Laura Barnes

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[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@YzabettaSativa I love me some Clara…

[Fiona Leadbeater @FionaLeadbeater]

🧵 🪡 THREAD: Mobile Phones
This might be controversial, unpopular or uncomfortable to read but I genuinely worry about the damage mobile phones do, not just to our young people but also to us as fully developed adults. 1/7

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@jonstewart Lost our best boy in September. Through your tears, you managed to express so insightfully how deep and all consuming this loss can feel.
From one grieving family to another, we see you and we are sending love.

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@YzabettaSativa Oh that’s lovely

[Colin McGill @colinmcgill]

A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what? https://t.co/H9PLPbSPQJ

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

Colleagues and I are doing far more resuscitations, crash intubations, and seeing far more patients in cramped and packed ERs. A bunch of bugs are to blame, including that-which-shall-not-be-named, and it's only getting started.

Some advice:

- Now is the time to be a bit more careful in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces, like a subway train, bus, or plane. Maybe switch to WFH (work from home) if available, or wear a good quality mask when commuting or while at work/school or in crowded shops/malls.

- Have a plan for antivirals if you're in a vulnerable category. Some jurisdictions easily dispense them through pharmacies, others go through an online application; find out ahead of time.

- If you have cold or flu symptoms, stay home! It is no longer socially acceptable to 'tough it out' at work, and your co-workers will hate you if you try.

- When sick with cold/flu symptoms, use rapid tests to check. There's no way clinically to tell a simple cold apart from flu or C19. You may have a mild course, but a more vulnerable or unlucky family member might not, and they could do badly.

- Get updated vaccines while you can. Anecdote: elderly relative contracted Covid this week, his wife did not. Both were boosted 3w ago. He is now on Paxlovid and isolating from the rest of the family (including staying away from young kids and pregnant family members). So the vaccine provides some but not perfect protection against infection for a short period of time, and of course excellent protection against hospitalization.

- Know when to go to the hospital. I've seen a few people end up in the ICU this week who should have come sooner to be assessed. In one case they were on multiple courses of antibiotics for a 'cold.' Not an exhaustive list:
- Trouble breathing, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, low oxygen levels (on a home monitor)
- Significant chest pain
- Fevers lasting more than 4-5 days
- Poor oral intake, can't eat or drink much, severe vomiting/diarrhea

- Be careful with travel, particularly cruise ships. Seems nearly every friend or patient returning from long-haul travel and cruises is getting sick.

- When you recover, but you're feeling breathless and lethargic and a bit foggy, do not try to push through it. That could lead to these symptoms staying long-term (the dreaded Long Covid). Take it easy, and allow your body to heal from the damage done to it, and better luck dodging it next time!

Best of luck to you all this season!

[𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] @jvipondmd]

A short thread on the contents of this article:
"Kids cared for in hallways as viral illness overflows ER at McMaster Children’s Hospital" 1/4
https://t.co/kGAEcaOpTm

[Yzabetta Sativa @YzabettaSativa]

Please consider helping this family out.

https://t.co/cE8mbxpLSG

[Dean Blundell🇨🇦 @ItsDeanBlundell]

Watch this.

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@sarahchedden I saw this! So funny!

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 12-25, 2023

SEVERE: AB, BC
VERY HIGH: CAN,MB, NB, NL, ON, SK
HIGH: North, NS, PEI, QC
ELEVATED: none
MODERATE: none
LOW: none

About 1 in 46 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

A new surge/wave has started in most provinces.

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[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@zbpipe I share a class 50/50. She does mornings and I do afternoons BUT our principal is very understanding if adjustments need to be made. For example, if one of us works a full day for a school trip, the other one takes that day off and works a full day earlier in the week.

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

Hamilton Air Quality Index (AQI) and Canada Air Pollution | IQAir https://t.co/ucm9dGG1XQ

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn.

Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s never seen its parents build one..

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@Room1191 So close!!!

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@YzabettaSativa So good

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@Room1191 So just to clarify…there is no Snuggle Up and Read for your class on February 10th?

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@mhdksafa I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling low. I admire your ask for help. Listen to Good Morning by Alex Aiono, and know that every time you wake up is a chance for things to shift in the right direction.

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@Room1191 He is SO proud of this. Thanks for helping him reach his goal.

[Laura Barnes @Laurax2]

@TheBruthaVoodoo @theJamieBarnes You have absolutely made our daughters day. She is beaming with pride and can’t believe she’s “famous” in Scotland. Thank you!