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Marie Snyder

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8 months

Pre-Covid, if a student was ill and expected to be off for more than a day or two, teachers had to create a package of work covering the time, to go home by the end of the day. Then we all learned how to teach remotely. Suddenly, students have to be in the room to learn. Why? 1/2

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386 experts studying Covid in 112 countries came to a consensus on what needs to be done to END Covid. Can we please bend to their collective wisdom?? 100% - Covid is airborne; indoor drives transmission 97% - vax alone won't end Covid 96% - N95 masks ARE necessary 1/2

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8 months

Pre-Covid, I've successfully taught kids with GAD who could rarely come in. Since we're doing little to stop the spread of Covid, then we need to redesign education to account for multiple ongoing illnesses and for brain damage. THIS is learning to live with Covid. 2/2

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2 years

Can we at least get rid of the narrative that wearing a mask or not wearing a mask are equally valid choices. That's like saying driving drunk or sober are equal choices when one clearly has a much greater potential to cause harm.

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2 years

One school has been 100% Covid-free with 0 learning loss: Good masks indoors, zero 'mask breaks,' everyone eats outdoors even in bad weather, every room has a HEPA or CR-box and CO2 monitor, at 650 windows open, and at 800 students vacate the room. 1/8

A COVID-Free School? Here's How - Tasmanian Times

by Abrome, Texas, USA Our 2021-22 academic year just ended yesterday. We just finished our third year without a single case of COVID-19 in the space. That means not a single person was exposed ‘at...

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

90% - public health has pushed false info (hand washing over masks; vax only) Vaccines work to prevent severity more than to prevent transmission. N95s prevent most transmission. Spread facts, not Covid. #BringBackMasks 2/2

A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat

Nature - A diverse, multidisciplinary panel of 386 experts in COVID-19 response from 112 countries provides health and social policy actions to address inadequacies in the pandemic response and...

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3 years

Saying you're tired of wearing masks and this has to end, misses that the problem is the virus, not the masks. It's like being tired of shovelling in February and refusing to do it anymore. Snow doesn't stop because you refuse to shovel. Keep your masks on - all the way on!!

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2 years

Realizing what a bubble I'm in online and in real life. I don't know a single person who would consider voting PC. I'm blown away that cuts to healthcare, profit-driven LTC, no autism services, online ed, paved over farmland, etc. is what Ontario actually wants.

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8 months

@JennaACunninham If we're not going to protect against the virus, we need to *completely* rethink education - not just add to the teacher's workload, which was done in the past (sometimes scrambling to copy my notes and handouts for someone in the 5 minutes between classes to hand in on time).

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2 years

I've been cautioned not to tweet so much about covid because it could cost me votes. But we're sleepwalking through a crisis that could be averted if we can just open our eyes to it. Hospitalizations and deaths are way higher now than this time in the previous two years. 1/4

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2 years

Seeing kids without masks in school is like watching them play with matches, and not being allowed to even suggest it's a problem. Many will be fine, but many will get burned and could light the house on fire. They should NOT be learning this lesson through trial & error.

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2 years

We're placating people who want to come to school and stores without a mask "like normal," but are completely ignoring the feelings and real fears of the people who are now wary of entering these building because they don't want to get a brain-invasive virus. Make it make sense.

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8 months

N95s are actually way more comfortable and breathable than surgical masks; they don't move on your face, slip around, or fold into your mouth when you talk, and you can covertly stick your tongue out at people. If you really hate masks, you might just be wearing the wrong kind.

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2 years

My daughter needs 4 more in-car sessions at Continental Driving School, but instructor refuses to mask or keep windows open. For FOUR HOURS, trapped together in a car, one-way masking isn't effective enough. I asked for a full refund.

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2 years

Where is the freedom to choose NOT to be in a classroom of unmasked people?? It's too late for parents to switch to online learning. Ford has said NO to the choice to be safe at school. #VoteThemAllOut2022

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2 years

Yes, you definitely have the right and the freedom to ditch the mask, like you also have the right and the freedom to jump on thin ice, and to lean precariously over the edge of a cliff, and to sit in grizzly bear territory smothered in peanut butter. Doesn't make it a good idea.

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2 years

If you plan to wear a mask when Covid cases are higher, you've misunderstood we need to mask even when low to *prevent* the surges. Also, case counts are meaningless now - look to hospitalizations and wastewater data and kids in hospitals 2-3 times typical rates. #BringBackMasks

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2 years

Remember when you could smoke in a section of a restaurant or theatre?? Then they figured out that it's STILL not safe for the other patrons, so it was banned completely. Let's ban Covid from schools, healthcare, transportation, and stores. Mandates save lives. #BringBackMasks

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5 months

One of my kid's profs sent an intro email explaining that their classroom will be a caring compassionate place, which INCLUDES MASKS to protect one another!! It's possible for all profs to do this and that could save so many from JN.1 raging out there!! #MaskUp

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2 years

My son went to a lengthy job interview, and only 1 of 3 people conducting the interview were masked, in a small windowless room. My kid was wearing a KN95 and has a beard. Should he isolate 5 days?? Don't put your applicants in this position!! You affect their whole family!

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2 years

Recommending seatbelts did nothing until they were a law with consequences. They came with heavy fines steep enough to make my mom (with the reflex arm to stop kids flying through the windshield) refuse to start the car until we were buckled. Mandates save lives. #BringBackMasks

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3 years

Can we please stop calling our classes "cohorts" this year? I have 31 kids in the mornings that go to 12 different classrooms in the afternoons. That's not remotely the same as cohorting.

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2 years

It helps significantly that they acknowledge that "There is no such thing as a harmless single case of COVID" because of the potential for long-term effects on kids, seeding a super-spreader event, and/or hosting a mutation. I feel a mix of vindication, jealousy, and trauma. 2/8

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2 years

A well-fitting N95 can stop all variants. And CR boxes filter all variants. If we #BringBackMasks then more of us stand a fighting chance at avoiding getting this repeatedly, accumulating risk factors for brain damage or strokes. Masks don't stop us from living; Covid does. 4/4

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2 years

Moore admits cases will be higher in the next six weeks, but "We'll get through it!" What, dear doctor, does that mean?? How many lives will be lost or experience profound cognitive disability or organ failure from long covid?? Is that part of getting through it?? #onted

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1 year

"Ford is following the exact same script to privatize healthcare as Mike Harris did when claimed public power was bankrupt. While promising “lower rates,” “nothing will go wrong” Harris’s hydro deregulation changed non-profit into for-profit corporat'n."

We've seen this public service heist movie before

The Conservative attack on healthcare is not a new trick. We've seen it before when they attacked other public services like Hydro.

rabble.ca

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

@coffeegeekgirl We need to rethink what kids should be doing to catch up -- how much is necessary. Involved determining true priorities holistically - encompassing all their schooling, not just our own class. Tricky, but possible.

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6 months

Doubleday: "It’s difficult for me to understand how anyone could see this data- which finds the rate of Long COVID after 3 infections to be a whopping 38%- and not understand why “let it rip” is an unsustainable approach to COVID."

How the press manufactured consent for never-ending COVID reinfections

Continual reinfection was not the "new normal" Biden advertised. How did we get here?

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@MarieSnyder27

4 months

19.4% of people who've had Covid and recovered (not Long Covid) show signs of SEVERE impairment in brain functioning. I expect we'll see more of this. Buckle up for safety, and keep your brain alive with an N95.

Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Together, these results robustly demonstrate pronounced cognitive slowing in people with PCC, which distinguishes them from age-matched healthy individuals who previously had symptomatic COVID-19 but...

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The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt)

@TheBikingLawyer

4 months

A person, distracted or drunk crashed into a building @globalnews , don't absolve this person of their responsibility. "SUV crashes into Guelph restaurant just before the lunch rush"

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1 year

@lisa_iannattone There's also the Smoke Filled Room experiment: They make it appear there's a fire - if nobody does anything (confederates) the one participant won't act either. Essentially we'd rather die than look weird:

The smoke filled room study

This clip is based on the classic research into the 'bystander effect' and 'diffusion-of-responsibility from the 1970s by Bibb Latane and John Darley showing...

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@MarieSnyder27

9 months

It's curious how many times this week I've seen or heard, "This will be the 3rd school year to be affected by Covid." It's the FIFTH. This is the 4th September, and the 5th school year. This all started in the 2019-2020 school year.

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2 years

If PH won't educate us on a communicable disease, we have to: In Ont. the case, hospitalization, and fatality numbers for the last 2 weeks of Aug 2022 are about DOUBLE the combined numbers for the same period in 2021 + 2020. This is the WORST time to give up masks. 1/3

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3 years

Not having March Break around the corner is like being 100m from ending a marathon and some idiot in charge moves the finish line a few km further away. Everyone's motivation has totally drained away; people are just dragging themselves to the end or giving up on the race.

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1 year

AUG: One school has been 100% Covid-free with 0 learning loss: Good masks indoors, zero 'mask breaks,' everyone eats outdoors even in bad weather, every room has a HEPA or CR-box and CO2 monitor, at 650 windows open, and at 800 students vacate the room.

A COVID-Free School? Here's How - Tasmanian Times

by Abrome, Texas, USA Our 2021-22 academic year just ended yesterday. We just finished our third year without a single case of COVID-19 in the space. That means not a single person was exposed ‘at...

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2 years

I was, and still am, unable to process schools operating in a way that potentially harms kids, ignorant of the need for masks, ventilation, and filtration. Any suggestion was met with eye-rolling or "it isn't your place to tell us anything" as I pleaded for protections. 5/8

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2 years

We wouldn't think of putting our kids in an unsafe car without at least a seatbelt in place. We need to bring back mask mandates with N95s, allow CR boxes and open windows, and ensure all staff understand the science. 8/8

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2 years

I tried to piece together, briefly and clearly, what on earth the #KlondikePapers are. I think I got to the flavour of it all here, albeit loosely:

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2 years

Starting Monday, masks can't be required in schools, but there's nothing that says we can't provide students and families with relevant factual information about the virus and how much masks help to reduce the spread to enable an INFORMED choice. Facts like... 1/6

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2 years

Encouraged to go to an important 3-day conference. Me: Will there be a virtual option or any covid mitigations in place?? Them: We're following provincial rules, so no virtual, and masks are optional. Me: No thanks. THIS is why the PROVINCE needs to set more protective rules.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

We have to follow the science, not the politicking. We're overfilling hospitals, and the valleys in our graphs are higher than previous peaks! Pretending it's fine doesn't make it safe. But I have no idea how to convince people in charge. 6/8

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2 years

discovered my contraband CR box and demanded that I remove it at once. They were pleasant about it all, but after 2 years of Covid, they still didn't know what a CO2 monitor was for, and didn't seem to care. And I don't see signs of it improving. I left shortly later. 4/8

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2 years

The pandemic didn't end. We're not easing out of it. We're in the thick of it. But some want you at work and going to restaurants and bars and travelling more than they care to prevent children getting sick and overflowing hospitals. There are variants that bypass vaccines. 3/4

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2 years

Trauma as in "lasting emotional response after a distressing event" - I can't shake that day that my CO2 monitor read over 2,000 and, after a complaint, admin marched down to my classroom during class to tell me students can't learn with the windows open 1/2" - and then 3/8

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@MarieSnyder27

6 months

Canadian dental coverage starting with eligible (uninsured and household income under $90,000) seniors over 87, then over 65 in May, then kids under 18 and people with disabilities by June. This is huge!!

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Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May

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2 years

Several parents have emailed wanting to keep kids home, but NOT wanting them to be marked absent since they're working online. Know this: Your child's grade is NOT affected by absences, and it doesn't show up on their transcript in any way! I see them working!! 1/2

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Protecting kids by possibly saying that one thing that FINALLY lights a fire under chairs to #BringBackMasks is far more important to me than winning a popular vote. Look at young people dropping dead from strokes! Or brain fog causing car collisions. 2/4

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

In Canada, almost 1 in every 800 people has died of Covid so far. Many don't feel the full consequences of the virus until months after an infection. We have the tools to stop the spread. Wear an N95 indoors. It also works for influenza and RSV! Let's keep our kids safer.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

At least retirement might persuade people it wasn't just about keeping ME safe - It's as unnerving to watch kids completely unprotected after masks were removed as it would be watching them play in traffic. In Ontario this month, Covid deaths were over 7x car collisions. 7/8

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Parents made a decision for the YEAR to keep kids in school trusting that schools would keep them safe by keeping masks. Now with mask mandates over, @wrdsb and @ROWPublicHealth , what are you doing to keep our kids safe to the end of June?? #onted

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

My kid went to @cibc to get a new debit card, and they insisted she remove her mask to prove it's her - signature and ID not enough proof. She insisted right back that she's not removing it. Eventually they caved and let her keep it on, but WTF?? The @LCBO doesn't even do that!

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@MarieSnyder27

6 months

Wastewater data is so high it's almost hitting the tippy top of the graph for Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Hamilton, Niagara, Brant, Haldimand-Norfold - In case anyone wants to use DATA to make decisions about N95 suggestions. @UWaterloo @Laurier @uofg @McMasterU

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6 months

Public Health Ontario Covid-19 Wastewater levels continue to increase since last week, with off-the-charts levels persisting in Central West, Central East, and South West, & near- or over- last winter's peak elsewhere except North East. Shields up.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

So many 16-17s are working front line in grocery stores, fast food, and other businesses without a necessary 3rd dose and 7 months from their 2nd dose. In the U.S., they can be fully vax'd at 5 months post dose 2. Why is Canada lagging on this?? @GovCanHealth #BoostOurTeens

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Teacher friend messaged me: "This morning: Class of 29 kids. No teachers wearing a mask except for me. No children masking. Five children with croupy coughs and runny noses. But no fever or vomiting, so they are clear to stay at school and infect all of us." Protect kids! #MaskON

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Update: Apparently it was all a miscommunication. When he said "no one wearing mask" he meant to say, "sure I'll wear one"!

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@MarieSnyder27

6 months

"Mask-required room options during exams should be offered...Application of equity principles means making shared spaces accessible for all and prioritizing those who are excluded....'Considerate masking' could become the norm....COVID is still dangerous."

Universities need to take lead role in providing COVID-safe learning

Universities should lead the next wave of Covid-19 response as a new strain spreads this fall.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

It makes a huge difference if teachers mask. Then the kids who understand that Covid isn't over, that cases are high, and that Long Covid can be permanently disabling, are more comfortable wearing THEIR mask in a room full of unmasked kids. Please #MaskUp !!

Bill Comeau

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2 years

I'm curious. What percentage of teachers are wearing masks in your Ontario school? #onted

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

Ontario forecast for the next two weeks. Wear a mask and avoid any unnecessary indoor activity.

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@MarieSnyder27

1 year

"A man in his 30s is among two people who are the latest to die of COVID-19....Sewage monitoring points to a virus that is circulating at a stable and relatively high level...A highly-transmissible subvariant...has been confirmed in neighbouring regions."

COVID-19 kills a man in his 30s, a rare death at that age in Waterloo Region

Only seven deaths out of 505 have involved someone younger than 40

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

We need @AndreaHorwath to show up public pics in an N95 to see her approval rating rise. There are a lot of us who want a Premier who cares about the health & safety of the people more than they care about showing off their smile.

Steven Del Duca

@StevenDelDuca

2 years

It was wonderful visiting the St. Jacobs Farmer's Market in Waterloo Region this week. Small businesses are the heart of Ontario’s economy. Our @OntLiberal Plan for Economic Dignity will give them the help they need after two chaotic years under Ford Conservatives. #onpoli

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2 years

@TextbookAmI I had a similar convo with my 12s and added: imagine a grade 9 trying to avoid a virus that could damage their brain, but feeling subtly pressured by classmates, but then seeing the 12s wearing masks. It might make all the difference to someone's resolve to keep themselves safe.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

"We are asking that employers ask their employees to work from home whenever possible." = things are really bad out there "I, from the bottom of my heart, think schools are safe." = children are expendable and/or please keep shopping and packing arenas over Christmas

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

When my kid got covid, we isolated and weren't in the same room until 14 days and 2 neg rapid test. That was the before time, when we all tried to reduce spread. Now my students come back 4-5 days after having it. Watching rotating absences, knowing about long covid. Brutal.

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6 months

Another health center implementing masking. Why not just make it a provincial thing? or national or international in all health care centers??

RVH implements universal masking amid rising respiratory illness rates

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Lecce: "The right thing to do is to ensure (students return) to normal and to the full student experience, which includes clubs and extracurriculars." I'm not sure how this will be enforced. We can't just SAY it's normal as we watch Covid and Monkeypox run through schools.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

Close contacts isolate ONLY if both not wearing masks at once within 6' for over 15 min. according to @ROWPublicHealth and @WRDSB , but the virus crosses a room in 6 min. and can hang in the air for hours. Schools are full of covid because they're not following science! 1/3

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5 months

@rubyslippahs It reminds me of Victor Frankl's experience: “Some men lost all hope, but it was the incorrigible optimists who were the most irritating companions.”

Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning

This is a classic text on psychoanalysis as well as the on ways to find the will to survive the most tragic circumstances.

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

There aren't enough workers because so many have Covid, so maybe we COULD reinstate mask mandates to reduce cases!! Nah. Let's just send everyone to work WITH Covid. That's the ticket! Problem solved!

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5 months

Worst case: A large wave with a peak of prolonged duration, concurrent with other respiratory pathogens, with a new VOC that has immune escape properties, a public that's vaccine averse, and a shortage of health care providers. Check! So when does this PH response plan kick in??

𝓝𝓸𝓼𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾

@FourWinns298

5 months

We meet the criteria for “worst-case scenario” and actually exceed it yet the PH response remains zero. Please amplify this.

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2 years

Remember when you used to have the FREEDOM to drive home drunk from a bar? People died from that flagrantly harmful behaviour, so we banned it and set up RIDE programs. We need to stop the spread of Covid. Mandates save lives. #BringBackMasks

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

@MeetJess @a_longhurst @KMTBERRY I just don't get how removing mask mandates HELPS the economy. I promise to buy just as much crap if we can have the mandates back. I want the freedom to go to the store without risk of getting sick, since one-way masking is far less effective than if everyone wears one.

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8 months

Quick vaccination tip: The NUMBER of Covid vaccines you have doesn't make any difference at all. Do you track how many flu shots you've had?? What's important is to make sure you've had a shot within the last six months. Just like flu shots, expect them to be a regular thing!

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3 years

What happens when school kids feel sick but don't get tested?? I have a few kids who've been away all this week but might think they just have a cold. No test = no official covid spread. Let me have rapid tests for the rest of the class, please!!!

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

For the love of all that is good in this world, can we PLEASE start wearing masks, all the time, whenever we leave the house?!? #BringBackMasks

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

2 years

Under huge strain, some hospitals including in the GTA have been forced to send critically ill kids as far as Ottawa to find them a pediatric ICU bed.

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7 months

If you *don't* want to be trapped at home for the rest of your life, wear an N95 *now* to make sure that doesn't happen to you. You can do almost anything in a mask except indoor dining and swimming. Get longterm freedom with an N95!!

Julie

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7 months

It's so telling that many of the (now hidden) replies are like "life isn't worth it at home!" That's EXACTLY what the thread is warning you about. Wait til you're bedridden and sick - home all the time. Realize your health is precious. Protect yourself. 😷

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5 months

Let me get this straight: They're concerned that only 15% of people in Canada got the XBB shot so far, so they're going to make it harder for most people to get it so...wha?? Are they trying to find the 15% likely to get it, so then they can claim to have hit 90% of their target?

Canada Healthwatch 🍁

@CanHealthwatch

5 months

COVID vaccine to be offered to elderly and immunocompromised in Spring 2024, excluding most from eligibility: NACI 🔗 Stay informed with — Bookmark for daily health updates 📌

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7 months

Tuberculosis was once the most feared disease in the world. There are currently active cases in two universities. Would maybe NOW be a good time to require N95s in class (or at least allow online accessibility for all courses)?? @Laurier @UWaterloo @ConestogaC

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@just1momentpls

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@MeetJess @jvipondmd Normally 2 million people die per year from TB. That number is about to go up. The University of Victoria, BC just announced TB case today. Nov 8/23 Boston University has outbreak there somewhere around 39 cases.

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1 year

Keep in mind that wearing a mask in indoor public places can also help you avoid getting Strep and RSV and other communicable diseases: "Every time we have a (COVID) surge and people do better with their masks, we see other illnesses go down."

COVID masks helping to prevent other illnesses like strep, CT experts say

Even as COVID-19 restrictions have loosened, some Connecticut health professionals...

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1 year

Had we kept masks, "we could be looking at roughly 4.4 million fewer infected by Omicron, 2,300 fewer Omicron deaths, 230,000 fewer long covid cases &... fewer child respiratory illnesses that are currently overwhelming children’s hospitals."

The Case for Mask Mandates

A review of Canada's current post-mandate status, evidence supporting temporary and targeted mask mandates, and critical success factors.

billius27.substack.com

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Van Kerkhove: "The virus is rampant. We're still in a pandemic. There's a lot of complacency at the individual level, more concerning, at the government level....Disinformation that's out there is hampering the ability to mount an effective response. 1/2

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic

“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization

www.scientificamerican.com

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

@2closetocall When will you stop wearing a seatbelt? In Canada, Covid is killing ten times as many people as auto accidents, so if we should ditch masks, then we should definitely get rid of seatbelts.

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2 years

Thanks so much for all the support over my campaign -- to everyone who canvassed with me and for me, who took a sign for their lawn, who donated, and all those who voted! I look forward to working hard for you over the next four years.

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7 months

Data shows it's getting worse before it gets better. Stay alive with an N95 (and protect others too)!!

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2 years

Way to go @Laurier for following the science and requiring face-coverings in instructional spaces!!

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

Why isn't this in the mainstream news? @CBCNews @CTVNews @TheRecord @globeandmail @ColinDMello And when will universities bring back masks to keep staff and students safer? @UWaterloo @Laurier @ConestogaC Healthcare, schools, stores and public transportation all need to #MaskUp

Tara Moriarty

@MoriartyLab

8 months

We just finished model updates for this week's COVID Forecast. By waste water or our model, daily infections in Canada are now as high/higher than prior Omicron peaks except Dec/21 wave. High risk people need shots ASAP, wear N95 masks, avoid non-essential indoor activities.

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2 years

Today would be a great day for the NACI to approve booster shots for 12-17s who are 6-7 months past dose 2. If you forget about our teens, they won't forget when it's their turn to vote!! (Ok, they might, but let's protect them anyway!) @GovCanHealth @CPHO_Canada @JustinTrudeau

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2 years

In Quebec, anyone over 18 can book a FIFTH dose after August 29th. Why is Ontario so far behind?

Quebec will offer 5th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults as of Aug. 29 | CBC News

Starting today, people aged 75 and over can make an appointment for their fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose. Appointments for people aged 60 and over will open Aug. 22, with those aged 18 and over eligible...

www.cbc.ca

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@MarieSnyder27

7 months

Consider wearing a mask as the hospitals overflow. Maybe universities could require masks for exams to protect students. We need mandated masks wherever people HAVE to be inside a public building. @UWaterloo @Laurier @ConestogaC

Bill Comeau

@Billius27

7 months

Update: Ontario hospitals report the third highest #covid outbreak spike since tracking began (54), after the initial Omicron wave weeks in Jan 2022 (108) and the October 2022 peak (58). (resend)

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Free Tip: The UK got this variant first, and they're having to close schools now. Remember that lockdown you hate so much?? We can be proactive and mandate masks NOW to PREVENT closures!!! Well-fitting masks really work to reduce spread, and N95s are comfortable for all-day use!

Christie T PhD

@CTPsychResearch

8 months

Canada is about 3-4 weeks behind. It's going to be full blown here in time for Halloween.

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2 years

Does your school board allow Corsi-Rosenthal boxes in the classroom?? Let me know with the name of your board and yes or no in the comments.

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

Southwestern Ontario wastewater levels haven't been this high since last Christmas:

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@dee_ess_2 The "just wear a mask if you want to" crowd is oblivious to the difference between risk with 1-way masking vs 2-way masking. Unfortunately, they're in charge. Hope she gets well soon with no lingering effects. I'm so sorry this happened to your family!! #VoteThemAllOut2022

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8 months

We need everyone in N95s @Laurier @UWaterloo @ConestogaC and we need media to warn the public @CBCNews @CTVNews @ColinDMello and we need government to act on this @CFifeKW @LauraMaeLindo immediately @PublicHealthON . #MaskUp in healthcare, schools, stores, and transportation.

Tara Moriarty

@MoriartyLab

8 months

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 21-Nov 3, 2023 SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK VERY HIGH: none HIGH: none ELEVATED: none MODERATE: none LOW: none About 1 in 19 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

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No ambulances in Waterloo, no room for sick kids in Toronto, yet so many still won't wear a simple mask to reduce the spread of this virus. A critical number of people need a mandate or will outright refuse to make the right choice. #BringBackMasks @ROWPublicHealth @fordnation

Waterloo Region Paramedics

@CUPE5191EMS

2 years

@ROWParamedics #codered in @RegionWaterloo Yet AGAIN as of 19:50 this evening. 0 Ambulances available for over 600,000 people. #outwiththeold @fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP @Redman4Region LISTEN TO US!!! @CTVKitchener @CBCKW891 @CityNewsKIT @CTVNationalNews @WR_Record @CBCNATIONAL

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2 years

"At the inaugural Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) meeting Monday, trustees voted 10-1 to ask all students and staff to wear masks, with only Ward 4 trustee Ray Mulholland in opposition."

Joe Oliver

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@MarieSnyder27

8 months

Plans for reducing staff "absenteeism" don't work at all without any preventative measures to stop the spread of viruses. #MaskUp

Hamilton school board ices reduction goal as sick days hit new high

Hamilton’s public school board is pausing an initiative that set targets for gradually reducing the average number of employee sick days after seeing absences hit a new high in the

www.thespec.com

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@MarieSnyder27

1 year

It feels like it's nobody's responsibility to ensure we have clean air in public buildings. So, couldn't @JustinTrudeau fund clean air initiatives directly instead of giving $$ for healthcare to provinces knowing it hasn't been used appropriately in the past??? #CleanAir

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2 years

Vaccinations reduce the chance of severe illness, but you can still get and spread Covid even if fully vax'd AND end up in the hospital. We need to MASK, vax, and ventilate to have any hope of reducing transmission. Don't accept the new normal giving us a shorter lifespan. 3/3

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2 years

Hospitalizations: 80 in 2020; 406 in 2021; 1,034 in 2022 Fatalities: 24 in 2020; 87 in 2021; 207 in 2022 More Canadian lives have been lost to Covid than WW2, and in about half the time. In Ont, Covid kills 10x as auto collisions. We wear seatbelts just in case. #MaskUp 2/3

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@MarieSnyder27

2 years

The risk of getting Covid in Ontario is at the SEVERE level. Please #BringBackMasks - Wear an N95 wherever people aren't allowed to smoke. It's a basic courtesy to avoid spreading this virus. 31% of cases are asymptomatic, so you can feel great and still have it and spread it!

Tara Moriarty

@MoriartyLab

2 years

The Oct 28 Canadian COVID Index and associated data are now live. SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, PEI VERY HIGH: NL, North, SK HIGH: NB, QC Link:

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@janrode59 I don't at all support doing this, but it does show how differently we react to different risks. One is a risk to about 5% of people, causing 82 Ontario deaths in the last 25 years but has immediate effects. The other is a risk to everyone and caused 68 Ontario deaths this week.

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