Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
gosiagasperophd.bsky.social
Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
@gosiagasperophd.bsky.social
Developmental biologist, researcher. Makes COVID predictions that (so far) come true.
Proponent of preventing transmission and aiming for elimination of pathogens (incl. SARS2)
#StopTransmission, #CleanTheAir, prevent #LongCOVID
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The 3rd annual Canadian Long COVID symposium wrapped up yesterday. It was a great meeting, and I got some nice news at the end!

PDF of the poster is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e8wh6...

MP3 of a 5-minute verbal overview is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0lw...
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Call for help!
Looking for a HCW who got covid in the workspace, and suffered a consequence (likely long COVID)
For an interview for a piece I am working on.
Anonymity guaranteed.
Thanks for considering!
DM2 open.
a cartoon chicken is asking can you help me .
ALT: a cartoon chicken is asking can you help me .
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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The concepts of "overdiagnosis" and "overtreatment" are trendy right now, but it's important to recognize that they are themselves subject to overdiagnosis, especially with the accelerating rejection of expertise and replacement of scientific understanding with subjective, easily biased heuristics.
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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The calculator is available here ( docs.google.com/spreadsheets... ). 10/
Fit Factor & Impact Calculator
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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How does various mask fit compare to filter the air and protect you or others?

Most masks, even baggy blue procedure masks use filtering material that can filter 95%+ of particles that pass through it, but the key is "pass through it". Continue to learn more... 🧪🧵1/
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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@theresisters.bsky.social know how important #IAQ is so we sat down with Dr. Lidia Morawska to talk about why IAQ matters and why it’s important.
youtu.be/njMSMOUxfGA?...
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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When values already align, your work aligns even if you don’t have time to plan out alignment in advance.

Shared values lead to synergy.

Thank you @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social, @sameo416.bsky.social & Nicole Shaver for the great collaboration at our panel at www.longcovidweb.ca/events/3rd-c... .
2025 Symposium | Long COVID Web
This symposium will offer invited speakers and panelists as well as all participants interested in the subject, the opportunity to express themselves on these issues and to explore possible solutions ...
www.longcovidweb.ca
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We’re not seeking wedding RSVPs to make sure we don’t pay for uneaten extra meals.

These are *vaccines* which prevent and reduce illness, disability and death. We should be seeking a vaccine for EVERYONE in Alberta. Bonus: it will protect the labour force and it’s great for business.

#abpoli
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Good news: clarified message.
Bad news: here’s the message
“Pre-ordering for the 2026–2027 immunization season starts on Sept 29 and ends Dec 15. Pre-ordering helps secure vaccines, reduce wastage, and support responsible spending. Albertans can still book next year if they don’t pre-order.”

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🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.

This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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October 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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as possible from getting vaccinated.

The ONLY reasons to do this are to get more people infected, overwhelm the public healthcare system, destroy it, and usher in private healthcare.

There are zero defensible economic or efficiency reasons to do this. Zero.

It’s anti-life.
#Ableg
#abpoli

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October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.

This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It’s astounding that no one says - hey isn’t there a field of science specifically specializing in respiratory protection?

This is a bit like me sponsoring an electrical engineering review of neurosurgery papers. Hey it’s all electricity…
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Fall brings kids back to school– but many with Long Covid are still fighting symptoms and missing out. Their voices shape research & care.
Sign and share to help CLCN reach 500 signatures and bring this petition to Parliament.

Sign now: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n
#LongCovidChildren #CLCN #ActNow
Sign the Petition
Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
chng.it
October 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Fall brings kids back to school– but many with Long Covid are still fighting symptoms and missing out. Their voices shape research & care.
Sign and share to help CLCN reach 500 signatures and bring this petition to Parliament.

Sign now: chng.it/7ZSzLXnp5n
#LongCovidChildren #CLCN #ActNow
Sign the Petition
Demand Federal Action on Biomedical Care for Children Living with Long COVID
chng.it
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Today's essential read for all parents
"“Immunity debt” doesn’t exist, but immune damage does. Children are sicker now than pre-pandemic – many with disabling chronic illnesses. This cycle of harm can only stop when we accept reality – there’s no off ramp without cleaning classroom air."
Tess Finch-Lees: Forever-Covid hurts young people’s health – and their futures
Two years ago, I reported on a study finding that the corona­virus contributed to the 2022 surge of paediatric RSV cases “through the large build-up of Covid-19-infected children and the potential lon...
www.independent.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Just got rejected from the Journal of Medical Ethics. It was pretty illuminating in terms of how far society has fallen.
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today, there are 93 #ForeverCanadian petition signature collection locations across Alberta. Please find the one nearest you and take a moment to sign the petition to keep Alberta in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Your signature really matters. Show your support for unity.
Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website
Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.
www.forever-canadian.ca
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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A reminder to everyone that this great lecture is as relevant today as it was in 2022.

The speaker is Mario Possamai, a key figure in Ontario's "SARS Commission" inquiry that examined how infection control leaders mishandled SARS. If they'd listened, we could have stopped the pandemic in 2020.
Dogma, Hubris, and the Forgotten Lessons of SARS-1 | Mario Possamai | ISRP2022
YouTube video by ISRP Respiratory Protection
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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"A systematic review and meta-analysis published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases reported a pooled prevalence of long COVID as 36% worldwide."

#LongCovid remains common and a public health emergency

www.eatg.org/hiv-news/mor...
More than one-third of individuals with COVID-19 experience long COVID
Long COVID remains a globally persistent condition, with a pooled prevalence of 36% worldwide, highlighting the urgent need for follow-up studies and policy responses.
www.eatg.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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(2/2) Speakers for the ‘The Expanding Burden of #LongCOVID: Implications for Population Health’ session (Oct 21, 1:30–2:30 PM NT):

- Gary Groot, MD
- Nicole Shaver, MS,
- @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social, PhD
- @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social, MD
- Matthew Oliver, PEng

#LCWSymposium
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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(1/2) Join 'The Expanding Burden of #LongCOVID: Implications for Population Health' at the 2025 #LCWSymposium. Explore research insights, emerging research priorities, Indigenous cosmologies in Long COVID care, & more.

Date: Oct 21, 1:30–2:30 PM NT
Register: bit.ly/4hRoczz
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Reposting this because it's evergreen - characteristic of the culture of silencing and shutting down criticism of medical institutions and the insiders that control them.

Rebuilding public trust in public health starts with trustworthiness, and there's a long way to go.

#MedSky #ScienceMatters
🧵 The "Health misinformation & its consequences: A critical conversation" event hosted by the O'Brien Institute for Public Health last night was a real microcosm of the pandemic.

Anti-vaxxers shouting over the panel, no voices from engineering or OHS, and someone playing games with communications.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"However, he said that for people not in at-risk groups, vaccination against COVID-19 and the flu "is not a step we necessarily recommend."

Apparently Quebec's government is anti-vax.

Welcome to the dark ages of kakistocracy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population | CBC News
COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for all Quebecers starting this fall, the province’s Health Ministry announced Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Good review of some of the many problems with Cochrane’s endless irrational attacks on respirators.

Those who understand physics (and have protected ourselves against all types of nasty inhalation risks) understand exactly what Cochrane is doing. Spoiler: it is not concerned with science and fact.
In many epidemics and in the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCW) have died or suffered long-term illness. Governments were criticized for not providing PPE. Now the backlash: Oxford University Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Cochrane and others claim that N95/FFP2 masks are useless. 1/
September 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM