This is an awful, awful thing to do to an Indigenous MP on an important Indigenous issue. Try to imagine yourself treating an Indigenous man this way in front of more than 100 people. You can't, can you?

Return-to-office policies at this time make no sense. We don’t have the transit capacity, we don’t have the office space, we don’t have the parking. Losing this greenspace – meant for recreation and physical health – to parking because of RTO is sad.

"Misinformation was estimated to contribute to nearly 2.3 million cases & 66 000 hospitalizations in 2021. Misinformation resulted in $2 billion in extra costs of hospitalization & 45 000 avertable deaths." Misinformation about COVID vaccines cost the US $2 billion academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Long COVID is real. and is increasingly evident. We need to support, and prevent.

"The [OECD] report notes that long COVID has a health system and economic impact that is similar to stroke or multiple sclerosis, but has not sparked the same response." That cost? $135 billion per year over the next decade, comparable to the entire annual health budget of the Netherlands or Spain.

COVID-19 was still the largest driver of hospitalizations for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases in 2024 www.cihi.ca/en/priority-... via @cihica.bsky.social #VaccinesWork

Percentage of Ontario high school students missing 10% or more of their classes: 2017-18: 40% 2021-22: 47% 2022-23: 64% 2023-24: 59.5% 2024-25: 59.8% ON's proposed policy solution? Award grades for attendance. Forget addressing root causes of increased absences. globalnews.ca/news/1180158...

A study in Communications Medicine finds that Long COVID’s disability burden rivals that of Alzheimer’s and asthma in the US, but Long COVID receives 14% of its years lived with disability-proportionate funding from the National Institutes of Health. go.nature.com/4v23Nzv #medsky 🧪

Financial Times: 'Long Covid projected to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year' 'New research forecasts hit to GDP from lower productivity and workers quitting because of long-term illness' www.ft.com/content/de44...

The MAGA movement has been so uniformly and demonstrably harmful –– to world peace, health, science, the economy, safety, education, justice, trust in institutions... pick a topic –– that it is stunning the Alberta UCP remain enthusiastic fans and still walk the same path.

Astronauts, they’re just like us.

I have been laughed at, spat at for wearing an ffp2 respirator. There have even been tv dramas portraying us as anxious. I have known vulnerable parents who have even gone to court over Covid is airborne. Yet when the Covid inquiry finds us correct, the media stays quiet.

Currently reading this and second the recommendation. If nothing else it’s a reminder that complex problems require deep thinking, which many eschew, and not just “action”

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

A small price to pay for poorly written meeting summaries

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne.’ Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price, by @jvipondmd.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social @smbilodeau.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID 'Airborne' by @jvipondmd.bsky.social in collaboration with @dickzoutman.bsky.social and I Discussing real consequences on #Health #Safety #Welfare along with #CovidisAirborne #PPE #LongCOVID 's long shadow 🌬️😶‍🌫️😷 via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Module 3 of the UK COVID Inquiry is out. Encouraging to see explicit recognition of the "widespread failure" of clinical leaders to understand aerosol science, and the "clear failure" of IPC leaders to understand that they might be wrong. #medsky #scisky covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu....

COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

Today is #LongCovidAwarenessDay. Did you know that the only way to avoid #LongCovid is to avoid a COVID-19 infection? 🦠 The best way to avoid infection is to wear a respirator mask. 😷 Find one in our fundraising store: buymask.ca Request: donatemask.ca/request Donate: donatemask.ca/donate

The best thing you can do to be an ally on Covid is wear a respirator mask in public spaces, particularly indoors. The second best thing you can do is put on a mask if you see someone masking. Don’t wait for them to ask, just put it on. This will go a long way to diminishing stigma and save lives.

"We used an AI to do this" is increasingly a way of saying, "We didn't want to do this in the first place and we don't care if it's done well." 21/

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Long COVID isn’t rare. According to the WHO, about 15 in 100 people still have symptoms 12 months after COVID-19 infection. Prevent infection. Prevent reinfection. Protect your health. #LongCOVID #LongCOVIDAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth #CleanAir

"The world is entering a post-literate age, with huge implications for societies’ politics & structure. The smartphone’s emphasis on photos & vids has driven a decline in reading, a consequence of which is that a growing number of people are unable to grapple w/ complex ideas and nuanced arguments"

Link to full zine: www.lshtm.ac.uk/media/97536

So proud of my school, @lshtm.bsky.social, for making this graphic series for young people on life with long COVID 🥹 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

A remarkably disheartening thing is you get the sense there are a handful of genuine historic fork in the road moments of what kind of country we want in our lifetime, and I still can’t shake how much during the height of Covid we had a decision of what lessons we’d all take from it and what…

Let's be clear about who @mark-carney.bsky.social's government is harming with this policy - Women & mothers: flexible remote work ⬆️ retention - Disabled & immunocompromised - remote work is a core accommodation -BIPOC workers: remote/hybrid ⬇️ bias www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Looking good, Olympians! The U.S. cross country teams know what's up. So now we have athletes & astronauts wearing respirators. Seems like masks are a symbol of strength & resilience, not fear 🙌🏼 (h/t @lazaruslong13.bsky.social)

Donald Trump’s so-called "Board of Peace" is offensive. Mark Carney must reverse his decision to join Trump in this transparently colonial scheme. 1/4

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health. If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense. Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

Read this twice. “Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... "After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."

“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”

Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea … #EMobility

If you care about either health or productivity, return-to-office should be accompanied by efforts to mitigate the spread of illness associated with it.

Number of sick days used by the core public service in the Canadian federal government: Sept. 2020: 129,570 Sept. 2021: 157,657 Sept. 2022: 168,245 Sept. 2023: 209,395 Sept. 2024: 238,668 Sick days increase in tandem with return-to-office mandates. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

I will never not be indignant that a patient’s weight, age and underlying health status forms part of any infectious disease outbreak update. There are 3 reasons these things should never be shared 🧵

Ottawa's CityFolk festival could lose its site under Lansdowne 2.0 ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... (*note that the arena is not 6600 seats, but capacity).

Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

The existing capacity at Lansdowne Park has accommodated the Charge, a Brier, World Juniors and large draw concerts. Using the valuable facilities we have until a publicly supported plan can be developed, would be wise. ottawacitizen.com/news/pwhl-lans…

🧵 Human actions and beliefs are hugely influenced by peer pressure, and not standing out from the crowd. C.f. everything from teen drug/alcohol use through cults and diffusion of responsibility for war crimes. This will allow Meta (like X) to surround each user with a targeted, synthetic "crowd"…

The article: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

1/ "Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop #LongCOVID after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found": www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...