1/ One reason many of us advocate for #masks#vaccines is because#COVID patients are filling up hospitals/clinics and patients need other healthcare too.
Never thought this would impact me.
But here I am @OttawaHeartInstitute
2/ My husband - who has run 7-10k a few times a week his whole adult life - needed to be here today.
2/ After citing 2 Lancet studies showing ocular #COVID19 transmission, there's opining: “The risk of someone getting that close that they’re going to cough and have high concentrations of it near your eyeball is really low,”
Spitting in your eye? #COVIDisAirborne
Or this gem:
3/ My article explained that face-shields aren't as protective as goggles #COVIDisAirborne
I tweeted it to protect people because #omicron infections occur even with #N95 and eyes might be the route.
The popularity of my tweet resulted in this article that puts them at risk
I wrote about the need for 3rd doses from Sept when other countries were giving them. Many experts argued with me. Many went on TV and explained they weren’t needed. These are the results of months of PR by them. Time to say they were wrong publicly and help save lives. #cndpoli
Many are still on tv and do support 3rd doses, however they need to backtrack on their incorrect advice. Because it’s a creating a problem and filling up our hospitals and morgues. Many get their info from TV/articles. Be humble. Say you were wrong and it puts people at risk. 👇🏽
And this is why you need to go back on TV and write articles and say you were wrong and correct your #misinformation. Two doses don’t protect people because of waning and immune escape of #Omicron
#COVIDisAirborne infecting mucosal surfaces like the eye's conjunctiva
As Dr. Sherif El-Defrawy, one of our top ophthalmologists explained: “If COVID-19 infects the conjunctiva of the eye, it could travel to the nose via the nasolacrimal duct and colonize the nose or throat,”
2/ Fallacy: Canada is waiting 4 months because of supply issues.
Fact: Canada has given the same # as many countries and has CHOSEN to delay shots longer than any other country in the world. This is a choice. Period.
Plan: if too many get sick, we need to change
3/ Fallacy: Delaying doses is safe
Fact: We aren’t even collecting patient data.
Plan: People half vaccinated should be identified in testing, hospital and ICU - and data must be collected. Tagging our data powerhouses.