herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

1) Quebec on Monday reported 3,157 Influenza A cases in the week ending Dec. 10 — a decrease of 5 per cent from the week before, suggesting the earlier-than-expected flu epidemic may have peaked in this province. But a smattering of Influenza B cases ticked up from 8 to 18.

Its a sad sign that saying this is even remotely controversial these days but...

COVID-19 killed one out of every 300 people in the US, a tragedy that defies comprehension. Vaccines are highly effective at preventing death and hospitalization, particularly for vulnerable groups:

Please note:

Wear a mask not to get sick, not to protect hospital beds.

Yes, it is better to have a hospital bed if you need one, but it is much much better not to go there.

#covid #CovidIsNotOver #maskup #pandemic #prevention

"Wait-weary Canadians ready to embrace private care..."

No. National Post, we’re not.

We want the provinces to fund healthcare properly. Most Canadians do not want a US system where people must pay for surgery out of their own pockets.

#Canada #Healthcare #privatisation

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/medicare-canadians-private-care?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670758167

When I was a youngster, I remember my mother frantically scrounging together coins to pay for a visit by a small-town #Ontario doctor.
We kids were desperately sick, and she was exhausted & frightened enough to call him, despite the cost.
So, it is unsettling to hear rumblings that these govt's are also banking on widespread illness, death & healthcare chaos to make us think Canada's public healthcare has failed and that we would receive better care if we paid.

#BackTo50s #Onpoli #malfeasance

It's very early days but the EU crude oil ban and oil price cap have delivered a major blow: Russia's oil export volumes are in freefall, prices have dropped and no tankers from countries not covered by the price cap are stepping in.

See our tracker:
https://energyandcleanair.org/russia-sanction-tracker/

@gemelliz
Private providers & insurers have been wanting to increase privatization of health care in Canada for decades.Tax rates & financial support for health care has decreased. Now we face a pandemic, provincial premiers who have done little to support health care & media & telling us we are clamouring for private care. Privatization is not the answer. Better support for public universal care is. Convincing Canadians to abandon it is disaster capitalism.
#cdnpoli #onpoli #PublicHealthCare

Russia is still selling to the Pacific (=China) at prices above the cap, but that price has taken a plunge too. Same happened after the start of the invasion - discount opened up first on Urals crude and spilled over to ESPO.

@gemelliz None of us want private care. We want Conservative provincial govts to stop messing about with the funding they receive & provide us the services we need.

Elon Musk's Self-Described "Crime Scene"

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/11/elon-musks-self-described-crime-scene/

In case you have any lingering beliefs that Matt Taibbi is a journalist, @emptywheel is here to show you why he is absolutely, positively not.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/11/elon-musks-self-described-crime-scene/

Still nuts, but this is pretty comical.

Breaking: First-ever successful demonstration of #fusion power? “The US breakthrough comes as the world wrestles with high energy prices and the need to rapidly move away from burning fossil fuels… The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers, the people with knowledge of the results said.”
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7 #energytransition #energymastodon #fusionpower #physics

Oh.. and than there's this 'guy'.

Weird thing, for once I actually believe this. I don't think Elon has any standards if it comes to money, #Twitter was a good example of that

(From Twitter that took it from 'TruthSocial', not sure if it's real!)

I thought you might need to see this.
#MeanwhileInCanada

Someone just mentioned the differences between #Twitter and #Google regarding user data. Yes, indeed.

I've worked inside #Google twice. Their explicit rules, approvals, logging and "need to know" requirements for access to user data are most impressive. Anyone even attempting to access user data inappropriately is fired and marched out the door by security. This is part of why I have a great deal of trust in Google, and consider Elon's #Twitter to be utterly untrustworthy and totally beneath contempt.

Brace.

This is #Twitter now..

No words..

1/ Many observers have noted the difficulties that the Russians face in coping with winter in Ukraine, including deficiencies in clothing, discipline and leadership. But there's another critical factor worth highlighting: supplies of food and water. ⬇️