Rani
@rani-p.bsky.social
[Internally screaming since 2020]. Long suffering Toronto sports fan. Avid baker.
Mostly here to learn and share info about the virus-that-must-not-be-named. 😷
Mostly here to learn and share info about the virus-that-must-not-be-named. 😷
The United Nations just published this graph showing the ages of people killed in Gaza.
The base of this pyramid of death are babies and toddlers.
How can this be described as anything other than genocide?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
The base of this pyramid of death are babies and toddlers.
How can this be described as anything other than genocide?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
November 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
The United Nations just published this graph showing the ages of people killed in Gaza.
The base of this pyramid of death are babies and toddlers.
How can this be described as anything other than genocide?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
The base of this pyramid of death are babies and toddlers.
How can this be described as anything other than genocide?
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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My friend had the perfect New Year’s message for his FB friends
January 8, 2024 at 4:02 AM
My friend had the perfect New Year’s message for his FB friends
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OPINION: If Catholic trustees and teachers want to make a case for the survival of their publicly funded boards, they need to make it possible for all students to thrive, writs @ericalenti.com
Catholic schools still aren’t safe places for LGBTQ2S+ students in Ontario | TVO Today
OPINION: If Catholic trustees and teachers want to make a case for the survival of their publicly funded boards, they need to make it possible for all students to thrive.
amp.tvo.org
December 13, 2023 at 6:47 PM
OPINION: If Catholic trustees and teachers want to make a case for the survival of their publicly funded boards, they need to make it possible for all students to thrive, writs @ericalenti.com
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NEW COVID wastewater update from Biobot: Looks like we are near the peak.
The historical data shows we are in the second-largest wave since the start of the pandemic.
Currently in the US, ~1 in 23 are infectious with COVID, and there are ~2 million new infections a day.
The historical data shows we are in the second-largest wave since the start of the pandemic.
Currently in the US, ~1 in 23 are infectious with COVID, and there are ~2 million new infections a day.
January 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
NEW COVID wastewater update from Biobot: Looks like we are near the peak.
The historical data shows we are in the second-largest wave since the start of the pandemic.
Currently in the US, ~1 in 23 are infectious with COVID, and there are ~2 million new infections a day.
The historical data shows we are in the second-largest wave since the start of the pandemic.
Currently in the US, ~1 in 23 are infectious with COVID, and there are ~2 million new infections a day.
Even without fit testing, N95s reduced exhaled viral load by 98%
“…results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the community and healthcare-associated transmission risk is elevated.”
“…results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the community and healthcare-associated transmission risk is elevated.”
Important preprint here:
Relative Efficacy of Masks and Respirators as Source Control for Viral Aerosol Shedding from People Infected with SARS-CoV-2: A Human Controlled Trial
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Relative Efficacy of Masks and Respirators as Source Control for Viral Aerosol Shedding from People Infected with SARS-CoV-2: A Human Controlled Trial
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Even without fit testing, N95s reduced exhaled viral load by 98%
“…results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the community and healthcare-associated transmission risk is elevated.”
“…results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the community and healthcare-associated transmission risk is elevated.”
COVID minimizers be like:
can’t stop thinking about how UK markets have an extra mild variant of old el paso products
January 10, 2024 at 9:18 PM
COVID minimizers be like:
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A typical 1-liter bottle of water contains some 240,000 previously undetected plastic fragments, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, suggesting that health concerns linked to plastic pollution may be dramatically underestimated. Read: trib.al/X9YVEOx
January 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM
A typical 1-liter bottle of water contains some 240,000 previously undetected plastic fragments, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, suggesting that health concerns linked to plastic pollution may be dramatically underestimated. Read: trib.al/X9YVEOx
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If you do test positive for COVID-19 or suspect you might be infected, the Salisbury Hospital advises that mouth/oral care is very important as research has demonstrated the mouth is a reservoir for the virus and a site where it replicates. 13/
January 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
If you do test positive for COVID-19 or suspect you might be infected, the Salisbury Hospital advises that mouth/oral care is very important as research has demonstrated the mouth is a reservoir for the virus and a site where it replicates. 13/
Why are we getting so sick in Alberta?
“We failed to implement some basic learnings of the pandemic like improving indoor air quality, using HEPA in classrooms, implementing masks voluntarily in a high respiratory season.”
Also suggests coinfections with Covid are making us more ill and for longer
“We failed to implement some basic learnings of the pandemic like improving indoor air quality, using HEPA in classrooms, implementing masks voluntarily in a high respiratory season.”
Also suggests coinfections with Covid are making us more ill and for longer
Why are we getting so sick in Alberta? | CityNews Calgary
Repeated and prolonged illnesses are common occurrences in Alberta these days, which begs the question: Why are we getting so sick?
calgary.citynews.ca
January 7, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Why are we getting so sick in Alberta?
“We failed to implement some basic learnings of the pandemic like improving indoor air quality, using HEPA in classrooms, implementing masks voluntarily in a high respiratory season.”
Also suggests coinfections with Covid are making us more ill and for longer
“We failed to implement some basic learnings of the pandemic like improving indoor air quality, using HEPA in classrooms, implementing masks voluntarily in a high respiratory season.”
Also suggests coinfections with Covid are making us more ill and for longer
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Canadian health care in 2024 is literally held together with duct tape.
This was predictable and HCWs have NOT been quiet.
Yet regardless, continual resource restrictions over decades plus the deliberate "let 'er rip" policies since 2022 led us here. 👇
www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-dee...
This was predictable and HCWs have NOT been quiet.
Yet regardless, continual resource restrictions over decades plus the deliberate "let 'er rip" policies since 2022 led us here. 👇
www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-dee...
Red Deer ER uses tarps secured with duct tape to create more space for patients
Red Deer ER crammed beyond capacity
www.reddeeradvocate.com
January 7, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Canadian health care in 2024 is literally held together with duct tape.
This was predictable and HCWs have NOT been quiet.
Yet regardless, continual resource restrictions over decades plus the deliberate "let 'er rip" policies since 2022 led us here. 👇
www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-dee...
This was predictable and HCWs have NOT been quiet.
Yet regardless, continual resource restrictions over decades plus the deliberate "let 'er rip" policies since 2022 led us here. 👇
www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-dee...
This article should come with a high blood pressure warning
An early contender for the worst Covid article of 2024.
Are We Thinking of Virus Symptoms Wrongly? Suffering through mild Covid, flu, RSV, or cold symptoms can be restorative. | Psychology Today
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
Are We Thinking of Virus Symptoms Wrongly? Suffering through mild Covid, flu, RSV, or cold symptoms can be restorative. | Psychology Today
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
Are We Thinking of Virus Symptoms Wrongly?
Suffering through mild Covid, flu, RSV, or cold symptoms can be restorative.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 7, 2024 at 1:43 PM
This article should come with a high blood pressure warning
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When I was a young lass, going to Best Buy was a family event. Film classics galore! Fortunately, the Everything Must Suck Act of 2012 cannot steal my beautiful memories.
Best Buy is halting all sales of physical DVDs and Blu-ray discs in 2024 — both in-store and online
Best Buy stops all physical DVD sales in 2024
Best Buy has confirmed that they will halt all physical DVD sales in 2024. Read here for more information on the new sales strategy.
consequence.net
January 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
When I was a young lass, going to Best Buy was a family event. Film classics galore! Fortunately, the Everything Must Suck Act of 2012 cannot steal my beautiful memories.
April 2020 — painfully prophetic
“What’s about to be unleashed…will be the greatest campaign ever to get you to feel normal again. It’ll come from brands, government, even each other & will come from the left & the right. We’ll do, spend, believe anything to take away how uncomfortable this feels.”
“What’s about to be unleashed…will be the greatest campaign ever to get you to feel normal again. It’ll come from brands, government, even each other & will come from the left & the right. We’ll do, spend, believe anything to take away how uncomfortable this feels.”
Prepare For The Ultimate Gaslighting
We are, as a society, now vulnerable in a whole new way, writes Julio Vincent Gambuto. But what the trauma has shown us cannot be unseen.
www.wbur.org
January 7, 2024 at 5:15 AM
April 2020 — painfully prophetic
“What’s about to be unleashed…will be the greatest campaign ever to get you to feel normal again. It’ll come from brands, government, even each other & will come from the left & the right. We’ll do, spend, believe anything to take away how uncomfortable this feels.”
“What’s about to be unleashed…will be the greatest campaign ever to get you to feel normal again. It’ll come from brands, government, even each other & will come from the left & the right. We’ll do, spend, believe anything to take away how uncomfortable this feels.”
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If you are in Canada and want N95s for your kids (or yourself) but they are financially out of reach, you can get them FREE from @donatemask.bsky.social.
This is also a fantastic charity to give to or to buy your masks from.
We keep each other safe!!
#CovidIsNotOver
#WearARespirator
This is also a fantastic charity to give to or to buy your masks from.
We keep each other safe!!
#CovidIsNotOver
#WearARespirator
January 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
If you are in Canada and want N95s for your kids (or yourself) but they are financially out of reach, you can get them FREE from @donatemask.bsky.social.
This is also a fantastic charity to give to or to buy your masks from.
We keep each other safe!!
#CovidIsNotOver
#WearARespirator
This is also a fantastic charity to give to or to buy your masks from.
We keep each other safe!!
#CovidIsNotOver
#WearARespirator
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“Whatever your political thinking or religious background, the loss of civilians & children, dying every day, is just wrong. There should be a different way to solve problems than the bombardment of civilians.” #IsraelHamasWar www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
'It was heartbreaking': Canadian trauma surgeon describes scenes in Gaza hospital
Al-Kassem, chief surgeon at Norfolk General Hospital and West Haldimand General Hospital south of Hamilton, was one of half a dozen Canadian and American doctors who entered Gaza on Christmas
www.thestar.com
January 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM
“Whatever your political thinking or religious background, the loss of civilians & children, dying every day, is just wrong. There should be a different way to solve problems than the bombardment of civilians.” #IsraelHamasWar www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
My chili peppers? Red hot
My pumpkins? Smashing.
My heat? Hot hot
January 6, 2024 at 7:30 AM
My chili peppers? Red hot
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We know COVID is airborne. We know what airborne infection control looks like. But we’re so committed to the “back to normal” delusion, we’re refusing to implement it in hospitals - and killing patients
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Hospitals are killing patients because they don't feel like doing infection control
We now know COVID is fully airborne. We also know how to control airborne disease. So why are vulnerable people still dying of hospital-acquired COVID?
thegauntlet.substack.com
August 23, 2023 at 2:32 PM
We know COVID is airborne. We know what airborne infection control looks like. But we’re so committed to the “back to normal” delusion, we’re refusing to implement it in hospitals - and killing patients
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
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According to the latest CDC COVID-19 wastewater data, we are currently in the second-biggest surge of the pandemic.
It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
January 2, 2024 at 11:21 PM
According to the latest CDC COVID-19 wastewater data, we are currently in the second-biggest surge of the pandemic.
It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
This is so cool, it really works!
As someone with severe nearsightedness, I wish more folks knew this trick. Focal point focusing using nature's camera obscura: Your hand. By squeezing your pointer finger in an okay-like hand position, you can generate a hole small enough that looking through helps akin to wearing glasses.
January 5, 2024 at 9:42 PM
This is so cool, it really works!