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I'm on record as not liking the "airborne AIDS" metaphor for various reasons, but I'm also on record that I think SARS-CoV-2 very well may cause immunity theft. www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

Okay- not covid, compassion, or politics related... Meet Zephyr

This will be us travelling from Alberta to BC to be able to safely get a covid shot (for free) at a pharmacy Sigh.

And to everyone who’s still masking in public space: THANK YOU! 👏🏻 Wearing a mask is simple, but sometimes doing so can feel difficult. If you’re still protecting yourself and others, give yourselves a pat on the back! 💙 #MaskUp #MasksWork #StillMasking

Don't believe me, where is our access to PCR testing? Gone. Where are our free RATs? Gone. Where is our wastewater testing? Disappearing. Where is our accurate reporting of cases outside hospitals, heck - in hospitals? Gone. Where is the outrage from the infectious disease experts?

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PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

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Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 28-Jul 11, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: ON MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 1,100 hospitalizations, 230 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 8,400 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.

Enough to make you wonder if they are on your side - no? A big NO to behaviours that make life harder (and more unsafe) for everyone. A big YES to listening to COVID-conscious, disability, and other vulnerable communities.

"N95 masking is outside of our policy" THEN GO GET IT AND BRING IT INSIDE

Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Imagine being a doctor who treats patients who’ve been given the gift of a new kidney, & thinking it’s ok to shame them for masking? This is why we’re unsafe. It’s why we scream about eugenics. Protecting yourself is not “moronic” and it’s unforgivable that doctors think it’s ok to infect patients

Please read and share! Action is needed.

Today I wish to thank Dr. Theresa Tam, who is stepping down as Canada's chief public health officer. She maintained her grace despite facing overwhelming pandemic pressures, provincial resistance, repeated disinformation, and ongoing attacks, including conspiracy theories and racist slurs.

If you know or work with any university students (undergrad/grad/professional) at a Canadian university, please share this study invite with them. We're exploring uni students' adherence to the Gov' of Canada’s (2024) individual public health measures to reduce COVID-19. @maxwellsmith.bsky.social

A deep thank you to Dr. Moriarty and team for her hard work on this. Undoubtedly this sort of modelling can have setbacks and technical difficulties. These forecasts are a major benefit to Canadians.

Trump administration eliminates specialized LGBTQ+ support in suicide hotline. Fact: "LGBTQ+ young people are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide" This will directly lead to fewer hotline calls, more mishandled calls, and more LGBTQ+ suicides. www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...

I tried to get it. It's 48k for the year. 24k per shot. My insurance declined it but I'm going to try again. It's wild how capitalism keeps access to life changing medicine out of the hands if those who could really use it.

We're not getting out of the current mess without somehow removing people from the polluted information space. Too many of our leaders have lost any connection with reality.

Further - this same plan removes pharmacies from an option to receive your vaccination. The last thing we need to be doing is restricting accessibility to health protections.

Louder for the people in the back: "It has been a public health failure that the public does not realize how much organ damage #COVID infection can cause to things that aren’t your lungs (or throat or nose or taste buds)." The image below is based on data collected from 80,071 kids and teens:

Let alone the ridiculousness of charging people for a covid-19 vaccine, quality local pharmacies are among the ONLY places I have been able to find in the past 5 years where I can get a vaccine administered safely (i.e., N95s, or even outdoors). This is disgusting.

This is very dangerous way to phrase the mission when regular US military forces are part of it. "Liberate" a major US city from its duly elected state and local officials? Utterly unacceptable language

This is a fantastic initiative to get the message out that people are taking on a lot of needless risks with covid (and repeat) covid infections.

RFK Jr justifies firing scientists on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee due to “conflicts of interest.” Yet RFK Jr made almost $100K a year from anti-vax lawsuits and almost $90K a month from his anti-vax nonprofit. The person with the biggest conflict of interest at HHS is the one leading it.

And major cuts to infectious disease surveillance. Yikes.

Properly fitted #N95 #masks can filter out most PM2.5 particles, the ones most commonly linked to health effects. You will still smell #smoke since N95's can't stop gases which cause irritation. P100 for more severe situations. #wildfires healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/wildfireresp....

Forestfire smoke, measles, COVID ~ ALL AIRBORNE! N95s prevent the intake of harmful airborne nasties. I can remember my parents’ reaction to “because everyone else is doing it” re stupid stuff I wanted to do as a kid. They insisted on critical thinking. As an adult in 2025 I mask. It’s logical

Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

this is incredibly bad. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Voters overwhelmingly think ALL Americans should have access to vaccines — not just those who are immunocompromised.

It's also a misunderstanding of what the grants are for. It's not a billion dollar donation, Harvard won the grants to do specific research that it is in a relatively unique position to do. Trade schools aren't going to be able to take over, eg, Harvard's cancer immunotherapy research.

A memorial day does not mean COVID is over. Far from it. Formally acknowledging the devastation that has happened — and is still ongoing — is critical for continued action. Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living!

We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

that universal masking + ventilation are worth pursuing and putting in the effort for (testing too, despite varying quality of results)

Today - May 17th is The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia All members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other sexual and gender diverse identities continue to face prejudice, discrimination, and violence. ACTIONS speak louder than words.

Canadian COVID Forecast: May 10-23, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI HIGH: CAN, MB, NL, NS, QC, SK MODERATE: none About 1 in 134 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

More of this please!

I don't know who needs to hear this but "reduced gray matter concentration" means a lot of neurons dying and "Brain Fog" actually means brain damage for most people. You are welcome. #NeuroCovid #LongCovid www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In response to the election map of #Canada showing large areas voting Conservative blue, here's a graphic from reddit entitled "Land doesn't Vote, People Do". #Liberals are red. #canpoli #cdnpoli #CanadaStrong Source: www.reddit.com/r/onguardfor... h/t @ianbremmer.com

RFK Jr. is ending the federal Narcan distribution program credited with the recent steep decline in overdose deaths. This despite his own past heroin addiction and his own brother dying of a drug overdose in 1984.

Lesson for Left-Leaning parties around the world: You can win without throwing trans people under the bus. They don't hurt you. You hurt yourself when you refuse to stand up for the message you've ran on for years. You lose when you refuse to stand up for the working class and minorities.

HBO his literal employer btw. This is how you do it.

Nosocomial infections happen at unnecessarily high rates - and those outcomes can be severe. No one should be worried about getting MORE ill from a hospital visit than when they came. Doctors, nurses, and other HCP - not masking (n95s) in medical settings is NOT compassionate, it is malfeasance.

This is all you need to know.

Important from Cai et al, just published in The Lancet - Infectious Diseases. A positive test without hospitalization (i.e., "mild") for covid-19 (vs negative) was associated with elevated risks of many different infections in the year following that infection. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...