Anne
@arrghable.bsky.social
🇨🇦cat mom, gardener, retired dental health professional, Novavaxed+++, still 😷
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In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
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The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly".
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
December 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly".
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
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The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
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Good advice for Health Canada & Ontario Public Health re: the prevention of airborne pathogens using N95s & the importance of indoor air quality.
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Good advice for Health Canada & Ontario Public Health re: the prevention of airborne pathogens using N95s & the importance of indoor air quality.
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"Hypothetical" says it all. It means that they are not aware of a single infection via surfaces.
Fomite transmission is talked about not to upset the Infection Prevention and Control folks who still believe strongly in it.
This explains the battle:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fomite transmission is talked about not to upset the Infection Prevention and Control folks who still believe strongly in it.
This explains the battle:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"Hypothetical" says it all. It means that they are not aware of a single infection via surfaces.
Fomite transmission is talked about not to upset the Infection Prevention and Control folks who still believe strongly in it.
This explains the battle:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fomite transmission is talked about not to upset the Infection Prevention and Control folks who still believe strongly in it.
This explains the battle:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Recent study from Japan. The same one that @davidelfstrom.bsky.social posted.
"However, the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
"However, the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
Risk of getting flu by touching contaminated items likely low
Live virus was rarely transmitted to fingertips from the fomites.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Recent study from Japan. The same one that @davidelfstrom.bsky.social posted.
"However, the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
"However, the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence."
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
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"The flu, on the other hand, has a strong fomite component" [CITATION REQUIRED]
Rather: "the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence".
Meanwhile there's plenty of aerosol evidence
Rather: "the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence".
Meanwhile there's plenty of aerosol evidence
Minimal Influenza Virus Transmission From Touching Contaminated Floors and Metal Door Levers: Laboratory Study II
Influenza is generally understood to be transmitted through inhaling virus-contaminating aerosol/droplets or contact with virus-contaminated environmental surfaces (or fomites). However, the risk ass...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"The flu, on the other hand, has a strong fomite component" [CITATION REQUIRED]
Rather: "the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence".
Meanwhile there's plenty of aerosol evidence
Rather: "the risk associated with transmission through contact with fomites is hypothetical, lacking solid quantitative evidence".
Meanwhile there's plenty of aerosol evidence
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Increasingly, this is clearly not a world in which you want to be long term unwell or chronically disabled in if you can avoid it. And you can do much to avoid it—by wearing a good mask. #COVID
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Increasingly, this is clearly not a world in which you want to be long term unwell or chronically disabled in if you can avoid it. And you can do much to avoid it—by wearing a good mask. #COVID
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I spent a long time writing, and living through, this story about my dad's healthcare journey. It's the most widely read, and consequential, piece I have ever written. Posting it here for anyone interested who may not have seen it. ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-...
The Fall: My once-vibrant dad emerged broken from the hospital. Then he was gone.
A longtime health reporter, Elizabeth Payne thought she understood Canada's failing health-care system. Then her dad fell.
ottawacitizen.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I spent a long time writing, and living through, this story about my dad's healthcare journey. It's the most widely read, and consequential, piece I have ever written. Posting it here for anyone interested who may not have seen it. ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-...
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Influenza A (specifically including H3N2) is a Risk Group 3 bioaerosol hazard. Check out the data sheet and then plug that into the CSA standard below to see what level of protection a Canadian employer should be providing if it *may* be present in your workplace.
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Influenza A (specifically including H3N2) is a Risk Group 3 bioaerosol hazard. Check out the data sheet and then plug that into the CSA standard below to see what level of protection a Canadian employer should be providing if it *may* be present in your workplace.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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And it's not clear that even flu transmission is as fomite-dominant as the usual Jurassic-era-thinking in infection control would have it.
While aerosol and respiratory droplet transmission can be classified differently based on particle size & behaviour, they are closely related & often coexist. Understanding both is crucial for developing effective prevention strategies for airborne respiratory diseases.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And it's not clear that even flu transmission is as fomite-dominant as the usual Jurassic-era-thinking in infection control would have it.
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www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
Superflu - Irish medic calls for warning: 'It's time to grasp the nettle'
Dr Ciara Steele blasted health bosses for not speaking out about flu spreading through the air
www.irishmirror.ie
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
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When the FDA’s expert committees recommended expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines, Prasad personally intervened to overrule them. His decision delayed vaccine approvals, undercut medical consensus, and set back efforts to protect millions of Americans.
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When the FDA’s expert committees recommended expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines, Prasad personally intervened to overrule them. His decision delayed vaccine approvals, undercut medical consensus, and set back efforts to protect millions of Americans.
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Since 2020 scientists have been warning about the dangers of letting COVID rip, about immune damage and other consequences.
Now those predictions are materializing and yet, the public is allocating responsibility to anything but COVID.
Denial of self-inflicted damage is strong.
Now those predictions are materializing and yet, the public is allocating responsibility to anything but COVID.
Denial of self-inflicted damage is strong.
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Since 2020 scientists have been warning about the dangers of letting COVID rip, about immune damage and other consequences.
Now those predictions are materializing and yet, the public is allocating responsibility to anything but COVID.
Denial of self-inflicted damage is strong.
Now those predictions are materializing and yet, the public is allocating responsibility to anything but COVID.
Denial of self-inflicted damage is strong.
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There is always a leader.
When public health steps aside like this, the most powerful voice in the room steps in.
Big corporations. Dark money. Your Uncle that got his data from “trust me bro” sources.
#PublicHealth
When public health steps aside like this, the most powerful voice in the room steps in.
Big corporations. Dark money. Your Uncle that got his data from “trust me bro” sources.
#PublicHealth
“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There is always a leader.
When public health steps aside like this, the most powerful voice in the room steps in.
Big corporations. Dark money. Your Uncle that got his data from “trust me bro” sources.
#PublicHealth
When public health steps aside like this, the most powerful voice in the room steps in.
Big corporations. Dark money. Your Uncle that got his data from “trust me bro” sources.
#PublicHealth
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USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Dairy Herd in Wisconsin
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Dairy Herd in Wisconsin
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While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
Face masks return at hospitals and health hubs in Derry and the west amid flu and other viruses surge
The Western Trust has announced that all visitors, staff and patients are required to wear face masks at some hospital areas and other health care facilities for the first time since the pandemic, due...
www.derryjournal.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
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Seems important
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
U.K. Spy Chief Warns of Acute Russia Threat: The ‘Frontline is Everywhere’
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Seems important
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Everyone is talking about how bad the flu is.
Media & healthcare facilities are pleading with people to get their flu shot.
To stay home when sick.
To wash their hands.
Very few are recommending masks. When we had mask mandates we eliminated an entire flu strain.
Mask up!
Media & healthcare facilities are pleading with people to get their flu shot.
To stay home when sick.
To wash their hands.
Very few are recommending masks. When we had mask mandates we eliminated an entire flu strain.
Mask up!
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Everyone is talking about how bad the flu is.
Media & healthcare facilities are pleading with people to get their flu shot.
To stay home when sick.
To wash their hands.
Very few are recommending masks. When we had mask mandates we eliminated an entire flu strain.
Mask up!
Media & healthcare facilities are pleading with people to get their flu shot.
To stay home when sick.
To wash their hands.
Very few are recommending masks. When we had mask mandates we eliminated an entire flu strain.
Mask up!
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Got flu problems?
Try this.
Try this.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Got flu problems?
Try this.
Try this.
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I hope every lawyer contemplating any action over the mismanagement of COVID / SARS-CoV-2 is very familiar with the 2006 Recommendations of the Commission investigating the mismanagement of SARS-CoV-1.
Because "how we could have stopped COVID" is all there.
wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...
Because "how we could have stopped COVID" is all there.
wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...
wayback.archive-it.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I hope every lawyer contemplating any action over the mismanagement of COVID / SARS-CoV-2 is very familiar with the 2006 Recommendations of the Commission investigating the mismanagement of SARS-CoV-1.
Because "how we could have stopped COVID" is all there.
wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...
Because "how we could have stopped COVID" is all there.
wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...