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The Yeti of Kananaskis @kananaskinyeti.bsky.social

"People are willing to try anything to not get sick except the only thing that reliably works because that one thing can’t be done secretly and spoils the illusion that everything is alright."

Source: https://x.com/kananaskinyeti/status/2023823842867814785

Screenshot of a social media post by The Yeti of Kananaskis (@kananaskinyeti).

The post reads: “People are willing to try anything to not get sick except the only thing that reliably works because that one thing can’t be done secretly and spoils the illusion that everything is alright.”

Timestamp: 5:16 AM · Feb 18, 2026. Views: 25K Views.

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Australia: "New National Project to Improve Care for Australians Living With Long Covid"

Researchers at University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute have launched a national project to deliver effective care and improved health outcomes for patients with long-Covid.

"To learn more about how you can get involved in the project, please email our Cardiovascular Research Flagship team."

CVFlagship.Menzies@utas.edu.au

Source: https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2026/new-national-project-to-improve-care-for-australians-living-with-long-covid

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South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 14 Feb to 20 Feb 2026

Reported cases:

🔹COVID: 142 (+36.5%)
🔹Flu: 60 (-3.2%)
🔹RSV: 59 (+7.2%)
🔹Pertussis: 43 (-8.5%)

Reported deaths in 2026:

🔸COVID: 5⚠️
🔸Flu: 0
🔸RSV: 0
🔸Pertussis: 0

Source: https://sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/about+us/health+statistics/surveillance+of+notifiable+conditions/respiratory+infections+dashboard

Screenshot of the Government of South Australia SA Health “Respiratory infections dashboard.”

The page is dated Friday 20 February 2026 and notes that data covers the previous week (Sunday to Saturday) and is typically updated on Fridays around midday.

Navigation buttons for COVID-19, Flu, RSV, and Pertussis are shown.

Under the COVID-19 section, a table lists:

New cases reported this week: 142

Cases year to date: 581

Cases in previous year to date: 1,675

Deaths year to date: <5

Deaths in previous year: 84

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WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 16 Feb 2026

🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.8% est. (+0.7%)

🔹Reported cases: Increased to 90 (+34.3%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Remained stable at 18 per day (Stable)
🔹ICU: 7-day average is zero (+0.0%)

Source: https://health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Infectious-disease-data/Virus-Watch

Figure 9 from a Western Australia COVID-19 report showing COVID-19 notifications and test positivity by notification week from 2023 to 2026 YTD.

Blue bars represent weekly PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases (left axis, up to 1,600), and a black line represents percentage test positivity (right axis, up to 20%).

The chart shows multiple waves, with large peaks in 2023 and early 2024 where positivity reaches around 15–18%. Activity declines through late 2024, with smaller waves in 2025.

By early 2026, both cases and positivity are low. The most recent data point shows around 90 notifications for the week, with test positivity just under 3% (approximately 2.5–3%).

Figure 10 from a Western Australia COVID-19 report showing the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases currently in hospital or in ICU from 2023 to 2026 YTD.

Blue bars represent total hospitalised cases, and orange bars represent ICU cases (a subset of hospitalised). The y-axis shows number of hospitalised cases (up to 300), and the x-axis shows week ending dates from early 2023 to early 2026.

The chart shows several waves, with peaks above 200 hospitalisations in 2023 and smaller peaks through 2024 and 2025. Trends generally decline over time.

By early 2026, hospitalisations are low and stable at around 18 patients per day, with ICU cases near zero.

Figure 11 from a Western Australia COVID-19 report showing SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater and COVID-19 notification rates in the Perth metropolitan area from 2023 to 13 February 2026.

A dark blue line represents the 14-day weighted average of wastewater viral concentrations (left axis, up to 30,000 genome copies per 50 mL), and a yellow line represents the 14-day average COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population (right axis, up to 100).

The chart shows large peaks in wastewater and case rates during 2023 and early 2024, followed by smaller waves through 2024 and 2025.

By early 2026, both wastewater levels and case rates are very low, with the most recent data near baseline, indicating low viral activity in the community.

Dashboard titled “SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages” showing the distribution of variants in clinical samples (top graph) and wastewater samples (bottom graph) in the Perth metropolitan area from 17 August 2025 to 1 February 2026.

Filters at the top include date ranges (last 6 months selected), last 12 months, last 18 months, all dates, calendar YTD, and explanatory notes.

The clinical samples chart (stacked bar graph) shows changing proportions of variants over time. Earlier months (September–October 2025) include a mix of variants, with some BA.2/BA.5-related lineages. By late 2025 into early 2026, newer variants dominate, including KP, NB.1.8.x, XBB, XEC, and XFG lineages, with proportions shifting week to week.

The wastewater samples chart (stacked bar graph) shows similar trends but with more variability, including detection of multiple variants simultaneously. Later months show increasing presence of newer lineages such as XEC and XFG, alongside KP and NB.1.8.x.

A legend at the bottom lists variant lineages including BA.2.75.x, BA.2.86.x, BA.2.x, BA.3.2.x, BA.4.x, BA.5.x, JN.1.x, KP.3.x, KP.x, NB.1.8.x, Recombinant lineages, XBB.x, XEC.x, and XFG.x.

A button below reads: “Click here to view wastewater surveillance trends report.”

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WA Respiratory viruses: Week ending 16 Feb 2026

🔹Influenza: 133 (Stable)
🔹RSV: 57 (+16.3%)

Figure 4 from a Western Australia influenza report showing the number of influenza notifications by week from 2021 to 2026 YTD.

Multiple coloured lines represent different years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 (black line). A dotted horizontal line indicates the seasonal threshold (around 500 notifications).

The chart shows strong seasonal peaks in previous years, particularly 2022 (sharp peak above 2,000 notifications around week 28), 2023 (peak around 1,500), and 2025 (broader peak around 1,600–1,700). Activity in 2024 is more moderate.

The 2026 line remains low and below the seasonal threshold, with the most recent value at around 133 notifications, indicating low and stable influenza activity so far this year.

Figure 7 from a Western Australia report showing the number of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) notifications by week from 2022 to 2026 YTD.

Coloured lines represent different years (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), with 2026 shown as a black line. The y-axis shows number of notifications (up to 1,200), and the x-axis shows weeks of the year.

Previous years show clear seasonal peaks, particularly 2022 with a sharp peak above 1,100 notifications around week 36, and 2023–2025 with peaks around 600–800 notifications between weeks 28–34.

The 2026 line remains low and flat in early weeks, with the most recent value at around 57 notifications, indicating typical interseasonal levels.

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AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 20 Feb 2026

🔹SA: ⬆️ (+36.5%) 5 deaths reported
🔹WA: ⬆️ (+34.3%) Avg 18/day in hospital
🔹VIC: ⬆️ (+29.0%)
🔹QLD: ⬆️ (+15.8%) 37 in hospital
🔹NSW: ⬆️ (+13.0%)

🔸TAS: Next update: 6 Mar

🔹Aged Care: The Australian government ended weekly COVID-19 reporting.

Australia Weekly COVID Update, 20 Feb 2026. SA up +36.5% (weekly update; 5 deaths). WA up +34.3% (weekly update; avg 18/day in hospital). VIC up +29.0% (fortnightly/weekly update). QLD up +15.8% (weekly update; 37 in hospital). NSW up +13.0% (weekly update). TAS monthly reporting, next update 6 March. ACT Health ended weekly reporting for 2025; will resume in autumn/winter 2026. NT no longer publishes data. Aged care: Australian Government no longer publishes weekly COVID-19 case data.

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"New Transcriptomic Clock Unveils T Cell Aging in COVID, HIV"

"Patients with acute COVID-19, they found two clear effects. First, COVID-19 altered T cell composition, including significant reductions in naïve CD8 and naïve CD4 T cells. Second, the infection increased the biological age of naïve CD8 T cells."

Source: https://www.miragenews.com/new-transcriptomic-clock-unveils-t-cell-aging-1622966/

Study: https://www.aging-us.com/article/206353/text

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Reminder that The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince being arrested for suspicion of misconduct has nothing to do with him being a pedophile and everything to do with him telling powerful men's secrets to other powerful men.

This isn't justice for those girls.

#UK #RoyalFamily #FuckTheRoyals
#AndrewMountbattenWindsor #Epstein #NoJusticeNoPeace

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Happy birthday, asshole!

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0219/1559293-andrew-uk-arrest/

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Hey everyone,

@casey and @rania40 had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Marwa From Gaza (@Marwa_from_Gaza)
• Nasra Hassan (@Na1991)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

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Dear friends, support on this link has unfortunately slowed down over the past few days. I am reaching out because I desperately need to secure our rent before the end of the month so we aren't forced out onto the streets. On top of this, my sister requires a dental procedure that is quite costly. I need you by my side now more than ever, and I have complete faith in your kindness❤️

Please donate and boost as much as you can
Thank you all ❤️

https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy
#gaza #genocide #palestine

These are the dates of the most recent donations I received

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When you see antisemitic bots like this that spam replies to posts criticising Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, make sure you report and block them.

(They block you after commenting so you can’t act on their post. Unless, that is, you run your own instance like I do and can suspend them.)

But wait, did I just call them antisemitic?

Why yes, conflating Zionism with being Jewish is to state that all Jews support Israel, settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Of course not all Jews are Zionist and support such inhumanity. And not all Zionists are Jews.

The only ones painting targets on Jewish backs are Zionists.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediblock #fediverse #mastodon #zionist #bots #hasbara #spam

ANTIZIONISTS USE THE GENOCIDE LIBEL TO PAINT TARGETS ON JEWISH BACKS
SO DON'T LET THEM.
CALL THEM OUT.
EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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"Vaccination cuts risk of COVID-19 respiratory failure or death by 80%"

Adults who received the 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccine were 40% less likely to be hospitalised and 79% less likely to need invasive ventilation or die from COVID-19, according to a new case-control study.

Source: https://archive.md/wRES7

Study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12869339/

Screenshot of a news article from the Elizabethton Star. The headline reads, “Vaccination cuts risk of COVID-19 respiratory failure or death by 80%.” The article is labeled as contributed content and was published at 12:44 pm on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Below the headline is a portrait photo of a middle-aged man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie, standing indoors with his hands clasped. The caption identifies him as Wesley Self, MD, MPH. Social sharing icons appear above the photo.

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Political dissent will ALWAYS be targeted by the state, using the tools they claim they put in place to "protect" the oppressed.

The master's tools...

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Police seize art posters depicting Trump, Putin and Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms from Canberra bar

Owner calls it ‘ludicrous’ Dissent Cafe and Bar was shut down after complaint, the first in Australia’s capital since new federal hate symbol laws

Police have seized art posters from a Canberra music venue and bar that depict world leaders and others, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, wearing Nazi uniforms, and are investigating whether new federal hate symbol laws were broken.

#AusPol #Australia #NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #ACT #ACTPol #FedPol #HateSpeech #policing #Criminology #CriminalJustice

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/police-seize-art-posters-depicting-trump-putin-and-netanyahu-in-nazi-uniforms-from-canberra-bar-ntwnfb

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🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 19 Feb 2026

Week ending 14 February 2025:

🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.6% (+0.3%)

🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4

🔹COVID: 702 (+13.0%)
🔹Influenza: 651 (+9.4%)
🔹RSV: 628 (+37.4%)

Source: https://health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/reports.aspx

Header from the NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report for the week ending 14 February 2026, showing NSW Health branding and the statement that influenza, COVID-19 and RSV are all at a low level of activity. A summary below repeats that all three respiratory illnesses remained at a low level of activity.

Table from the NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report showing an interpretation that, in the past week, COVID-19 notifications increased by 13.0%, influenza by 9.4%, and RSV by 37.4%. The table lists NSW notifications for the week ending 14 February 2026 and year-to-date totals: COVID-19 702 cases for the week and 3,618 year-to-date; influenza 651 for the week and 5,322 year-to-date; RSV 628 for the week and 2,843 year-to-date.

Bar chart showing weekly COVID-19 notifications in NSW by test date from August 2024 to February 2026. Notifications were moderate in late 2024, declined in early 2025, then rose sharply to a peak around June–July 2025 before steadily falling through late 2025. Levels remained low to moderate into early 2026.

NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report graphic showing COVID-19 test positivity trends. The interpretation states that in the last week COVID-19 test positivity increased to 3.6%, influenza positivity remained stable at 3.0%, and RSV positivity increased to 2.1%. A chart shows weekly numbers of COVID-positive tests and percent positivity at NSW sentinel laboratories from August 2024 to mid-February 2026, with positivity generally low, peaking mid-2025, then declining before rising again in early 2026. A table below shows the four weeks to 15 February 2026, with SARS-CoV-2 positivity increasing from 2.4% to 3.6%, 235 positive cases in the most recent week, 6,471 PCR tests conducted, and three laboratories reporting.

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By Gilly @profesh_baby:

"Wearing an N95 mask (or better!) is the easiest way to protect yourself and everyone around you. It's an act of solidarity."

Source: https://x.com/profesh_baby/status/2024172644707553590

Illustrated, board-game-style poster about mask wearing and COVID-19, laid out like a Monopoly board. Pale green background with orange borders; hand-lettered text sits in rectangular “property” boxes around the edges. In the centre, a yellow panel reads: “WEARING A MASK IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.” Below it, a tilted card says: “NOT WEARING A MASK? IT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO CAUSE DIRECT HARM TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU.” Two white dice with black pips sit on the board plus a black-and-white game token, a green pawn, a small black house, and a stack of cards.

Top row boxes read: “DON’T GET COVID,” “IT BREAKS CHAINS OF INFECTION,” “MASK UP! BECAUSE” (between two arrows), “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BODY,” and “DON’T SPREAD COVID.” Left column boxes say: “KILLING AND MAIMING OTHERS IS BAD,” “IT PROTECTS EXTRA VULNERABLE GROUPS LIKE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY,” “IT MAKES YOU A MORE EFFECTIVE ALLY TO THOSE IN NEED,” “COVID SPREAD IS CLASS WARFARE,” and “MEDICAL BILLS ARE EXPENSIVE,” ending at the corner “PROTECT OTHERS.” Right column boxes read: “IT’S A GOOD DISGUISE AT PROTESTS,” “IT PROTECTS YOU FROM FLU, COLDS, ETC.,” “THERE IS NO CURE FOR LONG COVID,” “IT’S A PATIENTS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “IT MAKES YOU MORALLY CONSISTENT,” and “IT’S A PRISONERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” ending at the corner “PROTECT YOURSELF.” Bottom row boxes add: “IT’S A WORKERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “COVID DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,” and “IT’S A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE.”

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Yes, unfortunately this is where we’re at. Many people are now experiencing repeated COVID infections and Immune Dysregulation.

Source: https://www.threads.com/@lukewhoshowedup/post/DU4hxPHlJ0H

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And cue “Swiss neutrality” (privilege + cowardice + complicity) in 3… 2… @adachika192 https://hcommons.social/@adachika192/116087612441385859

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Hey everyone,

@aral and @rania40 had the honour of speaking to one family from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Manar From Gaza (@Manar_gaza)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their account, and donate to their fundraiser if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

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Countries for which genocide is a deal breaker:

Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain

Countries for which genocide is not a deal breaker:

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (2nd largest arms dealer of the genocide behind the US; historic fan of genocides), Greece, Israel (our good friends who are carrying out the genocide), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026

#EurovisionSongContest #EurovisionSongContest2026 #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #GenocideSongContest #UnitedByGenocide #Europe #EU #israel #EuropeanValues #genocide #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #BDS #FreePalestine

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