Great 🧵 that clears up a lot of the confusion around Hep B. It’s important that people understand that many viruses are not like a common cold, in that they’re not benign and can have life-altering consequences.

The last seconds are absolutely shocking

U.S. Ambassador to 🇨🇦: “On Friday, Hoekstra suggested the low travel numbers were due to sentiment from Canadian politicians.” Wrong. Canadians think for themselves - and the U.S. took us for granted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Pasteurization completely inactivates the H5N1 bird flu virus in milk. www.sciencenews.org/article/past...

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025 CANADA VERY HIGH (no change) About 1 in every 81 people infected Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~12X higher -Long COVID ~8X higher -Hospitalizations ~15X higher -Deaths ~14X higher

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Vaccines don’t cause autism. Tylenol (acetaminophen) doesn’t cause autism. Miniscule trace pesticide residues don’t cause autism. Aluminum doesn’t cause autism. Fluoride doesn’t cause autism. The biggest predictor of autism? Genetics. And we recognize autism better today. 1/

Claiming autism is caused by “toxin exposure” lets wellness profiteers exploit vulnerable parents. That’s what David Geier, RFK Jr’s appointee to find the “cause” of autism did, while chemically castrating & abusing children for profit. Read more here: 🔗 news.immunologic.org/p/there-is-n...

The #Ontario #covid19 and #flu vaccine pharmacy locations page has been updated: www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca... - High-risk groups: COVID-19 vax (starting today) and Sept 29 flu vax - General public: Oct 27 Not much availability yet, I expect Shoppers to be earliest to show appts. #covid19on 1/2

“Remember: vaccination, ventilation, air filtration, well-fitting N95 masks, and avoiding high risk exposure (e.g., indoor crowds in poorly ventilated spaces) protect against the new COVID variants." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

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This is classic CDN media misrepresentation. What went down at Christie Pits wasn't two sides of the same issue. This was a hate rally demanding mass deportations against people who live in Toronto. It was a fascist hate gathering. They were countered by people standing up for their neighbours.

Doctors recommend remembering the acronym T.I.M.E.: T stands for temperature change (such as fever). I is for infection. M stands for mental status change. E is for extremely ill feeling. #WorldSepsisDay www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Heading to the Unifor Education Centre in Port Elgin to meet with the Ontario Health Coalition. I will be talking about the MAGA threat to public health. Then I will be heading to Owen Sound for the @meidascanada.ca townhall tonight.

Canadians are sending a clear message. "The number of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—how most Canadians visit—dropped by 34% last month compared to August 2024, according to data released Wednesday from Statistics Canada, following a 37% drop in July." www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

“…recommending Canadians consider precautions like vaccination, hand hygiene and staying home when sick.” How many years before we get to the point of emphasizing masking for an airborne disease, and recognizing that transmission can be pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic? www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

This is what is so misunderstood about viral illnesses - that they can play a long game. You may survive the acute infection yet have your health adversely affected for life - or have a shortened life because of it. Prevention is the best course, through vaccination, masking, ventilation, etc.

And a nephew of one. Most people say stuff like this thinking it could never happen to their family, and yet he still talks like this despite the devastation to his own. Incredible.

Real diseases cost real lives. Thanks for sharing about your grandfather. 🙏 ❤️

Why is NACI allowing only 1 COVID vaccine per year for most Canadians, making many ineligible for the fall vaccine? Everyone should be eligible: 1. It’s an UPDATED vaccine. 2. COVID vaccines begin to wane at 4 months - it’s NOT a yearly vaccine. #Canada #COVID www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

#Alberta polio survivors fear ‘horrifying’ virus could return globalnews.ca/news/1138823...

“We must make the correct diagnoses, & stop dismissing patients with IACCs as having ‘nothing’ or Functional Neurological Disorder. This dismissal can no longer be tolerated.” –Dr. Brayden Yellman, @medscape.com buff.ly/3DxvK9H #MECFS #LongCOVID

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Great ideas! Does anyone have their own tips to add? batemanhornecenter.org/finding-comf...

A woman went into anaphylactic shock at an A&W in Cornwall after being stung by a wasp. While waiting for an ambulance to arrive, staff called the Walmart on the other side of the parking lot and a pharmacist ran over with an EpiPen.

Those on the podcasts he promotes either have zero credentials, have been discredited or lost their licenses. Like RFK Jr. himself, who has no qualifications or training in the discipline he’s now in charge of. It’s like calling a plumber when you need a dentist.

I didn’t know Claudia had joined this group of misery😥. I’m so sorry, and sending heartfelt hugs to you both. We won’t stop advocating for better understanding, treatments and hopefully cures/prevention where possible. Every voice matters, so thanks to Claudia for adding hers.

Doing family tree research this summer, I’ve been stunned by the additional deaths I DIDN’T see there in past generations. Stillborn babies, noted in records and quietly interred in family plots, but often unmarked and not spoken of by families. It has been sobering.

Good take 👍

People who consume the highest levels of artificial sweeteners during middle age show the fastest declines in cognitive functions, such as memory, as they move into their senior years. www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Dr. Offit is correct.

“We really need to recognize how debilitating endometriosis is. How underfunded endometriosis is. And how hard investigators have to fight to be able to study this disease.” www.science.org/content/arti...

This is an outstanding development.

Not just an attack on “experts” or science. It’s an attack on facts, knowledge, education or anything that could support someone questioning their iron rule. The bedrock of totalitarian, authoritarian regimes and dictatorships. That’s what RFK Jr is calling for. Only the dictator knows “the truth.”

Toronto police are warning the public about an ongoing e-transfer scam after investigators say victims were approached by a suspect near malls and other public spaces. #Toronto #Ontario #ETransferSCAM /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

/2 As part of the scam, police said, a suspect approaches victims and asks them to send $10 or $20 through an e-transfer in exchange for cash. The victim provides their cellphone to the suspect, with their banking app open, and the suspect transfers upwards of $3,000 into their own account.

/3 The suspect then returns the phone to the victim and flees the area, police said.

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A preprint from U Edinburgh has found “…eight loci that are significantly associated with ME/CFS …”. These did not share common casual genetic variants with depression or anxiety. We’re getting closer to genetic risk factors and disease mechanisms. pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles…

#Ontario Canada #covid lab test positivity is on the rise again this week, now at 5.1% for those who qualify in a higher risk category. This is the highest level since mid-February though the level remains in the low range at this time. More information at: www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-...

True. Also, being in a position of power and lying to people, to try and make them think these things are good.

'Wolfgang Leitner, chief of the Innate Immunity Section at (NIAID), speculates that covid-19 may somehow impair the immune system’s “memory” of past infections, potentially making even healthy people more vulnerable to future pathogens'. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

NIAID = US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

globalnews.ca/news/1134082... Pfizer says Canada just approved its new COVID-19 vaccine for this fall - National |

Friendly reminder that your fever, cough, fatigue, aches, gastric symptoms may be the highly contagious new COVID-19 variant, XFG, aka “Stratus.” COVID-related emergency room visits are up among all age groups, as the current wave spreads in the U.S., Canada, globally. September will be rough.

COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students, for example, return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC’s recommendation that they receive booster shots. www.latimes.com/science/stor...