Hazard Watch
Situational information and resources for hazardous events in New Brunswick.
https://www.gnb.ca/en/topic/laws-safety/emergency-preparedness-alerts/hazard-watch.html
Wastewater virus signals for Toronto, for the 52 week period ending Friday March 6 2026 showing a drastic spike in COVID-19. RSV, Flu A and Flu B are also shown. The second highest spike was Flu A which peaked mid-December and was present for about 8 weeks, while COVID-19 has been at elevated and mostly growing levels since last spring.
"There's something going around"
Yeah. It's COVID.
wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...
A graph with white and light grey striped background showing levels of COVID-19, RSV, FLU A, and FLU B levels for Ontario
Wastewater levels for Ontario, released today, March 6th, 2026…otherwise known as “during COVID”
wwater.ca/Ontario
One of the resident research projects I am supervising is a survey of the family planning/fertility intentions of people with #longCOVID. So far, our abstract has been rejected by 2 conferences. Is our abstract non-competitive or is there bias against acknowledgement of #longCOVID?
Graphic featuring a quote in the centre, which reads: “Covid-19 has a profound and lasting impact on cardiovascular health, with complications emerging during acute illness, recovery, and even after reinfections or vaccination.” Dr. Vassilios Vassiliou, lead author of “Cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Covid-19,” a clinical consensus statement The text is placed on a background showing an ECG chart with a subtle navy and teal gradient overlay.
There is strong research evidence that Covid-19 and Long Covid increase the risk of many cardiovascular conditions, including heart attacks, clotting events, POTS, vascular ageing and more.
#LongCovidHeartbeats #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness #hearthealth
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"Parallel private systems do not reduce wait times. They make them longer," @danyaalraza.com said.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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today's essential listen.
Really fascinating discussion, and a super important one.
Dr. Alison Luke and Dr. Pamela Jarrett share insights from a New Brunswick pilot patient navigation program supporting people living with dementia, their care partners and care teams. Learn about key findings, participant experiences and lessons for dementia care: youtu.be/C9Nc93zieK8?...
I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.
After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.
Here’s my investigation:
"Images posted to the club’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes."
Excellent work by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social!
Montreal Antifasciste has been looking out for this community since long before I did my latest investigation.
Check out their work. They’re amazing!
This (2020) is fascinating to read now:
"What is about to be unleashed on American society will be the greatest campaign ever created to get you to feel normal again. It will come from brands...from government...from each other...from the left and from the right."
archive.is/uiC06
It also highlights the stigma of using one substance vs others.
Despite a far higher burden and costs of tobacco and alcohol, we don’t have any qualms treating those harms as health issues.
www.ontario.ca/files/2024-0...
Yes. This. Except unsupervised = unsupported. Alone = no chance for help. Help that might save a life or change a life. There should be support across the political spectrum for this lifesaving approach.
After seeing Shrek the Musical at The Capitol, we decided to rewatch the movie.
We have always put on the subtitles, but this time I noticed another option : "commentary"... and wow, cool and too funny!
Reel in which Sood looks confused, writes, "When the patient starts using medical terminology suspiciously well," and then plays the Twilight Zone theme. (What is "suspiciously well" -?)
My response: "I hope you're not one of those physicians who's intimidated by knowledgeable patients. I have a doctorate and chonic health conditions - some lifelong (for ex., lung disease) and some of which are somewhat rare, and so, of which doctors are ignorant of (like prior Spotaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, caused by FMD; many doctors treat SCAD heart attacks like those caused by plaque, and they aren't.) Yes, I know the research literature for my own conditions, and I use the correct terminology; why on earth would I do otherwise? And if you see me in the ER and ask me "Are you a nurse?" (because I'm female) - no offense to nurses, but you're going to get an earful, bucko. Too many male doctors have asked me that; it speaks to their characters and implicit biases. MDs and DOs get very little training on how to code switch with patients based on educational level and information seeking patterns. (I know that research too, btw.) Get proficient in meeting patients where they are while you're still young, and then do better, please."
Meanwhile, FB continues to disappoint.
When patients use incorrect terminology, many doctors later make fun of them. (I worked at a hospital briefly after college & saw it.) But when patients use correct terminology, MDs post reels w/ the Twilight Zone theme, like Dr. Kunal Sood did. My response:
Chatgpt ditched. Now using LeChat, a France based genAI that needs to comply with Europe's stricter* data privacy laws and they aren't collabing with the department of war.
*stricter in that Europe had data privacy laws and punitive measures if you don't obey vs the good vibes only USA approach
Nous avons prévu des événements, un webinaire sur les demandes de prestations d’invalidité, des entrevues avec des experts, l’illumination de bâtiments et bien plus encore.
Découvrez notre programmation complète et apprenez-en plus sur la covid longue : societecovid.ca/priorites/la...
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Sur un fond bleu foncé et turquoise est inscrit : « 1er au 31 mars : Mois de la sensibilisation à la covid longue ». À gauche du texte se trouve un ruban à l’effigie de la covid longue. En dessous se trouvent 9 silhouettes (1 blanche et huit turquoises) et un texte indiquant : « Au Canada, 1 adulte sur 9 développe des symptômes à long terme après une infection par la covid-19. » À gauche : Illustration divisée en quatre sections, chacune mettant en avant un aspect différent dont nous traiterons lors du Mois de la sensibilisation à la covid longue. Section supérieure gauche : Illustration mettant en lumière les risques cardiovasculaires liés aux infections par la covid. Le texte indique : « La covid peut endommager votre cœur. Porter un masque N95 aide à vous protéger. » La légende de cette section indique : « Mise en lumière des répercussions cardiovasculaires ». Section supérieure droite : Photo de notre événement ayant eu lieu en mars 2025 pour la Journée internationale de sensibilisation à la covid longue. Des taies d’oreiller sur lesquelles étaient inscrits des témoignages de patients étaient exposées au public. La légende de cette section indique : « Événements soulignant la Journée internationale de sensibilisation à la covid longue ». Section inférieure gauche : Photo du Olympic Cauldron de Vancouver illuminé en bleu turquoise pour la Journée internationale de sensibilisation à la covid longue, en 2025. La légende indique : « Illuminations partout au Canada ». Section inférieure droite : Photo d’une main tenant un téléphone sur lequel est diffusée une entrevue. On y voit le chercheur sur la covid longue, le Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, en train de discuter avec la Dre Susan Kuo, médecin de famille en Colombie-Britannique, ainsi que bénévole à la Société canadienne de la covid.
Joignez-vous à nous pour sensibiliser le public et soutenir la communauté des personnes atteintes de covid longue tout au long du mois de mars.
#CovidLongue #ILCAD2026 #SensibilisationÀLaCovidLongue
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Check out our full lineup of Long Covid Awareness Month activities and learn more about Long Covid at covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
#LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness
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Graphic with a dark blue and teal gradient background. Main text: “March 1-31: Long Covid Awareness Month.” There is a Long Covid ribbon beside the main text. Below are one white figure and eight teal figures. The text underneath this reads: “1 in 9 adults in Canada experience Long Covid after a Covid-19 infection.” To the left is a graphic split into four sections, two by two, each showing a different focus for Long Covid Awareness Month. Top left: A graphic highlighting cardiovascular risks of Covid infections. It reads: “Covid can damage your heart. Wearing an N95 mask helps protect you.” The caption with this section reads: Special focus on cardiovascular effects. Top right: A photo from our 2025 International Long Covid Awareness Day event in Quebec City, where pillowcases with patient stories were laid out for the public to view. The caption with this section reads: International Long Covid Awareness Day Events. Bottom left: A photo of the Vancouver Olympic Cauldron lit in teal-blue for International Long Covid Awareness Day 2025. The caption with this section reads: Lightings across Canada. Bottom right: A photo of a person’s hand holding a phone, on which an interview is playing. Shown are Long Covid researcher Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, who is being interviewed by Dr. Susan Kuo, a family physician in B.C., and a Canadian Covid Society volunteer.
Join us as we spread awareness and support the Long Covid community throughout March. We’ve planned events, a live webinar on disability benefits applications, interviews with experts, lightings of buildings, landmarks and signs, and much more.
#LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness
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The College of Family Physicians of Canada is hosting a long covid webinar for practitioners on March 26! Tell the family docs in your life to register! :)
Stand Up against Street Harassment FREE! Bystander intervention webinar March 6 Noon - 1pm EST
We are not powerless in the face of rising hate. We can learn the tenets of community care and show up for each other in ways big and small.
Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete ways you can safely de-escalate harassment in public spaces!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Iran:
“Remember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”
in 2023, Renfrew County had one of highest rates of overdose deaths Canada. Since then, opioid deaths have dropped by half, thanks to a community care model led by paramedics. Here's how it works. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca @rebeccazandbergen.bsky.social
Faites-nous part de votre témoignage sur la covid longue d’ici demain, le 1er mars.
Ils seront affichés lors de nos événements pour la Journée internationale de sensibilisation à la covid longue, le 15 mars.
Soumettre : societecovid.ca/priorites/la...
Share your Long Covid story for our public awareness project by tomorrow — March 1st.
Submissions will be displayed at our Long Covid Awareness Day events on March 15th.
Submit your story here: covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link.
*see next post in thread
Great letter from Dr. Filiatrault on clean air and need for respiratory protection in hospitals.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...
