Death penalties are bad
Hanging people is bad
A death penalty for some, not all, is apartheid
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✅Sanction Israel @MarkJCarney
✅Divest from Israel @McMasterUthepipd.com/wp-content/upl…
Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure | Bill of Health
“But hospitals seeking to avoid liability for hospital-acquired infections cannot bank on plaintiffs being unable to show causation. For example, if an individual is hospitalized….”
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“…for an extended period, and develops COVID-19 during that period, the individual may have little difficulty showing that it is probable that the infection was acquired during hospitalization and would not have occurred if the hospital had taken reasonable precautions.”
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People interested in this tweet may have seen this but ICYMI here is our curated information on how well masks of different types block aerosols when worn:
#N95#COVIDisAirborne#CovidIsNotOver#WearAMask
On @AM900CHML w Scott Thompson I argued that dropping mask mandates is unkind.
I explained about vulnerable people - older, immunosuppressed, on dialysis - how they may not be able to participate in society unless we all wear masks in public.
#Masks#CovidIsNotOver#COVID19 1/n
You might like maskevidence.org where we curate plain language summaries of peer-reviewed evidence about mask efficiency and effectiveness. I post on major updates.
To respond to the threat of avian influenza, look back at lessons learned from COVID
“Masks are a critical resource that must be depoliticized. In the absence of a widely available vaccine, masking will mitigate spread of a pandemic influenza virus strain”
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➡️#Paxlovid eligibility ⬆️in #Ontario
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection
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