@mswcreations
Medicine Song Woman. 🎤😷Indigenous Keynote Speaker/Singer, Hand Drummer. Long COVID, CFS/ME & CPTSD. GenX. Trauma-informed virtual circles and mentoring for COVID-conscious women. NO DMs without permission. https://medicinesongwoman.com 😷she/her
1/ Has life expectancy fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? In a new pre-print, we find that 31 of 34 high-income countries had still not returned to their expected life expectancy trajectories five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #demography
"Babies with COVID-19 develop more serious disease than those with RSV, US data reveal."
• Hospitalised children under 2 with COVID-19 had higher severe illness risk than RSV
• Ventilators: 39% of COVID ICU babies vs 16% with RSV
• Deaths: 2.9% COVID vs 0.4% RSV among hospitalised infants
This image shows gauges with the Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.5 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.0 New Brunswick: HIGH - 7.1 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.7 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.0 Ontario: HIGH - 7.7 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.9 Quebec: HIGH - 6.6 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 8.1 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB
HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL, PEI
About 1 in 99 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
The next virtual COVID-conscious circle is, well, technically TODAY since it's after midnight here. Wednesday March 4th at 7pm EST. PWYC.
En mars, @mswcreations.bsky.social organise trois événements virtuels pour les femmes qui sont conscientes de la COVID-19.
Ils auront de la musique autochtone en direct et des pratiques de pleine conscience.
Joignez-vous ici : medicinesongwoman.com/events
#maskup #CovidIsNotOver
Excellent. Disgusting that it's needed but hiy hiy. #Indigenous #Canada
I just signed a Leadnow petition: People Over Pipelines. Canadians, sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/pe... #cdnpoli #Canada
Ohhh no. I'm in London. My daughter has been using the bus to travel to Toronto airport from here. She won't carry my Aranet4 so no idea how bad it is but thankful she's still masking up.
Yeah imagine these bus drivers, likely having already caught covid various times, driving in CO2-laden air for hundreds to thousands of miles. I can't imagine they're healthy. How could you be? 🤢
5000 CO2!!!!!!???? Worse than VIA Rail. Wow. But yeah you can't open the windows on those buses. At least local surface transit mostly has windows you can open. I've been in Ubers where they had recirc on and it was >3000 CO2 until I checked my Aranet4 & told them to turn it off. #COVIDisAirborne
"via tracker notifications." That's my point. I'm in a FB grp called "Beat Long COVID with a Smartwatch." I'm only one of 1000s getting HUGE benefit out of a smartwatch in mitigating PEM with Long COVID and/or MECFS. Notifs are just 1 of many ways to use devices to help mitigate PEM.
This small study deeply concerns me. It may cause #PwLC or #MECFS to stop or never try using a smartwatch to help them with their PEM. Sounds like the parameters for how participants were able to use their device were extremely limited. My devices and tracking help me tremendously. I have severe LC.
Let's call on Carney to Stop all Canadian arms and weapons contracts with ICE. Sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/no...
Illustrated, board-game-style poster about mask-wearing and COVID-19, designed like a Monopoly board with a pale green background, orange borders, and hand-drawn text. In the centre is a large yellow square reading: “WEARING A MASK IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.” Below it is a smaller card that reads: “NOT WEARING A MASK? IT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO CAUSE DIRECT HARM TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU.” Dice, a house, cards, and game tokens are scattered around the board to reinforce the board-game theme. Across the top are panels saying “DON’T GET COVID,” “IT BREAKS CHAINS OF INFECTION,” “MASK UP! BECAUSE,” “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BODY,” and “DON’T SPREAD COVID.” Down the left side are boxes stating “KILLING AND MAIMING OTHERS IS BAD,” “IT PROTECTS EXTRA VULNERABLE GROUPS LIKE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY,” “IT MAKES YOU A MORE EFFECTIVE ALLY TO THOSE IN NEED,” “COVID SPREAD IS CLASS WARFARE,” and “MEDICAL BILLS ARE EXPENSIVE.” The bottom left corner reads “PROTECT OTHERS.” Along the right side are messages including “IT’S A GOOD DISGUISE AT PROTESTS,” “IT PROTECTS YOU FROM FLU, COLDS, ETC.,” “THERE IS NO CURE FOR LONG COVID,” “IT’S A PATIENTS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “IT MAKES YOU MORALLY CONSISTENT,” and “IT’S A PRISONERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE.” The bottom right corner reads “PROTECT YOURSELF.” Along the bottom are additional panels stating “IT’S A WORKERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “COVID DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,” and “IT’S A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE.” The overall tone is persuasive and educational, emphasizing that wearing a mask is a simple action with broad social, ethical, and health benefits, while not wearing one causes harm.
By Gilly @profesh_baby:
"Wearing an N95 mask (or better!) is the easiest way to protect yourself and everyone around you. It's an act of solidarity."
Source: x.com/profesh_baby...
Canadians are facing a polycrisis, and the next NDP leader will have a critical voice in shaping how we respond. That’s why I'll be joining the NDP Leadership Debate for People & the Planet on Monday, March 2nd. Will you join me? actionnetwork.org/forms/ndp-le... #cdnpoli
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Say NO to C-15's undemocratic power grab! . Canadians, write one here to help protect Canadian lives and our environment: actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
Join me in signing this petition to @hootsuite.com 's CEO calling on them to: Cancel their contract with ICE. As a Canadian business owner and former Hootsuite user, I am DISGUSTED. you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho...
Help Canadian music creators! We need to stop AI from using our music, without permission or compensation, to make AI slop, which is promoted heavily on platforms like Spotify, erasing the presence of human-created music. #Canadian #musicians #music #AI share.nwmd.social/s/bMvyuIq8
Looking forward to our covid-conscious virtual Full Moon circle tomorrow. PWYC and always a lovely group of covid-aware folx.
@mswcreations.bsky.social organise un cercle de la pleine lune pour les femmes qui sont conscientes de la COVID-19 et les personnes bispirituelles ou queers le mercredi 4 février 2026.
Joignez-vous ici (contribution volontaire) : www.eventbrite.ca/e/full-moon-...
Trump's America is not a “safe” country for anyone.
That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
/2 Thanks #dougford for continuing to destroy our public healthcare system to be replaced by your privatized wealthcare system. Disgusting. #ontario #Canadiannews #Canada #FordFailedOntario
“More than 60% of Ontario hospitals were in the red at the end of the 2025 fiscal year, and many, including some of the largest in the country, have turned to banks to cover their costs, spending millions of public dollars on loan interest payments.” nationalpost.com/news/ontario...
3 tables showing total expected hospitalizations since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%), total expected ICU admissions since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%), and total expected deaths since Dec 2/21 by province (error range -/+ 10%) Tables available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index Page 19 (Reported deaths, ICU, hospitalizations by age)
Graph showing Estimated new daily infections resulting in daily life activity-limiting symptoms lasting >3 months, by province, since Dec 2021. (5 week rolling averages) Graph available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index Page 13 (Long COVID)
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 3,800 hospitalizations, 860 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 12,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
This image shows gauges with the Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 12.1 Alberta: VERY HIGH - 12.3 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.1 Manitoba: SEVERE - 19.2 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.2 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 11.3 North: VERY HIGH - 12.9 Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 17.6 Ontario: VERY HIGH - 10.9 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 9.8 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 12.3 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.9 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026
SEVERE: MB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Graph of New hospitalizations in Ontario due to COVID, Influenza or RSV.
*** Ontario Virus & Variant Update | Jan 11 ***
Hospitalizations due to COVID increased from 176 to 241 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations have start dropping from the peak of 1,400 to 1,095 with RSV increasing from 121 to 156. 🧵1/
"Omicron COVID-19 variant is infectious for up to 10 days"
"The Japanese study is preliminary and still not peer reviewed but it indicated the viral load was highest among Omicron patients 3 to 6 days after symptoms started and disappeared at around 10 days."
This is why masking in public, in an n95 or better, is a necessary act of resistance. BIPOC, disabled, immigrant, lgbtq esp trans folks… they’re all more vulnerable to illness & less resourced to recover.
The fascists know this. Your unmasked face their weapon.
Mask up to disarm them.
Mutual aid:
Welcome to my world, Phil Collins... #longcovid