Novavax is a world-leading Health Canada-approved alternative that was offered to Canadians up until 2024 and should be offered again. Please comment and share if you would like access to Novavax in Ontario this fall. @GovCanHealth @SylviaJonesMPP @ONThealth

The first without my mom.

So…another actual SARSfest? SARS cannot wait.

My heart is going out to Darren’s family this morning. I know the routine all too well. The visit with the funeral director, making choices that seem both perpetually important and totally meaningless. The lawyers, and bankers, the paper work. The endless details, done through tear brimmed eyes, and that knife through the Adam’s apple that only comes from sorrow. The condolences from family and friends, neighbours and strangers, the familiar and the distant. There’s a good month where that just happens, day after day, keeping you busy, occupied, distracted. But then it stops. People around you go back to their normal lives, while you can never go back to yours. Your life becomes a temporary encampment, tending a fire besides the hole where they used to live. The empty spaces where they used to be. The silences where they used to speak. They say that you need to complete those conversations for yourself, through work in therapy. But, you never really can. Time does not heal all wounds. You just have to hope the scaring isn’t debilitating, and work towards that. I know the Marklands are not alone grieving this week. Many other families lose loved ones every day. This week was no different. We don’t think about all those other families, because we don’t know them. But remember, that person who seems absent minded, the woman stuck at the green light, the man fumbling to pay for groceries, may be enduring a loss that should have them bawling on the ground. That will come, when they get home. So, in honour of our friend, let’s be kind to each other. Treat everyone like they are grieving a loved one. You will be correct more often than not.

Dear .@MLHealthUnit Thank you, thank you, thank you We get your message Loud & clear 👏👏👏

The face of American health.

You know things are REALLY bad when Dr. Leana Wen is on CNN desperately calling for more to be done to test and trace for Bird Flu & is asking for rapid tests. “Bird Flu is more and more out of control.” - Leana Wen

Paying $13M for the repairs necessary to keep the Ontario Science Centre open through to 2034 would have been the equivalent of reducing the $200 pre-election handout cheques to $199.19.

Today’s lunchtime walk in Riverdale Farm.

When only 9 of the 3000 medical students in Canada are foreign students, Ford's announcement is purely and simply - racist

Dear Dr. Kieran Moore: Repeat infections⤴️the risk of Long COVID, even in people fully vaccinated. Ontario's new Test-to-Treat guideline BLINDS patients & clinicians to the diagnosis. We URGENTLY need MORE TESTS. Signed... idsociety.org/covid-19-real-… @OntarioHealthOH

The role of the media isn't to present "both sides" or present "balance." The role of the media is to present the truth. If the truth isn't balanced, that's not up to the media to fix.

Immunity wanes, variants evade, but masks endure.

RT @EricTopol: From a randomized trial, proof that the @Novavax booster induces less acute side effects and more sustained levels of anti-s…

It's pretty sad to hear Ont govt say they aren't ordering any #NovavaxNow #covid19 vaccine because of "low demand." Ford, if your govt actually PROMOTED value of COVID vax MORE folks would realize its significance. Public health promotion! It's simple. ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-g…

Please continue to #MakeYourNoise for #NovavaxNow! Thx @CTVNews @ @GlobalNational @globalnews for highlighting this issue: ctvnews.ca/health/for-canadi… and globalnews.ca/video/10791805…

No rapid tests, no wastewater surveillance, no Novavax, no vaccines for most until end of October, no sensible masking in hospitals and now no treatments? With pharmacists you could shop around if necessary. GP is a risky one shot deal when they are minimizers.

Unbelievable messaging from a “Public Health” unit. “Before the pandemic we didn’t test for things. Testing won’t make much difference.” We have NO Public Health support. What are we even doing?? @BarryHunt008 @TRyanGregory @TheReSisters2

Attention: @McKessonCa @ShopprsDrugMart @Innomar_AB Canadians want/need @novavax and are willing to PAY. Many are going to the US at great expense. Would be better to get in Canada, more may buy, more cost effective than going to US, and private drug plans may cover.

Ok, here's a question, if novavax won't deal with Canadian govs. McKesson USA already is distributing them in the USA. So can McKesson Canada acquire a portion of that supply and import / distribute to Canadian pharmacies?