All the masked people at the Clean Air Festival are heros

"Collectively, our findings support that tetanus-diphtheria vaccines can prime SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive T cells and likely contribute to shape the T cell responses to the virus" www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Vaccination reduces #Longcovid in a dose dependant manner & "Only patients with Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccinations were used in our study because of its wide availability in our healthcare system" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"math scores went up by 0.20 standard deviations and English scores by 0.18 standard deviations, and the results hold up even when you control for “detailed student demographics" #CleanAir #filtration #bced www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...

influenza vaccination is correlated with lower rate of lung cancer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37849687/

#CleanAir #RebelAlliance I'm so grateful for community donations so my students could build CR boxes this year... "I have friends everywhere" #Andor

I hope one day ALL indoor shared-air air standards will include: HEPA filtration for airborne pathogens CO2 monitoring for healthy "mix" UV-C to help combat airborne pathogens Adequate outdoor air ventilation and "rate of exchange" to adequately replenish clean air in occupied rooms.

💯 Great initiative. I have an #Aranet4 myself. Love it! #CleanAir

Yet another example of why we need masks in healthcare, and especially in emergency rooms. You never know what you’re going to see. Bubonic plague is life threatening and I sincerely hope no one else in the ER was infected.

I use Medify machines, they have held up for 4 years so far: replaceable HEPA filters. medifyair.com

You rock! That’s the way to do it. Wish you were in the majority, tho. Sigh. But we soldier on! 😷 🦠 #MaskUp #COVIDIsAirborne #CleanIndoorAir

I wear a N95 respirator daily and run 2x HEPA air filtration machines (I think I may add a third this year.) My students likewise draw me masked because they so rarely see me unmasked (outdoor during Earth Science hike time). Been fully masked indoors at all times since 2020. 🤘you rock metal horns!

I wear an #N95 to teach &avoided symptomatic illness this year. You can tell from the student cartoon that its a fitted #mask . I also run 3 CR boxes & my CO2 levels are usually <700ppm. While I would prefer to be unmasked, I wear this to model community care.

"We show that anti-tetanus vaccination significantly reduces PD occurrence, and that both the rate and severity of PD are strongly associated with the time elapsed since last vaccination" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

This "N inhibitor" would be a game changer for front line health care workers & teachers during flu season. It might just help reduce teacher shortages due to illness www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

This is an incredible thread about beauty, meaning, joy, and education. And psychology. @eslfairy.bsky.social @freespiritus.bsky.social @mosssphagnum.bsky.social @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @daniellebeckman.bsky.social

H5N1 cases in Cambodia linked to contact with poultry www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

"this will be particularly beneficial for people like children or seniors in continuing care centres who may not brush their teeth consistently, and for people who may face barriers to regularly visiting a dentist" #fluoride www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Is bird blood more similar to the blood of humans or fish? " A microscope lab comparing erythrocytes of different species. Open windows provide great ventilation & low CO2 levels

Poor man must be rolling over in his grave watching the modern day anti-vaxxers. #VaccinesSaveLives

A very quiet #corsirosenthalbox was made in #science class with an earlier version of the "Rowenta turbo silence" fan . It was a complex build with 3 furnace filters &foamcore. The materials were donated by the community & students like to turn this one on

Fun with a student made #corsirosenthalbox & an "earth" revolving around the sun...but the real earth goes counterclockwise! #Earthday

Still true as ever: "I am focused now not on trying to magically get my life back to what it was in 2019, but on how to live the fullest life I can with this sick body. I am planning for my own disabled future — while dreaming of a better collective one." #MECFS #pwME #neisvoid #disabledsky

It's been 2yrs since @thetyee.ca published my #LongCovid essay. I've been so grateful to see improvements in my health, thanks to accessing a doctor with expertise. But my return to law school (p/t) has only underscored how little we learned from the pandemic about enabling remote & flexible access

Thank you CTV News Vancouver for having me on behalf of the @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social. Five years into #COVID, BC urgently needs more investment into healthcare for #LongCovid & associated post-infectious chronic conditions like #MECFS. @josieosborne.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

At Kerrisdale today, they were sending those of us with mobility aids to an alternate entrance with multiple stairs (!!!) My friend with invisible chronic health challenges wasn't offered the opportunity to use the priority access line. bsky.app/profile/mssi... #VancouverVotes #vanpoli #disability

Oooh similar to my office . How good are CO2 monitors

Spring has sprung! & my classroom has great CO2 levels

💞 Filtration is very helpful for many things. A very energy/cost efficient way to improve learning, accessibility and health 👏 youtu.be/ycgLBUfIM_c?...

Thanks to Daniella of the 'Public Health Is Dead' podcast and @mosssphagnum.bsky.social for their contributions during this episode! While the episode discusses ventilation in many spaces (ie: the Orpheum Theatre) there is also discussion about classrooms and inclusivity as well.

If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask. If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban. Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!

Britain and Germany have now issued travel warnings about travel to the United States. Politicians in Canada are now pressing the Cdn Govt. to do the same. Stories like those of Jasmine Mooney will just make people really think hard about travel the the US. She acknowledges where she went wrong.

Thinking of going to the US for a business trip? Or a holiday? Think again. You may end up detained for weeks or months for no good reason & have to fight desperately to be released. No, not a banana republic, this is the USSA right now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

HERE WE GOOOOO www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#Canada 🇨🇦 #Tourism can offer venues for #ComicCon & Academic #conference events since 🇺🇸 is crashing & burning their own hospitality industry

Southbound crossings at the busiest border crossing in Western Canada are stable for USA license plates, but substantially down for B.C. ones, particular when it comes to one-off trips. Today’s charts.

Tourists visiting the 🇺🇸 right now m.youtube.com/watch?v=8oG6...

Quelle surprise... "France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone &found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is disgusting. She’s lucky she had help and media. Here, she tells the story about others still locked away. The private facilities profit from their suffering - in the hundreds of millions. Americans need to know what’s being done to people with NO CRIMINAL RECORDS.

"Even in the darkest places,within the most broken systems,humanity persists. Sometimes,it reveals itself in the smallest,most unexpected acts of kindness:a shared meal,a whispered prayer,a hand reaching out in the dark." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Arguably we should be back to something close to normal,” Stirling said. “But if you look at it by age group what you see is that it's really quite substantially elevated for younger ages. That’s what jumped out at me.” insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/w...

absolutely agree! #ElbowsUp getting dangerous and ethically unsound, so easy to make a decision

ICE Opens Interdimensional Detention Center To Indefinitely Imprison Immigrants Across Infinite Number Of Multiverses theonion.com/ice-opens-in...

A Canadian woman was kidnapped at the US border by CBP and ICE agents. She committed no crime or illegal crossing but was forcibly kidnapped and thrown into an ice concentration camp.

It might be too early to start an email campaign but here is a rough outline of a letter to be sent to provincial ministers of health. I have mentioned the Ontario government in the letter but I suspect that the same guidance applies to the other provincial health ministries.

You can't get the #Novavax in Canada? That sucks - it's so much better tolerated. I totally get why you wouldn't come here to get it though.