Nicely written article on lack of availability of Novavax in Canada and the implications for so many people. theijf.org/no-good-option…

Canada Needs a National COVID-19 Inquiry Now Preprint, with David Fisman Dr. Jillian Horton Matthew Oliver Mark Ungrin Julia M Wright AIRBORNE @juliamwright.bsky.social and Dr. Dick Zoutman find it here: osf.io/preprints/soca…

I have it on good authority (from two sources) that at least two univeristy dorms in Western Canada are being decimated by something the students are calling "the Freshman Flu" Wonder what it could be? One source tested positive for COVID (because she tested).

tern I caught Covid in January when I went to the hospital for tests for something else. (I was the only one masked). Now I have long covid, with tinnitus, dizziness, and PEM. I see a specialist soon & have no idea what to expect. My heart goes out to everyone dealing with this, too.

"The Ministry of Health's arbitration arguments angered doctors, as the government wrote that recruitment and retention of doctors was "not a major concern" and there was "no concern of a diminished supply of physicians." YES.

Sigh. Things are so tedious these days. We even have to laugh for ourselves. In older days we had staff for that.

What indeed?

Yes the vaccine is expensive but has anyone looked at the cost of multiple fall to spring admissions of thousands of kids and the time away from work for their parents. How do politicians sleep at night knowing that a disease preventative vaccine is being withheld from infants?

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada. DeFLuQE variants (KP.3.1.1 and descendants) are now clearly dominant, and continue to grow at the expense of FLuQE variants (KP.3.*) and FLiRT variants. 🧵

This.

Seeing conditions in 20-50 year olds that were rarely seen pre-pandemic. The post-acute sequelae of COVID will be a burden on all facets of society.

The discovery of various long-term health impacts from repeat Covid infections emphasizes the importance of avoiding the virus when possible. Benefits extend far beyond preventing hospitalization and death, highlighting even for those who consider themselves healthy and low risk.

EXCLUSIVE: Man City warned their potential punishment would be catastrophic to their Premier League place talksport.com/football/20512…

With the recent Bloomberg piece on dementia as a possible sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mind, I can honestly say the key moment back in 2020 that made me concerned about this virus was the identification of both anosmia and 'brain fog' as common symptoms of acute disease.

This!

Pardon me? “Flaccid” “stroking wood” … is this a party leader, or a 13 year old boy?

US: We're entering a riskier season for spread of H5N1 bird flu “The second we know that someone gave [H5N1] to someone else relatively easily, that’s a new pandemic, and it will be around the globe, probably in a matter of weeks,” CNN edition.cnn.com/2024/09/12/hea…