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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

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2 years

As a medical student, you learn risk factors to ask when patients present with an undiagnosed condition. It helps figure out their risk of having a certain diagnosis. Soon medical students will be learning to ask "did you have a SARS-CoV-2 infection?" when... 1/2

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Missed this, good read. Economists get it, don't work in 4yr election cycles. Who said "it's the economy silly"? "The policy of dropping COVID mandates meant to improve the economy may actually be working to extend the economic costs of the virus, they said." 1/4

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"We have not had a single 🇨🇦 MHO & Dr. Tam say the word "Airborne! If you misdirect policy on the underpinnings of a crisis... not being able to talk about airborne transmission for #COVID , you are going to fail! Because science underpins everything... We are failing." @jvipondmd

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

This is how you create safer communities. I'm Lyne, I live in BC, 🇨🇦. I will continue to protect myself, my family and community. I refuse to be "an accomplice in the death and injury of my fellow human beings." #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #BreakTheChain @Protect_BC

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

seeing a patient with any of these: chest pain, stroke symptoms, shortness of breath, new onset diabetes, recurrent infections, cognitive decline, severe fatigue, arthritis and the list keeps getting longer. Meanwhile in BC #bcpoli health protection measures ignore #LongCovid 2/2

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

“Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without trust, we have no shared reality, no democracy, & it becomes impossible to deal with our world’s existential problems: climate, coronavirus, the battle for truth.” Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Pr.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

BA.5 is here now. We have no idea what will be circulating in the fall. Waiting for a bivalent vaccine based on BA.5 & original v. makes no sense. Continuing wt current Public Health laissez-faire attitude, means soon there will be no healthcare. 1/2

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Over 2.5 years into this pandemic, is it time to acknowledge #COVIDisAirborne and that what you are doing to keep students, seniors in LTC, patients and healthcare workers safe isn't working? #LongCovid @CDCofBC #bcpoli #bced and @TransLink

Kit Yates

@Kit_Yates_Maths

2 years

I love this video from RIKEN in Japan. It models the flow of exhaled air in various different settings under different conditions. As well as the flow patterns being very beautiful, it also highlights the importance of good quality masks (FFP2/FFP3)

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

5 months

We are in a new phase of the pandemic, that of accumulating chronic diseases and disabilities. Mild acute infection or not, pre-existing health conditions or not, with enough Covid reinfections everyone is vulnerable.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Agree with this we cannot blame schools for high rates of #Covid among BC youth. We need to blame the BC provincial health officer. 1/

The Vancouver Sun

@VancouverSun

2 years

Don't blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

7 months

Yesterday. I asked for windows to be opened. Do better @AirCanada

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

“While helping on the demand side, diminished public health restraints (protections!), particularly during surges in case counts, are cutting into the economy’s supply capabilities. Their absence is likely elevating the peak levels for COVID cases..." No shit! 2/4

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"and thereby increasing the costs of worker absenteeism, & perhaps, as we’ve seen in the UK, risking longer term labour market damage due to #LongCOVID ” Yes! All we need now is economist to speak to government. #bcpoli 3/4

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

So if I understand correctly: not testing for COVID patients who are admitted to the hospital will allow you to not cohort COVID + patients and later after a patient acquires COVID in hospital, you will be able to say "we did not know, we hadn't tested..." @VanIslandHealth 1/3

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

8 months

Thank you @MoriartyLab and the team of volunteers for continuing to do public health’s job in Canada.

Tara Moriarty

@MoriartyLab

8 months

Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 4 - 17, 2023 SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK VERY HIGH: none HIGH: none ELEVATED: none MODERATE: none LOW: none About 1 in 23 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

4/4

Posthaste: Sorry, but the economy isn't over COVID — and won't be for some time

financialpost.com

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"Unless we start dealing with these mistruths from our Leaders we will fail." Thank you @jvipondmd

Natasha Fatah

@NatashaFatah

2 years

Canada's Healthcare Crisis: Pediatric hospice discharges respite patients, so staff are redeployed to children's hospital where there's not enough staff for the surge in patients Dr. @JVipondmd says he doesn't recognize the society he's living in

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

May I respectfully suggest that the real question here is: What does China know about this virus that makes it want to limit community spread at all cost, no matter the impact on economic growth, no matter the anger of its people?

Antoine FLAHAULT

@FLAHAULT

2 years

1/8 - “China is at risk of more frequent lockdowns and mass testing as officials struggle to contain the spread of the highly transmissible #BA5 #Omicron VOC despite the damage pandemic restrictions have already wrought on the world’s 2nd-biggest economy.”

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

"The biggest advantage new variants have on us is our behaviour. The real Kraken is no longer the virus – it’s our monstrous level of indifference to the pandemic’s ongoing, and inequitable, carnage." @globeandmail

Opinion: The COVID ‘Kraken’ has been released, but it’s not a variant – it’s our indifference

Instead of catastrophizing every new subvariant, we should be developing strategies for living with a constantly mutating virus

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

Doing nothing to protect BCians from "mild" #Omicron was intentional. Dr. Henry was chasing "herd immunity", which eventually was renamed "strong hybrid immunity." No informed consent. All BC ended up with was ⬆️ #COVID deaths in 2022 & ⬆️ #LongCovid & fall wave of sick children.

SharonBC,Canada

@SharonBurnabyBC

1 year

Never saw this before: Jan 11/22 #bonniehenry #bcpoli #britishcolumbia #bced #COVID19bc @bcndp @adriandix @Dave_Eby @BCGovNews @CDCofBC @VCHhealthcare @VanIslandHealth @mikefarnworthbc @JM_Whiteside @BCNDPCaucus fan clubs have dried up. @ComoxValleyNews

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

No one should be Ok with BC's shift in pandemic management.

CTV News Vancouver

@CTVVancouver

2 years

Infection Control Epidemiologist Colin Furness says B.C.'s shift in COVID-19 management is a 'grave mistake.'

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

In 2022, anyone who still believes SARS-CoV-2 is spread mainly by droplets, should not hold any Public Health role in BC. These individuals are a serious hazard to the health and well being of BC residents and of our whole healthcare system. #bcpoli @charliesmithvcr

Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez

@jljcolorado

2 years

More recommendations based on Flat Earth Aerosol Science from BC Public Health Institutions...

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

7 months

Clearly not controlling COVID is a failing strategy. Hospitals are now amplifiers which will seed the community. Not mentioning ORs will be canceled, non COVID health issues will suffer because of overwhelmed healthcare care providers. Add #LongCovid #ExcessDeaths #Moral Injury

Gabriel Fabreau MD, MPH, FRCPC

@gabefabreau

7 months

Left my house at 0700 for weekend hospital call. Just got home 22:35. Caring for most patients I’ve ever had. Single rooms now triple, pts crammed everywhere, COVID spread through hospital. ED has x60 in wt. room daily. #healthcare #abhealth

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

10 months

Good example of leading by example. Slight correction: time to put masks/respirators on.

The Post Millennial

@TPostMillennial

10 months

Trudeau's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam says "We hope people have developed the habit to be able to use masks as needed ... I do think now is the time to get your mask ready."

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

3 years

Long Covid = hidden pandemic after the pandemic. 1 million UK citizens with Long Covid, 400,000 have symptoms lasting longer than 1 year. UK children with Long Covid= 53,000 and counting. In BC Long Covid data is not reported. Cases counted as recovered!

'Long Covid' affecting significant numbers, says Dr Deepti Gurdasani

About 400,000 people have had Long Covid symptoms for a year or more, says an expert.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

“To not institute a simple, harmless, effective measure – that’s temporary – to help our kids in at least the short term is incomprehensible to me,” @SKGandhiMD said. “Government and public health apathy, in the face of dying children, makes no sense.”

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"If the physics, biology and chemistry underpinning your policy decisions do not support your policy decisions, you're gonna fail, and we are failing."

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

"The notion of telling health care workers go to work when you’re sick and don’t even try to determine what you’re sick with, this is the opposite of health care. It’s brain-breaking." @SoniaFurstenau

Health care workers on Vancouver Island advised not to test themselves for COVID

A UBC theoretical biologist who has been following the evolution of the coronavirus said it ‘makes no sense’ to elevate the COVID-19 risk for hospital patients who are already at their most vulnerable

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

I truly believe that the twitter community I belong to, knows more about #COVID than most physicians in BC who follow BC Public Health & @CDCofBC Bottom line: listening to BC Public Health & @CDCofBC is a risk factor for getting infected & reinfected with #COVID19

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

6 months

I'd recommend changing dentist.

Sabina Vohra-Miller

@SabiVM

6 months

The sign outside my dentist’s office….

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Priority #1 in all hospitals, LTCs: protect few staff you have. Step #1 : Switch everyone to #N95 or equivalent now, Step #2 Corsi-Rosenthal the hell out of all your physical spaces from LTC, ED, wards, clinics. Step #3 Check Ventilation via @torontostar

‘We’re the Titanic and we are sinking, fast’: Health-care leaders call for help as Ontario ERs...

COVID hospitalizations and staff illnesses in seventh wave add to nursing shortages, surgical backlogs and patients stuck waiting for long-term care.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

7 months

Why the surprise? SARS-CoV-2 causes immune dysfunction. Welcome to the consequences of "let it rip" or "living (dying) with Covid". Don't need a new SARS-CoV-2 deadly mutation to wreck havoc. In North America right now, we're facing a "rinse and repeat" of last yr's 3-demic.

World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

7 months

WHO statement on reported clusters of respiratory illness in children in northern China WHO has made an official request to #China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. At a press conference on 13

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"Henry says some youth were becoming infected when they were not eligible for a vaccine" Whose job was it to buy time and keep them safe until a vaccine was available for them, 5-11 or 0-4 years old? 2/

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

When leadership fails, lives are lost.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"We are causing COVID-19 to mutate on a scale never seen before... Because the world has chosen not to pursue adequate public health measures..." @BlakeMMurdoch /via @globeandmail

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"This is all resulting from a series of misinformation spread by our Leaders. - #Covid is not asymptomatically spread- #COVID is not airborne- Kids don't get #COVID in schools- Kids don't transmit in schools- Kids are less likely to transmit to their parents at home."

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

First off thank you to @MoriartyLab who is the only person providing early indicators for people in Canada to be able assess their risk of Covid infection in their province/territory.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Albert Einstein once said that 'insanity' was 'Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting to achieve different results'. I have lost all trust in BC Public Health. Can't even call them "leaders."

Tom Jackman

@frozen

2 years

According to Dr. Henry, we're in a good place now. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

The last point I would make is that BC Public Health has done an awful job of testing and tracing school children. So they have no valid data on school transmission. @BCschoolCovid has done the job of BC Public Health to keep parents and teachers informed. @DrFiliatrault

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

More misinformation spread by our Leaders: "Kids are less likely to get severe illness, #Omicron is mild- We are all gonna get it- Hybrid immunity is better for us- We need to get the illness in order to protect us from getting the illness."

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

9 months

100% Vaccine once a year & vaccine-only strategy doesn’t & will not work without also controlling virus airborne transmission and slowing its evolution. We also need smart targeted research funding to advance therapeutics, #LongCovid & new longer lasting infection protective vax.

Dr Zoë Hyde

@DrZoeHyde

9 months

Policymakers shouldn’t be trying to manage COVID-19 as if it were seasonal influenza. It’s not and never will be. SARS-CoV-2’s greater transmissibility leads to faster viral evolution. This means waves of disease throughout the year, rather than a single winter COVID season. 🧵

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2 years

Situational awareness: Children between 2-4 years and 5-9 years account for more than 50% of reported hospitalizations in Canada as of November 19, 2022.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

10 months

Just when you thought things could not get more ridiculous during a pandemic in BC.. Thank you @brish_ti Thank you Drs. Under and @fongafriend

B.C. hospital sees fast spread of COVID-19, but no outbreak declared due to 'negative connotations'...

At Saanich Peninsula Hospital on Vancouver Island, a facility that serves mostly seniors, health-care workers tell CBC News there has been a major uptick in COVID-19 cases acquired in hospital in the...

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

3 years

So if I get it, we have today 2,944 cases in BC but that number is really likely 4 X higher. We are unable to contact trace effectively, have reached PCR testing capacity and are handing out a single RAT to many which shows we don't understand how RAT work and

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

I always say listen to the people who are in the system and are speaking out. They are putting themselves, their careers at risk by going public. It is not something done without serious consideration. Thank you @SKGandhiMD

Sanjiv K Gandhi

@SKGandhiMD

2 years

In BC, the tidal wave of pediatric respiratory viruses is intensified by a strained healthcare system, pretending the pandemic is over, and the elimination of basic public health tools. Lack of transparency, defensive excuses, and apathy will result in many more very sick kids.

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2 years

Yes I'm fed up and so should you. via @BurnabyNOW_News

Opinion: The BC Green Party is fed up with Dr. Bonnie Henry. I can see why

BC Green Party leader came out swinging this week with a stinging criticism.

www.burnabynow.com

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@DrFiliatrault

3 years

we are worried about absenteeism in healthcare and essential workers but the only thing we announce is a delayed school start for some children and a few more school measures that show we still don't understand #CovidisAirborne . Am I missing something here? @DrFiliatrault

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Let's archive this thread for posterity: how a minister of health and a provincial health officer were reckless with the lives, the health and well being of 5.2 million BC residents. #omicron #CovidisAirborne #N95 @frozen @DrFiliatrault

Tom Jackman

@frozen

2 years

It's January 2022, and a Minister of Health for a jurisdiction of more than 5 million still claims that N95 respirators don't offer much additional protection against Covid than other types of masks. 🙄 Why does @adriandix refuse to follow the science on airborne transmission?

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Fact: Trust is foundational for effective Public Health.

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

Make no mistake, this interview was in response to @Protect_BC letter. This was Dr. Gustafson coming to the rescue of Dr. Daly.

Tom Jackman

@frozen

1 year

Dr. Reka Gustafson, a public health official in Canada, wrongly believes that: 1) Covid isn't stressing our healthcare system 2) Masks cause harm 3) Avoiding covid is bad for your health 4) Most people in hospital who test positive aren't there from covid, only with it.

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

How many people do we need to "watch closely" #COVID (re)infect British Columbians, and do absolutely nothing? @adriandixpoli would do better hiring an #engineer who understands #aerosols and can help bring in legislation for #CleantheAir indoors.

Ousted top doctor in Alberta moves to job with B.C.'s public health leadership | CBC News

The former chief medical officer removed from her post in Alberta has taken a new job with B.C.'s public health leadership team, the coastal province announced Wednesday.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

9 months

We have the same b.s. playing out in BC, Canada. And guidance is coming from "so called" public health leaders. Complete incompetence and failure to learn are contributing to the ongoing destruction of health care. #bcpoli @CDCofBC

Stephen Griffin

@SGriffin_Lab

9 months

I've no reason to doubt the provenance of this note from a Shropshire NHS Trust, but I genuinely wish it was fake. Short-sighted doesn't even begin to describe my outrage at this callous approach to staff and patient safety. Have we learned nothing? I only hope it's not UK wide💔

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1 year

There is no Public Health in BC. No health promotion and health protection, no disease prevention for ALL BCians. There is no Public Health in BC.

Sonia Furstenau

@SoniaFurstenau

1 year

The goal of public health should be to keep people from getting sick in the first place. Not only do we want to prevent people from suffering the short- and long-term effects of illness, our communities and economies suffer when people get sick. #bcpoli

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Does anyone else feel like crying? 2 years in and @VCHhealthcare has yet to understand that #CovidisAirborne As in aerosol and yes, meaning "around corners" for some Public Health leaders. @DrFiliatrault

Jaclyn Ferreira - 😷 (She/Her)

@jaclynmacrae

2 years

Hi @jljcolorado I think I have another one for your hall of shame over here...

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

4 months

By refusing to accept that SARS-CoV-2 spreads through aerosols, all 🇨🇦public health officials put children & educators [and their families & communities] at risk of repeated COVID infections, and now measles in schools. What's next, TB?

Dr. Brian Goldman

@NightShiftMD

4 months

That York Region measles case had close contact with 1,500 high school students plus teachers.

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

9 months

Now that's leadership! Thank you @ChandraPasma and @OntarioNDP What a contrast with @bcndp & @RachnaSinghNDP who in 2023, are still pushing hand washing. @SKGandhiMD

Chandra Pasma

@ChandraPasma

9 months

Today I am tabling the Improving Air Quality for Our Children Act, 2023. If adopted, this bill will help improve air quality in our classrooms and licensed childcare facilities. I hope that folks from all sides can stand behind this important issue for our kids #onted

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First Do No Harm

Hospitals Shouldn’t Be a Place to Get COVID | The Tyee

BC is failing to take steps that could keep patients and health-care workers safer.

thetyee.ca

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

@matpVI @VanIslandHealth @Protect_BC @lisa_iannattone @PennyDaflos Well, that's new one! You can now call it a "cluster" as @VCHhealthcare & @VCHDrDaly do, or follow @VanIslandHealth and blame Norovirus. End result: #covid outbreaks hidden in LTC and no accountability. I wonder what trick @northernhealth_ uses. Don't trust BC's public health.

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2 years

Parents with young children will tell you they bring home viruses! Where did the children get #Covid in unsafe BC schools. Worse after March 11, masks were removed. This is not the schools' fault it is the adults in charge who failed and continue to fail BC children. #LongCovid

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

3 years

Third, anytime physicians and nurses use their voices, you should take notice. They're putting themselves professionally at risk, think hospital privileges, gaslighting and more. I stepped up for same reason I became a physician bcse I care and believe together we can do better.

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2 years

Thank you for the quick response Mr. Nagler, Ombudsman. @CBCNews

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Could not agree more with @dgurdasani . I would suggest that anyone in 2022 who still considers SARS-CoV-2 spread by droplet should NOT be listened too. No matter the title they hold. @DrFiliatrault

Dr. Deepti Gurdasani

@dgurdasani1

2 years

If there's one place that's even more in the dark ages on evidence on school transmission and mitigations, and school policy than England- it's BC. As expected the misinformation comes directly from those who should be protecting children & communities.

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“You start to wonder if the lack of action to mitigate the spread of this virus & its impact is a form of ableism by way of policy,” Dr. Naheed Dosani, palliative care physician and health equity lead at Kensington Health in Toronto via @torontostar

Why in Ontario and in Canada, this became COVID’s deadliest year

‘People are still suffering. People are still dying.’

www.thestar.com

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@DrFiliatrault

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This confirms what #LongCovid patients have told us and what some immunologists @fitterhappierAJ have warned us about. This should be a game changer for Public Health everywhere. Imagine the huge burden of disease in the face of a failing healthcare system. Meanwhile in BC...

Eric Topol

@EricTopol

2 years

Covid reinfections are not benign: ~39,000 people w/reinfections vs ~5.4 million controls indicates extensive and persistent risk with a "dose-response" (more risk with repeat reinfections) by @zalaly @BCBowe @Biostayan @WUSTLmed @VAResearch

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Meanwhile in BC, no masks, no HEPA filtration units, no C-R boxes, no air quality monitoring in schools. BC Public Health leaders still don't acknowledge #COVIDIsAirborne , that schools are workplaces & 3C applies (close contact, closed & crowded), that kids get and spread #COVID

Protect Our Province BC

@Protect_BC

2 years

So how about we stop the lie. No such thing as "immunity debt." It is all about #COVID immune suppression "resulting in greater vulnerability to other viral, bacterial or fungal infections — and as a result accelerating their spread" @fitterhappierAJ Thank you for persisting.

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1 year

Worth dissecting /via @globeandmail

New COVID modelling shows B.C. with the highest incidence of the virus in Canada

According to the ‘hazard index’ published by COVID-19 Resources Canada, B.C. has had the highest score across the country for more than a month

www.theglobeandmail.com

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@DrFiliatrault

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@kprather88 @martindunphy Both right. Not treated immediately as airborne: patient rushed in from Triage. Soon isolated in negative pressure room. Note the various floors of HK metropolitan hotel where guests were infected, SARS = airborne as SARS co-V2 is!

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

OMG. Closing in on almost 3 years into this pandemic and the hospitals' Infection Control and Prevention practitioners still don't get that SARS-CoV-2 spreads by #Aerosols #PCR #N95 #HEPA #ventilation

Adele Groyer

@AdeleGroyer

2 years

Hospital acquired Covid now accounts for 39% of Covid admissions. Hospital acquired covid counts have increased faster than other Covid admissions since the start of November. Last week's changes in admissions: - Total Covid ⬆️ 36% - Hospital acquired ⬆️44% - Other⬆️32% 2/2

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Opinion: Measles is not some harmless childhood infection /via @globeandmail

Opinion: Measles is not some harmless childhood infection

The virus remains an enormously infectious disease, and vaccines remain as important as ever, especially around pregnancy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

1 year

There's NO public health in BC. People in BC now have to advocate for public health protections to have safe access to essential services: hospitals, labs, & more. While also advocating to keep our elders safe in their LTC and Assisted Living homes. #DoNoHarmBC #BringBackMasks

DoNoHarm BC

@DoNoHarmBC

1 year

Our protest is starting! Want to raise your voice from home? 📣 RT this graphic & tag @Dave_Eby , @adriandix , @PHSAofBC & other decision-makers, & tell them why YOU need them to #BringBackMasks & #KeepMasksInHealthcare ! (No threats/harrassment please: it's about DO NO HARM.)

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@DrFiliatrault

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Please tell Dr. Henry that masks work. “Hope”, “watching closely” don’t. As for “Masking when appropriate”, “appropriate” is Now. #bcpoli @adriandix @RachnaSinghNDP

McMaster Health Sciences

@machealthsci

10 months

As students head back to school, experts caution about the risk of RSV, flu and COVID-19. “The province should step in and mandate masks," says Catherine Clase, professor @MacDeptMed . “We know that masks work.”

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@DrFiliatrault

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"The outbreaks come in the aftermath of decision by the Ministry of Health to lift mask mandates in health-care facilities. On April 6, provincial health officer Bonnie Henry & @adriandix announced an end to universal masking requirements in health-care settings".

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@DrFiliatrault

3 years

IMPORTANT: if using RAT, swab both throat AND nose to increase sensitivity. Please amplify. @DrFiliatrault @VicLeungIDdoc @Protect_BC

Michael Mina

@michaelmina_lab

3 years

Symptoms are starting v early w Omicron (for a number of reasons I’ve discussed) This means that there is a chance the virus isnt yet growing in the nose when you first test Virus may start further down. Throat swab + nasal may improve chances a swab picks up virus.

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@DrFiliatrault

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In BC, you would not be eligible for Paxlovid. Same science, different postal code. @adriandix #bcpoli

Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.

@DrGorfinkel

6 months

🦠 This COVID-19 rapid test took the ENTIRE 15 minutes to become positive. 💊 Paxlovid, here I come. Toronto’ll be short by at least one in-person GP this week…

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10 months

Would be a good time to bring back mask requirements in healthcare. Protect patients seeking care so they don’t end up hospitalized for COVID in the few beds available. Protect healthcare workers so they can care for patients. @adriandix & DBH is this so difficult to grasp?

we_carry_on 😷🇨🇦

@wecarryon2

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Misinformation Alert! "For healthy, boosted Canadians, most infections this fall should be no worse than a bad cold or flu." @globeandmail WRONG! #Covid is not a bad cold. #Covid is not a bad flu. See #Omicron vs flu daily & total deaths Dec.2 2021 -Sept 9 2022 @MoriartyLab 1/6

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

With all due respect @KatharineSmart here are some alternative threads showing #Covid 's impact on immunity, long after the acute infectious phase. Current situation has nothing to do with pandemic precautions and the made up concept of "immunity debt."

Dr. Katharine Smart

@KatharineSmart

2 years

This is a great thread on what we are seeing right now. Have a read ⤵️

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

In 2023, any public health official who does not acknowledge that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne and that breathing and talking are aerosol generating, that public health official puts the health of all British Columbians at risk.

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@DrFiliatrault

10 months

Public health is based on 3 Ps: Promoting health & well being, Protecting health and Preventing illness and disease for all, starting with the most vulnerable. For if the most vulnerable are protected then everyone is. There is NO Public Health in BC.

Sanjiv K Gandhi

@SKGandhiMD

10 months

The job of Public Health is to properly inform the public. I'll elaborate in this 🧵. @adriandix and @shirleybond - Let's please put politics aside and meet. We can figure out a way to educate the public more effectively to keep everyone healthy. 1/9

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“The people running the show don’t know the show they’re running,” said Gandhi. “They’re trying to solve it miles away from where the solutions really are.”

Why a Top BC Heart Surgeon Quit for Politics | The Tyee

Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi saved children’s lives in the operating room. Now he is a deputy leader of the BC Greens.

thetyee.ca

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

When Politicians rewrite history it gets dangerous.

Protect Our Province BC

@Protect_BC

2 years

Dr. Henry starts by claiming we "saw the Omicron wave coming at us" and started "early" with precautions to lower community spread. Restrictions on gatherings, stadiums, etc. will be extended to February 16th.

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@VicLeungIDdoc Thank you for your courage to speak up. #CovidisAirborne Think cigarette smoke! @Protect_BC @globeandmail

B.C. doctors group calls on province to focus on COVID-19 aerosol transmission

B.C. doctor says the province should focus on improving air flow in buildings, continue strong mask mandates

www.theglobeandmail.com

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@DrFiliatrault

11 months

“The whole pandemic has been a political response & so no political party wants an inquiry, because it would be an inquiry into how they mismanaged the pandemic,” @DrFiliatrault said, pointing to snap B.C. & federal elections in fall 2020 and 2021, respectively.

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@DrFiliatrault

11 months

Meanwhile in BC, “we don’t see a rise in admissions, ICU and deaths…” says the PHO. 3.5 years into this and has yet to learn: precautionary principle, 2 steps ahead of the virus, exponential growth, airborne, can’t vax your way out of this pandemic, etc.

Emily Johnson (is on Mastadon and Bsky)

@emily_rj

11 months

Covid pediatric admissions are the highest they’ve been since August 2020 in NYC right now, this is very bad

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Hmm, not so mild after all. #Omicron Obviously this "living with it" is highly dependent on it not killing you first. #PrecautionaryPrinciple Beware of a new variant and assumptions based on hope.

Chris Turnbull

@EnemyInAState

2 years

Omicron, South Africa: Despite having allegedly peaked weeks ago now: the deaths continue to rise by a factor of 6x from mid December:

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Meanwhile that former BC Education minister failed to clean the air in classrooms & make schools safe for BC children. Parents still have no idea of ACH in their child's classroom, let alone #CO2 levels. #bcpoli Do better @RachnaSinghNDP

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@DrFiliatrault

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Yes, jaw dropping moment! Begs the question what is the job of Public Health in BC? @DrFiliatrault

David Molko

@molkoreports

2 years

Dr. Bonnie Henry: "I want to get out of the order business." My jaw is still on the ground. @CTVVancouver @CTVNews #bcpoli

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

"This week’s removal of masking directives in healthcare settings does not uphold a human rights centered approach to public health." Kasari Govender, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Ok, now what are you going to do about it? @KasariGovender @humanrights4BC

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

1 year

Statement on masking in healthcare: "While I believe that we should be taking public health measures to protect marginalized and vulnerable people in all settings, healthcare, of all places, should prioritize the health of medically vulnerable people."

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Ethics what's that? "Over the next 10 months, however, just one-fifth of the 20.7 million taxpayer-funded COVID-19 rapid tests distributed through the program went to hot spot neighbourhoods, according to provincial data obtained by the Star" 1/5

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@DrFiliatrault

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The gulf between the @ChiefSciCan and all the Canadian CMHOs/PHOs is huge. I'll let you guess who is actually following the Science.

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@DrFiliatrault

3 years

Why are we not doing this in BC and Canada? Oh wait, Covid transmission is different above the 49th parallel? #COVIDisAirborne

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

@kprather88

3 years

CR boxes...going in classrooms @UCSanDiego right now! What an amazing grass root effort to add an extra layer of protection for our students, staff, and faculty. #COVIDisAirborne

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"The [governments] strategy is to get #Covid to build up hybrid immunity." However, "the virus evolution is outpacing the immunity that is building up in people each time you get infected. The virus is winning." @CrabbBrendan Governments = most high income countries.

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@DrFiliatrault

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What do we call a Vaccine-Only strategy with no access to #CovidVaccines /boosters for select age group? The words "abandonment", "discrimination," "inequity" all come to mind. Please justify or do better NACI🇨🇦 @CPHO_Canada

Dalia Hasan

@DaliaHasanMD

1 year

A bombshell was dropped on #CovidVaccines for kids as per NACI🇨🇦 💥6 mo - 5 y NO booster dose (the 🇺🇸 has been administering them since Dec 2022) 💥5-11 y only ONE booster dose after the primary series Why are kids being shut out of protection from severe illness & death?!

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@PPEtoheros @jvipondmd @JustinTrudeau @DFisman @GosiaGasperoPhD @DrEricDing @AmitAryaMD @JillianHortonMD @NatriceR @TRyanGregory @BrooksFallis @yaneerbaryam @theJagmeetSingh @DonDavies Healthcare system on its knees &"leaders" unwilling to bring back mask requirements in public spaces to limit spread of viruses & ⬇️ demand on EDs and ICUs, prevent illness, limit cancelled surgeries & prevent more children dying. A leadership crisis as much as healthcare crisis.

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@DrFiliatrault

9 months

One award that DBH was not long listed for. Ty @linseymarr

This MacArthur 'genius' knew the initial theory of COVID transmission was flawed

When COVID-19 first emerged, Linsey Marr suspected right away it spread through the air. Time has proved this aerosols engineer right. Now she's being honored with a MacArthur "genius grant."

www.npr.org

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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

@DrFiliatrault

2 years

Important topic. The only reason the world found out about SARS-CoV-2 in China when it did is b/c Wuhan emergency physician, Dr. Ai Fen, handed the whistle to the whistle blower, Dr. Li Wenliang. If you believe that healthcare workers are free to speak in 🇨🇦 you are wrong. /2

CTV W5

@CTVW5

2 years

. @CTVW5 investigates how a high-ranking doctor ended up losing his position at an Ontario health network after criticizing the Ontario government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch 'Second Opinion' tonight at 7 p.m. #ctv

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@DrFiliatrault

1 year

Imagine my surprise to find the former education minister wearing a #KN95 on the flight.

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

@frozen @sd68bc If HEPA filtration units interfere with the operation of schools' HVAC system, then why does this not happen in Ontario schools, where 110,000 HEPA filtration were installed. (sarcasm) #CleanAir #CovidisAirborne

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

💯 Enough already! It's time for an Independent Multidisciplinary Science Table to help manage BC's Pandemic. @DrFiliatrault

Protect Our Province BC

@Protect_BC

2 years

@Protect_BC

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@DrFiliatrault

2 years

"We know 'now', especially for #Omicron you need those 3 doses," says Dr. Henry. Wrong! We knew in December, we were warned by Dr. Juni, Scientific Dir. ON Science Table & many other jurisdictions that 3 doses were necessary. BC closed vaccine clinics during the holidays! 1/4

Global BC

@GlobalBC

2 years

WATCH: B.C. has more than 225,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine set to expire next month. This as the province still has no plan to provide most people under the age of 70 with a fourth dose. @RichardZussman has more.

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