herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

5) When some suggest the elderly will die soon enough, are they referring to the 5,587 residents in long-term care institutions in Quebec who are currently suffering from more immune-evasive #Omicron COVID? Is it somehow tolerable 44 such residents died in just the last few days?

1) With a day left in the year, Quebec has recorded 75.46% more #COVID deaths in the #pandemic than in 2021. Quebec has averaged 16 such fatalities per day this year. Is this what people mean when they utter the term "post-pandemic"?

Dinah Washington: What Difference A Day Makes

https://youtu.be/OmBxVfQTuvI

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1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Bakhmut says that President Zelensky's recent visit has inspired Ukrainian soldiers to fight with renewed vigour. Meanwhile his own side is being pushed back and are suffering heavy casualties, with 40% of his unit having been killed. ⬇️

Hard not to agree the war has been apogee of regime personalization so far. But it's dragging on, and Putin makes some effort to 'institutionalize' war effort (unified command, gov Coordination Council, 'SVO' working group, mil-tech coop comission etc.) https://meduza.io/feature/2022/12/30/smert-kollektivnogo-putina

It's deeply concerning to see signs that many countries around the world are moving from viewing the virus as a Pandemic to accepting it's Endemic. In other words, it's here for decades or longer. "Let it rip" has been a disastrous failure of government public health policy because "hybrid immunity" is a myth. It always was.

Our best hope of eradicating the virus in our lifetime is development of an omnivalent COVID vaccine. That said, it's more likely that permanent protection from COVID will instead be an option that's taken-up only by people who are well-off, educated, and not immune-compromised.

For those who still look at stats, roughly speaking, it seems like the Reff is hovering around 1.0 with fluctuations from approximately 0.8 to 1.2 depending on seasonal cycles and the yearly social/work/school calendar. I know a number of people who've caught COVID two or three times, and I'm certain that some of them are catching it again right now now due at xmas/NYE events and holiday travel.

For the foreseeable future, the majority of people will catch COVID once or twice a year. It's like how people think it's "normal" to catch a serious cold or the flu every year. It's because people aren't taking enough precautions with masks and isolation, and governments and business aren't working to set good standards for ventilation.

Getting sick with COVID carries about a 20% chance of it leading to chronic illness or some form of Long COVID. Catching COVID multiple times means you gamble and roll the dice every time to see if you get Long COVID.

In 2023, it's important that you keep-up:
- Wearing a mask when indoors in public.
- Working from home if possible.
- Doing a RAT if you have any symptoms.
- Caring about people with chronic illness.

#COVID #COVID19 #COVID19Aus #CovidIsNotOver #Pandemic #Endemic #COVIDEndemic #LetItRip #LongCOVID #HybridImmunity

Non ho l'età - Gigliola Cinquetti

https://youtu.be/SWM4MOjhlw4?t=125

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👉​ Nurses voices:

"If there's one thing you must fight with all your might, it is #privatization of healthcare....

...Senseless and preventable deaths, all because of the greed of evil politicians. We must fight privatization at all costs.

#Ontario is en route to privatizing healthcare.
We must expose it & stop it at all costs. Don't be fooled.

Brigit Uwaila Umaigba, ICU/ER Nurse, Ontario

For more of her clearly-spoken #healthcare commentary: @Birgitomo

"What is the link between winter storms and global warming?" by Lucie Aubourg for @afpfr / @RawStory: https://www.rawstory.com/what-is-the-link-between-winter-storms-and-global-warming-2659036599/

👉​ 5,613 people have died of COVID in Ontario this year as of Dec. 17, 2022.

And our government's messaging is:

"Wear a mask, if it's right for YOU."
- Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, #Ontario.

#PublicHealth #FordFail #VentilateOurSchools
#CovidIsNotOver #TheKIdsAreNotOkay

https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/ncov/epi/covid-19-weekly-epi-summary-report.pdf?sc_lang=en

Clean indoor air is variant-proof and always will be.

There’s an absolutely astonishing story brewing in the medieval manuscripts world of a Potemkin Village scholarly institute built out of plagiarism and stock photos. I can scarcely do it justice except to link to Peter Kidd’s thorough deconstruction of #receptio #receptiogate

Part 1: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.html

Part 2: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.html

Part 3: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iii-my.html

Part 4: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iv-my.html

Part 5: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-v.html