Trudy
@nfldtrudy.bsky.social
Newfoundlander in Ontario | Chocolate addict | Pittsburgh Penguins fan 🏒🐧 | Might be a bit snarky | Blocker of trolls, Maple MAGA, MAGA, GoFundMe & idiots | Won't follow back & will block if you have nothing posted/have no bio | Views are my own
This sign in a retail outlet in November 2025 is a failure of public health communication.
Complete. Failure.
Complete. Failure.
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This sign in a retail outlet in November 2025 is a failure of public health communication.
Complete. Failure.
Complete. Failure.
But the people who profit off us being in debt prefer to keep it that way.
FYI, one of the most common observations from UBI pilots is that people pay down their debts and increase their savings. You can even see a recent example in this chart, where people did that with their stimulus checks.
If we had universal basic income, we wouldn't pay for our existence with debt.
If we had universal basic income, we wouldn't pay for our existence with debt.
There goes 90+ day credit-card delinquencies. New cycle high.
(via Kev Gordon)
(via Kev Gordon)
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
But the people who profit off us being in debt prefer to keep it that way.
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“To me, it’s a collective failure at many levels of government, PH, the HC system to address what we saw as declining rates of vaccination over many years that got much worse since the pandemic & really set the stage for measles to spread like this in our country."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“To me, it’s a collective failure at many levels of government, PH, the HC system to address what we saw as declining rates of vaccination over many years that got much worse since the pandemic & really set the stage for measles to spread like this in our country."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Yes, the loss of #measles elimination status is proof that Public Health in Canada is broken.
They had one job. They saw this coming. We saw it coming.
And they did NOTHING.
Fire them all. Require all public health & infectious disease education programs in the country revise their curriculum.
They had one job. They saw this coming. We saw it coming.
And they did NOTHING.
Fire them all. Require all public health & infectious disease education programs in the country revise their curriculum.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yes, the loss of #measles elimination status is proof that Public Health in Canada is broken.
They had one job. They saw this coming. We saw it coming.
And they did NOTHING.
Fire them all. Require all public health & infectious disease education programs in the country revise their curriculum.
They had one job. They saw this coming. We saw it coming.
And they did NOTHING.
Fire them all. Require all public health & infectious disease education programs in the country revise their curriculum.
As predicted.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As predicted.
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Every year in Ottawa, after wreaths are laid, the dignitaries have departed, and the official Remembrance Day ceremony at the War Memorial is over, Canadians from all walks of life who attended silently walk up and respectfully place their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.
#LestWeForget
#LestWeForget
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Every year in Ottawa, after wreaths are laid, the dignitaries have departed, and the official Remembrance Day ceremony at the War Memorial is over, Canadians from all walks of life who attended silently walk up and respectfully place their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.
#LestWeForget
#LestWeForget
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I don’t know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it. COVID — or SARS-2 — is not “just another cold.” It doesn’t leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks damage: brain, heart, immune system.
I don’t know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it. COVID — or SARS-2 — is not “just another cold.” It doesn’t leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks damage: brain, heart, immune system.
August 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I don’t know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it. COVID — or SARS-2 — is not “just another cold.” It doesn’t leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks damage: brain, heart, immune system.
I don’t know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it. COVID — or SARS-2 — is not “just another cold.” It doesn’t leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks damage: brain, heart, immune system.
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For all you misinformed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, cancer technicians, politicians, bosses, teachers, caregivers, and average people on the street:
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For all you misinformed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, cancer technicians, politicians, bosses, teachers, caregivers, and average people on the street:
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
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Here's where we are in terms of how society views infectious diseases: saw a nurse today who told me that she and all the other nurses at the hospital are "immune to covid" because they "get it so much"
The average person on the street is not more educated than this, either. It's everywhere.
The average person on the street is not more educated than this, either. It's everywhere.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here's where we are in terms of how society views infectious diseases: saw a nurse today who told me that she and all the other nurses at the hospital are "immune to covid" because they "get it so much"
The average person on the street is not more educated than this, either. It's everywhere.
The average person on the street is not more educated than this, either. It's everywhere.
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“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
The rise of sports betting is a growing public health crisis
Sports betting is more addictive than ever, and millions of young Americans are paying the price.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
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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
Can’t wait to hear how he thinks that can be accomplished.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Can’t wait to hear how he thinks that can be accomplished.
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
Yup. And whether they didn’t see this coming or just didn’t care, all of them need to be voted out.
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yup. And whether they didn’t see this coming or just didn’t care, all of them need to be voted out.
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This is heartbreaking. We have 🇨🇦 seen deaths, and an uncontrolled outbreak, and now lost elimination status after nearly 3 decades having it and almost 6 decades of work to eliminate measles.
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada loses measles elimination status, federal officials announce | CBC News
Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Monday.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is heartbreaking. We have 🇨🇦 seen deaths, and an uncontrolled outbreak, and now lost elimination status after nearly 3 decades having it and almost 6 decades of work to eliminate measles.
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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FYI: Effective Wednesday, November 12, masks will be required for all staff, patients, and visitors upon entering IWK Health’s acute care facility on University Avenue.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
FYI: Effective Wednesday, November 12, masks will be required for all staff, patients, and visitors upon entering IWK Health’s acute care facility on University Avenue.
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For those of you in Public Health and Infectious Disease communities who are offended by this, let's turn that around:
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For those of you in Public Health and Infectious Disease communities who are offended by this, let's turn that around:
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
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You had one job.
Just maintain the #measles status that your predecessors had established.
But you couldn't even do that.
This is what failure looks like.
It's time Public Health & the Infectious Disease communities to grow up and accept that they need help from experts outside their community.
Just maintain the #measles status that your predecessors had established.
But you couldn't even do that.
This is what failure looks like.
It's time Public Health & the Infectious Disease communities to grow up and accept that they need help from experts outside their community.
a poster showing the diseases can still spread through the population
Alt: a poster showing the diseases can still spread through the population
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You had one job.
Just maintain the #measles status that your predecessors had established.
But you couldn't even do that.
This is what failure looks like.
It's time Public Health & the Infectious Disease communities to grow up and accept that they need help from experts outside their community.
Just maintain the #measles status that your predecessors had established.
But you couldn't even do that.
This is what failure looks like.
It's time Public Health & the Infectious Disease communities to grow up and accept that they need help from experts outside their community.
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Public Health officials and infectious disease experts in Canada:
Take a bow.
You did it.
You've let #measles come back. Andrew Wakefield must be so proud.
You refused to accept #CleanAir recommendations from experts (and non-experts) from outside your insular little community.
Take a bow.
You did it.
You've let #measles come back. Andrew Wakefield must be so proud.
You refused to accept #CleanAir recommendations from experts (and non-experts) from outside your insular little community.
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Remains of four N.L. soldiers discovered overseas, says anthropologist #Newfoundland #Labrador #WWI
Sarah Lockyer, who led repatriation of Newfoundland’s unknown soldier, says she will investigate
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sarah Lockyer, who led repatriation of Newfoundland’s unknown soldier, says she will investigate
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Remains of four N.L. soldiers discovered overseas, says anthropologist | CBC News
Attendees at a remembrance-themed presentation in St. John's on Nov. 4 were surprised to learn the skeletal remains of four Newfoundlanders likely killed during the First World War have been found "ov...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Remains of four N.L. soldiers discovered overseas, says anthropologist #Newfoundland #Labrador #WWI
Sarah Lockyer, who led repatriation of Newfoundland’s unknown soldier, says she will investigate
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sarah Lockyer, who led repatriation of Newfoundland’s unknown soldier, says she will investigate
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Well, we got six nice days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Well, we got six nice days.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...