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drsmith.bsky.social
Engineering professor at York University
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It will be hard to end Ontario's measles outbreak because public health and IPC just spent five years denying reality around airborne diseases, and the only thing they're more committed to than retaining control of "their" turf is never admitting they made a mistake. www.spiegel.de/internationa...

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Western plant automation courtesy of Spot, the legged robot. youtu.be/AqRquSReZHY?...

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The point here, to folks in the US, is that you've already fallen to fascism: you're letting armed thugs wearing masks, with no uniform or id and no warrants, kidnap anyone. Your laws and norms didn't stop it.

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AI can bring many advancements as it develops but also at a cost: fewer jobs, lower wages, higher unemployment, new AI demands on scarcer water and electricity, lower average education, more plagiarism, a less intelligent population, more advanced fraud + disinformation, and less human originality.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Notice about silica and asbestos and construction projects at #YorkU. Silica and asbestos are "designated substances" according to the Government of Ontario. They are often linked to construction projects and require mitigation measures. cupe3903.org/news/jhsc-as...

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Update on the Polaris air cleaner from @northboxsystems.bsky.social. Very exciting!! www.indiegogo.com/projects/pol...

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First batch of a total of six 6XL air purifiers on their way to BC to help treat the air for firefighting crews who will be spending time in mobile facilities close to the wildfires. #wildfire #indoorairquality

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Lessons and tidbits from the JHSC certification course by PSHSA. Heat stress legislation has been proposed in Ontario. www.ola.org/en/legislati...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Last day to participate for the Clean Air Day giveaway to win 1 of the 19 QP Pro air quality monitors! To enter, you must be based in the UK and submit a short story, video, poem, or image that shows why clean air matters to you. 🖊️ forms.gle/wGtnBjGKESf8... ‪ @globalactionplan.bsky.social‬

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Did you know the measles vaccine is safe and effective? Like super effective A+ kind of 97% effective and its safety established over over 50 years of science. Nonetheless in the large outbreak in Ontario you’ll hear about some ‘breakthrough’ cases in people immunized. youtube.com/shorts/1zp-W...

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Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph

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Our new paper in The Lancet Regional Health--Americas is out. We began this work in 2020 so it's been in the works for a while. We systematically developed and validated a forecasting tool predicting SARS-CoV-2 critical care occupancy: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Macleans people should introduce the “socket metric”: how many electrical sockets there are per student in each university classroom.

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I wish, truly wish, that this wasn’t going to happen. But, the cynical part of me thinks that Public Health officials are banking on things getting out of hand to be able to get a boost in long term stable funding.

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FTA: "It really is one of the most contagious diseases of all time....The virus is burning through pockets of those people [who aren't vaccinate]....The most common complication is pneumonia....This is a safe, effective vaccine....The number of people vulnerable and sick is only going to rise."

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