Disease Outbreak News on #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo Virus Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda - 16 May 2026: bit.ly/43cOnM2

For all the pandemic deniers out there: "COVID-19 pandemic inflicted a setback of historic proportions. An estimated 22.1 million excess deaths occurred between 2020 and 2023, with nearly a decade of gains in life expectancy & healthy life expectancy wiped out by 2021" iris.who.int/server/api/c...

"Pressure is mounting on Premier Doug Ford to force his Progressive Conservative party to pay the nearly $200,000 in hidden costs associated with the government’s aborted scheme to buy a private jet." #OnPoli

“At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people” Published May 13, 2026 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For the rest of us, risk is the probability of a hazard becoming realized. Usually expressed as: Probability x consequence Which is why when groups like the WHO or public health spout off that the Andean hantavirus is ‘low risk’ for most people, they’re only providing part of what you need.

“This study provides population-based evidence supporting an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and newly detected diabetes.” Published May 11, 2026 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Canadian COVID Forecast: May 9 - May 22, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB HIGH: CAN, BC, MB, NL, North, SK MODERATE: NS, ON, PEI, QC About 1 in 188 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

“Quebecer potentially exposed to hantavirus no longer isolating: Health Department” www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/quebe...

“Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven’t learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19” healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topi... @jvipondmd.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social @kashprime.bsky.social

“WHO’s default recommendations for severe pathogens with respiratory transmission potential should begin from a precautionary airborne-risk framework…The costs of implementing these protections early are modest;the costs of delaying them…may be profound.” trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/respirator...

Covid outbreaks still happen and never stopped even in a Lull. Jasper County Courthouse closed following outbreak of COVID-19. www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-cou...

During a TV program talking about the Andes hantavirus outbreak crisis, there is an ad break. First ad: "Costa cruises, book you vacation". If capitalism were defined by marketing, this is it.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst. A cliché, for sure. But it is way better than hope for the best, plan for the best. Sincerely hope nothing comes of this. But after this event, there will be another one, and another one. Let's do best practices with each event with pandemic potential. fin/

Those living in reality for the last 7 years are probably the least (personally) concerned about hantavirus…because it’s business as usual. 😷

‘The long-COVID cohort reported elevated…sleep disturbance …anxiety…and depression…total fatigue. These scores were more severe than national norms & as compared with other pediatric chronic disease cohorts (eg, chronic pain, cancer, sickle cell disease, autism).’ academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

If you’ve read any of the substantive and growing body of research on what C-19 can do to your brain and it has rendered you afraid of the virus, you’re smart.

“Vascular inflammation in neuropsychiatric long COVID” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is comedy gold.

Hello! Seeing two patients today including one who is post lymphodepleting chemo and one day away from CAR-T cells. You betcha that I'm in a proper mask.

“20 post-infection symptoms were identified as occurring more frequently in the infected compared to uninfected cohort. Age played a critical role in the type and frequency of symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Gastrointestinal symptoms were prominent.” May 2 2026 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As a healthcare worker myself, I cannot imagine a world in which I didn’t simply don a mask if my patient asked me to during their interaction if I didn’t already have one on. What a weird hill to die on. “Anxiety” or not.

I wish I could recall where I saw this sentiment because it hit hard (pls credit yourself if I got this from you): “Those who study and/or are up on the SARS-CoV-2 literature would rather have neither, but if forced to choose, would pick HIV over C-19 infection…there is no treatment for Long C-19.”

“The pandemic continues to pose a risk to workers. Indoor air quality, ventilation, and infection prevention are fundamental workplace safety issues.”

Excellent work by @cape-acep.bsky.social, demonstrating the value of the labour movement not just for workers, but for everyone else as well. A good hard kick at the "Don't Look Up" narrative being sold by the people who let #longCOVID run wild and are now trying to bury it (and their victims).

Much of this resonates with #cdnpse, with the key distinction that students are also put at risk by failures to address such issues: "Indoor air quality, ventilation, and infection prevention are fundamental workplace safety issues." @caut.bsky.social #OHS

“Canada is experiencing a mass disabling event driven in large part by the ongoing transmission of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.” @ontarionurses.bsky.social @cfnu.bsky.social

"The pandemic continues to pose a risk to workers. Indoor air quality, ventilation, & infection prevention are fundamental workplace safety issues. Yet the federal public service has largely failed to implement consistent standards for air quality monitoring, filtration, or transparent reporting..."

“Canada is experiencing a mass disabling event driven in large part by the ongoing transmission of COVID-19 & other communicable diseases. Disability rates are rising…& scientific guidance…has documented the long-term impacts of post-COVID conditions on cognitive, cardiovas., & functional health.”

👏👏👏👏👏 www.acep-cape.ca/sites/defaul... All unions must read. @etfopeel.bsky.social @etfoeducators.bsky.social Pressure all lvls of gov't. Every government must provide their people with safe public indoor spaces. Gov'ts must eliminate beurocratic burden of proof re: accessibility #CleanIndoorAir

Wear an N95 and push for adequate HEPA filtration in your workplace!! 💪😷

Outstanding submission by the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, representing 27,000+ members, to the Auditor General - no head-in-the-sand here; this union is clear that COVID-19 remains a threat to employees (w & w-out disability) & they want action! www.acep-cape.ca/en/news/subm...

More of this is needed 👇

An important piece for all client/patient-centred health care practitioners to read. thesicktimes.org/2026/04/24/w...

EXCELLENT article published today, April 29, 2026 👇 “Current status and future perspectives on the mechanistic and pathophysiological understanding of long COVID” www.nature.com/articles/s43...

We’re surveying people with Long Covid and caregivers of children with Long Covid to better understand what matters to you. This national survey for people in Canada covers questions about funding, research, treatments, resources, and more. #LongCovid 1/2

WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK? About 1 in 248 people in Canada is currently infected (161,000-240,000 infections/week). The most recent estimate for the United States (Apr 27) is 1 in 244 infected (www.pmc19.com/data/index.php).

“Are you still masking?” This is such an odd question given the ~half million studies (and growing) that support this lifestyle.

“Cardiac Effects in Post–COVID-19 Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Imaging- and Biomarker-Based Structural and Functional Remodeling” No, it’s not good news. Yes, we should all be adopting masking as a lifestyle. journals.lww.com/aoca/fulltex...

A reminder that Ford said he returned the plane because he “listen(s) to the people.” Well, “the people” of Ontario took to the streets this weekend to protest, well, him. Will he listen? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This conversation explained so much…

Let’s have a look at just 2 of the bills in this current session that #PierrePoilievre voted against. Bill C-227, an act to establish a national strategy on housing for young Canadians & C-226, an act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency - ALL #CPC voted against it.

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control - Respiratory Medicine www.resmedjournal.com/article/S095...

Today I learned the term "spherical bastard." On an entirely unrelated note, have you called Doug Ford today? Premier's Office 416-325-1941 TTY/Teletypewriter 1-800-387-5559 Constituency Office 416-745-2859

“We reported a ten-fold higher rate of developmental delay in 172 SARS-CoV-2-exposed children (11.6%) compared to 128 pre-pandemic controls (1.6%) and a nearly 2-fold higher frequency of positive screens for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …” www.nature.com/articles/s42...

All that school absenteeism that education bureaucrats & the #Media have been fretting about lately, without mentioning an #OngoingPandemic of an injurious #AirborneVirus? Solution: #CleanTheAir & #PreventLongCOVID It's not rocket science 🚀 www.news-medical.net/news/2026042...

“The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’” Excellent article worth sharing again and again! @dickzoutman.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @smbilodeau.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...