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At the Canadian Covid Society, we strive to protect the health and safety of people in Canada against the harms of COVID-19 and long Covid, through education, engaging and empowering the public and organizations with scientific knowledge.
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Les masques fonctionnent – et lorsqu’ils sont portés par les prestataires de soins de santé, ils réduisent manifestement la propagation de la covid et protègent tous les patients. 1/3 #DesSoinsDeSantéSansSInfecter

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Masks work - and when worn by health care staff they clearly reduce the spread of Covid and protect all patients. 1/3 #HealthCareNotCareless

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Bien que les infections respiratoires aiguës soient l’une des raisons les plus courantes pour lesquelles les gens consultent un médecin, il ne devrait jamais être commun d’en contracter une lors d’un examen de routine. #DesSoinsDeSantéSansSInfecter

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

While acute respiratory infections are one of the most common reasons people visit the doctor, it absolutely shouldn’t be common to leave a routine visit with one. #HealthCareNotCareless

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

From @dickzoutman.bsky.social of the @cancovsoc.bsky.social: “The COVID pandemic has had devastating impacts on Canadians and on the health care system in particular. Our political leaders need to address the impacts that COVID has had and is continuing to have given the pandemic has not ended,”

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vac...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

La population canadienne devrait pouvoir accéder à des soins de santé dans un environnement où le risque d’attraper la covid est réduit. Point final. 1/2 #DesSoinsDeSantéSansS’Infecter

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

People living in Canada should be able to access health care with less risk of catching Covid. Period, full stop. 1/2 #HealthCareNotCareless

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

À l'occasion de la Journée de sensibilisation à la covid longue, nous voulons montrer à quel point cette condition affecte la vie des personnes atteintes. Nous partagerons vos témoignages dans trois lieux publics à travers le pays, et pour cela, nous avons besoin de vous. 1/2

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

This Long Covid Awareness Day, we want people to see how this condition impacts people in so many ways. We’ll be sharing your stories at three public venues across the country — and to do that, we need you to share your experiences. 1/2

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Il n’est pas étonnant que tant de personnes au Canada pensent que la covid n’est pas si grave. Malheureusement, c’est loin d’être la réalité. 1/2

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submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

A 🧵: Honoured to be interviewed, along with many others, about helping ensure the places we inhabit the most and that have the largest impact on our communities - such as schools - have the best air possible to breathe. /1

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Incisive testimony from PHAN board member @zalaly.bsky.social in front of the U.S. Senate in January 2024. Everything he said then still applies. "The burden of disease and disability from Long COVID is on par with the burden of cancer and heart disease." https://youtu.be/SDE4GEuL9lk #LongCOVID

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

On Doug Ford's MPP website, clicking on "Covid 19" takes you to the "Find mental health support". 🤬 Covid is a serious disease, not a mental health issue! Insulting to those following the science and are #covidaware. @colindmello.bsky.social @maritstilesndp.bsky.social @cancovsoc.bsky.social

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

#COVID + 🫀 « Une nouvelle étude a montré que le covid-19 est lié à une accumulation accélérée de plaque dans les artères coronaires, ce qui augmente le risque de complications cardiaques. » scitechdaily.com/doctors-warn...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

When will we finally clean the air in schools and daycares??? abcnews.go.com/Health/long-...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

We’re back on the airwaves tomo, Wed Feb 5, 8pm ET w the amazing @juliadoubleday.bsky.social of thegauntlet.news!   ‼️ Pls register in advance to listen live: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... ‼️   Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email w info about joining.   #ReSisters #GoodTrouble

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba connected to Ontario outbreak www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

submitted 27 days ago • 7 comments

NPIs' unintended consequences: Elimination or eradication of some common respiratory viruses ✅Eliminated for ~1.5 year: Parainfluenza, Comm. coronaviruses, RSV ✅Eliminated for ~❗2 years❗: hMPV, Influenza❗️ ✅Eradicated (most likely): Flu B Yamagata strain H2H transmission of Flu had been 🛑. For 2 y

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Hi all, This is the first week we'll be posting the full Canadian COVID Forecast thread on Bluesky instead of Twitter. We'll post a link to the Bluesky thread on Twitter, so you can still find it. @battlingbeaver.bsky.social will post it for me on Monday, once @allenescott.bsky.social translates.

submitted 30 days ago • 52 comments

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.

submitted 30 days ago • 33 comments

By now you've seen a dozen headlines about a dubious COVID report from the Alberta government that's full of junk science. If you click on any of them, let it be this one. My latest: substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 30 days ago • 30 comments

NYT's February list of books to read includes AIR-BORNE. They call it "lyrical"--thanks! Gift link: nyti.ms/3WGJacI & pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793...

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

J’ai 2K abonné.es sur BlueSky. Il y aurait donc environ 200 personnes parmi vous qui ont eu des symptômes X 3+ mois à la suite d’une infection par le virus de la covid.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Covid ou pas, ça devrait être la norme dans TOUS les établissements de santé.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

‘Bad science’: Academics tear apart Alberta’s $2-million report on COVID edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

"It’s easy to believe everything is fine when you only see the survivors. The people who didn’t die, who seem to be “back to normal,” are the faces we focus on. But what about the ones you don’t see?" www.notesforfriends.com/p/the-surviv...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

La Colombie-Britannique a récemment réintroduit le port du masque dans les établissements de santé pour tout le personnel, les entrepreneurs en soins de santé et les visiteurs dans les zones de soins aux patients. 1/2

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

British Columbia recently reinstated masking in health care settings for all staff, visitors, contractors and visitors in patient care areas. 1/2

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

maybe we need to know more about this author in the Alberta government COVID report? Dr. Kevin Bardosh, PhD Dr. Bardosh is the former Director and Head of Research at Collateral Global, a research institute and educational charity based in the U.K. 1/

submitted 34 days ago • 13 comments

Further, looking at N95 usage for pregnant people without talking about the hazards for which N95s would be used is disingenuous. The impacts of COVID-19 infection on pregnancy, neonatal, and early childhood development outcomes are established www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Another example of the junk clinical studies celebrated in Evidence Based Medicine because of methodology alone. Beloved "gold standard" of opinion launderers and cherry pickers, often designed with little or no mechanistic understanding or subject-matter expertise. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

VA study shows COVID more severe than RSV, flu By 180 days, the COVID-19 death rate reached 3.1% in the 2022-23 season and 2.9% in the 2023-24 season. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment