Tara, MPH
@tarazupancic.bsky.social
Public health scientist, ecologist at heart (she/her) Work on #climate and #health by day. Spare time spent building the soil to help things grow🌱Focused on the long game. Rabid masker. #LongCovid advocate.
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Tara, MPH
@tarazupancic.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Patient-Led Research Collaborative Launches Fact Sheet
rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca
An excellent factsheet shared by University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Science Research Network for #COVID, in the Faculty of Medicine #LongCovid
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⭐ “While our study is small, its results are powerful and have implications not only for MIS-C, but potentially for long COVID,” said lead author @laelyonker.bsky.social ⭐️
www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...
#PIMS #MISC #Treatment
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #ChildHealth
www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...
#PIMS #MISC #Treatment
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #ChildHealth
July 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
⭐ “While our study is small, its results are powerful and have implications not only for MIS-C, but potentially for long COVID,” said lead author @laelyonker.bsky.social ⭐️
www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...
#PIMS #MISC #Treatment
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #ChildHealth
www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...
#PIMS #MISC #Treatment
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #ChildHealth
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Powerful excerpt:
“Intentionally or not, the Ban will signal that there is something wrong with or suspect about having a gender identity that is different than the sex you were assigned at birth. Gender diverse youth will bear the entire burden of that speculation.
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“Intentionally or not, the Ban will signal that there is something wrong with or suspect about having a gender identity that is different than the sex you were assigned at birth. Gender diverse youth will bear the entire burden of that speculation.
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BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
June 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Powerful excerpt:
“Intentionally or not, the Ban will signal that there is something wrong with or suspect about having a gender identity that is different than the sex you were assigned at birth. Gender diverse youth will bear the entire burden of that speculation.
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“Intentionally or not, the Ban will signal that there is something wrong with or suspect about having a gender identity that is different than the sex you were assigned at birth. Gender diverse youth will bear the entire burden of that speculation.
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It’s only the start of Pride Season. We go all summer. 🌈
June 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s only the start of Pride Season. We go all summer. 🌈
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Donate to Skipping Stone and Egale! The fight is far from over. This is only a temporary injunction.
June 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Donate to Skipping Stone and Egale! The fight is far from over. This is only a temporary injunction.
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BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
June 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
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Great news! 🎉🌈🏳️⚧️
BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
June 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Great news! 🎉🌈🏳️⚧️
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The US attacks on Iran breached international law www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Under the Geneva Convention of 1949 as modified in 1977, an attack on a nuclear installation that is not a power plant is illegal during war, but that is what the USA just did.
Under the Geneva Convention of 1949 as modified in 1977, an attack on a nuclear installation that is not a power plant is illegal during war, but that is what the USA just did.
The US attacks on Iran breached international law
It is worth noting these protocols this morning:
One key clause addresses the issue of attacking nuclear sites, and says:
Those looking for a let-out might claim section 2 of this Article provid...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The US attacks on Iran breached international law www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Under the Geneva Convention of 1949 as modified in 1977, an attack on a nuclear installation that is not a power plant is illegal during war, but that is what the USA just did.
Under the Geneva Convention of 1949 as modified in 1977, an attack on a nuclear installation that is not a power plant is illegal during war, but that is what the USA just did.
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Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
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One of the best characterizations of #longCOVID I’ve ever read and how it stems from a much greater pathology.
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One of the best characterizations of #longCOVID I’ve ever read and how it stems from a much greater pathology.
“I don’t know what the big deal is” is the long and the short of it.
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
May 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“I don’t know what the big deal is” is the long and the short of it.
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Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
May 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
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“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure
viktorkravchuk.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
For people living with #LongCovid who get questions from friends & family, save your energy and just send them this.
An excellent factsheet shared by University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Science Research Network for #COVID, in the Faculty of Medicine #LongCovid
Patient-Led Research Collaborative Launches Fact Sheet
rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca
April 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
For people living with #LongCovid who get questions from friends & family, save your energy and just send them this.
An excellent factsheet shared by University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Science Research Network for #COVID, in the Faculty of Medicine #LongCovid
Patient-Led Research Collaborative Launches Fact Sheet
rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An excellent factsheet shared by University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Science Research Network for #COVID, in the Faculty of Medicine #LongCovid
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Todd Davenport’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Todd Davenport’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
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Alice MacLean discusses people's experiences of attempts to return to work and school with Long COVID.
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
April 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Alice MacLean discusses people's experiences of attempts to return to work and school with Long COVID.
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
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Todd Davenport discusses Abnormal Post-Exertional Recovery in People Living with Long COVID: Insights from Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing at #COVIDRehab forum with @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Todd Davenport discusses Abnormal Post-Exertional Recovery in People Living with Long COVID: Insights from Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing at #COVIDRehab forum with @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
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Simon Décary’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Quebec implemented a 15-site integrated care model, delivering care to thousands of Long COVID patients from 2020-2025
📌 Quebec implemented a 15-site integrated care model, delivering care to thousands of Long COVID patients from 2020-2025
April 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Simon Décary’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Quebec implemented a 15-site integrated care model, delivering care to thousands of Long COVID patients from 2020-2025
📌 Quebec implemented a 15-site integrated care model, delivering care to thousands of Long COVID patients from 2020-2025
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Check me out on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.
They will be showing my video on my thoughts of Canada becoming the 51st State.
#Never51
#canada #keithmuise #canadian #trump #canadian #mentalhealth #newfoundland #teacher
They will be showing my video on my thoughts of Canada becoming the 51st State.
#Never51
#canada #keithmuise #canadian #trump #canadian #mentalhealth #newfoundland #teacher
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Check me out on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.
They will be showing my video on my thoughts of Canada becoming the 51st State.
#Never51
#canada #keithmuise #canadian #trump #canadian #mentalhealth #newfoundland #teacher
They will be showing my video on my thoughts of Canada becoming the 51st State.
#Never51
#canada #keithmuise #canadian #trump #canadian #mentalhealth #newfoundland #teacher
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What you're seeing are wet microbursts—intense downdrafts from thunderstorms that slam rain into the ground, creating those stunning lobes. Like a reverse explosion from the sky. Captured in Perth, #Australia
April 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What you're seeing are wet microbursts—intense downdrafts from thunderstorms that slam rain into the ground, creating those stunning lobes. Like a reverse explosion from the sky. Captured in Perth, #Australia
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PolyBio: 'Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation donation expands PolyBio Long COVID program'
'Funds will support exploration of SARS-CoV-2’s potential to drive cancer, as well as continued work delineating persistence of the virus in LC tissue, including therapies..'
polybio.org/chan-soon-sh...
'Funds will support exploration of SARS-CoV-2’s potential to drive cancer, as well as continued work delineating persistence of the virus in LC tissue, including therapies..'
polybio.org/chan-soon-sh...
Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation donation expands PolyBio Long COVID program - PolyBio Research Foundation
Funds will support exploration of SARS-CoV-2’s potential to drive cancer, as well as continued work delineating persistence of the virus in...
polybio.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
PolyBio: 'Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation donation expands PolyBio Long COVID program'
'Funds will support exploration of SARS-CoV-2’s potential to drive cancer, as well as continued work delineating persistence of the virus in LC tissue, including therapies..'
polybio.org/chan-soon-sh...
'Funds will support exploration of SARS-CoV-2’s potential to drive cancer, as well as continued work delineating persistence of the virus in LC tissue, including therapies..'
polybio.org/chan-soon-sh...
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"The COVID-conscious people have not abandoned science, It’s the opposite: They’ve come to think that science has abandoned them."
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The COVID-conscious people have not abandoned science, It’s the opposite: They’ve come to think that science has abandoned them."
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that