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We live in cities where unhoused ppl are left to live in freezing cold tents that are bulldozed down + attacked by police … and then we’re shocked by a group of teen girls kill an unhoused man, like his life didn’t matter + we wonder where they may ever have gotten that idea?

We apologize now if we can’t arrive to your loved one in time. We are doing the best we can with the resources we have. We all are. Even you. We want to be there for you. Government cuts and wealthy donors have created this terrible situation. We are sorry this is happening 💔

“They closed the schools, the world remained silent, they closed our universities, silence, now they’ve come for our courses. What are we supposed to do? Kill ourselves?” Devastated Afghan girls mourn the loss of their education after the Taliban’s ban

Looks like BF.7 ("Minotaur") is spreading in China. livescience.com/covid-what-we-…

Before we return to school tomorrow, we want to remind you that HWDSB is asking students and staff to wear a mask, given the widespread occurrences of various respiratory illnesses. Please note that masks will be provided upon request. Read more: hwdsb.on.ca/blog/message-f…

I do vaccines. I've spent the pandemic doing em. I think they're important, the evidence says so, and I think you should get one. They're protective, they're crucial, they're morbidity reducing, and life saving. And I want to be very clear that they are not our way out of this.

Shout out to all the workers at Twitter. You all built a vital place for connection and deserved so much better. Millions of people appreciate the space you built and the hard work that went into it. Thank you 💙

It bears noting that there *is* a mechanism by which COVID infection can impair defence against RSV. journals.plos.org/plospathogens/… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/1… nature.com/articles/s4142…

So, this doesn't fit with the simple "immunity debt" hypothesis. Something else seems to be going on. Of course, high rates of severe infection without more cases is consistent with the "immunity theft" hypothesis in which past COVID infection impairs immune function.

BUT, look at last year. Winter 2021/2022 was a record season for RSV. It is simply not accurate that we are seeing three years' worth of RSV cases this year. RSV was back last year after many mitigations were lifted.

Late Friday afternoon, just thought I'd drop this article from last year. For the people. nationalobserver.com/2021/04/03/inv…

BREAKING: Man that earns in 3 months what a CUPE worker earns in a full year outraged at cost of living request.

Great data. Ironically, this is actually a surveillance system that was created by Kieran Moore in his pre-CMOH days. He understands surveillance, and he understands how respiratory infections work. His failure to use his office to protect the public right now is remarkable.

@kathy6655 @MittRomney Historian, Jon Meacham: One of the marks of the end of a republic is the normalization of political violence.’

This morning, I got a leaked document detailing how Doug Ford was gutting conservation authorities - which oversee & protect watersheds - to build houses. @EmmaMci & I spent the whole day trying to understand and explain what's going on and why it matters #onpoli" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thenarwhal.ca/ontario-conser…