Lifehack if you're following #H5N1 :

We made a new 'sort by H5N1' filter on our site.
Just bookmark and check in regularly.

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With avian flu spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… André Picard

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What to Know About the ‘FLiRT’ Variants of COVID-19 time.com/6972143/covid-…

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By the numbers: the future of Canadian healthcare canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/04/29/by-… Infoway

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Here’s what Canada is doing (and not doing) to watch for #H5N1 amid an explosive outbreak among U.S. dairy cattle — and why Canadian scientists warn we’re already way behind this virus without active surveillance.

New from me:
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Big one this week.

If you’re following #H5N1 it’s worth checking out.

I’ll be off next week because we’re having (another) kid.
Don’t miss me too much ;)

canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/202…

The prevalence and diversity of today's viruses aren't natural phenomena. Viruses are unnaturally abundant and therefore unnaturally mutated due to the unnatural practices of modern life.

Remember this next time someone suggests 'trusting nature' instead of getting vaccinated.

Novavax prepared to deliver protein-based JN.1 COVID vaccine this fall, in line with WHO recommendation ir.novavax.com/press-releases… Novavax

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Ottawa says pharmacare is coming — here's what you need to know cbc.ca/news/politics/… Justin Fiacconi

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This is fascinating

Because unlike polling we’ve seen from others — I don’t recall anyone asking a Q about the linkage between the cap gains tax change and spending measures.

Spoiler: it’s a very effective frame. (If kept there)

And yes the tax change is popular

#cdnpoli

1) I’m not currently worried about the safety of milk (or eggs). I trust the pasteurization process- for now. H5N1 is far more likely to make a jump into humans by fomite or airborne route.
2) I AM concerned that viral fragments in milk indicate wide transmission in animals.

Alberta to pay nurse practitioners up to 80 per cent of what family doctors make calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…

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Canada needs to improve indoor air quality for kids as an early wildfire season looms, advocates say thestar.com/news/canada/ca… kevin jiang

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Latest news & commentary from the Cvd-Is-Not-Over newsletter:

We are failing to protect workers in retail, people in prisons, older adults, and more

johndupuis.substack.com/p/we-are-faili…

This doesn't seem proactive, and it isn't reassuring

'Nothing would be easier for a future Poilievre government to undo than a pharmacare program that exists only on paper.

Taking away people’s access to free insulin or contraceptives, once they have it, would be much more difficult.'

canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/04/24/fed…

Or, hear me out, we don't need $26 coffee delivered to us whenever and wherever.

The price of this ultra-convenience is somebody else's poverty.