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...

The launch event will kick off October 4 - join in person or via livestream! Spaces limited. Masks mandatory & testing day of is recommended for in person - CO2 levels are mid 400ppm 😷

I hope the journalists reporting on, and listening to this exchange take it at the depth it was offered. What is found on both sides may characterize only one.

The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontent. As eager as we are to forget, #COVID19 is still with us, and we need to mitigate our risk, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: PM after PM and Premier after Premier have done nothing to fix one of the most overloaded traffic and transit networks in the world in and around our largest city, Toronto. If Canada is serious about being more productive, encourage remote work while fixing the commuting nightmare.

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

I’m with Jeff. If we haven’t made the proper investments to ensure fast and frequent transit, this will just add more cars to the road and increase congestion in Centretown. Also: hybrid work arrangements are good for parents and caregivers—often women. Trust people to work where they do it best.

I will also add that this is a bad decision because we didn’t clean the air in workplaces and schools when we should have (to prevent Covid, flu, rsv, measles etc) which means that this decision will lead to unnecessary sickness and disability (long Covid is common, vaccines alone are enough)

Ordering workers to take on significantly more costs in their household budgets with more and longer commutes is a blow to affordability. Doug Ford’s government is making the wrong choice for Ontario workers, but it’s not incumbent on the City of Ottawa to make the same mistake. (6/6)