'This essay is not about dissuading people from advocating, either from inside or outside the system... This essay is about finding your own circle of support and sharing the burden of advocacy, because there is a high cost to those who stick their necks out in the public eye.'

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'Two major retailers refused to sign it'

Who were they?

Walmart and Loblaws.

My latest in The Globe and Mail highlights that broken or nonexistent social safety nets can push disabled folks into assisted dying. Also, with far-right ideology rising, language similar to 'useless eaters' is now even publishable in a major newspaper.

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UPDATED: #Canada #SARSCoV2 variants.

Of 66 samples from 4/7 - 4/13, JN.1.11.1.* represented 13.6% (⬇️ 19.9% of 377, 3/31 - 4/6), & JN.1.13.1.* 22.7% (⬆️ 6.6%, w.o. 3/31). For descendant variants (KP.2, KP.3, KS.1) see alt text.

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'New data has been added to the Unregulated Drug Poisoning Emergency dashboard on the use of prescribed alternatives to the toxic supply'

mustve missed this, its a big deal that this safer supply data was released - April 12. new details & facts

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After seeing the info on cognitive effects of >1000 ppm CO2, a colleague borrowed one of our #bced school #science dept aranet4's to take home. People are naturally curious about air quality in their life. That colleague noticed my students taking readings around the school

UPDATED: Northern Health est.'d #COVID19 cases, extrapolated from #PrinceGeorge #wastewater #SARSCoV2 load.

According to BCCDC wastewater data, on average, there would've been 40 (⬇️ 64, 3/28 - 4/3) cases/day in the Northern HA, 4/4 - 4/10.

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UPDATED: Island & Interior Health est.'d #COVID19 cases, #wastewater #SARSCoV2 load.

According to BCCDC wastewater data, on average, there would've only been 87 & 37 (⬇️ 110 & 57, 3/29 - 4/4) cases/day in the Island & Interior HAs, 4/5 - 4/11.

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UPDATED: Metro #Vancouver est.'d #COVID19 cases, #wastewater #SARSCoV2 load.

According to BCCDC wastewater data, on average, there would've only been 131 & 298 (〰️ 136 & ⬇️ 385, 3/28 - 4/3) cases/day in the Vancouver Coastal & Fraser HAs, 4/4 - 4/10.

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🧵 UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to BCCDC wastewater data, on average, there would've only been 597 (⬇️ 758, 3/28 - 4/3) cases/day, 4/4 - 4/10. #SARSCoV2 #BC

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Conly is Canadian. Canada‘s role in this disgraceful. 🇨🇦

I was thinking about all the vitriol I get (from primarily yt ppl) about taking COVID precautions and I remember that under white supremacy, there is a belief that avoiding deviance from social norms provides protection.

Read: How the BC Conservatives Fell. And Are Rising Again - A look at their policies ahead of this year’s provincial election shows history repeating itself

Authored by Crawford Kilian for The Tyee #bcpoli

Just a reminder that this is social Darwinism and it’s straight up eugenicist thought from the late 19th/early 20th century britannica.com/topic/social-D…

Have you ever wondered what Donate A Mask's community impact is? Last year the entirely volunteer-run organization sent out over 400,000 items to people in need of masks and tests. Just as the pandemic hasn't ended, neither has the demand for this program.

A neuroscientist working with & researching on primates says she doesn’t like what SARS-2 is doing to the brain when compared to other bad viruses such as Zika, HIV, pathogenic influenza strains etc.

So, she chooses to mask up.

I think the choice is simple unless there is

Anyone have recommendations for vertigo?

His is probably stroke-caused, but there might be some practical things he can do on a practical level that the LongCovid community has figured out?