It’s 2006. Which means, well, not a whole lot of difference from 2005. Except I will have to remember to date my cheques with 2006. Not that anyone writes many cheques anymore.
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And the other 4/5 might also have new health conditions but be unaware of them?
New @CDCMMWR: Approximately 1 in 5 adults ages 18+ experience a new condition a month or more after surviving #COVID19. More: https://bit.ly/MMWR7121.
Personal assessment of the end of mask mandate in QC: perks and social incentives for being rude, dumb, uneducated and an impersonated insult to intelligence.
Good job as always PH QC! 1/
Solidaire avec qui, exactement ?
Pas les autochtones. Pas anglophones. Pas allophones.
#QuebecSolidaireDeNomSeulement
#Quebec took another step into authoritarian fascism today with the adoption of #Loi96, a minority-baiting piece of claptrap that throws immigrants under the bus in the name of "protecting French".
Ashamed to live in Quebec today.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-bill-96-final-vote-preview-caq-pq-liberal-party
Note: This was for BA.1. Early indications are that BA.2 (dominant in most Canadian provinces now) responds better to #Evusheld, which is why #Quebec and other provinces are going with the original lower dose, not the higher FDA-recommended dose that the US is using.
Evusheld in haem malignancy pts in Omicron era. Stuver et al.
• 52 pts in US
• high anti-S levels after dose
• BUT neutralisation activity for Omicron failed to reach cut off in 30\47
• 2nd / higher dose did help (9/10 of those treated)
#lymsm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610822002185?via%3Dihub
