Same here. I occasionally run into people who are intensely hostile to me over it. Men & women, young, middle-aged & seniors; there's no specific pattern that I can see. 99.9% of the problem with masking is other people's deeply irrational reactions to what you choose to wear to protect yourself.

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

In some guidelines, annual pneumonia is an indication for immunodeficiency screening. We are going to be very busy…

If the lack of data makes it difficult for you to know exactly how bad the current Covid wave is, just look at the newspaper of record’s recent headline: “Covid is spreading again this summer,” and remember if they have to admit the virus isn’t gone this wave must be pretty bad.

Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: Sick of being sick? Fix air quality in schools, Wear an N95 mask, End mask bans, Work from home, and more open.substack.com/pub/johndupu...

Patients deserve protection from airborne viruses. Whether it’s a routine visit or a critical test, health care providers across Canada must do better. #HealthCareNotCareless

Three years ago this week. 🇺🇦

Femicide Victims in Canada 2024 - we have a problem and politicians in each Province need to much much more to help women #Femicide femicideincanada.ca/aboutus/reme...

Patients with complex illness end up guilted in by incompetent specialists that changes in their illness and their symptoms are due to them stressing, rather than the disease advancing. And instead of investigations and treatment, people end up at home with some SSRI and risk loosing their life.

The sheer amount of H5N1 circulating in North America is deeply concerning. My suspicion is that the likelihood of a reassortment event with seasonal flu occurring is now high. Make no mistake, this situation has pandemic potential.

Wondering how symptom-tracking apps like Visible impact people with energy-limiting conditions? Dr. Amy Proal co-authored this paper which found that data related to heart rate variability (HRV) could predict crashes in individuals w/ LongCovid & ME/CFS: doi.org/10.21203/rs....

Masks work. Anyone saying different is doing so out of pure willful ignorance at this point.

I’m often asked for a letter to provide friends, family members or colleagues that explains why I take SARS-CoV-2 so seriously and what I do to protect my family. I’ve written this personal letter to share my perspective & the steps I take. I hope it helps others. 🧵👇 uofi.box.com/s/wki3eb09de...

You may think that neurological symptoms in #LongCovid are for old people, but it is the opposite. Young adults (18–44 years) and middle-aged (45–64 years) with mild acute #COVID cases (non-hospitalized), represent 90% of the cases of #NeuroCovid. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

There’s a lot of great Covid related starter packs out there - but here’s one more! We’re seeing unprecedented growth here at the friendly skies - and I want to help connect as many people as possible. Looking for clean air, covid cautious mask advocates to join the pack! go.bsky.app/ALai9U

The #GreatestMEdicalScandal has spread the lie that this very physical disease is mental, so our doctors treat us accordingly. But just a year ago the Mayo Clinic and ME Action published this accessible paper to get docs up to speed. #JohnVsJonVsME www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬 go.bsky.app/5871Mhv

Hey there #COVIDisNotOver friends. My wife @mchristinebd.bsky.social and I put our heads together and made a flier about basic COVID-19 precautions - particularly for small events/gatherings. All the icons and entire flier are CC0/public domain/free to use: bit.ly/lesscovid 1/2

Hey y’all. Many of you know I have a pretty serious neuro disease that, thanks to decades of government underinvestment, has zero FDA-approved treatments. I’d be so grateful for the solidarity if you lent your name to this call for NIH to do better. Takes 1 min to sign. Thanks everyone <3

chronic illness #chronicillness #chronicallyill #chronicillnessmemes

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First case of human H5 bird flu detected in Canada - a child in BC is in the hospital www.Reuters.com/business/hea...

Important 🧵 by Prof Heidi Matthews about her own #Covid journey through multiple infections and the toll that has taken threadreaderapp.com/thread/18274...

Can we do away with the word lazy in 2024? People aren’t lazy. It’s a word invented to make people feel bad about not being productive. We do not need to be productive every waking minute of the day. Stop describing people as lazy.

In Nov 2022 we exposed the fact that public health officials in *all* provinces and territories had been receiving a staggering quantity of high quality information on the prevalence and severity of Long Covid since as early as July 2020... ...and didn't tell us. #cdnnews #cdnpoli #longcovid

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