Settler in Tkaronto. Filmmaker. Writer. Mum. Science-liker. Night owl. Stopping transmission of an airborne multi-system brain-shrinking virus is about equity.
Jun 25, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
1/There were 138 residential “schools” in Canada. I am wondering what we could call them instead of schools. Graveyards are not incorporated into the architectural plans for new schools as these were. Maybe child labour camps. They were everywhere trc.ca/assets/pdf/203…
2/By my count, 1,142 children’s remains have been found in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools in Canada so far:
Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, on the lands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation - 215
May 10, 2021 • 23 tweets • 7 min read
1/Make the lockdowns count. There is no acceptable number of deaths.
Just published: COVID-19, Get to Zero, Save Lives
Huge thanks to contributors @GosiaGasperoPhD, @caruzycki & @TehseenLadha
Full article & footnotes here: link.medium.com/VTl0vHVT8fb
Loooong thread below:
2/Any country or region can eliminate #COVID-19 with an action plan to reduce community spread until there are zero cases. Over two dozen countries & some of Canada’s Northern Territories and Atlantic Provinces already have successfully eliminated, or almost eliminated, COVID-19.
Apr 17, 2021 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
1/7 My sister-in-law, an RN in the GTA looking after COVID-19 patients every day, told me most of her patients are in their 20s and 30s. Most are sent to the ICU within 12 hours of being admitted. In each case, their entire family is sick with COVID, sometimes 8 or 9 people.
2/7 A veteran RN with 3 kids, she wasn't scared during the 1st, or even the 2nd, wave. But now, like her colleagues, she is terrified. Leaders need to listen to their science advisors, not lobbyists. Decisions need to be made according to public health, not political ambitions.
Apr 11, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
1/With the 4,456 new official Covid-19 cases in Ontario today and the majority of Covid-19 cases in Canada now being VOCs, maybe it's a good time to update what we know about transmission. Thanks to @DFisman for editing and fact-checking and @realsarahpolley for the inspiration.
2/Transmission:
•Covid-19 is airborne: the virus can hang suspended in the air for hours and travel much further than 2m (6’), especially indoors
