Mik B
@mikb.bsky.social
Just a mom hoping for a better world for her kids, and all the children of the world. 🇨🇦
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The last few years have been soooooo weird. First we have a virus that has literally thousands of peer reviewed papers showing that it is actually really terrible to repeatedly catch & people just kind of giggle and ignore it. Now we have pretty solid confirmation that the most powerful &
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The last few years have been soooooo weird. First we have a virus that has literally thousands of peer reviewed papers showing that it is actually really terrible to repeatedly catch & people just kind of giggle and ignore it. Now we have pretty solid confirmation that the most powerful &
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This was confirmed sometime in 2021, not 2026. The years in between have just been idiots trying to convince the world that they should infect themselves with a virus that they knew nothing about. The list of those idiots is extensive.
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This was confirmed sometime in 2021, not 2026. The years in between have just been idiots trying to convince the world that they should infect themselves with a virus that they knew nothing about. The list of those idiots is extensive.
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
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Canada Lives Because…
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Canada Lives Because…
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Recent research shows blood from people with ME/CFS and Long COVID directly harms healthy muscle, reducing force, stressing mitochondria, and causing structural breakdown. Results implicate blood-borne drivers of muscle weakness, exertion intolerance, and PEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Recent research shows blood from people with ME/CFS and Long COVID directly harms healthy muscle, reducing force, stressing mitochondria, and causing structural breakdown. Results implicate blood-borne drivers of muscle weakness, exertion intolerance, and PEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1758...
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1. Very important study - and the primary reason I avoid infection.
'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.
'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
1. Very important study - and the primary reason I avoid infection.
'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.
'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.
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If I were paid to do this job, I'd be in the media and on social media every day.
I'd say:
1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu.
2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit.
3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.
I'd say:
1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu.
2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit.
3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If I were paid to do this job, I'd be in the media and on social media every day.
I'd say:
1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu.
2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit.
3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.
I'd say:
1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu.
2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit.
3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.
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Part of what needs to be done is covered here, following the exploration of several examples of recent relevant failures and tracing them back to the systems-level issues that underlie them.
Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Inquiring Minds 03: Mark Ungrin - Science, Pseudoscience and Public Policy
YouTube video by Deep River Public Library
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Part of what needs to be done is covered here, following the exploration of several examples of recent relevant failures and tracing them back to the systems-level issues that underlie them.
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You may have seen masks mentioned a lot lately, especially as the spread of multiple viruses is currently high, so it’s important to know the facts in order to protect yourself and others. Learn more and stay safe this respiratory virus season and beyond! (Part 1/2)
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You may have seen masks mentioned a lot lately, especially as the spread of multiple viruses is currently high, so it’s important to know the facts in order to protect yourself and others. Learn more and stay safe this respiratory virus season and beyond! (Part 1/2)
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Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'?
We are right.
We are right.
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'?
We are right.
We are right.
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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Preventable deaths. Vaccinate, clean indoor air, mask (KN95/N95) in high density/ high transmission settings. We don't need to do this. We don't need to make it easy on viruses.
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Preventable deaths. Vaccinate, clean indoor air, mask (KN95/N95) in high density/ high transmission settings. We don't need to do this. We don't need to make it easy on viruses.
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There goes another one.
Will Alberta be the last jurisdiction to impose mask mandates in hospitals?
In Calgary alone, there is a COVID outbreak at the Rockyview, and influenza outbreaks at the Rockyview and Foothills.
And innumberable outbreaks of both in LTC.
Help me understand...
Will Alberta be the last jurisdiction to impose mask mandates in hospitals?
In Calgary alone, there is a COVID outbreak at the Rockyview, and influenza outbreaks at the Rockyview and Foothills.
And innumberable outbreaks of both in LTC.
Help me understand...
Mask mandate returns to North Bay hospital patient care areas
The North Bay Regional Health Centre is reinstating a mask requirement in all patient care areas starting Monday, citing a rise in hospitalizations and community spread of respiratory viruses.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There goes another one.
Will Alberta be the last jurisdiction to impose mask mandates in hospitals?
In Calgary alone, there is a COVID outbreak at the Rockyview, and influenza outbreaks at the Rockyview and Foothills.
And innumberable outbreaks of both in LTC.
Help me understand...
Will Alberta be the last jurisdiction to impose mask mandates in hospitals?
In Calgary alone, there is a COVID outbreak at the Rockyview, and influenza outbreaks at the Rockyview and Foothills.
And innumberable outbreaks of both in LTC.
Help me understand...
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“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
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Everyone tells you to "start a garden." Well, here's how to actually do it. I'm going to keep expanding to cover more living situations. Feel free to jump in.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
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An Illustrated Guide to Growing Food
A progress report.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Everyone tells you to "start a garden." Well, here's how to actually do it. I'm going to keep expanding to cover more living situations. Feel free to jump in.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
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2. Watching the current scrambling response of many healthcare systems to H3N2 K, combined with the firmly embedded political and ideological resistance to masking, I can assure you all that if H5N1 goes human to human with a high CFR, we're in deep trouble as a species.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
2. Watching the current scrambling response of many healthcare systems to H3N2 K, combined with the firmly embedded political and ideological resistance to masking, I can assure you all that if H5N1 goes human to human with a high CFR, we're in deep trouble as a species.
/end
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If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
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THIS.
So chicken farms have started spending millions of dollars putting in state of the art air filtration and circulation systems - because culling whole flocks to mitigate avian flu is expensive - but we have done zero to improve air quality in schools - because kids are expendable I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THIS.
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😷The real scandal isn’t masks - it’s how many people need them and are denied cultural permission to use them without ridicule.
It shows a culture deeply rooted in ableism. Disabled people had reinforced (again) that adaptions are not normalised, they are stigmatised. /13
It shows a culture deeply rooted in ableism. Disabled people had reinforced (again) that adaptions are not normalised, they are stigmatised. /13
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
😷The real scandal isn’t masks - it’s how many people need them and are denied cultural permission to use them without ridicule.
It shows a culture deeply rooted in ableism. Disabled people had reinforced (again) that adaptions are not normalised, they are stigmatised. /13
It shows a culture deeply rooted in ableism. Disabled people had reinforced (again) that adaptions are not normalised, they are stigmatised. /13
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It’s also about concerned, informed people, doing their best not to infect others.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
Masking isn’t about ideology. It’s about:
😷 immunocompromised children at school & their families not risking their health & lives
😷 people with Long Covid trying not to be reinfected
😷 disabled people protecting their protective system
That’s the stakes. /8
😷 immunocompromised children at school & their families not risking their health & lives
😷 people with Long Covid trying not to be reinfected
😷 disabled people protecting their protective system
That’s the stakes. /8
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s also about concerned, informed people, doing their best not to infect others.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
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It's going to be the same here in Canada very soon if it isn't already. We knew this was coming. We had lots of warning, but instead of reacting to it, we once again embrace disease. There should have been massive vaccination campaigns & promotion of masking, indoor air cleaning & ventilation.
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
Number of people in England being treated remains at record level for this time of year with daily average of 2,660
The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has increased by 55% in a week, NHS figures show.
An average of 2,660 flu patients were in hospital each day last week, up from 1,717 the previous week. At this point last year the number stood at 1,861 patients, while in 2023 it was just 402. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's going to be the same here in Canada very soon if it isn't already. We knew this was coming. We had lots of warning, but instead of reacting to it, we once again embrace disease. There should have been massive vaccination campaigns & promotion of masking, indoor air cleaning & ventilation.
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New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳
Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳
Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
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How do you protect yourself from viruses in a world that has largely given up? New work has confirmed the use of HOCl as a respiratory therapy and intervention. Here's some other things to do, along with N95 masks and air purifiers.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
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An Illustrated Guide to Knocking Out Viruses
To be expanded?
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How do you protect yourself from viruses in a world that has largely given up? New work has confirmed the use of HOCl as a respiratory therapy and intervention. Here's some other things to do, along with N95 masks and air purifiers.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...