Dr. Jen Irwin

A Forbes article titled “Long COVID’s Shadow Lingers” is shown. The top features a black Forbes logo. Below it is the headline, author credit, and publication date. A large image under the headline shows a giant red SARS-CoV-2 virus particle dominating the scene. A small human figure stands on a barren gray landscape, pulling ropes attached to the virus as if trying to drag or restrain it. The sky is cloudy and muted, emphasizing the struggle. The image visually represents Long COVID as an overwhelming force that continues to burden people.

Calling Long COVID a “shadow” and claiming the acute phase has “faded” is misleading.

COVID hasn’t faded, it still causes waves of ongoing transmission, repeat infections, hospital pressure, Long COVID and deaths. It’s not a shadow; it’s still shining a light on an ongoing crisis.

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If you care about either health or productivity, return-to-office should be accompanied by efforts to mitigate the spread of illness associated with it.

Sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week Public servants have taken more sick days as remote work rules have changed.

Number of sick days used by the core public service in the Canadian federal government:

Sept. 2020: 129,570
Sept. 2021: 157,657
Sept. 2022: 168,245
Sept. 2023: 209,395
Sept. 2024: 238,668

Sick days increase in tandem with return-to-office mandates.

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screenshot of a doc on semmelweis showing his statue wearing a respirator

i’m sure both my late dad and his hero dr. semmelweis would be glad to find handwashing is still an established and recommended practice during an ongoing pandemic. but i’m as certain they’d both be sporting n95s and wondering why so many of their contemporaries aren’t 4/4

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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My opinion on the decline of our national pandemic preparedness and risks to biosecurity in @issuesinst.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org

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“What we saw, once again, were self-centred claims that public-health measures that protect the larger population somehow oppress individuals who essentially think that laws they don’t like don’t apply to them.”

Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she righ...

I am sincerely thankful to @arleneharris.bsky.social and Yvonne Hogan @independent.ie for covering this story. I have had messages of relief from Long Coviders in Ireland and abroad - our voices are being heard. Thank you!

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Canada officially loses its measles elimination status The return of measles in the country has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates

Well, we’ve tried the “let everything rip” approach to public health…perhaps we can now return to the days of evidence-based decisions. Call me old fashioned, but I don’t much care for the idea of kids dying from more preventable illnesses.

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Despite Conservatives’ best efforts, the vast majority of Canadians remain united against Trump.

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Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental impacts—o...

If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...

If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.

Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...

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The big science accounts are talking about immune dysregulation due to COVID-19 now.

I. Told. You. So.

Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole.

Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)

What we must confront: Living with Long COVID

What we must confront: Living with Long COVID

The Peak
November 3, 2025
By Ashima Shukla

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A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Add Your Name In an effort to advance global public health through turbulent times, a group of experts from around the globe in medicine, public health, law, industrial hygiene, and other disciplines, met at the Un...

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"The open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to recommend true respiratory protection (N95/FFP2–3) for all healthcare workers is still accepting signatures until November 10th.”
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Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research When states prohibit parents from opting their kids out of vaccines for religious, philosophical or other nonmedical reasons, communities stay better protected against infectious diseases.

Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research theconversation.com/strict-schoo...

"...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."

Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis The global burden of sepsis increased in 2020 and 2021, reversing progress from 1990. Sepsis incidence and mortality increased in people aged 15 years and older, especially those aged 70 years and old...

New data from The Lancet on sepsis (a life-threatening dysregulated host immune response to infection leading to organ dysfunction) shows that in 2021 alone, 166 million sepsis cases and 21.4 million deaths were estimated globally.

That's nearly 1/3 of all global deaths for the year.

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The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure

This finding emphasizes that chronic disease management must be aligned with effective infection prevention and control to protect this growing at-risk population.

One more reason to adopt enhanced respiratory protection standards, particularly as outlined in the new draft of CSA Z94.4.

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YouTube video by Mark Carney This is our country, and we decide what happens next.

While Poilievre wants to turn back the clock, ending birthright citizenship + women’s rights and focusing on making a deal with Trump, Prime Minister Carney is increasing Canada’s trade with other countries, using 🇨🇦resources and talent.

We can’t go backwards.

#CanadaStrong

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Yes! I would love to be convinced that covid is no big deal. But 500 000+ research papers are still saying otherwise

COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms? Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.

Do those who accuse scientists & others of being too focused on COVID appreciate that part of the reason we read & critique so many studies is that we really want to find high quality evidence that we're wrong? Nobody wants this current reality, but here we are. 😷💉 🪟💨

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“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19…”

The new CSA standard Z94.4, expected to be published in the early new year, sets a very high standard for respiratory protection the all workplaces especially healthcare where the risks of respiratory infections are particularly high and associated with serious consequences.

The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure

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"health-care workers and patients should not inhale airborne bacteria or viruses. Measles, influenza, COVID, tuberculosis and other pathogens can float in the air, carried inside tiny aerosolized particles that we all produce when we breathe, speak, cough or sneeze"

The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure

The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier