Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Erik Swain discusses new research showing that even “mild” cases of COVID-19 produce massively increased risks of death from cardiovascular issues. And Charlie McCone questions why people being told to assess their own risk aren’t being informed of the well-documented dangers of long
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Claire Sibonney talks to Colin Furness about the cell dysregulation which looks to produce many of the most dangerous effects of long COVID. Sabrina Moreno discusses the connection between COVID-19 and a rising number of maternal deaths. And Betsy Ladyzhets offers suggestions for people
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melissa Lopez-Martinez reports on the belated effort to get Canadians to resume taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19. And the Guardian is telling the stories of people living with long COVID – and what they’ve lost to a pandemic whose damage
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Marina Hyde laments Liz Truss’ decision to hit the gas pedal on free money for the people who need it least while most of the UK struggles to make ends meet due to her party’s mismanagement. – Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas
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Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah Zhang discusses the absurdity of treating the COVID pandemic as being over when it’s causing more death and illness than ever, while Shanoor Seervai interviews Bob Pratcher about the need for people to keep working on reducing risk even while being told
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Aria Bendix and Shannon Pettypiece report on the reality that due to a failure to contain it in its early stages, COVID-19 now stands to be a leading cause of death (and a factor in reduced lifespans) for decades to come. Erin Praiter
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So I’m hearing tonight that the hateful and cowardly reign of terror of one of Saskatchewan’s most vile troll accounts is finally over. And if it’s true that the person behind NotTammyR is a Lutheran pastor…all I can say is wow. — Tamara Hinz (@hinz_tamara) September 19, 2022 It was
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Liz Szabo examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved – and the reality that the large number of infections in the Omicron wave is overwhelming the benefit of existing immunity. And Andre Picard highlights how counterproductive it is to be eliminating Ontario’s Science
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Wency Leung asks how much more of a human toll we’re willing to accept in order to operate in denial of a continuing pandemic. And Phil Tank discusses how the Moe government has chosen to frame the constant stream of preventable disease
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Carolyn Johnson discusses how one’s initial development of an immune response to COVID may affect the impact of future vaccinations. Kim Constantino reports on a finding from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that long COVID is responsible for a third of the
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Assorted content to end your week. – Maggie O’Farrell offers her experience as to the devastating effects of long COVID. And Jose Manuel Aburto et al. study the particularly insidious impact of COVID on minority racial and ethnic populations in the U.S. – Meanwhile, Dayne Patterson reports on the call
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On jurisdictional issues
Shorter Jason Kenney: For all my Ottawa-bashing bluster, even I have to admit it’s asinine to pretend provincial laws can nullify the existence of federal powers. Shorter Scott Moe: The federal government has no jurisdiction to enforce its laws in the Glorious Republic of Lesser Fucktrudeauistan! It’s in the Magna
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Quon reports on the belated announcement that Saskatchewan adults will be able to get a second COVID booster vaccination. And Pratyush Dayal reports that the Saskatchewan Health Authority is finally warning people about the dangers of monkeypox and making some testing available.
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – CBC reports that Ontario transit is the latest major public service being paralyzed by the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. And Ishani Desai reports on research showing the exacerbating effect of air pollution on the severity of COVID infections. – Meanwhile, Angely Mercado
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Assorted content to end your week. – Elizabeth Yuko reports on the Biden administration’s creation of an office to address long COVID, while Joe Middleton reports on the soaring number of Britons excluded from economic and social participation due to the disease. And Erin Prater reports on new CDC research
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andre Picard writes that COVID-19 remains an imminent and severe threat to our health – no matter how many people are choosing to operate in denial. Jianlyu Lai et al. examine how COVID has been transmitted, and find that aerosol transmission has been
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Adams examines the evidence that COVID-19 remains infectious far longer than assumed by politicized public health messaging. And Ted Raymond reports that Ottawa has already seen more COVID deaths in 2022 than in 2021, confirming that the end of public health protections
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – John Donne Potter discusses how an increase in reinfections is exacerbating the risk of long COVID. And Mark Kekatos reports that numerous U.S. cities are looking at reimplementing mask mandates as their case loads spiral out of control in the course of
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Assorted content for your Saturday reading. – Jennifer Lee reports on the newly-released documents confirming that Alberta’s lifting of COVID protections was purely a matter of political oneupmanship rather than reflecting any expectation that people’s health wouldn’t be harmed. And Andrew Dansby writes about Peter Hotez’ recognition that the fallout
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Assorted content to end your week. – Ricardo Duque Gabriel et al. examine how the costs of austerity extend beyond the human toll of diminished well-being to include the undermining of trust in democracy. – In case we needed to see the breakdown of trust in action, Dayne Patterson reports
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