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If you are involved in any way with SCMS, please read this thread.
This is my final plea/call to action before this year’s conference.
Long story short: we must demand a hybrid model — at bare minimum — to meet many of the ideological frameworks we claim to practice.
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Moderna seeks Health Canada approval for COVID-19 vaccine for kids under six montrealgazette.com/pmn/news…
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Why is Canada still telling people that two shots is ‘fully vaccinated’ against #COVID19 when everyone needs a third shot? @globeandmail editorial theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… #cdnpoli #vaccination
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In 1959, Eugene Ionesco wrote the absurdist play Rhinoceros in which one by one, an entire town of people suddenly transform into rhinos. At first, people are horrified but as the contagion spreads, (almost) everyone comes to accept that turning into a rhinoceros is fine. 1/
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52 babies toddlers and preschoolers hospitalized in the last two weeks for covid in ontario.
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How does being vaccinated impact the risk of #LongCovid?
A thread on 8 studies (I'll add to it as I find more):
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Masking vs “returning to normal” is a false dichotomy.
Protections like masks help keep society functioning.
Ignoring COVID spread and dropping public health protections prevent us from ending the pandemic.
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How do we reframe Covid so people no longer think of it as a mild convalescent cold? Reframing is urgent as people rack up reinfections. The virus persists, it continues to cause damage, & it will eventually lead to chronic illness and premature death. It has only been 2 years.
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Friendly reminder: As the next surge rolls in, we aren’t going to hear about it. Data isn’t reliable, testing low, tons of cases aren’t reported, metrics were manipulated & data “recalculated” to present the illusion of dramatic improvement & normalcy. Protect yourselves.
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Opinion | NATO isn't perfect. Yes, NATO bombed Libya destroying the wealthiest country on the African continent (including a targeted strike against Libya's irrigation system, destroying water access for 70% of the population living in the desert),
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Some countries have already immunized their under 5 year olds without waiting on the mRNA vaccines, notably Cuba with their Soberana vaccine (traditional vaccine tech). If pfizer/moderna can’t deliver an effective vaccine for toddlers, can we take a look at the Soberana data?
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Canadians accidentally gain sympathy for Palestinians for 5 minutes after mistaking videos from Gaza for new footage from Ukraine
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It's time to tell some hard truths about what is happening to our country and to our democracy. We can't afford to be complacent any longer.
My speech from this morning's debate on the Emergencies Act. #cdnpoli
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I wish we were monitoring (and reporting on) statistics about Long COVID the way we are about deaths.
Death isn't the only clinically relevant outcome of COVID, and our public health surveillance systems need to reflect that.
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I've spoken to a few folk lately who are happy to go along with the narrative that Covid is over and we just have to get on with it.
On each occasion though, when challenged they said 'well we can't go into lockdown all the time - that's very harmful too'
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1) In its #COVID19 epidemiological report this week, the World Health Organization noted the stealth #Omicron sub-variant BA.2 was “steadily increasing” in its spread, particularly in South Africa and Denmark. In this thread, I will report the latest developments concerning BA.2.
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My teen has had COVID for 6 days and the rest of the family is still negative. Here’s what we are doing to limit spread at home 🧵 N95 masks, air filters, open windows, a plan, and understanding that #COVIDisAirborne 1/11