m
@ticwriter.bsky.social
Techie writer by day, friendly doomer by night (with a little drumming, bass, and horror movies to maintain sanity). Also happily married and a pet dad. If you think the covid pandemic is over, you probably won't like my posts.
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It's not amnesia. It's reality avoidance and, in many cases, willful ignorance
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Nature - Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's not amnesia. It's reality avoidance and, in many cases, willful ignorance
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🫠 WELP. Public health is dead and buried. Congrats everyone! Xoxo
Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🫠 WELP. Public health is dead and buried. Congrats everyone! Xoxo
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 117 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.5 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.8 x higher
-Deaths: 13.9 x higher
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 117 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.5 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.8 x higher
-Deaths: 13.9 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. Newfoundland & Labrador's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 10.1
About 1 of every 117 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 7,100-9,800
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; 6.5X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 9.8X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 13.9X 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/bafkreibtlhj3p73v57tkwhjbwzwd4vy4verlsrdrywo2odtyzbwlwdj3v4@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 117 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.5 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.8 x higher
-Deaths: 13.9 x higher
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 117 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 6.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.5 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.8 x higher
-Deaths: 13.9 x higher
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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
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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.
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
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 3:46 PM
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.
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.
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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
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
June 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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
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
"I reached out to Isaac Bogoch" is immediately disqualifying.
After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"I reached out to Isaac Bogoch" is immediately disqualifying.
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"None of our rehabilitation approaches to treatment for cognitive Long COVID proved to be effective."
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
recovercovid.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"None of our rehabilitation approaches to treatment for cognitive Long COVID proved to be effective."
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
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It doesn't have to be this way. This is the time of year the minimizers come out & tell us we should normalize our kids being sick 8+ times a year
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/h...
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It doesn't have to be this way. This is the time of year the minimizers come out & tell us we should normalize our kids being sick 8+ times a year
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/h...
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You think you're better?! You're using the past tense, but the Covid pandemic is current and now! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
The pandemic was a mass-disabling event and one of the reasons it has largely vanished from day to day political discourse is that those in power don't want to acknowledge the long term care needs it produced.
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
You think you're better?! You're using the past tense, but the Covid pandemic is current and now! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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COVID-19 remains unrecognised as an occupational illness in Ireland. The argument is that it's too difficult to prove an infection source, as COVID-19 is so pervasive in our communities. This is an admission of failure and not a justifiable excuse. #cleantheair #cleanairforall
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
COVID-19 remains unrecognised as an occupational illness in Ireland. The argument is that it's too difficult to prove an infection source, as COVID-19 is so pervasive in our communities. This is an admission of failure and not a justifiable excuse. #cleantheair #cleanairforall
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This applies to every single one of you ableist fuckshits sharing that study that apparently conflates the brain damage Covid infected babies have with autism.
For shame.
Autism is *not* brain damage. Their brain damage is *not* autism and you are promoting eugenics for autistic people. #Covid
For shame.
Autism is *not* brain damage. Their brain damage is *not* autism and you are promoting eugenics for autistic people. #Covid
Research is going to be problematic if you don't include the community, our perspectives, and our priorities! The best autism research is being done by autistic researchers or by people who are working with the autistic community. 4/
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This applies to every single one of you ableist fuckshits sharing that study that apparently conflates the brain damage Covid infected babies have with autism.
For shame.
Autism is *not* brain damage. Their brain damage is *not* autism and you are promoting eugenics for autistic people. #Covid
For shame.
Autism is *not* brain damage. Their brain damage is *not* autism and you are promoting eugenics for autistic people. #Covid
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lol it’s once again Canadian Patient Safety Week and yet hospitals and healthcare facilities and leadership across Canada all pretend that COVID is not predominantly airborne, which causes vast harm to patients because effective protections are not in place.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
lol it’s once again Canadian Patient Safety Week and yet hospitals and healthcare facilities and leadership across Canada all pretend that COVID is not predominantly airborne, which causes vast harm to patients because effective protections are not in place.
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Six years...
lol it’s once again Canadian Patient Safety Week and yet hospitals and healthcare facilities and leadership across Canada all pretend that COVID is not predominantly airborne, which causes vast harm to patients because effective protections are not in place.
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Six years...
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If you're going to volunteer at a food bank because of the current times, please consider wearing a mask when helping distributing food. Even if they're not wearing a mask themselves, poor people have enough to deal with right now, getting an infectious disease just adds to the burden.
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're going to volunteer at a food bank because of the current times, please consider wearing a mask when helping distributing food. Even if they're not wearing a mask themselves, poor people have enough to deal with right now, getting an infectious disease just adds to the burden.
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Its fucking covid
Wear s fucking mask
Wear s fucking mask
Strokes can happen at any age: knowing the signs and acting fast is crucial
Treating a stroke is a race against time because the longer the brain is starved of blood and oxygen, the more brain cells die.
www.1news.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Its fucking covid
Wear s fucking mask
Wear s fucking mask
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Most people read posts like this and privately think, "kids being disabled by a virus is fine if things still look normal to me. I'm ok with that, I'm willing to make that trade on their behalf."
Yes.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Most people read posts like this and privately think, "kids being disabled by a virus is fine if things still look normal to me. I'm ok with that, I'm willing to make that trade on their behalf."
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Yes.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yes.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
Yes kids should be wearing masks in schools and being given cleaner air.
Those masks should be comfy and cheap.
Why?
Because kids are getting sick with a disease that we know very little about, and what we do know, is looking problematic.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yet the Conservative leader in NL does not believe NL is impacted by climate change.
Yet the Conservative leader in NL does not believe NL is impacted by climate change.
Extreme drought conditions leave N.L. homesteader adapting to a lower water supply | CBC News
It’s mid-October and a Southern Shore homesteader says his well is near ground-level. Steve McBride says he moved to N.L. 12 years ago because he thought it would be less affected by climate change th...
www.cbc.ca
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yet the Conservative leader in NL does not believe NL is impacted by climate change.
Yet the Conservative leader in NL does not believe NL is impacted by climate change.
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Zero. I’ve looked.
It was made up in 2021.
This the first article I could ever find that mentions it:
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
It was made up in 2021.
This the first article I could ever find that mentions it:
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Post-Covid-19, World Risks Having to Pay Off ‘Immunity Debt’
Many people had little exposure to common viruses during social distancing, meaning bugs could spread more quickly once countries reopen.
www.wsj.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Zero. I’ve looked.
It was made up in 2021.
This the first article I could ever find that mentions it:
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
It was made up in 2021.
This the first article I could ever find that mentions it:
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
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Hear me out on this one, but maybe this really means that we're not "post-pandemic"
Post-Pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Post-Pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Post-Pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits
Well after the United States government declared the pandemic emergency over, COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences
ysph.yale.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Hear me out on this one, but maybe this really means that we're not "post-pandemic"
Post-Pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Post-Pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Do what you can to avoid spreading sickness to people...EXCEPT MASKING IN PUBLIC SPACES, OF COURSE!
yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Do what you can to avoid spreading sickness to people...EXCEPT MASKING IN PUBLIC SPACES, OF COURSE!
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The mindless millions believe that the pandemic of Covid-19 is over.
The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.
The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.
The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.
#COVID19
The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.
The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.
The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.
#COVID19
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The mindless millions believe that the pandemic of Covid-19 is over.
The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.
The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.
The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.
#COVID19
The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.
The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.
The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.
#COVID19