🚨LCBO revenues down $300 million 💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure Canceling beer store contract cost $225 million ▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales: $300 M + $225 M = $525 million #ONpoli

Yep. I’m reminded of a post one time along the lines that politicians are like buses - no journey will be perfect, so pick the one that takes you closest to where you want to end up.

Everyone in the US with Ehlers Danlos, Marfans, MECFS and Mitochondrial Diseased/Dysfunctions (among so many other chronic illnesses and disabilities that are congenital or developmentally genetic) should know this

A MassGeneral Medicine study suggests that maternal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in utero was associated with greater odds of a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age 3 with elevated risk among male offspring and after third-trimester infection. The Green Journal:  journals.lww.com/greenjournal/a…

A second COVID case raises the risks of developing severely damaged kidneys, abnormal heartbeats, heart disease, severe fatigue, 3.5 times more likely to develop myocarditis, twice as likely to develop blood clots. Penn Medicine pennmedicine.org/news/second-in… [doi.org/10.1016/S1473-…]

Qualifications matter.

This is a petition for financial relief for people living with disabilities in #Canada, where most live in poverty #cdnpoli #pwd and the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit needs fixing! Thanks to ⁦⁦Elizabeth May⁩ for sponsoring it. Please sign: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

Excellent summation of research on COVID and Long COVID; how longer-term data shows cumulative risk; and the risks to children, which have been shamefully downplayed by policymakers. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/…

If you’re in Alberta you may still be eligible for a free Covid shot. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

It’s important to remember that the freedoms we enjoy in 🇨🇦 should never be taken for granted, came at great cost & that the future is never guaranteed. Today we can reflect, take pride in our history and, most of all, have gratitude for those who brought us where we are today.

Could someone pls explain why we hold general eligibility for the flu shot in ON until the end of October, and then tell us how cases are already rising in that month. The same shot is available weeks earlier in the U.S.

In Brazil 105 Alzheimer patients were tracked for 5 years. Those who survived COVID had nearly 5 times the risk of rapid disease progression and were more likely to die compared to those who never got infected. journals.lww.com/alzheimerjourn…

Oh, the things we could do with the money wasted in this Province, along with the profits lost after being redirected to the private sector (such as LCBO).

NEW: Thinking of skipping the flu shot? Or wondering if there’s any point in getting a vaccine that’s a mismatch for this year’s flu virus? Here’s what research shows — and what medical experts say about why these vaccines still matter: cbc.ca/news/health/cb…

"COVID is just a Flu." "#LongCovid isn't real" Meanwhile, in the scientific world, my boss will present my poster on the connection between #Alzheimer and #NeuroCovid at one of the most important scientific meetings on the planet. Details below, stop by if you are around! #SfN25

Here is Dr. Morrison talking a bit about our work in #NeuroCovid

This is absolutely critical. If a patient tells me they want to die, how would I know whether the appropriate response is suicide prevention or suicide assistance? What would this decision be based on - a hunch?

This last week I have brought back in an absoluste top shelf food... Pumpkin. Seriously, just chuck an absurd amount in the oven and roast it up. Tastes elite and almost impossible to overeat. Nobody ever got our of shape eating roast pumpkin