If We Know What’s Right, Will We Do What’s Right?
The Toronto Star just quoted Kieran Moore, I’m very loath, after 1,000 days of a pandemic, to put in a mandate. We know what works, and we can trust Ontarians…
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Medical Officers of Health – Can’t They Save the Day??
The Peterborough Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Thomas Piggott, wrote, I would agree and add my voice to the numerous health system leaders who are concerned with capacity of the…
Covid Club – Specially Made for Public Health and Media
The first rule of Covid Club is you do not talk about Covid. The second rule of Covid Club is you DO NOT talk about Covid! Third rule of Covid…
New cracks appear in UCP façade as party officials disallow anti-vaxx nomination candidate in premier’s home riding
If Alberta’s United Conservative Party were the “centre right” political party its leader Danielle Smith would like us to imagine it is, the disqualification of Nadine Wellwood as a candidate…
André Picard’s "Kids are suffering from COVID in ways we never expected"
In a Globe & Mail article, Picard outlines the absolute crisis state health care is in right now, particularly for children: Pediatricians, family physicians and emergency rooms are being slammed…
Community Debt and Empathy Debt
Thread by Dr. Christopher Leighton: Covid 19 didn’t cause “immunity debt.” It caused “community debt.” Communities lost members, young and old, healthy and frail. Death rates climbed in 2022 as…
The Cult of Covid
I’ve been posting threads from health care professionals on here to save them as we watch whether or not Twitter will self-destruct. This one is from someone anon, @1goodtern, who…
Immunity Debt is Not a Thing!
The term ‘immunity debt’ is causing problems because if it’s the case that the immune system can lose function from a lack of illness after years of masking, then the…
On a Lighter Note: David Cross on Covid
He tweeted this “partial list of things equal to or greater than the physical and mental pain and suffering experienced while wearing a mask while shopping” from his new show,…
A Panel of Experts on Ending the Covid Public Health Threat
Several medical professionals that I follow on Twitter have excitedly announced the arrival of this joint article: A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat, in Nature.…
hard times: we are ruled by banks, corporations, and the governments that enable them. it doesn’t have to be this way.
In Canada this year, food bank usage hit an all-time high. In March 2022, there were almost 1.5 million visits to food banks — 15% more than there were one…
Danielle Smith vows not to let school districts impose mask mandates to protect students and teachers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith vowed Saturday to take measures to ensure masking mandates for children in Alberta’s kindergarten-to-Grade-12 classes can no longer be imposed. Justice Grant Dunlop of the Alberta…
Portable UV Sanitation: a Pricey Solution
If you could avoid Covid with greater certainty for less than $500, would you?? I’ve been looking into portable UV light. From the beginning of Covid, people have talked about…
The John Snow Project on Spooky Masks
The John Snow Project has the singular goal of cleaning the air in public buildings the way its namesake demonstrated the link between cholera and contaminated drinking water, and eventually…
Judge says order to dump school masks contravened Public Health Act, a reminder of how bad the Kenney Government was
A Court of King’s Bench judge ruled yesterday that the Kenney Government’s decision to dump the requirement for kids to wear masks in school during the pandemic last February was…
Mask Case in Alberta
Families of five immunocompromised kids in Alberta fought the lifting of mask mandates by the government, and, long story short, Justice Grant Dunlop said the cabinet can’t do that, as…
Covid is a Stealthy Enemy; Our Body its Battlefield — Shore up Your Defences, and Fight to Keep it at Bay!
Dr. Uppity (@MeddygLou), an NHS GP in Wales, wrote an excellent thread, beautifully written, explaining how Covid works with some battlefield imagery to help. I have nothing to add: Since…
Signals unintelligence: Danielle Smith’s latest fumbles suggest her government struggles with ineptitude
It’s hardly reassuring to learn Alberta’s new Danielle Smith Government is apparently so inept it didn’t know that it needed a minister to oversee the administration of the province’s labour…
Covid and Kids
I feel like I’m “cheating” just copying threads instead of writing, but so much work on social media needs to be acknowledged and saved in a more searchable manner. Here’s…
The Price One Pays: Liquidation of the Uncompetitive
I’m saving this excellent thread by Dr. Satoshi Akima FRACP. It’s tongue-in-cheek, but of course some are sharing bits of it as proof that we need to let ‘er rip!…