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Chantzy
@chantzy.bsky.social
16K followers 610 following 3.6K posts
Science communicator & writer ✍🏼 🧬
MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM
Activist
Croissant maker 🥐
📍Vancouver, BC

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This checks! 🎯
Threads post by cspenn "Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines"
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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In my lone masker era 💅🏻😷
Photo inside building downtown with red heart print white dress, black head strap zimi mask and sweater
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected

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Ottawa citizen screenshot of headline from Nov 18 - sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Oh and here's 5 because this site only allows posting 4 photos at a time lol. My favourite is #4 but they are all good
Netflix-style Alice Wong cartoon: me in wheel chair with blue blouse and breathing device , holding hands with a date who’s clearly on her team. Caption: "Be their co-conspirator. Let the disabled person take the lead in dealing with ableist assholes. Dismantle all the fuckery by their side"
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Love this IG slideshow Alice Wong created with the hrnetflix show on How to be a Non Ableist dater - she consulted on the character "Alice" 💜
Alice Wong–style Netflix cartoon - disabled woman in blue blouse in a wheelchair with assisted breathing device beside a smiling friend in teal shirt and coat. Caption says ‘Presume competence. Don't make snap judgments about how a person learns, behaves, moves or talks" Netflix-style Alice Wong cartoon of a disabled woman with breathing device at a restaurant, sipping wine with a sly smile. Caption reads ‘Access is sexy. There's nothing hotter than someone who wants to be with you anyhow, anytime, anywhere" Netflix-style Alice Wong inspired cartoon character in wheelchair with blue shirt and breathing device, flanked by two chaotic monster-date creatures. Caption: ‘Free your mind. Let go of heteronormative conventions of intimacy and dating. Be creative& burn down the patriarchy" Alice Wong–style Netflix cartoon of a first date with brunette man. Woman in blue blouse with breathing device, glass of wine, and fries, listening while date talks. Caption: ‘Don’t treat a first date as an interview. Let the person share as much or as little as they want about their life, especially about their disability"
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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💯 I've never understood this. Also a I'm neurodivergent, so never masked because "others do" - I just followed the science from day 1
Post on Threads from user sapphicfashionn - "it's so interesting to me when people accuse maskers of "virtue signalling" because they're just telling on themselves imo. What they're really saying is that they only used to mask when it was popular because they wanted to look like they were doing the right thing too.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Yes, well said. Sharing here too
Post by Doctor James Throt on X "There's a difference between lifelong neurodivergence and acquired neurological injury from a virus. One is an identity. The other is harm. Saying "SARS-CoV-2 brain damage may be reshaping society" is not ableist. It's morally urgent. 17/07/2025
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Pumpkin scones with brown butter maple glaze. Last of the fall baking 🍂 before my annual holiday baking begins
Flat lay photo of six thick triangular cut scones on a baking pan lined with parchment. They are topped with drippy brown butter maple glaze
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Narrator: "Anti leaf blower's immune system did not, in fact, deal well with it"
Ableist walnut proudly boasts about personal risk calculus formula of only masking when feeling vulnerable or in a small waiting room, not giving a flying fuck about anyone else's risk
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Looks like he forgot to mention Covid. Oops, what a surprise
Screenshot of a Tweet from Covid minimizer Ashish Jha "Saying this again Line between chronic disease & infectious disease is artificial HPV causes cervical cancer Increasingly looks like EBV may cause Multiple Sclerosis or even Lupus We need to refocus on new vaccines to prevent or even treat many chronic diseases"
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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@leslieleeiii.bsky.social was one of my favourite voices on Covid & I'm devastated to hear about his passing. A brilliant writer and ally. Incredible loss for our community 💔
Tweet from Leslie's spouse "Please read. -YB. All proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to cover funeral costs and as temporary replacement of loss of income" It goes to post a screenshot of text "This is YB, @stuffhedoes Leslie's spouse. I am sad to share with you the tragic news of his passing on Monday, November 10th, aged 43. Leslie Lee Ill was a beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, and friend. He left us much too soon. I appreciate your kindness at this time, while we process our grief. If you wish, you can donate directly to his gofundme linked in his profile, any later news I will post from this account. A private service for family is being held this week with a memorial service to be held at a later date in NYC. He was to me, my everything. He was an advocate for others with Long COVID. He was an amazing writer and passionate podcaster."
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
Screenshot from COPE with a quote from Kevin Sim "Well that was an awesome waste of time. Anyone day in paradise"
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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New desk plant in memory of Steven, who believed every desk deserved a bit of green.

He left this world far too young. We met when we were both on the same small comms team at TELUS. Learned so much from him. I’ll miss his humour the most 🌿

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An anthurium plant with dark green heart-shaped leaves and several pink, waxy flowers on a wooden surface in warm indoor light wrapped in red ombré foil
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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14-year old made delicious salt buns 💗 (she says they are a fusion of croissants & dinner rolls)
Homemade salt buns on a wire rack with a grey tea towel underneath
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Great example of an overly
sensationalist media headline based one one preprint with spurious methods

(Tl;dr No causal link has yet been found between melatonin and heart failure)
People headline: melatonin linked to 90% higher risk of heart failure
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Just sayin'
Colourful blue, yellow and red banner that says "N95 Masks in healthcare" in the Mamdani campaign font and style
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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More from Drs. Hall and Clarke at the 3rd Canadian Symposium on long Covid. At the very end, clean air & masks are mentioned as part of the prevention
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Long Covid is common - ~1 in 5 people have it, and it's on the rise. Reinfections add to the burden. It's the most common chronic condition in children.

Actual coverage on this at last from CBC
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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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

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CNN article titled "young children really are the germiest" With aillustration of a side profile of a teal face and purple germs moving down nasal passage
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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At the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver today where Maria Van Kerkhove emphasized that COVID is not over
Selfie at event wearing a brown short dress, white suit jacket badge and head strap black zimi mask (yay!) Maria Van Kerkove speaks at the Global Health Security Forum on global warming and the increased risk for pathogens with pandemic potential (background slide) A presentation slide titled "Learning from the devastating effect of COVID-19 & other emergencies" summarizing the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple sectors. -Health: Over 20 million estimated deaths. -Economy: $16 trillion in estimated revenue losses in international sectors -Education: 1.6 billion students out of school. -Climate: 30% reduction in investment in clean energy transition. -Poverty: 135 mil people pushed to poverty by 2030 Delicious hot dog on outdoor bench with copious amounts of mustard, ketchup, vegan mayo, pickled jalapeño and most importantly - parsley 🌿
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Do you feel like the only one who still wears a mask at home in 2025 when people are still sick? Well guess what? You're in good company - thank you, Christina Applegate!
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Ohh this looks like a fun event, Vancouver. Count me in. Masks required 👏🏼
Colorful bright yellow poster advertising Dead Poets Reading Series - Nov 16, 3-4:45pm with masks required Four speakers: Justyna Kroll, Betsy Warland, Cabil Martinez, Kyle McKillop
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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September 1990 - despite almost a decade of AIDS activism and tens of thousands of deaths, citizen activists are still accused of 'social hysteria'
Archived NYT op Ed story from September 1990 by James Brudner, analyst at the City of New York and member of ACT Up: "RECENTLY, AIDS activists have come under attack from individuals within the medical research establishment and on Capitol Hill. Dismissing legitimate criticism of AIDS research as "social hysteria," these members of the medical and policy establishment question the validity of any analysis by nonscientists. They allege AIDS research is siphoning off funds that could be used to fight other diseases. In doing so, they ignore mounting evidence that the research establishment is failing in its effort to combat AIDS, as a Presidential commission recently concluded. They also distort and trivialize the activist agenda."
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Whoever runs Stats Can's social media has a good sense of humour 🎃
Stats Canada post on LinkedIn showing a Halloween costume of a nerdy statistician that includes: laptop covered in sticky notes, spreadsheet with too many tabs, dataset named final_final_v3.xlsx, regression that won't converge, Cold coffee, and extistential crisis over p values
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm

One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today

Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Hamilton Spectator article titled "minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm" with photo of crowded indoor space and people in medical and respirator masks
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM