InspiredAquaCA
@inspiredaquaca.bsky.social
Parent. Scientist. #COVIDzero #VaccinePlus #CovidIsAirborne
For now, I'll still be active on Twitter, too, but gradually transferring over to here.
For now, I'll still be active on Twitter, too, but gradually transferring over to here.
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It's still bizarre that we can't get Novavax in Canada.
Cheaper, fewer side effects, at least as effective (if not moreso), provides an alternative for people who are averse to mRNA for any reason
Cheaper, fewer side effects, at least as effective (if not moreso), provides an alternative for people who are averse to mRNA for any reason
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It's still bizarre that we can't get Novavax in Canada.
Cheaper, fewer side effects, at least as effective (if not moreso), provides an alternative for people who are averse to mRNA for any reason
Cheaper, fewer side effects, at least as effective (if not moreso), provides an alternative for people who are averse to mRNA for any reason
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Why is the CBC using words like "execution?" This is irresponsible and inflammatory, at a time when CFIA officials are already being threatened with violence. This isn't cute.
Why is the CBC using words like "execution?" This is irresponsible and inflammatory, at a time when CFIA officials are already being threatened with violence. This isn't cute.
Supreme Court of Canada grants stay of execution for B.C. ostriches | CBC News
A B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-bird flock over an avian flu outbreak has been granted an interim stay order by the Supreme Court of Canada., delaying the execution of the birds...
www.cbc.ca
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Why is the CBC using words like "execution?" This is irresponsible and inflammatory, at a time when CFIA officials are already being threatened with violence. This isn't cute.
Why is the CBC using words like "execution?" This is irresponsible and inflammatory, at a time when CFIA officials are already being threatened with violence. This isn't cute.
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Why is the BC NDP picking favourites? Why is this industry deserving of tax credits but other industries are not? Why is an American corporation with a $38 billion market cap deserving of a tax break? What am I missing?
July 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Why is the BC NDP picking favourites? Why is this industry deserving of tax credits but other industries are not? Why is an American corporation with a $38 billion market cap deserving of a tax break? What am I missing?
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Health Minister Josie Osborne will provide an update on measles cases in BC tomorrow at 11AM #bcpoli
Last update was March 27 and feature PHO Bonnie Henry
Livestream link 👇
Last update was March 27 and feature PHO Bonnie Henry
Livestream link 👇
Ministry of Health - Measles Update
YouTube video by GovernmentofBC
youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Fyi to the COVID conscious community - looks like Amazon is selling Betadine again. I thought this had been discontinued. Good sale too.
(I don't usually buy from Amazon anymore but this is noteworthy because it's hard to find)
Fyi to the COVID conscious community - looks like Amazon is selling Betadine again. I thought this had been discontinued. Good sale too.
(I don't usually buy from Amazon anymore but this is noteworthy because it's hard to find)
Betadine Cold Defence Nasal Spray 20 milliliter
Cold treatment clinically proven to defend against colds. Clinically proven: to defend against colds. Don't just mask your symptoms with other cold & Flu products. Help treat the common cold by reducing the number of viruses with Betadine Cold defence.
a.co
July 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Fyi to the COVID conscious community - looks like Amazon is selling Betadine again. I thought this had been discontinued. Good sale too.
(I don't usually buy from Amazon anymore but this is noteworthy because it's hard to find)
Fyi to the COVID conscious community - looks like Amazon is selling Betadine again. I thought this had been discontinued. Good sale too.
(I don't usually buy from Amazon anymore but this is noteworthy because it's hard to find)
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The NDP fundraising off of Mamdani as if they wouldn't have run him out of the party like Sarah Jama or Anjali Appadurai, and as if they didn't explicitly remove "socialism" from the party constitution in 2013.
June 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The NDP fundraising off of Mamdani as if they wouldn't have run him out of the party like Sarah Jama or Anjali Appadurai, and as if they didn't explicitly remove "socialism" from the party constitution in 2013.
"a stark example of medical decision-making guided by political whim and not science"
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That sounds like the BC NDP way.
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That sounds like the BC NDP way.
“We now suffer the moral distress of being medical experts in this field who are essentially forced to be handmaidens to a government policy that will cause more death. And not just death in the abstract — death of people we personally know and have cared for for years.”
When Politicians Play Doctor, People Die | The Tyee
BC’s new rules on prescribed substitutes for toxic drugs open a dangerous door.
thetyee.ca
June 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"a stark example of medical decision-making guided by political whim and not science"
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That sounds like the BC NDP way.
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That sounds like the BC NDP way.
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There was an admission recently that ‘180,000’ deaths were down to lack of testing. Five years on and we have no clean air in healthcare and covid testing or in care homes. Over 2k British people have died again this year and few want to talk about it. It’s absolutely disgraceful.
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There was an admission recently that ‘180,000’ deaths were down to lack of testing. Five years on and we have no clean air in healthcare and covid testing or in care homes. Over 2k British people have died again this year and few want to talk about it. It’s absolutely disgraceful.
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Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Coquihalla Highway remains closed in both directions for sinkhole repair | Globalnews.ca
The Ministry of Transportation said crews are at the scene for an assessment and urgent repairs are needed to fix the sinkhole. There is no time of opening.
globalnews.ca
June 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
globalnews.ca/news/1121667...
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
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Why vaccination site matters for immune response
sciencemission.com/vaccination-...
“Those who received both doses in the same arm produced neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 significantly faster – within the first week after the second dose,”
sciencemission.com/vaccination-...
“Those who received both doses in the same arm produced neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 significantly faster – within the first week after the second dose,”
Why vaccination site matters for immune response
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May 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Scandalous: BC Won't Require Measles Vaccination for Schools via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools | The Tyee
As outbreaks grow, that's the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca
May 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Scandalous: BC Won't Require Measles Vaccination for Schools via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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Just a few moments that stuck out to me from today's #MillionsMissing rally in Vancouver:
Dr. Susan Kuo from @protectbc.bsky.social, describing how the burden of disease & disability for #LongCovid has surpassed cancer & heart disease, without any commensurate investment in research or care.
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Dr. Susan Kuo from @protectbc.bsky.social, describing how the burden of disease & disability for #LongCovid has surpassed cancer & heart disease, without any commensurate investment in research or care.
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May 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just a few moments that stuck out to me from today's #MillionsMissing rally in Vancouver:
Dr. Susan Kuo from @protectbc.bsky.social, describing how the burden of disease & disability for #LongCovid has surpassed cancer & heart disease, without any commensurate investment in research or care.
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Dr. Susan Kuo from @protectbc.bsky.social, describing how the burden of disease & disability for #LongCovid has surpassed cancer & heart disease, without any commensurate investment in research or care.
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It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
May 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
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A very well deserved award for Vancouver Coastal Health, who once complained I’d misinterpreted COVID cases data but refused to give me their more granular data set to be able to correct the story
Vancouver Coastal Health has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the municipal Code of Silence Award for its routine breaking of access to information laws during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s jury also agreed to bestow a dishonourable mention to the Region of Waterloo. caj.ca/news
May 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A very well deserved award for Vancouver Coastal Health, who once complained I’d misinterpreted COVID cases data but refused to give me their more granular data set to be able to correct the story
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lol THEY'RE THE WORST
Vancouver Coastal Health has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the municipal Code of Silence Award for its routine breaking of access to information laws during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s jury also agreed to bestow a dishonourable mention to the Region of Waterloo. caj.ca/news
May 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
lol THEY'RE THE WORST
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This is bad. And I know "now is not the time" but too bad I'm going there: the community called this.
Receipt in next post
This is bad. And I know "now is not the time" but too bad I'm going there: the community called this.
Receipt in next post
Derelict ferry moored offshore in Mission catches fire
Flames engulfed the old Queen of Sidney ferry, which was decommissioned in 2000.
vancouversun.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
vancouversun.com/news/derelic...
This is bad. And I know "now is not the time" but too bad I'm going there: the community called this.
Receipt in next post
This is bad. And I know "now is not the time" but too bad I'm going there: the community called this.
Receipt in next post
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
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Goddammit.
An RCT for a vaccine is a foolish and wasteful and useless activity.
Let’s be clear: this is the end run around vaccines. This is the anti-vax playbook. They want RCTs (which will necessarily cause harm since some people will get placebo and thus get sick) for all vaccines.
An RCT for a vaccine is a foolish and wasteful and useless activity.
Let’s be clear: this is the end run around vaccines. This is the anti-vax playbook. They want RCTs (which will necessarily cause harm since some people will get placebo and thus get sick) for all vaccines.
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Goddammit.
An RCT for a vaccine is a foolish and wasteful and useless activity.
Let’s be clear: this is the end run around vaccines. This is the anti-vax playbook. They want RCTs (which will necessarily cause harm since some people will get placebo and thus get sick) for all vaccines.
An RCT for a vaccine is a foolish and wasteful and useless activity.
Let’s be clear: this is the end run around vaccines. This is the anti-vax playbook. They want RCTs (which will necessarily cause harm since some people will get placebo and thus get sick) for all vaccines.
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Worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century as Alberta cases erupt edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... @edmontonjournal.com
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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This is not a failure of communication. It is a failure of public health leadership to understand, acknowledge, and follow science. That is not a communications problem. They have been told directly, many times, that N95s and clean indoor air are critical. They are willfully ignoring the science.
Hello? @cdcofbc.bsky.social ? Why are you advising healthcare workers to wash their hands to prevent measles? @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social - this is embarrassing. And deadly.
www.bccdc.ca/health-info/...
Anti-science Bonnie Henry has got to go 🤬
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Anti-science Bonnie Henry has got to go 🤬
April 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is not a failure of communication. It is a failure of public health leadership to understand, acknowledge, and follow science. That is not a communications problem. They have been told directly, many times, that N95s and clean indoor air are critical. They are willfully ignoring the science.
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Canadians call health Canada demand they ban US dairy products from Canada.
They are unsafe they’re not testing milk for quality or bird flu or disease.
#cdnpoli
They are unsafe they’re not testing milk for quality or bird flu or disease.
#cdnpoli
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
April 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Canadians call health Canada demand they ban US dairy products from Canada.
They are unsafe they’re not testing milk for quality or bird flu or disease.
#cdnpoli
They are unsafe they’re not testing milk for quality or bird flu or disease.
#cdnpoli
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Today Poilievre is in Richmond, BC - a municipality in Greater Vancouver. He said and I quote: "Residents are terrified to leave their homes."
There isn't a person in Canada who wouldn't want to be here, sun's out, cherry blossoms, people enjoying the day. He's such a clown.
There isn't a person in Canada who wouldn't want to be here, sun's out, cherry blossoms, people enjoying the day. He's such a clown.
April 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today Poilievre is in Richmond, BC - a municipality in Greater Vancouver. He said and I quote: "Residents are terrified to leave their homes."
There isn't a person in Canada who wouldn't want to be here, sun's out, cherry blossoms, people enjoying the day. He's such a clown.
There isn't a person in Canada who wouldn't want to be here, sun's out, cherry blossoms, people enjoying the day. He's such a clown.