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**Covid Is Airborne**
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Can’t wait for this inhaled Covid-19 vaccine. It actually prevents Covid. Made in Canada too! 🇨🇦
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
Promising results from Phase 1 human trials of McMaster's inhaled COVID-19 vaccine
McMaster University’s inhaled COVID-19 vaccine safely generates immune responses associated with protection in the lungs, recent clinical trial data show. The Phase-1 study, which ran . . .
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca
July 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can’t wait for this inhaled Covid-19 vaccine. It actually prevents Covid. Made in Canada too! 🇨🇦
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
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To stand up to President Trump — to protect your jobs and businesses — we have to build an economy that serves everyone.
We have to build a Canada you can afford.
We have to build a Canada you can afford.
April 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
To stand up to President Trump — to protect your jobs and businesses — we have to build an economy that serves everyone.
We have to build a Canada you can afford.
We have to build a Canada you can afford.
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“It’s a really ugly situation when a sitting Premier is trying to insert herself into the outcome of a federal election the way Ms. Smith appears to be. It’s offensive & wrong.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Did Danielle Smith lobby the U.S. to help Pierre Poilievre? Sure looks like it
An interview with Breitbart reveals some troubling partisan actions taken by the Alberta Premier
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“It’s a really ugly situation when a sitting Premier is trying to insert herself into the outcome of a federal election the way Ms. Smith appears to be. It’s offensive & wrong.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Dr. Oz moves to full senate vote. Sigh.
Dr Oz. RFK Jr. Contrarians running NIH & FDA. Quacks (Food Babe, Means crew, etc) normalized. Cancelling of vaccine research. Etc etc.
You can feel the darkness decend. WTF is happening?
My take on Oz from 2021: www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
Dr Oz. RFK Jr. Contrarians running NIH & FDA. Quacks (Food Babe, Means crew, etc) normalized. Cancelling of vaccine research. Etc etc.
You can feel the darkness decend. WTF is happening?
My take on Oz from 2021: www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
www.scientificamerican.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dr. Oz moves to full senate vote. Sigh.
Dr Oz. RFK Jr. Contrarians running NIH & FDA. Quacks (Food Babe, Means crew, etc) normalized. Cancelling of vaccine research. Etc etc.
You can feel the darkness decend. WTF is happening?
My take on Oz from 2021: www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
Dr Oz. RFK Jr. Contrarians running NIH & FDA. Quacks (Food Babe, Means crew, etc) normalized. Cancelling of vaccine research. Etc etc.
You can feel the darkness decend. WTF is happening?
My take on Oz from 2021: www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
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Allowing nosocomial infections is dereliction of duty, allowing it during a raging pandemic is a crime against humanity. Having the tools at disposal to stop nosocomial infections and not using them is evil.
They aren’t even collecting data.
A grievous dereliction of duty.
#COVID19
#Healthcare
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A grievous dereliction of duty.
#COVID19
#Healthcare
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Too many catching Covid-19 in hospital, experts say - but precautions being rolled back
Hospital-acquired infections are a billion-dollar burden and cause more disability than road crashes. Why aren't we doing more to prevent them?
www.rnz.co.nz
March 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Allowing nosocomial infections is dereliction of duty, allowing it during a raging pandemic is a crime against humanity. Having the tools at disposal to stop nosocomial infections and not using them is evil.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Mar 15-28, 2025
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, QC
HIGH: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 142 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, QC
HIGH: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 142 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Mar 15-28, 2025
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, QC
HIGH: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 142 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, QC
HIGH: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 142 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. And make it the world’s deadliest infectious disease & maybe a top 5 disease again.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
By retracting foreign aid, Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. And make it the world’s deadliest infectious disease & maybe a top 5 disease again.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. And make it the world’s deadliest infectious disease & maybe a top 5 disease again.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
By retracting foreign aid, Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. And make it the world’s deadliest infectious disease & maybe a top 5 disease again.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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“Some decisions such as the immediate firing of the AHS CEO and chief medical officer of health just look like Trumpian revenge.”
Danielle Smith is trying to break Alberta’s healthcare.
Very Trumpian.
#Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Danielle Smith is trying to break Alberta’s healthcare.
Very Trumpian.
#Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Why Danielle Smith’s Massive Health Reorganization Should Scare You | The Tyee
I’m a doctor. And I’m afraid for Alberta’s health care.
thetyee.ca
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi... by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social via @healthydebate.bsky.social
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.
healthydebate.ca
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi... by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social via @healthydebate.bsky.social
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“Smith will share the stage with a man who said Arabs ‘live in open sewage,’ blamed a young Black man for his own murder, insulted trans people endlessly, and has denied climate change repeatedly. and an org that has questioned the history of slavery in the US"
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edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Smith defends using taxpayer dollars on travelling to U.S. to appear alongside controversial podcaster
Smith is using taxpayer dollars to travel to Florida where she'll co-headline an event with podcaster Ben Shapiro at the end of March.
edmontonjournal.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Smith will share the stage with a man who said Arabs ‘live in open sewage,’ blamed a young Black man for his own murder, insulted trans people endlessly, and has denied climate change repeatedly. and an org that has questioned the history of slavery in the US"
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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"If we were to see immune damage manifesting at a population level, it would look like what we’re seeing today: big waves of common illnesses. Unusual spikes of uncommon illnesses. Course reversal for previously declining and eliminated illnesses. An unexplained, global wave of sickness."
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?
www.thegauntlet.news
March 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"If we were to see immune damage manifesting at a population level, it would look like what we’re seeing today: big waves of common illnesses. Unusual spikes of uncommon illnesses. Course reversal for previously declining and eliminated illnesses. An unexplained, global wave of sickness."
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COVID hospital patients have an increased risk of death from any cause for at least two and a half years following their initial illness, researchers reported in a new study published in the journal Infectious Diseases.
COVID Hospital Patients Face Increased Risk Of Death For 2+ Years Afterward
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) People hospitalized for a severe bout of COVID-19 are far from in the clear after they've recovered enough to return home
www.healthday.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
COVID hospital patients have an increased risk of death from any cause for at least two and a half years following their initial illness, researchers reported in a new study published in the journal Infectious Diseases.
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
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Hey Alberta! just a heads up that our FluA season is not behaving normally. Looks like a peak in Dec, and now rising cases in the last few weeks. Anomalous compared to previous years.
Could explain our recent rise in ER wait times.
Could explain our recent rise in ER wait times.
February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hey Alberta! just a heads up that our FluA season is not behaving normally. Looks like a peak in Dec, and now rising cases in the last few weeks. Anomalous compared to previous years.
Could explain our recent rise in ER wait times.
Could explain our recent rise in ER wait times.
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If you see someone wearing a mask & you have the urge to tell them they should stop masking, just don't.
Not only have masks been shown to dramatically reduce risk of covid and therefore long-covid, but it doesn't hurt you one bit.
Or, if it DOES hurt/anger you to see a mask-wearer, go seek help.
Not only have masks been shown to dramatically reduce risk of covid and therefore long-covid, but it doesn't hurt you one bit.
Or, if it DOES hurt/anger you to see a mask-wearer, go seek help.
February 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If you see someone wearing a mask & you have the urge to tell them they should stop masking, just don't.
Not only have masks been shown to dramatically reduce risk of covid and therefore long-covid, but it doesn't hurt you one bit.
Or, if it DOES hurt/anger you to see a mask-wearer, go seek help.
Not only have masks been shown to dramatically reduce risk of covid and therefore long-covid, but it doesn't hurt you one bit.
Or, if it DOES hurt/anger you to see a mask-wearer, go seek help.
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"After the war they tried to persuade public health officials to take the threat of airborne infection seriously. But infectious disease experts, fighting against outbreaks and preparing for emergence of new diseases mostly ignored them, even when it meant accepting basic mistakes about physics."
How COVID reshaped public health understanding of disease spread by air
How COVID reshaped our understanding of invisible air particles and the spread of disease
www.newsweek.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"After the war they tried to persuade public health officials to take the threat of airborne infection seriously. But infectious disease experts, fighting against outbreaks and preparing for emergence of new diseases mostly ignored them, even when it meant accepting basic mistakes about physics."
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If these numbers aren't enough to make EVERY ALBERTAN pause, look them over, and immediately say we need a PUBLIC INQUIRY to understand what's going on here, I don't know what will.
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
February 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If these numbers aren't enough to make EVERY ALBERTAN pause, look them over, and immediately say we need a PUBLIC INQUIRY to understand what's going on here, I don't know what will.
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
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This is so disgusting. And I hate to tell ya, but they look forward to many more savings… and if you aren’t taking precautions, you’re going to help them.
February 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is so disgusting. And I hate to tell ya, but they look forward to many more savings… and if you aren’t taking precautions, you’re going to help them.
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Vaccines are truly awesome! Here are just 5 times vaccines made a huge difference.
Vaccines save millions of lives by allowing us to build immunity without the risks associated with an infection.
Sources: tinyurl.com/SUFVaccinesR...
#ScienceUpFirst #TogetherAgainstMisinformation
Vaccines save millions of lives by allowing us to build immunity without the risks associated with an infection.
Sources: tinyurl.com/SUFVaccinesR...
#ScienceUpFirst #TogetherAgainstMisinformation
February 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Vaccines are truly awesome! Here are just 5 times vaccines made a huge difference.
Vaccines save millions of lives by allowing us to build immunity without the risks associated with an infection.
Sources: tinyurl.com/SUFVaccinesR...
#ScienceUpFirst #TogetherAgainstMisinformation
Vaccines save millions of lives by allowing us to build immunity without the risks associated with an infection.
Sources: tinyurl.com/SUFVaccinesR...
#ScienceUpFirst #TogetherAgainstMisinformation
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"How can intellectuals be trusted to look ahead in 'planning the future' when they’re shutting their eyes to the present pandemic and its ongoing harms?"
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"How can intellectuals be trusted to look ahead in 'planning the future' when they’re shutting their eyes to the present pandemic and its ongoing harms?"
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"She says she was also previously pressured by Deputy Minister of Health Andre Tremblay, via text message, to terminate “purported critics of the government, including Carmelle Steinke, Jeremy Theal and Sherri Kashuba.” "
Think about these allegations... 1/3
Think about these allegations... 1/3
February 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"She says she was also previously pressured by Deputy Minister of Health Andre Tremblay, via text message, to terminate “purported critics of the government, including Carmelle Steinke, Jeremy Theal and Sherri Kashuba.” "
Think about these allegations... 1/3
Think about these allegations... 1/3
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I was working directly w Athana when the Premier handpicked her to take over the CEO role at AHS (taking her from her new job at the AMA). I met directly with the Minister of Health who told me "they had to have Athana... 1/4
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https://buff.ly/4hYX56d
The Breakdown AB (@thebreakdownab.bsky.social)
On today’s episode of “a story in 2 pictures”… Adriana Lagrange would again like you to believe that the termination of a contract 3 years early was always the plan. Also, please ignore the part…
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February 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I was working directly w Athana when the Premier handpicked her to take over the CEO role at AHS (taking her from her new job at the AMA). I met directly with the Minister of Health who told me "they had to have Athana... 1/4
https://buff.ly/4hYX56d
https://buff.ly/4hYX56d
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This is critical to remember👇 Skilled HCWs are doing their best in an environment where govt constantly makes the job more difficult.
The Premier has 100,000 Albertans working in AHS, and all she can do is vilify and handcuff it…
The Premier has 100,000 Albertans working in AHS, and all she can do is vilify and handcuff it…
With all going on in Alberta politics regarding the healthcare system right now…
… your reminder that the care you receive is directly thanks to the amazing humans who work on the frontlines: the nurses, the doctors, the clerical staff, allied health, support workers 💖🧑⚕️
… your reminder that the care you receive is directly thanks to the amazing humans who work on the frontlines: the nurses, the doctors, the clerical staff, allied health, support workers 💖🧑⚕️
February 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This is critical to remember👇 Skilled HCWs are doing their best in an environment where govt constantly makes the job more difficult.
The Premier has 100,000 Albertans working in AHS, and all she can do is vilify and handcuff it…
The Premier has 100,000 Albertans working in AHS, and all she can do is vilify and handcuff it…
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This flu season has been particularly brutal, and it isn’t showing signs of letting up. Since October, there have been at least 24 million cases in the U.S.
Flu Cases Are Surging
At least 24 million cases have been reported so far this season — and the virus is still spreading widely.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This flu season has been particularly brutal, and it isn’t showing signs of letting up. Since October, there have been at least 24 million cases in the U.S.