mac64.bsky.social

mac64.bsky.social

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Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social worries that the federal government appears to be doing less monitoring of farms for potential viruses than previous administrations. "It might mean that things are going on that people don’t see or know about," the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social director said.

theguardian.comBird flu outbreak at Utah mink farm sparks concerns about government responseState veterinarian attempted to get help from federal government but was told USDA didn't regulate mink farms

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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has now crossed 10,000 cases and is getting close to 5,000 deaths. It is a staggeringly large outbreak and it continues to grow rapidly, with 96 new cases in the last 24 hours alone. #IDsky 🧪 insp.cd/sitrep-n164-...

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I very much want to be wrong, but I think this outbreak is going to get much, much worse. Attacks on healthcare workers, active conflict zone, porous borders, sub-optimal surveillance. A very bad combination. apnews.com/article/ebol...

apnews.comCongo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countriesCongo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa.

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@mark-carney.bsky.social , I hope that the courts find in favour of these young Canadians. Shame on our federal government and provincial governments taking us backwards.

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Young people are taking the feds to court, arguing Canada’s climate law fails to protect their Charter rights. Ottawa says its control over climate change is limited. The trial could reshape climate accountability. @stefanlabbe.bsky.social's first for The Narwhal: thenarwhal.ca/canada-youth...

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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration asked Washington to set aside ballots from around 400 registered voters it claims may be noncitizens. The alarming request comes amid the DOJ's legal effort to compel California to do the same to 20k voters.

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Young people are taking the feds to court, arguing Canada’s climate law fails to protect their Charter rights. Ottawa says its control over climate change is limited. The trial could reshape climate accountability. @stefanlabbe.bsky.social's first for The Narwhal: thenarwhal.ca/canada-youth...

thenarwhal.caCan lawsuits hold governments accountable for climate change? | The NarwhalA landmark trial in Canada is part of a growing global wave of climate litigation testing whether governments can be held legally responsible for failing to protect people from a warming world

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Replying to @jvipondmd.bsky.social

And there they go. So for all the BC voters claiming YOUR conservatives are so different, WE TOLD YOU SO.

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Multiple lawyers, including renowned Joel Bakan, confirm that the Bradford plan to commercialize water in Toronto very much opens the door to privatization: www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit.... Shrill denials from Bradford and his billionaire backers are a clear tell. #toronto #canlab

thestar.comBrad Bradford made a big promise to transform Toronto’s water management. Here’s what experts sayThe proposal caused a spectacle between the two leading contenders in Toronto's mayoral race. It's a lot, it's complicated and it's all in the midst of heavy campaigning during a

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Replying to @solidevidence.bsky.social

If you look at where those sequences came from you see that they are from all over the country. That means the virus is not contained, it’s continuing to move across the country. 11/

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⚠️ AI orders more medical tests. A costly pressure‼️ Comparative Cost of Care Recommended by Large Language Models versus Treating Physicians ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... "The care these [AI] systems recommended cost substantially more than physicians’ documented care..."

ai.nejm.orgComparative Cost of Care Recommended by Large Language Models versus Treating PhysiciansLarge language models (LLMs) are increasingly consulted for clinical decision support, yet the cost of services or treatment they recommend has not been systematically evaluated. We evaluated 24 AI...

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Replying to @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social

Local woman also says separatists have no place in the party where she welcomed and enabled separatists.

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I was chatting with my elderly neighbor recently (in his 70s) I asked if he got his Covid and flu boosters for this year He replied that he is taking a break because of all the negative things he is hearing about vaccines This is exactly how disinformation works

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Replying to @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social

Yes we should have. Why Ontarians weren't and aren't more upset at Doug's Captain Canada BS is beyond me. And what happened to the investigations into his corruption??

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Replying to @propublica.org

3/ Utah officials learned in mid-August of the outbreak at C&T Fenn Farms, a fur farm west of Provo. Had poultry been infected, the playbook is clear: If even one chicken tests positive, the US requires farmers to kill the whole flock. There are no federal rules for dealing with sick mink.

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Replying to @propublica.org

2/ This outbreak has been raging uncontrolled for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But the federal government has brushed off the issue, and Utah has prioritized the fur industry’s interests.

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

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Danielle Smith throws Forever Canada under the bus, blaming them for the referendum: "If somebody doesn't want to put a vote forward, then they shouldn't start a petition campaign. If they're going to do that, then they have to understand that there are consequences to it."

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Replying to @wrambbit.bsky.social

Airborne precautions would prevent FAR more illness than hand washing! I’ve been wearing N95 respirators in public since 2020, and guess how many contagious illnesses I’ve had. Zero. In six years! I used to get sick 3 or 4 times a year! I don’t miss catching colds all the time!