@ellehab.bsky.social
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We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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My view is very different from the one presented by the press and I’m not a Doctor but have been a Covid advocate for 5 years. I have read thousands of studies and spoken to many long covid sufferers over that time. I don’t believe people are fully recovering. We need to think of there being two 🧵
September 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My view is very different from the one presented by the press and I’m not a Doctor but have been a Covid advocate for 5 years. I have read thousands of studies and spoken to many long covid sufferers over that time. I don’t believe people are fully recovering. We need to think of there being two 🧵
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Excited for this community care club night. Masks mandatory, free KN95s at the door & HEPA filters
"Taking creative risks not health risks"
Let's go, Vancouver!
"Taking creative risks not health risks"
Let's go, Vancouver!
August 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Excited for this community care club night. Masks mandatory, free KN95s at the door & HEPA filters
"Taking creative risks not health risks"
Let's go, Vancouver!
"Taking creative risks not health risks"
Let's go, Vancouver!
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#Z94.4
The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition put out a statement supporting CSA’s revisions to Z94.4. Over 1,700 individuals and organizations signed on to the statement - including unions representing over 3 million workers in 🇨🇦. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition put out a statement supporting CSA’s revisions to Z94.4. Over 1,700 individuals and organizations signed on to the statement - including unions representing over 3 million workers in 🇨🇦. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Protecting healthcare workers protects us all:
Canadian coalition gets overwhelming support backing stronger protections for healthcare workers in updated CSA respirator standard...
www.globenewswire.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#Z94.4
The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition put out a statement supporting CSA’s revisions to Z94.4. Over 1,700 individuals and organizations signed on to the statement - including unions representing over 3 million workers in 🇨🇦. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition put out a statement supporting CSA’s revisions to Z94.4. Over 1,700 individuals and organizations signed on to the statement - including unions representing over 3 million workers in 🇨🇦. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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Everyone should read this article by @nicktsergas.ca and then they should mask back up.
Too many people are living in fear and embracing a false sense of normal.
They’re so busy trying to pretend Covid is over, that they’re ignoring mounting evidence that multiple infections cause serious harm
Too many people are living in fear and embracing a false sense of normal.
They’re so busy trying to pretend Covid is over, that they’re ignoring mounting evidence that multiple infections cause serious harm
New review in BMJ by @nicktsergas.ca: "Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2"
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Everyone should read this article by @nicktsergas.ca and then they should mask back up.
Too many people are living in fear and embracing a false sense of normal.
They’re so busy trying to pretend Covid is over, that they’re ignoring mounting evidence that multiple infections cause serious harm
Too many people are living in fear and embracing a false sense of normal.
They’re so busy trying to pretend Covid is over, that they’re ignoring mounting evidence that multiple infections cause serious harm
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New review in BMJ by @nicktsergas.ca: "Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2"
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New review in BMJ by @nicktsergas.ca: "Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2"
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Read our full response and get instructions to submit your comment here: whn.global/whn-response...
#MaskUp #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #Healthcare #HealthcareProfessionals #Masking
#MaskUp #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #Healthcare #HealthcareProfessionals #Masking
Support Universal respirator masks in healthcare
CSA Z94.4-25 is a draft national standard proposing science-based airborne protection measures, including universal respirator use in healthcare. While broadly welcomed, it has also drawn a petition i...
whn.global
July 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Read our full response and get instructions to submit your comment here: whn.global/whn-response...
#MaskUp #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #Healthcare #HealthcareProfessionals #Masking
#MaskUp #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #Healthcare #HealthcareProfessionals #Masking
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Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 16-Aug 29, 2025
CANADA
MODERATE (no change)
About 1 in every 121 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~5X higher
-Long COVID ~5X higher
-Hospitalizations ~5X higher
-Deaths ~4X higher
CANADA
MODERATE (no change)
About 1 in every 121 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~5X higher
-Long COVID ~5X higher
-Hospitalizations ~5X higher
-Deaths ~4X higher
August 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 16-Aug 29, 2025
CANADA
MODERATE (no change)
About 1 in every 121 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~5X higher
-Long COVID ~5X higher
-Hospitalizations ~5X higher
-Deaths ~4X higher
CANADA
MODERATE (no change)
About 1 in every 121 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~5X higher
-Long COVID ~5X higher
-Hospitalizations ~5X higher
-Deaths ~4X higher
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
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NO OTHER SECTOR other than healthcare led by @ipaccanada.bsky.social is trying to UNDERMINE a much-needed revision to a respiratory PPE standard. This is just so evil. #Z94.4
There's a more fulsome instruction guide on how to comment on the proposed standard at donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
Again, note that no other sector covered by the Z94.4 standard is attempting to undermine it in the way that IPAC managers are doing for healthcare. /6
Again, note that no other sector covered by the Z94.4 standard is attempting to undermine it in the way that IPAC managers are doing for healthcare. /6
Support a National Standard for N95s (and other respirators) in Healthcare
The Canadian Standards Association is looking for public feedback on an update of a national standard for N95s (and other respirators).
donoharmbc.ca
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NO OTHER SECTOR other than healthcare led by @ipaccanada.bsky.social is trying to UNDERMINE a much-needed revision to a respiratory PPE standard. This is just so evil. #Z94.4
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Cardiovascular risk factors management in older adults: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC and the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice🔓
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
Cardiovascular risk factors management in older adults: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC and the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice
Abstract. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) currently ranks first in global mortality and morbidity and its prevalence increases with age. The most common risk
academic.oup.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cardiovascular risk factors management in older adults: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC and the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice🔓
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
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“The world becomes like a torture chamber, and then nobody believes you.”
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
wrd.cm
July 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“The world becomes like a torture chamber, and then nobody believes you.”
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
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As vaccinations continue to be undermined in the U.S., I’m wondering if we should be prepared to file lawsuits against schools that have a rate of vaccine exemptions that causes said school to fall below the herd immunity threshold.
Schools will be the most likely places for outbreaks to explode.
Schools will be the most likely places for outbreaks to explode.
July 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As vaccinations continue to be undermined in the U.S., I’m wondering if we should be prepared to file lawsuits against schools that have a rate of vaccine exemptions that causes said school to fall below the herd immunity threshold.
Schools will be the most likely places for outbreaks to explode.
Schools will be the most likely places for outbreaks to explode.
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar
2025: ohhh ok
2025: ohhh ok
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Such an informative #LongCOVID ‘Questions and Answers’ presentation by Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, @virusesimmunity.bsky.social
It’s so important to recognise the airborne nature of this dreadful disease and its implications, for us all, particularly those most vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIO...
It’s so important to recognise the airborne nature of this dreadful disease and its implications, for us all, particularly those most vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIO...
Long COVID 2025: Symptoms, diagnosis, post-COVID treatments and the latest long COVID research
YouTube video by American Medical Association (AMA)
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Such an informative #LongCOVID ‘Questions and Answers’ presentation by Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, @virusesimmunity.bsky.social
It’s so important to recognise the airborne nature of this dreadful disease and its implications, for us all, particularly those most vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIO...
It’s so important to recognise the airborne nature of this dreadful disease and its implications, for us all, particularly those most vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIO...
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🧵Not getting nearly enough attention. If confirmed true it should be front page news ⬇️
June 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🧵Not getting nearly enough attention. If confirmed true it should be front page news ⬇️
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A very good explainer for this important advance
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity
Injections of mRNA may offer a simpler, cheaper way to build powerful CAR-T cells
www.science.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A very good explainer for this important advance
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Let’s talk a little bit about what you can do to avoid this wave. It’s looking like a huge one, and even ignoring the risk of death or permanent disability from long covid, do you really want to lose two or three sunny weeks to feeling like crap?
Here’s some common sense risk reduction ideas:
Here’s some common sense risk reduction ideas:
June 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Let’s talk a little bit about what you can do to avoid this wave. It’s looking like a huge one, and even ignoring the risk of death or permanent disability from long covid, do you really want to lose two or three sunny weeks to feeling like crap?
Here’s some common sense risk reduction ideas:
Here’s some common sense risk reduction ideas:
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From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
go.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01
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every day i think they can’t get any worse. every day i’m wrong.
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
every day i think they can’t get any worse. every day i’m wrong.
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Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing