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Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast BC

Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidence-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19 since Feb 2020.

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Initial Signatories required for
a CDN Gov Petition to Clean Indoor Air in Canada

I need the legal names and email addresses of approximately ten CDN citizens to post the petition for online distribution and digital signatures. DM me. Thank you! Please share.
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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We are getting reports of cough and sore throat on Vancouver Island, indicating the COVID XFG Stratus variant. Also showed an early uptick on cough radar. Previous infections recently in the US and here did not show this. Now up in Gibsons, much more in Dallas, they start school Aug 12th
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Why Awe Might Be Our Most Undervalued Emotion

Article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/why-awe-mi...
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...

#Awe #Psychology #Neuroscience #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #WellBeing #Resilience #BrainScience #SelfTranscendence #DeepThoughts #Podcast #HelioxPodcast
June 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Mom, the Algorithm Will See You Now: Predicting Postpartum Depression

Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/mom-the-al...

#PostpartumDepression #MaternalMentalHealth #PPD
June 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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HELIOX: WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Lost Mobility: The Prison You Don't See Coming
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/lost-mobil...

#QualityOfLife #HealthTech #Mobility #WearableTech #DigitalHealth #HealthInformatics #WellnessTracking
May 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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HELIOX Podcast - Where Evidence Meets Empoathy

The Baby's Grave in a Medieval Brothel: A Radical Act Of Love

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@HelioxPodcast
Substack: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-babys-...
Podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...

#MedievalBrothels #MedievalSexWorkers
May 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Reading for Happiness: Bibliotherap
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/reading-fo...

#Bibliotherapy #MentalHealthSupport #ReadingAsTherapy #TherapeuticStories #EmotionalLiteracy #HealingNarratives
May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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What is the risk of bird flu becoming a pandemic?

The reasonable estimate by @dr_kkjetelina as of March 1st, 2025.

Since November 2024, we have been experiencing transmission in pigs; however, it has not been sustained yet.

#H5N1 #BirdFlu
May 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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THE PIGMENTS THAT BUILT EMPIRES
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-pigmen...

Purple wool was a luxury so extreme that it warped entire economies and ecosystems.

#HistoryOfPigments #TyrianPurple #LapisLazuli #AncientDyes #ColorScience #IndigoDye
May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The Medical Research Gap That's Literally Killing Women
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-medica...

#WomensHealthResearch, #MedicalSexism, #HealthcareEquity, #ClinicalTrialBias, #MedicalEthics, #GenderMedicine, #ResearchGap
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
When Ancient Engineers Weaponized Physics
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/when-ancie...

#AncientWeaponry #SiegeEngines #Catapults #MilitaryEngineering #TrebuchetPhysics #WeaponScience #HistoricalMechanics
May 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Fractals Connect Everything from Your Heartbeat to the Cosmos
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/fractals-c...

#Fractals #MathAndNature #ComplexSystems #SelfSimilarity #FractalArt #MandelbrotSet #ChaosTheory
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Neuroaesthetics: Why Art Moves Us
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/neuroaesth...

What if our responses to art and beauty aren't simply subjective whims but are rooted in universal patterns of brain activity?
May 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY

Bringing Back the Dead: Facial Reconstruction
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com

It's not perfect. But it's getting remarkably close. They become a person who lived, breathed, thought, and felt, who had family....
May 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Optics in the Renaissance www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/optics-in-...

Complex problems don't respect boundaries between disciplines. Yet institutions remain stubbornly siloed. Leonardo would find this absurd.
May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Fragrance Has Shaped Human Society 
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-scent-...

The history of perfume hows how the powerful have always controlled sensory experiences as a form of social stratification.
May 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
A History of Timekeeping
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/a-history-...

Our ancestors tracking lunar cycles, noting solstices, predicting floods—weren't just being practical. Their survival depended on it.
May 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
A Covid-19 Beginner's Guide for 2025
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/a-covid-19...

It's 2025, and we're pretending the pandemic is over.
The science tells a much darker story.
April 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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HELIOX - Where Evidence Meets Empathy

The Roman Empire's Brutal Entertainment Industry
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com.

Lion's teeth marks on skeletons in British graves tell a bloody story of Roman Britain that changes everything we knew.
April 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY

Re-Enchantment: 24 Hours of Solitude
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/re-enchant...

Our pathological aversion to boredom let's us forget that it is the doorway to creativity, self-knowledge, and perception.
April 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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HELIOX Podcast- Where Evidence Meets Empathy
The Invisible Pandemic: The 2025 Science Digest on (Long) COVID
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-invisi...

They told us that once you recover, you're fine.
They were wrong.
April 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
The Net Zero Delusion: Why Corporate Climate Strategies Are Failing
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-net-ze...

Something is deeply broken in how we approach this existential challenge, from an inside view.
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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HELIOX - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
The Vanishing Men: Yours In Health But Not In Sickness
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788
Article helioxpodcast.substack.com

A new study is revealing an unsettling truth: in serious illness, women are far more likely to find themselves alone than men.
April 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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HELIOX Podcast - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
The Kids Are Not Alright: Re-infections' Long Shadow
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: article helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-kids-a...

We thought it was mild in children, a stark underestimation of the real, profound impact.
April 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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HELIOX Podcast - WHERE EVIDENCE MEETS EMPATHY
Witch Hunts: True Origins & Myths
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com

They are not a relic of a superstitious past; they were/are a brutal tool wielded in times of social and economic breakdown, upheaval, and fear.
April 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM