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Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’

Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements

Thank you, Iris! When I had a bone scan, all the techs were wearing blue surgicals, but my tech had *no mask(!) But she agreed to wear an Aura I offered her. She wasn't wearing a mask b/c the blue surgicals fogged up her glasses! She said, "I wish the hospital provided us with better masks." Wow!

Excellent, Dr. Gorfinkel! Thank you so much for keeping Covid in the public eye and writing such an informative piece! I also feel affirmed (and less crazy) for continuing to take Covid precautions! Thank you!!!

No worries, Tara! Stuff happens! Hugely grateful to you and your team for your tireless work on our behalf! Thank you, thank you!!!!

Thanks so much! This is so affirming and will be a huge help when dealing with deniers and minimizes!

🫂

Amid measles outbreak in Ontario, RFK Jr.'s advice has Canadian experts alarmed America's new top health official said the measles vaccine "causes deaths every year" and "all the illnesses measles itself causes."

More on measles misinformation with me, Mansour Haeryfar - @westernu.bsky.social l - & Dr. Brian Ward - @cusm-muhc.bsky.social in the @nationalpost.bsky.social . Measles kills or damages perfectly healthy people and no amount of healthy eating can prevent it.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more... | CBC Radio On this week's episode: polar bear dens, modern sleep woes, climate change is bad for satellites, and an ancient Australian crater

On Saturday, Quirks & Quarks aired a great interview with David Putrino (@putrinolab.bsky.social) about Long COVID and other risks of reinfection:

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

It's the last segment listed on the page.

Please take care of yourself, Tara. You give so much to others, but please, do whatever you need to do for your health. We value you so much! So we can sit tight while you look after yourself. 🫂

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic “We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization

Yep.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

Next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine enters phase-2 clinical trial Researchers at McMaster University have started a phase-2 clinical trial on a next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine.

Next-generation, inhaled COVID-19 vaccine enters phase-2 clinical trial.
www.news-medical.net/news/2025031...

SORRY ..but it's definitely NOT over.

Since Aug 25, 2024

CANADA # Hosptlztns # Deaths

Flu 2,412 104
COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !

health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...

Personal gripe: FluWatch isn't very user-friendly.

I am "liking" only because I appreciate you posting this, Iris! Horrible beyond words!

Screenshot from Ward et al 2024 Supplementary Figure 5 showing the average time between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test in the United Kingdom up to March 2023. The lag between symptom onset and the first positive PCR test increased to 4.5 to 6.5 days after July of 2022.

DYK?

Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days.

You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week.

That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.

Trudeau’s speech showed what a true leader sounds like.
Calm, tough, comforting and honest.
He took questions without insulting the reporters or Trump and the whole conference was dignified.
The contrast to Trump was stark, startling and reassuring.
The US face a disaster.

Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID-19 vaccines in new report The $2-million task force’s final report into the province’s pandemic response touched on several points common with disinformation campaigns such as the effectiveness of public health restrictions an...

🚨 More anti-science horror in Alberta? 🚨

Alberta task force recommends halt of COVID vaccines in new report www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Recommended (as reported by @theglobeandmail.com:
- "...COVID-19 vaccines be halted"
- protect "alternative medical treatments"
- supports ivermectin

Institute of Science Tokyo Distinguished Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi (left) and Assistant Professor Shun Nakamura, who developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of the novel coronavirus to prevent COVID-19 infections, at the Institute of Science Tokyo's Ookayama campus in Tokyo on Monday | Jiji

Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01... @japantimes.co.jp

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Summary of NACI statement of January 10, 2025: Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026

www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

The Public Health Agency of Canada says federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them and determining the timing of the vaccinations. A pharmacist holds a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Conlon

Provinces now responsible for buying COVID vaccines as feds issue new guidance www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/feds-...

Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat

Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting. Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat by @cohenjon.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org @caulfieldtim.bsky.social #COVID19

Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty In this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan, China.

From friend and colleague Arijit Chakravarty

Everyone should read and share this widely 🙏🏻🙏🏻

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

I'm clicking "like" for the comment only!

YouTube video by TED Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | TED

5 Lessons from Harvard's 75 year-long
HAPPINESS PROJECT

💚Show gratitude, love & help others
🤝 Create deep relationships
🚣‍♂️ Find your flow state
🎯 Discover your purpose
🔎The most important relationship ...is with yourself

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...

December 3, 2024 Editors' notes Experimental study shows connection between COVID infection and age-related blindness by PNAS Nexus

"An experimental study in mice shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection can damage the retinas, with long-term implications for vision."

"SARS-CoV-2 infection could thus accelerate the onset and progression of age-related blindness."

Study: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Source: archive.md/myVQ4

COVID-19 Resources Canada An online national platform where we can join efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

I am so grateful to everyone following me!

I live on Six Nation Haudenausaunee treaty land,
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Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.

I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

COVID-19 may increase heart attack and stroke risk for years Even if they never became severely ill, people who had COVID-19 in 2020 may face double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death up to three years later, new research finds.

COVID-19 can cause long-lasting damage to the cardiovascular system, even in people who only tested positive w/o severe symptoms.
The risk was especially pronounced in people with non-O blood types, suggesting an interaction between genes and the virus.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...

I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬

go.bsky.app/5871Mhv

Created a Starter Pack of all the Canadian medical and expert accounts I could find in the last couple of days.
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:

go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw

Happy to see you here, Kimberly! I hope this place works for you!