Mask Bloc Waterloo Region
@maskblocwr.bsky.social
We provide masks, tests, air purifiers, and health information free of charge in the so-called Waterloo Region.
💙 Make requests through our linktree or website. 💙
⭐ We are volunteer-run. Join us! ⭐
https://linktr.ee/maskblocwr | https://maskblocwr.org/
💙 Make requests through our linktree or website. 💙
⭐ We are volunteer-run. Join us! ⭐
https://linktr.ee/maskblocwr | https://maskblocwr.org/
Pinned
We have masks and rapid tests available at the following locations:
- Full Circle Foods: 16 King St. E, Kitchener
- SHORE Centre: 50 Westmount Rd. N, Unit D1, Waterloo
- Full Circle Foods: 16 King St. E, Kitchener
- SHORE Centre: 50 Westmount Rd. N, Unit D1, Waterloo
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A nasal Covid booster vaccine that achieves mucosal immunity to block infection. Lessons from China that the US fails to act on
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A nasal Covid booster vaccine that achieves mucosal immunity to block infection. Lessons from China that the US fails to act on
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
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BREAKING: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports that CBER director Vinay Prasad overruled career #FDA staff and unilaterally decided to refusal to accept #Moderna 's #flu vaccine submission. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports that CBER director Vinay Prasad overruled career #FDA staff and unilaterally decided to refusal to accept #Moderna 's #flu vaccine submission. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
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“So how long are you going to wear a mask?”
“I don’t know, how long are you and everyone else going to ignore how constant Covid infections are damaging our bodies and killing us slowly before you demand govt invest in clean air everywhere, paid sick days to curb spread, and a universal vaccine?”
“I don’t know, how long are you and everyone else going to ignore how constant Covid infections are damaging our bodies and killing us slowly before you demand govt invest in clean air everywhere, paid sick days to curb spread, and a universal vaccine?”
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“So how long are you going to wear a mask?”
“I don’t know, how long are you and everyone else going to ignore how constant Covid infections are damaging our bodies and killing us slowly before you demand govt invest in clean air everywhere, paid sick days to curb spread, and a universal vaccine?”
“I don’t know, how long are you and everyone else going to ignore how constant Covid infections are damaging our bodies and killing us slowly before you demand govt invest in clean air everywhere, paid sick days to curb spread, and a universal vaccine?”
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Some Winter Olympics athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by masking and isolating.
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Some Winter Olympics athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by masking and isolating.
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with January 25 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with January 25 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
Some good points in this article
and one particularly bad one... 1/4
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
and one particularly bad one... 1/4
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Worried about catching a bug in a hospital waiting room? Here's what infectious disease experts say
You can lower the risk, but you can't eliminate it. That being said, waiting rooms aren't necessarily riskier than other packed environments.
montrealgazette.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Some good points in this article
and one particularly bad one... 1/4
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
and one particularly bad one... 1/4
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Effective immediately, you will no be protected against airborne diseases in Toronto, ON hospitals.
"Point of care" assessment is symptom-based, not test-based, and therefore completely useless. Because people can be asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, or "somewhat recovered but still infectious".
"Point of care" assessment is symptom-based, not test-based, and therefore completely useless. Because people can be asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, or "somewhat recovered but still infectious".
BREAKING NEWS
"With the decline in respiratory virus activity, the Toronto Region IPAC Leads have recommended that hospitals suspend hospital-wide mandatory masking policies."
RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON IS OVER !?!
😳😳😳
"With the decline in respiratory virus activity, the Toronto Region IPAC Leads have recommended that hospitals suspend hospital-wide mandatory masking policies."
RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON IS OVER !?!
😳😳😳
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Effective immediately, you will no be protected against airborne diseases in Toronto, ON hospitals.
"Point of care" assessment is symptom-based, not test-based, and therefore completely useless. Because people can be asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, or "somewhat recovered but still infectious".
"Point of care" assessment is symptom-based, not test-based, and therefore completely useless. Because people can be asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, or "somewhat recovered but still infectious".
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Journalists have often asked me how vaccine policy in the US could impact Canadians. I've repeated that one way, among many, is by fundamentally altering the value proposition for vaccine research and development. And so it begins.
More reporting: At the WEF in Davos, Moderna’s CEO said Moderna will "stop investing in late-stage vaccine trials that are a crucial part of the approval process," b/c “You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Journalists have often asked me how vaccine policy in the US could impact Canadians. I've repeated that one way, among many, is by fundamentally altering the value proposition for vaccine research and development. And so it begins.
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Goddamnit.
God fucking damnit.
God fucking damnit.
NEW: The FDA just shot down Moderna's new flu shot. From me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Goddamnit.
God fucking damnit.
God fucking damnit.
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and I wanted to remind you that i'm hosting a virtual earthshakers creativity club meetup on Feb 15 at 2pm eastern
if making art in community feels like something that you might enjoy - I invite you to join us!! open to all creative activities/practices! more info: nikkistclair.ca/earthshakers
if making art in community feels like something that you might enjoy - I invite you to join us!! open to all creative activities/practices! more info: nikkistclair.ca/earthshakers
Earthshakers Creativity Club // Nikki St Clair
Join the Earthshakers Creativity Club to explore your creative side in a welcoming community setting.
nikkistclair.ca
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
and I wanted to remind you that i'm hosting a virtual earthshakers creativity club meetup on Feb 15 at 2pm eastern
if making art in community feels like something that you might enjoy - I invite you to join us!! open to all creative activities/practices! more info: nikkistclair.ca/earthshakers
if making art in community feels like something that you might enjoy - I invite you to join us!! open to all creative activities/practices! more info: nikkistclair.ca/earthshakers
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This is just straight up incorrect. “Lagacé-Wiens said that unlike with COVID-19…masks do little to protect someone from contracting it.”
Respirators (masks designed to block airborne pathogens) are incredibly effective against measles. Why is CBC publishing easily disproven nonsense?
Respirators (masks designed to block airborne pathogens) are incredibly effective against measles. Why is CBC publishing easily disproven nonsense?
Interesting how CBC alludes, in a backhanded way, to the efficacy of masks against covid: "Measles can stay in the environment hours after an infected person has been in a space, and Lagacé-Wiens said that unlike with COVID-19, physical distancing or masks do little to protect someone from
Doctor, virologist caution against attending large public gatherings if unvaccinated against measles | CBC News
With the number of measles cases in Manitoba swelling, experts caution those who aren't vaccinated for the disease to stay away from large public gatherings until the outbreak settles down.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is just straight up incorrect. “Lagacé-Wiens said that unlike with COVID-19…masks do little to protect someone from contracting it.”
Respirators (masks designed to block airborne pathogens) are incredibly effective against measles. Why is CBC publishing easily disproven nonsense?
Respirators (masks designed to block airborne pathogens) are incredibly effective against measles. Why is CBC publishing easily disproven nonsense?
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It’s mindblowing that most people do way more research before buying a 4K TV or a new car than they did before deciding to stop masking and vaxxing for a virus that is still as deadly and debilitating as the first year they did everything they could not to get infected by it.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 AM
It’s mindblowing that most people do way more research before buying a 4K TV or a new car than they did before deciding to stop masking and vaxxing for a virus that is still as deadly and debilitating as the first year they did everything they could not to get infected by it.
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🚨
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
🚨
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
Are people sicker now than in 2019?
Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.
Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.
This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
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You don't need to be an Olympic athlete or an astronaut to wear a respirator
Your life is precious too ❤️
Your life is precious too ❤️
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
You don't need to be an Olympic athlete or an astronaut to wear a respirator
Your life is precious too ❤️
Your life is precious too ❤️
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you also need to unmute this for the perfect song / visual combo
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
you also need to unmute this for the perfect song / visual combo
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I wore a N95 the whole time in hospital - why go through the stress of surgery to repair one artery and then put every vessel in body at risk?
Every organ in your body, including your brain, requires robust blood flow to function.
Protect your vessels. Wear a N95.
#CovidIsAVascularDisease
Every organ in your body, including your brain, requires robust blood flow to function.
Protect your vessels. Wear a N95.
#CovidIsAVascularDisease
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I wore a N95 the whole time in hospital - why go through the stress of surgery to repair one artery and then put every vessel in body at risk?
Every organ in your body, including your brain, requires robust blood flow to function.
Protect your vessels. Wear a N95.
#CovidIsAVascularDisease
Every organ in your body, including your brain, requires robust blood flow to function.
Protect your vessels. Wear a N95.
#CovidIsAVascularDisease
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It's Black History Month! If you'd like to support a Black creator making critical public health content please support my work! There are so few Black podcasters and even fewer in science comms. Making "Public Health is Dead" is a lot of labour I do for free 💚💖💀
www.publichealthisdead.com/support
www.publichealthisdead.com/support
Support the Show — Public Health is Dead | Podcast
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February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
It's Black History Month! If you'd like to support a Black creator making critical public health content please support my work! There are so few Black podcasters and even fewer in science comms. Making "Public Health is Dead" is a lot of labour I do for free 💚💖💀
www.publichealthisdead.com/support
www.publichealthisdead.com/support
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Join us for a free webinar! The Sick Times editors @mileswgriffis.bsky.social and @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social — plus special guest speakers — will demystify the process of writing and pitching op-eds and essays on Long COVID. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Join us for a free webinar! The Sick Times editors @mileswgriffis.bsky.social and @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social — plus special guest speakers — will demystify the process of writing and pitching op-eds and essays on Long COVID. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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As I've said many times before on this platform, the moment I decided that I was going to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the moment I read that acute Covid-19 could cause both cognitive dysfunction and anosmia.
nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study
Over 20 million Americans are believed to have long COVID, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness and muscle pain.
nypost.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
As I've said many times before on this platform, the moment I decided that I was going to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the moment I read that acute Covid-19 could cause both cognitive dysfunction and anosmia.
nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
For those in the Hamilton area, or willing and able to drive there... Masked mandatory game night, February 20.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For those in the Hamilton area, or willing and able to drive there... Masked mandatory game night, February 20.
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If you missed my earlier post - Health Canada has new school IAQ recommendations coming! Document for public consultation in April or May. E-mail jess.ring@hc-sc.gc.ca to be added to stakeholder list!
Who is ready for some good news about school IAQ in #NBPoli? 💕 Thanks to @meganmitton.bsky.social !! 🔥 Scroll to 6:41:00 on the webcast: www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
(And the most sincere and never-ending thanks to Ryan Murphy; this would not happen without him and others who have worked so hard.)
(And the most sincere and never-ending thanks to Ryan Murphy; this would not happen without him and others who have worked so hard.)
Standing Committee on Public Accounts - Feb 3, 2026 - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
www.legnb.ca
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
If you missed my earlier post - Health Canada has new school IAQ recommendations coming! Document for public consultation in April or May. E-mail jess.ring@hc-sc.gc.ca to be added to stakeholder list!
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Announcer in women’s hockey just said one player is lucky to be back after needing a surgery for heart arrhythmias “following months of health issues after an infection”
Gee what infection, I wonder
Gee what infection, I wonder
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Announcer in women’s hockey just said one player is lucky to be back after needing a surgery for heart arrhythmias “following months of health issues after an infection”
Gee what infection, I wonder
Gee what infection, I wonder
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This 7-minute video by @ukhadds.bsky.social should inspire every parent & teacher to ask their school board & local govt to track & improve indoor air quality in schools.
Why Clean Air in Schools is Important
youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ
Why Clean Air in Schools is Important
youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ
Why Clean Air in Schools is Important
YouTube video by Al Haddrell
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This 7-minute video by @ukhadds.bsky.social should inspire every parent & teacher to ask their school board & local govt to track & improve indoor air quality in schools.
Why Clean Air in Schools is Important
youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ
Why Clean Air in Schools is Important
youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ
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We wouldn’t have this in NB right now without our fall 2024 election. For us the key was getting clean air in schools into election promises. Very very glad that the opposition took this seriously and then won, forming @govnb.bsky.social 🔥🔥
It’s been a pretty good week-or-so. ☺️
ASHRAE 241 for all new GNB buildings, including schools.
Then-current ASHRAE 62.1 for retrofits.
CO2 monitoring in all schools by June.
ASHRAE 241 for all new GNB buildings, including schools.
Then-current ASHRAE 62.1 for retrofits.
CO2 monitoring in all schools by June.
Who is ready for some good news about school IAQ in #NBPoli? 💕 Thanks to @meganmitton.bsky.social !! 🔥 Scroll to 6:41:00 on the webcast: www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
(And the most sincere and never-ending thanks to Ryan Murphy; this would not happen without him and others who have worked so hard.)
(And the most sincere and never-ending thanks to Ryan Murphy; this would not happen without him and others who have worked so hard.)
February 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
We wouldn’t have this in NB right now without our fall 2024 election. For us the key was getting clean air in schools into election promises. Very very glad that the opposition took this seriously and then won, forming @govnb.bsky.social 🔥🔥