“How much of the air you're breathing is air someone else exhaled? And in the midst of a pandemic caused by an airborne virus, where are the riskiest places to be? In the first in a series of five stories Farah Hancock reports on hot spots of hazardous air.”
“Shuffling my way onto the bus I had no idea it might be the most dangerous thing I would do all day…
From a level of 516 parts per million at the bus stop, it took only 20 minutes for CO2 inside the bus to peak at a whopping 5737ppm.”
“Although many public health officials still dismiss COVID infections as inevitable and even beneficial, a growing body of science shows this fashionable dogma is dangerously wrongheaded, if not an outright form of malpractice.”
“Reinfections, and 2022 is surely the year of reinfections, just increase the damage from COVID, which can be profound: immune dysregulation, blood clots, nerve cell death, inflammation, lung damage, kidney failure and brain damage.”
Education secretary to issue new guidance on long Covid, as unions say teachers should get up to 12 months of full-paid leave if diagnosed with the condition
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“The education secretary has asked officials to draw up new guidance on long Covid for schools as cases continue to rise among teachers and support staff…”
“Nadhim Zahawi's request comes as Department for Education research suggests that more than 1/3 of secondary schools are reporting workforce challenges due to #LongCovid .”
“The Toronto Board of Health has unanimously approved a motion calling on the provincial government to make public all recommendations received from its COVID-19 advisory table, its chair says.”
“The move comes just as it was revealed at a board of health meeting Monday that Toronto Public Health staff were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to participate at the province's public health measures table.”
“Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak. Let alone a pandemic. It’s scientifically and ethically problematic”.