Lockdowns hurt children. We hear it all the time. But this study shows that COVID-19 infection itself - not just pandemic stress - biologically drives serious mental health risks in kids. Among 180k children, COVID was linked to: suicidality self-harm poisoning🧵

Colin D'Mello | Global News No mandate. No consultations. No evidence this helps student achievement or well-being. Parents & students lose: — Their voice — Their advocate — Their watchdog Voters lose: — Their vote — Their power Call the Premier 416-325-1941 #abuseOfPower #OntEd #Onpoli #KeepTrustees

Wil Wheaton has been one of the last standing actors who consistently masked (along with his wife), and never had issues promoting the importance of it and standing up to any criticism. Unfortunately he let his guard down at Comic Con, and now has his first ever infection.

Appointed TDSB Supervisor didn’t consult a single person before increasing class sizes for students with disabilities. This is a preview of what to expect once Trustees are eliminated by the Ford government. torontotoday.ca/local/educatio… #topoli #onpoli #onted

I'm impressed with this email messaging from my son's elementary school. It would be even better if they mentioned respirators & Covid, but this is a step in the right direction 👏🏼

Actor Wil Wheaton cancels Comic-Con appearance due to contracting coronavirus, and says "I let my guard down" following consistent masking thecanary.co/long-read/2025…

thank you Ryan Ken for m*sking on stage at the Emmys last night, especially as California is reporting 1 in 21 people with C*VID infections right now (h/t Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA's dashboard pmc19.com).

🌟NEW ARTICLE🌟 I am so grateful to Teach Early Years magazine for supporting this vital message. We need our educational leaders to speak up! #edutwitter Department for Education #CleanAir Tes magazine Why are we letting our children breathe dirty air? Link (Pg 61): cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/test/Tea…

#ONpoli NEW: According to the Elections Ontario website, Paul Calandra (who is firing school trustees over "issues with expenses") has not yet filed his financial statements for the Februrary 2025 election. These were due by August 27th.

New school term, new air filters I choose illness preventing, life extending tech, see my old & replacement Squair filter. I can't protect all the kids (& adults) I teach forever but when they're in my music room, it is likely the cleanest, safest air they've inhaled all day.

Thrilled to be presenting as part of a panel discussion on musicians' health for the IDRS ! If you are a member and you missed tonight's panel, the recording will be available soon. Thank you to the new Health & Wellness Committee for the invitation. AFM OCSM

Imagine a school year where 4 out of 5 students and staff get sick with a respiratory infection. That’s not a dystopia. That’s what a new study just found in a large US school district.🧵

As expected, Columbia University's mask ban is being enforced against students wearing masks for medical reasons (even though the ban itself claims to make an exception).

They forced a student to remove their mask on campus. This is harassment. Document everything, tag the school, and share this. Demand accountability. Columbia University #StudentRights #MaskSafety

After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by Magnum Ice Cream #FreeBenAndJerrys

NIH RECOVER has found that incidence of long covid for infections in 2023 and 2024 has not been decreasing since 2021 and in fact, may steadily be increasing! academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab… This is despite assurances from Zeynep that 'novelty was severity' and Dr. Akiko Iwasaki

New meta-analysis of long C0V1D prevalence worldwide: “The 3 strongest risk factors were being unvaccinated for COVID-19 meta-analyzed from 7 studies, infections from pre-Omicron variants from 6 studies, and female sex from 33 studies.” academic.oup.com/ofid/article/1…

So proud to co-supervise Mona Oikarinen, UWAMusic PhD student, w Suzanne Wijsman. Mona is presenting findings from my SSHRC grant @ 5th Musicians’ Health &Performance Nordic Conference in Odense DK. 🤩 (artwork by Mona’s sister, Anna!) uOttawa Sciences de la santé | Health Sciences Uni Southern Denmark

What? What?! cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

Please, Dr. Mona Nemer, can you please explain to Quebec’s chief public health officer that women are at significantly higher risk of long COVID than men, and that we deserve at least vaccines, since everyone seems to have abandoned any semblance of trying to avoid infection?