Improved indoor air quality (ventilation and air filtration) reduces the risk. There are no downsides to clean air. ASHRAE 44 and ASHRAE 241 @onschoolsafety.bsky.social

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : MAI 10-23, 2025 GRAVE : aucun TRÈS ÉLEVÉ : AB, CB, NB, Nord, ON, ÎPÉ ÉLEVÉ : CAN, MB, TNL, NÉ, QC, SK MODÉRÉ : aucun Environ 1 personne sur 134 est actuellement infectée au Canada.

Canadian COVID Forecast: May 10-23, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI HIGH: CAN, MB, NL, NS, QC, SK MODERATE: none About 1 in 134 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

"Over the last 50 years, the World Health Organization estimates that essential vaccines have saved over 150 million lives globally...Sixty per cent of these lives saved are from measles vaccination." www.surreynowleader.com/opinion/opin... @lduffy24.bsky.social

Canadian COVID Forecast

Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada pour deux semaines.

I wonder if the Conservatives want to break Canada like Trump is attempting to break the US? I remember Conservatives creating some chaos so they could "change" things.

Ontario School Safety Calls on Province for an Immediate Vaccine-PLUS Strategy to Tackle Current Measles Outbreak www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/onta...

#Ontario peeps! Wld appreciate any amplification to your local media about our open letter to the ON govt/Kieran Moore urging them to use a #VaccinePLUS strategy to tackle measles. press release - www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/onta... open letter - www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/open...