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Red square image with virus icon and caption "how your risk increases with COVID" Body text: "COVID-19 can have serious consequences for your heart."

Grey square image with red heading "increased risk of heart attack & stroke" "After COVID-19, your risk of heart attack or stroke can double - even if your symptoms were mild. This risk can last for months or even years after infection. COVID-19 can also cause inflammation and damage to blood vessels, making them "older" and stiffer, increasing your lifetime risk of heart disease."

Grey image with line graph representing decline Red header text: Long COVID = Long-Term Heart Risk Blue body text "1 in 5 people with Long COVID report chest pain, palpitations or high blood pressure. These symptoms can signal lasting heart issues."

Red background with ecg looking line chart at top. white header: "Vaccines Help Protect Your Heart" White body text: "Vaccination reduces your risk of severe COVID-19 and its heart complications. If you have heart disease, staying up to date with your COVID-19 and flu shots is essential."

Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!

But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines

dear @bluejays.com, i'll be in Toronto on Friday and would love to sing our Canadian anthem at game 6. whaddaya say? #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries ⚾️

Health Canada puts out guidelines recommending N95s and clean indoor air!

Let’s do this!

Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.

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This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [decreasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 7.5 About 1 of every 108 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 200,000-345,700 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 4.7X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 9.2X higher Deaths: HIGH; 8.4X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025

ONTARIO

HIGH [decreasing]

About 1 of every 108 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 4.7 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.2 x higher
-Deaths: 8.4 x higher

I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living. "As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can't avoid these conversations."

"I just wish I knew the magic words to reach people willing to jettison decades of evidence and research for something they read online," writes IDSA member Morgan Goheen, MD, PhD, in a new HuffPost op-ed on how open dialogue can help bridge divides over infectious diseases. https://bit.ly/4nDdMav

Teaching affiliates calling for parents to speak up about underfunding With World Teachers’ Day approaching, presidents from teaching affiliates on both sides of the border are highlighting an urgent need for more funding in education.

Bill 33 is a threat to Ontario’s public schools:

❌ Less funding
❌ Less local voice
❌ More privatization

Parents, we call on you to join with teachers & education workers in saying NO to Bill 33! #OSSTF #OntEd
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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Prepare for sleeves and elbows up, Canadians! Everyone >6 months is eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine (LP.8.1). It will provide fourfold increase in antibody levels. In our family practice, we expect to receive the vaccine mid-October. We’ve already booked our patients for flu & Covid-boosters. 🇨🇦💉

Violet Affleck is to the Covid movement what Greta Thunberg is to climate. Both represent the next generation, are articulate, focused, & grounded in science. That scares people. And there's a gendered aspect to all the vitriol they face

Tell Premier Doug Ford & Education Minister Paul Calandra: ¡ Supervision isn't the solution - proper funding is! 416-325-1941 416-325-2600

We have schools in #OntEd with condemned ventilation systems, electrical issues, leaking rooftops, and crumbling walls. Parents of children with special needs are being asked to keep their kids home due to a lack of special education staff. Bill 33 does nothing to solve this.

I’m honored to serve on the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air, joining leaders from nearly 30 countries who are dedicated to making healthy indoor air a global priority. From cutting-edge science to effective real-world solutions. #HealthyIndoorAir #GlobalCommissionHIA #HealthyBuildings #IAQ

canary pins on the lapel of a suit

The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.

Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.

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Today's essential listen for all who care about patient and HCW safety.

Dr. Iris Gorfinkel talks about masking policies in health care settings as cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV rise
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People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

No barefooted, tree climbing, frog holding, mud pie baking, cloud spotting, puddle stomping, bird calling, wild foraging, moon gazing, firefly chasing, fort building, creek following, rock hunting moment with Mother Nature is ever wasted. Nicolette Sowder

#MondayMotivation

Extreme weather is forcing investors to rethink how to manage physical climate risks Storms, floods, wildfires, taking bigger profile as sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, other institutions seek to protect assets

It'S toO exPEnsIVe to fiX tHe CliMaTE CrisIS.

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There once was a man named Poilievre
Who was the biggest mooch ever
He was rejected by Carleton
For being a charlatan
Prime Minister of Canada never!

Your turn!

📣 This is your reminder to #test.
‼️ Please keep sick & infectious children at home.

As our supoort group posts start to see the reality of back to school without mitigations / air filtration young people are getting reinfected.

#Infections #reinfections #education

Picture of me speaking before a live audience on the French tv show TLMEP

Image of me speaking on the TLMEP panel, a wider shot featuring the other guests

Image of me sitting down on my chair at the panel with the audience clapping and my name written in the background (whoa!!)

Shout out to my mom for putting me in French immersion, because I just had the best time on @tlmep.bsky.social!!

🥰❤️

Today, on #WorldAlzheimersDay 🌎, we come together to raise awareness and take action in the fight to #ENDALZ. 💜

Donate during our World Alzheimer’s Day 2X Match Challenge to double your impact: bit.ly/46cZKGm.

Unable to give? Then repost 🔁 with why you support the Alzheimer’s Association.

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women

Let's cheer the Canadian women dominating world rugby. They had to crowd source to raise the money to even get into the tournament. Nobody took them seriously. They crushed the New Zealand giants. They are going into the finals.
Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team.
So proud.

Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Doug Ford calls them a ‘tax grab,’ but Ontario police chiefs say speed cameras work | Globalnews.ca Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to axe automated speed cameras in towns and cities, calling them a 'tax grab' and suggesting they don't make streets safer.

A July study from SickKids and Toronto Metropolitan University found speed cameras reduced speeding by 45 per cent in Toronto. But when did Doug Ford ever listen to experts?

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Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate change—threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns ♨️🥵🔥 Green #energy is a necessity🍃 Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange

"Aerosols from the respiratory tract when we breathe, speak, sing or cough can carry viruses and bacteria... Aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been identified as the dominant route for transmitting COVID"
Congrats to these winners of the 2025 Faraday Horizon Prize.

Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
CANADA

High [No change]

About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections ~7.2 higher
-Long COVID ~7.7 higher
-Hospitalizations ~10.7 higher
-Deaths ~10.9 higher

Forecast scores are increasing or stable and high to very high in all provinces. About 1 in 65 people in Canada is currently infected (57,000-77,000 infections/day). The most recent estimate for the United States (3 weeks ago) is 1 in 93 infected (pmc19.com). Infections and hospitalizations are now consistently increasing in all provinces. This is consistent with the start of a new wave. Deaths are not yet increasing but likely will in the next 1-2 weeks. Expected excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Canada is HIGH (9%, Forecast score 9). Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,100 hospitalizations, 800 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 15,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities. About 3.4% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week. The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $90.2M. Hospitalizations are expected to require 6.2% of Canada's staffed hospital beds for three weeks (CIHI: average duration of COVID hospitalizations).

Canada COVID-19 FORECASTS: Aug 30 to Sep 12, 2025

🔹1 in 65 People Infected
🔹57,000 - 77,000 New Daily Infections
🔹399,350 - 536,875 Weekly Infections
🔹15,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔹4,100 Weekly Hospitalisations
🔹800 Weekly Deaths

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