Cassandra Panda
@redapanda.bsky.social
Non-fiction reader hoping for a better ending.
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Sick and tired?
Influenza test positivity is very high in Ontario and remains the highest in children (5-11 yrs) at 73.3% and adolescents (12-19 yrs) at 67.3%. COVID-19 and RSV are also circulating.
These viruses are airborne: we get sick by breathing them in!
But it doesn't have to be this way!
Influenza test positivity is very high in Ontario and remains the highest in children (5-11 yrs) at 73.3% and adolescents (12-19 yrs) at 67.3%. COVID-19 and RSV are also circulating.
These viruses are airborne: we get sick by breathing them in!
But it doesn't have to be this way!
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sick and tired?
Influenza test positivity is very high in Ontario and remains the highest in children (5-11 yrs) at 73.3% and adolescents (12-19 yrs) at 67.3%. COVID-19 and RSV are also circulating.
These viruses are airborne: we get sick by breathing them in!
But it doesn't have to be this way!
Influenza test positivity is very high in Ontario and remains the highest in children (5-11 yrs) at 73.3% and adolescents (12-19 yrs) at 67.3%. COVID-19 and RSV are also circulating.
These viruses are airborne: we get sick by breathing them in!
But it doesn't have to be this way!
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Flu fatalism is not helpful: we can keep the air in schools much cleaner and fresher, reducing the risk of infection to children and teachers. #IAQ #masks ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Flu fatalism is not helpful: we can keep the air in schools much cleaner and fresher, reducing the risk of infection to children and teachers. #IAQ #masks ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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After the devastating loss of the 3 children in Ottawa, it was urgent to get info out re the additional ways avail to protect one’s loved ones from serious illness as we enter the holidays…
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
After the devastating loss of the 3 children in Ottawa, it was urgent to get info out re the additional ways avail to protect one’s loved ones from serious illness as we enter the holidays…
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
What's truly sick is Tylenol running an ad campaign, during a global flu surge that's already killed children, in which they encourage people to hide their symptoms and go out and spread the virus to friends and to strangers in crowds. In Canada you can file a complaint at adstandards.ca
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What's truly sick is Tylenol running an ad campaign, during a global flu surge that's already killed children, in which they encourage people to hide their symptoms and go out and spread the virus to friends and to strangers in crowds. In Canada you can file a complaint at adstandards.ca
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Wastewater speaks
Are you listening?
Virus peaks
In what we’re shitting
But people don’t care
They act unaware
Living in pandemic wastelands (1/3)
Are you listening?
Virus peaks
In what we’re shitting
But people don’t care
They act unaware
Living in pandemic wastelands (1/3)
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wastewater speaks
Are you listening?
Virus peaks
In what we’re shitting
But people don’t care
They act unaware
Living in pandemic wastelands (1/3)
Are you listening?
Virus peaks
In what we’re shitting
But people don’t care
They act unaware
Living in pandemic wastelands (1/3)
I see that the only-vaxers, still feeling confident about how well they stopped Covid in its tracks, are now sharing their wisdom for flu prevention. FFS, quit whining and wear a fucking mask and clean the indoor air. Kids are dying.
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I see that the only-vaxers, still feeling confident about how well they stopped Covid in its tracks, are now sharing their wisdom for flu prevention. FFS, quit whining and wear a fucking mask and clean the indoor air. Kids are dying.
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I said “let’s clean the air, wear masks and other prevention stuff to protect people from bugs”…
Society said. “We prefer dead kids.”
Mainly because dark money convinced people that going back to “normal” was important, no matter how bad it was.
Society said. “We prefer dead kids.”
Mainly because dark money convinced people that going back to “normal” was important, no matter how bad it was.
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I said “let’s clean the air, wear masks and other prevention stuff to protect people from bugs”…
Society said. “We prefer dead kids.”
Mainly because dark money convinced people that going back to “normal” was important, no matter how bad it was.
Society said. “We prefer dead kids.”
Mainly because dark money convinced people that going back to “normal” was important, no matter how bad it was.
This article isfrom 2018. How long are we going to wait for public health and IPAC to catch up to the science? How many people will die because they’re too stubborn to change course? www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
Study confirms flu likely spreads by aerosols, not just coughs, sneezes
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This article isfrom 2018. How long are we going to wait for public health and IPAC to catch up to the science? How many people will die because they’re too stubborn to change course? www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
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Hey Toronto! Like to breathe clean, safe air? Me too! Please read and sign this petition to the Board of Health asking for better indoor air quality guidelines! 🌬️🍃 #topoli
Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO
Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessible, and better prepared for the future!
Tell the Board of Health to...
docs.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey Toronto! Like to breathe clean, safe air? Me too! Please read and sign this petition to the Board of Health asking for better indoor air quality guidelines! 🌬️🍃 #topoli
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Where was *this* Merrilee Fullerton in 2020-23 when we needed her to speak up as a cabinet minister and help protect us all from a dangerous airborne virus? #CovidIsAirborne #PublicHealthFail drmerrileefullerton.substack.com/p/public-hea...
Public Health Ontario Must Educate the Public on Aerosol/Airborne Mitigations Now and for Future Pandemics
The stubbornness with which Public Health Ontario and the Ministry of Health have delayed creating a robust and ongoing public information campaign regarding aerosol/airborne mitigations for the COVID...
drmerrileefullerton.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Where was *this* Merrilee Fullerton in 2020-23 when we needed her to speak up as a cabinet minister and help protect us all from a dangerous airborne virus? #CovidIsAirborne #PublicHealthFail drmerrileefullerton.substack.com/p/public-hea...
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Public health: "We must do something about all this disinformation out there"
Also public health: "Here's a bar of soap to handwash your way out of COVID"
Also public health: "Here's a bar of soap to handwash your way out of COVID"
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Public health: "We must do something about all this disinformation out there"
Also public health: "Here's a bar of soap to handwash your way out of COVID"
Also public health: "Here's a bar of soap to handwash your way out of COVID"
I really hope someone at @sickkidsto.bsky.social reads this and then puts an end to the harmful gaslighting of Long Covid kids that’s done through their Somatization Pathway project. SickKids is causing kids serious mental harm and preventing their recovery in order to boost a few doctors’ careers.
Really proud of my team for getting this out. It has been a heavy lift. When we opened the Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness, we wanted to create a place that could provide the very best of care for people with #LongCOVID, #MECFS,
www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/pati...
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Mount Sinai publishes 1st US guide for infection-linked chronic illnesses - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release. The clinical ...
www.beckershospitalreview.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I really hope someone at @sickkidsto.bsky.social reads this and then puts an end to the harmful gaslighting of Long Covid kids that’s done through their Somatization Pathway project. SickKids is causing kids serious mental harm and preventing their recovery in order to boost a few doctors’ careers.
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Naming Dr. Henry to the Order of Canada spits in the face of every serious scientist, healthcare worker, public health practitioner, and victim of COVID.
She botched SARS-CoV-1, botched the Seven Oaks investigation, and botched SARS-CoV-2. She has so much blood on her hands.
This is *vile*.
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She botched SARS-CoV-1, botched the Seven Oaks investigation, and botched SARS-CoV-2. She has so much blood on her hands.
This is *vile*.
🧵
I am hearing credible rumblings that Dr. Henry is currently in France for four months, learning French in order to finally qualify to fail upwards and replace Dr. Tam as Canada's CMOH. One of the few people in the world to have botched two different SARS-CoV outbreaks (plus the Seven Oaks thing).
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On March 11, 2020, when much of the world was screaming for things to be locked down, Dr. Henry, herself no stranger to pandemics, told the country and the world that "we have very low risk."
Time was lost, and because of this so were lives.
There's never been an accounting of these failures.
Time was lost, and because of this so were lives.
There's never been an accounting of these failures.
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Naming Dr. Henry to the Order of Canada spits in the face of every serious scientist, healthcare worker, public health practitioner, and victim of COVID.
She botched SARS-CoV-1, botched the Seven Oaks investigation, and botched SARS-CoV-2. She has so much blood on her hands.
This is *vile*.
🧵
She botched SARS-CoV-1, botched the Seven Oaks investigation, and botched SARS-CoV-2. She has so much blood on her hands.
This is *vile*.
🧵
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As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
Meanwhile, Ontario public health telling people to get vaccinated before they travel out of the country.🙄 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
A massive outbreak has made Ontario the measles epicentre of the western hemisphere
Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Meanwhile, Ontario public health telling people to get vaccinated before they travel out of the country.🙄 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Happy Mother’s Day to all those honouring the day’s radical roots and Ann Jarvis’s efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases with DIY public health. #MaskUp
jacobin.com/2021/05/moth...
jacobin.com/2021/05/moth...
Mother’s Day Has Deeply Radical Roots
Yes, you should absolutely call your mom today. But you should also know that Mother’s Day isn’t just a holiday for greeting card and chocolate companies to make a buck, but of radical antiwar and fem...
jacobin.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all those honouring the day’s radical roots and Ann Jarvis’s efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases with DIY public health. #MaskUp
jacobin.com/2021/05/moth...
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84 people have been hospitalized, so the hottest place to catch measles in Ontario will be... in the hospital.
But we can see each other's smiles, and breathe and splutter all over each other there.
Come for surgery or a broken arm, leave with COVID and measles.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
But we can see each other's smiles, and breathe and splutter all over each other there.
Come for surgery or a broken arm, leave with COVID and measles.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Ontario sees sharpest rise in measles yet with 223 new infections since last week
Ontario is reporting its highest increase in measles cases since its outbreak began, with 223 new infections in the province over the past week.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
84 people have been hospitalized, so the hottest place to catch measles in Ontario will be... in the hospital.
But we can see each other's smiles, and breathe and splutter all over each other there.
Come for surgery or a broken arm, leave with COVID and measles.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
But we can see each other's smiles, and breathe and splutter all over each other there.
Come for surgery or a broken arm, leave with COVID and measles.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@tdsb: since 2020 the Covid competent in Toronto have been begging you to do something about indoor air quality in schools. Wake up and protect kids and staff from airborne threats to their health!
Asking #Ontario families to share w trustees/MPPs/MPs/school boards, friends & fam @onschoolsafety.bsky.social’s open letter to the ON govt/CMOH urging the implementation of a #VaccinePLUS strategy to tackle the measles spread, as #MeaslesIsAirborneToo!
www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/open...
www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/open...
Open Letter: Vaccine-PLUS Strategy Needed for Measles Outbreaks | Ontario School Safety
Dear Premier Ford, Dr. Moore, and Hon. Ministers Jones, Calandra, Piccini and Dunlop:
We are writing on behalf of Ontario School Safety (OSS), a grassroots, fully volunteer organization dedicated to ...
www.ontarioschoolsafety.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@tdsb: since 2020 the Covid competent in Toronto have been begging you to do something about indoor air quality in schools. Wake up and protect kids and staff from airborne threats to their health!
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Crickets 🦗 from #Ontario #CMOH, Dr. Kieran Moore, re our current #Measles state.
We don’t need insects, we need an immediate #VaccinePLUS strategy suggested to them last week by @onschoolsafety.bsky.social.
So, Ontario friends, pls take time today to make some NOOOISE 📣!
Contact info in 🧵:
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We don’t need insects, we need an immediate #VaccinePLUS strategy suggested to them last week by @onschoolsafety.bsky.social.
So, Ontario friends, pls take time today to make some NOOOISE 📣!
Contact info in 🧵:
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May 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Crickets 🦗 from #Ontario #CMOH, Dr. Kieran Moore, re our current #Measles state.
We don’t need insects, we need an immediate #VaccinePLUS strategy suggested to them last week by @onschoolsafety.bsky.social.
So, Ontario friends, pls take time today to make some NOOOISE 📣!
Contact info in 🧵:
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We don’t need insects, we need an immediate #VaccinePLUS strategy suggested to them last week by @onschoolsafety.bsky.social.
So, Ontario friends, pls take time today to make some NOOOISE 📣!
Contact info in 🧵:
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Thread👇
Clean air advocates please sign & share Clean Indoor Air Toronto (CIATO) letter!
Bit.ly/TDSBApril2025
Clean air advocates please sign & share Clean Indoor Air Toronto (CIATO) letter!
Bit.ly/TDSBApril2025
April 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thread👇
Clean air advocates please sign & share Clean Indoor Air Toronto (CIATO) letter!
Bit.ly/TDSBApril2025
Clean air advocates please sign & share Clean Indoor Air Toronto (CIATO) letter!
Bit.ly/TDSBApril2025
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School closures weren’t a plot by “elites” to punish the poor. The alternative was mass disabling and killing children and their families. The idea that workers should have had no choice but to send their kids into unsafe conditions is not a “pro-worker” stance.
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
School closures weren’t a plot by “elites” to punish the poor. The alternative was mass disabling and killing children and their families. The idea that workers should have had no choice but to send their kids into unsafe conditions is not a “pro-worker” stance.
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Lockdowns didn’t create inequality. Capital did. Capital gutted public supports, forced workers into unsafe conditions, and treated mass death as an acceptable cost of doing business. The same forces pushing this “laptop class” narrative were fighting to end unemployment relief.
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lockdowns didn’t create inequality. Capital did. Capital gutted public supports, forced workers into unsafe conditions, and treated mass death as an acceptable cost of doing business. The same forces pushing this “laptop class” narrative were fighting to end unemployment relief.
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Resistance starts with a respirator. But no one wants to hear that.
March 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Resistance starts with a respirator. But no one wants to hear that.
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111K children with #LongCovid in UK and growing as the SarsCov2 virus continues to give them multiple infections every year because there are no mitigations in schools. It doesn't have to be that way. #LongCovidAwarenessDay
March 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
111K children with #LongCovid in UK and growing as the SarsCov2 virus continues to give them multiple infections every year because there are no mitigations in schools. It doesn't have to be that way. #LongCovidAwarenessDay