#canada coronavirus

[covid-safer-hotties]

Mask Sale!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

An Edmonton constable who spoke at a "Freedom Convoy" rally, thanked protesters and posted a video suggesting vaccine mandates were "unlawful" and "unsafe" was sanctioned ten months of pay before being permitted to return to the job.

Edmonton Police Service Const. Elena Golysheva "acknowledged the inappropriateness of her actions" during a disciplinary hearing in June, according to documents CTV News Edmonton obtained through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[nando161mando]

Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/bird-flu-cases-mutation-canada

[bopinion]

2024 / 33

Aperçu of the week

“All we have to do is call our opponent a communist or a socialist or someone who will destroy our country.”

(Donald Trump. We'll see about that...)

Bad News of the Week

Since the end of the coronavirus pandemic - although there hasn't actually been one - I've been waiting for its successor in a slightly anxious mood. Another rapidly infecting virus that spreads worldwide, is potentially deadly and, above all, restricts all our lives again. Now it's here: Mpox. For the first time since Corona, the WHO (World Health Organization of the United Nations) has declared the highest alert level, a “public health emergency of international concern”. Because of the virus that was previously called “Monkey Pox”. Discovered in Congo at the end of 2023, it has now also broken out in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.

The initial figures spoke of 14,000 suspected cases. Based on the usual 50% rate and the reported 500 deaths, this means that one in twelve people who become infected will die. That's a lot. So it's certainly a virus that should be taken seriously. One day later, it was reported that the first case in Europe had emerged in Sweden. Then the first three in Asia in Pakistan. It's the usual pattern: on the one hand, every infectious disease spreads faster and more uncontrollably in times of international travel. On the other hand, specific cases are only discovered when they are specifically sought or tested for. So the numbers will now quickly go through the roof. Because the spread is already more advanced than we know.

What will happen now? What will the states do? How will society react this time? And above all: what have we learned? There is a lot of talk in Germany about the need to come to terms with everything that has happened around COVID. Also to learn from the mistakes. There is a lot of need for clarification - for example with regard to the procurement of masks, the closure of schools, compulsory vaccination, curfews and unequal treatment in the retail sector. And what has happened since (drum roll please!): Nothing. What applies to politics also applies in private life. Some friends turned out to be conspiracy theorists, others were law and order hardliners, most were simply irritated and unsettled. There were even rifts right through families. Rifts that still exist.

And now we could all be facing the same situation, just as ill-prepared. And if Mpox doesn't develop into a pandemic, perhaps swine fever will spread to humans. Or bird flu. Or something else entirely, be it from the South American jungle or from the secret laboratory of some deep state. Or a revenant from the past spreads again - cholera still exists after all and first cases of polio are reported from Gaza. No, I'm not panicking. But I do have one or two worries. After all, humanity has shown itself more than once to be incapable of learning from the past. I would love to be wrong about that.

Good News of the Week

Venezuela is not giving up. It is wonderful to see how the people are fighting for democracy, no longer wanting to put up with the corruption of their “elites” and finally wanting to have a perspective worth living in. Just under a month ago, elections were held in the Latin American country, which could actually live in prosperity and peace but is suffering from dramatic economic decline, inflation and poverty since years. Or as investigative journalist Sebastiana Barráez says in the news magazine Der Spiegel: “Maduro has couped!”

Initially, the state electoral authority declared President Nicolás Maduro Moro, who has been clinging to power since 2013, the winner without providing any evidence - as is actually required by the constitution. The opposition has now had access to more than 80 percent of the printed protocols of the individual polling stations and has made them public. According to these, their candidate Edmundo González won with around 67 percent of the vote - compared to 30 percent for the incumbent head of government. So did Maduro commit electoral fraud? It looks like it.

The United Nations and the Carter Center had sent election observers to Venezuela. They have now criticized the election authority's actions and declared that the official result was not achieved democratically. The panel of experts speaks of an “unprecedented process in recent electoral history”. No wonder that most Latin American countries as well as the USA and Europe did not recognize the “official result”. And Maduro? He doesn't give a damn. The despot has further intensified the repression against the population with the help of the military, the National Guard and other state organs loyal to him. According to the independent rights organization Foro Penal, over 2,000 people have been arrested since the election. These include opposition politicians. And journalists. That speaks a clear language.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the US government has now offered Maduro and close associates of the regime an amnesty if they relinquish power. I wish the Venezuelans would keep up the pressure. And the international stage too. Until Madura and his clan really abdicate. Because then the country, which has already been abandoned by 20% of its population in recent years, could return to better times. In a survey conducted by the Gallup polling institute in December 2012, the country's inhabitants were among the happiest people on earth. It would be nice if this vague memory could become reality again.

Personal happy moment of the week

“Your application for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) has been approved. You are now authorized to travel to Canada by air.” Nothing more to add here. Taking off this sunday. Boy am I excited...

I couldn't care less...

...about the discussion that Germany “only” came 10th in the medal table at the Summer Olympics in Paris - behind hosts France and Great Britain, even though their populations are smaller. “What does it take for more medals?” asks the Tagesschau news channel. That is of little interest to me. Much more important is the charisma of athletes as figures of identification for a nation, the role model function for children, the motivation to surpass oneself. After all, it's not for nothing that the Olympic motto is “Taking part is everything”. In that sense, Eddie the Eagle really did fly.

It's fine with me...

...that the Democrats' party conference is now turning into a coronation mass. Because the most important decisions have been made: Presidential candidate and his (better in this case “her”) running mate. Normally, I would now say that political program content should not be completely secondary. But I don't care about that at the moment. The main thing is momentum. The main thing is optimism. The main thing is not to go back. The main thing is that Donald Jessica Trump doesn't triumph in November. Harris Walz!

As I write this...

...we're trying to catch a mouse. Apparently it was raining too hard outside and it wanted to get out into the dry. Now she's hiding behind a bookshelf and is afraid of us - even though we want to rescue her and set her free. Update: we've got her and she's fine. Second update: there seems to be another one...

Post Scriptum

It's good when someone doesn't look away but points. Even if it's about Israel committing an injustice. After all, you are then almost reflexively vilified as an Anti-Semite. In this respect, I am pleased that the European Union is showing more and more backbone in this regard. In this case, I am not referring to the maltreated Gaza Strip, but to the West Bank, where the Palestinian population is suffering more and more from brutal attacks by militant Israeli settlers - who can be sure of the backing of Benjamin Netanyahu's increasingly right-wing extremist government.

Once again, there have been attacks by extremist Israeli settlers on the population of the West Bank. And now EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has had enough. He will “present a proposal for EU sanctions against the supporters of the violent settlers, including some members of the Israeli government”. Including the government! That's a bombshell. I very much hope that he finds the necessary support for this. Because this massive problem is currently all too easily overlooked in the great shadow of Gaza.

[panicinthestudio]

"Doctors are pushing back against Alberta's COVID-19 task force report. Here's why", Canada Tonight, January 28, 2025

Alberta doctors are pushing back against a report published by the task force created by Alberta's UCP government to review the province's pandemic response, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health. Canada Tonight medical contributor Dr. Samir Gupta breaks down the implications of this report. CBC News

The UCP using its position to generate medical dis- and misinformation about vaccination and public health measures that slowed the spread of COVID, is not as surprising as it is galling. Not only are they misrepresenting the existing science and data, but also promoting debunked therapies like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine on the public dime. Now they're making recommendations for future policy that deny masks help prevent spread either in the public or in health care settings, and especially for children. The latter is the most troubling because the authors are explicitly pushing back that children were a transmission risk, that they also experience severe outcomes, or that long-term effects of contracting COVID for children and adults alike are still in question.

We were a hotspot in multiple waves because people refused to follow health measures like social distancing and proper masking. Every time they eased early, the explosion of cases put us back where we were with supply and bed shortages. This was further diluted by the UCP's own rush to dismantle testing as soon as it was convenient in the interest of the economy; narrowing the population able to get mRNA boosters despite availability and proven safety; undermining the Alberta Health Service and their own medical experts, including selling off and being forced to buy back public lab services in a span of a year during the pandemic, with existing plans to lean more on private providers and facilities, and worsen existing staffing shortages; and finally courting anti-vaccine, reactionary, and medical science skeptics for political gain. It hasn't even been a full five years, and we are already actively trying to forget the panic for basic supplies, let alone the scramble for respirators and PPE.

This report is ultimately revisionism and denial of the pandemic that many people didn't make it out of, and an insult to all those that tried their best to keep the rest of us healthy at the expense of their own safety. The general public was not asked to do much more than anyone else: keeping distance, observe basic hygiene, mask in public and socially, while avoiding situations and gatherings where transmission is likely. Yes, it changed and disrupted lives but using the pretext of a official report to erase the lessons that were learned the hard way is not a solution, if not dangerous.

[coldhearthotlove]

I live in The United States, and views on COVID range drastically depending on where you are and who you speak to individually.

In some cities/towns, you’ll occasionally see a few people here and there wearing masks (especially in more urban areas, from what I’ve noticed).

In other areas though, you won’t see a mask in sight.

My Dad lives a conservative, rural town, and every time I go there, and go to local places, I’ve never seen a single person wearing a mask…

It seems like in some areas, people act exactly like pre-2020, as if COVID doesn’t exist, and never has.

Unfortunately, COVID in The United States has also become “political”.

Some people think it’s a major public health crisis, while others think “it’s just a cold” and “the government is trying to scare you so they can control you with masks, vaccines, and lockdowns.”

So, if you live outside of the U.S., I’m curious…

Do your News Channels ever talk about COVID?

What about your friends, family, community? (schools, work environments) Do they ever mention it? Do they ever take safety precautions?

Do you still see people in public wearing masks?

Was COVID made into a “political issue”, like in the United States?

How is COVID generally treated in your country? (as of September 2023)

[snarky-badger]

For my Canadian people:

The updated Moderna shot has been approved in Canada as of yesterday (Sept 12th 2023). CTV News mentioned that the new shots will be available in October. Though each province will be putting out messages when the updated vaccines will be available.

Pfizer vaccine is still being approved by Health Canada.

CDC finally fuckin' recommended the new COVID boosters for everyone in the US. letting my american followers who don't check the news know because i've been turned away for wanting to get an extra booster & now won't be anymore & it's Lovely. most americans are not going to get these and are going to grumble about them, which sucks as far as spread goes - but DOES mean u can schedule with ur local pharmacy sooner rather than later. please do so. ur immunocomprised friends and ur own body will thank u.

[tilos-tagebuch]

🇨🇦 Corona - Neue Studie belegt: Die Gründe für die Übersterblichkeit sind hausgemacht

Eine frisch veröffentlichte und brisante Studie über die überhöhte Sterblichkeit in 125 Ländern während der COVID-19-Pandemie ergab, dass die Hauptursachen für die Todesfälle weltweit auf die Reaktion der öffentlichen Gesundheitsbehörden zurückzuführen waren, einschließlich der Anordnungen und Abriegelungen, die zu schwerem Stress führten, sowie auf schädliche medizinische Eingriffe und die COVID-19-Impfstoffe.

Der Bericht, der 521 Seiten umfasst, darunter Hunderte von Zahlen, enthält eine detaillierte Untersuchung der übermäßigen Gesamtmortalität während der Covid-Periode in 125 Ländern, die etwa 35% der Weltbevölkerung ausmachen.

Source: https://www.0815-info.news/Web_Links-Corona-Neue-Studie-belegt-Die-Gruende-fuer-die-UEbersterblichkeit-sind-hausgemacht-visit-11510.html

[ppcbug]

Reminder that Maxime Bernier was the only politician fighting and advocating for your rights during the lockdowns. All 338 MPs were silent!!!

#voteppc

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved in our archive

By Niles Niemuth

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) escalated their campaign to crackdown on and suppress protests against the Gaza genocide last week with the announcement of a second arrest in relation to a March 7 protest. In addition to mischief charges which could bring up to 10 years in prison, the two demonstrators are facing charges of “disguise with intent” for wearing medical masks which protect from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases during the protest. This latter “offence” also carries a maximum sentence of a decade in prison.

“While demonstrations may end, investigations into criminal activity continue and we pursue all leads to hold individuals accountable,” Toronto Police Chief Myron Demikw declared in a statement Tuesday on X. He then boasted, “Over the last year we have made 80 demonstration-related arrests and laid 124 charges. Arrests can happen at any time after an offence.”

Tens of thousands in Toronto and across Canada have turned out to protest week after week for more than a year as Israel, with the backing of American imperialism and Ottawa, has carried out its ethnic cleansing operation in Gaza launched in the aftermath of the October 7 uprising led by Hamas. Protesters’ demands that the trade union-backed Liberal Trudeau government press for a ceasefire and stop arming Israel have been rebuffed, with Trudeau and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly instead smearing protesters opposing genocide as “antisemites.”

Pro-Palestinian protest encampments erected by students, faculty and supporters on campuses across Canada have been broken up by court injunctions and police raids. The deployment of far-right Zionist vigilante groups on campus to provide “security” has been openly encouraged by the federal government, with a new law passed enabling private security firms to access government funding. Groups in line to profit from this funding stream include Magen Herut, whose members must be Zionists and have experience in policing or military service, and Shomrim, an international vigilante group present in Hasidic communities. Magen Herut members have “patrolled” at anti-genocide protests, where they have surveilled and intimidated participants.

Immediately upon Israel’s launch of its genocidal onslaught on Gaza, Canada’s political establishment closed ranks to launch a vicious witchhunt against anyone who spoke out against the mass slaughter. The New Democrats, who were in a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals at the time, threw Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament Sarah Jama out of their parliamentary caucus because she issued a statement declaring her solidarity with the Palestinians and accusing Israel of apartheid, an accusation supported by the United Nations. Trudeau has repeatedly sought to intimidate protesters by repeating the lies of extreme Zionist forces, including in February when he accused demonstrators of being antisemites merely because they marched past Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.

With the backing of the governments of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tory Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Demikw and the TPS have launched a far reaching campaign of harassment and arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters under the title “Project Resolute.” The Breach published an investigation in June which revealed the extensive character of the secretive political policing operation, which has included early morning raids, trumped-up charges and efforts to turn protesters into informants.

The police operations have gone hand in hand with the efforts of the political establishment to smear protesters as “antisemitic.” Eleven people were arrested last November in relation to a postering protest against the CEO of Indigo Books, who happens to be Jewish, over her campaign to support the Israel Defense Forces, with the police insinuating that their actions were “hate motivated.”

Demikw and TPS have been carrying out their crackdown in coordination with the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada’s premier spy agency.

Faisal Ibrahim, 38, was arrested and charged on October 19 with one count of mischief, interfering with property and a count of disguise with intent in relation to the March 7 protest. A research assistant and teaching assistant at the University of Toronto, Ibrahim had been targeted by Zionist social media pages for his pro-Palestinian activism before being charged by TPS.

Rachelle Friesen, 38, of the Student Christian Movement of Canada and Community Peacemaker Teams, was charged on October 1 with two counts of mischief that obstructs, interrupts or interferes with the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property and one count of disguise with intent in relation to pro-Palestinian protests on November 13, 2023 and March 7, 2024.

After living in Israel for five years, including four as Peace Program Coordinator with the Mennonite Central Committee, Friesen was deported from the country in 2014 and banned for 10 years for her advocacy on behalf of the Palestinians.

Protesters interrupted the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville on November 13, 2023 to protest the bank’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Evan Curle and Maysam Abu Khreibeh, both 25, and Fatima Hussain, 23, were charged at the time with obstructing, interrupting, or interfering with the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property and using a forged document.

March 7, meanwhile, was a day of action by students and others protesting RBC and calling for the bank to divest from support for Israel, respect Indigenous sovereignty and end financing for the Trans Mountain Expansion and Coastal Gas Link pipelines.

The police claim that both Friesen and Ibrahim “wore medical masks to conceal their identity” during a March 7 protest in Midtown Toronto and that their participation prevented an employee from entering her workplace and forced her to leave the area in fear of her safety.

In another recent effort to suppress the protests, the Trudeau government in coordination with the Biden administration in the United States banned the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a “terrorist entity” and placed sanctions on activist Khaled Barakat.

Samidoun has organized protests in opposition to the Gaza genocide across Canada. Its international coordinator Charlotte Kates was arrested in April in Vancouver following a speech in which she led the crowd in a chant of “Long live October 7th” and advocated for the delisting of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and other groups as terrorist organizations. The organization’s listing as a terrorist entity resulted in its bank accounts being frozen and make it difficult for members to travel internationally.

The unanimous endorsement of Israel’s genocide within the political establishment has introduced a climate of fear and censorship into Canadian cultural life. In the latest example of this, the Aurora Cultural Center north of Toronto closed down an exhibit titled Expressions of Critical Thought after one day this month due to complaints of “antisemitism” on social media because some of the works on display referenced Palestine. The Center told the artists in an October 4 email that the show was being censored due to “concerns raised by members of our community regarding the traumatic responses to some of the artworks.”

“I feel what they did contributes to the consistent dehumanization of Arabs in general,” Iraqi-Canadian artist Hala Alsalman told Hyperallergic. “I’m the only Arab who was showing, but obviously it’s not just me, it’s all of us.” Chantal Hassard, a co-curator of the show and grandchild of Holocaust survivors, noted that there was nothing antisemitic about the art on display and the claims were a “dangerous mischaracterization of the term.”

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A new COVID-19 subvariant, known as JN.1, has emerged and is now the prevailing strain across Canada, prompting health experts to caution that it may be more infectious and could even have extra symptoms. Currently, the subvariant makes up the highest proportion of all COVID-19 variants, accounting for more than half (51. 9 per cent) of all infections in Canada, according to the latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). JN.1 was first detected in Canada on Oct. 9, and since then has rapidly increased.

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[thquill]

On the Anti-Monarchists

In the build up to the coronation of King Charles, the anti-monarchists claim that the monarchy is ill-legitimate because they were not democratically instituted.  These people ought to be called democratic positivists in that they inadvertently accept that all democratically instituted governments are legitimate regardless of whether they are despotic or not.  Democracy, to them, is an…

[lotus-tower]

COVID-19's long-term effects on the body: an incomplete list

COVID’s effect on the immune system, specifically on lymphocytes:

NYT article from 2020 (Studies cited: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.18.101717v1, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.20.106401v1, https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32405080/Decreased_T_cell_populations_contribute_to_the_increased_severity_of_COVID_19_, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.08.20125112v1)

 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.10.475725v1

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc8511 (Published in Science)

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9057012/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/04/14/sars-cov-2-actively-infects-and-kills-lymphoid-cells/

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/10/in-cleveland-and-beyond-researchers-begin-to-unravel-the-mystery-of-long-covid-19.html

SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination: NIH-funded study suggests need to boost CD8+ T cell response after infection

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/hematology-and-oncology/leukopenias/lymphocytopenia

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/

Dendritic cell deficiencies persist seven months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1034159/full

https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Lauterbach-warnt-vor-unheilbarer-Immunschwaeche-durch-Corona-article23860527.html (German Minister of Health)

Anecdotal evidence of COVID’s effects on white blood cells:

 https://twitter.com/DrJohnHhess/status/1661837956875956224

 https://x.com/TristanVeness/status/1661565201345564673

https://twitter.com/TristanVeness/status/1689996298408312832

Much more if you speak to Long Covid patients directly!

Related information of interest:

China approves Genuine Biotech's HIV drug for COVID patients

COVID as a “mass disabling event” and impact on the economy:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/report-says-long-covid-could-impact-economy-and-be-mass-disabling-event-in-canada-1.6306608

https://x.com/inkblue01/status/1742183209809453456?s=20

COVID’s impact on the heart:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/deadly-virus-could-lead-heart-31751263 (Research from: Japan's Riken research institute)

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/unlike-flu-covid-19-attacks-dna-in-the-heart-new-research-20220929-p5bm10.html

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/1/186

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-mild-covid-effects-cardiovascular-health.html

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/is-coronavirus-a-disease-of-the-blood-vessels (British Heart Foundation)

COVID’s effect on the brain and cognitive function:

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/brain-infection-by-sars-cov-2-lifelong-consequences/171391/

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-shows-covid-leaves-brain-injury-markers-blood

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/warning-of-serious-brain-disorders-in-people-with-mild-covid-symptoms

Cognitive post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) can occur after mild COVID-19 

Neurologic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted among Dogs

https://journals.lww.com/nsan/fulltext/2022/39030/neurological_manifestations_and_mortality_in.4.aspx

https://www.salon.com/2023/06/17/new-evidence-suggests-alters-the-brain--but-the-extent-of-changes-is-unclear/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-virus-may-tunnel-through-nanotubes-from-nose-to-brain/

https://neurosciencenews.com/post-covid-brain-21904/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00260-7/fulltext

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-covid-infection-crucial-brain-regions.html

https://news.ecu.edu/2022/08/04/covid-parkinsons-link/

Covid as a vascular/blood vessel disease:

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/01/coronavirus-is-a-blood-vessel-disease-study-says-and-its-mysteries-finally-make-sense/

https://www.salon.com/2023/12/27/brain-damage-caused-by-19-may-not-show-up-on-routine-tests-study-finds/

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/sars-cov-2-infects-coronary-arteries-increases-plaque-inflammation

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2123

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211004104134.htm (microclots)

Long Covid:

Post-COVID-19 Condition in Canada: What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/more-than-two-years-of-long-covid-research-hasn-t-yielded-many-answers-scientific-review-1.6235227

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/cause-of-long-covid-symptoms-revealed-by-lung-imaging-research-at-western-university-1.6504318

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/long-covid-study-montreal-1.6521131

https://news.yale.edu/2023/12/19/study-helps-explain-post-covid-exercise-intolerance

Other:

- Viruses and mutation: https://typingmonkeys.substack.com/p/monkeys-on-typewriters

Measures taken by the rich and world leaders

Heightened risk of diabetes

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805461

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00912-y

Liver damage:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/46-of-covid-patients-have-liver-damage-study/articleshow/97809200.cms?from=mdr

tl;dr: covid is a vascular disease, not a respiratory illness. it can affect your blood and every organ in your body. every time you're reinfected, your chances of getting long covid increase.

avoid being infected. reduce the amount of viral load you're exposed to.

the gap between what the scientific community knows and ordinary people know is massive. collective action is needed.

[stereopticons]

On This Day in Schitt's Creek: March 18

2019

Not Everything Needs to Be Blue [david/patrick, M, 1,534] by @stargatewars

David takes Patrick shopping in an attempt to add some new colours to his wardrobe.

2020

Begin Again [david/patrick, G, 2,532] by bellalafrella

Patrick Brewer knew from a young age that he liked boys. Well, he liked one boy. His name is David Rose.

David Brewer and the Seventh Circle of Hell [david/patrick, E, 3,809] by Aelia_Gioia

David hasn't changed his last name on his driver's license yet. Why? Because the DMV* sucks. Since uploading this, I've been informed that it's not called the DMV in Canada. I made corrections in the fic and changed the title. Thanks to rooster_crow for the corrected information!

gentle [david/patrick, G, 1,148] by foodoflovee

Coda to Escape Room. Patrick and David talk in the car and David works out his feelings.

Love in a Time of Coronavirus [david/patrick, E, 4,599] by Aelia_Gioia

Thanks to my beta reader, subitodolcediva for help and encouragement on this one! COVID-19 is spreading and Schitt's Creek is quarantined. David is spinning out, Patrick takes care of him

Romantically In Business [david/patrick, E, 14,466] by @sullymygoodname

Five Keys to Forming A Successful Business Partnership

Expectations: Start off with a clear understanding of what each of you contributes to, and needs from, the partnership. Shared Vision: Decide on a mission statement. Both of you must be on the same page with regards to direction and achievable goals. Communication: Be sure to check in regularly as the partnership grows over time and needs or expectations may change. Future Projections: Envision your long-term success and plan accordingly. Trust & Support: A partnership should feel equal. Identify and utilize the strengths of each partner, and support the partnership's limitations. You must be able to rely on each other. Starting something new, something you've never done before, can be daunting. It helps to find the right partner. An exploration of their relationship from beginning to... well, not end. Spoilers through the end of season 5. (Nothing from s6.)

so in love with you am i [david/patrick, G, 2,646] by deathbysandblk

“If we participate in this, we don’t actually have to be a real couple. We just have to make it look like we are a real couple.”

that sinking feeling [stevie/alexis, G, 782] by dollsome

Alexis helps Stevie around the motel to distract herself from her Ted heartbreak. Stevie is doing just fine with that.

The Dude Cave [david/patrick, T, 1,302] by @samwhambam

Patrick and David decide to redo a part of their bachelor party, just the two of them.

2021

A morning with Moira and David [david & moira, G, 2,313] by slimexpuppy

AU – During their time in Schitt’s Creek, Moira finds herself pregnant, much to her and Johnny's surprise. The little tyke, Charlotte (Lottie for short) is now over 2 years old.

A Perfectly Imperfect Christmas [david/patrick, G, 15,443] by eringiles

Patrick is looking forward to starting Christmas this year. The store has been busy, and his parents are driving down to join he and David for a few days. David's family are also flying in to join in the festive celebrations. He's looking forward to cooking Christmas dinner with his husband, and starting new family traditions in their first year of marriage. The problem is, for Patrick, Christmas starts with a cough.

Beside me, you'd be happy you'll see [david/patrick, T, 767] by @lastchancecafe13

“Wait does this mean you were ready to move in with me?” “No-no. It’s a closet issue space and a timing thing so maybe we can negotiate down the line at some point”---------- He and Patrick had been in that glorified excuse of a studio for maybe 10 minutes, Ray chattering in the background, and David had seen it all so clearly.

first of many [david/patrick, G, 773] by @blackandwhiteandrose

The first times that David and Patrick get flowers from the other. 💐

Four Rules [david/patrick, E, 2,136] by anonymous

Patrick breaks the rules, David punishes him.

Germany [jake/oc, T, 300] by Rosey_Peach

now your heart is in my hands, I won't give it up [david/patrick, T, 2,379] by @roseapothecary

Patrick speaks in facts and figures. He aced statistics in college. He lives and breathes spreadsheets — shit, he could set up an Excel formula with his eyes closed, if you asked. It’s just… who he is. Sometimes, when nothing else makes sense, he can fall back on what he knows is always true. In life, there will never be just one solution, but with math? He’ll always find the answer he’s looking for. Always. And, right now, he’s… Yeah, he’s feeling a little nauseous. Because the math isn’t in their favor.

2022

Unreasonable [david/patrick, G, 2,925] by @goodiecornbread

"So here's the thing," Alexis said. "I've dated, like, a lot of guys? And no one likes a manipulator." "I am not manipulating anyone!" Rachel snapped. Alexis pursed her lips. "Mmkay." The Barbecue canon divergence in which Rachel gets called out for her behavior.

2023

Chess and Milkshakes [david & ronnie, G, 1,404] by obsessedwithdavrick

It's Ronnies afternoon with Mo. It's also the first time she hears about David's new business partner.

i will be safe with you [david/patrick, M, 600] by @celeritas2997

Patrick’s whisky eyes warm him up from the inside. Sitting under that gaze feels like basking in sunshine, its weight spreading tingling heat through his body to his extremities. “What’s your colour, David?” David tenses and braces himself for the red hot rollercoaster he knows follows that question… But it doesn’t happen. Somehow, this is different. He’s not used to this. -- For the first time, David feels safe.

Truce? What Truce? [david/patrick, NR, 665] by @tyfinn

David wants Rachel to stay for the reception, and to see Patrick.

Stats:

No fanworks for 2017, 2018, or 2024 2019: 1 fic/1,534 words 2020: 8 fics/31,284 words 2021: 7 fics/24,111 words 2022: 1 fic/2,925 words 2023: 3 fics/2,669 words Total: 20 fics/62,523 words

[tomorrowusa]

Just so nobody can say this is out of context, here's a vid of the entire interview.

The Obama administration successfully contained the Ebola outbreak in the United States. The death toll for Ebola in the US was under a dozen. So before leaving office, the Obama National Security Council created a 69-page handbook on how to deal with a pandemic. Trump and his flunkies ignored it with disastrous results.

Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook

The US death toll from COVID-19 is in seven digits. Other industrialized countries with advanced technological infrastructure such as Canada, Taiwan, Germany, and New Zealand had lower fatality rates per capita.

Trump largely ignored the virus until well into March when it had a chance to spread across the US.

The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life The president was aware of the danger from the coronavirus – but a lack of leadership has created an emergency of epic proportions

The Trump administration, at best, was in denial; at worst, it sabotaged the pandemic response.

Trump White House made 'deliberate efforts' to undermine Covid response, report says

Trump zombies who claim the economy was marvelous under Trump conveniently forget about everything that happened after February of 2020. Trump's early bungling of the pandemic plunged the economy into recession. The COVID supply chain problems and the economic stimulus required to prevent a depression led to the spurt in inflation which is finally receding.

People who are nostalgic about taking hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, drinking bleach, and sticking UV lights up their butts must be excited about the opportunity to vote for Trump again.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Leyland Cecco at The Guardian:

A lone figure takes to the stage, a giant maple leaf flag rippling on a screen behind him as he gingerly approaches the microphone. “I’m not a lumberjack, or a fur trader,” he tells the crowd. “I have a prime minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not American. And I pronounce it ‘about’ – not ‘a boot’.” The crowd, indifferent at first, grows increasingly enthusiastic as the man works his way through a catalogue of Canadian stereotypes, passing from diffidence to defiance before the climactic cry: “Canada is the second largest landmass! The first nation of hockey! And the best part of North America! My name is Joe! And I am Canadian!” The ad, for Molson Canadian beer, was immensely popular when it aired in 2000. And now, with Canada’s identity and sovereignty under threat, it has roared back into the public consciousness. In recent weeks, Canadian patriotism has surged in response to Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US could annex its northern neighbour. His threats have prompted an outpouring of disbelief and defiance, but – in a very Canadian way – they has also revived questions over the complexities of national identity. Trump began his campaign of diplomatic trolling before he had even assumed office, questioning Canada’s viability as a nation, suggesting that it could become the 51st American state, and deriding the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, as a “governor”. In response, Canadians have taken to acts of patriotism, small and large: one pilot flew his small plane in the shape of a maple leaf; sports fans have booed US teams; hats insisting “Canada is not for sale” have gone viral; consumers have pledged to buy only Canadian-made products – a pledge skewered in a viral sketch in which one shopper berates another for buying American ketchup.

“What the hell are you doing?” he asked “We’re in a trade war, you traitor!” “It’s been absolutely crazy and overwhelming,” said Dylan Lobo, who runs MadeInCa, a website that catalogues products made in-country. “We’re struggling to keep up with all the listings. People are really frustrated and they want to find a way to support Canadian and buy Canadian.” Politicians, aware of a looming election, have wrapped themselves in the flag. And in a show of bipartisan unity, five former prime ministers have called for Canadian unity. “We all agree on one thing: Canada, the true north, strong and free, the best country in the world, is worth celebrating and fighting for,” the leaders wrote in a statement. A recent poll found pro-Canadian sentiment has surged in recent weeks – with the biggest leap towards patriotism found in francophone Quebec, a region historically ambivalent towards federal patriotism. The shift marks a dramatic rebound from 2020, when the divisive policies of the coronavirus pandemic shifted how many Canadians viewed the flag – especially after the maple leaf was appropriated by the by far-right Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa. At the same time, new stress has been put on Canadian national identity amid growing recognition of the historical injustices perpetrated against Indigenous peoples. Statues of monarchs and founding statesmen have been pulled down, and buildings renamed amid a heated national discussion about the legacy of colonial rule.

Donald Trump’s comments calling for the annexation of Canada have ignited a fury like no other across Canada, and even Québec (which prefers to show support for its province rather than Canada as a whole) is uniting to show support for Canada.