NoirKat
@noircats.bsky.social
Just trying to make a positive difference in this world.
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Superb work from Blueprint Biosecurity here:
💡The first release of our far-UVC Blueprint is here💡
Two years in the making, the report contains a highly comprehensive overview of this promising technology for combatting airborne disease.
More than just a resource, it's a plan for advancing far-UVC.
blueprintbiosecurity.org/far-uvc-prep...
Two years in the making, the report contains a highly comprehensive overview of this promising technology for combatting airborne disease.
More than just a resource, it's a plan for advancing far-UVC.
blueprintbiosecurity.org/far-uvc-prep...
June 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Superb work from Blueprint Biosecurity here:
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What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself.
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Long-term neurological and cognitive impact of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis in over 4 million patients - BMC Neurology
Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms emerged early in the COVID-19 pandemic as a key feature of the virus, with research confirming a range of neuropsychiatric manifestations linked to acute SARS-CoV-...
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself.
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Many COVID patients needed 9 months to regain baseline well-being, study suggests.
"Findings showed health professionals need to pay more attention to patients’ mental well-being after a COVID-19 infection and offer more resources to support both mental and physical recovery."
"Findings showed health professionals need to pay more attention to patients’ mental well-being after a COVID-19 infection and offer more resources to support both mental and physical recovery."
Many COVID patients needed 9 months to regain baseline well-being, study suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
June 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Many COVID patients needed 9 months to regain baseline well-being, study suggests.
"Findings showed health professionals need to pay more attention to patients’ mental well-being after a COVID-19 infection and offer more resources to support both mental and physical recovery."
"Findings showed health professionals need to pay more attention to patients’ mental well-being after a COVID-19 infection and offer more resources to support both mental and physical recovery."
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I spoke with @nicireland.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social @globalnews.ca about what firing the ACIP means for both Americans and Canadians.
Spoiler alert: fewer vaccines for everyone.
globalnews.ca/news/1123540...
Spoiler alert: fewer vaccines for everyone.
globalnews.ca/news/1123540...
Canadian scientists raise concerns over RFK Jr. firing U.S. vaccine panel - National | Globalnews.ca
On Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will appoint new members to the scientific group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about vaccination.
globalnews.ca
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I spoke with @nicireland.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social @globalnews.ca about what firing the ACIP means for both Americans and Canadians.
Spoiler alert: fewer vaccines for everyone.
globalnews.ca/news/1123540...
Spoiler alert: fewer vaccines for everyone.
globalnews.ca/news/1123540...
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I am so glad the labourers went home early today with air pollution at 10. There is nothing productive about climate change, but we can capitalize on the good jobs and masses of work needed to transition to clean energy which is renewable and affordable! @calgaryclimatehub.ca @jvipondmd.bsky.social
Asthma is on the rise. Rates are soaring in the oil sands region: patients feel it, data confirms it. Canada’s new government must prioritize clean air and health equity. Read our op-ed in @TheHillTimes. Accessible only today! 🔗 loom.ly/rP6GcwU
#WorldAsthmaDay #OilSands
#WorldAsthmaDay #OilSands
Fighting for air: keeping health and justice at the forefront of Canadian environmental policy
The air we breathe is a shared resource, and in many ways each breath we take connects us to people across Canada.
loom.ly
June 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I am so glad the labourers went home early today with air pollution at 10. There is nothing productive about climate change, but we can capitalize on the good jobs and masses of work needed to transition to clean energy which is renewable and affordable! @calgaryclimatehub.ca @jvipondmd.bsky.social
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"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Here I am!"
Stuck in the middle with masking…
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Stuck in the middle with masking | BPS
Psychologist Dr Sean Mullen is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Here I am!"
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COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
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🚨Time to mask up! @abc7news.bsky.social reported on highly transmissible NB.1.8.1 that Stanford scientists have detected in wastewater samples. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Experts warned about serious outcomes & recommended getting a booster. abc7ne.ws/4jvJu6F
😷+💉+🔄+🧴 Layered approach is best.
😷+💉+🔄+🧴 Layered approach is best.
New contagious COVID-19 variant now circulating in CA, health experts warn: Here's what to know
Scientists at Stanford have detected a new COVID variant that experts say is already evident in wastewater samples in California, even as access to vaccines is restricted.
abc7ne.ws
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨Time to mask up! @abc7news.bsky.social reported on highly transmissible NB.1.8.1 that Stanford scientists have detected in wastewater samples. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Experts warned about serious outcomes & recommended getting a booster. abc7ne.ws/4jvJu6F
😷+💉+🔄+🧴 Layered approach is best.
😷+💉+🔄+🧴 Layered approach is best.
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"Ukrainian forces continue to hold the Russians off, and their resilience points to Kyiv’s growing autonomy from the United States," Nataliya Gumenyuk writes after embedding with three front-line brigades.
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
bit.ly
May 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Ukrainian forces continue to hold the Russians off, and their resilience points to Kyiv’s growing autonomy from the United States," Nataliya Gumenyuk writes after embedding with three front-line brigades.
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
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Grateful to have an audience with His Majesty King Charles III this afternoon.
Tomorrow, His Majesty will deliver the Speech from the Throne, nearly 70 years after Canada’s Sovereign first opened Parliament. It is an historic honour that matches the weight of our times.
Tomorrow, His Majesty will deliver the Speech from the Throne, nearly 70 years after Canada’s Sovereign first opened Parliament. It is an historic honour that matches the weight of our times.
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Grateful to have an audience with His Majesty King Charles III this afternoon.
Tomorrow, His Majesty will deliver the Speech from the Throne, nearly 70 years after Canada’s Sovereign first opened Parliament. It is an historic honour that matches the weight of our times.
Tomorrow, His Majesty will deliver the Speech from the Throne, nearly 70 years after Canada’s Sovereign first opened Parliament. It is an historic honour that matches the weight of our times.
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Group of virologists spanning over 40 countries warns the world is unprepared for an H5N1 pandemic, proposes 10-step preparation plan canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/05/10/p...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge
Leading virologists from 40 countries outline a plan for readying the world.
canadahealthwatch.ca
May 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Group of virologists spanning over 40 countries warns the world is unprepared for an H5N1 pandemic, proposes 10-step preparation plan canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/05/10/p...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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If anything, the real question isn’t whether Long Covid is real. It’s:
What the hell are we doing to stop the next wave of disability?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What the hell are we doing to stop the next wave of disability?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The risk of Long Covid symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies - Nature Communications
Estimating the risk of long COVID is challenging because many of its symptoms are associated with other conditions. Here, the authors conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that esti...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If anything, the real question isn’t whether Long Covid is real. It’s:
What the hell are we doing to stop the next wave of disability?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What the hell are we doing to stop the next wave of disability?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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We don't need anger. We need to build. #CanadaStrong
April 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We don't need anger. We need to build. #CanadaStrong
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Pope Francis dies aged 88
His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers
www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers
www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
Pope Francis dies aged 88
World leaders pay tribute to the Pope as a
www.bbc.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Pope Francis dies aged 88
His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers
www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers
www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
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There’s a measles outbreak. Kids are getting sick—and it’s completely preventable.
But the UCP is silencing health experts and letting ideology guide public health.
They won’t say it, so we will:
Get your kids vaccinated. It could save their lives. #abhealth
youtube.com/shorts/OSAen...
But the UCP is silencing health experts and letting ideology guide public health.
They won’t say it, so we will:
Get your kids vaccinated. It could save their lives. #abhealth
youtube.com/shorts/OSAen...
Get your kids vaccinated. It could save their lives.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There’s a measles outbreak. Kids are getting sick—and it’s completely preventable.
But the UCP is silencing health experts and letting ideology guide public health.
They won’t say it, so we will:
Get your kids vaccinated. It could save their lives. #abhealth
youtube.com/shorts/OSAen...
But the UCP is silencing health experts and letting ideology guide public health.
They won’t say it, so we will:
Get your kids vaccinated. It could save their lives. #abhealth
youtube.com/shorts/OSAen...
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Excellent op-ed on why Dr. Henry is not the right person for the next Chief Public Health Officer of Canada role 👏🏼
Cc.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @chiefscican.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w...
Cc.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @chiefscican.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w...
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Excellent op-ed on why Dr. Henry is not the right person for the next Chief Public Health Officer of Canada role 👏🏼
Cc.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @chiefscican.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w...
Cc.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @chiefscican.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w...
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Essential watch for Albertans.
Please share too.
Please share too.
April 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Essential watch for Albertans.
Please share too.
Please share too.
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⬇️ Must-read interview with Dr. Špela Šalamon, MD, a physician and biomedical scientist specializing in the genetics of complex and degenerative diseases.
“Organ and vascular damage without obvious symptoms…affects more than 50% of those infected.”
whn.global/five-years-o...
“Organ and vascular damage without obvious symptoms…affects more than 50% of those infected.”
whn.global/five-years-o...
Five Years of COVID: What Comes Next, Dr. Šalamon? - WHN
Originally published by Christian Klosz on Das Medium, this interview has been translated and republished with permission. Five years into the COVID-19 pandemic: What are the current challenges, what ...
whn.global
March 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
⬇️ Must-read interview with Dr. Špela Šalamon, MD, a physician and biomedical scientist specializing in the genetics of complex and degenerative diseases.
“Organ and vascular damage without obvious symptoms…affects more than 50% of those infected.”
whn.global/five-years-o...
“Organ and vascular damage without obvious symptoms…affects more than 50% of those infected.”
whn.global/five-years-o...
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Soooooo love these T-shirts!
All proceeds go to
#LongCOVID Families Inc.
Thank you @drseanmullen.bsky.social
👇🏼
www.bonfire.com/pandemic-isn...
All proceeds go to
#LongCOVID Families Inc.
Thank you @drseanmullen.bsky.social
👇🏼
www.bonfire.com/pandemic-isn...
April 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Soooooo love these T-shirts!
All proceeds go to
#LongCOVID Families Inc.
Thank you @drseanmullen.bsky.social
👇🏼
www.bonfire.com/pandemic-isn...
All proceeds go to
#LongCOVID Families Inc.
Thank you @drseanmullen.bsky.social
👇🏼
www.bonfire.com/pandemic-isn...