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

looks like a man’s man to me.

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Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours.

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Quebec man outraged after being arrested by U.S. Coast Guard while fishing

“I want the people to know and to be aware: stay away from the border,” he said. “Even if it’s 500, 600 feet from there.”

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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with July 6 data
- Kingston, London, Peel, Sudbury, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK

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Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Not weird at all.

It sounds amazingly cool.

But it’s going to be quite a commute for me.

I’m in Toronto.

I wish I’d had someone as engaging & creative as you for a science teacher in high school.
I might have stuck with it longer.

Your images are wonderous.

I still can’t believe my mother let me watch that many hours of tv in one day.

It’d be awesome to hear a discussion between you two like you had with Dr Rae Duncan & Dr Claire Taylor on X for LC Day of Awareness.

It was scary stuff, but the passion & commitment you’ve all got gives me some hope for the future.
I wish more scientists & clinicians were curious & concerned.

Perhaps @drjengunter.bsky.social would be interested in this, Dani.

Once again I am impressed by your curiosity & desire to help ease the suffering of others.

Dr Gunter’s a fierce feminist thinker too.
You’d make a great team.

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If only primary care teams could sell beer & wine, then Ford would be throwing money at them hand over fist.

Congrats to you &
the happy couple.

Looks like you’re about to take flight…up, up & away.
Super Officiant to the rescue!

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Alright everyone, one last push.

If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US

Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.

It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)

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If anyone you know is 13-24, in the US, and is LGBTQ+, please have them complete the Trevor Project survey this year.

Their last survey has been integral to protecting LGBTQ+ rights globally.

I can't understate how big an impact it has. Multiple publications come from the data.

Share widely.

This is the way!
In ONT they changed high risk eligibility to 65+, immune compromised, pregnant & on dialysis.

That’s it. No longer is smoking, high BP, depression, ADHD or autoimmune considered high risk enough.

And if you missed the fall vaxx, too bad. Wait it out.

Why?
No reason given

I don’t even want to glance at the bottom 2 rows.
Chilling.

Thanks,
Margaret Atwood.

Under His Eye.

What a handy summary of good guidance. Thanks for putting this together!
It’s everything I’ve been trying to share with family & friends all in one document.

Persistent neurocognitive deficits in long COVID: Evidence of structural changes and network abnormalities following mild infection This study aimed to investigate the neurocognitive deficits, structural brain alterations, and network abnormalities in individuals who had a mild SAR…

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Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.

Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.

This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.

Take it here:

Great game, indeed!

I’m casually cheering for the Pacers too.

But I’m so torn because I’m from Toronto & I want both Siakam & Anunoby to move on to the finals.

Forever “our” champs

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with May 4 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NL, PEI
- wwater.ca now bilingual: English and French! (FR credits: jasette.facil.services/@jerome)

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Yes, indeed. I empathize.

Last yr I had a compartment pressure test for exertional compartment syndrome.

Doc’s time covered by OHIP but not the $500 catheter!

I’d had same test done in 1993 covered OHIP.
Both times positive.

Guess Ford runs OHIP differently than Rae.
Go figure.

I guess bc I grew up in a political family I don’t realize how many people don’t understand how incredibly complex it is to select (& manage) a cabinet.

Selection is a delicate balance & the PM draws from the caucus elected!
This group isn’t hand-picked

A huge # of aspects are considered.

Thanks for posting these updates Andrew!

Really appreciate it.

He joins Therme AFTER auditor general releases info about the company lying about its holdings?

Personally, I find corruption shameful & off-putting.

Guess some of us are cut from a different cloth.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Open Letter: Vaccine-PLUS Strategy Needed for Measles Outbreaks | Ontario School Safety Dear Premier Ford, Dr. Moore, and Hon. Ministers Jones, Calandra, Piccini and Dunlop: We are writing on behalf of Ontario School Safety (OSS), a grassroots, fully volunteer organization dedicated to ...

Asking #Ontario families to share w trustees/MPPs/MPs/school boards, friends & fam @onschoolsafety.bsky.social’s open letter to the ON govt/CMOH urging the implementation of a #VaccinePLUS strategy to tackle the measles spread, as #MeaslesIsAirborneToo!

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