Notices by Mat Wright (matwright@mastodon.social)

@jmcrookston recently chatting with a hospitalist who was noting the incredible rise of kids and young adults with diabetes and cardiac issues needing tests and mediated therapies, and thought I was joking mentioning Covid - we are 5+ years into this and our medical community is in complete, deliberate denial and ignorance

Remember, the American revolution began by basically a tax on tea - Trump is threatening to do the same with tariffs, but this time the 'King' lives in Washington

#USpolitics #USpol

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-american-strongman-jack-smith-20241107.html

Trump gets in, takes over Justice - every reporter, union head, environmentalist will be on the list for punishment

RFK jr takes over health policy - Canada becomes the new Underground Railway destination for abortions and vaccines

and this will be the last ever fair vote (if this was even one) in the US - it's a failed state

#USpol #USpolitics #CDNpoli

well, I've actually had to block @press.coop because the server is spamming Home feeds with repeated articles from media accounts

getting a social media system that isn't a fuck up should not be rocket science (pun intended)

get your act together @Mastodon #Mastodon

in summary - that was the scariest debate ever, because Vance totally made Fascism nice, and too many will fall for it - so say good bye to health, women's reproductive rights, voting rights, unions....

#USpoli #USpol

wavering GOP who look at Trump with disdain, are likely seeing Vance tonight as a potential saviour - he's lying through his teeth, he's insidious, he's couching Fascist forces with the semblance of 'nice'

This debate could be a big bounce for the Trump campaign - people might think Trump will cark in a couple years, and this dude looks presidential, and a decent replacement

Dems are cringing right now

#USpoli #USpol

Schools are safe they say, kids don't get sick, kids don't spread, everything is fine - no masks or filtered air required, carry on and shut up

This is the BC school absentee numbers for 2022 - and it's insane, it was like pulling teeth to get the data through FOI - Government does not want this information public, they fight against release

Anecdotally, it's worse now.

#BCpoli #BCed #Covid #Covid19

OMFG!! I have seen diplomatic cables criticizing allies on policies and messaging, I have seen (even helped write) speeches that laid out the 'slight differences' with close neighbours

I have NEVER seen this, during an election campaign - this would have been approved right up to cabinet and the PM's office - it's actual cannon fire

#CDNpoli #ABpoli #ONpoli #BCpoli #USpoli #USelection

Typically stupid that Canada won't have the newest Covid vaccines available until at least October - US has approved the Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax versions, this should be pro-forma

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #Covid #Covid19

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-vaccines-1.7313045

Nurse wife - we've sent in 5 care residents to hospital last few days for various conditions, they've all come back in worse shape, said they hardly had any care, or attention due to lack of staff - she tested them, they are ALL Covid+ from hospital

She called Island Health, and has been told hospitals no longer have to report a returning C+ resident or transport patient as 'infectious'

WTAF? If it was Noro, they'd be all over it

utter BS

@hannu_ikonen

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #Covid19 #Covid

@burnoutqueen @Geoffberner @QasimRashid I've been in policy, studied for decades - anytime a Gov says it will be cheaper for capital to run a railway, build a highway or bridge (and toll it) it 100% always backfires and costs billions more to buy back and fix

Every - Single - Time

San Francisco advises indoor masking as Covid surges, meanwhile all our Canadian PHOs and Federal officials are like 'meh' - our BC PHO goes even further to declare the public health emergency over as ERs across the province struggle and close

Make it make sense

#Covid #Covid19 #CDNpoli #BCpoli

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/mask-recommendation-covid-san-francisco-19599948.php

and finally, to underscore the utter normalization and serious malfeasance of public health everywhere - San Francisco wastewater signal is at or actually over a record, The Netherlands reporting a 14 fold increase of cases, not seen since Delta took hold in 2021, Greece advising tourists of a major wave and that health care may be limited

None are bringing back actual community measures, no major pressers or warning from governments - it's all a big yawn

#Covid #Covid19 #BCpoli #CDNpoli

and while we watch Covid rip through the Olympics, it continues to rip through our health systems - Nanaimo hospital is in a constant mess, LTCs are seeing staff drop in record numbers again, calling people back from holidays

If we keep 'treating it like the flu' as the Australian Olympic Committee unbelievably publicly stated, the fall and winter waves will be an absolute crisis

Bring back health masking, make it permanent

#Covid #Covid19 #BCpoli #CDNpoli

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/metro-vancouver-hospital-turned-away-patients-at-emergency-department-1.6975313

Saying it now - we'll call this the Covid games. These variants ripping through the world, elevating cases to near records, will decimate teams and audiences.

The denialism and utter contempt to what Covid can and will do to athletes should be criminal. Only 2 weeks ago the Tour de France belatedly introduced measures to protect riders.

Enraging: ''but I need to emphasize we are treating Covid no different to other bugs like flu'

#Covid #Covid19 #Olympics

@andymoose literally the conversation I was having when H5N1 crossed into dairy and a few people - the suppression of info began immediately - absolutely nothing will move the needle now

for the first time on Mastodon had a few obvious quickly created accounts troll, and truly glad to see Admins take them down, delete accounts even before we had to report - this is how social should work - thankyou

Dear 'Murica - don't screw this opportunity, I actually feel hope for once

Us Canadians are dealing with our own MAGA lying shitheads, and the thought of them and Trump in Governance is just too horrible a thought for all of us and the world

Vote Harris, vote for hope

#USpol #USpoli #CDNpoli

@blogdiva Biden not masking after testing positive is the most demoralizing lack of public health leadership and broadcasting total complacency to a disease that is still killing and disabling the people he is sworn to serve

it's fucking unnerving

#Covid #Covid19

@blogdiva and he had a 'cold' at the debate? tested positive now?

these new variants are noted for being hard to detect and people taking far longer to get a positive test