💯 'The fight against COVID‑19 is now as much about managing information as managing the virus.
🤦 COVID‑19 misinformation also fueled broader skepticism across public health.
💪 The virus persists, but so does the truth - which remains our strongest tool.'
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...
This image shows gauges with the Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 13.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 18.6 British Columbia: HIGH - 6.3 Manitoba: SEVERE - 18.4 New Brunswick: SEVERE - 19.2 Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 7.7 North: VERY HIGH - 13.9 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 10.4 Ontario: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Prince Edward Island: SEVERE - 18.9 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.0 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 18.7 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 31 - Feb 13, 2026
SEVERE: AB, MB, NB, PEI, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, North, NS, ON, QC
HIGH: BC, NL
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 122 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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.
This image shows gauges with the Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 9.4 Alberta: SEVERE - 15.1 British Columbia: HIGH - 7.2 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 13.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.0 Newfoundland & Labrador: HIGH - 7.9 North: VERY HIGH - 11.1 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 14.3 Ontario: HIGH - 8.2 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 8.8 Quebec: HIGH - 8.7 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 14.5 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: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
The words Doug Ford is corrupt appear beside a photo of Doug Ford looking super corrupt. As usual.
#DougFordIsCorrupt
#IStandWithMaritStiles
Ottawa citizen screenshot of headline from Nov 18 - sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Did you know, after the war of 1812–Canadians burnt down the White House, in 1816 the US decided to build a Fort to stop another invasion of the British in Canada, without realizing that they built it on Canadian soil 🤣 🤭🤪 earning the nickname Fort Blunder
www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/fort...
canary pins on the lapel of a suit
The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
3 COVID infections later...
The passivity of the Ontario voter is quite incredible.
Read news, op-eds, and analysis, not AI summaries. Create your own art (even if it's messy) or hire an artist to do it. Do your own homework. Talk to people, not chatbots. Keep your thinking and skills sharp and cherish our messy humanity. That's the new punk rock.
Read this carefully. This was a targeted, professional surveillance operation that likely followed @carrietait.bsky.social for some time, and a government-friendly right-wing podcaster appears to have helped. So the big question is: is Sam Mraiche behind this, or the UCP? Or both?
One of Carney's campaign promises was to finally criminalize the creation of deep fake nudes.
Let's hold the government to that.
Just read this remarkable graphic novel by @georgetakei.bsky.social (Captain Sulu)
At a time when so many people are being othered and dehumanized in the United States & globally, his book is a reminder that this has happened in the past, and must be resisted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Ca...
Elwy Yost brought classic films and unforgettable interviews into our homes every Saturday night.
Celebrate his 100th with Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies — July 10 at 8pm on TVO.
The largest privatization of core hospital services (orthopedic surgeries) is underway in #onpoli
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
It should be patently obvious by now that Canada cannot have a major news network owned by American interests, especially given ongoing US threats and American ownership of the major social media platforms. No other country would allow this.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
The zombie policy question that just won't die, but won't go away.
Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again.
The answer? NO
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Excellent article by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in today’s Toronto Star:
Repeating mistakes in public health
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
Today I wish to thank Dr. Theresa Tam, who is stepping down as Canada's chief public health officer. She maintained her grace despite facing overwhelming pandemic pressures, provincial resistance, repeated disinformation, and ongoing attacks, including conspiracy theories and racist slurs.
Lencapavir is the nearest thing we have to an HIV vaccine. It's been described as pandemic-ending - and it could have been in people's arms by the end of the year. Now doses for millions of people are in question because of US cuts independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Snapshot of page one of an OSS masking resource that can be found in the link provided in the post.
Snapshot of page two of an OSS masking resource that can be found in the link provided in the post.
Want an easy way to explain masks to family, friends, kids’ teachers, bus drivers, neighbours or employers?
Use this infographic!
You don’t have to even say a word. Let @onschoolsafety.bsky.social do the work for you!
🔗: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/_files/ugd/f...
Help grow the conversation around universal basic income by boosting posts about it and doing your part to be and stay informed. I try to make it easier to do these things. Use my timeline. Use my pinned thread. Use my YT channel. Help get UBI mentioned more often and widely as a key policy demand!
Map showing where smoke from Canadian wildfires will spread into the U.S. on Monday June 2nd. Smoke is predicted to spread as far south as the coastal Southeast U.S.
Wildfires across Canada are causing smoke to spread across North America, as far as Florida. A reminder that particulates in wildfire smoke can cause short- and long-term health issues. An excellent way to protect yourself is to wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.
My latest at the Citizen
"Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish"
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/canc...
