Reposted by KathrynHazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026anyway, I quite enjoyed the Leadership Action Hour on Healthy Air in NYC Schools today. Improving IAQ in schools has so many potential collaborators and such far-reaching consequences! 💨 1358
Reposted by KathrynJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026People will cut out artificial food dyes, spend hours at the gym, drink vitamin infused water…and then go to the airport and rawdog breathing in an airborne pathogen that can disable you permanenty and is basically guaranteed to be there. 9412160
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher” Sept 18, 2026 @mark-ungrin.bsky.social 👏 www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...ctvnews.ca‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcherUniversity of Calgary professor Mark Ungrin has dedicated years of research highlighting what he believes is of significant concern to all Canadians’ health. 210549
Reposted by KathrynDick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The federal body responsible for that guidance is the NAC-IPC, infection prevention & control mentioned exactly once, in an appendix, described only “administratively”. No evaluation of its pandemic performance. No link drawn to the masking problem issue above. 😖canada.caReport of the Expert Panel for the Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination: The Time to Act is Now - Canada.caThe key message of this report is that Canada needs to take further action now if it is to be adequately prepared for future health emergencies. 1218
Reposted by KathrynDick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Buried in one paragraph: the panel admits advisory bodies “lost months” on masking issue because dominant clinical opinion said masks didn’t work because they were missing aerosol expertise. This is the single most important line in the report but gets NO follow-up.canada.caReport of the Expert Panel for the Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination: The Time to Act is Now - Canada.caThe key message of this report is that Canada needs to take further action now if it is to be adequately prepared for future health emergencies. 37830
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Long-term neurological & cognitive impact of C-19…125 studies, 4+ million participants. Findings included: fatigue 43.3% memory disorders 27.8% cognitive impairment 27.1% sleep disorders 24.4% concentration impairment 23.8% headache 20.3% depression 14.0% pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLong-term neurological and cognitive impact of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis in over 4 million patientsNeuropsychiatric symptoms emerged early in the COVID-19 pandemic as a key feature of the virus, with research confirming a range of neuropsychiatric manifestations linked to acute SARS-CoV-2 infection... 14123
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I’m old enough to remember when protecting children was considered a moral, social, and political imperative. 😷 29433
Reposted by KathrynDavid Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026🚨🚨🚨 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... “These findings suggest that approximately 1 in 6 patients with COVID-19 develops postacute sequelae, predominantly chronic conditions currently invisible to surveillance systems, representing an accumulating rather than resolving health care burden.”jamanetwork.comLong COVID Persistence and Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US HospitalsThis cohort study quantifies the gap between true postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 burden and diagnostic code–based estimates, determines the proportion representing chronic disease, and characterizes... 03017
Reposted by KathrynMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026So for anyone in Ontario wondering why infection control practice is so backwards here even away from the usual suspects, it turns out there's misinformation embedded directly in the CPSO infection control guidance, which incorrectly directs physicians to wear a medical mask for airborne pathogens.🙄 511042
Reposted by KathrynMalgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Public Health officials should not generate mask phobia and mask aversion in the public. (Even if personally they have a mask aversion). It’s horribly irresponsible. 06918
Reposted by KathrynAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years. 377203205131
Reposted by KathrynBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"Individuals with SARDs [systemic autoimmune disease] were more likely to have SARS-CoV-2 antigen positivity at months 3 and 6 following COVID-19 infection compared with individuals without SARDs, not explained by demographics, variant, vaccination, or treatment." 052
Reposted by KathrynMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Excellent work by @cape-acep.bsky.social, demonstrating the value of the labour movement not just for workers, but for everyone else as well. A good hard kick at the "Don't Look Up" narrative being sold by the people who let #longCOVID run wild and are now trying to bury it (and their victims). 36434
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Outstanding submission by the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, representing 27,000+ members, to the Auditor General - no head-in-the-sand here; this union is clear that COVID-19 remains a threat to employees (w & w-out disability) & they want action! www.acep-cape.ca/en/news/subm...acep-cape.caSubmission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ Disability Justice Caucus | CAPEPlease see this submission to the Auditor General on behalf of the Can 521595
Reposted by KathrynDa(N95)iella [fka DaniAtomicus] @sharpflower.bsky.social · 30/04/2026“The pandemic continues to pose a risk to workers. Indoor air quality, ventilation, and infection prevention are fundamental workplace safety issues.” 08340
Reposted by KathrynMJ Nabuurs @mjnabuurs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Great to hear from others who see the variety of issues surrounding this trial & potential for issues with similar ones. Rigour is always important, but esp when results are disseminated during a global public health crisis, potentially impacting the health and well-being of those who heed them. 183
Reposted by KathrynSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I spent my first couple of years as a Senator, pre Covid, with a near-perpetual cold. I flew twice every week, and hosted a viral buffet. Now, I mask every flight, and so far - touch wood - I’ve gone all winter without a sniffle. People laugh and even yell at me sometimes. But my nose isn’t stuffy! 1466
Reposted by KathrynNB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026So listen. We have this data. Showing hospital admissions for ‘resp’ infections 2x pre-pandemic. But ALL school absence discussions - see CBC! See the National last night! IGNORE growing illness as biggest absence factor (or ANY factor!). This is horrible reporting/journalism. /1 29042
Reposted by KathrynMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Meanwhile, one more nail in the coffin of MAHA's "overdiagnosis" / anything-but-COVID moral panic. Keep the receipts from all those negligent medical influencers who insisted there was no need to worry about letting kids get infected, that COVID isn't airborne and that respirators don't work.academicpedsjnl.netSchool Difficulties and Long COVID in Children and AdolescentsPediatric Long COVID (LC) is an infection-associated chronic condition following SARS-CoV-2 infection. While research has begun to elucidate clinical phenotypes, functional impacts are not well descri... 13716
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Well yeah, cleaning the air would probably make kids and teachers less sick, but it’s ToO eXPenSIve. Would it be less than $28.9 million per person? Less than $28.9 million in total? 084
Reposted by KathrynThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Authorities Frustrated By Awareness Of Long Covid Outside Of Designated Long Covid Awareness Day 023582
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026How much of “learning loss” is actually cognitive dysfunction due to neurological injury? 1112
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026What does attendance in 2026 have to do with COVID-19? A 🧵 0111
Reposted by Kathryn🇨🇦Ian - #RLessThanOne @simpson-ian.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"Current IPC guidelines (as in the National IPC Manuals) should be revised." "The airborne route is dominant via aerosols containing the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that the droplet paradigm was adhered to inappropriately along with fomite transmission." 162
Reposted by KathrynMaxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Percentage of Ontario high school students missing 10% or more of their classes: 2017-18: 40% 2021-22: 47% 2022-23: 64% 2023-24: 59.5% 2024-25: 59.8% ON's proposed policy solution? Award grades for attendance. Forget addressing root causes of increased absences. globalnews.ca/news/1180158...globalnews.caHigh school attendance drops to 40% in Ontario as government considers changes | Globalnews.caThe Ford government is currently considering giving students in grades 9 to 12 credit on their final marks if they attend class as part of new legislation. 1111241
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Really taking this undermining the experts thing to a holy new level, huh? 020
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Oh, chronic absenteeism after the pandemic has risen to over 60% for high school students in Ontario? That’s because IT’S NOT AFTER THE PANDEMIC Kids are missing school because they are sick, and this is happening on a global scale. @globalnews.ca apple.news/A59EHd4IQS-O...apple.newsHigh school attendance drops to 40% in Ontario as government considers changes — Global NewsThe Ford government is currently considering giving students in grades 9 to 12 credit on their final marks if they attend class as part of new legislation. 13303127
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026With Long COVID now being the most common chronic childhood illness, can we see how forced attendance policies are a special kind of cruelty? They punish kids further for adults’ failure to protect them. 0156
Reposted by KathrynTania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 14/04/20261/ Two years ago, this British school introduced high-efficiency particulate air ( #HEPA) filtration units into classrooms - "According to the school’s attendance data, the impact has been striking": Via @kathrynas.bsky.social www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...portsmouth.co.ukThe 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire schoolGenerations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught. 14225
Reposted by Kathryn🇨🇦 Kari Raymer Bishop @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026How to ensure that sick kids show up to school so everyone else can be infected too. 811041
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026As funded disinformation was for tobacco, funded disinformation is for climate change and COVID. 032
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Can anyone think of any reasons for this?! 🤦🏻♀️ “Speaking on attendance, Calandra said he has seen absenteeism “creeping up” before the COVID-19 pandemic, and has yet to return to normal levels.” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...ctvnews.caOntario introduces sweeping changes to education. Here’s what it means for students and their parentsThe Ontario government will cut the number of trustees at the Toronto District School Board nearly in half and create new non-elected executive roles as part of a bill aimed at overhauling school gove... 3162
Reposted by KathrynKaruna S @karunas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026💯 agree with this. I see so many people and orgs acknowledging the absence problem and blaming it solely on youth mental health. There is a problem with mental health in youth too but this policy change won’t address that either. 131
Reposted by KathrynYale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 14/04/2026In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.e360.yale.eduIn a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural GasIn March, for the first time, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the transition to clean power. However, rising power demand is complicating the shift away from fossil fuels by extending the lives of many aging coal power plants. 10542991430
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Absences have increased on a global scale, with illness the most common cause. Politicians have responded to decreased performance & ‘absenteeism’ by calling for attendance policies, based on the assumption that morality & discipline are at fault. Same old bias w/ no evidentiary basis. 🧵 44827
Reposted by KathrynMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 12/04/2026A reminder that any analysis of pandemic impacts on kids / education / economy that does not include a serious examination of the effects of #longCOVID is worthless, and one that does not even mention it should be assumed to be deliberately deceptive unless there's a good reason to think otherwise. 217457
Reposted by KathrynBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 10/04/2026For #Vancouver #immunocompromised airborne-aware gang, this dentist www.4thavenuedental.ca has special immunocompromised patient days, N95s, HEPAs, minimal staff, no other patients (h/t @chantzy.bsky.social, I think?) I was able to book within a week. Currently, no long waits :-)4thavenuedental.caFourth Avenue Dental Clinic Vancouver | Kitsilano DentistFourth Avenue Dental Clinic has been offering Kitsilano & surrounding area of downtown Vancouver, quality dentistry services for over 15 years in a fun atmosphere. 57626
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Looks like we’re just going to crank up the puppy mill about it. apple.news/Ap1akgrQDQuK...apple.newsOntario to cut length of teacher education programs nearly in halfProspective teachers in Ontario will soon have to spend less time in the classroom as the Ford government moves to condense teacher education programs into 12 months. 034
Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A worthwhile read 👇 “Reconstruction has to do three things at once: rebuild the constraint pipeline that connects evidence to consequence, address the humiliation and exclusion that drove defection in the first place, & build infrastructure that works at the speed the current environment demands.” 040
Reposted by KathrynKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026I really appreciated this video by Kihana Wilson (who is not on Bluesky, alas) about the mixed feelings of #Artemis II. Follow her on Instagram (www.instagram.com/the_astro_st...) if you're over there! 14641152
Reposted by KathrynMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026This is why no one trusts the revolving door of medical self-regulation except the insiders it protects. Medicine requires community oversight just like policing. As the Great Aerosol 🤬-up proves, the Thin White Line and its coverups are a threat to us all. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... 🧵: 24119
Reposted by KathrynBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"No people were involved in the creation of these opinions." 🫠 093
Reposted by KathrynKaren James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/04/2026So, to sum up, a couple of days ago Christina Koch became the first woman to see Earth in its entirety, and today – right now, in fact – she is the first woman to see the Moon up close, and the first woman to see the far side. 🥹 9274001086
Reposted by KathrynMalgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Please say Airborne. Measles is airborne. It transmits via aerosols. Inexplicit messaging is a form of misinformation. It’s ‘misleading by omission’. #StopMisinformation #StopMeasles #MeaslesIsAirborne 38941
Reposted by KathrynDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 345362957567
Reposted by KathrynBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Respie'd at ONCOLOGIST. Dr: You aren't sick are u? Me: No. I follow Health Can & CSA standards. Hoping to start PhD in Mech eng & infection control. U are gonna see lots changes next few yrs. Doc: Re? Me: mitigation of infectious aerosols Dr: God I hope that doesn't mean masks all the timemedia.tenor.coma little girl says what 's a moral compass in a prime video adALT: a little girl says what 's a moral compass in a prime video ad 1417130
Reposted by KathrynDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The sooner we normalize wearing respirators the better 👇 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...ctvnews.caSummer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo studyA new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change. 22811
Reposted by KathrynDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 30/03/2026At some point we have to come to terms with the fact that life will give us lemons, and we can’t just “I don’t wanna…” our way out of it. And media has a big role to play in this. 27719