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Who was 'Lasqueti', the namesake of our Island?

As a relative newcomer resident to Lasqueti Island (since 2011), I became curious about the history of the 'name' given to the island by twenty-three year old Jose Maria Narvaez, Captain of the Saturnina of the Spanish navy in 1791. There's a concrete monument to 'Lasqueti' in the Squitty Bay Park  that was installed in 1991 by memebers of the community.

Ivermectin - a brief history

In  the early1970's Satoshi Omura was a microbiologist cataloging soil samples looking at various  soil microorganisms. On a golf course south of Tokyo he                    discovered streptomyces.

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How did we get here?

Health care workers harassed and demonized at their workplace.

People blocked from attending medical appointments.

Ambulances carrying critically injured patients delayed from reaching hospitals.

Paramedics and nurses leaving their jobs due to stress.

How did we get here?

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Debunking PCR test "false positives"

Back in January, the "conspiracy-verse" was abuzz with claims that PCR tests for Covid-19 produced "97% false positive" results.  The pandemic, they said, was being manufactured as a means of social control, and the reported case numbers were vastly inflated by the "false positive" tests.  

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