New eligibility for PCR testing in Ontario.
#Covid symptoms plus
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection
➡️ all the previously eligible groups (frontline workers, pregnant people, people who are immunocompromised etc)

https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testing-and-treatment

#Paxlovid eligibility expanded too (same page, scroll down):
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection

Where to get tested:
https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations

Self-certify 'I'm eligible' if you are in one of those groups.

In #HamOnt|Hamilton

https://www.stjoes.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-test-home

Don't rely on test-and-treat or vaccination. Prevent community transmission to a vulnerable person and prevent #LongCovid with #Masks and #Ventilation

#BetterMasks #MasksWork

#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver.#DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99 #CovidTesting #BringBackTesting

https://maskevidence.org/why-masks-matter

This horrible and disappointing business scare piece from the Guardian downplays covid, tries making you feel like a minority and that you're "missing out" by taking precautions.

Over 570 deaths per day in the U.S. and this is the attitude we have to combat.

"It’s business as usual as in person conferences catch up to pre-Covid levels"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/15/business-conferences-catch-up-pre-covid-levels

#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks #BringBackTesting #PublicHealth

The clear implication here is that the People’s CDC is a group made up of conspiracy theorists who reject reasonable explanations. ...isn’t a real rebuttal to the claim that state governments are scaling back on testing and data collection. The entire premise of the People’s CDC’s argument is that political leaders aren’t investing enough in testing, prevention, and data collection.

#covid19 #PublicHealth #BringBackTesting