So for anyone in Ontario wondering why infection control practice is so backwards here even away from the usual suspects, it turns out there's misinformation embedded directly in the CPSO infection control guidance, which incorrectly directs physicians to wear a medical mask for airborne pathogens.🙄

Coronaviruses just caused common colds. Until one didn't (SARS 1). And then another one didn't (MERS). And then another one caused a global pandemic (SARS-2). Hantaviruses didn't spread from human to human. Until one did (Andes). Not every swan is white.

Here is the interview with Arijit Chakravarty:

Covid isn't good for your heart. doi.org/10.1002/joa3...

See? Too much PPE is bad! So that's two people who have expressed concerns about too much PPE, and I have managed to find them in less than a few minutes after a full day's work, with my eyes crossed. And they are experts. One was even on a committee of experts.

Vertlartnic keeps on cranking out the hits!

Last week, I thought the pandemic potential for ANDV was small Infinitesimally small Less than 1%

What have we done?? 😔💔😔💔 bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/10/1...

My JHSC certification instructor is insisting again today that COVID is droplet based. Now he's covering chains of infection. Hand santizing for COVID is mentioned as dealing with mode of transmission. Then he coughs. Because he's admitted to having a chest infection.

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The Sick Times: 'We need masks in healthcare. Now.' Written by Tesla Bellina-Gustafson 'As a person with Long COVID, losing consciousness was a terrifying experience made worse by a potential exposure risk.' thesicktimes.org/2026/04/24/w...

Waiting for an MRI in Ontario can take anywhere up to eight months and Doug Ford spent 29 MRI machines on a jet so he could be more comfy on his one-hour flight to Ottawa once a year.

Oh, chronic absenteeism after the pandemic has risen to over 60% for high school students in Ontario? That’s because IT’S NOT AFTER THE PANDEMIC Kids are missing school because they are sick, and this is happening on a global scale. @globalnews.ca apple.news/A59EHd4IQS-O...

Doctor uses risk-assessment strategies they learned 20 years ago to help prevent patient from catching airborne pathogens. Patient got sick. Doctor blames the patient for washing their hands wrong and being too old. Doctor needs re-education re: airborne pathogen spread & prevention strategies.

The frustration that I have… I still don’t think the government has *ever* clearly communicated the long term risk to health that COVID-19 poses… and so most people still have no idea of the real pros and cons of getting infected or spreading disease.

The CDC has paused testing for rabies and pox viruses. It's vital we keep a close eye on them as rabies is virtually 100% fatal without vaccination, and smallpox killed hundreds of millions (we really don't want a similar virus returning). Losing track of these viruses is a recipe for catastrophe.

Science takes ~17 years to reach clinical practice. The science in 2026 is clear: we don’t have another decade to wait on SARS-CoV-2. If you’re doing what you can to avoid (re)infection, your behaviour is 100% aligned with best current available evidence. If you’re not, waiting is ill-advised.

Deer My Friends Everybuddy in the meedia is trying to make a big deel about my plan to pertect Ontario by makeen government things secret but what they should fokuss on is me giveen people peppur spray and how I want people bringing alcohol to street festavulls and also all the communists. Premair

“Hardly anyone dies from that illness, so why is preventing it so important?” Any death is worth preventing if possible, and it’s not only about whether you live or die, it’s also about helping you and the people around you prevent severe health outcomes and live the healthiest life possible!

@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social gives good advice. Where is every other public health unit's advice??

I will never stop reminding people that until June 6th, 2024, H5N1 was classified as a Select Agent by the US government. Now birds who have died as a result of infection with it are, it seems, just being buried in a pit on a beach. This is a huge biorisk. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Photo of indoor air filter used in a home in Imperial Beach. House is on the beach and nearly 3 miles from major freeway. This is after 4 months. Disgusting...but better trapped on this surface than your lungs? All homes should use filtration all the time. We filter our water before we drink it....

This is a nuclear bomb to Ontario's democracy. The Ford government wants to obfuscate absolutely everything it does.

“6 years ago this week..the WHO…declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic… [It] has been deliberately erased from public consciousness by the political establishment, even as the virus continues to spread, disable and kill on a mass scale.”

“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” At this point, I genuinely have no ability to comprehend how is anyone not scared sh*t-less about the long-term consequences of infections, especially on kids? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"There's something going around" Yeah. It's COVID. wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...

1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

Most aren't aware. Public health is lying to everyone via omission. Blaming multiple illnesses and deaths on other comorbidities (some non-existent). Education, while investing in IAQ infrastructure, seems the best path forward.🙏

It was a long ETFO peel meeting tonight. Both motions I presented were approved unanimously🙏 Next step to lobbying the Ministry of Education to invest in cleaner indoor air, better monintoring & education re: IAQ in all schools is to present these motions for approval at the AGM in the summer.

Dear Young People. This post is written for you… Our generation of doctors decided to let you all get infected with a novel virus without even protection from vaccines in many cases, and we already knew that some of you would be killed or disabled for life when we made that decision.

Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation. Kirby Institute researchers sampled air and surfaces in a Sydney hospital ED and ICU during two COVID-19 waves (Nov 2023–Jul 2024), detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 39% of aerosol samples collected.

I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.

Tainted food is becoming an ever increasing problem, costing human lives. And yet the Carney government is cutting 600 jobs from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to pay for more American military spending.

This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”

NEWSFLASH: Everyone needs their lungs, vascular & immune systems, organs, & brain intact to continue making a living, and to continue performing the act of living. We should all be K/N95 masking while demanding clean air at work, school & all public spaces. Govt won’t support you when you can’t work

Today I had to explain to a surgeon why it's important to wear respirator style masks around vulnerable patients. I am tired

How many university or college students are sitting in large classes for prolonged periods of time with hundreds of other students and zero mitigations? Why do have to keep playing this stupid game + winning stupid prizes? We’re playing with their futures.

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I’ve just read again the aerosol study on C19 carried out in Nebraska, in 2020. They showed RNA in the air, on surfaces that could only be contaminated by the airborne route, and they even showed cytopathic effect and intact virus particles in cultures… And this wasn’t enough to change anything.

Canada must not do this. It is a mockery of international political governance, legitimizing the idea that Trump can simply push aside other countries' sovereignty. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Great. 🙄 Canadian announcement of a U.S. product that is 3X the price & 1/2 the performance of a Canadian product already registered with Health Canada PMRA. Why is this being promoted??? Buy Canadian 🇨🇦 Better product. 🇨🇦 Better for Canada. 🇨🇦 prescientx.com/products/ase...

December's boat strike death toll (so far)...

🙌🙌 @mjnabuurs.bsky.social & ON School Safety calling on the provincial gov't to start spending our tax dollars responsibly to monitor & clean the air in all public indoor spaces (incl. schools & all school-related transport) ✅️N95 ✅️open windows/doors ✅️ Hepa/CRbox toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...

SAD NEWS 😢 My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant Her husband is the donor There is no mask mandate at the hospital He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition 10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP

Short 🧵 We’d all been told throughout 2020-2021 that certain groups were ‘high risk,’ & those at higher risk were still encouraged to mask when mandates were dropped. First in that high risk group listing was people over 50. (1/7)

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Public Health officials have no idea how to stop measles. They are unable to control flu outbreaks. They just cross their fingers that it will peter out quickly. Heaven forbid that they call in reinforcements.