Canada's "contribution" is donating waste water samples.
Pathetic.
We should be protecting our own
...& showcasing our waste-water analyzing chops.
Just to clarify...
What changed for the COVID-19 💉2nd dose is
NACI's wording.
For adults 65-79 with chronic conditions, it went
From: "MAY RECEIVE" in 2025
To: "STRONGLY RECOMMENDS" for 2026
🚨 NEW COVID-19 CANADIAN GUIDELINES
2 💉DOSES (minimum interval 3 mos) -
• Adults 80 yrs+
• Chronic care home residents
• 6 mos+ w/mod-severe immunocompromise
• NEW --> 65 -79 yrs w/high-risk conditions
publications.gc.ca/collections/...
DEEPLY CONCERNING
The White House released draft regulations that gives POLITICAL APPOINTEES the FINAL WORD on federal research grants.
This CENTRALIZES control of government funds
...including SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
NEW COVID-19 GUIDELINES
1 💉 DOSE is STRONGLY advised for -
Adults 65+ yrs
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Congregate care residents
High-risk medical conditions in those 6+ mos of age
Pregnancy
First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities
Racialized communities
publications.gc.ca/collections/...
"Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself ...for nothing."
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
Think this quote resonates with Senator Bill Cassidy ?
healthpolicy-watch.news/senate-finan...
Have a look at this CONSULT REQUEST I sent just yesterday.
It's the results of crazy-long wait times for ESSENTIAL
OHIP-COVERED PHYSIOTHERPY
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Saves $4 in care for every $1 dollar invested
...so why is Ontario freezing funding?
The consequences-
🏃 Physio clinics leaving the public system
🗓️ Longer wait lists
⤴️ Clinic visits
⤴️ Falls & fractures
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
DID YOU KNOW?
COMMON COLD VIRUSES CHANGE with the SEASON
☃️ WINTER
⤴️ Rhinovirus, RSV, flu
🏖️ SUMMER
⤴️ Enteroviruses w/GI symptoms-diarrhea, nausea
🦠COVID-19 has had a summer wave every year since the pandemic began
🎧 7 min
@yukondave.bsky.social
cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Dozens of U.S. health organizations & research groups have formed an INDEPENDENT surveillance network to track dangerous pathogens in WASTE WATER.
Et vous, Canada?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...