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Mik B
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Just a mom hoping for a better world for her kids, and all the children of the world. 🇨🇦
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durhamhealthnc.bsky.social
You may have seen masks mentioned a lot lately, especially as the spread of multiple viruses is currently high, so it’s important to know the facts in order to protect yourself and others. Learn more and stay safe this respiratory virus season and beyond! (Part 1/2)
myth : There’s no evidence masks work. fact: Studies have repeatedly shown that wearing masks significantly reduces your odds of COVID-19, flu, and other viruses that can spread through the air (airborne transmission / airborne spread). N95s & KN95s work best and should be worn if possible, but even cloth masks offer more protection than wearing nothing! Mask myths and facts. N95s and KN95s are the only masks that offer any protection against viruses. High-quality masks like N95s and KN95s (these are also called respirators) offer the most protection against viruses that can spread through the air, like COVID-19, flu, and more, but any mask is better than nothing! If you don’t have an N95 or KN95, it’s still a good idea to wear the best mask available to you. myth: There’s no point in wearing a mask if no one else nearby is wearing one. fact: Masks offer the most protection to the community when more people are wearing them, but they are still highly effective even when you are the only person masked! myth: Wearing a mask helps protect other people but has no impact on the person wearing it. fact: Wearing a mask helps protect you and others. Masks help keep virus particles you exhale from spreading in the air, and they help protect you from inhaling virus particles put into the air by others.
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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brownecfm.bsky.social
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.
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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ukhadds.bsky.social
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.

For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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dcrinyyc.bsky.social
Preventable deaths. Vaccinate, clean indoor air, mask (KN95/N95) in high density/ high transmission settings. We don't need to do this. We don't need to make it easy on viruses.
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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jvipondmd.bsky.social
There goes another one.

Will Alberta be the last jurisdiction to impose mask mandates in hospitals?

In Calgary alone, there is a COVID outbreak at the Rockyview, and influenza outbreaks at the Rockyview and Foothills.

And innumberable outbreaks of both in LTC.

Help me understand...
Mask mandate returns to North Bay hospital patient care areas
The North Bay Regional Health Centre is reinstating a mask requirement in all patient care areas starting Monday, citing a rise in hospitalizations and community spread of respiratory viruses.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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jonathanconp.bsky.social
“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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jessicawildfire.bsky.social
Everyone tells you to "start a garden." Well, here's how to actually do it. I'm going to keep expanding to cover more living situations. Feel free to jump in.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
An Illustrated Guide to Growing Food
A progress report.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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brownecfm.bsky.social
2. Watching the current scrambling response of many healthcare systems to H3N2 K, combined with the firmly embedded political and ideological resistance to masking, I can assure you all that if H5N1 goes human to human with a high CFR, we're in deep trouble as a species.

/end
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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mark-ungrin.bsky.social
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.

Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Smith finally said it out loud...

She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.

Faith groups should take care of the vulnerable.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
THIS.
alsopharmb.bsky.social alsopharmb.bsky.social @alsopharmb.bsky.social · 12d
So chicken farms have started spending millions of dollars putting in state of the art air filtration and circulation systems - because culling whole flocks to mitigate avian flu is expensive - but we have done zero to improve air quality in schools - because kids are expendable I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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longcovidadvoc.com
😷The real scandal isn’t masks - it’s how many people need them and are denied cultural permission to use them without ridicule.

It shows a culture deeply rooted in ableism. Disabled people had reinforced (again) that adaptions are not normalised, they are stigmatised. /13
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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jonathanconp.bsky.social
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.
longcovidadvoc.com Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 13d
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
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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dcrinyyc.bsky.social
It's going to be the same here in Canada very soon if it isn't already. We knew this was coming. We had lots of warning, but instead of reacting to it, we once again embrace disease. There should have been massive vaccination campaigns & promotion of masking, indoor air cleaning & ventilation.
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳

Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
Bright blue infographic with a pink header reading 'U.S. Long Covid burden' Shows 45–48M people affected, $2–7B annual economic cost, and up to $30B if symptoms persist 3 years. Light blue covid icons in background
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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jessicawildfire.bsky.social
How do you protect yourself from viruses in a world that has largely given up? New work has confirmed the use of HOCl as a respiratory therapy and intervention. Here's some other things to do, along with N95 masks and air purifiers.

www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
An Illustrated Guide to Knocking Out Viruses
To be expanded?
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:

🧵

* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.

* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.

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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
If you live with someone who has long Covid or a post-viral illness & you’re doing a weekly circuit of maskless bars, restaurants & concerts, you're not "living your life." You're sacrificing theirs
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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deeemcee.bsky.social
Good evening. Justin Trudeau has just posted. He's thanking Jill from "For Jude, For Everyone."
Jill is here on Blue Sky @jillpromoli.bsky.social but hasn't posted in quite a while.
If you want to read about Jude, here's an article: chatelaine.com/living/real-...
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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guinesspig.bsky.social
Got another 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas Zoom event and hangout planned for you!

Join the amazing @kalibutterfly.bsky.social on 12/21 for 'Sowing Seeds, Tending Trees: Growing Plants in Small Spaces.'

Details in flyer below. Feel free to share with other CC folks outside of X!
Flyer with a pic of speaker Vanessa Walilko, a young woman with long dark hair wearing a brimmed hat, overalls, and a red shirt standing next to a small garden and holding a plant. Part of the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas series Sowing Seeds, Tending Trees: Growing Plants in Small Spaces Grow a garden in your home this winter and keep it thriving all year round! Have you wanted to start a garden but have little space or low energy? Have you had limited success with keeping houseplants alive? In this session, plant obsessive Vanessa Walilko will give advice on low-maintenance plants for people with limited spoons, remedies for common plant problems, and how to get started with container gardening/farming in small spaces and less than ideal growing conditions. This event is free but priceless. Sunday, December 21 3pm ET/2pm CT/ 1PM mT/12 NOON PT presentation time: ~1 hour hang out and chat after the talk with your presenter & fellow attendees RSVP at tinyurl.com/RSVP12DaysCC
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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thewhn.bsky.social
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
Minimalist white poster with a subtle crumpled-paper texture; small ‘whn.global’ logo centered at the top. A small intro line sits above a huge headline where ‘COVID’ is bright red and ‘is different.’ is black. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. COVID is different. SARS-CoV-2 behaves differently from the viruses most of us grew up with. And treating it like “another flu” is costing people their health.’ Footer: The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world. Same white, paper-texture poster and top ‘whn.global’ logo. Large title reads ‘What makes COVID different?’ with ‘COVID’ in red, followed by a bulleted list. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. What makes COVID different? • It can breach the blood–brain barrier • It can damage your endothelial lining and increase clot risk • It can persist in tissues • It can lower key immune cells • It may increase cancer risk • You can catch it multiple times per year These are not “normal cold virus” behaviors.’ Footer line about the World Health Network. Same clean white poster with paper texture; ‘whn.global’ at top. Big statement line mid-page where ‘Long COVID’ appears in red and the rest in black; two short paragraphs below. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Long COVID is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Persistent symptoms come from real, documented damage. Not anxiety, not imagination, not “just needing rest.” Hundreds of thousands of studies show SARS-CoV-2 affects the body in ways we’re still uncovering. Just because you’ve had multiple infections and “felt fine” doesn’t mean it will stay that way.’ Footer line about the World Health Network. Same minimalist white, paper-texture layout with ‘whn.global’ at top. A large heading ‘Here’s what you can do.’ sits above a simple bullet list; the final URL slug ‘covid-is-different’ is in red. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Here’s what you can do. • Improve air quality (filters, ventilation) • Wear a high-filtration mask in shared indoor air • Test when exposed or symptomatic • Stay home when sick • Use layered protections with friends, family, and workplaces Read more at whn.global/covid-is-different’ Footer line about the World Health Network.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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maryfernando.bsky.social
A reminder that avian flu is destroyed when you cook chicken and eggs to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

Please get a food thermometer and stay safe

#avianflu
#Canada

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Avian flu detected at commercial poultry farm in Strathroy-Caradoc | CBC News
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says avian influenza has been detected at a commercial poultry operation in Strathroy-Caradoc.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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stillcovidingca.bsky.social
Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry

CBC / Reuters
November 20, 2025

stillcoviding.ca/en/news/dela...

#COVID #CovidIsntOver #UK
Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry
stillcoviding.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Almost 500k studies showing COVID causes lasting damage… if that doesn’t convince anyone, nothing will.

Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...
A tweet from Roy Doorenspleet (@DoorenspleetR) reads: “Someone told me if 400,000 papers documenting the harms of COVID won’t convince anyone, then 500,000 won’t either. This is a sad situation.” He links to the LitCovid database and notes there are currently 472,000 publications. A LitCovid preview card with an illustrated virus icon appears below. The tweet timestamp shows November 13, 2025, with 17.9K views.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM