Ontario needs to hire and train hundreds of people to work in #COVID-19 testing labs. This needs to be done w/in 3 weeks.
We are fielding requests from multiple testing labs who need scientists w/ the following qualifications:
1. At least a Masters or scheduled to graduate soon
2. Available IMMEDIATELY (in the next 1-3 weeks) for full-time paid work for temporary short-term contracts (at least 6 months, renewable, very likely to be renewed)
3. Live w/in commute distance of an #Ontario testing lab (throughout the province) or willing to quickly relocate
4. Ideal qualifications but NOT essential for all roles:
a) BSL2 or higher training
b) experience w/ molecular lab work, PCR, RNA extraction
Candidates need enthusiasm, attention to detail, ability to switch tasks quickly, great team and record-keeping skills.
You also must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
If you're a postdoc, PhD grad, lab manager, research associate or anyone else with academic credentials beyond what is needed for lab testing, every minute you spend in this job will be important for someone's life.
If you need work right now and the job market in your area is tough due to COVID, this is a job that you can hold for 6-12 months or maybe more while the whole world gets through this. You will be part of teams working 24/7 (literally) on something incredibly important.
If all of these requirements fit your current situation, you live in #Ontario & you're interested in a job like this, here's what you have to do:
2. Tell every single person you know who might be interested to sign up & give them the link.
We are starting to contact ppl in our database about the first round of asks from testing labs TOMORROW.
There will likely be hundreds of placement requests from labs in the next week.
We will prepare a document that you can send to all your contacts via email, social media, grad mailing lists, scientific societies, student & postdoc unions, research institutes, departments etc.
We'll post this tomorrow & start sending to universities for distribution.
For now, send ppl a link to this thread. Pls message @COVID_19_Canada if you're part of an org (informal or formal) that would like to distribute this info.
PPL need to be sent to lab HR departments, screened, hired, trained & in the lab in less than 3 wks. We have to move FAST.
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The protective measures we use against COVID (N95-type masks, handwashing, surface cleaning) will work well against MPOX of any clade, regardless of transmission mode.
If you or a household member develop MPOX (Clade II only so far in Canada), seek medical care (while wearing a mask). If it's MPOX, you and contacts, including household members, will be vaccinated.
Based on what we know about Clade I, vaccination will provide excellent protection. It should for Clade II, but we don't have enough data yet to be sure.
I'm going to link out to posts from @KrutikaKuppalli , who has been providing outstanding real-time, nuanced summaries of emerging MPOX evidence.
I won't repeat some of what she's already posted, or will repeat if I'm guessing some folks might appreciate clarification.
-FYI- When you see the Forecast thread posted, that also means that this thread is now available on the C-19 website, pages 6 - 9, for easier reading.
SCENARIO BASICS
It’s the Summer Olympics!
I love the Olympics.
Heart-warming stories, riveting competitions, seeing all the varieties of sports, being able to witness the best of physical prowess side by side with their vulnerabilities. Seeing people on the world stage with their strengths, joys, disappointments, grit, and humanity.
At the Calgary Stampede, two traditions are going strong
– Pancake Breakfasts and Big Barbecue Lunches.
But … how risky is it to go?
You have to start the day with pancakes, of course.
That means lining up, allotting about a half hour to move up, tantalising aromas of the cooking food entertaining you, till you get to have your own plate full.
After a successful venture obtaining delicious food, could be pancakes or a pile of barbecued ribs, burgers and sides, our second scenario looks at sitting down and enjoying it.