tealeaves
@tealeaves2.bsky.social
An ordinary citizen living in Toronto. Grateful to all the scientists and healthcare workers helping us navigate the ongoing COVID pandemic by following the science!
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Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
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More on measles misinformation with me, Mansour Haeryfar - @westernu.bsky.social l - & Dr. Brian Ward - @cusm-muhc.bsky.social in the @nationalpost.bsky.social . Measles kills or damages perfectly healthy people and no amount of healthy eating can prevent it.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Amid measles outbreak in Ontario, RFK Jr.'s advice has Canadian experts alarmed
America's new top health official said the measles vaccine "causes deaths every year" and "all the illnesses measles itself causes."
nationalpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
More on measles misinformation with me, Mansour Haeryfar - @westernu.bsky.social l - & Dr. Brian Ward - @cusm-muhc.bsky.social in the @nationalpost.bsky.social . Measles kills or damages perfectly healthy people and no amount of healthy eating can prevent it.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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On Saturday, Quirks & Quarks aired a great interview with David Putrino (@putrinolab.bsky.social) about Long COVID and other risks of reinfection:
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
It's the last segment listed on the page.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
It's the last segment listed on the page.
Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more... | CBC Radio
On this week's episode: polar bear dens, modern sleep woes, climate change is bad for satellites, and an ancient Australian crater
www.cbc.ca
March 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
On Saturday, Quirks & Quarks aired a great interview with David Putrino (@putrinolab.bsky.social) about Long COVID and other risks of reinfection:
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
It's the last segment listed on the page.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
It's the last segment listed on the page.
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Yep.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yep.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
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Next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine enters phase-2 clinical trial.
www.news-medical.net/news/2025031...
www.news-medical.net/news/2025031...
Next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine enters phase-2 clinical trial
Researchers at McMaster University have started a phase-2 clinical trial on a next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine.
www.news-medical.net
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine enters phase-2 clinical trial.
www.news-medical.net/news/2025031...
www.news-medical.net/news/2025031...
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SORRY ..but it's definitely NOT over.
Since Aug 25, 2024
CANADA # Hosptlztns # Deaths
Flu 2,412 104
COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !
health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...
Personal gripe: FluWatch isn't very user-friendly.
Since Aug 25, 2024
CANADA # Hosptlztns # Deaths
Flu 2,412 104
COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !
health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...
Personal gripe: FluWatch isn't very user-friendly.
COVID-19: Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report (FluWatch+) — Canada.ca
Weekly overview of key trends in COVID-19 activity in Canada.
health-infobase.canada.ca
February 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
SORRY ..but it's definitely NOT over.
Since Aug 25, 2024
CANADA # Hosptlztns # Deaths
Flu 2,412 104
COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !
health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...
Personal gripe: FluWatch isn't very user-friendly.
Since Aug 25, 2024
CANADA # Hosptlztns # Deaths
Flu 2,412 104
COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !
health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...
Personal gripe: FluWatch isn't very user-friendly.
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DYK?
Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days.
You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week.
That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.
Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days.
You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week.
That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.
February 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
DYK?
Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days.
You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week.
That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.
Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days.
You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week.
That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.
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Trudeau’s speech showed what a true leader sounds like.
Calm, tough, comforting and honest.
He took questions without insulting the reporters or Trump and the whole conference was dignified.
The contrast to Trump was stark, startling and reassuring.
The US face a disaster.
Calm, tough, comforting and honest.
He took questions without insulting the reporters or Trump and the whole conference was dignified.
The contrast to Trump was stark, startling and reassuring.
The US face a disaster.
February 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trudeau’s speech showed what a true leader sounds like.
Calm, tough, comforting and honest.
He took questions without insulting the reporters or Trump and the whole conference was dignified.
The contrast to Trump was stark, startling and reassuring.
The US face a disaster.
Calm, tough, comforting and honest.
He took questions without insulting the reporters or Trump and the whole conference was dignified.
The contrast to Trump was stark, startling and reassuring.
The US face a disaster.
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🚨 More anti-science horror in Alberta? 🚨
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID vaccines in new report www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Recommended (as reported by @theglobeandmail.com:
- "...COVID-19 vaccines be halted"
- protect "alternative medical treatments"
- supports ivermectin
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID vaccines in new report www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Recommended (as reported by @theglobeandmail.com:
- "...COVID-19 vaccines be halted"
- protect "alternative medical treatments"
- supports ivermectin
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID-19 vaccines in new report
The $2-million task force’s final report into the province’s pandemic response touched on several points common with disinformation campaigns such as the effectiveness of public health restrictions an...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
🚨 More anti-science horror in Alberta? 🚨
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID vaccines in new report www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Recommended (as reported by @theglobeandmail.com:
- "...COVID-19 vaccines be halted"
- protect "alternative medical treatments"
- supports ivermectin
Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID vaccines in new report www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Recommended (as reported by @theglobeandmail.com:
- "...COVID-19 vaccines be halted"
- protect "alternative medical treatments"
- supports ivermectin
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Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01... @japantimes.co.jp
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
January 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01... @japantimes.co.jp
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Summary of NACI statement of January 10, 2025: Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Summary: Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026 - Canada.ca
Valid as of January 10, 2025: Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization's guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026.
www.canada.ca
January 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Summary of NACI statement of January 10, 2025: Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Provinces now responsible for buying COVID vaccines as feds issue new guidance www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/feds-...
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
January 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Provinces now responsible for buying COVID vaccines as feds issue new guidance www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/feds-...
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting. Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat by @cohenjon.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org @caulfieldtim.bsky.social #COVID19
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting. Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat by @cohenjon.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org @caulfieldtim.bsky.social #COVID19
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From friend and colleague Arijit Chakravarty
Everyone should read and share this widely 🙏🏻🙏🏻
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Everyone should read and share this widely 🙏🏻🙏🏻
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
In this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan, China.
www.wsws.org
December 31, 2024 at 10:49 PM
From friend and colleague Arijit Chakravarty
Everyone should read and share this widely 🙏🏻🙏🏻
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Everyone should read and share this widely 🙏🏻🙏🏻
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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5 Lessons from Harvard's 75 year-long
HAPPINESS PROJECT
💚Show gratitude, love & help others
🤝 Create deep relationships
🚣♂️ Find your flow state
🎯 Discover your purpose
🔎The most important relationship ...is with yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...
HAPPINESS PROJECT
💚Show gratitude, love & help others
🤝 Create deep relationships
🚣♂️ Find your flow state
🎯 Discover your purpose
🔎The most important relationship ...is with yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...
Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
5 Lessons from Harvard's 75 year-long
HAPPINESS PROJECT
💚Show gratitude, love & help others
🤝 Create deep relationships
🚣♂️ Find your flow state
🎯 Discover your purpose
🔎The most important relationship ...is with yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...
HAPPINESS PROJECT
💚Show gratitude, love & help others
🤝 Create deep relationships
🚣♂️ Find your flow state
🎯 Discover your purpose
🔎The most important relationship ...is with yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...
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"An experimental study in mice shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection can damage the retinas, with long-term implications for vision."
"SARS-CoV-2 infection could thus accelerate the onset and progression of age-related blindness."
Study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Source: archive.md/myVQ4
"SARS-CoV-2 infection could thus accelerate the onset and progression of age-related blindness."
Study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Source: archive.md/myVQ4
December 4, 2024 at 12:17 AM
"An experimental study in mice shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection can damage the retinas, with long-term implications for vision."
"SARS-CoV-2 infection could thus accelerate the onset and progression of age-related blindness."
Study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Source: archive.md/myVQ4
"SARS-CoV-2 infection could thus accelerate the onset and progression of age-related blindness."
Study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Source: archive.md/myVQ4
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I am so grateful to everyone following me!
I live on Six Nation Haudenausaunee treaty land,
volunteer with @moriartylab.bsky.social / covid19resources.ca project,
am a semi retired IT consultant and teacher.
Let me know if you see any mistakes / have any questions.
Following back asap.
I live on Six Nation Haudenausaunee treaty land,
volunteer with @moriartylab.bsky.social / covid19resources.ca project,
am a semi retired IT consultant and teacher.
Let me know if you see any mistakes / have any questions.
Following back asap.
COVID-19 Resources Canada
An online national platform where we can join efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
covid19resources.ca
November 17, 2024 at 11:28 PM
I am so grateful to everyone following me!
I live on Six Nation Haudenausaunee treaty land,
volunteer with @moriartylab.bsky.social / covid19resources.ca project,
am a semi retired IT consultant and teacher.
Let me know if you see any mistakes / have any questions.
Following back asap.
I live on Six Nation Haudenausaunee treaty land,
volunteer with @moriartylab.bsky.social / covid19resources.ca project,
am a semi retired IT consultant and teacher.
Let me know if you see any mistakes / have any questions.
Following back asap.
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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 10:29 AM
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...
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COVID-19 can cause long-lasting damage to the cardiovascular system, even in people who only tested positive w/o severe symptoms.
The risk was especially pronounced in people with non-O blood types, suggesting an interaction between genes and the virus.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
The risk was especially pronounced in people with non-O blood types, suggesting an interaction between genes and the virus.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
COVID-19 may increase heart attack and stroke risk for years
Even if they never became severely ill, people who had COVID-19 in 2020 may face double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death up to three years later, new research finds.
www.heart.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 PM
COVID-19 can cause long-lasting damage to the cardiovascular system, even in people who only tested positive w/o severe symptoms.
The risk was especially pronounced in people with non-O blood types, suggesting an interaction between genes and the virus.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
The risk was especially pronounced in people with non-O blood types, suggesting an interaction between genes and the virus.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
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I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
November 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
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Created a Starter Pack of all the Canadian medical and expert accounts I could find in the last couple of days.
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:
go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:
go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw
November 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Created a Starter Pack of all the Canadian medical and expert accounts I could find in the last couple of days.
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:
go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:
go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw
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Novavax Submits Application to Health Canada for Updated Protein-based 2024-2025 Formula COVID-19 Vaccine ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/novavax...
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July 2, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Novavax Submits Application to Health Canada for Updated Protein-based 2024-2025 Formula COVID-19 Vaccine ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/novavax...
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Very good news on the fall booster. The FDA changed course from JN.1 to select KP.2, which in the animal model has a >3-fold induction of neutralizing antibodies vs KP.3, the SARS-CoV2 variant that is on its way to dominance in the US
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA advises Covid vaccine makers to target KP.2 for fall shots
The selection comes as Covid cases are rising in some parts of the country.
www.nbcnews.com
June 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Very good news on the fall booster. The FDA changed course from JN.1 to select KP.2, which in the animal model has a >3-fold induction of neutralizing antibodies vs KP.3, the SARS-CoV2 variant that is on its way to dominance in the US
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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FDA modifies strain recommendation for fall COVID vaccines, favouring KP.2 over JN.1 www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/fda...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
June 15, 2024 at 1:17 AM
FDA modifies strain recommendation for fall COVID vaccines, favouring KP.2 over JN.1 www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/fda...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
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'I was shocked': Ontario to cancel widely used wastewater surveillance program ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
June 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
'I was shocked': Ontario to cancel widely used wastewater surveillance program ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.