tdotoh @torontolife7

Ontario to give out free COVID-19 rapid tests at public pop-ups, LCBO retailers as part of ‘holiday testing blitz’ bit.ly/3pX9UV3

@cathmckenna Catherine, then help our kids. You are in a position of power. My kids school was sent home early already due to 2 cases when the school is 90% fully vaxed. Closing schools is not a strategy. Someone has to fight for our kids. Help us fight for them.

I've been trying to be zen about things lately but the fact that our kids are being told to take all their stuff home and prepare for potential of online school almost TWO years into this pandemic is so enraging & such a complete and colossal failure by politicians.

Rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 can give results in as little as 15 minutes. Here’s where Canadians can get the screening tool for free and for sale theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Have you been wondering if you should get a rapid test before seeing family and friends during the holidays? We asked the experts that question, and more. cbc.ca/1.6285520

@drmwarner I went for my booster today & was asked to remove my N95 & put on an ill fitting surgical mask. I refused on disability grounds. I then spent the next hour & a bit in close quarters w/a crowd of people wearing gaping surgical masks. I'm sure that scene played out all day.

@NightShiftMD 6. Advocate for vaccine equity, because it's our best bet for ending the pandemic, both here in Canada and around the world. x.com/paimadhu/statu…

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @paimadhu

2 years ago

Today, I join 600 health professionals in Canada in advocating for vaccine equity in our open letter to @JustinTrudeau Canada must support the TRIPS waiver & deliver soon on donations to Covax Now is an opportunity to be on the right side of history! cpha.ca/open-letter-pr…

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@NightShiftMD Please tell Toronto Hospitals to allow n95 masks and not force us to remove them upon entry! Totally unacceptable. We have a right to wear our own masks.

@NightShiftMD How is N95 going to happen. I was told yesterday that as a PSW student in LTC home, I had to REMOVE my N95 mask for the blue mask because it’s the governments policy. My only choice will be to withdraw. This is the accelerated PSW course.

Smart people use rapid tests, if they can access them. Smart governments give people access to rapid tests.

Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland

2 years ago

Today, two members of my staff, who used rapid antigen tests as a precaution, received a positive test result. They are self-isolating at home. I have not had direct contact with them. The rest of my staff in Ottawa have had negative antigen tests today.

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Governments MUST pay for rapid #covid testing. This is NOT a luxury item for the well-off.

The development of a so-called universal coronavirus vaccine offering broad, long-term protection needs to be the focus of an intense effort, scientists suggest. cbc.ca/1.6284038

@calphonso How could they close schools when bars and nightclubs are open? Btw... every single year kids are told to bring all their stuff home over the winter break

@calphonso If they did it doesn’t mean it’s because it came from the ministry, it’s because school boards have learned how unpredictable and last minute the ministry/province is. @Sflecce @fordnation

Pfizer's antiviral pill (Paxlovid) appears to reduce #COVID19 hospitalization by ~90% in a final analysis -this would be very useful. Merck's pill (Molnupiravir) was thought to reduce hospitalizations 50% but ⬇️ 30% in a final analysis. bit.ly/3F9xDbf by @matthewherper

@EdTubb Guess those vaccines didn’t change anything

It should be common decency to Rapid Test yourself for Covid before any unmasked contact or visiting loved ones. We need to make rapid tests free and widely accessible. Otherwise we risk seeing covid numbers continue to climb through the holidays. #FreeTheRATs

@COVIDSciOntario How is Ontario one of the only places in the world that is talking about extreme measures:lockdown.why are we unique?so many are vaxxed, yet we can't get our shit together with the tools we have to manage it. Huge failure by all @JohnTory @fordnation @celliottability

@BogochIsaac My mom who is 76 could not get a booster appointment until January 3. We live in the Niagara area. Will this date now move up??

@torontolife7 @SimoneRacanelli when we all say enough