COVID wastewater levels in Ottawa, Canada have been relatively flat the past week but you can see they have never gone back down to low levels since Omicron BA.1 hit a year ago and the new "baseline" is quite elevated showing there is a still a significant amount of COVID circulating in the community. 9/
'Many students are telling the National Union for Students that they cannot afford to continue with their studies.
'They’re having to choose between feeding themselves and carrying on with their education', a union spokesperson said. 'Many can no longer afford to travel to placements and to their campuses, or they're holding down multiple jobs to make ends meet. Inevitably, it is the students from the poorest backgrounds who are being disproportionately affected.'
To all Mastodon-admins: seems like there's an attack on all instances by troll accounts. Servers get slow because of it.
They use thousands of subdomains of activitypub-troll.cf. My 'pull' queues skyrocketed.
I now blocked the domain activitypub-troll.cf and all is back to normal. Please check if you're hit too.
Here's some great resources for new starters in ICU, and they're all free!
Basics of ventilation - https://osler.app.link/6TXEm4cxgob
Examination of an ICU patient - https://osler.app.link/j40r6ajCRib
ABG analysis - https://osler.app.link/pej1inNBRib
Introduction to CRRT - https://osler.app.link/Y2zislbKRib
Citrate for CRRT - https://osler.app.link/ujTUwy5p3nb
Pressure monitoring - https://osler.app.link/TjOFwHieWmb
Basics of brain care - https://osler.app.link/1siLkwDeclb
Fluid responsiveness - https://osler.app.link/L3hrX7Mbysb
If rail workers do end up engaging in a wildcat or otherwise illegal strike, PLEASE remember that strikes are meant to be disruptive. If you see someone talking about the rail strike and how it's having such a huge impact, say things like "Yeah, it's crazy how much of our economy relies on them. That's why they deserve good health care."
Don't give in to anti-labour rhetoric. Combat false narratives. Solidarity Forever.
It seems many people haven’t encountered the Swiss Cheese Respiratory Pandemic Defense model.
Since #COVID, #RSV and #flu are spreading a lot, I figured I’d re-share it.
😷 • 🪟💨 • 💉
#CovidIsntOver #mask #ventilate
RT @COVIDRealityCA@twitter.com
Some people aren't yet ready to deal with the truth - and they can be loud.
But most people want to do the right thing.
Exhibit A: in a recent poll, *overwhelming* majorities of Canadians supported mask mandates.
You are not alone.
#MaskUp and keep going.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/COVIDRealityCA/status/1596904179955400706
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
At the time, I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 55 now.
HIV treatment works and it means I can’t pass it on - we call this #UequalsU.
HIV changed. Tell everyone.
#WorldAIDSDay #WorldAIDSDay2022 #AIDShistory #CantPassItOn #FightStigma
RT @RealSexyCyborg@twitter.com
Seriously, it will be a few month rough-patch during which I'll keep my head down but we'll come out ahead after that. It's just so needless when the measures that people were protesting against were the ones we needed the least and there's so much cheap easy stuff we could do.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1598301868127817730
French PM says covid is not over and calls for wearing a mask in public transport.
As they say here in Belgium "when it rains in Paris, it drizzles in Brussels", so I hope to hear something similar from our own government soon. #bringmasksback #CovidIsNotOver
This is a great resource, if anyone asks about the science behind masks and their use - thanks for compiling it, @Billius27@twitter.com. It won’t sway people who are vehemently against the idea that we #BringBackMasks, but it will help people who want to learn more. https://billius27.substack.com/p/masks-evidence-and-use
Again, when people push the narrative that all Chinese nationals are "bots", have no personal agency, aren't creative (like machines), are brainwashed ants- this is not harmless speculation. These are racist attempts to dehumanize us- and most of you quietly accept it.
~This is a test of auto-sharing of my twitter tweets to Mastodon
RT @Billius27@twitter.com
Only ten months into the year, Canada is seeing
- more people in their 70s dying of covid than any other year (3,614 - orange)
- record-setting pace for those in their 60s
- more in their 50s have already died than in 2020
[resend]
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #Omicron
If Canada's public health leaders are still scratching their heads on how to do their job this winter, here's some free evidence-based tips:
#covid19 #BringBackMasks
RT @MackayIM@twitter.com
And the article referred to...
Fit-Tested N95 Masks Combined With Portable High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration Can Protect Against High Aerosolized Viral Loads Over Prolonged Periods at Close Range https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/226/2/199/6582941#.YwrYRF8SgGQ.twitter
@PAWellingMD introduce yourself using the #Introduction hashtag?
Include your interests with a hashtag Eg #Hypertension #Kidneys #Potassium? (BTW one can follow these hashtags too - which is cool)
Still learning besides you …so more tips welcome
@Macleod199 @nilikm @erin
🙋🏽♂️kidney doctor from TOH
@yonifreedhoff is here of course - most of us on med-mastodon instance
Haven’t seen anyone else yet, nor the official institutes like OPH, TOH, UofO etc
I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU
Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)
I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU
I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU
My #Research is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks
I’m a scientific editor with more than 20 years experience.
I’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal Also trying to be #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #Equity, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning. Treaty 3|Dish with One Spoon, Turtle Island; Hamilton ON Canada. She/her