Joannie 🇨🇦 😷
@joannie.bsky.social
Common Sense is a Super Power 🤦🏻♀️ Immunocompromised 😷 Let's clean the air and educate HCWs on Airborne Transmission #KeepMasksinHealthcare
✨️New Brunswick
✨️New Brunswick
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We need these updated educational posts from our PH units in @govnb.bsky.social and stop focusing on ONLY vaccines and hand washing, which is sooooo 2020.
#YouDon'tBreathThroughYourHands
#YouDon'tBreathThroughYourHands
Respiratory virus season is here, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, flu, RSV, and more! Masks, vaccines, good handwashing, and maintaining clean indoor air can help keep you safe and protect your short-term and long-term health.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We need these updated educational posts from our PH units in @govnb.bsky.social and stop focusing on ONLY vaccines and hand washing, which is sooooo 2020.
#YouDon'tBreathThroughYourHands
#YouDon'tBreathThroughYourHands
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💕 @govnb.bsky.social where are we on the clean air progress? #nbpoli
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
💕 @govnb.bsky.social where are we on the clean air progress? #nbpoli
First week of November is not promising for the rest of our NB winter @susanholtnb.bsky.social
www.gnb.ca/content/dam/...
www.gnb.ca/content/dam/...
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
First week of November is not promising for the rest of our NB winter @susanholtnb.bsky.social
www.gnb.ca/content/dam/...
www.gnb.ca/content/dam/...
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👋 @ipaccanada.bsky.social This is really important for a group that claims they are: “committed to public wellness and safety” and they “advocate for best practices in infection prevention and control in all settings” (from IPAC’s website).
On Thurs 20th, Lady Hallett publishes her module 2 report.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
👋 @ipaccanada.bsky.social This is really important for a group that claims they are: “committed to public wellness and safety” and they “advocate for best practices in infection prevention and control in all settings” (from IPAC’s website).
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Why this flu season could hit extra hard tj.news/new-brunswic...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Why this flu season could hit extra hard tj.news/new-brunswic...
Can our govt please provide proper respirators to their employees!! This will help protect the public as we head into a bad respiratory virus winter @susanholtnb.bsky.social
Good news: the @canadastrong.bsky.social CanadaMasq Q100 respirator is really popular at my hospital. Bad news: my family is paying for them and making them freely available to workers. Our governments should be buying Canadian-made PPE!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Can our govt please provide proper respirators to their employees!! This will help protect the public as we head into a bad respiratory virus winter @susanholtnb.bsky.social
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Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us Jan 28–29 in Fredericton (or online) for the 2026 Atlantic Air Quality & Health Workshop! Explore the links between air, health & climate with experts from across Atlantic Canada.
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
Register now:
https://tinyurl.com/54v9u2nd
#AirQuality #Health #Climate #NB #Workshop2026
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Message to US distillers - you want product space in Canada? Move your operations to Canada. Sour Puss Liquer is setting up in Montreal. They will be welcome.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Message to US distillers - you want product space in Canada? Move your operations to Canada. Sour Puss Liquer is setting up in Montreal. They will be welcome.
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The hospital network I work for got rid of continuous masking in the spring of 2023 and clearly has no plan to reinstate any sort of mandate, let alone upgrade to respiratory protection. They’ve never acknowledged aerosol transmission or the need for engineered clean air. This ⬇️ is a choice.
Red bars almost always > 30% and sometimes > 40% represent the % of confirmed COVID hospitalizations that are health-care associated, AKA nosocomial infection, acquired while staying in a healthcare facility. This is from 70 hospitals around Canada. See ( health-infobase.canada.ca/cnisp/viral-... ).
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The hospital network I work for got rid of continuous masking in the spring of 2023 and clearly has no plan to reinstate any sort of mandate, let alone upgrade to respiratory protection. They’ve never acknowledged aerosol transmission or the need for engineered clean air. This ⬇️ is a choice.
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No, seriously. Go get your flu shot. I’m not kidding.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
No, seriously. Go get your flu shot. I’m not kidding.
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bogoch: “…i think it's pretty safe to say that the vast majority of transmission falls toward the droplet end of the spectrum."
it was literally the opposite of “pretty safe to say”.
infuriating.
it was literally the opposite of “pretty safe to say”.
infuriating.
When we finally get rid of the dead weight and bring in competent leadership and structures that are fit for purpose, public health and infection control of the 2020s will be chiefly remembered for never having missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
A reminder to reporters: be thoughtful about the voices you trust, and the conflicts of interest they hold.
You can't rely on the judgment or motives of someone who participated in a very big mistake that killed a lot of people to tell you how bad the consequences are later.
Journalism 101.
🤨
You can't rely on the judgment or motives of someone who participated in a very big mistake that killed a lot of people to tell you how bad the consequences are later.
Journalism 101.
🤨
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
bogoch: “…i think it's pretty safe to say that the vast majority of transmission falls toward the droplet end of the spectrum."
it was literally the opposite of “pretty safe to say”.
infuriating.
it was literally the opposite of “pretty safe to say”.
infuriating.
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I think the Governor General being unable to perform her duties because she’s been hospitalized by a respiratory virus is kind of a big deal actually.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think the Governor General being unable to perform her duties because she’s been hospitalized by a respiratory virus is kind of a big deal actually.
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Right now is a great time to take precautions. Get your vaccines, get your respirators out and use them, or skip that big indoor gathering. Open the windows, spend time outdoors when possible. And fight for clean air. @govnb.bsky.social knows we need clean indoor air.
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
NEW BRUNSWICK
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 84 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 9.4 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.1 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.4 x higher
-Deaths: 19.6 x higher
NEW BRUNSWICK
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 84 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 9.4 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.1 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.4 x higher
-Deaths: 19.6 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. New Brunswick's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 14.5
About 1 of every 84 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 17,900-24,700
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 9.4X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.1X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 14.4X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 19.6X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreifzyycgm5ttzrlppijh4jglhnm77jsop5qafu2salrcjggiw2parm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Right now is a great time to take precautions. Get your vaccines, get your respirators out and use them, or skip that big indoor gathering. Open the windows, spend time outdoors when possible. And fight for clean air. @govnb.bsky.social knows we need clean indoor air.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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👋 NS, NB, and PEI:
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
👋 NS, NB, and PEI:
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.
iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...
NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
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#PHAC & @ipaccanada.bsky.social, on your watch, eh?
🇨🇦Canadians look forward to your #Resignations -
@mark-carney.bsky.social
🇨🇦Canadians look forward to your #Resignations -
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Public Health officials and infectious disease experts in Canada:
Take a bow.
You did it.
You've let #measles come back. Andrew Wakefield must be so proud.
You refused to accept #CleanAir recommendations from experts (and non-experts) from outside your insular little community.
Take a bow.
You did it.
You've let #measles come back. Andrew Wakefield must be so proud.
You refused to accept #CleanAir recommendations from experts (and non-experts) from outside your insular little community.
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#PHAC & @ipaccanada.bsky.social, on your watch, eh?
🇨🇦Canadians look forward to your #Resignations -
@mark-carney.bsky.social
🇨🇦Canadians look forward to your #Resignations -
@mark-carney.bsky.social
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
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Ridiculous. So maddening.
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ridiculous. So maddening.
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.
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Fredericton #NBPoli mask up for Remembrance Day if indoors wwater.ca/New_Brunswic...
Fredericton, New Brunswick - Wastewater 🇨🇦
At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
wwater.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fredericton #NBPoli mask up for Remembrance Day if indoors wwater.ca/New_Brunswic...
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Australian Influenza update:
Reported cases have been holding at a stubbornly high plateau. This wave has run much longer than in previous years.
#Influenza #Australia
🧵
Reported cases have been holding at a stubbornly high plateau. This wave has run much longer than in previous years.
#Influenza #Australia
🧵
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Australian Influenza update:
Reported cases have been holding at a stubbornly high plateau. This wave has run much longer than in previous years.
#Influenza #Australia
🧵
Reported cases have been holding at a stubbornly high plateau. This wave has run much longer than in previous years.
#Influenza #Australia
🧵
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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COVID spreads fast in shared indoor air — any season, any time.
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
COVID spreads fast in shared indoor air — any season, any time.
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
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This morning I had a mammogram at a screening clinic run by @ottawahospital.on.ca, where they have plexiglass barriers up and Purell stations out (and are careful to wipe surfaces down afterwards) but no one is masking. This is totally indefensible at this point. Covid, Flu, RSV etc are *airborne*
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This morning I had a mammogram at a screening clinic run by @ottawahospital.on.ca, where they have plexiglass barriers up and Purell stations out (and are careful to wipe surfaces down afterwards) but no one is masking. This is totally indefensible at this point. Covid, Flu, RSV etc are *airborne*