Bean & Sprout's Mom
@beansprouts_mom
Woman in STEM encouraging science-based, ethical policy. Blessed mom of 2, nature-lover, ankylosing spondylitis warrior. #COVIDAwarenessWeek
Think I'm gonna pin this to my profile today. Keep at it, Mama and Papa Bears!
Great precedent to set for masks in HC everywhere! Please register & comment, esp re: this phrasing-- what is low risk, & who decides? (flu is RG2 & SARS2 is RG3) "Respirators are not required when RG2 and RG3 risk is low as determined by risk analysis by a Qualified Person."
Good News! Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
«What needs to be done ? » Beyond 1- improved vaccine uptake, 2- MD (& teachers) education about varying presentation of #LongCovid in children based on age, 3- treatment that goes beyond simply managing symptoms to addressing root cause AND 4- Clean Indoor Air in schools now
'Disabling' chronic illness in children not taken seriously: Thank you for reporting on Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week. newsweek.com/disabling-chro…
Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD Study Shows" mpower.maryland.edu/n95-masks-near…
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work. scientificamerican.com/article/masks-…
Here is the YouTube link to the full recording: youtu.be/eVfbeJ8J8Ww Enjoy and please share!
CANADA! Please help by signing this petition, we NEED more clinical trials here, especially for monoclonal antibodies which have been having good results in the US. Sign and share far and wide! #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver @CanCovSoc chng.it/Zv994vrxzV
⚡ Action needed: ⚡ Comment positively and show your support on this proposal to require respirators in healthcare in Canada! This is such a hopeful and constructive proposal. 🧵 x.com/BarryHunt008/s…
Good News! Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
I’m a doctor and a metabolic health expert and no, I don’t have it all figured out (I’m working on it!). But I do know what won’t fix public health: -Shaming people for being sick -Ignoring the reality of food deserts and unaffordable groceries, especially healthier foods.…
REMEMBER: HPV has no test in men except the anal polyp test. Untreated HPV can cause cervical, anal, or oropharyngeal cancer. ANYONE can get it. And the changes to screening criteria for it and cervical cancer in women will affect people’s lives and quality OF life. GET…
Health Secretary Kennedy to oust advisory panel on cancer screenings, HIV prevention drugs, WSJ reports reuters.com/business/healt…
BREAKING: terrified scientists say emerging data indicate heat in the oceans is now accumulating exponentially defying climate model predictions 🧵
👀 @Mike_Honey_ ?
SARS-CoV-2 in Catalonia wastewater 👇 The highest levels of the entire pandemic ‼️ If omicron was a tsunami in winter 21/22, this is the first new tsunami -driven by the XFG variant- of the "post-pandemic era", probably in all SPAIN. sarsaigua.icra.cat/mapview
I honestly can’t see how we are going to avoid some major mass degradation of life on this earth at this rate. Almost none of this is getting significant coverage
Ms 14: What's with the outfit? Me: Uh, I was cold and threw on this cardigan thing. Ms. 14 [very confused look]: You just look stylish compared to normal. #KidsSayTheDarndestThings
Getting diabetes (prob from covid) as a child is building their grit? Oh FUCK OFF!
There's been a significant rise in new onset type 1 diabetes since the start of the COVID pandemic. But it's not all bad--it's building his 'grit'🤦 "His condition is also building grit in him, and as a family, I think it's building it in us as well..." people.com/john-legend-ki…
The full program for the 3rd Canadian Symposium on #LongCOVID is now available. Explore sessions on clinical care, biomedical research & lived experience: bit.ly/3H0cVR8 Register now to attend in person or online, Oct 20–21, 2025: bit.ly/4hRoczz #LCWSymposium
New article out on how doctors become fascists. 50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. American doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lUTb-CmV5INe
We have a higher risk kiddo & ask providers to N95 when delivering care in our home & at medical facilities. No one has complained. We've dodged at least 1 known pre/asymptomatic covid case this way. 🤞others follow Canada's lead. @NIOSH @US_FDA @OSHA_DOL x.com/BarryHunt008/s…
Good News! Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
Here's a threaded version of Barry's 🎯 posts below, for easier reading or for sharing widely beyond this platform: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1948777…
Opposition: The usual anti-mask / anti-airborne leaders in IPAC and Infectious Disease who have long waged a campaign against precautionary use of N95s have taken aim to oppose the new CSA National Standard starting with a petition opposing CSA Z94.4.
Leadership: This will be the world’s first National Standard to require precautionary, universal respirator use in healthcare. It may inspire other countries to follow suit.