H5N1-infected cats displayed these signs before death: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

This was occurring a full year ago in Canada, while in the US, we’ve been ignoring a year of puzzling canine mystery pneumonia. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

My heart breaks for worried cat owners, because most people are COMPLETELY unaware H5N1 has been circulating in US cats for over a full year now. The government could have warned us & began preparing a year ago, but instead we were forced to play Pretend Normal. Let the rage wash

Second dead bird in only four days on my property in QC (Canada). Will be calling the provincial reporting line—again—in the morning and holding for as long as it takes. I want this one tested. #H5N1

Taking a break from here, but wanted to share this...
Trained a technician for 8 months in microscopy to analyze some brain slides for me. Tech left the lab after their first box of #COVID brain slices and left me this card on my lab bench space. Now imagine the life of

Man, I’m so sick of people telling me to “get well soon” when I tell them I have Long Covid. Instead of “Get well soon”, try saying, “holy fuck, this is horrible; how can I help with advocacy efforts??”

Our own work on infection of megakaryocytes seen on bone marrow biopsies of human cases in acute COVID - publication pending with expanded results

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That SARS-CoV-2 is now confirmed to infect megakaryocytes long-term (studied in Long Covid patients) should definitely alarm the public health authorities everywhere.

Intent is not to doom tweet here. But we should tackle this like we did for HIV.

You can replace HIV with

IPAC Canada GOJO Industries PURELL Brand This seems real conflicty for an organization that refuses to acknowledge how widespread airborne transmission of multiple viruses and bacteria is 🫠

Muna Kadri It’s the elephant in the room whenever any conversation is happening. Teacher shortages. Behavioural challenges. Support needs. Thanks for keeping it top of mind.

Thank you Muna Kadri for continuing to be the courageous one in the room when it comes to not ignoring Covid.

Ontario School Safety is grateful for leaders like you!

#HeadsOutOfTheSand
#CovidIsNotOver
#DoBetter
#MakeYourNoise

Diego Bassani, PhD Where are the education unions?

Teachers! The highest risk

One of the highest risk professions.

We are collectively disabling our educators, whilst gaslighting kids who are too sick to attend.

Where are those who said schools are safe???

I am routinely the only person at the table that still talks about the impact of Covid on workers.

Employers want to talk absenteeism, but that’s a cover.

We’re sleep walking through a mass disabling event and very few people appear to care.

Clean the air!

Whether the severe human strain in fall of 1918 was due to mutation within humans or due to human infection of pigs which then mutated within the pigs and then re-infected humans is unknown

What is important: Spring 1918: You Are Here

Fall 1917: Severe H1N1 influenza outbreak in pigs due to feed contaminated with bird feces

Spring 1918: Mild H1N1 influenza outbreak in humans due to H1N1 transmission from pigs

Fall 1918: Severe influenza outbreak in humans due to mutation of spring 1918 strain

Norway: First case of walrus dying from bird flu recorded in Arctic

Tests revealed the presence of bird flu, but the sample was too small to determine whether it was the H5N1 or the H5N8 strain

The Guardian
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British Columbia, Canada

Cockroaches in hospital.

Health Authority response:

'They do not bite.'