Lou
@lou08.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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BREAKING: Moderna Gets $54M for Bird Flu mRNA Vaccine After U.S. Cancels Major Funding
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
BREAKING: Moderna Gets $54M for Bird Flu mRNA Vaccine After U.S. Cancels Major Funding
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Three children died of the flu in Ottawa this month. If you have a small child, a good investment is a finger pulse oximeter to monitor pulse and oxygen levels. These data you can share with your doctor if symptoms are severe enough that you're considering an ER visit
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Three children died of the flu in Ottawa this month. If you have a small child, a good investment is a finger pulse oximeter to monitor pulse and oxygen levels. These data you can share with your doctor if symptoms are severe enough that you're considering an ER visit
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Wishing love, kindness and resilience to my #Jewish friends and family.
Keep on the fight against racism and evil. 🪶🙌🏽 #HappyHanukkah
Keep on the fight against racism and evil. 🪶🙌🏽 #HappyHanukkah
a drawing of a menorah with the words happy hanukkah below it
ALT: a drawing of a menorah with the words happy hanukkah below it
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Wishing love, kindness and resilience to my #Jewish friends and family.
Keep on the fight against racism and evil. 🪶🙌🏽 #HappyHanukkah
Keep on the fight against racism and evil. 🪶🙌🏽 #HappyHanukkah
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December 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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those who know, know.
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
those who know, know.
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No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
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KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4j1uI95
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4j1uI95
The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy
Nature - KJ Muldoon is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4j1uI95
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4j1uI95
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Re that survey on attitudes to masking someone said I should do…
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Re that survey on attitudes to masking someone said I should do…
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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As a Canadian, it looks like I’ll be forced to Epstein from visiting the US.
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
As a Canadian, it looks like I’ll be forced to Epstein from visiting the US.
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It’s also about concerned, informed people, doing their best not to infect others.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
Masking isn’t about ideology. It’s about:
😷 immunocompromised children at school & their families not risking their health & lives
😷 people with Long Covid trying not to be reinfected
😷 disabled people protecting their protective system
That’s the stakes. /8
😷 immunocompromised children at school & their families not risking their health & lives
😷 people with Long Covid trying not to be reinfected
😷 disabled people protecting their protective system
That’s the stakes. /8
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s also about concerned, informed people, doing their best not to infect others.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
I don’t want to be the source of someone else’s disability.
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This study is amazing, it demonstrates that close contact is slightly, but far less risky for respiratory infections than total exposure time in congregate settings & poor indoor air quality (basically, airborne long distance transmission).
Engineers can solve this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineers can solve this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This study is amazing, it demonstrates that close contact is slightly, but far less risky for respiratory infections than total exposure time in congregate settings & poor indoor air quality (basically, airborne long distance transmission).
Engineers can solve this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineers can solve this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Well @mark-carney.bsky.social I sure hope you have a plan for ensuring the safety of all the federal government offices and workspaces from bio aerosols.
How’re the air changes, CO2 levels, occupational infection surveillance systems and supply of N95 respirators coming along?
How’re the air changes, CO2 levels, occupational infection surveillance systems and supply of N95 respirators coming along?
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Well @mark-carney.bsky.social I sure hope you have a plan for ensuring the safety of all the federal government offices and workspaces from bio aerosols.
How’re the air changes, CO2 levels, occupational infection surveillance systems and supply of N95 respirators coming along?
How’re the air changes, CO2 levels, occupational infection surveillance systems and supply of N95 respirators coming along?
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If my classroom (with PM2.5=0 all day and desktop #CRboxes spread throughout) has 10 students sick, then imagine how bad things are in all other classrooms/schools throughout Ontario.
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If my classroom (with PM2.5=0 all day and desktop #CRboxes spread throughout) has 10 students sick, then imagine how bad things are in all other classrooms/schools throughout Ontario.
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
Our children DO NOT need to get sick to get stronger.
PREVENTING illness with N95s maintains a healthy immune system
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“Every year, when I see 14 beams of light projected into the sky above Mount Royal, I have to catch my breath.
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“Every year, when I see 14 beams of light projected into the sky above Mount Royal, I have to catch my breath.
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
“36 years ago, 14 young women were murdered in one of the most violent examples of misogynistic terrorism Canada has ever known.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#December6
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A thread that explains who each of the young women who died was.
We lost so much on that day.
bsky.app/profile/amyk...
We lost so much on that day.
bsky.app/profile/amyk...
35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A thread that explains who each of the young women who died was.
We lost so much on that day.
bsky.app/profile/amyk...
We lost so much on that day.
bsky.app/profile/amyk...
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35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality
December 6, 2024 at 1:03 PM
35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality
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Here's an animated map showing the spread of the BA.3.2.* variant, nicknamed "Cicada".
The other main hotspots have been South Africa, Western Australia (since July) and Germany (from mid-October).
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
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The other main hotspots have been South Africa, Western Australia (since July) and Germany (from mid-October).
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
🧵
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here's an animated map showing the spread of the BA.3.2.* variant, nicknamed "Cicada".
The other main hotspots have been South Africa, Western Australia (since July) and Germany (from mid-October).
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
🧵
The other main hotspots have been South Africa, Western Australia (since July) and Germany (from mid-October).
Locations are approximate - typically country and state/province.
🧵
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Firstly, there is no mention of how public health officials ignored, denied and aggressively obstructed meaningful discussion and dissemination of the fact that COVID is predominantly spread by the airborne route.
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Firstly, there is no mention of how public health officials ignored, denied and aggressively obstructed meaningful discussion and dissemination of the fact that COVID is predominantly spread by the airborne route.
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Seeing some very similar signs to the 1968 flu pandemic.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Seeing some very similar signs to the 1968 flu pandemic.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
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Great 🧵 on the possible paths of BA.3.2. At the moment we know nothing about the nature of BA.3.2 infection in humans. It could be attenuated or it could inflict more severe illness. Important to find out (though I don't expect we'll see any evidence on that front for some time yet).
/1 A JN.1-like development is expected for BA.3.2 - acquisition of mutation(s) that increase ACE2 binding and/or antibody evasion followed by massive global spread.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Great 🧵 on the possible paths of BA.3.2. At the moment we know nothing about the nature of BA.3.2 infection in humans. It could be attenuated or it could inflict more severe illness. Important to find out (though I don't expect we'll see any evidence on that front for some time yet).
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with November 16 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, PEI, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, PEI, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with November 16 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, PEI, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, PEI, QC
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/