Chantzy
@chantzy.bsky.social
Science communicator & writer ✍🏼 🧬
MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM
Activist
Croissant maker 🥐
📍Vancouver, BC
(Views mine)
MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM
Activist
Croissant maker 🥐
📍Vancouver, BC
(Views mine)
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Liberals take note: Saying that masks are 'living in fear, 'extreme' or infringements on your freedom are right-wing talking points.
Avoid these unless you want to sound like RFK Jr.
www.mediaite.com/politics/ele...
Avoid these unless you want to sound like RFK Jr.
www.mediaite.com/politics/ele...
RFK Jr. Says He Refused to Wear a Mask Because He’d Rather Die of Covid Than Be ‘Living Like a Slave’
RFK Jr. addressed the Libertarian National Convention Friday and told an anecdote about his views on masking during the Covid pandemic.
www.mediaite.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Liberals take note: Saying that masks are 'living in fear, 'extreme' or infringements on your freedom are right-wing talking points.
Avoid these unless you want to sound like RFK Jr.
www.mediaite.com/politics/ele...
Avoid these unless you want to sound like RFK Jr.
www.mediaite.com/politics/ele...
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Advocacy opportunity 📣 BCCDC is assessing BC’s wastewater surveillance program. Survey here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Wastewater testing is an “early warning system” to monitor community illness levels, including surges & new variants. It’s a crucial tool for pandemic preparedness.
Wastewater testing is an “early warning system” to monitor community illness levels, including surges & new variants. It’s a crucial tool for pandemic preparedness.
BCCDC Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard Evaluation Survey
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is evaluating the provincial wastewater surveillance program. The survey will be used to understand how the BCCDC Wastewater Surveillance Dashbo...
ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Advocacy opportunity 📣 BCCDC is assessing BC’s wastewater surveillance program. Survey here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Wastewater testing is an “early warning system” to monitor community illness levels, including surges & new variants. It’s a crucial tool for pandemic preparedness.
Wastewater testing is an “early warning system” to monitor community illness levels, including surges & new variants. It’s a crucial tool for pandemic preparedness.
New @thelancet.com Danish cohort of 4.4M adults found reinfection raised the risk of hospital-diagnosed long COVID by ~60% compared with one infection at 180 days
Absolute risks were low in part because only severe, hospital-diagnosed LC cases were included.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Absolute risks were low in part because only severe, hospital-diagnosed LC cases were included.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
SARS-CoV-2 reinfections and subsequent risk of hospital-diagnosed post-acute sequelae in Denmark (2020–2022): a nationwide cohort study
Reinfection increases long COVID risk; however, the absolute increase after reinfection
is smaller than that observed after a primary infection. Vaccination offers substantial
protection against long ...
www.thelancet.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
New @thelancet.com Danish cohort of 4.4M adults found reinfection raised the risk of hospital-diagnosed long COVID by ~60% compared with one infection at 180 days
Absolute risks were low in part because only severe, hospital-diagnosed LC cases were included.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Absolute risks were low in part because only severe, hospital-diagnosed LC cases were included.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I generally place blame for people not masking in crowded indoor spaces at the systems & gov't level, but make a notable exception for healthcare providers & long Covid researchers.
We are in year 7 of a pandemic. Please listen to patients & do better
We are in year 7 of a pandemic. Please listen to patients & do better
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I generally place blame for people not masking in crowded indoor spaces at the systems & gov't level, but make a notable exception for healthcare providers & long Covid researchers.
We are in year 7 of a pandemic. Please listen to patients & do better
We are in year 7 of a pandemic. Please listen to patients & do better
I think about this girl a lot.
She got Measles at 5 months, too young to be vaxxed & seemed to recover
10 yrs later, the virus that persisted in her brain triggered SSPE, which is almost always fatal
For kids who get Measles before 15 months, SSPE risk is ~1 in 609
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
She got Measles at 5 months, too young to be vaxxed & seemed to recover
10 yrs later, the virus that persisted in her brain triggered SSPE, which is almost always fatal
For kids who get Measles before 15 months, SSPE risk is ~1 in 609
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
With measles outbreaks growing in Canada, this mother pleads with parents to vaccinate | CBC News
With measles cases on the rise in Canada at rates unseen in almost three decades — and vaccination coverage for childhood vaccines like the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot falling since the pand...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I think about this girl a lot.
She got Measles at 5 months, too young to be vaxxed & seemed to recover
10 yrs later, the virus that persisted in her brain triggered SSPE, which is almost always fatal
For kids who get Measles before 15 months, SSPE risk is ~1 in 609
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
She got Measles at 5 months, too young to be vaxxed & seemed to recover
10 yrs later, the virus that persisted in her brain triggered SSPE, which is almost always fatal
For kids who get Measles before 15 months, SSPE risk is ~1 in 609
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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that they did this for decades with impunity reinforces what Black leftists have been saying which is that the legal system is not built to stop the powerful. it's built to manage the poor.
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
that they did this for decades with impunity reinforces what Black leftists have been saying which is that the legal system is not built to stop the powerful. it's built to manage the poor.
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It’s disgusting that Dr. Martin Nowak remains faculty at Harvard OEB @harvardoeb.bsky.social: his reputation was built by Epstein by his own admission. His Wikipedia page rightly starts by summarizing his Epstein relationship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...
Martin Nowak - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It’s disgusting that Dr. Martin Nowak remains faculty at Harvard OEB @harvardoeb.bsky.social: his reputation was built by Epstein by his own admission. His Wikipedia page rightly starts by summarizing his Epstein relationship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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And the ticking time bomb of SSPE (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut... ) where 1 in 600 infants who get measles get a ticking time bomb planted in their brain that kills them YEARS later publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
California child dies from measles-related complications
A school-age child who contracted measles as an infant died from a rare complication after initially recovering from the infection.
publications.aap.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
And the ticking time bomb of SSPE (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut... ) where 1 in 600 infants who get measles get a ticking time bomb planted in their brain that kills them YEARS later publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
Catherine O’Hara was a gift Canada gave the world, but especially to women. We're often told as we get older, over 40 or something, we're meant to fade. She never did
February 2, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Catherine O’Hara was a gift Canada gave the world, but especially to women. We're often told as we get older, over 40 or something, we're meant to fade. She never did
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I hope everyone who is sharing this, aghast, will wear respirators (and properly). Measles is airborne and respirators block transmission of airborne pathogens between ppl—including those going into/out of detention centres. Don’t wait for the fascist government to tell you to b/c they won’t!
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
I hope everyone who is sharing this, aghast, will wear respirators (and properly). Measles is airborne and respirators block transmission of airborne pathogens between ppl—including those going into/out of detention centres. Don’t wait for the fascist government to tell you to b/c they won’t!
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Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
Not that I need another social site, but I joined UpScrolled & loving the amount of content on Palestine 🇵🇸
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Not that I need another social site, but I joined UpScrolled & loving the amount of content on Palestine 🇵🇸
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This is so fucked.
South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades www.livescience.com/health/virus...
South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades
Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.
www.livescience.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This is so fucked.
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It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
Pinning extreme weather on climate change: Best ideas of the century
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
www.newscientist.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
@capublichealth.bsky.social is one of the few public health orgs with effective messaging on COVID prevention.
Planes are one place everyone should wear an N95 mask - they are high-risk enclosed spaces
Is anyone in Canada doing this? If not, why?
Planes are one place everyone should wear an N95 mask - they are high-risk enclosed spaces
Is anyone in Canada doing this? If not, why?
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
@capublichealth.bsky.social is one of the few public health orgs with effective messaging on COVID prevention.
Planes are one place everyone should wear an N95 mask - they are high-risk enclosed spaces
Is anyone in Canada doing this? If not, why?
Planes are one place everyone should wear an N95 mask - they are high-risk enclosed spaces
Is anyone in Canada doing this? If not, why?
"House burping" is gaining traction online
"The concept is simple: open your window, or windows, for a few minutes a day to let stale air out and fresh air in through all the seasons, including winter" - protects against Covid *and* indoor VOCs
www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...
"The concept is simple: open your window, or windows, for a few minutes a day to let stale air out and fresh air in through all the seasons, including winter" - protects against Covid *and* indoor VOCs
www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...
A practice known as ‘house burping’ is gaining traction online. What is it?
The German trend of “lüften” involves opening the windows of your home a few times a day, in order to air it out, regardless of the temperature outside.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"House burping" is gaining traction online
"The concept is simple: open your window, or windows, for a few minutes a day to let stale air out and fresh air in through all the seasons, including winter" - protects against Covid *and* indoor VOCs
www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...
"The concept is simple: open your window, or windows, for a few minutes a day to let stale air out and fresh air in through all the seasons, including winter" - protects against Covid *and* indoor VOCs
www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...
Shoutout to everyone who has to keep repeating the same disability/health boundary because people forget or just don't clock it the first 10 times. It's not nagging when you're just trying to survive
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Shoutout to everyone who has to keep repeating the same disability/health boundary because people forget or just don't clock it the first 10 times. It's not nagging when you're just trying to survive
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They could not find any evidence of TB transmission when healthcare workers wore N95 respirators!
Hmmm…..🤔 what does that teach us????
Hmmm…..🤔 what does that teach us????
February 1, 2026 at 1:57 AM
They could not find any evidence of TB transmission when healthcare workers wore N95 respirators!
Hmmm…..🤔 what does that teach us????
Hmmm…..🤔 what does that teach us????
How many people who wear masks are told they need to "live their life" and stop living in fear?
Meanwhile we've got astronauts who are very busy living their lives & masks help them be unstoppable
Meanwhile we've got astronauts who are very busy living their lives & masks help them be unstoppable
February 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
How many people who wear masks are told they need to "live their life" and stop living in fear?
Meanwhile we've got astronauts who are very busy living their lives & masks help them be unstoppable
Meanwhile we've got astronauts who are very busy living their lives & masks help them be unstoppable
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Also COVID can cause anxiety & depression and these folks might be more at risk because they have suffered a higher number of previous infections? #MentalHealth problems and neurological conditions are a post infection risk
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Anxiety, depression linked to 78% higher risk of long COVID in older women www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/anx...
Anxiety, depression linked to 78% higher risk of long COVID in older women
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Also COVID can cause anxiety & depression and these folks might be more at risk because they have suffered a higher number of previous infections? #MentalHealth problems and neurological conditions are a post infection risk
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Thank you to Pleiades for publishing my snarky little CDC hate poem 🖤
May 19, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Thank you to Pleiades for publishing my snarky little CDC hate poem 🖤
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Of course you shouldn't date someone who doesn't share your core values if you want to be in a long-term relationship with them.
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Of course you shouldn't date someone who doesn't share your core values if you want to be in a long-term relationship with them.