A blue, black and yellow graphic features a hand-drawn illustration of a headstrap N95 mask entwined with a stethoscope, with tubing coiled in the shape of a heart. Text reads, Support a National Standard for N95s (asterisk - and other respirators!) in Healthcare. Have your say by August 19, 2025. Summary and template answers available at www.DoNoHarmBC.ca In the corner is the DoNoHarm BC logo and a QR code leading to their website
Advocacy alert 📣 Until August 19, you can give input on a game-changing national standard requiring N95s & other respirators in healthcare (and beyond)!
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
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Header (large white bold text):
"Canada’s new respirator standard could save lives — but it’s under threat."
Subtext (white):
"CSA Z94.4-25 establishes that all healthcare workers must wear respirators (minimum PL1) in healthcare facilities and during delivery of care, except in designated low-risk zones determined by qualified airborne transmission risk assessment."
Footer question (bright pink bold):
"So why is there a petition trying to block it?"
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Main body (white text):
"The World Health Network is committed to supporting public understanding and institutional adoption of CSA Z94.4-25.
We invite other organizations, health professionals, and workers to join us in endorsing this standard as a vital tool for workplace safety and public health."
Final paragraph (white and pink):
"Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is accepting public comments on the draft Z94.4-25 standard through August 19, 2025. See caption for WHN’s full statement and how to take action."
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Canada’s new respirator standard (CSA Z94.4-25) is a major step forward in protecting healthcare workers — but it’s facing opposition.
WHN strongly supports this science-based policy and urges others to submit a public comment before the August 19 deadline.
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Masks / respirators
Masks / respirators
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Masques / respirateurs
Masques / respirateurs
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CAN99™ 9500 - NIOSH N95 Surgical Respirator - CE FFP3
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📷 Description de l’image : Photo d’un respirateur Vitacore CAN99 9500 N95/FFP3, à coté d’une boîte rouge et blanche contenant des respirateurs.
01.08.2025 00:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Biological causes of long COVID discovered: the virus persists for months in the brain
[Translated from French]
Biological causes of long COVID discovered: the virus persists for months in the brain
Sciences et Avenir
July 31, 2025
By Camille Gaubert
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/deco...
#COVID #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver
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📷 Image description: Side profile view of a person who is wearing a mask (with black colour). In the background: the white side of a building, with flaking paint. Photo: Gabriel Bouys / AFP.
📰 Read articles about long COVID:
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31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Découverte des causes biologiques du Covid long : le virus persiste des mois dans le cerveau
Découverte des causes biologiques du Covid long : le virus persiste des mois dans le cerveau
Sciences et Avenir
Le 31 juillet 2025
Par Camille Gaubert
stillcoviding.ca/fr/nouvelles...
#COVID #CovidLongue #CovidLong #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie
31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
📷 Description de l’image : Vue de profil d’une personne portant un masque (de couleur noire). En arrière-plan : la face blanche d’un bâtiment, dont la peinture s’écaille. Photo : Gabriel Bouys / AFP.
📰 Lire des articles sur la COVID longue :
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31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Analysis: 2024-25 COVID vaccines offered strong protection against worst outcomes in seniors
Analysis: 2024-25 COVID vaccines offered strong protection against worst outcomes in seniors
CIDRAP
July 31, 2025
By Stephanie Soucheray
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/anal...
#COVID #vaccines #CovidIsNotOver
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📷 Description de l’image : Logo du Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, avec texte blanc (« CIDRAP »). Fond noir, avec des images grises stylisées de virus.
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31.07.2025 23:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Analyse : Les vaccins contre la COVID-19 de 2024-2025 ont offert une forte protection contre les complications chez les personnes âgées
[Traduit de l’anglais]
Analyse : Les vaccins contre la COVID-19 de 2024-2025 ont offert une forte protection contre les complications chez les personnes âgées
CIDRAP
Le 31 juillet 2025
Par Stephanie Soucheray
stillcoviding.ca/fr/nouvelles...
#COVID #vaccins #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie
31.07.2025 23:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This list—predominantly managers of hospital infection control programs—are undermining revisions to a Canadian standard for workplace respirator personal protective equipment (PPE) that would improve safety grounded in science and engineering. /1
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📷 Image description: Side profile view of a person who is wearing a mask (with black colour). In the background: the white side of a building, with flaking paint. Photo: Gabriel Bouys / AFP.
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31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Biological causes of long COVID discovered: the virus persists for months in the brain
[Translated from French]
Biological causes of long COVID discovered: the virus persists for months in the brain
Sciences et Avenir
July 31, 2025
By Camille Gaubert
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/deco...
#COVID #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver
31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 35 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 1
📷 Description de l’image : Vue de profil d’une personne portant un masque (de couleur noire). En arrière-plan : la face blanche d’un bâtiment, dont la peinture s’écaille. Photo : Gabriel Bouys / AFP.
📰 Lire des articles sur la COVID longue :
stillcoviding.ca/fr/tag/covid...
31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Découverte des causes biologiques du Covid long : le virus persiste des mois dans le cerveau
Découverte des causes biologiques du Covid long : le virus persiste des mois dans le cerveau
Sciences et Avenir
Le 31 juillet 2025
Par Camille Gaubert
stillcoviding.ca/fr/nouvelles...
#COVID #CovidLongue #CovidLong #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie
31.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, CU study finds
COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, CU study finds
The Denver Post
July 30, 2025
By Meg Wingerter
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #cancer #CovidIsNotOver
31.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
📷 Image description: Radiation therapist Kristen Sherry-Taylor prepares a medical linear accelerator for a patient at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers in Aurora, Colorado, on March 17, 2022.
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Une infection de COVID-19 au début de la pandémie est associée à un risque accru de décès par cancer, selon une étude de l’Université du Colorado
[Traduit de l’anglais]
Une infection de COVID-19 au début de la pandémie est associée à un risque accru de décès par cancer, selon une étude de l’Université du Colorado
The Denver Post
Le 30 juillet 2025
Par Meg Wingerter
stillcoviding.ca/fr/nouvelles...
#COVID #cancer #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie
31.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
📷 Description de l’image : La radiothérapeute Kristen Sherry-Taylor prépare un accélérateur linéaire médical pour un patient aux Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers à Aurora, Colorado, le 17 mars 2022.
📰 Lire des articles sur la recherche :
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31.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”
31.07.2025 12:47 — 👍 777 🔁 423 💬 36 📌 9
📷 Image description: Radiation therapist Kristen Sherry-Taylor prepares a medical linear accelerator for a patient at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers in Aurora, Colorado, on March 17, 2022.
📰 Read articles about research:
stillcoviding.ca/en/tag/resea...
31.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, CU study finds
COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, CU study finds
The Denver Post
July 30, 2025
By Meg Wingerter
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #cancer #CovidIsNotOver
31.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
📷 Description de l’image : La radiothérapeute Kristen Sherry-Taylor prépare un accélérateur linéaire médical pour un patient aux Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers à Aurora, Colorado, le 17 mars 2022.
📰 Lire des articles sur la recherche :
stillcoviding.ca/fr/tag/reche...
31.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Une infection de COVID-19 au début de la pandémie est associée à un risque accru de décès par cancer, selon une étude de l’Université du Colorado
[Traduit de l’anglais]
Une infection de COVID-19 au début de la pandémie est associée à un risque accru de décès par cancer, selon une étude de l’Université du Colorado
The Denver Post
Le 30 juillet 2025
Par Meg Wingerter
stillcoviding.ca/fr/nouvelles...
#COVID #cancer #LaPandemieNEstPasFinie
31.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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