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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

for context, 2024 WHO advice to prevent pneumonic plague infection for HCWs.

The WHO's 2024 IPC advice to healthcareworkers recommend contact/droplet precautions. Medical masks aren't considered PPE by OHS specialists so these are not adequate.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Confirmed, the science cosplayers running the show at the WHO have decided that "droplet precautions" are appropriate for pneumonic plague. This is the 2024 WHO guidance. This is why we need to see serious jail time for their COVID negligence, NOW. iris.who.int/server/api/c... #medsky

6.2. Infection prevention and control
Infection prevention and control measures are aimed at preventing the transmission
of plague bacteria to health care workers and spread among other patients. They include
using:
• standard precautions in addition to droplet precautions. Standard precautions should
be used to manage all patients with suspected plague. Droplet precautions should be
adhered to for all patients with suspected pneumonic plague in addition to isolation;
• isolation arrangements for patients with suspected or confirmed pneumonic plague
(Annex 8);
• safe handling and burial practices for bodies (Section 8.3.1.1);
• carefully cleaning and disinfecting instruments. Instructions on preparing solutions
for disinfection are given in Annex 9;
• source control for patients with primary or secondary pneumonic plague, including
applying a medical mask to the patient when possible and tolerated.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Note that pneumonic plague is airborne to begin with - and public health leaders just spent several years manufacturing disinformation claiming the required (and effective) mitigations "don't work", to cover up the deaths from their opposition to them in COVID policy.

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Pneumonic plague - Wikipedia

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The world needs to understand that the Russian government and global infection control operate the same way. Clueless dictators at the top, a culture of manipulating information to advance, all on a foundation of sacrificial minions thrown into the meat grinder to cover up failure after failure.

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Completely Normal Phenomenon Chernobyl

Alt: "Completely normal phenomenon" quote from the movie Chernobyl

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's a good example of the level of "protection" we can expect from the medical colleges when it comes to death-by-physician.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The role of medical negligence in the Cargill tragedy highlights how medical self-regulation is routinely abused to protect senior MDs from accountability. Try it. *Even now* you'll get nothing but excuses. But keep the receipts, and post them. If they won't fix it, it needs to be taken away.

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Complaints - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA

Complaints are often an opportunity to improve patient care. We support fair process and favour an educational approach, but apply discipline when necessary.

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was surprised to hear Abbotsford School District emphasizes abstinence as the only "truly safe" way to not get pregnant or get STIs. Mainly, because that's not true. Telling kids to not have sex means they still have sex, just in less safe ways. Today for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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Sexual Health Educator Concerned About Abbotsford’s Focus on Abstinence | The Tyee

The school district says it takes a comprehensive approach that reflects community context.

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Otrosdías @otrosdias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Long COVID rates in the US have not changed much since 2022, which is pretty amazing if you take into account the reduction in testing since then.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And if you catch it when you’ve been vaccinated, you’ll still be contagious and will need antibiotics. It needs to be included with Covid, flu, RSV on the usual tests doctors give for respiratory infections, but until it is, you’ll have to ask.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just a reminder, if you’re an adult, you need to get regular boosters for pertussis/whooping cough. It’s with the tetanus vaccine, make sure when you get a tetanus booster that you ask for and get a Tdap one. They recommend tetanus shots every seven years or so, and if you get an injury that could

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Ebola could be at least partially airborne, albeit comparatively inefficiently. For the moment. Whether or not this is the case, public health and infection control appear to be gambling with Ebola the same way they gambled (and lost) with COVID.

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Matt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Excellent @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social story feature two super voices of science @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social and @mark-ungrin.bsky.social. Precaution means you use higher mitigation until you know absolutely a lower mitigation is acceptable. A lack of hazard is never assumed only proven.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

TY to both you & Dr. Keegan for your excellent research, Mark! Hoping more ppl will read this article & dig in further. Much appreciation also to Ms. Bowser for her honesty and courage. More people need to understand the harms associated with COVID. It's not "just a cold"...

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

CTV news coverage of the errors in health policy and guidance that leave the public unprotected from aerosol disease transmission and long COVID (with @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social and Kerri Bowser) is up. Great to see so much interest! Below is the UK inquiry cited: #medsky #scisky #cdnpoli #polisky

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COVID health policy still outdated: researchers

YouTube video by CTV News

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How do you trust a political party and their allies/cronies who gerrymander laws to protect themselves and their backers? Henry hides behind a mirror of illusion and Comms spin. Sadly, it's the public (especially children) and democracy itself, who pays...its vile!

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a great resource for #science class because what is the purpose of basic science education but to prepare our students for tackling #ClimateChange in their present & future ? www.canada.ca/en/environme...

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Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To admit they were wrong could lead to political accountability. Just like the whole 9/11 fiasco where 25 yrs later and with a change in state government, the truth about toxic air is finally being exposed. BCNDP's (just like UCP's)actions are an intentional smoke screen. Henry doesn't work alone.

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There is a strategy called Étapisme, where a political goal is achieved through a series of smaller steps. Trump is at war with Canada but he is doing so by a series of economic steps that will, he hopes, weaken Canada to the point where he can achieve his full goal of annexation.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

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🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Toxic PM2.5 exposure is going to be another one of those tricky public health situations. The outward physical symptoms of toxic exposure is not very strong considering the biological significance & a lot of the symptoms won't easily be associated with exposure.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Given past oversight failures around clinical trials and associated conflicts of interest at McMaster (e.g. the infamous N95 vs medical mask trial), ethics concerns need to be taken very seriously and trustworthiness demonstrated, or public confidence in the clinical trial ecosystem is at risk.

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Long COVID Patients Deserve Better: Pause McMaster’s FALCON Lightning Process Trial

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

BC’s forest Min. says a State of Emergency isn’t needed because, “BCNDP have got it covered. BCians just need to dig in.” Whatever that means! 🤷‍♀️ Track history fails: BC heat dome, Fraser Canyon blowout, Lower Mainland flooding, Lytton - no warnings, no accountability.🤔 globalnews.ca/video/120066...

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Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

They never measured the air. The filters were run at settings chosen for noise and comfort in communal rooms (low flow). They didn't even calculate room volumes — and no tracer, particle, or bioaerosol data confirms the intervention lowered airborne pathogen concentrations anywhere. 1/

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And all you’ve done is blather on, insult, and run cover…

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The comment about the relatives was made in a post about informed people who take precautions, being traumatized and doomers. You hear it a lot. “Measles is no big deal because my family all lived thru it.” Perhaps I assumed incorrectly, but it sounded similar.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you read, I apologized to that person. I may have misunderstood. The crux of the post was about calling people who were informed, doomers because they took precautions. You’re deflecting.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yes. That person is Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove - the Lead tech at the World Health Organization and the person who has lead the pandemic response.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The more times you get infected, the higher chance of getting long covid. Young people and children can also get long covid. This isn’t just “an old person’s disease.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

People who understand the science and the risk aren’t doomers or traumatized. They’re informed. The virus weakens your immune system making you more susceptible to other diseases like sepsis, Strep A, and potentially even cancer. Lots of studies showing this.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Where’s the anger? There’s The virus is still circulating, it’s still mutating, it isn’t endemic, it’s still dangerous. It’s affecting economy, worker shortage due to climbing long covid rates and ppl’s inability to work… www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

cidrap.umn.edu

Long COVID costs world’s economy billions: analysis

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

FFS. You’re just making assumptions. This thread started off stating that people who took precautions were traumatized or a doomer. 🙄 God forbid someone states the other side and provides some science. Lots of misinformation in the thread too.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Perhaps I misunderstood. My apologies if so. Lived experiences are interesting, for sure. I learned my great GMA was a nurse during that time. She delivered food to her neighbours via their porches when they were sick, she wore a mask. She lived. But lived experiences can be biased, false dichotomy.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Right. The post supplied by the OP was from 2023. In 2024, WHO stated we’re still in a pandemic. There has been nothing stated since then, saying otherwise. Have a good look for yourself…

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s not a lecture. I’m just providing some facts that none of you want to see, hear, or learn. You sit in your little echo chambers and all agree with one another. Read some history, science…

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You have no desire to learn anything. You just want to be right.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’m replying to different individuals. I suggest you start from the top and read thru. And no one’s desperate or lecturing. Condescending much? Just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You’re completely missing the point. Basing outcomes on probability vs. guarantee is not how science works. It’s a dangerous and false ideology. This is an error where you only look at the few people who "survived" a risk while completely ignoring the many others who died or got sick from it.

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Survivor bias pertains to things like saying “my grandparents got the Spanish flu and they lived.” Or, “my Mom smoked her whole life and she lived to 90”… This explains what survivor bias is… www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbkB...

youtube.com

What Is Survivor Bias?

YouTube video by IFLScience

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

x.com/mrigankshail... Listen for yourself. WHO has not declared an end to the pandemic, just the emergency phase due to the arrival of vaccines. It also ended Govt funding. The acute phase is not as much a problem, although it can be serious for some. The issue now is long term consequence of the 🦠

x.com

Mrigank Shail, MD (@mrigankshail) on X

Update on Omicron XBB.1.16 provided by @WHO's @mvankerkhove

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

That pertains to the “emergency phase” of the pandemic which has ended. Correct. www.salon.com/2024/01/04/l...

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is terrible. The authors admit that their intervention failed to provide the correct Clean Air Delivery Rate. I mean, if you know the intervention you’re testing is inadequate, why test at all?? And why demand they REMOVE existing HEPA fitration units (which might have had the right CADR)?

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Christine Guenter @dragginfly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

WHO says we’re still in a pandemic. Endemic means a disease regularly occurring within an area or community. Malaria is endemic. It circulates in certain areas of the world but not all. Pan, meaning worldwide. Covid is in every world country = pandemic. Endemic doesn’t mean “end” or harmless.

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I don’t understand how this got published. It would be akin to saying “seatbelts don’t save lives” because of a study when people who didn’t use them properly had just as bad injuries as people who didn’t use them at all.

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