Catherine 🇨🇦
@catf.bsky.social
Injured worker/health & safety activist, Still masking b/c Covid isn't over. Post as Peel Injured Workers on the other site.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Finland Reports COVID Surge, 200 Cases Reported Per Week.
"These are laboratory-confirmed cases and only the tip of the iceberg (in terms of current infections)"
"These are laboratory-confirmed cases and only the tip of the iceberg (in terms of current infections)"
Covid-19 spreads across Finland, 200 cases registered per week
Finland has experienced a surge in Covid-19 cases recently, with 200 confirmed cases per week, broadcaster Yle reported today. A specialist for the National Institute for Health and Welfare THL said t...
indeksonline.net
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Finland Reports COVID Surge, 200 Cases Reported Per Week.
"These are laboratory-confirmed cases and only the tip of the iceberg (in terms of current infections)"
"These are laboratory-confirmed cases and only the tip of the iceberg (in terms of current infections)"
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 10.1
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 583,200-806,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 10.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.2X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreigcayvfpw3riiwc5ff4taetmai2egkpb4dyvp7ghhtvqirbpzm2vu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
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A study with data from ~14 million children shows that COVID19 infection is significantly more harmful to kids’ hearts than the vaccine.
Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Link below.
Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Link below.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A study with data from ~14 million children shows that COVID19 infection is significantly more harmful to kids’ hearts than the vaccine.
Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Link below.
Marty Makary falsely alleged that “children died” because from COVID19 vaccine. Whomever told him that failed to account for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Link below.
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Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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WHO warned ‘hundreds of millions will suffer post infection risks’ and the government is still asking why people are off sick!
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WHO warned ‘hundreds of millions will suffer post infection risks’ and the government is still asking why people are off sick!
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Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...
Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone
The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she righ...
www.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...
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I have been in the ER full of sick people for hours with my N95, and not caught anything.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
Masking works. My respirator has kept me free from Covid and flu for six years. 😷
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I have been in the ER full of sick people for hours with my N95, and not caught anything.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
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this could be a horrible winter as the flu vaccine is not a match for an emerging strain, and getting a Covid and flu shot at the same time is now shown to reduce effectiveness for both
#Covid #Flu
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#Covid #Flu
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
this could be a horrible winter as the flu vaccine is not a match for an emerging strain, and getting a Covid and flu shot at the same time is now shown to reduce effectiveness for both
#Covid #Flu
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#Covid #Flu
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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#LongCovid is not playground for minimizing the pandemic and/or foster one's engagement on social media. It's a novel disease entity recognized by major health bodies across the world. It can disable and kill. People with LC have suffered from severe medical neglect. We deserve better
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#LongCovid is not playground for minimizing the pandemic and/or foster one's engagement on social media. It's a novel disease entity recognized by major health bodies across the world. It can disable and kill. People with LC have suffered from severe medical neglect. We deserve better
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Black lung disease is getting worse and striking younger coal workers in their 30s and 40s. A new rule passed last year would've cut the allowable limit in half to protect them, but now the business friendly Trump admin wants to eliminate or not enforce it.
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Black lung disease is getting worse and striking younger coal workers in their 30s and 40s. A new rule passed last year would've cut the allowable limit in half to protect them, but now the business friendly Trump admin wants to eliminate or not enforce it.
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
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I stood alongside my fellow nurses this week at the @ontarionurses.bsky.social vigil - remembering those we’ve lost to workplace, domestic, and gender-based violence.
We owe it to them to make real change, to protect every nurse, and to end this violence once and for all. #onpoli
We owe it to them to make real change, to protect every nurse, and to end this violence once and for all. #onpoli
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I stood alongside my fellow nurses this week at the @ontarionurses.bsky.social vigil - remembering those we’ve lost to workplace, domestic, and gender-based violence.
We owe it to them to make real change, to protect every nurse, and to end this violence once and for all. #onpoli
We owe it to them to make real change, to protect every nurse, and to end this violence once and for all. #onpoli
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Deeply appreciate Canada’s media union speaking out against this multimillion dollar lawsuit
An attack on one is an attack on all
If they can do this to me, they can do this to you
An attack on one is an attack on all
If they can do this to me, they can do this to you
This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Deeply appreciate Canada’s media union speaking out against this multimillion dollar lawsuit
An attack on one is an attack on all
If they can do this to me, they can do this to you
An attack on one is an attack on all
If they can do this to me, they can do this to you
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An off duty ICE officer spotted Henry Cortez’s Canadian passport in his wallet at a pet store.
He bullied him into self deporting
Cortez was there to get supplies for his cat, Smokie, who he was forced to leave behind.
He’s now fighting to find a way to be reunited with his cat:
He bullied him into self deporting
Cortez was there to get supplies for his cat, Smokie, who he was forced to leave behind.
He’s now fighting to find a way to be reunited with his cat:
'You're from Canada, eh?': Meeting with 'off-duty ICE officer' at a pet store leads to Toronto man's self-deportation
Henry Cortez had let his work visa expire, but carried Canadian passport with him in Las Vegas. When a stranger saw it, it spelled trouble.
nationalpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An off duty ICE officer spotted Henry Cortez’s Canadian passport in his wallet at a pet store.
He bullied him into self deporting
Cortez was there to get supplies for his cat, Smokie, who he was forced to leave behind.
He’s now fighting to find a way to be reunited with his cat:
He bullied him into self deporting
Cortez was there to get supplies for his cat, Smokie, who he was forced to leave behind.
He’s now fighting to find a way to be reunited with his cat:
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Union launches "Axe the Vax Tax" campaign in Alberta axethevaxtax.ca @cupescfp.bsky.social
Axe the Vax Tax: Health Shouldn’t Come With a Price Tag
Charging for vaccines means fewer people get protected. Families living paycheck to paycheck will skip vaccines. Workers will get sick, especially health care and education workers.
axethevaxtax.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Union launches "Axe the Vax Tax" campaign in Alberta axethevaxtax.ca @cupescfp.bsky.social
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Alcohol Still Leading Cause of Substance-related Hospitalizations in Canada, With Cannabis now a 'Concerning' Second pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil... @brishti.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Alcohol Still Leading Cause of Substance-related Hospitalizations in Canada, With Cannabis now a 'Concerning' Second pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil... @brishti.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Israeli settlers Saturday staged two attacks on Palestinian farmers and others in the occupied West Bank as violence reaches new highs in the territory.
dlvr.it
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
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When Canada is in the midst of the worst doctor shortage in its history, this doesn’t address this.
So unfortunate.
#cdnpoli
So unfortunate.
#cdnpoli
The budget.
It puts $5 billion into “health infrastructure,” which sounds like healthcare funding. But is it?
My breakdown for Canada Healthwatch looks at what’s new, what’s missing, and why health is now being framed as infrastructure.
It puts $5 billion into “health infrastructure,” which sounds like healthcare funding. But is it?
My breakdown for Canada Healthwatch looks at what’s new, what’s missing, and why health is now being framed as infrastructure.
Our budget takeaways:
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When Canada is in the midst of the worst doctor shortage in its history, this doesn’t address this.
So unfortunate.
#cdnpoli
So unfortunate.
#cdnpoli
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I don’t think “The Simple-minded, Sociopathic Wheezing Orange Gargoyle Stadium” is a good name for a sports venue.
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I don’t think “The Simple-minded, Sociopathic Wheezing Orange Gargoyle Stadium” is a good name for a sports venue.
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Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
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Sign by Nov 10th
"The open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to recommend true respiratory protection (N95/FFP2–3) for all healthcare workers is still accepting signatures until November 10th.”
Add your name here⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Covid2025
"The open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to recommend true respiratory protection (N95/FFP2–3) for all healthcare workers is still accepting signatures until November 10th.”
Add your name here⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Covid2025
A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Add Your Name
In an effort to advance global public health through turbulent times, a group of experts from around the globe in medicine, public health, law, industrial hygiene, and other disciplines, met at the Un...
docs.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sign by Nov 10th
"The open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to recommend true respiratory protection (N95/FFP2–3) for all healthcare workers is still accepting signatures until November 10th.”
Add your name here⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Covid2025
"The open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to recommend true respiratory protection (N95/FFP2–3) for all healthcare workers is still accepting signatures until November 10th.”
Add your name here⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Covid2025
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Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Long COVID and Society
This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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What is the point of these continuing articles?
"We'd really like Canadians to start visiting again."
Well, no, we're not, so stop asking.
"We'd really like Canadians to start visiting again."
Well, no, we're not, so stop asking.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What is the point of these continuing articles?
"We'd really like Canadians to start visiting again."
Well, no, we're not, so stop asking.
"We'd really like Canadians to start visiting again."
Well, no, we're not, so stop asking.