MiftyJackson
@miftyjack.bsky.social
Living in North Wales 2 cat household
. Worrying about our NHS 💙 😷 Covid CC. Love nature
. Worrying about our NHS 💙 😷 Covid CC. Love nature
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🎯 post by @1goodtern.bsky.social:
"When governments told people that they were ill because they hadn't been ill enough, the wheels fell off modern medicine."
OP: x.com/1goodtern/st...
"When governments told people that they were ill because they hadn't been ill enough, the wheels fell off modern medicine."
OP: x.com/1goodtern/st...
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎯 post by @1goodtern.bsky.social:
"When governments told people that they were ill because they hadn't been ill enough, the wheels fell off modern medicine."
OP: x.com/1goodtern/st...
"When governments told people that they were ill because they hadn't been ill enough, the wheels fell off modern medicine."
OP: x.com/1goodtern/st...
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“Numerous studies have demonstrated using animal models that even mild COVID-19 infections can lead to sustained microglial activation, which disrupts neural networks and impairs cognitive function.”
www.news-medical.net/health/The-S...
www.news-medical.net/health/The-S...
The Science Behind Long COVID Brain Fog
Cognitive impairments from Long COVID, including brain fog, affect quality of life. This article reviews research on its causes and potential interventions.
www.news-medical.net
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Numerous studies have demonstrated using animal models that even mild COVID-19 infections can lead to sustained microglial activation, which disrupts neural networks and impairs cognitive function.”
www.news-medical.net/health/The-S...
www.news-medical.net/health/The-S...
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With public health messaging like this, it's no surprise that a petition to get masking reinstated in Yukon healthcare settings, only garnered 149 signatures in 16 months, out of a Yukon population of nearly 47K -
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
With public health messaging like this, it's no surprise that a petition to get masking reinstated in Yukon healthcare settings, only garnered 149 signatures in 16 months, out of a Yukon population of nearly 47K -
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
Sign the Petition
Reinstate masks in Yukon healthcare
www.change.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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With public health messaging like this, it's no surprise that a petition to get masking reinstated in Yukon healthcare settings, only garnered 149 signatures in 16 months, out of a Yukon population of nearly 47K -
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
With public health messaging like this, it's no surprise that a petition to get masking reinstated in Yukon healthcare settings, only garnered 149 signatures in 16 months, out of a Yukon population of nearly 47K -
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
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It's worth noting too, that this otherwise excellent appraisal of Long COVID in Canada ("What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action"), by Canada's Chief Science Advisor - does not feature a single mention of masking or respirators:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
It's worth noting too, that this otherwise excellent appraisal of Long COVID in Canada ("What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action"), by Canada's Chief Science Advisor - does not feature a single mention of masking or respirators:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
science.gc.ca
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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It's worth noting too, that this otherwise excellent appraisal of Long COVID in Canada ("What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action"), by Canada's Chief Science Advisor - does not feature a single mention of masking or respirators:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
It's worth noting too, that this otherwise excellent appraisal of Long COVID in Canada ("What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action"), by Canada's Chief Science Advisor - does not feature a single mention of masking or respirators:
science.gc.ca/site/science...
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...who just the previous year, and in a pandemic, had infamously fretted about masks causing acne - rather than advocating for the protective role of masks in preventing infections of an airborne, neurotropic, vascular virus -
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5994889
...who just the previous year, and in a pandemic, had infamously fretted about masks causing acne - rather than advocating for the protective role of masks in preventing infections of an airborne, neurotropic, vascular virus -
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5994889
Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19
www.cbc.ca
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...who just the previous year, and in a pandemic, had infamously fretted about masks causing acne - rather than advocating for the protective role of masks in preventing infections of an airborne, neurotropic, vascular virus -
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5994889
...who just the previous year, and in a pandemic, had infamously fretted about masks causing acne - rather than advocating for the protective role of masks in preventing infections of an airborne, neurotropic, vascular virus -
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5994889
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The writing was on the wall when, in 2022, @cmadocs.bsky.social awarded its highest honour to Dr. John Conly -
www.cma.ca/get-involved...
The writing was on the wall when, in 2022, @cmadocs.bsky.social awarded its highest honour to Dr. John Conly -
www.cma.ca/get-involved...
2022 CMA Awards Recipients
The 2022 CMA Award winners are doctors Conly, Lemaire, Rashid, Wieman, Ogunyemi, Ruzycki, Arsenault, Persad & Smith, as well as Army Alam, Angela Huynh & Mehul Gupta.
www.cma.ca
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The writing was on the wall when, in 2022, @cmadocs.bsky.social awarded its highest honour to Dr. John Conly -
www.cma.ca/get-involved...
The writing was on the wall when, in 2022, @cmadocs.bsky.social awarded its highest honour to Dr. John Conly -
www.cma.ca/get-involved...
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...in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic that continues to kill & disable Canadians - has yet to advocate for masking, N95s, or ventilation & filtration to mitigate against COVID & Long COVID in healthcare/hospital settings.
...in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic that continues to kill & disable Canadians - has yet to advocate for masking, N95s, or ventilation & filtration to mitigate against COVID & Long COVID in healthcare/hospital settings.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic that continues to kill & disable Canadians - has yet to advocate for masking, N95s, or ventilation & filtration to mitigate against COVID & Long COVID in healthcare/hospital settings.
...in the 6th year of an ongoing pandemic that continues to kill & disable Canadians - has yet to advocate for masking, N95s, or ventilation & filtration to mitigate against COVID & Long COVID in healthcare/hospital settings.
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That Dr. Filiatrault had to write an article like this, more than 2 decades later, shows that no lessons were learnt.
This is also reflected in the current adherence to Droplet Dogma by @cmadocs.bsky.social, which -
That Dr. Filiatrault had to write an article like this, more than 2 decades later, shows that no lessons were learnt.
This is also reflected in the current adherence to Droplet Dogma by @cmadocs.bsky.social, which -
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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That Dr. Filiatrault had to write an article like this, more than 2 decades later, shows that no lessons were learnt.
This is also reflected in the current adherence to Droplet Dogma by @cmadocs.bsky.social, which -
That Dr. Filiatrault had to write an article like this, more than 2 decades later, shows that no lessons were learnt.
This is also reflected in the current adherence to Droplet Dogma by @cmadocs.bsky.social, which -
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Herewith a recent caution by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault, the doctor who successfully contained SARS in BC - while Dr. Bonnie Henry (now BC's incompetent Provincial Officer of Health) failed to contain airborne SARS in Toronto, which led to the 🇨🇦 SARS Inquiry -
www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/o...
Herewith a recent caution by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault, the doctor who successfully contained SARS in BC - while Dr. Bonnie Henry (now BC's incompetent Provincial Officer of Health) failed to contain airborne SARS in Toronto, which led to the 🇨🇦 SARS Inquiry -
www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/o...
Opinion: Gambling with bird flu is asking for trouble — and another pandemic
It's time for preventive action, four health experts write.
www.newwestrecord.ca
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Herewith a recent caution by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault, the doctor who successfully contained SARS in BC - while Dr. Bonnie Henry (now BC's incompetent Provincial Officer of Health) failed to contain airborne SARS in Toronto, which led to the 🇨🇦 SARS Inquiry -
www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/o...
Herewith a recent caution by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault, the doctor who successfully contained SARS in BC - while Dr. Bonnie Henry (now BC's incompetent Provincial Officer of Health) failed to contain airborne SARS in Toronto, which led to the 🇨🇦 SARS Inquiry -
www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/o...
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...Targeted N95 use might be a cost saving measure, rather than evidence based policy, but all health systems must adequately cost occupational safety measures for their staff".
...Targeted N95 use might be a cost saving measure, rather than evidence based policy, but all health systems must adequately cost occupational safety measures for their staff".
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...Targeted N95 use might be a cost saving measure, rather than evidence based policy, but all health systems must adequately cost occupational safety measures for their staff".
...Targeted N95 use might be a cost saving measure, rather than evidence based policy, but all health systems must adequately cost occupational safety measures for their staff".
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...The evidence from healthcare supports N95 use, but continuously rather than occasionally in self-identified situations of risk.
This will require a major paradigm shift because guidelines to date recommend targeted use of respirators in very select situations.
...The evidence from healthcare supports N95 use, but continuously rather than occasionally in self-identified situations of risk.
This will require a major paradigm shift because guidelines to date recommend targeted use of respirators in very select situations.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...The evidence from healthcare supports N95 use, but continuously rather than occasionally in self-identified situations of risk.
This will require a major paradigm shift because guidelines to date recommend targeted use of respirators in very select situations.
...The evidence from healthcare supports N95 use, but continuously rather than occasionally in self-identified situations of risk.
This will require a major paradigm shift because guidelines to date recommend targeted use of respirators in very select situations.
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...Unfortunately, that lesson was not learnt during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 17 years later, where the same disagreements about masks and respirators occurred and many healthcare workers died.
...Unfortunately, that lesson was not learnt during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 17 years later, where the same disagreements about masks and respirators occurred and many healthcare workers died.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...Unfortunately, that lesson was not learnt during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 17 years later, where the same disagreements about masks and respirators occurred and many healthcare workers died.
...Unfortunately, that lesson was not learnt during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 17 years later, where the same disagreements about masks and respirators occurred and many healthcare workers died.
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...By contrast, Vancouver, where healthcare workers were provided N95s, did not have an outbreak, despite Toronto and Vancouver having their first SARS case at the same time.
...By contrast, Vancouver, where healthcare workers were provided N95s, did not have an outbreak, despite Toronto and Vancouver having their first SARS case at the same time.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...By contrast, Vancouver, where healthcare workers were provided N95s, did not have an outbreak, despite Toronto and Vancouver having their first SARS case at the same time.
...By contrast, Vancouver, where healthcare workers were provided N95s, did not have an outbreak, despite Toronto and Vancouver having their first SARS case at the same time.
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Drawing on Canada's history with SARS, they write -
"The precautionary principle should be used during serious epidemics, a key lesson articulated in the aftermath of SARS in Canada, where a large, fatal outbreak occurred in Toronto, with healthcare workers refused N95 respirators.
Drawing on Canada's history with SARS, they write -
"The precautionary principle should be used during serious epidemics, a key lesson articulated in the aftermath of SARS in Canada, where a large, fatal outbreak occurred in Toronto, with healthcare workers refused N95 respirators.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Drawing on Canada's history with SARS, they write -
"The precautionary principle should be used during serious epidemics, a key lesson articulated in the aftermath of SARS in Canada, where a large, fatal outbreak occurred in Toronto, with healthcare workers refused N95 respirators.
Drawing on Canada's history with SARS, they write -
"The precautionary principle should be used during serious epidemics, a key lesson articulated in the aftermath of SARS in Canada, where a large, fatal outbreak occurred in Toronto, with healthcare workers refused N95 respirators.
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An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings
The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...
www.bmj.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Some of the authors of this research are here on Bluesky. Links in Tania's post below:
bsky.app/profile/tani...
bsky.app/profile/tani...
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An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
An excellent paper on "The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings", notably authored by, among others, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & Dr. Raina MacIntyre (@globalbiosec on Twitter/X) -
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings
The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...
www.bmj.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Some of the authors of this research are here on Bluesky. Links in Tania's post below:
bsky.app/profile/tani...
bsky.app/profile/tani...
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Direct link to the article mentioned in the post above:
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ (Feb 27, 2025)
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ (Feb 27, 2025)
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings
The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...
www.bmj.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Direct link to the article mentioned in the post above:
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ (Feb 27, 2025)
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ (Feb 27, 2025)
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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🎯🧵by @prognosticchats.bsky.social on Twitter:
"This State of the Art Review on the role of masks & respirators in preventing respiratory infection coming out in the BMJ is worth a deep dive. So I've done that for you..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18954...
#Masks #Respirators #Airborne
"This State of the Art Review on the role of masks & respirators in preventing respiratory infection coming out in the BMJ is worth a deep dive. So I've done that for you..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18954...
#Masks #Respirators #Airborne
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎯🧵by @prognosticchats.bsky.social on Twitter:
"This State of the Art Review on the role of masks & respirators in preventing respiratory infection coming out in the BMJ is worth a deep dive. So I've done that for you..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18954...
#Masks #Respirators #Airborne
"This State of the Art Review on the role of masks & respirators in preventing respiratory infection coming out in the BMJ is worth a deep dive. So I've done that for you..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18954...
#Masks #Respirators #Airborne
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My mind drifts back to the people who told me that "all politicians are the same" and that it made "no difference" whether Harris or Trump won.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My mind drifts back to the people who told me that "all politicians are the same" and that it made "no difference" whether Harris or Trump won.
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One thing about the Starmer and Macron visits, and what just happened. They gave every opportunity to Trump to be the good guy. We saw what happened next, but that just clarifies the manner of this White House. A friend to dictators.
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
One thing about the Starmer and Macron visits, and what just happened. They gave every opportunity to Trump to be the good guy. We saw what happened next, but that just clarifies the manner of this White House. A friend to dictators.
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"Maybe Hegseth will have enough respect for those still in uniform to at least give them a smooth reintegration into civilian live as he musters them out. I have more sincere doubts about the draft-dodging felon who gives him orders." New from Will Selber:
Transgender Service Members Aren’t the Problem
The problem is people in high office who can’t recognize bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice.
www.thebulwark.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Maybe Hegseth will have enough respect for those still in uniform to at least give them a smooth reintegration into civilian live as he musters them out. I have more sincere doubts about the draft-dodging felon who gives him orders." New from Will Selber:
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The US has been taken over by private equity run ostensibly by a man-baby.
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The US has been taken over by private equity run ostensibly by a man-baby.
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Why pour so much technological effort into developing a human-shaped robot when it could be any shape at all, asks Leah Crane.
Why humanoid robots are missing the point
Why pour so much technological effort into developing a human-shaped robot when it could be any shape at all, asks Leah Crane
www.newscientist.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Why pour so much technological effort into developing a human-shaped robot when it could be any shape at all, asks Leah Crane.
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