Rob DuMont
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A thread about COVID-19 and COVID-19 reporting in Canada, as well as about validation of our latest COVID-19 Forecast model. It's partly motivated by the latest infection estimates for Canada. As you can see, estimated daily infections in Canada are currently at or nearing the
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Bring it on.
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And some info on her struggles with Long Covid following a severe infection with pneumonia. I hope these events lead to a shifting awareness and attitudes in the populace. She could influence this, too. We'll see if she does. https://t.co/D8x3aXhPRd
It’s official — Leana Wen has #LongCovid “In July, I wrote about the unsettling experience of being.. very ill & hospitalized. Many readers have kindly written to ask whether I’ve fully recovered.” “I wish I could say yes — The truth is far from that.”
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Here's a profile on her minimizing of COVID and influence efforts to reduce mitigations: https://t.co/ns2SEuTIiU
For those mercifully unaware of who Leana Wen is, here's some of the stuff documented where she has caused so much harm, particularly to kids. https://t.co/biYlpMxObc
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Leana Wen, WaPo writer and TV commentator who railed against masks and encouraged infection in kids, has Long Covid. A reminder that an ounce of prevention is with a pound of cure... Assuming we find a cure, of course.
“Resources must shift from driver’s ed, licensing exams, laws against DWI, car inspections, road maintenance, vehicle safety standards, car seats and seat belts, to souping up surgical and neuro ICUs, as we expect flying through windshields to become a ‘new normal.’” -Leana Wen
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TOMORROW is #August1stTweetOutDay. Join me, @MzSgtPepper & the WHOLE WORLD in NOT tweeting for 24 hrs. I won't dignify accusations that this is a political statement when it is, in fact, simply an experimental STUNT because I'm bored & wanna see what happens. #TweetlessTuesday
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This phrase hits hard: "Our response to COVID-19 was often treated as a debating competition by academics who failed to consider the implications if they were wrong."
One of the reasons I have been so irritable and sometimes angry when debating COVID-19 with others is that many of my detractors, in addition to using ad hominems and disparaging my reputation, failed to understand my area of expertise properly and didn't stay on top of emerging
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If I had known what I know now, I would have worn a respirator, brought a HEPA, UVC lights, you name it. Hospitals absolutely *do not* know what they’re doing on ID control and privatizing laundry/cleaning services and dismantling healthcare makes it worse. 2/2
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Btw, Bonnie taught the others how to do this. BC used to have the worst data collection but everyone else has adopted the bad data stuff BC always did.
Predicted (black) excess COVID deaths, all-cause mortality (blue), reported COVID deaths SK, AB, BC
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This is a long tweet but well worth reading. John Conly, Bonnie Henry, Canada's entire field of ID docs... A housekeeping is past due.
“Dr. John Conly is a changemaker, a collaborator and a humanitarian. Through his dedication to creating positive change, he has advanced the study of medical epidemiology and has dramatically influenced infection prevention and control globally.” 🤷🏻♂️ One day the world will
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Novavax Fall 2023 Vaccine Booster Update Novavax presented at the June 15th FDA VRBPAC meeting to provide neutralization results from testing with various combinations of the original vaccine, BA.5, XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16 boosters. This thread will highlight the presentation.🧵1/
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Selfishness and ignorance, too
Safe to say Covid is tearing many families apart 💔
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"When you're seeing photos of maskless rich people partying? This is what you're not seeing. They've all tested beforehand and screened their guests, using MULTIPLE layers of protection. They are not taking any chances with this virus, because they know it is very, very serious"
Wouldn't it be wild if corporations and the US government were blatantly, openly admitting to using a fancy Covid prevention services company for their big fancy parties? And if they were all listed as clients on said company's site? Wouldn't that be WILD
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Here we go. Other comments up-thread. Interesting (and a bit frightening) to see how this research develops https://t.co/BuTLdifAa0
@happyhexer @PinkedOff @breakfastnick Yeah, I'm looking now and seeing they've definitely found evidence of infections damaging bone marrow. The more I'm reading, the more it seems a marrow reservoir could tie a lot of things together - immune system dysregulation, Long Covid, .... https://t.co/Yte4OP811l
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This is very very important. Also, I'm sure I wasn't the first, but I was suspecting this exact thing a year ago (see next tweet)
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"When are you going to stop wearing a mask?" "Well... never. I'm never going to stop. I'll still wear one if I'm sick or around the vulnerable. And for now, I'm going to continue to wear one in crowded places until they can cure Long Covid or we can prevent it."
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The most surprising part of this? That media asked these questions. BC media would never ask something like this. It's refreshing to see some sort of honesty and accountability like this, even if public health took the wrong lesson and chose harm - yet again.
June 28: Hospitals in Montreal announce that they’ll be distributing N95s to vulnerable patients to protect them from the wildfire smoke June 29: Journalists ask Public Health authorities why they aren’t doing the same thing June 30: Hospitals in Montreal stop distributing N95s
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I can't imagine what it's like being a new Twitter user coming here to find appropriate support. It's simply impossible. Although I can't imagine any new users are joining organically at this point...
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Many - myself included - feared the blue check changes would dilute the value of using Twitter but it has instead completely destroyed it. There is no credibility, and good sources are deliberately demoted in results just because some schmo gave Elon his credit card.
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Remember when Twitter was a useful source of information and news? I just searched "France" and Twitter promotes blue check (aka paying trolls) so much that the first 20 top results were racist. ALL OF THEM. Twitter is such trash now. Scattered communities are all it has left
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