#Variant update for #Ontario, #Canada (to Aug 13, 2024) Today's variant show is brought to you by the letters KP... Looks like KP.3.1.1 has really taken off and separated from the pack at 40% prevalence in Ontario. Graph tools by Mike Honey 🧵1/

Canadians: The federal government IS NOT ORDERING @novavax! Canada's CPHO Joe Oliver Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD PhD Steve Flindall Immunize Canada If Health Canada and PHAC approves it, can doctors import it? I've emailed my MP, guessing I will be going to the US MadelleP MJNabuurs Ontario School Safety

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Wow, this is a handy, well-designed tool For anyone in 🇨🇦 who would like to request Novavax Easy-peasy Just one-click Well done! 👏👏👏

I received a letter from Public Health PHAC confirming what we knew - Novavax is not on the fall vaccine menu. Though I was a bit surprised...paraphrasing: "if you're not able to receive the mRNA vaccine...there's Paxlovid." Hardly the best alternative when there's a 2nd vaccine type.🤷🏼‍♂️

Imagine not being able to get a C-19 vaccine because you have a serious allergic reaction to the only options available. That's the reality this fall for people with serious allergies to Moderna, Pfizer, or PEG—unless Health Canada secures Novavax. 1/4

One virus is causing a lot more hospitalizations than the other two over the past year. Even at the lowest point at the end of March 2024, COVID-19 still accounted for more than 40% of hospitalizations between the three viruses and more than 80% for almost half the year. 3/3

The CO2 Click monitors are some of my favourite air quality and carbon dioxide monitors, but I feel they don't get enough attention. Over the past few years, the lineup has expanded from just CO2 monitors to a wide range of air quality monitors. Here is the current lineup! 1/

What does an extra ~2-2.5 eACH cost for a classroom? This year it was $30 for air filters and $3 in⚡️, for a whopping $1.43 per kid per year!!! Took 7 hours to do 23 rooms. This ain't rocket science. Not a paid endorsement, no connection to brand but 0/23 failures in 3 years🤷‍♀️

Your Support Matters! It's been nearly six months since we launched the Canadian Covid Society in March, and we’ve made great progress in this short time.From hiring a coordinator and engaging teams of volunteers, to setting key priorities, we've laid the foundation for (1/13)

Excellent article on school air quality initiatives. My one tldr thought: How easy to innovate and improve! All it takes is a bit of will and curiosity. About the same level of effort required to gaslight and refuse parents looking to improve things. cen.acs.org/analytical-che…