Jaclyn Ferreira

@jaclynmacrae
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Mum of 3 | Wife | #AuDHD #NDSquad | Disability, Rare Disease & Education Advocate | Producer | Photographer | Recovering Journo | Writer | Researcher | Rower & Runner | Zoo Keeper! | YVR via YYZ | #resist | Born 334.19ppm CO2

#SARS2IsAirborne #BringBackMasks #MakeSchoolsSafe #Equity

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Bloghttps://babybytes.wordpress.com/
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Jaclyn FerreiraMar 21, 2023
Dr. Lucky Tran Mar 16, 2023
In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States. A report by the Government Accountability Office has cited #COVID-19 as a contributing factor in at least 400 maternal deaths in 2021, accounting for much of the increase. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/covid-pregnancy-death.html
Covid Worsened a Maternal Mortality Crisis in the U.S.

In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States, according to new government figures. Here’s how one family coped after the virus threatened a pregnant mother.

The New York Times
Jaclyn FerreiraMar 21, 2023
Dr. Lucky Tran Mar 20, 2023

Great illustration of how astroturf groups and unchecked opinion pieces create doubt in science. Sound familiar?

https://jensorensen.com/2014/03/17/corporate-cosmos/

Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 21, 2023
On This Day In HistoryFeb 20, 2023

Today in 1905, 118 years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts.

#OnThisDay

Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 18, 2023
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦Feb 18, 2023
#Ford government #slammed for '#troubling' inaction during #ConvoyProtest in Emergencies Act report
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-emergencies-act-ontario-1.6752465
"#Premier Doug Ford and province's solicitor general both #refused to #participate in commission." Whose side was #DougFordFail on?
Ford government slammed for 'troubling' inaction during convoy protest in Emergencies Act report | CBC News

A long-awaited report on Ottawa's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during last year's convoy protest slammed Doug Ford's government for its "reluctance" to help resolve the situation.

CBC
Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 17, 2023
Yaneer Bar-YamFeb 17, 2023

The haunting brain science of long Covid

#covid @whn

https://statnews.com/2023/02/16/the-haunting-brain-science-of-long-covid/

The haunting brain science of long Covid

In an essay by @WesElyMD, here's Matt Fitzgerald describing his life with long Covid: "It's terrifying. I mean, I've had to dig real deep. How much longer will I feel like this? I'm scared."

STAT
Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 15, 2023
J.H.NoyesFeb 15, 2023

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/long-covid-now-looks-like-a-neurological-disease-helping-doctors-to-focus-treatments/

A hefty dose of misinformation from Scientific American.

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments

The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system

Scientific American
Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 13, 2023
Scott Small 🇨🇦Feb 13, 2023

Question for people using screen readers:

Assuming proper camel-casing was used, can your screen reader pick up on the difference between the #SuperBowl and #SuperbOwl hashtags?

Yes, they sound different
72.2%
No, they sound the same
27.8%
Poll ended at .
Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 13, 2023
Show threadCaroline Orr BuenoFeb 13, 2023
This is ultimately a battle for your mind, but you aren’t helpless, even in the face of a threat of this magnitude. One of the most effective counter-strategies is acknowledging that the threat exists. Why? Because the success of those waging war in the cognitive domain relies largely on the ability to deny that such a battle is even taking place. #cognitivesecurity #cogsec #disinformation #informationwarfare
Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 13, 2023
Show threadCaroline Orr BuenoFeb 13, 2023

This was revealed during an exchange between Rep. Raskin and Twitter’s former head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth. I’m astounded that this revelation was largely overlooked and has gone totally unreported, and I’ve contacted both Roth and Raskin for additional information.

The alarming development also comes at a time when Elon Musk has just dismantled many of the teams tasked with monitoring/mitigating foreign interference, and is actively trying to discredit the work they did.

Jaclyn FerreiraFeb 13, 2023
Caroline Orr BuenoFeb 13, 2023

I wrote about the most-overlooked part of Wednesday’s Oversight Committee hearing: The revelation that “thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands” of Russian disinformation accounts are still active on the platform, waging an ongoing war on reality.

This is the first we’ve heard of an ongoing foreign disinfo campaign of this magnitude, and the implications are staggering.
https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/twitter-exec-says-hundreds-of-thousands

Twitter exec says 'hundreds of thousands' of Russian disinformation accounts still active on Twitter

Twitter's former head of Trust and Safety told Congress that "counterfeit" Russian accounts targeting the US are still active as part of an "ongoing campaign."

Weaponized