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CommuniKate @peripherlvision

Kate Wilhelm, content designer and leader, previously at @1Password and @CDS_GC, intersectional feminist, she/her or they/them. Tweets are my own

Joined July 2009
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CommuniKate@peripherlvision
15 Nov 2024
I haven’t been very active here for the last year or two, other than retweeting covid science. But I’m moving to Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/communikate…. Hope to see lots of you there
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Deonandan@deonandan
5 Feb 2024
We're on the precipice of very serious Measles outbreaks in Canada, now that vaccination rates have stupidly dropped. Improved ventilation in schools ---that we SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED in 2020-- would really help to prevent that now.
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@1goodtern
27 Feb 2025
Thank you, New York Times. But I think 'alarmists' might be the wrong word then?
"The covid alarmists were closer to the truth than anyone else"

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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHat
27 Feb 2025
Replying to @1goodtern
The bizarre thing is that, at some point yesterday, they changed this headline from the one on the left to the one on the right. So someone made an intentional decision to change to using the word ‘Covid Alarmist’ AFTER it had been published.
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Dame Sa 🐝 3.5%@LongCovidHell
2 Jan 2025
Many jobs require masks: -Scientists -Miners -Firefighters -Construction workers -Crime scene investigators -Asbestos removal It’s not optional. That’s compulsory health & safety law. So why are medical staff exempt from this? Especially in times of soaring infectious disease?
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Brilliant interview, well-worth the read. I learned a lot from it
Coco@cocomarvgrows
31 Dec 2024
This interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty is absolute GOLD. “I think that if you’re out there taking COVID seriously, and if you’re out there still trying to avoid repeated infections, you’re still doing the right thing.” wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12…
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Outbreak Updates
@outbreakupdates
28 Dec 2024
Please share
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💜 NB citizen Covid Updates@nb_covid_info
21 Dec 2024
It's brutal how often I hear, in the hospital, "COVID is here to stay" from leadership as an excuse not to do anything better about it. People don't say "STIs are here to stay" "cancer is here to stay" "heart disease is here to stay" "concussions are here to stay" etc.
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Dr. Jennifer Irwin@drjenirwin
22 Dec 2024
Avian influenza found on two commercial poultry farms in Ontario inspection.canada.ca/en/anim…

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nychealthy
@nycHealthy
18 Dec 2024
Follow these tips to stay healthy this holiday season when COVID-19, flu and RSV are spreading in NYC! 💪 Get your updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines 😷 Wear a well-fitting mask in crowded indoor settings 🧪Get tested 🏠 Stay home if sick More tips: on.nyc.gov/covid19prevention
Illustration of a snowman in four different scenarios: With a band-aid on it's arm, text reads: Get vaccinated; Wearing a mask, text reads: Mask up; Getting tested for COVID-19, text reads: Get tested; Looking feverish and peering out a window from indoors, Text reads: Stay home if sick. N Y C Health logo.

ALT Illustration of a snowman in four different scenarios: With a band-aid on it's arm, text reads: Get vaccinated; Wearing a mask, text reads: Mask up; Getting tested for COVID-19, text reads: Get tested; Looking feverish and peering out a window from indoors, Text reads: Stay home if sick. N Y C Health logo.

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Kelly@broadwaybabyto
18 Dec 2024
If you’re still masking & taking Covid precautions - thank you. If you stopped - it’s not too late to start again. There are people who will help you. You won’t be alone. If you’re covid cautious & dealing with an infection - it’s not your fault. The system is failing us.
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Dame Sa 🐝 3.5%@LongCovidHell
3 Dec 2024
Why aren’t air filters in every hospital, school and care home? Any costs would be cancelled out in weeks via fewer hospital-acquired infections, fewer long-term health issues, fewer healthcare workers off sick, fewer teachers off sick and less lost education. #CleanAir
AirSpot Health@airspothealth
2 Dec 2024
When a team of doctors, scientists and engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University of Cambridge placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards, they found that it removed almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2. airspothealth.myshopify.com/…
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alan drummond
@alandrummond2
27 Nov 2024
'Mind boggling' surge in pneumonia cases among children, teens and young adults ottawacitizen.com/news/local… via @ottawacitizen

'Mind boggling' surge in pneumonia cases among children, teens and young adults

ottawacitizen.com
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Lee Altenberg, Ph.D. 🇺🇸@AltenbergLee
24 Nov 2024
When you hear anyone in the news or social media say "during the pandemic" or "post-pandemic", this is what they are talking about: (2024-11 update)
Neil Stone
@DrNeilStone
23 Nov 2024
Vaccines ended the Covid pandemic
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Dr Richard Hirschson
@richardhirschs1
19 Nov 2024
A short 🧵 on what #BirdFlu needs to do to become the next human #pandemic. I’ve placed a ✅ next to #H5N1 progression.
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Barry Hunt
@BarryHunt008
14 Nov 2024
Today I had an opportunity to address the CDC HICPAC committee The amazing speakers before me covered many topics but generally pushed the committee to do more to protect patients & HCWs, esp wrt protection from airborne transmission 👏👏👏 This was my 3 minute pitch:
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@1goodtern
2 Nov 2024
Minimisers: "If Covid dysregulated the immune system, why aren't we seeing an increase in opportunistic infections, eh?!" The opportunistic infections:
Graphs showing the rise of: Drug resistant Kleb, E Coli, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Other Crypto Hominis Crypto Parvum Rare Crypto Shigella Whooping Cough Legionella TB Listeria Mycoplasma pneumoniae Polyomaviruses

ALT Graphs showing the rise of: Drug resistant Kleb, E Coli, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Other Crypto Hominis Crypto Parvum Rare Crypto Shigella Whooping Cough Legionella TB Listeria Mycoplasma pneumoniae Polyomaviruses

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Tara Moriarty@MoriartyLab
27 Oct 2024
Canadian COVID Forecast Oct 26-Nov 8, 2024 ONTARIO SEVERE (no change) Estimated infections this week: 375,500-530,600 About 1 in every 32 people infected Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~20X higher -Long COVID ~22X higher -Hospitalizations ~23X higher -Deaths ~20X higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for Oct 26-Nov 8, 2024 by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario’s COVID Forecast outlook is SEVERE (no change) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 20.4 About 1 of every 32 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 375,500-530,600 How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: SEVERE; 19.8X higher Long COVID estimate: SEVERE; 21.5X higher Hospitalizations, ICU: SEVERE; 22.5X higher Deaths: SEVERE; 19.9X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks AVOID indoor social gatherings AVOID crowded non-essential places If you ARE HIGH RISK: ALSO AVOID outdoor social gatherings Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

ALT This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for Oct 26-Nov 8, 2024 by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario’s COVID Forecast outlook is SEVERE (no change) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 20.4 About 1 of every 32 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 375,500-530,600 How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: SEVERE; 19.8X higher Long COVID estimate: SEVERE; 21.5X higher Hospitalizations, ICU: SEVERE; 22.5X higher Deaths: SEVERE; 19.9X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks AVOID indoor social gatherings AVOID crowded non-essential places If you ARE HIGH RISK: ALSO AVOID outdoor social gatherings Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

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@1goodtern
14 Oct 2024
This is going to be a messy complicated thread... ...but there are several massive hurdles in the paths of most people that prevent them accepting that Covid infections are responsible for the rising flood of ill health including things like heart attacks and mental illness.
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Tara Moriarty@MoriartyLab
10 Oct 2024
For those wondering why our COVID Forecast score is so high for months on end. It predicts % excess mortality, based on excess mortality estimates from Statistics Canada. If you doubt @StatCan_eng excess mortality estimates, here are the estimates for Canada, the UK and United States from @OurWorldInData . Since the start of Omicron excess mortality in Canada has fluctuated between 10 and 35%. That's higher than StatsCan. We're doing considerably worse than the UK and US, and have been for quite a while. But we don't talk about it publicly. Excess mortality: Deaths from all causes compared to average over previous years ourworldindata.org/grapher/e…
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