Expert 'taken aback' by Eby foreign worker claims, says axing program won't fix woes - Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/570716/Expert-taken-aback-by-Eby-foreign-worker-claims-says-axing-program-won-t-fix-woes “If tomorrow, there was not a single additional temporary worker or temporary student who arrived in British Columbia, would housing prices magically go down and would we suddenly have fully staffed ERs?" she asked. "I think the answer would be no." #BCPoli
Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
#Alberta #Measles #AHS… (1/5)
“During the first two months of the outbreak, there was little communication with the public from government and health officials regarding the extent of the crisis or how it was handled. The only formal communication was a statement from then chief medical officer of health Mark Joffe on April 11 that strongly encouraged vaccination and notices of possible exposure locations. (2/5)
Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
#Alberta #Measles #AHS… (1/5)
“#Measles is spreading so quickly in Alberta, Canada, that health officials have stopped releasing information about local exposures in the hardest hit areas and are instead issuing blanket warnings against travel to the northern or southern regions of the province”
“Ten years ago, #Alberta’s debt was $37 billion. It has since almost tripled to $101 billion. Automation eliminated over 25,000 oil and gas sector jobs between 2014 and 2021. Those job losses are projected to accelerawiping out about 30 percent of the remaining oil
Vast majority of Canadians agree that big polluters should pay for the #climatecrisis they caused https://cultmtl.com/2025/07/vast-majority-of-canadians-agree-that-big-polluters-should-pay-for-the-climate-crisis-they-caused/ “The study found that 75% of Canadians would support taxes on the oil, gas and coal industry to pay for damages caused by #fossilfuel driven climate disasters like storms, floods, droughts and wildfires.
The study also found that 73% of Canadians agree that the fossil fuel industry and the super-rich have a negative influence on politics in Canada.”
Court overturns GTA judge’s #COVIDVaccine ruling, slamming use of ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ and ‘personal hypotheses’ https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/court-overturns-gta-judge-s-covid-vaccine-ruling-slamming-use-of-inflammatory-rhetoric-and-personal/article_9db248e7-f8c0-5bbe-a068-44d12bdd3066.html “A Newmarket judge made three legal errors, filled his ruling with “inapt” comments and used what could be seen as “inflammatory rhetoric” when siding with a father who does not want his children vaccinated against COVID-19, an appeal court has ruled.”
nostr:npub1md3k2lh9h9wuh3mvdmue200xq9vsftwlgph8ql742vta6awqra2qgkd0qe nostr:npub1nac93fnqmsjtx77s6mmlgvprmx9dpd09g75dyql3juq2utlslxkqsg0mta the fight against #covid isn’t one of science & fact. It’s a battle of propaganda, swaying those in power who listen to money, the masses who listen not to logical evidence based argumentation but rather to emotionally driven mass marketing.
To save lives we must use science to find the right conclusions and marketing principles to sell them.
nostr:npub16kgmftxymwdu3ccg37vj7dusuqgt9eextz82dckh4fgry7d4ucxskzhh7t nostr:npub1md3k2lh9h9wuh3mvdmue200xq9vsftwlgph8ql742vta6awqra2qgkd0qe “the masses who listen not to logical evidence based argumentation but rather to emotionally driven mass marketing.”
Unfortunately what they are listening to is the failure of leaders to lead with a clear science based message “Unfortunately, there were many barriers in implementing something as simple as portable HEPA filtration units…some were that high-level guidance was missing (“there’s no policy for that” or “it’s not in my portfolio”)”
HEPA filtration reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and prevents nosocomial infection: A call to action | #BCMJ #BritishColumbiaMedicalJournal https://bcmj.org/premise/hepa-filtration-reduces-transmission-sars-cov-2-and-prevents-nosocomial-infection-call “All 11 studies showed that portable #HEPA purifiers were able to significantly reduce airborne #SARSCoV2 surrogate particles and augmented other decontamination strategies such as ventilation. Seven of the studies were performed in settings with minimal or no additional ventilation.” Via nostr:npub1md3k2lh9h9wuh3mvdmue200xq9vsftwlgph8ql742vta6awqra2qgkd0qe
nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Similarly “Whether it is vaccine delivery or climate financing, the global North & South have experienced different paths – widening their divide. Repairing that rift is key to overcoming our shared global challenges.”
“essentially, the #health establishment did not like to be challenged on something it had long considered conventional wisdom (most respiratory viruses are #droplet spread), and those who dismissed those challenges additionally did not understand #physics very well.” #COVIDisAirborne https://mastodon.social/@harold/110979183903922287
https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/indigenous-australia/voice-to-parliament/
“On Saturday October 14 you’ll be asked a simple question:
“A Proposed Law: to alter the #Constitution to recognise the #FirstPeoples of #Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?”
Here are 4 reasons we’ll be voting #YES to a #VoicetoParliament:”
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Folks who get paranoid when they're stoned harsh my buzz.
You may be on to something, though?
nostr:npub1zakvc2lt3n0hxchfywutz5hc68vlzg7klweccmhfutry7ju4vzcsnfd6uu nostr:npub1vrwas0a0thrswarkypsx50jm0lnk640sh2yw79ug2dmsreexld5qx45jtp There are plenty of folks conspiratorial enough on beer and hot dogs..
Impact of #Community #Masking on #SARSCoV2 #Transmission in Ontario after Adjustment for Differential Testing by Age and Sex | medRxiv https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.26.23293155v1
Very useful explainer posted by @dfisman@bluesky.social. I’m am going to try and copy and paste it over here as it’s worth sharing and reading.
Going to be a bit bloody tedious as Bluesky doesn’t seem to allow copying of text. I have to “translate” it which opens it in a web page.. where I can copy the text😔
Thanks to nostr:npub1md3k2lh9h9wuh3mvdmue200xq9vsftwlgph8ql742vta6awqra2qgkd0qe for alerting me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/importantcontext/p/who-is-funding-the-brownstone-institute?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “#Brownstone is the continuation of the work of one man: #JeffreyTucker, an advocate for #ChildLabor and #tobacco use. Tucker started the institute after helping to organize the so-called #GreatBarringtonDeclaration, a widely-rebuked but official-sounding open letter from October 2020”