āSchools are shared indoor spaces, making clean air essential to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.ā
If filters are too loud, try turning them down instead of off. Better yet, use a PC-fan filter, theyāre so quiet and efficient.
Hereās the IG account for the boy, Lincoln, (not Liam) who blessed us with his very memorable halftime performance: www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...
call me "woke" or whatever but I think the Superbowl should have less football and more dancing latinas
Right?! I still canāt figure out it if was actually Liam or not, but even if not, it was a nod to him still powerful enough symbolism to get me instantly choked up. #BadBunny #Liam
my chills have chills (even if it was just BB loving his inner child, it's all beautiful!)
We wondered if that was him!
Itās still wild to me how casually everyone just accepts this.
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldnāt be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition toĀ Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt HealthšØš¦'s new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
It has. Iāve compared old v new definitions of āhistoricā for ILI + pneumonia data in 0-4 & 5-17, inc adjustment for popān growth.
Need to doublecheck my work before sharing implications, ie how many SD we are above the pre-pandemic avg.
Expect delays; my ILI is evolving into pneumonia š« #irony
Viral Respiratory Mapper displaying pneumonia and influenza-like illness hospice admissions data from ~Jan 2020 to ~Jan 2022 for ages 0-4 and 5-17 yo. The number of admissions for both age groups is largely below the historic (2015-2019) avg until ~ late March 2022 (coinciding with the revocation of mask mandates in schools).
A Google lens search produced this which shows only influenza-like illness (ILI) & pneumonia.
I hope to find more figures w old historic avg to see what inferences can be made.
But Iām toast rn. My kiddo brought home ILI from school. She and *many* peers have missed 1-2wks of school due to ILI.
Thank you.
Iād hoped to find figures with just the subset of influenza-like illness to determine the pre-pandemic historic avg for it.
Wish Iād taken more screenshots of the subsets of dataā¦ but how was I to know theyād switch to a 2y running avg? All I know is the old historic avg was a lot lower.
h/t to @dreamerdee.bsky.social for pointing out ACES definition of historic baseline changing from pre-pandemic to rolling 2 year.
Weāve had some unprecedented ārespiratory seasonsā recently. This produces an extremely high āhistoric baselineā which essentially normalizes unprecedented illness.
Ontario is having a BAD time with flu.
On this note!
Iām looking for anyone who might have old snapshots from ACES that
1. Display only influenza-like illness data &
2. Use the old ACES definition of āhistoric averageā (ie using prepandemic data for the historical avg, not a rolling 2y avg).
Viral Respiratory Mapper -ACES admissions graph demonstrating a spike in Influenza-like hospital admissions in Nov to current early Dec 2025. The current number of admissions is approximately 60 which is more than two standard deviations above the rolling two year average.
Also tagging @dgbassani.bsky.social! Any chance you have old snapshots from ACES for *just* influenza-like illness prior to their changing the āhistoricā baseline?
Weāre now at >2 SD above the 2y rolling āhistoricā baseline which was calculated during years of extremely high rates of illnessā¦š¬
Hi! I have a favour to ask. Iām looking for the ACES old historic (prepandemic) averages for influenza-like illness specifically. Do you have any snapshots of this?
Current flu data on ACES are very concerning - even with revised definition of āhistoricā as 2y rolling avg (which obscures severity).
Please use every opportunity to put this in front of people being pressured to let EBM/GRADE and "evidence synthesis" gatekeep and rent-seek their way into power over science.
Mind-blowingly stupid, shielded from retraction, and impacting guidance made by EBM cargo cultists today.
#MedSky #SciSky
Covld informed and #IAQ advocates in #Canadaā¦ hereās a chance to #MakeYourNoise:
lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/oRvPT6I/W...
Long COVID can leave people more disabled than 98% of the population ā with struggles rivaling stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, even Parkinsonās. This is far more than ājust fatigue.ā
theconversation.com/long-covid-i... #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #NewsSky #EMSky #NurseSky #PedsSky
More proof that it is not merely a "respiratory disease" (which are threatening enough as it is!)
Covid is a full on vascular disease with multiple organ involvement, including - and especially - the brain
Do your best not to get it and spread it, please
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
āPeople of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israelās genocide, Israelās illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israelās use of starvation as a weapon.ā
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Will Canada denounce the violent illegal actions committed by Israel against the unarmed humanitarian flotilla?
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
Will Canada denounce the violent illegal actions committed by Israel against the unarmed humanitarian flotilla?
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
Beautifully done!
Definitely have learned the hard way to arrange furniture ājust soā in my 1.5 story century home to help reduce head injuries š«
Space is very tight, as you say, so may end end up just padding the ceilings - or adding some sort of dangling decor to provide early warningā¦ š
More attention on this unarmed, peaceful civilian flotilla that seeks to break Israelās ILLEGAL naval blockade of Gaza to create a humanitarian corridor is needed to help prevent another Israeli massacre of peaceful, unarmed civilians.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
#SumudFlotilla
All eyes on Gaza! All eyes on the flotilla!
BREAKING: IsraelI naval vessels have already began ILLEGAL action against the flotilla in International waters.
www.instagram.com/reel/DPRo2d-...
Live updates: www.youtube.com/live/Hd-V93t...
šØAnother livestream of the Global Sumud Flotilla
being attacked by the IOF on international waters while all governments sit and watch like the complicit cowards they are www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-V...
š Jane was such a legend.
Thanks for sharing that article, @onschoolsafety.bsky.social!
Evidence just keeps piling up:
#CleanAir is the way:
bsky.app/profile/mjna...
Screenshot from the Jewish Antizionist Network. Block text āOttawa: Over 30,000 March for Gazaā over photo of a very large crowd filling up the width of an urban street. Palestinian flags, signs and keffiyehs can be seen in the crowd
A person wearing a keffiyeh and mask stands on an urban street holding a sign that says āIsrael has murdered more journalists than any āconflictā in human history.
Two people stand amidst a crowd on an urban street holding signs that read āGENOCIDE IS NOT SELF DEFENCEā and āTO STAND WITH PALESTINE IS TO STAND WITH HUMANITYā. They are both wearing keffiyehs and colours of the Palestinian flag.
Photo of crowd participating in the March. A sign in the centre of the photo reads āFirst they came for the Pro-Palestinianā¦ and did you speak out? No, Your Passivity + Indifference during a Genocide is Complicity!ā Keffiyehs and Palestinian flags are prominent in the crowd.
My kiddo took home a gold medal from a tournament in Ottawa this weekend and I took home these pics from the #MarchOnOttawa.
Canada is on the wrong side of history by not taking a stronger stance against Israelās war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide of Palestinians.
#FreePalestine