Angela (she/they)
@cinnamunthunder.bsky.social
Covid Conscious Asian Americanadian |
UWaterloo Student + writer + aspiring game dev |
@uwimprint.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social Code Coven IGM 2021
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UWaterloo Student + writer + aspiring game dev |
@uwimprint.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social Code Coven IGM 2021
pfp by grgikau.com | views are my own
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Just finished exams so a proper intro to new followers (and old). Hi, I'm Angela! I'm a UW undergrad student who's also a staff writer at @uwimprint.bsky.social and the UW English Society! I'm a math major, but I also do game dev, writing, and Covid conscious advocacy on the side.
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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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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 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. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.2
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 208,300-288,000
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; 6.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 5.9X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 9.3X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 11.7X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
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/bafkreigh5nngzdygqzqv5qoqrqnzjm5sd77qezjnkrj4tjtd3mrgxkua7q@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 133 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.3 x higher
-Deaths: 11.7 x higher
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I really do think The Sick Times is doing some of the most important journalism of our generation. And I can tell you firsthand that Miles and Betsy are the real deal. They care so, so much about getting it right. They’re incredible humans in addition to being such good journalists.
Our #LongCOVID journalism requires reader support — with your help, we can prepare our non-profit newsroom for whatever 2026 brings.
Will you donate today and help us keep this vital work going? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Will you donate today and help us keep this vital work going? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I really do think The Sick Times is doing some of the most important journalism of our generation. And I can tell you firsthand that Miles and Betsy are the real deal. They care so, so much about getting it right. They’re incredible humans in addition to being such good journalists.
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#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
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 10:40 AM
#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
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ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
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at last, indeed. but will it be enough for the CBC to reform its policies to reflect its coverage? i’m guessing not. 👇🏼
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🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
at last, indeed. but will it be enough for the CBC to reform its policies to reflect its coverage? i’m guessing not. 👇🏼
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Just received APWOT5 and god @apwot.bsky.social is genuinely and consistently incredible. This edition is extra special to me: I am super honored to have my short essay on how games as a medium and flying as an activity connect in my brain.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just received APWOT5 and god @apwot.bsky.social is genuinely and consistently incredible. This edition is extra special to me: I am super honored to have my short essay on how games as a medium and flying as an activity connect in my brain.
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In a statement, CBC told me:
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
Earlier this week, the CBC broadcast an interview with Gill Deacon, discussing her Long COVID recovery using brain retraining.
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
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They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
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CBC’s Flagship Program Platforms “Quackery” for Long COVID
CBC's national broadcast aired an interview with Gill Deacon about her Long COVID recovery. Deacon used an unproven program called the Lightning Process that's been criticized for exploiting patients ...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In a statement, CBC told me:
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
"After reviewing the interview, we concluded that it needed to be re-edited and re-posted to include further context and questions around the procedure and treatment Deacon experienced. That has now been done."
Will update the story with this soon.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
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Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need.
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need.
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
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📣MEETING TIME📣
We have a special meeting happening TODAY! This is a big one, where we will discuss strike readiness, and what YOU can do to support your fellow students.
Check your emails and register at the link provided! We will see you there!
We have a special meeting happening TODAY! This is a big one, where we will discuss strike readiness, and what YOU can do to support your fellow students.
Check your emails and register at the link provided! We will see you there!
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
📣MEETING TIME📣
We have a special meeting happening TODAY! This is a big one, where we will discuss strike readiness, and what YOU can do to support your fellow students.
Check your emails and register at the link provided! We will see you there!
We have a special meeting happening TODAY! This is a big one, where we will discuss strike readiness, and what YOU can do to support your fellow students.
Check your emails and register at the link provided! We will see you there!
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‘Onward to Cambridge’: Regional council endorses business case for LRT Stage 2
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
‘Onward to Cambridge’: Regional council endorses business case for LRT Stage 2
‘Onward to Cambridge’: Regional council endorses business case for LRT Phase 2
www.therecord.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘Onward to Cambridge’: Regional council endorses business case for LRT Stage 2
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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“I can’t miss work” and “I’ve had covid enough and don’t want to do that again” are tbh my two most honest answers for why I continue to wear a mask in most public indoor places
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“I can’t miss work” and “I’ve had covid enough and don’t want to do that again” are tbh my two most honest answers for why I continue to wear a mask in most public indoor places
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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The UWaterloo English Society is partnering up with UWaterloo SAGE to answer your burning questions about Grad School! Nov. 10, 5:30-6:30pm, HH 138. Info: tinyurl.com/ycnenaxn. To submit questions: tinyurl.com/eza9nwv4
Grad School 101: A Q&A Panel with SAGE | English Language and Literature | University of Waterloo
The English society presents Grad School 101: A Q&A Panel with SAGE.
tinyurl.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The UWaterloo English Society is partnering up with UWaterloo SAGE to answer your burning questions about Grad School! Nov. 10, 5:30-6:30pm, HH 138. Info: tinyurl.com/ycnenaxn. To submit questions: tinyurl.com/eza9nwv4
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"While the organizers made KN95s available, they did not require high-quality masks, and most in-person attendees did not wear them — including many of the event’s speakers. This lack of masking garnered criticism from some IACC community members watching or learning about the event online."
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"While the organizers made KN95s available, they did not require high-quality masks, and most in-person attendees did not wear them — including many of the event’s speakers. This lack of masking garnered criticism from some IACC community members watching or learning about the event online."
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"They selected an event space where the ventilation system was recently upgraded. (This reporter’s CO2 monitor showed readings in the range of 600 to 800 parts per million.)"
The Sick Times: 'Business school competition centers Long COVID and IACCs'
'At this case competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the winning team sought to better connect people with IACCs and healthcare providers who serve them'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/04/b...
'At this case competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the winning team sought to better connect people with IACCs and healthcare providers who serve them'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/04/b...
Business school competition centers Long COVID and IACCs - The Sick Times
At this case competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the winning team sought to better connect people with IACCs and healthcare providers who serve them.
thesicktimes.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"They selected an event space where the ventilation system was recently upgraded. (This reporter’s CO2 monitor showed readings in the range of 600 to 800 parts per million.)"
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Clean indoor air should be a basic right guaranteed by legislation. Poor ventilation is common, invisible, and public awareness of the health impact is low.
Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:
Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Clean indoor air should be a basic right guaranteed by legislation. Poor ventilation is common, invisible, and public awareness of the health impact is low.
Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:
Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:
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Excellent and infuriating thread. Forcing people back to work when they can work remotely is a huge problem and a lot of people are losing jobs because of it when they should not have to.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Excellent and infuriating thread. Forcing people back to work when they can work remotely is a huge problem and a lot of people are losing jobs because of it when they should not have to.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
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It is important to understand that the reckoning on Covid is not about feels, it’s not about fears, and it’s not about fuzzy ideas of social justice.
It is real people being forced out of their jobs because their workplaces refuse to acknowledge the scientifically proved risks of Covid.
It is real people being forced out of their jobs because their workplaces refuse to acknowledge the scientifically proved risks of Covid.
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if it won’t do what’s right to keep its own people safe at work, how can you trust it to tell you how to protect yourself at yours, and to demand better of your government?
i loved my job. and i still i believe in the public broadcaster.
but you can’t compromise with COVID.
or the truth.
if it won’t do what’s right to keep its own people safe at work, how can you trust it to tell you how to protect yourself at yours, and to demand better of your government?
i loved my job. and i still i believe in the public broadcaster.
but you can’t compromise with COVID.
or the truth.
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It is important to understand that the reckoning on Covid is not about feels, it’s not about fears, and it’s not about fuzzy ideas of social justice.
It is real people being forced out of their jobs because their workplaces refuse to acknowledge the scientifically proved risks of Covid.
It is real people being forced out of their jobs because their workplaces refuse to acknowledge the scientifically proved risks of Covid.
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Re: #SNAP loss - everyone seems to focus on families with kids, and rightly so, but people, please check on your #elderly neighbors. They may not be as connected or aware, they might not drive, and the need will be significant. Please make sure they have access to #food as best you can.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM