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Tania J. Spencer
@taniaspencer.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇿🇦 • writer • photographer • Long COVID first waver • vaxxer • masker • maker of Corsi-Rosenthals • Yukoner • Antifa
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This is what #LongCOVID looks like.

Post-it notes everywhere.
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I am a generic one of thousands of #Yukoners without a family doctor. I also have #LongCOVID. Try taking a novel condition of a novel coronavirus to an ER, focused on emergencies not chronic conditions -

canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c...
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
#Yukoners, about 1 of every 134 people in the three northern territories is infected with #COVID -
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

NUNAVUT, NWT, YUKON

VERY HIGH [no change]

About 1 of every 134 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 8.0 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.1 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 11.0 x higher
-Deaths: 15.6 x higher
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I look forward to the day #Yukon Public Libraries / @yukon.ca loan out carbon dioxide monitors, to help Yukoners assess #IAQ in an #OngoingPandemic of an injurious #AirborneVirus, now in its 6th year -

@ladyscorcher.bsky.social
@cavi.bsky.social
Yukon Public Libraries offer radon screeners. Read more: yukon.ca/en/news/rado...
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
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
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#PHAC & @ipaccanada.bsky.social, on your watch, eh?

🇨🇦Canadians look forward to your #Resignations -

@mark-carney.bsky.social
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.
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 9:20 PM
You know #Measles is #Airborne, @cmadocs.bsky.social ?

Maybe get off your high horse & address your own complicity in ignoring an #OngoingPandemic, now in its 6th year, of another airborne virus.

For the record, you have NO idea how disappointed 🇨🇦 Canadians are in unmasked doctors, right now -
The CMA is disappointed and deeply concerned that Canada has lost its #measles elimination status from the Pan American Health Organization. We echo the Public Health Agency of Canada: the measles vaccine is the best way to protect you and your family.

Let's work together to keep measles at bay.
Canada can regain measles elimination status if we all work together: CMA
The Canadian Medical Association is disappointed and deeply concerned that Canada has lost its measles elimination status from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
www.cma.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today was my 3rd CoViD-related surgery in my 2-year CoViD journey. Rib cartilage to recreate the nasal septum that CoViD destroyed, and muscles from my temple to replace the lining of my nose.

So to the next person that says CoViD is fake or just a cold: fuck the fuck off, for real, forever.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Remember when disease was preventable, @ipaccanada.bsky.social ?

Yeah, me neither.
Hey @ipaccanada.bsky.social if you're done unmasking the future, can we maybe let someone competent have a go this time?

If you're still practicing to botch H5N1, don't worry, you've got that. Canada has full confidence you'll screw it up by the numbers.

It's just...a break would be nice.
Hey @ipaccanada.bsky.social how about we try remasking the future?

This would be a good year to finally start learning from your mistakes, and I think we can all agree that your unmasking idea turned out to be spectacularly stupid.

So, what matters more to you?

Your egos? Or your job?

#MedSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Bravo #Antivaxxers 👏👏👏

After a yearlong outbreak that has infected more than 5,000 people & killed 2 infants, 🇨🇦 Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly 3 decades, held since 1998 -

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 2:47 PM
As @grantwakefield.bsky.social observed, "one of the most repressive states in the world seems to understand something" -

#ThePandemicIsNotOver
#COVID & #LongCOVID is #Preventable

gulfnews.com/amp/story/wo...
Saudi Arabia allows school principals to switch to remote learning during infectious disease outbreaks
The move supports continuity of learning and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals
gulfnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
Pretty much sums everything up.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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"Sadly now six of my friends have #LongCOVID"

SIX 👈
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In this interview of 2024, consultant cardiologist Dr. Rae Duncan of NHS Newcastle (UK), discusses the physical mechanisms & manifestations of #Covid, & #LongCOVID in particular, & the effects the disease has on society at large -

@sunny-rae1.bsky.social

youtu.be/ZX_ql12aHGc?...
LONG COVID - INTERVIEW WITH CARDIOLOGIST DR. RAE DUNCAN - 27 mins.
YouTube video by Grant Wakefield
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
The 3rd Long COVID International Conference 2025 (Nov 19–20, Boston, MA) is nearly here! Join global experts, in person or virtually, to advance long Covid care, research, and public health solutions. Learn more & register: virology.eventsair.com/long-covid-i... #LongCOVIDIntl
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
"Pandemics are a choice"

Another article talking about COVID in the past tense. The pandemic didn’t end. Transmission continues, long COVID continues, and ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. The “tools to stop the next pandemic” are the same tools we should be using now.

Source: archive.li/fLf7a
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
I’ll add - it’s also not a punchline, insult, or slur.
#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 8:37 PM
Reposted by Tania J. Spencer
Another petition for legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values. Please sign and share
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
🇨🇦 Canada, get your act together. People living with #LongCOVID are suffering (some of us for more than 5+ years now): so far it's been NO to #Metformin, NO to #Paxlovid, & I'm betting it'll be a resounding NO to #GLP-1s too -
KPBS News: 'Obesity drug seen as effective for long COVID, gets clinical trial'

“The Scripps trial is unique because it’s the first long COVID clinical trial that enables patients to participate remotely,” said John Redd, CEO of SILC

www.kpbs.org/news/science...
Obesity drug seen as effective for long COVID, gets clinical trial
COVID-19 symptoms that don’t go away affect hundreds of millions worldwide. Scripps Research is recruiting people with long COVID to test a weight-loss medication that shows promise in treating the il...
www.kpbs.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Bad news for (most) people whose immune systems have already been hammered by multiple reinfections of #COVID these past 5+ years.

But the good news is: an #N95 mask can prevent both #Flu & #COVID - so get your flu shot AND wear a mask.

Via @sujo.bsky.social

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 2:07 PM
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"Anger is personal. Rage can be used collectively. Don’t waste your hate—it only makes you feel bad. Rage, on the other hand, can be organized into action -

www.perspectivesmcgill.com/allposts/202...
In Conversation with Zackie Achmat: Five Decades of Defiance, Love, and Resolve — Perspectives on Global Health
By Bhavya Kalra The perspectives shared in this interview are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of McGill University, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, or Mc...
www.perspectivesmcgill.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And of course, there's absolutely NOTHING like this for 🇨🇦 Canadians living with #LongCOVID. After 5+ years of suffering.

But are we surprised, when @ipaccanada.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social still can't even understand #Airborne transmission of #COVID -

#DarkAges

longcovid.scripps.edu
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"We're going to use that as motivation and we're going to change 🇨🇦 Canada" -

Because #Freedumb & lies.

@castanet.net, there's still some time for you to remove yourselves from the #WrongSideOfHistory, with some balanced reportage -

www.castanet.net/news/Nelson/...
B.C. ostrich farm is 'ground-zero for change' as family reels from shooting cull - Nelson News
Katie Pasitney, whose mother co-owns the British Columbia ostrich farm where hundreds of the birds were shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, says she is focused on creat...
www.castanet.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some of us living with #LongCOVID are understandably averse to reading anything that uses the term Long COVID in the same sentence as " #Hyponchondria", no matter how beautifully written -

www.late-review.com/p/the-galler...
the gallery of maladies
on long covid, hypochondria, and the forums
www.late-review.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yes, "It is time for the government to listen, step up and take responsibility" - but the problem ISN'T a lack of "physiotherapy-led long Covid clinics".

⚠️ You don't push through #PEM, & we DON'T have "breathing pattern disorders".

This assessment completely underestimates #LongCOVID -
Otago Daily Times: 'Study shows bleak long Covid picture'

'long Covid presents an ongoing and complex challenge for those affected'

'"This has left them having to self-advocate, which often comes at a high personal and financial cost"

www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Study shows bleak long Covid picture
"I almost wish I’d been in a car accident, because then at least I would have some support." It is just one of the concerning responses received...
www.odt.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM