🍁Jo Retired Teacher
@joretired.bsky.social
🍁 Retired BC K-3 teacher. Here for science, mental health, education, Canucks hockey, things that make me laugh, recipes, #CovidIsAirborne I'm Jo-Anne
@Jo10030676 on Twitter/X but won't be there much longer.
@Jo10030676 on Twitter/X but won't be there much longer.
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Yay! We welcome @drjengunter.bsky.social home with open arms! 🇨🇦
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Winnipeg-born OB/GYN Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights
In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yay! We welcome @drjengunter.bsky.social home with open arms! 🇨🇦
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
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Dear Elon, we’re out.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
No Thanks, Musk. We’ll Direct Our Readers Elsewhere | The Tyee
The Tyee is no longer posting on X. Here’s why.
thetyee.ca
February 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dear Elon, we’re out.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
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Remember the early years of the pandemic? The man hiring Bhattacharya pushed the use of Hydroxychloroquine, now linked to 17,000 deaths. Bhattacharya's Great Barrington Declaration was denounced by The Infectious Diseases Society of America’s 12,000 front-line infectious diseases scientists.
#idsky
#idsky
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Remember the early years of the pandemic? The man hiring Bhattacharya pushed the use of Hydroxychloroquine, now linked to 17,000 deaths. Bhattacharya's Great Barrington Declaration was denounced by The Infectious Diseases Society of America’s 12,000 front-line infectious diseases scientists.
#idsky
#idsky
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Journalists, Dr. Jay Bhattachayra wanted to maximize infections in unvaccinated people under 70 or so, because he thought this would lead to herd immunity in 3-6 months.
Not telling this to readers is to misinform them.
Plenty more examples are available.
Not telling this to readers is to misinform them.
Plenty more examples are available.
November 27, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Journalists, Dr. Jay Bhattachayra wanted to maximize infections in unvaccinated people under 70 or so, because he thought this would lead to herd immunity in 3-6 months.
Not telling this to readers is to misinform them.
Plenty more examples are available.
Not telling this to readers is to misinform them.
Plenty more examples are available.
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Your regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is NOT over. Please use language accordingly. Don’t refer to ‘during the pandemic’ or ‘post-COVID’ or ‘since COVID’. We are still in the thick of it - wave after wave. People are still dying or becoming disabled from Long COVID
November 24, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Your regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is NOT over. Please use language accordingly. Don’t refer to ‘during the pandemic’ or ‘post-COVID’ or ‘since COVID’. We are still in the thick of it - wave after wave. People are still dying or becoming disabled from Long COVID
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I think viral load matters.
Masking when you can, instead of not at all. N95ing when you can, instead of just the blue splashguard masks. Running a HEPA on whatever setting you can tolerate. Opening a window. Shooing away people who want to play coughinyourface.
Less virus is less virus.
Masking when you can, instead of not at all. N95ing when you can, instead of just the blue splashguard masks. Running a HEPA on whatever setting you can tolerate. Opening a window. Shooing away people who want to play coughinyourface.
Less virus is less virus.
November 25, 2024 at 5:28 AM
I think viral load matters.
Masking when you can, instead of not at all. N95ing when you can, instead of just the blue splashguard masks. Running a HEPA on whatever setting you can tolerate. Opening a window. Shooing away people who want to play coughinyourface.
Less virus is less virus.
Masking when you can, instead of not at all. N95ing when you can, instead of just the blue splashguard masks. Running a HEPA on whatever setting you can tolerate. Opening a window. Shooing away people who want to play coughinyourface.
Less virus is less virus.
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Absolutely superb piece on H5N1 in the US.
'One highly respected American virologist, David O’Connor, told me that “it seems that the United States is addicted to gambling with H5N1. But if you gamble long enough, the virus may hit a jackpot.” A jackpot for the virus would fuel a global pandemic'.
'One highly respected American virologist, David O’Connor, told me that “it seems that the United States is addicted to gambling with H5N1. But if you gamble long enough, the virus may hit a jackpot.” A jackpot for the virus would fuel a global pandemic'.
I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World
The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Absolutely superb piece on H5N1 in the US.
'One highly respected American virologist, David O’Connor, told me that “it seems that the United States is addicted to gambling with H5N1. But if you gamble long enough, the virus may hit a jackpot.” A jackpot for the virus would fuel a global pandemic'.
'One highly respected American virologist, David O’Connor, told me that “it seems that the United States is addicted to gambling with H5N1. But if you gamble long enough, the virus may hit a jackpot.” A jackpot for the virus would fuel a global pandemic'.
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“At all levels of healthcare, efforts must be made to encourage vaccination education and legislation to protect the public’s health”.
A colleague and I published a paper in 2012 on the dangers of vaccine exemptions for school entry. This was our conclusion.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/...
A colleague and I published a paper in 2012 on the dangers of vaccine exemptions for school entry. This was our conclusion.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/...
Implications of philosophical and personal belief exemptions on re-emergence of vaccine-preventable disease: The role of spatial clustering in under-vaccination
Vaccine exemption policies vary by state, and it has been demonstrated that easier protocols for personal/ philosophical belief exemptions are associated with lower vaccine coverage at the state le...
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November 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
“At all levels of healthcare, efforts must be made to encourage vaccination education and legislation to protect the public’s health”.
A colleague and I published a paper in 2012 on the dangers of vaccine exemptions for school entry. This was our conclusion.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/...
A colleague and I published a paper in 2012 on the dangers of vaccine exemptions for school entry. This was our conclusion.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/...
I love this!
I inherited my mother’s copy of Dr. Spock. It was her bible for child rearing. He is largely forgotten but the 1st page is still golden and I still unashamedly steal his insight when talking to new parents. 🥰
November 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I love this!
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I spoke to the CBC Radio about a large measles outbreak in New Brunswick - article link below. I cannot stress enough how serious an infection measles is - recycling an op-ed I wrote on the topic(see link on my webpage for explainer video).
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/...
November 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I spoke to the CBC Radio about a large measles outbreak in New Brunswick - article link below. I cannot stress enough how serious an infection measles is - recycling an op-ed I wrote on the topic(see link on my webpage for explainer video).
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/...
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“If what happened a century ago is any sort of guidepost, then the neurological symptoms we’re seeing now with SARS-CoV-2 and the number of people that are getting it are going to result in an increase in neurological disease in the coming years,”
cvmbs.source.colostate.edu/viral-pandem...
cvmbs.source.colostate.edu/viral-pandem...
Long Haul COVID-19 Provides Window into Alzheimer's
History provides an atlas for Ron Tjalkens’ research into neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and now long haul COVID-19.
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November 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
“If what happened a century ago is any sort of guidepost, then the neurological symptoms we’re seeing now with SARS-CoV-2 and the number of people that are getting it are going to result in an increase in neurological disease in the coming years,”
cvmbs.source.colostate.edu/viral-pandem...
cvmbs.source.colostate.edu/viral-pandem...
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Covid depletes cells that are key to the immune system and getting covid regularly means you'll be sick more often and this will not strengthen your immune system it will progressively weaken it and you'll end up dying younger. You were lied to because you had to get back to work
November 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Covid depletes cells that are key to the immune system and getting covid regularly means you'll be sick more often and this will not strengthen your immune system it will progressively weaken it and you'll end up dying younger. You were lied to because you had to get back to work
Perhaps more people will believe this now that The Economist has indicated through modelling the excess death during the pandemic is more like 27 MILLION?
The Economist’s model on excess death during the pandemic says the number is more like 27 MILLION.
That’s equivalent to the entire population of Australia.
That’s equivalent to the entire population of Australia.
“The official # is 7M globally, but this is a number frozen in time since late 2022/23. How big could it really be?
The Economist built a model to est excess covid death which says the death toll might be close to 4 times ⬆️ than the official count, around 27M”
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The Economist built a model to est excess covid death which says the death toll might be close to 4 times ⬆️ than the official count, around 27M”
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
November 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Perhaps more people will believe this now that The Economist has indicated through modelling the excess death during the pandemic is more like 27 MILLION?
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If you vote for PP in the next election in CAN in 2025, expect mass layoffs with his cuts, because it will happen, it has happened with every other CON PM, look at history, they make cuts to social programs, & services across the country. Voting for him because you hate the other, is just laziness.
November 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
If you vote for PP in the next election in CAN in 2025, expect mass layoffs with his cuts, because it will happen, it has happened with every other CON PM, look at history, they make cuts to social programs, & services across the country. Voting for him because you hate the other, is just laziness.
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Went to school, had to be vaccinated.
Traveled the world, had to be vaccinated to get in.
Worked in hospitals, had be vaccinated.
The difference now?
#antivaxxers and their toddler approach of ‘you can’t make me’
Get updated on all vaccines and for goodness sake, vaccinate your children.
Traveled the world, had to be vaccinated to get in.
Worked in hospitals, had be vaccinated.
The difference now?
#antivaxxers and their toddler approach of ‘you can’t make me’
Get updated on all vaccines and for goodness sake, vaccinate your children.
November 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Went to school, had to be vaccinated.
Traveled the world, had to be vaccinated to get in.
Worked in hospitals, had be vaccinated.
The difference now?
#antivaxxers and their toddler approach of ‘you can’t make me’
Get updated on all vaccines and for goodness sake, vaccinate your children.
Traveled the world, had to be vaccinated to get in.
Worked in hospitals, had be vaccinated.
The difference now?
#antivaxxers and their toddler approach of ‘you can’t make me’
Get updated on all vaccines and for goodness sake, vaccinate your children.
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~Jennifer Gunter is a Canadian / American doctor and the New York Times women's health columnist
VIA Ken Hardie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells riding. (Surrey, B.C.)
VIA Ken Hardie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells riding. (Surrey, B.C.)
November 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
~Jennifer Gunter is a Canadian / American doctor and the New York Times women's health columnist
VIA Ken Hardie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells riding. (Surrey, B.C.)
VIA Ken Hardie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells riding. (Surrey, B.C.)
Something to think about. I'm still in both places as I am a small account so don't get the grief the big accounts do. Like being able to chat with some long time people I follow.
Still seeing many of you saying you quit Twitter. I would like to once again encourage that you just turn on the privacy swith (lock it) and park it. After 30 days of deactivation your handle is up for grabs and we have seen people steal them and wreak havoc in someone else's name. Just consider it.
November 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Something to think about. I'm still in both places as I am a small account so don't get the grief the big accounts do. Like being able to chat with some long time people I follow.
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NEVER heard about needle length for vaccinations before this article.
Very much worth knowing about.
Prepping for my vaccinations tomorrow by gathering documents and suggested ways to get my vaccinator to use the right needle size for me.
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 AM
NEVER heard about needle length for vaccinations before this article.
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PSA: 🚨 DO NOT TAKE YOUR MASK OFF INDOORS, even if there is no one else around.🚨
The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne
Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n
The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne
Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n
November 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
PSA: 🚨 DO NOT TAKE YOUR MASK OFF INDOORS, even if there is no one else around.🚨
The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne
Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n
The virus persists in the air for HOURS because #CovidIsAirborne
Only take your mask off outdoors, and preferably use an N95 mask.
Important potentially lifesaving thread. Please RT. 1/n
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Exactly This 👇.
November 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Exactly This 👇.
It’s been confirmed by the NML earlier today. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada.
www.canada.ca
November 14, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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If you have had Covid and it has harmed you long term, and you want to avoid catching Covid again because the medical evidence is that further infections may harm you further... that's not Health Anxiety, that's Health Common Sense.
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
If you have had Covid and it has harmed you long term, and you want to avoid catching Covid again because the medical evidence is that further infections may harm you further... that's not Health Anxiety, that's Health Common Sense.