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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Profile picture
@ZiadFazel
Apr 17, 2021 • 13 tweets • 13 min read • Read on X
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Because #COVIDisAirborne + Canada's worst-governed provinces are now in a massive 3rd wave, I decided to upgrade from mask to N95-style respirator.

Just in time, @cbcmarketplace lab-tested 14 available respirators. 7 passed. I found 3 in Calgary stores.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…
I am sharing my buying experience, including links and prices, to help others. H/T @RajBhardwajMD for the Marketplace story.

The new Variants of Concern are much more transmissible (stickier) than the coronavirus we encountered last spring. We need better than the usual masks.
Demand >> supply for true N95 respirators for healthcare workers exposed to infected people, so @cbcmarketplace looked at respirators meeting Chinese KN95 & Korean KF94.

These are now available because #ZeroCOVID countries no longer need as many.

blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-…
Lowes WORKPRO Respirator Mask Item 2500091
$20 for box of 10 = $2 each.

lowes.ca/product/workpr…

It just comes in a nondescript box of "Face Masks" but @cbcmarketplace found over 96% filtration of the key 0.3 µm size. Which meets China's GB2626 standard for KN95.
Depending on how much I get RT, this hidden gem currently has lots of stock in 2 cities I checked: Calgary & Toronto. Hope @Lowes_Canada can restock if there is a run on inventory.

See comparison to my current 2-layer cloth mask with disposable filter.

albertaapparel.com/collections/no…
I don't wear an N95 for work, and have only used them a few times during home renovations, so the experience was new.

It feels like wearing a suction cup, whereas my cloth mask felt like a tight scarf. Earloops are sturdy & tight.

Not unpleasant, just understandably different.
Costco MedSup Canada KN95 Item 2459197
$15 for box of 20 = $0.75 each (until 2 May 2021) in their weekly flyer.

Price increased in online catalog from $20 to $23 in last week 🤬 but "marked down" to $18 until 2 May. @cbcmarketplace @AshaTomlinson

costco.ca/kn95-disposabl…
I am not a Costco member, so do not have my own buying experience. Neither is my MD friend who asked me to look into it, because his patients ask him about it.

If anyone has bought them, please share pictures and your review, in the same or better way than I did.
Dollarama Medi Care KN95
$4 each sold in packages of 1 only.

IMHO, this is a ripoff, and takes advantage of people in poorer areas. It was also the most dangerous indoor place I have ever been in: masks 50% chinstrap, 50% dangling loose below nose.

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I feel bad for employees there, wearing cloth masks in that dangerous environment, while selling overpriced KN95 respirators.

Dollarama ended their COVID-19 pay raise in August. It cost only $11m of $139m Q2 profits; they earned $162m in Q3 without it.

cbc.ca/news/business/…
I did not buy the Dollarama KN95, instantly regretted walking into the store, and got out as fast as I could after taking the photo.

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My thread on some @cbcmarketplace-tested N95-style respirators available in Canadian stores, FYI.

#COVIDisAirborne

@GosiaGasperoPhD @DFisman @AntibioticDoc @jvipondmd @AmyTanMD @RajBhardwajMD @TehseenLadha @dupuisj @shazmamithani @ShawnaGofABPoli @caruzycki @KimKellyMD
Here is a picture sent to me today from Costco in Calgary Sunridge. See above in thread for details.

(BTW, 1.7 km of Lowe’s in Calgary Sunridge).

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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Profile picture
Feb 1
Great to see @orlaghokelly driving another public interest lawsuit to help children with disabilities deprived of education by GoA.

She and @Sharonadactyl taught GoA a lesson in CM v Alberta, and were awarded over $100K in costs.
@Lorian_H @UbakaOgbogu

canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/doc… x.com/thebreakdownab…
Oops. I mistakenly left out @gilmcgowan and @ABFedLabour for not only providing funding, but for getting court approval to act as a party (plaintiff) in case the children became too sick to continue.

There are a lot of reasons to like Gil, but that one is special for me.
Here from O'Kelly Law website

okellylaw.ca/news

is 10-page PDF Statement of Claim filed today.

Orlagh and the impressive Anita Cardinal are co-counsel for the plaintiffs.

@davideggenAB @AmandaChapman @ShantelSherwood @amandalhu @TheBreakdownAB

…centralus-okelly-02.azurewebsites.net/media/pdf/file…
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Jan 2
Just before Christmas, I was asked by a friend still traumatized by her harasser to help her report to the police, who recommended she get a Civil Restraining Order without Notice.

AB Justice website providing advice for this is flawed. Here's what to do until it is fixed.

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The @CalgaryPolice recommend this website, which AFAIK is OK for the majority of situations they attend: Restraining Order in Family Law situations.

But for the "Civil Restraining Order", aka Restraining Order from Civil Court, it is deeply flawed.

alberta.ca/get-a-restrain…"How to file a Restraining Order (Without Notice) Step 1. Fill out the forms Fill out the correct form based on your situation: • if your situation involves family members, a relationship where you lived together or a Family Law situation, fill out the Application for a Restraining Order Without Notice in a Family Law Situation • if you are in a situation that does not involve family law, such as neighbours or coworkers, fill out the Restraining Order Without Notice You don’t have to use your own address and phone number if you think it will put you in danger. You can use a friend’...
For the Family Law situation, the link leads to this fillable PDF "Application for a Restraining Order in a Family Law Situation."

It includes space for Affidavit-like "Reasons for Requesting Restraining Order" which is Declared before a Commissioner for Oaths. Top of fillable PDF "Application for a Restraining Order in a Family Law Situation."
Bottom of form, which includes space for Affidavit-like "Reasons for Requesting Restraining Order" which is Declared before a Commissioner for Oaths.
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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Profile picture
Dec 24, 2024
It appears the Plaintiffs have listed two of my tweets in their Statement of Claim as "Twitter Defamatory Words".

1(e) and (j).

I deny that my words were defamatory, false or malicious.

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Seeing my tweets listed in that defamation lawsuit is a complete surprise.

To the best of my knowledge, I have never received any response from the Plaintiffs or their agents to any of my tweets or words.

No reply, no request or demand for correction, retraction or apology.
I have followed the MHCare Medical Twitter account for years. I have never blocked them. They should be able to see my tweets.

Without being harassing, in the past I have asked them via tweet for comment. AFAIK, I never received any response, nor have they ever blocked me. Screenshot of MHCare Medical twitter account, showing I follow them, am not blocking them, nor are they blocking me.
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Dec 23, 2024
In Alberta, babies under 1 year old are getting clobbered by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and it is overloading our children's hospitals:
• Hospitalized at 36x the rate of average Albertan
• Hospital & ICU at 3x rate of COVID in babies under 1

alberta.ca/stats/dashboar…Line graph and table of Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed RSV cases in Alberta by age group, 2024-2025
Line Graph and Table of Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group, 2024-2025
Typical LaGrange-style quote in reporting by @JenLeeCBC:

"In a statement emailed to CBC News, a spokesperson said the hospital is seeing an increase in respiratory admissions, which "aligns with seasonal trends.""

Likely untrue, despite the vagueness.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Expecting mothers should speak with their family physician or obstretician (like @FionaMattatall) about getting vaccinated during their pregnancy to protect their newborns. (I'm not a doc)

RSV shots are $1000 each, but perhaps other immunizations.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
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Dec 22, 2024
Alberta is projected to have its worst influenza vaccine coverage since 2010-2011.

9 weeks into this year's flu shot campaign, we're at 19%. Last year, we were at 23%.

This whole season's coverage projects to 22%.
• last yr 25%
• 2011/12 was 23%

alberta.ca/stats/dashboar…Line graph of cumulative weekly immunizations showing at week 50 of this year's campaign (9 weeks in) 929,380 shots administered so far, which is only 90% of last year's 1,037,278 at the same time.
Line graph of cumulative weekly immunizations showing at week 50 of this year's campaign (9 weeks in) the coverage for all ages is 18.9%
Line graph of cumulative weekly immunizations showing at week 50 of last year's campaign (9 weeks in) 1,037,278 shots administered so far
Line graph of cumulative weekly immunizations showing at week 50 of last year's campaign (9 weeks in) the coverage for all ages was 22.7%.
Seniors 65+, at week 50, 9 weeks into the campaign:
• This year, only 49.2% coverage.
• Last year, 59.4% coverage.

LaGrange's arrogant, deceptive decision to cut off community medical clinics obviously figures largely in this drop.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…2024 vaccine coverage for certain ages at week 50, showing only 49.2% for age 65+
2023 vaccine coverage for certain ages at week 50, showing 59.4% for age 65+
Both last year and this year, peak weekly flu shots administered was in week 42:
• This yr, only 243,207
• Last yr, 330,264

Many of us are now off from school or work for the Xmas holidays. Good time to get vaccinated. It should help you for January return to school or work. Column graph of weekly flu shots administered, showing in week 42: • This yr, only 243,207
Column graph of weekly flu shots administered, showing in week 42: • Last yr, 330,264
Table of Influenza vaccine doses administered and coverage by season and provider, showing: • 2010-2011 was 20% • 2011-2012 was 23% • 2023-2024 (last year) was 25% • 2024-2025 to data at week 50 only 19%
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Dec 18, 2024
3-min video posted 31 Oct 2024 by Liricom & Plenary shows what they expect provincial taxpayers to build + operate for them between airport & "Grand Central Station".

For free.
/h @project_calgary

@DruhFarrell @TheBreakdownAB @CWalcottYYC @jasmine_mian

Before I get into pros and cons, let me just help you figure out their bizarre colours:
🟧 for Calgary Airport Downtown Express track that is at grade or in the 80th Ave tunnel
🟦 Teal (close enough) for stations
🟨 for track that is elevated from Bow River near zoo to Crowchild
Why does it need to be elevated from south shore of Bow River near Zoo, to Downtown West End before Crowchild?

Because CPKC wouldn't let them stay parallel at grade though downtown. Needed to be elevated to not interfere with freight loading/unloading at grade.

"Seamless". Image
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