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Oct 3
What we call (or don't call) a virus plays an important role in how we frame our communications and responses to it. Here is a long thread about how SARS-CoV-2 variants are named.🧵 Evolutionary tree of SARS-C...
What the virus is called has been recognized as important since the early days of the pandemic. Geography-based names were used intentionally by some and avoided as problematic by others because they can promote xenophobia. Think "Wuhan virus" or "China virus".
Even technical names were treated with caution early on. In February 2020, the World Health Organization (@WHO) announced that they would refer to "the virus responsible for COVID-19" or "the COVID-19 virus" rather than "SARS-CoV-2" or "SARS2".

who.int/emergencies/di… What name does WHO use for ...
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Sep 30
The University of Guelph is a research-intensive university with particular strengths in life sciences and many experts in fields relevant to the pandemic. Here is how much we're following science at @uofg under our current leadership in year 3 of the pandemic. 🧵
We have no mask mandate, no booster requirements, no distancing or class capacity limits, and we've let in 2,000 extra students thanks to admin ineptitude. Why no masks at @uofg? We dropped them in July in order to align with what shopping malls and movie theatres were doing. Memo announcing the end of mask mandates July 1.
Thanks to our "culture of caring", we do have "masks on" areas in a few buildings at @uofg. These share air with everyone else. And they aren't monitored or enforced anyway, even if the vet notion weren't absurd. Masks on and non-masking areas adjacent to each other, shariMemo describing the masks on areas, which are described as pList of locations of masks on areas. One of these is a singlPhoto of a public pool, with a designated "non-peeing s
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Sep 28
On Indigenous land acknowledgements by settlers.

Video link 🧵

Two funny but poignant sendups of performative statements, and then guidance on doing better.
From the Baroness von Sketch show on CBC.

From Lido TV on CBC

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Sep 27
Why do I think we need nicknames for Omicron variants of note? 🧵
The @WHO naming system based on the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Delta, Omicron, etc.) is being used in reference to major evolutionary groups (clades). They're like higher level classifications in taxonomy. You can think of "Omicron" as being like "Mammalia".
That's fine, but it lacks any resolution to talk about diversity or evolution within the major groups.

Imagine asking "What furry animal is that?" and being told "A mammal". Not exactly the informative answer you may have hoped for. Evolutionary tree of SARS-CoV-2 variants showing the major cEvolutionary tree of major groups of mammals.
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Sep 26
Sometimes I COVID meme. Thought I'd put them together in a collection. 🧵
I update these every few months. Waves of COVID hospitalizations in Canada. After each wave tWaves of COVID hospitalizations in the UK. After each wave tWaves of COVID hospitalizations in the US. After each wave t
Star Wars meme. Anakin: "We're working hard to make puStar Wars meme. Anakin: "COVID levels remain stable.&q
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Sep 26
It is Truth and Reconciliation Week. This is a deeply painful time for everyone affected by the horrifically racist legacy of residential schools, and my voice is not the one that matters. However, I want to share some thoughts specifically with other privileged white settlers.🧵
In addition to being a time of mourning, grief, and community healing for Indigenous people, it is also a call for us, as settlers, to face our own legacy and do some real work. Please take this time to educate yourself and commit to action.
We can NOT expect Indigenous people to educate us -- this is *our* responsibility. I *strongly* recommend completing the incredible Indigenous Canada course offered (for free) through the University of Alberta.

coursera.org/learn/indigeno…
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