Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.
Kashif Pirzada, MD
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Emergency Physician in Toronto. Co-Chair of the Canadian Covid Society. Fighter of illness and misfortune, interested in history, politics, tech and AI. #fella,🇨🇦/acc
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Thanks so much! I got them to start cetirizine and metformin, but will add the famotidine.
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I am absolutely shocked at how sick they got. Early 40s, not terribly overweight, diabetes. Had a booster last year. This a harsh reminder that this thing will keep sniping people when they least suspect.
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Question for the Covid braintrust here. A relative caught it 2w ago, didn't seek antivirals, now 14d out is fatigued, uncontrolled blood pressure, rapid heart rate, sleeps all day. Is there anything that helps in the immediate post-infectious phase? I'm worried they'll get Long-Covid (again).
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Help shape Canada’s respirator standard!
Until August 19, the CSA Z94.4 standard is open for public comment — and for the first time, it includes protections in health care settings.
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Help shape Canada’s respirator standard!
Until August 19, the CSA Z94.4 standard is open for public comment — and for the first time, it includes protections in health care settings.
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The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released a draft standard requiring masks (like N95s) in health care settings to stop airborne infections.
There is a strong attempt to push back against this, so need your public comments to get this through: publicreview.csa.ca/Home/View/22...
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More details here donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
Support a National Standard for N95s (and other respirators) in Healthcare
The Canadian Standards Association is looking for public feedback on an update of a national standard for N95s (and other respirators).
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The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released a draft standard requiring masks (like N95s) in health care settings to stop airborne infections.
There is a strong attempt to push back against this, so need your public comments to get this through: publicreview.csa.ca/Home/View/22...
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Cancer struck our family this year, and it quickly went into remission with a miraculous immunotherapy drug that was science fiction only 5 years ago. It's absolutely disgraceful to see so many promising therapies lost today, and the lives that will needlessly be lost as a result.
Cutting research on mRNA vaccines for the next pandemic, as RFK Jr. did yesterday, is a painfully short-sighted and scary move. I wrote about the future of mRNA (and all) vaccines in the U.S. recently: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US experts fear all vaccines at risk as Trump officials target mRNA jabs
Administration’s actions signal move away from technology as health agencies see vaccine-related shakeups
