The RootsToSky.com/Covid Misinformation Files

Specific mutations hide the COVID-causing variant from the immune system and give it a new route into more cells

An updated study shows that number of children orphaned globally by Covid-19 is estimated to have increased dramatically from approximately 2.7 million in April 2021 to 5.2 million in October 2021.

In just one year, the Twitter account has helped steer the outrage machine at the center of right-wing messaging and legislation.

Age is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease. Here the authors perform DNA methylation analyses in whole blood from COVID-19 patients using established epigenetic clocks and telomere length estimators, and describing correlations between epigenetic aging and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease.

Millions of people are still mourning loved ones lost to COVID, their grief intensified, prolonged, and even denied by the politics of the pandemic.

The virus is now embedded in our world. But there are steps we can take to keep it at bay while we continue to live our lives, says Edinburgh University’s Prof Devi Sridhar

HONG KONG — A simple stool test can tell recovered Covid-19 patients their risks of suffering the effects of long Covid with 90 per cent accuracy, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have found.

Doctors used to swear by the slow recovery period known as convalescence. Some experts say embracing it again could offer benefits for an array of long-term illnesses and injuries.

The SARS-CoV-2 Assessment of Viral Evolution (SAVE) programme provides a real-time risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants with the potential to affect transmission, virulence and resistance to infection- and vaccine-induced immunity.

Our analysis of hacked donor data, from foreign interference to ‘blessings.’

Early in 2020 and late in 2021, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation faced down police forces as they tried to protect their homelands in northern British Columbia. The province and the federal government had no difficulty in sending in the RCMP to mete out justice. No mercy has been given to the First Nations when they protest. Oka, Ipperwash, Gustafsen Lake, logging standoffs and oil and gas standoffs, including the Tiny House Warriors standing against the Trans Mountain pipeline, were all met with unwavering police forces. The last confrontation in Wet’suwet’en had First Nations from other provinces joining in solidarity. Enter Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his anti-protest legislation. Kenney quickly enacted Bill 1 to protect “critical infrastructure” and to fine those driven to protest.

Distinguishing excessive doubt from excessive belief can help inform how to bring a conspiracy theorist back to reality.

Kulvinder Gill and Ashvinder Lamba sued over comments accusing them of spreading COVID-19 misinformation

The premier has been making like Santa Claus with election goodies after letting Trudeau take the heat for convoy blockades

The influence of U.S. money and misinformation campaigns on social media are a harbinger of what to expect next time Canadians go to the polls

According to the leaked data, $8.4 million had been raised from 92,844 donors, with the majority of funds being raised in Canada and the United States, including large donations from business owners and financial backers of the Republican Party.

There are already 127 confirmed cases across almost half of the U.S. of a new Covid subvariant that's even more contagious than omicron.

From Boogaloo imagery to white power anthems, Shane Marshall is not shy about airing out his extreme beliefs online, even while participating in the federal election.

To turn back the tides of radicalization and hate, Canada needs investments in our democratic culture, improvements in policing and support for grassroots efforts.

Global infections fall for the 3rd consecutive week, dropping 21%; WHO estimates 99% of all cases are Omicron variant; number of deaths also fall for first time since January

The Canadian truck protests started over vaccine mandates. But the trucking industry in the U.S. is more concerned about things like where to park their rigs.

Moderna Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said Covid is entering an endemic phase in the Northern Hemisphere.

The popular Spotify host has come under fire for helping spread COVID-19 conspiracies and his repeated use of the N-word. But that’s not close to the full picture.

The truckers’ convoy has travelled from out west to Parliament Hill and Toronto. Along the way, the responses of law enforcement agencies are affected by both internal and external politics.