A password alone is not enough to protect our digital accounts. So why rely on just one tool to protect our health? Vaccines are an important layer of protection, but they work best alongside high-quality masks, testing, staying home when sick, cleaner indoor air and reduced overcrowding. (...)

If we care about disability justice, one of the lowest-hanging fruits is masks in healthcare. It remains unacceptable that vulnerable patients must ask, sometimes beg, healthcare workers to mask, while also explaining to them why respirator masks are better

1/ I emailed Dr. Tony Fauci today to tell him how disgusted and sad I was with the way he’s been treated. I told him he is a hero and has my support and my admiration.

Stunning photo, taken soon after the 1954 Salk polio vaccine trial that involved 1.8 million children! We all need reminders on how the world looked like before widespread vaccination and how much people welcomed the miracles that we call vaccines today

Another greenhouse in Ontario #MucciFarms #Canada Credit to Cole Mucci - Buy Canadian 🍁💪🏻 Mucci Farms has also opened a facility in the US Mucci grows several products, details here www.muccifarms.com/who-we-are/o...

I mask in public still because no one has given me any convincing scientific evidence that getting repeat COVID infections is safe or sustainable for health, especially brain health 🧠

Physician here (words of wisdom from Canada): Get your MMR vaccines. Safe and effective. The US has seen more cases of measles in the last 2 years than the total between 2000-2024. That is what happens when a country is led by anti-vaccine, anti-science scoundrels and spreaders of disinformation.

Trump’s pardon didn’t cover everything.

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Telegraph-Journal@telegraph-journal.bsky.social · 2w ago

New wildfire outside Maugerville considered out of control tj.news/fredericton-...

Yay for New Brunswick data updates 2 weeks in a row. Fingers crossed it continues.

Andrew Young 🇨🇦@young.me · 2w ago

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with July 12 data - Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

The elephant in the room is that an uninformed public has been getting infected + reinfected with covid for the last 7 years and you just cannot seriously talk about what’s happening to our healthcare system without acknowledging that

🔥 Wildfire smoke is here—make sure your mask is ready. If you use an elastomeric respirator, don't forget to stock up on replacement filters & stay healthy during smoke events with poor air quality. 😷 Use code "Wildfire10" at checkout for 10% off! buymask.ca #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality #MaskUp

God I love Wab Kinew! Listen to his reply to Trump’s bitching about fire smoke!

Wab Kinew SMACKS DOWN American Officials

YouTube video by Claus Kellerman POV

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Watching people openly acknowledge the urgency of our climate situation now that the sky is orange has me wondering what the inflection point for Covid is going to be. And I’m worried it’s going to take realizing what we’re doing to a generation of kids. 💔

Using recirculate mode on my car's ventilation system dramatically lowered the PM2.5 levels inside. Try it out if you're starting to feel that burning/choking feeling.

Kashif Pirzada, MD@kashprime.bsky.social · 3w ago

Many of you in the US Northeast and Central Canada are waking up to the worst air quality in the world (from wildfires). Here is some advice to get through the next few days: - Avoid running, cycling, outdoor sports and strenuous yard work while the air is bad.

American elected officials are admonishing Canada for the wildfires. When California was on fire, Canada sent planes to help out. A Canadian firefighter just died helping fight a blaze in the US. Canada pitches in, it doesn’t lay blame or make threats. Perhaps America should return the favour.

Wildfire smoke from western provinces, and a recent fire near Oromocto Lake in #NewBrunswick are impacting air quality across the province. Drop by our office at 132 Main St in Fredericton to get your KN95s. Learn more about keeping yourself safe: https://nblung.ca/environmental-health/fire-smoke/

The people who understand clean air and masking for airborne disease also understand clean air and masking for wildfire smoke. You might want to start listening.

Hallelujah! The first New Brunswick data published by govt since April.

Andrew Young 🇨🇦@young.me · 3w ago

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with July 5 data - Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Wow: the video! www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

‘We’re encased in flames’: Video emerges of train halted in wildfire, union lambasts CN Rail

The scenes outside the window of the train are breathtaking. A wall of flame engulfs the treeline just feet away from tracks.

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Everyone: WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH COVID, IT’S THE NEW NORMAL COVID Cautious Community: You could wear a mask and filter the air Everyone: WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH WILDFIRE SMOKE, IT’S THE NEW NORMAL CCC: You could wear a mask and filter the air

In February 2022, a member we’ll call Terry (not their real name) tested positive for COVID. The WSIB agreed it was related to work and paid them loss of earnings. But their story didn't end there: https://onamag.org/fuse/rights/long-covid-win/

🥺 tj.news/fredericton-...

Hospital's ER hit 400 per cent capacity: doctor

Bring several snacks, a blanket and a good book unless you're in an 'immediate life- or limb-threatening condition': Seghal

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"Despite the emergency phase being declared over, the Covid-19 pandemic continues. Long Covid is still making people sick, long after infection, damaging immune systems and triggering various illnesses.”

#NewBrunswick is seeing large areas of poor air quality moving in from Wildfires in Ontario and Quebec. Find live Air Quality information, and helpful advice for what to do before / during / after wildfire smoke events. https://nblung.ca/environmental-health/fire-smoke/

I hope the parents of the 17 y/o have gratitude for the NB RCMP for impounding his car and fining him $1,204.50 for driving 184k in a 100 in Rte 102 in Upper Kingsclear

Midnight. Standing at the edge of the glassy expanse. Hearing the frogs. Watching the fireflies. July 9, 2026 – 12:08am Mactaquac Headpond #milkyway #astrophotography

Ahhhh, the “summer flu” 🙄. I hope one day athletes hold their teams and clubs responsible for such poor guidance over the years, and that elite players learn, before it’s irreparable, that they’re pretty much like the rest of us when faced with infectious disease. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 4w ago

Several players have flu-like symptoms ahead of their biggest World Cup match ever. While teams often obscure the truth around sickness due to gamesmanship, it's surprising that more high performance athletes don't take simple precautions like wearing a mask.

U turn at break neck speed… sadly, after someone’s already died. Or is that what it takes these days to understand public health basics? www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

Air Force trainee in San Antonio, Texas, died from flu

The trainee was among nearly 300 troops who fell ill in a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base.

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My elderly, critically ill aunt got Covid (and pneumonia) while she was in the hospital back in mid April. How many posts have I seen where someone had Covid, then 2-3 months later, bam. Gone. So I made a mental note and prepared myself. I’m going to her wake on Saturday. :(