*** Ontario Virus Update | July 12 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID have increased from 14 to 15 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations dropped from 18 to 5 and RSV increased from 2 to 6. 🧵1/ #Ontario #Virus #COVID #Hospital #Wastewater

Terry Fox with the money he raised for the Marathon of Hope on July 12, 1980. Among the money are many $5 bills. Little did Terry know that 47 years later in 2027, his face would be featured on the new $5 bill. 📸 John Mahler

Every time I work on the pacing data I'm just so bowled over by the quality and depth of everyone's insight. "Pacing is distributing tasks across time and energy" is baller

Happy birthday Ringo Starr, 86 today. He still owns Maureen's red vinyl raincoat.

PAHO Issues Formal Health Warnings for 2026 FIFA World Cup Fans Covering Dengue, Measles, Norovirus, and Heat Illness: www.medicaldaily.com/world-cup-20... Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca

No one could have predicted this 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/wor...

I hand out respirator/breatheteq masks to my patients to help them reduce their risk of getting COVID and Long COVID. Here's the letter I've put together about this for parents about children masking. @longcovidresource.bsky.social @longcovidadvoc.com @longcovidkids.bsky.social #longcovid

Communiqué: Fatigue isn't the same as post-exertional malaise (PEM) "PEM is real. It is serious. And it must not be made worse by misunderstanding." Signed by researchers, clinicians and advocates. emerge.org.au/wp-content/u... #MEcfs #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise #PEM

Wow, he’s talking about the President of the United States….

To see an org/person, in the year 2026, acknowledge the risk is airborne and STILL only recommend hand washing is fucking maddening.

(...) millions living with Long COVID. This powerful piece connects emerging research with the realities patients face every day, underscoring why recognition, research, and action remain urgently needed. Read the full article by Becky Robertson here: whn.global/the-multi-sy...

Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Please consider donating to @nastassjacarnivora.bsky.social 's fundraiser so she can set up her Covid Conscious virtual counselling service. This service would be of immense value!

"Summer flu" is back. Several of them just in this thread. 😷

I guess this says even more, Amanda doi.org/10.1038/s415...

This little lady LOVES bags no matter the type - paper bag plastic bags recyclable bags for groceries...you name it - if ANY new bags come into this house, it MUST be given to Gypsy and it will make her whole week. LOOK HOW HAPPY SHE IS!! What's your "bag"? PS: post meant to bring some smiles.🖤🤘

Reviewing Canada's new pandemic plan and this line jumped out at me: Consider adopting a precautionary approach, assuming efficient transmission through the air until more is known. What's wrong with this? How about this alternative. 1/

"IL-6 also inhibits mitochondria, the parts of a cell that generate energy. Wallace thinks that this suppression of the cells’ powerhouses is actually what’s encouraging cancer growth. (Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a prime suspect in the cause of Long COVID.)" www.latimes.com/science/stor...

You need this thread today. You really do.

Our letter calling on the @who.int to implement better masking policy (essentially, eschew medical masks for the much superior respirator mask) has passed peer review and is now published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How about an adorable little miss Gypsy to break all the suckiness in the world right now? (And Mini Miau on the last pic🥰🥰) 🖤🤘

Just how much more evidence there needs to be for EVERYONE to take this crisis seriously and start to demand the care and evidence-based education from health authorities as they should be doing all along - it's THEIR job - not ours yet we're all doing the heavy lifting while sick. 🖤🤘 #MaskUp

Read this reply to my thread from yesterday and my response. One of the most important social media exchanges I’ve had in my life. #DuctTapeForHealthCare @picardonhealth.bsky.social

Today @thesicktimes.org: We republished a great essay from @sunsopeningband.bsky.social, responding to last week's WIRED piece. "Any claim that exercise still needs to be tested is not made from a position of impartiality. These claims are made from the decision to ignore the existing literature."

“If the cells are frequently turning over but there is still viral persistence, what other plausible explanations are there for this other than replication?” That's a very good question someone asked, let's do a thread about VIRAL PERSISTENCE in #LongCovid to cover this! (1/10)

Boosting to help Maya & her mom find a wheelchair accessible home to rent in Vancouver. Maya was the victim of a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge 💔

I'm really struggling bad today, like right on the edge struggling. Please send good news (ANYTHING good) and cute animals please and thank you.🖤🤘

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

WIRED: Long COVID is “psychogenic” and researchers are “baffled” LC Researchers: We identified a causal link showing a subset of people with Long COVID have autoimmunity and it’s been replicated and published in a top science journal thesicktimes.org/2026/06/02/r...

Raúl was a friend and mentor to so many folks across the world. He helped me selflessly. Here’s one of many tributes, this from @busbyj2.bsky.social. Folks in academia ahould selfishly think about how they want to be remembered and live their lives like Raúl. www.duckofminerva.com/2026/06/rest...

When you can't stop crying because everything sucks more and more and is just getting harder and harder to find the good little things and reasons to keep going. I detest feeling like this and even more so when being disregulated is the norm for the past six years. I protest with might and main.🖤🤘

CANADA! Join us on June 17th to learn about our past year, the trajectory for the next 18 months, and ask questions! After the business portion we'll have the fantastic @barryhunt008.bsky.social as a keynote speaker. You don't want to miss this. Register now! 🖤🤘

You wouldn’t tell someone with cancer that they could cure themselves with “mind body therapies” You wouldn’t suggest that someone with HIV made themselves sick with “negative thoughts” The psychologizing of patients with complex chronic illness is one of the most damaging parts of being disabled

THANK YOU @spichaksimon.bsky.social for such excellent work as always and for having our back, trying to protect our community from such trials. It's a frustrating process to say the least but joining voices is the only way we can try to hold them to the standard that should be #LongCovid 🖤🤘

I can't be outside for long as it triggers my symptoms, and one of the things I miss the most is sunsets....but just look at this view from my balcony...you can tell it's one gorgeous one tonight. Hugs in solidarity to everyone in this battle, sick or not. #LongCovid #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp 🖤🤘

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1/ Remember when - ▶️ you hardly spent any time on social media; ▶️ never read medical research papers; ▶️ expected that if you ever got sick, doctors would believe/help you;

Then think how it looks when we see people calling vaccines ‘clot shots’ and covid is still vascular but we have no health messaging.

**RIP PAOLA** she fought so hard w all she had, our MEX warrior ancestors are proud. NONE of this case is ok. Not the family, not the clinicians, not the other CAD grp who all abused her at her worst pleading for help. This MUST stop NOW. We must fight TOGETHER! #WeArePaola🖤🤘#LongCovid

School Difficulties and Long COVID in Children and Adolescents www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This may sound pedantic but clear messaging is ALWAYS emphasized in public health recommendations. Airborne>>>>>Inhaled for clarity. Masks more important than handwashing for effectiveness. (although both important) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

this is great! appropriate airborne precautions recommended for all. A bit of feedback: 1) no mention of airborne but does mention inhaled(which is the same thing) (why avoid?) 2)general principles focus on handwashing. no mention of masks. Why? overall, a great start. why not go all in ECDPC?

"Starting with ppl continuing to rely completely on minimum guidance from storied institutions like WHO & CDC We need to keep abreast of rapidly evolving science Large institutions aren't good at that." Large institutions hold us back. They have historically taken positions contrary to evidence.

We're calling on Canada's largest hospital network to introduce a year-round universal respirator policy to prevent airborne infections! You can learn more and participate in the email campaign at: linktr.ee/maskmuhc

About 2.1% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week. The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $20.1M.

COVID outbreak risk remains in #ONhealth hospitals without layers of protection. Universal masking in ALL areas of #Ontario hospitals is essential for safe healthcare access. Let regional decision-makers know this is a priority. @safecare.initiative.works Take action: safecare.initiative.works

Us: "It feels like you could be undercalculating the consequence-to-risk ratio a bit and should implement the precautionary principle. Also, the exact same messaging was used last time and proved catastrophically wrong. To regain trust, perhaps show that you've learned." Them: "Fearmonger!"

This is exactly right, with one caveat: the reason "no it'll never fucking happen" is there (I bet) is to try (probably not successfully) to stave off dozens of annoying people replying just that. Except that impossible things become possible all the time, and it starts with saying what should be.