“I am so sorry I need help.” This is what an elderly retired nurse told me recently. She’s a patient, like all of us. She had devoted her life to help others. She has complex medical issues which had stabilized well until she got COVID and then long-COVID 2 years ago. 1/

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

I asked the historian, who studies the dark times, how it has come to this and she replied: it’s because we have failed to take care of each other. So I asked her if we will get through this and she replied: if we do it will be because we took care of each other.

(2/2) Speakers for the ‘The Expanding Burden of #LongCOVID: Implications for Population Health’ session (Oct 21, 1:30–2:30 PM NT): - Gary Groot, MD - Nicole Shaver, MS, - @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social, PhD - @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social, MD - Matthew Oliver, PEng #LCWSymposium

(1/2) Join 'The Expanding Burden of #LongCOVID: Implications for Population Health' at the 2025 #LCWSymposium. Explore research insights, emerging research priorities, Indigenous cosmologies in Long COVID care, & more. Date: Oct 21, 1:30–2:30 PM NT Register: bit.ly/4hRoczz

Unvarnished truth right here: “I will be direct: schools that have officially departed from masking, including begrudgingly “allowing” people to still mask if they individually choose to do so, are stating an ongoing commitment to purposeful exclusion.” petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/09/20/t...

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

I saw an article (yet another article) which ominously commented on brain fog while promising “four easy ways to help fix it” and as I read the advice I couldn’t help but think that they should have emphasized the importance of avoiding the virus which can cause brain fog.

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.” Remember, bike-lanes mean business. 10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thru a quirk of book delivery, I’ve read @scalzi.com ‘s The Shattering Peace before it is even officially released! It’s intriguing and went in some directions I didn’t expect. While it *can* be read as a stand-alone, I think it’s better to at least have read The Last Colony and Zoe’s Tale first.

Canada: COVID Cases Starting to Climb COVID wastewater levels are moderate nationally but high in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal South & Prince Edward Island. ER test positivity for COVID-19 stands at 8.5% nationwide. Source: archive.md/kkdbl

1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Don’t know how, don’t care why, but my copy of The Shattering Peace by @scalzi.com arrived today 5 days before official release!🎉 He is as wise as ever. This pearl just 10 pages in: “Just *telling* humans anything has never worked in the entire history of people.” 🤣 John Scalzi, you’re my hero.

The registration deadline for the 3rd Canadian Symposium on #LongCOVID - to be hosted by the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Long COVID Web - is October 3, 2025, at 23:59 PM PT - nlma.nl.ca/event/3rd-ca...

TW: this post deals with apparent atrocities / war crimes and apparent dismissiveness of an official soldier towards civilians’ lives and their duties under international law. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

🚨🧵 by @loscharlos.bsky.social on Twitter about LC in HCPs... Short 🧵: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19651... Direct link to article: Long COVID Hitting Doctors and Nurses Hard (Sept 3, 2025) www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

PSA: Please remember to wear a well-fitting mask when you’re at the pharmacy getting vaccinated (or are there for any other reason). I really appreciate anyone taking a step to protect themselves by getting vaccinated, but you put yourself at unnecessary risk if you don’t wear a mask while doing so.

7 months post my complete MCL knee tear from hockey (I made the save!) and I’m back on the ice for the first time! (Never needed surgery or injections, just good old-fashioned physio, many exercise reps, and mobility work.) Just had 45 min game, faced 29 shots and saved 25! So great to be back!

All research shows that waning and mutation make more than a yearly COVID vaccine essential. Further, with our increasing knowledge on the damage every infection causes (vascular and other damage) not one Canadian should be unprotected from COVID this fall and all should get the new vaccine.

“Every infection is another round of damage. Another hit to your blood vessels. Another chance for the virus to set up shop in your organs. Another spin of the wheel…the one that gives you diabetes, or ruins your heart, or breaks your brain. You’re not building immunity. You’re accumulating injury”

Great news 🎉, David has now posted this 🎯 blog article on his website too: COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again (Sept 7, 2025) www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...

“Treat covid as the disabling and airborne virus it is (mask mandates, test/trace/isolate, clean indoor air).”

We need governments to shore up family medicine RIGHT NOW. I’m spending so much time helping friends help their parents without family docs navigate things. We are beyond a shortage. It feels like we’re tipping into a full-blown disaster. What to do? 1. Train and hire scribes to …. 1/2

"Aerosols from the respiratory tract when we breathe, speak, sing or cough can carry viruses and bacteria... Aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been identified as the dominant route for transmitting COVID" Congrats to these winners of the 2025 Faraday Horizon Prize.

My view is very different from the one presented by the press and I’m not a Doctor but have been a Covid advocate for 5 years. I have read thousands of studies and spoken to many long covid sufferers over that time. I don’t believe people are fully recovering. We need to think of there being two 🧵

Once you have ‘recovered’ from this first stage of illness it’s not over. You now have up to 3 years or more of health risks that can follow at any point. Not everyone is joining the dots on this part. This is because there is a failure to warn.

School attendance policy must change to reflect the health risks from #COVID highlighted by this study in the Lancet. When children are sick they must stay home. They increase their risks considerably otherwise and especially as children in the UK don’t have vaccine access. This is very unfair. 🧵

A tenet of Fascism is keep repeating lies and people will become so confused about what is the truth that they’ll start to believe them. We all have a responsibility to keep repeating the truth in the face of politically-motivated lying. Don’t just roll your eyes, speak up.

This hot mic Zuckerberg moment show their numbers are all lies, undercutting Trump’s entire economic agenda. In a rational world every media outlet would be leading with it.

Dr. Oz: “I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations,” Proving that just having a MD doesn’t make you right. Or ethical. Or well-informed. thehill.com/policy/healt...

I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.

I was reluctant about this separation when it was first seriously discussed over a decade ago. I was wrong. We’ve learned that we need full sovereignty from the US including around our medical education standards — how we design and implement training for physicians. Especially around EDIA.

Medscape: 'Long COVID Hitting Doctors and Nurses Hard' 'Jeffrey Siegelman, MD, contracted COVID-19 in August 2020 and, 3 months later...he’s still dealing with the symptoms, as one of many healthcare providers who have long COVID.' www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The historian told me that at the end of the meeting about progress on her book her department head asked her if she was planning on wearing a mask all semester, and she told me she replied: “yes, I need to stay alive if you expect me to finish writing this book.”

The video was made by Dr Nancy Malek as a presentation to other Doctors but it’s really worth watching the whole video. This is why I will be continuing to wear an ffp2/N96. Very important to avoid catching this virus during this time in our history.

By Dr Nancy Malek Even in 2025, doctors have accepted too many myths about COVID. My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing. Full list of references available at covidfordoctors.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT...

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

This is cute: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Thanks to the UCP, the Calgary Board of Education now has a policy barring trans girls from sports (but not trans boys)… And anyone can challenge the gender of a kid in school! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

@yyCBEdu in June you celebrated the importance of being an upstander. Your job was to OPPOSE excluding trans girls from sports. You chose to bend to hate, instead of standing up for all students. Shame on you. This will harm and may kill students. #ableg #abpoli cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/...

I’ve been a doc for 30 years. I got this bag 30 years ago and it’s been my doctor’s bag ever since. I’m grateful to be in this job which I love so much and through which I can help people navigate health issues and thrive. As I head out now to do another housecall, I say “Thank you, Bag!”

The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is “non-trivial!!”

7/ Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Cleaning the air is long overdue. Some technologies will of course overhype & mislead. That's capitalism. Weed them out. Sue them. Close them down. But #CleanTheAir

“Canada is on the threshold of setting a world-leading standard which we in the UK can, at present, only dream of,” said David Osborn, executive member of the UK COVID Airborne Transmission Alliance” 🙌😷 Between 25-50% of patients hospitalized with Covid were infected inside healthcare facilities 👀