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GG<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Marcia2212" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Marcia2212</span></a></span> </p><p>Or the media constantly running stories about workforce shortages at the airports this holiday season - shortage of pilots, baggage handlers, flight crews, cleaners - and nary a word about the rampant spread of flu and covid. Not one mention. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SeaOfUnmaskedHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaOfUnmaskedHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaFail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@PapyrusBrigade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PapyrusBrigade</span></a></span> <br>Yes! Testing everyone before gathering prevented an exposure to three non-household visitors. However, these grands were at grandmas a few days ago because school was closed due to the storm. 🙄😬 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a><br>Falalalala.</p>
GG<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://SSelf.co/@imacme" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>imacme</span></a></span> </p><p>💔​Agree </p><p>People without kids in the school system have no idea how much illness is circulating. </p><p>Even with these published numbers, there is little hope that the MOE will institute any mitigations when the kids return from the winter holiday. </p><p>Unlike the Philadelphia public school system who will require students and staff to wear face masks inside school buildings for two weeks after they return from winter break.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMaskAroundGrandma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMaskAroundGrandma</span></a></p>
GG<p>Update 😭​- TDSB can add two more sick students to their roster.</p><p>Our grandkids all tested positive on <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xmas</span></a> Eve. <br>All plans are cancelled. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UnopenedGifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnopenedGifts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FullFridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FullFridge</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ButSantaStillArrived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ButSantaStillArrived</span></a> 🥰​</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> District School Board has reported 205,000 student absences due to illness in the last three weeks.</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TDSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TDSB</span></a> serves approximately 235,000 students in 583 schools throughout Toronto. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TheKIdsAreNotOkay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheKIdsAreNotOkay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSV</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/20/student-absences-surge-across-the-gta-amid-triple-whammy-of-viruses.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/2</span><span class="invisible">0/student-absences-surge-across-the-gta-amid-triple-whammy-of-viruses.html</span></a></p>
GG<p>💔​Imagine how brave a masked six old must be, seated all day in a classroom of unmasked classmates and facing an unmasked teacher. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KidsAreBraverThanTheAdults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidsAreBraverThanTheAdults</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AdultsAreFailingOurKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdultsAreFailingOurKids</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a></p>
GG<p>Doctor’s voices </p><p>“When you see someone wearing an N95 mask indoors, please don’t assume they are scared, vulnerable or sick. They might just be doing their best to decrease the overall burden of respiratory illnesses in our community.</p><p>More people masking = fewer people sick, hospitalized, or dead.”</p><p>Dr. Chuck Wurster, ER physician, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WeNotMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeNotMe</span></a></p>
GG<p>💯​ "Philadelphia schools will require masking for 10 days after students return from winter break.</p><p>Students and staff who now have the option to wear masks, will be required from Jan. 3 through Jan. 13."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CommonSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonSense</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DrMooreWhereAreYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrMooreWhereAreYou</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Onted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Onted</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/philadelphia-schools-will-require-masking-for-10-days-after-winter-break/ar-AA15kqH3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/philadel</span><span class="invisible">phia-schools-will-require-masking-for-10-days-after-winter-break/ar-AA15kqH3</span></a></p>
GG<p>RT/ Dr. @lisa_iannattone is pulling no punches. 😬​</p><p>"It’s absolutely wild to me that we’re pretending that the higher than average number of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/respiratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respiratory</span></a> tract infections and the pandemic of adults with pneumonia this year is not a warning sign of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/immune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immune</span></a> impairment. </p><p>This is literally how <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/immunodeficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunodeficiency</span></a> would present."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HeadsInTheSnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadsInTheSnow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WakeUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WakeUP</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@nosferatu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nosferatu</span></a></span> <br>💯​ <br>As it appears that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Paxlovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paxlovid</span></a> is not as easily obtained as the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> Government process listed online would indicate.</p><p>You cannot just walk into a pharmacy &amp; ask for it like cough syrup.</p><p>It's up to each pharmacist's discretion to dispense and most will NOT without recent kidney function labs or a prescription for either a doctor or script from a<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> assessment site.<br>👉​​​<a href="https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ontario.ca/assessment-centre-l</span><span class="invisible">ocations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002565/ontarians-can-now-visit-local-pharmacies-for-paxlovid-prescriptions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ontario.ca/en/release/100</span><span class="invisible">2565/ontarians-can-now-visit-local-pharmacies-for-paxlovid-prescriptions</span></a></p>
GG<p>⚠️​It appears that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Paxlovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paxlovid</span></a> is not as easily obtained as the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> Government process listed online would indicate. </p><p>You cannot just walk into a pharmacy &amp; ask for it like cough syrup. </p><p>It's at each pharmacist’s discretion to dispense and most will NOT if the patient does not have recent kidney function labs or a prescription from their doctor or a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> assessment site. 👉​​<a href="https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ontario.ca/assessment-centre-l</span><span class="invisible">ocations</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002565/ontarians-can-now-visit-local-pharmacies-for-paxlovid-prescriptions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ontario.ca/en/release/100</span><span class="invisible">2565/ontarians-can-now-visit-local-pharmacies-for-paxlovid-prescriptions</span></a></p>
GG<p>Mom's voices</p><p>"Imagine driving as fast as you could to the ER with a baby in the backseat and fearing she is struggling to breathe. <br>You hear wailing that tells you breath is going in. You move fast to get to the door. </p><p>But inside, the hospital is overrun with children just like yours." </p><p>Kristy Kirkup, mom, Globe &amp; Mail National reporter<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://birdsite.wilde.cloud/users/kkirkup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kkirkup</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearAMAskForMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMAskForMe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@ladyscorcher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ladyscorcher</span></a></span> </p><p>The fact that schools are jamming gyms with hundreds of unmasked and SINGING! children is surreal given that our hospitals are currently overwhelmed with sick children.<br> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChristmasConcerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasConcerts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidUnderTheXmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidUnderTheXmasTree</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SchoolBoardsWHEREAREYOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolBoardsWHEREAREYOU</span></a>?!<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a></p>