I see safer care in action when: * I see healthcare professionals wearing N95s without me having to ask or negotiate for safer care, and * They are taking care of cleaning the air - especially when care requires me or my family member to remove our own respirator. #CPSWS2025

Canadian Patient Safety Week is October 27-31. One of the events is a webinar on 5 questions to ask when you're taking multiple medications. #CPSW2025 Learn more and register: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/5q-webinar

Brain fog has me trying to do an update but I can't put my thoughts together. Running out gfm$ in Nov. Try not to freak out about it. Friendsgiving this weekend I hope will raise my spirits cuz I'm scared #myalgicE #longcovid bit.ly/Marcia_petit... petition; worldwide signatures

I've asked Canada Revenue Agency about this issue before, they won't comment on the activities of individual charities due to the "confidentiality provisions of the Income Tax Act" They note the public can report charities suspected of non-compliant activities here: www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

Remember this as public health authorities keep coming out with more excuses to discard responsibility for their mismanagement of COVID, end vaccination, etc. They *love* the idea of COVID becoming endemic and #longCOVID being unpreventable, because 👉they can pretend there's nothing they could do.👈

Thanks for the nod Beth. More than half of our ingredients come from less than 100 miles away and the honey and beeswax we use are from our own hives (about a mile away)

Canucks 🇨🇦: Check out @lowensskincare.bsky.social. They're a Canadian company and Christmas is coming. shop.app/m/4k7hygzj9x #ElbowsUp

#ElbowsUp win for this past week: Found a peanut-free almond supplier that imports from Australia! Decent price. #NutHut

Another reason to boycott American food. Keep those #ElbowsUp, Canucks.

Professor Florence Ashley was placed on (non-disciplinary) leave by the University of Alberta because of CK social media posts. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom in Canada. CAUT should be examining censuring UA for this violation. cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/09...

Remember, the vax NEVER claimed to do more than reduce your odds of going to a hospital or a morgue if infected! It does NOT prevent infection OR Long COVID - an N95/FFP2 respirator on your face wherever there are other people is the #1 way to avoid becoming disabled/more disabled by this virus.

*Bang Head Here* We've waited months for an in-person appt. for my parents w/ Primary Care so meds can be represcribed. MUST be in person. Doesn't matter that Dad is declining, etc. We do parking lot appts. due to no masks/high CO2. Today it's raining. Guess who now says a phone appt. is OK?

Cruise ship Quest & Carnival Spirit are here, Anthem of the Seas arrives momentarily. Today’s total toxic emissions is 37 hours or the equivalent of 127,317 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. We pay for this with the effect on our healthcare system and environment. #yyj #climatecrisis

Paternalism in healthcare: Tony is getting an outpatient procedure. They require a driver. I'm waiting in the parking lot. His word is not good enough. I have to physically present myself or they won't check him in. Why treat him like he's lying from the get-go? @vanislandhealth.bsky.social

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

This is so basic, I don’t know why it’s not brought up all the time

Every Worry Needs a Plan! If you're thinking about getting started with a family emergency plan and the enormity of it is a bit overwhelming - join me for this webinar. You need a free profile on ABC Dementia's Circle account Monday Sept. 29 at 9 am Pacific. abcdementia.circle.so/c/open-event...

Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks. THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. PROTEST IT.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

They can't control most of us. They can instill fear in us, and rely on that fear to ensure we control ourselves. We beat them by not being afraid.

Your money speaks volumes. Stop spending it. On any major corporation. They are ALL complicit in this new era of USA. YOUR efforts to crater the economy will help make fascism fail. That's what does it. When it fails financially, it fails period.

The epidemiologist marching with us to Washington, DC. This is what Robert Kennedy doesn’t want us to know or believe. Trust the Scientists! Today we march from North Laurel to Silver Spring. Jamie Raskin is our speaker this evening. #waam#rachelmaddow#HCR

Keep COVID-19 Vaccines Free in Quebec! Here is a template letter to communicate your concern about the recent announcement that vaccines for COVID-19 will now cost between $150 to $180 each : docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope...

Please share and email to keep the COVID-19 vaccine free in Quebec! I made a template in EN & FR to send to the Minister of Health and your local MNA. #SanteQC #QCpoli #LongCovid bit.ly/4pqFU1F

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A friend of mine says in this moment we must commit to taking the high road. A friend of mine says in this moment we should not fear taking the low road. My friends whichever road you choose take a mask, for in this moment all roads go through plague country.

Too many lives depend on the advice being as good as we can make it. The big job comes with a big burden.

I think that if you are a doctor leading a public health body, and politicians try to mess with the advice… Fired is the only way out. Not quiet resignation. Fired, and fighting being fired, all the way.

Local woman wakes up, reminds everyone that safer communities are tied more to healthcare, housing and public services and less to police, makes oatmeal.

Has anyone seen our public health officer? Measles cases are on the rise, I'm hearing about Covid outbreaks in LTC, kids are back in schools with no airborne mitigations, fueling community spread. Updated Covid vaccines not yet available

It looks like you're trying to force a broken and unpopular product onto your users via increasingly desperate means

The standing ovation in Parliament today to honour Charlie Kirk was one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen from that building, and I gotta tell you, that list is long

ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY: WorkSafeBC is revising some regulations, including its standard on respirators! However, it plans to use an outdated edition on N95s. Background and how you can help 🧵:

In my experience, the general public often don't understand the extent to which critical infrastructure systems rely on very small groups of highly-trained individuals. In addition, some of these controllers will have lingering cognitive effects. 7news.com.au/news/covid-o...

Here’s the latest hazard index from the academic-led team at Covid-19 Resources Canada, based on federal government wastewater data. This is the forecast from August 30th to September 12th.

We believe that clean air researchers and proponents are doing critical work for our health and future. Too few have had access to the tools to investigate the next frontier of airborne pollutants: ultrafine particles. But we have big news... (1/4)

THIS WEEKEND is the #CleanAirFestival in Vancouver! Did you know there's a prize draw for a lot of cool COVID safety swag? You can enter online if you can't attend in person. cleanairfestival.ca/en/prize-dra...

Infection prevention and control needs a team-based approach to succeed. From acute care hospitals to residential care settings, interdisciplinary teams with diverse expertise, transform safety into a shared positive culture. Checkout this petition please: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

It was one of the most psychedelic, bizarre and beloved Canadian children's shows ever made. Structured like a sketch comedy show around the comedic genius of Billy Van, it is well remembered even to this day. This is the story of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein! 🧵 1/19

A lot of people are posting about how every life is sacred and deserves to be protected. These same people stopped wearing masks the moment the government told them “only the vulnerable” were at risk. Disabled people have been begging you to care about our lives for years… and it’s crickets.

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

There’s a ton of Covid out there right now. Vaccines are becoming harder to access. The rise of “wellness culture” encourages people to play through the pain. Please mask up. Stay home if you’re sick. Get your booster if you can. Clean the air & open windows. Break chains of transmission. Rest.

Please understand your doctors and healthcare workers aren’t masking or talking about COVID because they’ve reviewed the science on it and determined it’s no longer a threat. They’re not doing so because they haven’t read the studies, or they’re ignoring them.

Oh I think about this a LOT

"The reasons for the occurrence of long-term COVID complications in certain populations are still unknown" - * Actually, in the 6th year of an #OngoingPandemic, we know that #COVID reinfections hike the risk of developing #LongCOVID in ALL populations. #MaskUp www.cureus.com/articles/272...

The vaxx won't stop infection. Wear a respirator!

In examining this list of people fighting *against* protections for infectious diseases, it is worth thinking about the liability (and resulting COIs) that each might be expected hold once it becomes widely recognized that respirators are a reasonable step to protect against aerosol-borne diseases.