🇨🇦Ian - #RLessThanOne

We know respirators work. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Same for Canada: "Government failures created environments in care settings in which Covid could spread like wildfire, an inquiry report says Ministers' claims of there being a "protective ring" around care homes at the start of Covid were unfounded, the report says" www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

Has any infection prevention or healthcare institution even acknowledged this?

As a Canadian, although our government still recommends precautions, they don’t do it out loud. You have to search for it. There are no national (or provincial) strategies here. Not even in healthcare.

"With all this in mind, it may be useful to remember that although infections may inhibit other infections for a limited period, they are not beneficial to human health. "

Regular reminder that when you go to things while sick, you are giving those germs to people with autoimmune disorders, you’re passing them to someone’s newborn, to someone’s elderly parents. It’s “just a cold” to you but it can and does severely impact countless people.

No plan for COVID = No plan for any connected "problems". ✘ covid.aktion.network/%E2%9C%98/ #CovidIsAirborne #ONhealth #ONpoli #Ontario #ontEd #ONlab #Toronto

An economy only does this when everything is completely fine

Oh great an article about how to stay healthy when traveling… with zero mentions of wearing a mask. Public health is a joke.

We really need to start talking about the need for criminal prosecutions of public health and infection control leaders spreading misinformation about life critical respiratory protections. They are no different than those spreading anti-vaccine misinformation and must be treated accordingly.

The IDU is an international syndicate for far-right authoritarians, and Canada’s Conservative Party is actively aligned with it. Keeping membership in this organization is a direct betrayal of democratic values. An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

Look, we tried to tell them. Don’t blame this one on the Greens for being a home for folks who became disillusioned with the corporate centre-right NDP Eby represented. (My concerns in 2023 were over Henry’s refusal to follow the best science on COVID as an airborne disease among other things).

“ @mark-ungrin.bsky.social believes N95 masks should be worn in all hospitals, the spaces where people are often the most vulnerable or have a higher chance of spreading disease. ‘why aren’t we doing more of this in health care facilities?If it doesn’t get inside you, it can’t make you sick””

In the back of the drawer I found the watch that I lost at the start of the pandemic, and so I kept digging and so I kept digging to see if I could find the other things that I lost at the start of the pandemic, but (alas) my faith in other people wasn’t in there.

An honest society would acknowledge that losing caregivers, teachers, community members, friends, health security, and trust in our political and social institutions would have a far greater impact on children’s mental health than a few months of school closures.

No organ or system this virus cannot access and destroy ☠️ Endocrine complications of COVID-19: diabetes, musculoskeletal, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and gonadal disorders academic.oup.com/jes/article/...