@jrhaverhals.bsky.social
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From the UK’s governmental COVID inquiry. Pay attention Canada. Please spread this message and hold Canadian decision makers and communicators accountable too. @ipaccanada.bsky.social @govnb.bsky.social
12.40: "... government messaging in all four nations focused for too long on handwashing and failed adequately to communicate the risks associated with airborne transmission."
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsAirborne
Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C - Core decision-making and political governance - Volume II - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
From the UK’s governmental COVID inquiry. Pay attention Canada. Please spread this message and hold Canadian decision makers and communicators accountable too. @ipaccanada.bsky.social @govnb.bsky.social
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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Alberta's far-right UCP government is worried about losing demographics as their anti-vax base succumbs to the long-term effects of COVID. They're taking steps to spread the harm to kids as widely as possible.
With public health AWOL, send your kids to school in an N95. At least those do their job.
With public health AWOL, send your kids to school in an N95. At least those do their job.
August 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Alberta's far-right UCP government is worried about losing demographics as their anti-vax base succumbs to the long-term effects of COVID. They're taking steps to spread the harm to kids as widely as possible.
With public health AWOL, send your kids to school in an N95. At least those do their job.
With public health AWOL, send your kids to school in an N95. At least those do their job.
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The UCP in Alberta have quietly announced a ban on covid vaccination for most kids under 12, please report on this and do anything you can to stop it.
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
COVID-19 info for Albertans
Learn about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself and your family.
www.alberta.ca
August 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The UCP in Alberta have quietly announced a ban on covid vaccination for most kids under 12, please report on this and do anything you can to stop it.
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
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Do you think all aspects of healthcare should be based in evidence?
If yes, please add your name to the Canadian Aerosol Coalition’s petition in support of evidence-based mask standards in healthcare.
Deadline to sign is midnight tonight.
If yes, please add your name to the Canadian Aerosol Coalition’s petition in support of evidence-based mask standards in healthcare.
Deadline to sign is midnight tonight.
**Time sensitive request (by tomorrow Aug 14)**
We need evidence-based mask standards in healthcare! The Canadian Aerosol Coalition has created a petition in support of CSA mask standards in healthcare - pls consider signing via the link below:
www.aerosoltransmissioncoalition.ca?fbclid=IwQ0x...
We need evidence-based mask standards in healthcare! The Canadian Aerosol Coalition has created a petition in support of CSA mask standards in healthcare - pls consider signing via the link below:
www.aerosoltransmissioncoalition.ca?fbclid=IwQ0x...
aerosoltransmissioncoalition.ca
The home page of the Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition – a group of individuals sharing their knowledge and expertise to help guide government leaders and public health officials with their deci...
www.aerosoltransmissioncoalition.ca
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Do you think all aspects of healthcare should be based in evidence?
If yes, please add your name to the Canadian Aerosol Coalition’s petition in support of evidence-based mask standards in healthcare.
Deadline to sign is midnight tonight.
If yes, please add your name to the Canadian Aerosol Coalition’s petition in support of evidence-based mask standards in healthcare.
Deadline to sign is midnight tonight.
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A new @policyoptions.irpp.org article by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), Matthew Oliver and @mark-ungrin.bsky.social explores why clean indoor air must become a national priority, and how Canada can lead the way. Read more: bit.ly/4lBh3WE #RSCVoices
The next leap forward: Clean air for Canadians
Originally published on Policy Options“Weak productivity is making life less affordable for Canadians and beginning to strain our government’s finances and starting to put at risk the social programs ...
rsc-src.ca
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A new @policyoptions.irpp.org article by @juliamwright.bsky.social (FRSC), Matthew Oliver and @mark-ungrin.bsky.social explores why clean indoor air must become a national priority, and how Canada can lead the way. Read more: bit.ly/4lBh3WE #RSCVoices
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"Improving Indoor Air is Critical to Public Health, Productivity, and Competitiveness" (from @sameo416.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & I): policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju... . #cdnpoli #COVIDIsAirborne #health 🇨🇦
Improving indoor air is critical to public health, productivity and competitiveness
Improving indoor air is critical to public health, productivity and competitiveness in a world with highly contagious airborne infectious diseases.
policyoptions.irpp.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Improving Indoor Air is Critical to Public Health, Productivity, and Competitiveness" (from @sameo416.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social & I): policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju... . #cdnpoli #COVIDIsAirborne #health 🇨🇦
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Still making connections with others, doing cool things, bringing people together but without COVID and whatever else cramping our style (or silliness very often with @daorcey.bsky.social 😂) bsky.app/profile/aman...
You honestly seem like you’re doing the most fun pose here so…
July 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Still making connections with others, doing cool things, bringing people together but without COVID and whatever else cramping our style (or silliness very often with @daorcey.bsky.social 😂) bsky.app/profile/aman...
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When you see me out and about (which I am quite a lot these days), I’m very much still wearing my masks. I’ve got things to do, and people to care for (including myself!) and I can’t afford to exacerbate my chronic illnesses, nor do I want to cause one for someone else.
Think long COVID can't affect you or your family?
It affected Jonathon Toews, an elite hockey player.
This is why I continue to try and protect myself against infection
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRi...
It affected Jonathon Toews, an elite hockey player.
This is why I continue to try and protect myself against infection
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRi...
Jonathan Toews set for NHL comeback with Jets after long COVID
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When you see me out and about (which I am quite a lot these days), I’m very much still wearing my masks. I’ve got things to do, and people to care for (including myself!) and I can’t afford to exacerbate my chronic illnesses, nor do I want to cause one for someone else.
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The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic.
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic.
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.
Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay
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Please encourage your children to ask questions and seek answers.
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Please encourage your children to ask questions and seek answers.
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Why Do Covid Conscious People Still Try To Stay Well And Healthy Despite All The Evidence That Their Actions Work?
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Why Do Covid Conscious People Still Try To Stay Well And Healthy Despite All The Evidence That Their Actions Work?
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This is why your kid is always sick:
People who recovered from a mild COVID-19 infection had significantly increased rates of diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections.
It is harming our ability to fight off other illnesses.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
People who recovered from a mild COVID-19 infection had significantly increased rates of diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections.
It is harming our ability to fight off other illnesses.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study
Our results suggest that a positive test for COVID-19 (vs a negative test) was associated
with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following
an acute SARS-CoV-2 infecti...
www.thelancet.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is why your kid is always sick:
People who recovered from a mild COVID-19 infection had significantly increased rates of diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections.
It is harming our ability to fight off other illnesses.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
People who recovered from a mild COVID-19 infection had significantly increased rates of diagnosis of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections.
It is harming our ability to fight off other illnesses.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Important to also remember that getting Covid once a year is common, so this effect may be essentially continuous. Add in the risk of Long Covid with each infection, and it's clear that global population health will inexorably decrease as time passes.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
COVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Important to also remember that getting Covid once a year is common, so this effect may be essentially continuous. Add in the risk of Long Covid with each infection, and it's clear that global population health will inexorably decrease as time passes.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
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“Even mild or asymptomatic COVID can lead to a range of silent long term health impacts, compromising immune, vascular, circulatory, renal, metabolic, GI systems & cognitive function”
Excellent interview with @putrinolab.bsky.social about how COVID can (and does!) impact every part of the body
Excellent interview with @putrinolab.bsky.social about how COVID can (and does!) impact every part of the body
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 2:02 AM
“Even mild or asymptomatic COVID can lead to a range of silent long term health impacts, compromising immune, vascular, circulatory, renal, metabolic, GI systems & cognitive function”
Excellent interview with @putrinolab.bsky.social about how COVID can (and does!) impact every part of the body
Excellent interview with @putrinolab.bsky.social about how COVID can (and does!) impact every part of the body
Highly recommended reading for anyone who wonders or questions why folks like myself continue to mask into year 6.
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
a mental health professional’s perspective
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Highly recommended reading for anyone who wonders or questions why folks like myself continue to mask into year 6.
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
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🧵The first paper from our project on viral illness in Alberta has been published.
@mmaroto.bsky.social , @amykaler.bsky.social and I find that for many working parents balancing persistent circulation of sickness is untenable, and many have reached a point of resignation.
@mmaroto.bsky.social , @amykaler.bsky.social and I find that for many working parents balancing persistent circulation of sickness is untenable, and many have reached a point of resignation.
“I’ve Never Felt So Confused”: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic - Journal of Child and Family Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected those with caregiving responsibilities and its impacts continue. Through the fall of 2022, the circulation of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 – a “triple...
link.springer.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🧵The first paper from our project on viral illness in Alberta has been published.
@mmaroto.bsky.social , @amykaler.bsky.social and I find that for many working parents balancing persistent circulation of sickness is untenable, and many have reached a point of resignation.
@mmaroto.bsky.social , @amykaler.bsky.social and I find that for many working parents balancing persistent circulation of sickness is untenable, and many have reached a point of resignation.
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"The models show statistically significant evidence that higher indoor carbon dioxide concentrations, altered by ventilation and occupancy, are associated with lower divergent creative thinking scores." ( www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... )./
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND DIVERGENT CREATIVE THINKING SCORES IN THE COGFX GLOBAL BUILDINGS STUDY
Few studies have examined associations between indoor conditions and creativity, despite its importance to knowledge work. Accordingly, we investigate…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"The models show statistically significant evidence that higher indoor carbon dioxide concentrations, altered by ventilation and occupancy, are associated with lower divergent creative thinking scores." ( www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... )./
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It's a shame that the people who are good at winning elections and the people who are good at governing don't overlap more.
December 17, 2024 at 12:08 AM
It's a shame that the people who are good at winning elections and the people who are good at governing don't overlap more.
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Masking is affordable, reliable, and effective. It’s a proven public health tool that helps reduce the spread of infections, protecting individuals and communities alike. Simple and impactful, it’s a small step that makes a big difference in safeguarding health.
#Masking #YallMasking #MaskUp
#Masking #YallMasking #MaskUp
December 12, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Masking is affordable, reliable, and effective. It’s a proven public health tool that helps reduce the spread of infections, protecting individuals and communities alike. Simple and impactful, it’s a small step that makes a big difference in safeguarding health.
#Masking #YallMasking #MaskUp
#Masking #YallMasking #MaskUp
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[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Dr Tedros at yesterday’s @who.int media briefing:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Dr Tedros at yesterday’s @who.int media briefing:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
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“If working from home offers clear productivity benefits and comes with no drop in work quality, why are federal leaders insisting on dragging employees back into the office?”
Gleb Tsipursky: Ottawa’s return to office mandate is driven by something besides evidence
The data clearly shows that the flexibility to work remotely, especially for knowledge workers, lets employees accomplish more, writes Gleb Tsipursky. Yet the federal government's RTO push continues.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:30 PM
“If working from home offers clear productivity benefits and comes with no drop in work quality, why are federal leaders insisting on dragging employees back into the office?”