Every year we scramble to get out of town before they arrive and every year they start arriving before we leave (frazzled). Do not like.
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Every year we scramble to get out of town before they arrive and every year they start arriving before we leave (frazzled). Do not like.
Still masking against COVID-19?
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The dangers of repeated COVID-19 infections www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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Today, on International Day of People with Disabilities, I remain greatly distressed by how disabled folks who need accommodations like masks mandatory/clean air/remote options have been excluded from public life for 4 years.
This needs to change. Many disabilities have been missing from EDI.
While I don’t concede that masks are uncomfortable, I also don’t care if people think they’re uncomfortable. Many articles of clothing are uncomfortable, but we accept “no shirt, no shoes, no service” as default. A lot more people are harmed by airborne viruses than by someone shirtless.
not only is taking covid caution in your daily life a form of community care, but it’s a crucial strategy necessary to sustain your commitments—we cannot afford to catch and transmit covid constantly while organizing for liberation and it’s antithetical to disability justice to pretend otherwise.
this is a great visualization of the meaning of airborne. i think the Twin Peaks-esque music makes it even more effective. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PK_...
So many Covid cases in Nova Scotia right now. This is a great @protectbc.bsky.social resource about at-home rapid tests. It's important to re-test at least 48 hrs after symptoms start & then again after another 48 hrs. Most tests can be used up to 24 months after the manufacturing date!
Canadian Covid Forecast November 18 to December 1, 2023 for Nova Scotia. Rated severe at 12 and decreasing. About 1 of every 36 people is infected, approximately 17,300 - 21,600 infections this week. A graph shows that the NS infection rate is slightly lower than the Canadian average. How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the Covid pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections severe 12 times higher Long Covid estimate severe 10.1 times higher Hospitalizations, ICU severe 8 times higher Deaths severe 16 times higher. How to help: Update vaccines; wear N95-type masks; avoid indoor social gatherings; avoid crowded non-essential places. If you are high risk: Also avoid outdoor social gatherings. Who is high risk? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant; All ages immunocompromised or medically at-risk, or no vaccine or infection last 6 months.
This image describes the Canadian Covid Forecast produced by Covid-19 resource Canada. The left side shows a risk metre with the following levels: low, moderate, elevated, high, very high, and severe. Canada's Covid Forecast outlook is severe for November 18 to December 1, 2023. Every province and region is rated severe. About 1 in every 28 people is infected. The forecast is based on infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in the country.
If it seems like a lot of people have Covid right now, it's because they do! Nova Scotia is still rated severe. Keep testing, wear a well-fitted N95-type mask, avoid crowded indoor spaces!
"Compared with a previous time during the pandemic, infections are 25 times higher and the rate of long COVID is 19 times higher. Meanwhile the hospitalization rate is 13 times higher and deaths are 25 times higher." Despite the research about health impacts of COVID infection, we ignore it #cdnnews
Thank you for the kind words!
If you're in Canada and need N95s our request program will ship them to you, free of charge: requestmask.ca
This image describes the Canadian Covid Forecast produced by Covid-19 resource Canada. The left side shows a risk metre with the following levels: low, moderate, elevated, high, very high, and severe. Canada's Covid Forecast outlook is severe for October 7 to October 20, 2023. Nova Scotia is seeing the highest rates of infection and is rated severe. New Brunswick, Manitoba, BC, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec, and the North are all severe. PEI and Alberta are rated very high. The forecast is based on infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in the country.
Canadian Covid Forecast October 7 to 20, 2023 for Nova Scotia. Rated severe at 18.4 and increasing. About 1 of every 20 people is infected, approximately 35,100-48,500 infections this week. A graph shows that the NS infection rate is higher than the Canadian average. How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the Covid pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections severe 21.2 times higher Long Covid estimate elevated 4 times higher Hospitalizations, ICU severe 13.4 times higher Deaths severe 20.6 times higher. How to help: Update vaccines; wear N95-type masks; avoid indoor social gatherings; avoid crowded non-essential places. If you are high risk: Also avoid outdoor social gatherings. Who is high risk? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant; All ages immunocompromised or medically at-risk, or no vaccine or infection last 6 months.
NS, if you don't start taking precautions, it's likely that you'll become sick with Covid. We're experiencing the highest rates of infection in the country: 1 of every 20 Nova Scotians is infected. Test, wear a well-fitted mask (N95), stay home if you're sick, ventilate, turn on those HEPA units!
Max is the most docile pup except at Dentastix time. Then she looks like a maniacal crocodile.
I call her Paligator.
Screenshot from link for Nova Scotia showing data on infections.
Screenshot from link showing index for each province in Canada and overall. NS index 18.4, Canada 12.5, next highest BC and QC at 13.3, lowest PEI 6.4.
People need to know how bad things are right now for COVID-19 infections. NS is the worst in the country, 1 in 20 infected, over 30k infections last week, and in our only update from CMOH Strang in months he downplayed infections and testing. covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard...
I’m very sorry this happened. 💔
I’ve received advance word that it’s time to get ill.
Hey, all. Julie Rehmeyer has made it easy to donate Blue Sky invite codes to folks in the disability community for whom Twitter was a crucial support. If you have extras you can drop them here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
My beloved young nephews jumping for joy on their first dip of the year in the Atlantic Ocean. Grey conditions all around.
Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, July 2023.
“I remember that day the most / The day we hit the coast” (Thrush Hermit, 1999)
A purple blue spiky globe thistle in the foreground. Green garden plants and a blue house with white trim in the background.
Purple Blue (Eric’s Trip, 1996).
We need a permanent free N95 mask program. N95s protect against multiple health threats including COVID and bad air quality. Every person should be able to have N95 masks sent to their house free of charge, or be able to pick up free N95s from a local community center.
Hard-earned wisdom.
Excellent work by Suzanne. Especially appreciate her thoughts at the end of the Views section.