Liane Fisher Bloxam

Blackfriars #LdnOnt resident. Plague-time materfamilias. Settler. Here less and less. Hopefully soon never.

[MLHealthUnit @MLHealthUnit]

@MichaelARClark @lianefisher Yes. It's recommended that children 6 months to 4 years of age receive the XBB COVID-19 vaccine, if it has been 6 months from the previous COVID-19 vaccine dose or known COVID-19 infection (whichever is later).

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

@MLHealthUnit @MichaelARClark Thank you!

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

*messaging

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

I'm still not 100% clear, but it looks like this is a big change - that under 5s have gone from not eligible for boosters to *prioritized* for XBB. Some clear meaning from the province would be excellent here.

[MLHealthUnit @MLHealthUnit]

Hi @lianefisher,

Children 6 months to 4 years of age are eligible to receive the XBB COVID-19 vaccine at the MLHU’s Western Fair vaccination clinic starting Friday, October 6 (appointments are required).

Young children are more at risk for influenza, so it’s recommended that this age group is vaccinated for both influenza and COVID-19.

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

@MichaelARClark @MLHealthUnit This is also my question, as under 5s have previously been eligible for primary series only

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

@MLHealthUnit Hi, thanks for this. Could you clarify whether this means 6 months - 4 years are eligible for a booster dose?

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

I'm calling on the government to implement a mass #COVIDisAirborne information campaign.

COVID-19 is airborne and we need the appropriate airborne measures like #N95s & #ventilation to protect Ontarians. #onpoli

[Donate A Mask - Canada @DonateMask]

You’re like superheroes, but with way, WAY harder jobs. Teachers deserve safe and healthy classrooms. If you are a teacher in Canada, contact us for a free [breathe]™ mask from PrescientX, a CO2 monitor, and/or a DIY kit for a classroom CR box. https://t.co/IsbSbY4zHQ

[Kate Dupuis @DrKateTO]

Thousands of Toronto residents have been without water for 36+ hours. The @cityoftoronto has 2 #H2OToGo water trailers they can mobilize to Crescent Town in #BeachesEastYork immediately to help residents get access to water. Please help amplify.

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

@sorenable @karenkho Looks like service berries

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

So glad we stopped reporting attendance stats and generally taking health precautions at school...

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

My kindergartener was home sick for class photo day. Sad, but she was definitely not well enough to be there.

We just got the photo back - more than half the kids and the teacher are absent too. How many of them had the same fever and vomitting my kiddo did?

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

I’ve been thinking a lot about changing attitudes about smoking in our society and parallels to COVID and surprisingly, I feel somewhat optimistic. Given the timeline from: 1/5

[Liane Fisher Bloxam @lianefisher]

@70s_party Two saucy lemon piglets were big fun for a six and a four year old over here

[Andrew Lupton @AndrewLuptonCBC]

This is Brandon Doxtator of Oneida Nation of the Thames explaining why a water shortage has put his community in a state of emergency. They’ve had a boil water advisory in place since 2019. Now levels in the water tower are at an “all time low.” #ldnont

[Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet]

in london ontario for the first time in a year and a half, which is to say I’ve been away juuuust long enough to romanticize it. i love london ontario. what a pleasure to be here. i can’t wait to eat at spageddy eddy’s

[Jonathan Sher @SherOnHealth]

No longer able to provide timely, high quality care to children in critical condition, ⁦@LHSCCanada⁩ will re-assign there staff without experience treating critically ill kids, an internal hospital memo calling the status quo “no longer sustainable." https://t.co/QAuYPIVfrz