Collette Burjack
Interested in writing, books, education, public health, and raging about *waves hands to encompass general terribleness* she/her
- Reposted by Collette BurjackIn case you've been hiding under your covers for the last week and a half, here's an excellent summary of the "unprecedented barrage of barbaric policy moves and casual executive depravity" that have upended "the law, decades of tradition, and even the Constitution." Clip 'n save […]
- When everything’s terrible at least there’s horses.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackWhy are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/11/w... @tryangregory.bsky.social
- Reposted by Collette BurjackBecause our political leaders apparently won’t…. While a profoundly polarizing figure in Canadian politics, Justin Trudeau unquestionably served Canada for 9 years facing levels of toxicity that in many ways was unprecedented in Canadian politics, and he did so with a consistent dignity. /1
- Reposted by Collette BurjackQuestion: Does COVID-19 damage the brain? Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways." Harvard Health. And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackShould this pandemic be forgot And never brought to mind? It’s normal now, to live with SARS And everything’s just fine For everything’s just fine Yes everything’s just fine We sold our souls so billionaires Could stay rich while we all die! #CovidCarols
- Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎊
- Reposted by Collette BurjackDid you ever go to one of the legendary Boxing Day sales at Sam the Record Man? Lines were often two hours long to get in. In this 1979 photo, one shopper said there was so little room inside the store that he could barely get his hand into his pocket to get his wallet.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackIf you are able please help protect honest media in Alberta. Savethebreakdownab.ca #abpoli gofund.me/e962c21a
- Reposted by Collette BurjackMore Closures being sent in via DMs today.. tonight's going to be another big ass bad thread.. and if you haven't yet, make sure to donate to @thebreakdownab.bsky.social legal fund.. Let's show these fucktards you can't silence the truth! See you tonight!
- Reposted by Collette BurjackThe 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵
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- Reposted by Collette BurjackWhat Possible Reason Is There That Everyone Could Be So Sick Right After They’ve Had A Covid Infection That Didn’t Affect Them At All In Any Way Whatsoever?
- New love!
- Reposted by Collette BurjackI like how Julie tried to sneak one request to Santa in near the end.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackNo, not a study by me, I just talk about it. Amazing work by Ali Erturk and a very large team. thewest.com.au/business/hea...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackI imposed martial law because i wanted to and which you were probably not delighted by Forgive me i really wanted to it seemed like a good idea at the time
- Reposted by Collette BurjackAlmost a third of preteens, teens with long COVID still not recovered at 2 years, study shows www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/alm... @cidrap.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
- Reposted by Collette Burjacktoday's essential read for all Canadians. "Canada is living next door to America’s Nero again, and it will be worse this time, and Trump isn’t even president yet and he’s already got us scrambling with a half-formed burp. " www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackBlack Friday has become too commercial.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackPodcast alert!! Essential listen for those who care about covid and public health. PUBLIC HEALTH IS DEAD! First two episodes dropped today. more to come! first episode here: podcastaddict.com/public-healt... 1/2
- Reposted by Collette Burjackthis Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: up 24 (last week up 22). (many weeks of 20+ deaths/wk now)!!!! Positivity: stable to 11.5% from 11.1% Inpts: down 6 to 280(last week up 8). ICU Down 3 to 6 (from 9). Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
- this Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: up 22 (last week up 20). (many weeks of 20+ deaths/wk now)!!!! Positivity: stable to 11.1% from 11.5% Inpts: up 8 to 286(last week down 38). ICU Down 4 to 9 (from 13). Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackFor the love of God, COVID isn’t over – so can people please wear masks? Why people don’t mask: "The biggest reason, I believe, is a failure of public health communication over wearing a mask. The government declared Covid “over,” and most people still trust what they’re told." archive.md/PzUTV
- Reposted by Collette BurjackWow that’s a pretty dirty move from Canada Post. Rather than negotiate with the workers, it’s violating the Canada Labour Code and laying people off during the strike. The strike going on longer is going to be at their feet. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
- Reposted by Collette Burjack"Lockdown skeptic" who argued explicitly that kids should get infected. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackAuthors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackCanadian COVID Forecast Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024 We haven't started cross-posting from Twitter to BlueSky yet, and won't be done the transition until January. For now, here's the ScreenReader link: threadreader.770703d5ded79dbd0e5d977b1c4b85e6.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/pdfs/0/moria...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackDid…did a minotaur write this
- Reposted by Collette BurjackAll these people whose kids are now going to get cavities requiring expensive treatment, and complications of those cavities, including serious, sometimes life-threatening infections. Plus a lifetime of problems with teeth that were not protected in childhood.
- Petition by RFK Jr fan pushes Montreal to stop putting fluoride in drinking water www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @mauraforrest.bsky.social Yes, RFK Jr's normalization of bunk a threat to Canada too. RFK Jr gave person who launched petition "moral support." Beware slow creep of darkness.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackNew research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults "On an average of 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18-44) and middle-aged (ages 45-64) adults had worse neurologic symptoms of long COVID than adults 65 and older." #LongCOVID
- Reposted by Collette BurjackDon't limit the political perspectives you read, instead have an open mind and read the political perspectives served to you by the algorithm controlled by the billionaire right-hand man of the billionaire president-elect of the United States of America
- Reposted by Collette BurjackOctavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky
- Reposted by Collette BurjackThe Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion is one in a million!
- Reposted by Collette BurjackReminder:
- Reposted by Collette BurjackGive yourself a break from recurrent infections. 😷 🪟 Via @damesa.bsky.social on X. “COVID-19 participants also self-reported more bacterial, influenza and mycoplasma infections, and 8%–10% of patients felt SARS-CoV-2-induced chronic diseases.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Reposted by Collette BurjackFlu pandemics can be weird. The last big one in 1918 mainly killed young, healthy adults (avg age 28 vs. 75 for Covid). IFR in the 30-40 year old age range was ~30x higher than during covid. It would be a rude wake up call for young adults if they're on the block this time.
- Reposted by Collette BurjackWHO is here (a statement not a question) 😊 @who-global.bsky.social
- Heard the sky is blue, the air is cleaner? DYK, #AirPollution impacts our health & can cause: 🫀 Heart disease 🧠 Stroke 🫁 Chronic lung disease 🫁 Pneumonia 🧬 Cancer 🗣️ Asthma among others
- Reposted by Collette Burjack#Bluesky adding 10 new accounts *per second* at the moment. bcounter.nat.vg
- Reposted by Collette BurjackGoing through the beginning of this EMS FOIP is mind-blowing.. The number of communities without EMS coverage on a daily basis.. The lack of EMS units working in Calgary & Edmonton due to no staff... No wonder Lagrange is hiding so much!
- Reposted by Collette BurjackONTARIO GOVT ANNOUNCES NEW DEALS WITH OTHER INDUSTRY LEADERS (Blue Sky edit)
- Reposted by Collette BurjackBluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
- Reposted by Collette BurjackNew AI-based tool triples estimates of Long Covid - up from a rate of 7% of the population to 22.8% scitechdaily.com/scientists-u...
- Reposted by Collette Burjack‘COVID is still with us’: Greens senator Penny Allman-Payne to miss parliament due to coronavirus infection. Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- As a dedicated lurker the fact that I’ve broken a hundred followers is terrifying…
- Reposted by Collette BurjackIt’s heeeerrre. 🌊 Don’t catch the latest Covid RSV wave, wearing an N95 works at preventing both! 😷 #ONpoli
- Reposted by Collette BurjackThe Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
- Reposted by Collette Burjackthis Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: up 20 (last week up 27). (many weeks of 20+ deaths/wk now) Positivity: stable to 11.5% from 11.6% Inpts: down 38 to 278(last week up 3). ICU Down 1 to 13 (from 14). Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
- his Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: up 27!!!!! (new record for this season to 136 (last week up 21). Positivity: slightly down to 11.6% from 12.6% Inpts: up 3 to 316(last week up 16). ICU Down 1 to 14 (from 15). Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo... 1/2
- Reposted by Collette BurjackNew article! On Trump's plans for America, how we got here, and how to prepare. If you like it, please share, as I am of course shadow-banned on the Bad Site. Thanks! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
- No cute cat or dog photos, but I can post horses!
- Hello! Obligatory first post to test out this new place! Pleased to be here. Look forward to chatting about public health, writing, books, general alberta craziness. Also ridiculously pleased with my new mask chain (featured in profile pic).
