#Masks4canada

Aiming to eliminate Covid-19 is a pro-equity strategy. Here are two concrete example of why this is the case. 1. If we aim to eliminate Covid-19, we'll provide everyone experiencing

Hayman Buwaneswaran Buwan, MD

We don’t talk about it much, but we need to talk about the privilege of many of our #Covid19 decision makers.Most leading efforts are fairly secure; they’re in socioeconomic bracket

Kashif Pirzada, MD

Wanted to build on this media piece with some background and concrete steps that we can take to start protecting the most vulnerable communities in our big cities. Thread:https://twitter.com/CP24/status/1313886310927609856 Many

#NailingTheMoment is getting to the grain of truth amidst omnipresent lies & the shiny objects of the day to lay out exactly where we are now & exactly where we're

Kashif Pirzada, MD

We've been compiling info on school reopening plans across the country. No clear winner yet, but Nova Scotia seems the best, Quebec the worst We're going to keep updating this

Canada! The Feds just gave Provinces $2B for safe schools. Contact your Premier and MoE to ensure public schools are safe for ALL!Use these templates by @_deenahassan:http://tinyurl.com/m4c-call2action Let's use our voices

Dr. Amy Tan 譚玉英 *Racism is a Public Health crisis*

PLEASE SHARE:There's been some questions to me why we in AB need a mask mandate given that our numbers are "lower" than ON and QC. ANSWER: We need to compare

Dr. Amy Tan 譚玉英 *Racism is a Public Health crisis*

@twitter wouldn't let @caruzycki tweet his thread re ventilation so I'm posting it here for him. He's an aerosol scientist who has joined & lent his expertise to #Masks4Canada. :

1/ I wear an N95 at locations outside of my home. I wear it to the grocery store, pharmacy and my doctor's office.It's comfortable, doesn't hurt my ears, doesn't fog

Both @doniveson and @jkenney 's reasoning for not creating indoor masking laws is weak & their reluctance to enact one is downloading “public health best practices” on to private businesses

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@LiciaCorbella "Dr. Vipond, with Masks4Canada,(states) that indoor service in bars and restaurants should be curtailed until COVID-19 #s come down. Obviously, the science doesn’t indicate that such a drastic measure

Lessons learned will prove crucial in controlling a second wave of COVID-19The intervention that proved far more important was universal masking – requiring all hospital staff to wear surgical masks

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1/Well this is embarrassing @JimWatsonOttawa @VeraEtches @OttawaHealth. Imagine implementing something as uncomfortable and intrusive as being forced to breathe through fabric & having your face cancelled without any backing science,

Is Airborne transmission an important and mitigable aspect of the COVID-19 Pandemic? YES - here's a summarizing the evidence from @kprather88's presentation.1/https://events.ucalgary.ca/obrien/#!view/event/event_id/306929 As Dr. Co

Kashif Pirzada, MD

Workplaces across North America are opening up, I have serious concerns that by not requiring masks in indoor workplaces we are going to see a huge resurgence in a few

The "Mask vs No Mask" debate rages on in Canadian Twitter. We need to get this debate behind us and ramp up our homemade mask output ASAFP. It's the right