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On the way back to Canada

There IS a NEXUS Lane

👏👏👏
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the the way into America

There is no NEXUS lane

But the lines moved quickly

And there was no issue at the border

Very friendly 😊
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This year Novavax is readily available

Even at CVS in little Lewiston

A small quaint town

Just 5 min across the border

Where you can be in & out of America in 30 minutes

No muss, no fuss
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
In previous years we had to go to Amherst or Buffalo to get Novavax

And call around to several stores to find Novavax to book

And sometimes stores didn't have Novavax even when a Novavax shot was booked

Not this time!
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Got a Novavax shot !
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Guess what we did yesterday
October 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Agreed! 😊
October 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our "twonie" is twice the fun. 🤩
October 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Canada has a "loon" on our $1 coin

Now the U.S. wants one?

😂
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gee,

I wonder what's causing this sudden increase in UK Hospital Acquired Infections?

gov.uk/government/sta…
September 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We just need to fix healthcare and schools to make it happen

Easy-peasy

From an engineering perspective

So, obviously it's not for technological reasons it hasn't been done

And, it's not like patients & visitors & parents & kids don't want it fixed...
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At the end of the procedure I felt a little beaten up

But safe

Mission accomplished

😊😊😊
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Before the procedure

I McGyvered a CSA-Cerified CanadaMasQ Q100 respirator over the intake of my CPAP machine at home

Similar to what I had done last year with a surgical mask while overnite in hospital for surgery
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For the procedure I donned a filtered nasal CPAP
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I broke a front tooth recently

And needed an extraction and implant

A 2 hour procedure

So off to the oral surgeon I went yesterday
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
⬆️ ventilation = ⬇️ Covid HAIs

Increasing from 1 to 6 ACH = 50% reduction
(~40% to 20% attack rate)

Increasing from 6 to 10 ACH = more reduction
(~20% to 10% attack rate)
September 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
CPE is airborne, primary source is biofilm in sink drains

IPAC still thinks it's droplet / contact or "splash"

Self-disinfecting plasma-activated water sinks eliminate biofilm / CPE problem

Drain trap solns like active Cu ion release, heat, sonic also reduce CPE problem
September 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Hmmm... 🤔

So, what if a researcher has a card that looks something like this?
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm overwhelmed by the public support for a CSA National Standard in 🇨🇦 for precautionary universal N95 use in healthcare

From all over the world

Like this comment from @safedavid3.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sigh 😔

Is Hand Hygiene important?

Yes

But it's NOT "the most important infection prevention measure"

despite the endlessly repeated dogma

Saying it over & over for decades does not make it true
August 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If I were in charge, I would make sure there was a minimum 3 ACH (preferably 6 ACH), 1/3 Outside Air (OA), MERV13, & fan-assisted Upper Air UV

If ⬆️ central HVAC was prohibitive I would use local HRVs to ⬆️ ACH & OA
August 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Good news!

We now have an Upper Air UV device and an AutoUV device approved in Canada! 🇨🇦

Both essential tools for Engineered Infection Prevention in Healthcare

👏👏👏
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It may seem hard to believe but there is a group of Infectious Disease doctors who signed an affidavit to restrict nurses' access to N95s early in the pandemic
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It may seem hard to believe but there is a group of Infectious Disease doctors who performed a study claiming N95s were no better than surgical masks for protecting HCWs
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
July 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM