Kristin Meekes
@kmeekes.bsky.social
ICU RN, reader, cyclist, pug + cat mom
Still 😷 #covidisairborne
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Still 😷 #covidisairborne
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I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve gone into work to find a patient I had just cared for now diagnosed with Flu, Covid, TB, etc. Masking in healthcare just makes sense! It’s hard to see a downside, actually.
And no, I didn’t get sick with anything…because I’m always in an N95.
And no, I didn’t get sick with anything…because I’m always in an N95.
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve gone into work to find a patient I had just cared for now diagnosed with Flu, Covid, TB, etc. Masking in healthcare just makes sense! It’s hard to see a downside, actually.
And no, I didn’t get sick with anything…because I’m always in an N95.
And no, I didn’t get sick with anything…because I’m always in an N95.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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The Ottawa Police are getting an 8.7% budget hike ($31.5M) including $5.4M pulled from reserves.
The issues we're facing demand mental health supports, housing, and community services, not more police.
Tell Council to fund mental health, not more cops: www.horizonottawa.ca/no_police_hike
The issues we're facing demand mental health supports, housing, and community services, not more police.
Tell Council to fund mental health, not more cops: www.horizonottawa.ca/no_police_hike
Tell Council to Fund Mental Health Over More Cops
www.horizonottawa.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Ottawa Police are getting an 8.7% budget hike ($31.5M) including $5.4M pulled from reserves.
The issues we're facing demand mental health supports, housing, and community services, not more police.
Tell Council to fund mental health, not more cops: www.horizonottawa.ca/no_police_hike
The issues we're facing demand mental health supports, housing, and community services, not more police.
Tell Council to fund mental health, not more cops: www.horizonottawa.ca/no_police_hike
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As global opinion shifts toward supporting Palestinian human rights, universities are at a crossroads. They can cling to a hollow idea of neutrality or acknowledge the reality in front of them: refusing to act is refusing to confront an unfolding genocide.
Institutional neutrality or institutionalized silencing?
The partial ceasefire in Gaza offers an opportunity to reflect on how universities have responded to a level of student activism not seen since the protests against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s...
canadiandimension.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As global opinion shifts toward supporting Palestinian human rights, universities are at a crossroads. They can cling to a hollow idea of neutrality or acknowledge the reality in front of them: refusing to act is refusing to confront an unfolding genocide.
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On CBC news they're talking about the rise of RSV season. Yes, they're recommending vaccines. That's great!
No other suggestions to _help_ stop the spread of RSV. If it's airborne, which it appears to be, then, we should talk about that.
Reference: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
No other suggestions to _help_ stop the spread of RSV. If it's airborne, which it appears to be, then, we should talk about that.
Reference: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
On CBC news they're talking about the rise of RSV season. Yes, they're recommending vaccines. That's great!
No other suggestions to _help_ stop the spread of RSV. If it's airborne, which it appears to be, then, we should talk about that.
Reference: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
No other suggestions to _help_ stop the spread of RSV. If it's airborne, which it appears to be, then, we should talk about that.
Reference: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
A lot of us are wearing N95s in public because there are still way too many hospitalizations happening and Long Covid is an enormous problem. We need clean indoor air; if I had my choice we’d start with schools and healthcare.
Also get vaccinated 💉
Also get vaccinated 💉
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A lot of us are wearing N95s in public because there are still way too many hospitalizations happening and Long Covid is an enormous problem. We need clean indoor air; if I had my choice we’d start with schools and healthcare.
Also get vaccinated 💉
Also get vaccinated 💉
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Hospitalizations are expected to require 6.3% of Canada's staffed hospital beds for three weeks (CIHI: average duration of COVID hospitalizations: www.cihi.ca/en/covid-19-...).
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hospitalizations are expected to require 6.3% of Canada's staffed hospital beds for three weeks (CIHI: average duration of COVID hospitalizations: www.cihi.ca/en/covid-19-...).
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About 2.5% 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 $92.7M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
About 2.5% 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 $92.7M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.
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Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
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This blog post is a very accurate characterisation of the experience of living with #PostExertionalMalaise #PEM.
Recommended reading for healthcare professionals who want to understand #MECFS and #LongCovid.
You generally only see these patients when they're at their best — not in the aftermath.
Recommended reading for healthcare professionals who want to understand #MECFS and #LongCovid.
You generally only see these patients when they're at their best — not in the aftermath.
Here’s a quote from my piece, Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner, about post-exertional malaise. This is after work while I’m in the middle of a PEM crash. #PEM #MECFS #LongCovid #ChronicIllness #Disabled
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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This blog post is a very accurate characterisation of the experience of living with #PostExertionalMalaise #PEM.
Recommended reading for healthcare professionals who want to understand #MECFS and #LongCovid.
You generally only see these patients when they're at their best — not in the aftermath.
Recommended reading for healthcare professionals who want to understand #MECFS and #LongCovid.
You generally only see these patients when they're at their best — not in the aftermath.
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The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The real problem with pretendians is the way discussions around them are driven by mainstream colonial narratives about Indigeneity. Non-indigenous folks believe themselves experts on Indigenous identity and end up muddying the waters even more.
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Seeing this discussed by non-Indigenous folks is...
Please sign and share! I learned that I have extremely dense breasts via Ontario’s changed mammogram rules (self referral 40+) and I have an appt coming up to advocate for additional screening for myself…which was not offered and was suggested is not needed ☹️
If you believe women with dense breasts deserve the same chance to find breast cancer early, please add your name to our provincial govt advocacy campaign. It only takes a few seconds to sign. Thank you. www.densebreastscanada.ca/make-your-vo...
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Please sign and share! I learned that I have extremely dense breasts via Ontario’s changed mammogram rules (self referral 40+) and I have an appt coming up to advocate for additional screening for myself…which was not offered and was suggested is not needed ☹️
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Hey yo it’s frickin ILLNESSES because schools have not made their air safe to breathe during an ongoing airborne pandemic
Reported illnesses have tripled in some school districts. Some say mental health is a factor https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/school-absences-illness-mental-health-9.6988661
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Hey yo it’s frickin ILLNESSES because schools have not made their air safe to breathe during an ongoing airborne pandemic
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But also the school-absences story is just...seriously WTF is wrong with these people? Are they so terrified of criticism from pseudoscientific loons that they just won't discuss COVID? So out of touch that they don't know this stuff? Just phoning it in? 🤷
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
But also the school-absences story is just...seriously WTF is wrong with these people? Are they so terrified of criticism from pseudoscientific loons that they just won't discuss COVID? So out of touch that they don't know this stuff? Just phoning it in? 🤷
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
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This is obvious and axiomatic. Yet why doesn’t everyone recognize and acknowledge it??
There is no such thing as an intelligent report on increasing school absences due to chronic illness and mental health issues that does not lead with a discussion of the out-of-control virus that causes chronic illness and mental health issues.
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
@cbcnews.ca has seriously weird biases about COVID. 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is obvious and axiomatic. Yet why doesn’t everyone recognize and acknowledge it??
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as a historian let me show you how to identify a failed society
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
as a historian let me show you how to identify a failed society
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
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Everything wrong with the last almost 6 years right there.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything wrong with the last almost 6 years right there.
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🧵 Thread: The Economic Cost of Long Covid – new 2025 study in Nature
1/ A new paper has modelled the economic burden of Long Covid in the U.S. and globally. Spoiler: it’s massive. Here’s a breakdown. 👇
1/ A new paper has modelled the economic burden of Long Covid in the U.S. and globally. Spoiler: it’s massive. Here’s a breakdown. 👇
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🧵 Thread: The Economic Cost of Long Covid – new 2025 study in Nature
1/ A new paper has modelled the economic burden of Long Covid in the U.S. and globally. Spoiler: it’s massive. Here’s a breakdown. 👇
1/ A new paper has modelled the economic burden of Long Covid in the U.S. and globally. Spoiler: it’s massive. Here’s a breakdown. 👇
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MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.
Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
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Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
I’d like to call attention to the fact that there are still *many* hospitals without even a surgical mask mandate this winter, for ex all of The Ottawa Hospital
Overjoyed to learn that my hospital system has returned to masks required. 👏
Masking at UHN
Policies about wearing masks change in response to respiratory virus season or other outbreak conditions.
www.uhn.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’d like to call attention to the fact that there are still *many* hospitals without even a surgical mask mandate this winter, for ex all of The Ottawa Hospital
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As I've said before, the distinction drawn between acute infectious diseases and chronic diseases is, in many cases, artificial. This is the huge flaw in MAHA: infections can and often do cause chronic disease; vaccines can thus prevent some chronic diseases.
stanmed.stanford.edu/infections-l...
stanmed.stanford.edu/infections-l...
Why acute infections can lead to neurodegeneration
Researchers are uncovering the mysteries of why early-in-life acute infections can lead to neurodegenerative diseases in later years.
stanmed.stanford.edu
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As I've said before, the distinction drawn between acute infectious diseases and chronic diseases is, in many cases, artificial. This is the huge flaw in MAHA: infections can and often do cause chronic disease; vaccines can thus prevent some chronic diseases.
stanmed.stanford.edu/infections-l...
stanmed.stanford.edu/infections-l...
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The ppl calling the shots in 2020 were destructively ignorant. if you're listening to the same groups tell you that masking is no longer needed, you might want to check your sources. I understand public backlash to precautions given how inconsistant they've been. but we can do better for each other
This paper goes into more detail on why infection control and public health leaders in 2020 were close to a century out of date on how infections are transmitted in aerosols. Mechanistic science training is inadequate in many medical programs.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?
The question of whether SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis of transmission res...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The ppl calling the shots in 2020 were destructively ignorant. if you're listening to the same groups tell you that masking is no longer needed, you might want to check your sources. I understand public backlash to precautions given how inconsistant they've been. but we can do better for each other
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They totally get that #CovidIsAirborne. They are just doing their job within the limits of the inquiry process set by the Government.
We are going to win this Campaign. #WorkersRights & #Children'sRights are at stake & the economic & social costs of not fixing this are huge.
We are going to win this Campaign. #WorkersRights & #Children'sRights are at stake & the economic & social costs of not fixing this are huge.
"The Module 2 report highlights that there was emerging evidence early on in the Pandemic that Covid-19 was airborne but that it took time for the Government to introduce campaign messages to the public alerting them to the importance of ventilation."
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsAirborne
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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