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Clean Indoor Air Toronto
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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
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All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
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Why clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares is important
265ex & counting🧵
twitter.com/MamaToronto/...
None of this gets better until we face this head on & deal with it
We all have to breathe
We all share indoor air
The next best time is now
Happy holidays!
2/
265ex & counting🧵
twitter.com/MamaToronto/...
None of this gets better until we face this head on & deal with it
We all have to breathe
We all share indoor air
The next best time is now
Happy holidays!
2/
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December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares is important
265ex & counting🧵
twitter.com/MamaToronto/...
None of this gets better until we face this head on & deal with it
We all have to breathe
We all share indoor air
The next best time is now
Happy holidays!
2/
265ex & counting🧵
twitter.com/MamaToronto/...
None of this gets better until we face this head on & deal with it
We all have to breathe
We all share indoor air
The next best time is now
Happy holidays!
2/
All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share!
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Thank you!
1/
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archive.today
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“Getting sick frequently at school is not inevitable, and it isn’t because kids are just harbingers of viruses. It’s more because the buildings they inhabit do not have adequate ventilation and filtration systems to reduce illness transmission,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social said.
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say
Proper air filtration could help mitigate the rapid spread of flu and other illnesses, say experts and parents
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Getting sick frequently at school is not inevitable, and it isn’t because kids are just harbingers of viruses. It’s more because the buildings they inhabit do not have adequate ventilation and filtration systems to reduce illness transmission,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social said.
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
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Thanks for this! It’s so great seeing more and more people being vocal and starting to organize around clean air in schools 🙌 🙏
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thanks for this! It’s so great seeing more and more people being vocal and starting to organize around clean air in schools 🙌 🙏
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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance:
bsky.app/profile/mama...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance:
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Neurological impact of Covid on children, Canada craps the measles bed, PPE prevents healthcare infections, and more
johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurologic...
johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurologic...
Neurological impact of Covid on children, Canada craps the measles bed, PPE prevents healthcare infections, and more
Bonus Thank you Alice Wong and Leslie Lee III
johndupuis.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Neurological impact of Covid on children, Canada craps the measles bed, PPE prevents healthcare infections, and more
johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurologic...
johndupuis.substack.com/p/neurologic...
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Covid can leave lasting mark on the brain.
New study adds to literature showing long-term damage to the central nervous system following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
New study adds to literature showing long-term damage to the central nervous system following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Covid can leave lasting mark on the brain.
New study adds to literature showing long-term damage to the central nervous system following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
New study adds to literature showing long-term damage to the central nervous system following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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Flu fatalism is not helpful: we can keep the air in schools much cleaner and fresher, reducing the risk of infection to children and teachers. #IAQ #masks ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Flu fatalism is not helpful: we can keep the air in schools much cleaner and fresher, reducing the risk of infection to children and teachers. #IAQ #masks ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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This petition by Clean Indoor Air Toronto is trying to improve this. Please sign and ask Toronto Public Health to adopt new standards for #CleanAir.
bit.ly/ciatodec25
bit.ly/ciatodec25
Toronto Board of Health Advocacy-CIATO
We have over 350 signatures, help us get to our next goal of 400!
Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto in sending a clear message to the City of Toronto that you want a city that’s healthier, more accessib...
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This petition by Clean Indoor Air Toronto is trying to improve this. Please sign and ask Toronto Public Health to adopt new standards for #CleanAir.
bit.ly/ciatodec25
bit.ly/ciatodec25
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Our #GivingTuesdayCA fundraiser wrapped up last weekend, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated! 🙏 💙 Every penny we raised will be used to support our Free Request Program. 😷
#Masks4All #FeelingGrateful #ThankYouThankYou
#Masks4All #FeelingGrateful #ThankYouThankYou
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our #GivingTuesdayCA fundraiser wrapped up last weekend, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated! 🙏 💙 Every penny we raised will be used to support our Free Request Program. 😷
#Masks4All #FeelingGrateful #ThankYouThankYou
#Masks4All #FeelingGrateful #ThankYouThankYou
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There is a new study from Poland looking at children hospitalized for COVID during the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 epidemiological years ( link.springer.com/article/10.1... ). 🧵1/
Differences in the clinical course of COVID-19 in children and adolescents hospitalized in the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons – a retrospective real-world study - BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases - This multicenter retrospective study was designed to track changes in the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children that occurred in the last two infectious seasons,...
link.springer.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There is a new study from Poland looking at children hospitalized for COVID during the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 epidemiological years ( link.springer.com/article/10.1... ). 🧵1/
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JFC. How long are we gonna do this?!
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
Reports show how mpox clade 1b spreads through non-sexual contact in DR Congo, Ireland
Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau
Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
JFC. How long are we gonna do this?!
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
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Reposted by TorontoBikeMama
Dear Mr Carney,
COVID-19 continues to mutate, circulate, infect, and disable (through long-covid). One of my Jr High patients got disabled by long-covid this year.
Please implement a national clean indoor air strategy for all bldgs., airplanes, trains, buses, and more to prevent covid. Call me.
COVID-19 continues to mutate, circulate, infect, and disable (through long-covid). One of my Jr High patients got disabled by long-covid this year.
Please implement a national clean indoor air strategy for all bldgs., airplanes, trains, buses, and more to prevent covid. Call me.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Dear Mr Carney,
COVID-19 continues to mutate, circulate, infect, and disable (through long-covid). One of my Jr High patients got disabled by long-covid this year.
Please implement a national clean indoor air strategy for all bldgs., airplanes, trains, buses, and more to prevent covid. Call me.
COVID-19 continues to mutate, circulate, infect, and disable (through long-covid). One of my Jr High patients got disabled by long-covid this year.
Please implement a national clean indoor air strategy for all bldgs., airplanes, trains, buses, and more to prevent covid. Call me.
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Also, clean the indoor air.
The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate
This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.
healthydebate.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Also, clean the indoor air.
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“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
Putting it all together:
- covid is airborne
- people are getting it repeatedly
- it’s wrecking immune systems
Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Putting it all together:
- covid is airborne
- people are getting it repeatedly
- it’s wrecking immune systems
Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
Putting it all together:
- covid is airborne
- people are getting it repeatedly
- it’s wrecking immune systems
Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Putting it all together:
- covid is airborne
- people are getting it repeatedly
- it’s wrecking immune systems
Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hitting up the bookstore
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hitting up the bookstore
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Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'?
We are right.
We are right.
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'?
We are right.
We are right.
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2/ This time of year can be especially difficult when you’re living with Long Covid. If that’s how you’re feeling, you’re not alone.
For connection with others who understand, join our Facebook Support Group for an online Check-In & Chat on Christmas Day and every Sunday:
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For connection with others who understand, join our Facebook Support Group for an online Check-In & Chat on Christmas Day and every Sunday:
tiny.cc/qisw001
Facebook
tiny.cc
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
2/ This time of year can be especially difficult when you’re living with Long Covid. If that’s how you’re feeling, you’re not alone.
For connection with others who understand, join our Facebook Support Group for an online Check-In & Chat on Christmas Day and every Sunday:
tiny.cc/qisw001
For connection with others who understand, join our Facebook Support Group for an online Check-In & Chat on Christmas Day and every Sunday:
tiny.cc/qisw001
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1/ Season’s greetings from the team at Long Covid Support 🎄
Thank you for being part of our community in 2025. We know it’s been another challenging year for many, and we’re truly grateful for your continued support.
Thank you for being part of our community in 2025. We know it’s been another challenging year for many, and we’re truly grateful for your continued support.
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
1/ Season’s greetings from the team at Long Covid Support 🎄
Thank you for being part of our community in 2025. We know it’s been another challenging year for many, and we’re truly grateful for your continued support.
Thank you for being part of our community in 2025. We know it’s been another challenging year for many, and we’re truly grateful for your continued support.
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Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't
One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality
In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
t.co/sSU5efGhHr
One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality
In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
t.co/sSU5efGhHr
https://youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ
t.co
October 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't
One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality
In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
t.co/sSU5efGhHr
One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality
In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
t.co/sSU5efGhHr
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Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Effective December 18, Nova Scotia Health is requiring everyone to wear a mask in their facilities. 👏👏👏
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
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Oh, wait. It gets better. 🤢🤢
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Oh, wait. It gets better. 🤢🤢