"There has not been a single public education campaign about the airborne nature of COVID-19." If western Canadian governments want to shift to personal responsibility, its incumbent upon public health to equitably provide the appropriate data, tools, and education for citizens.

Unbelievable! Brentwood College School is hosting a basketball tournament in the gymnasium immediately outside the SAT Exam Centre. They intend to start the tournament at 9:00 am. The exam is over at 10:14 am. I’ve insisted the tournament be deferred to 10:15 am. @OfficialSAT

The NHS know flu season is going to be horrendous this year. But still they do nothing! What will it take for them to DO something to reduce airborne transmission in hospitals? FFP masks. Ventilation. Air filtration. These were all recommended by experts at the Covid Inquiry.

Someone gets it 🙏

This is Brentwood College School’s gym & SAT exam centre AFTER I asked basketball players for quiet to 10:15 am. The empathetic students kindly deferred their play. This school demonstrates poor planning; the SAT proctor is unprofessional & confrontational IMO. FYI @CollegeBoard

Legit post. Have never seen anything so totally ignored cause more illness—including dementia—than toxic mold.

😷ABOUT TIME UHN will require MASKS in healthcare for -STAFF providing direct care or closely interacting with patients in inpatient, outpatient, & ERs -PTS & STAFF in Clinics, ER, waiting rooms & offices 🤞Hope others follow their lead https://t.co/3eru1SJqS9

And I should mention that it’s not only the children who are experiencing significantly higher rates of illness. Unsurprisingly, as highly-infectious airborne illnesses spread like wildfire through schools, teachers are affected too. This has resulted in soaring supply costs.

When you look at all of the evidence in this thread, hopefully it will be clear why pupil illness absences are 40% higher than pre-pandemic. And also why it will be very hard to move the dial on improving pupil attendance without addressing the spread of illness in classrooms.

And the 4th factor to consider which is driving increased illness in children is: 4) immune system dysfunction triggered by Covid infections, which can make children more susceptible to other infections and also reactivate viruses which may have been lying dormant in the body.

Ooof, this is a really bad point for a thread break. We’ve only got through 3 out of the 4 summary points and there’s still more to the story. Please click “Show replies” once more to see the final part of the thread. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

2) the long-term health impacts of Covid, which include chronic illness and the worsening of existing conditions; 3) worsening mental health linked to both the social impact & physiological effects of Long Covid;

And when you think about the increased rates of illness in children, remember, it’s not driven by just one thing. There are 4 key factors to consider: 1) the introduction of a brand new, highly infectious virus (Covid) on top of all the other pre-existing childhood illnesses;

So, the next time you hear someone questioning if there’s genuinely more illness in school-age children now compared to pre-pandemic, hopefully this thread has provided some much needed clarity… ..all backed up by tangible data and evidence.

There are many more studies demonstrating the impact of repeated Covid infections on the brain, and how this can trigger and exacerbate mental health issues as well as cognitive issues. If you want to read more, you can find further studies in this lengthy thread… ⬇️

In this New Zealand study (Mar 2025), scientists studied the impact of COVID infections on the cognitive performance of university undergraduate students. 37% of undergrads exhibited impaired cognition for up to 17 months following COVID infection. https://t.co/AhM2GAtbE1

Another study (Oct 2022) used high-res microscopy to investigate Covid’s effect on the brain in rhesus monkeys. 7 days post-infection, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in the olfactory cortex & connected areas, accompanied by neuroinflammation & neuronal damage. https://t.co/H9HoFvz2Z3

A similar Italian study (Oct 2024) used cognitive assessments & MRI data to investigate the impact of Covid infection on young people’s brains. Results revealed persistent functional & structural changes in certain brain areas after Covid infection. https://t.co/7eYRcLo3se

An important study, conducted at Oxford Uni studied 785 ppl who received brain scans before & during the pandemic as part of the Biobank study. Those who tested positive for Covid between the 2 scans exhibited significant structural changes in the brain. https://t.co/vquctwFMsp

A state-of-the-art narrative review published by the American Academy of Paediatrics in Feb 2024 reported that: ▪️Covid infections have been linked to a significant rise in mental health conditions in children, including anxiety, depression & ADHD. https://t.co/7ZBgh6yU8n

A systematic review (published Feb 2024) found that: ▪️44% of children experiencing neurological symptoms after Covid infection had abnormal neuroimaging findings, eg. ADEM-like lesions, encephalitic pattern, myelitis & other anomalies. https://t.co/e1ks9I09Io