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  1. 🙌 The Tyee has done amazingly well with this piece. And again, this is NOT a historic roundup - COVID-19 has ongoing community transmission and is impacting people's lives and health, today, right now.

    People are tired of the COVID pandemic. There is a desire to move on. But even today, as we write this, there continue to be outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Alberta and elsewhere in North America.

    7/7 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  2. 🙌 The Tyee has done amazingly well with this piece. And again, this is NOT a historic roundup - COVID-19 has ongoing community transmission and is impacting people's lives and health, today, right now.

    People are tired of the COVID pandemic. There is a desire to move on. But even today, as we write this, there continue to be outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Alberta and elsewhere in North America.

    7/7 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  3. 🙌 The Tyee has done amazingly well with this piece. And again, this is NOT a historic roundup - COVID-19 has ongoing community transmission and is impacting people's lives and health, today, right now.

    People are tired of the COVID pandemic. There is a desire to move on. But even today, as we write this, there continue to be outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Alberta and elsewhere in North America.

    7/7 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  4. 🙌 The Tyee has done amazingly well with this piece. And again, this is NOT a historic roundup - COVID-19 has ongoing community transmission and is impacting people's lives and health, today, right now.

    People are tired of the COVID pandemic. There is a desire to move on. But even today, as we write this, there continue to be outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Alberta and elsewhere in North America.

    7/7 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  5. 🙌 The Tyee has done amazingly well with this piece. And again, this is NOT a historic roundup - COVID-19 has ongoing community transmission and is impacting people's lives and health, today, right now.

    People are tired of the COVID pandemic. There is a desire to move on. But even today, as we write this, there continue to be outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Alberta and elsewhere in North America.

    7/7 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  6. And the need for airborne protection, now, is not hypothetical, it's not in the past. it's now:

    In Canada, government data shows that in the week ending March 8, 2026, 34 per cent of COVID patients in hospital acquired the virus while in hospital.

    And yes, there is enough science to place the blame squarely on insufficient airborne protection for those people:

    How many either communicated the COVID virus to a poorly protected health-care worker or received the virus from a health-care worker who was left without adequate defences, such as properly filtered air or an N95 mask, to ward off the virus? We know, because studies have shown that respirator masks are better than other medical masks at preventing an infected person from infecting someone else.

    6/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  7. And the need for airborne protection, now, is not hypothetical, it's not in the past. it's now:

    In Canada, government data shows that in the week ending March 8, 2026, 34 per cent of COVID patients in hospital acquired the virus while in hospital.

    And yes, there is enough science to place the blame squarely on insufficient airborne protection for those people:

    How many either communicated the COVID virus to a poorly protected health-care worker or received the virus from a health-care worker who was left without adequate defences, such as properly filtered air or an N95 mask, to ward off the virus? We know, because studies have shown that respirator masks are better than other medical masks at preventing an infected person from infecting someone else.

    6/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  8. And the need for airborne protection, now, is not hypothetical, it's not in the past. it's now:

    In Canada, government data shows that in the week ending March 8, 2026, 34 per cent of COVID patients in hospital acquired the virus while in hospital.

    And yes, there is enough science to place the blame squarely on insufficient airborne protection for those people:

    How many either communicated the COVID virus to a poorly protected health-care worker or received the virus from a health-care worker who was left without adequate defences, such as properly filtered air or an N95 mask, to ward off the virus? We know, because studies have shown that respirator masks are better than other medical masks at preventing an infected person from infecting someone else.

    6/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  9. And the need for airborne protection, now, is not hypothetical, it's not in the past. it's now:

    In Canada, government data shows that in the week ending March 8, 2026, 34 per cent of COVID patients in hospital acquired the virus while in hospital.

    And yes, there is enough science to place the blame squarely on insufficient airborne protection for those people:

    How many either communicated the COVID virus to a poorly protected health-care worker or received the virus from a health-care worker who was left without adequate defences, such as properly filtered air or an N95 mask, to ward off the virus? We know, because studies have shown that respirator masks are better than other medical masks at preventing an infected person from infecting someone else.

    6/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  10. And the need for airborne protection, now, is not hypothetical, it's not in the past. it's now:

    In Canada, government data shows that in the week ending March 8, 2026, 34 per cent of COVID patients in hospital acquired the virus while in hospital.

    And yes, there is enough science to place the blame squarely on insufficient airborne protection for those people:

    How many either communicated the COVID virus to a poorly protected health-care worker or received the virus from a health-care worker who was left without adequate defences, such as properly filtered air or an N95 mask, to ward off the virus? We know, because studies have shown that respirator masks are better than other medical masks at preventing an infected person from infecting someone else.

    6/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  11. Now, technically it's true that

    It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded.

    but ;lobbying is the reason for almost every decision that hurts all of Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy and Canadian international strength, so personally I think I only need one guess

    5/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  12. Now, technically it's true that

    It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded.

    but ;lobbying is the reason for almost every decision that hurts all of Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy and Canadian international strength, so personally I think I only need one guess

    5/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  13. Now, technically it's true that

    It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded.

    but ;lobbying is the reason for almost every decision that hurts all of Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy and Canadian international strength, so personally I think I only need one guess

    5/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  14. Now, technically it's true that

    It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded.

    but ;lobbying is the reason for almost every decision that hurts all of Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy and Canadian international strength, so personally I think I only need one guess

    5/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  15. Now, technically it's true that

    It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded.

    but ;lobbying is the reason for almost every decision that hurts all of Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy and Canadian international strength, so personally I think I only need one guess

    5/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  16. And the Public Health Agency of Canada has been outright misleading us for years:

    So how is it still possible that the Canadian OHS laws don’t apply, requiring the appropriate PPE for airborne spread?

    PHAC, to this day, has never used the word “airborne.” It’s merely implied

    Now, they still technically advised safe behaviour:

    For years, the advice to the public was to wear the “best made, best fitting mask,” terminology that only describes a respirator-style N95 mask, essential for mitigating airborne transmission

    But by not outright admitting the actual threat, they let Average Canadian, and Average Canadian Healthcare Worker keep falsely thinking that baggy blues are effective protection.

    4/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  17. And the Public Health Agency of Canada has been outright misleading us for years:

    So how is it still possible that the Canadian OHS laws don’t apply, requiring the appropriate PPE for airborne spread?

    PHAC, to this day, has never used the word “airborne.” It’s merely implied

    Now, they still technically advised safe behaviour:

    For years, the advice to the public was to wear the “best made, best fitting mask,” terminology that only describes a respirator-style N95 mask, essential for mitigating airborne transmission

    But by not outright admitting the actual threat, they let Average Canadian, and Average Canadian Healthcare Worker keep falsely thinking that baggy blues are effective protection.

    4/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  18. And the Public Health Agency of Canada has been outright misleading us for years:

    So how is it still possible that the Canadian OHS laws don’t apply, requiring the appropriate PPE for airborne spread?

    PHAC, to this day, has never used the word “airborne.” It’s merely implied

    Now, they still technically advised safe behaviour:

    For years, the advice to the public was to wear the “best made, best fitting mask,” terminology that only describes a respirator-style N95 mask, essential for mitigating airborne transmission

    But by not outright admitting the actual threat, they let Average Canadian, and Average Canadian Healthcare Worker keep falsely thinking that baggy blues are effective protection.

    4/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  19. And the Public Health Agency of Canada has been outright misleading us for years:

    So how is it still possible that the Canadian OHS laws don’t apply, requiring the appropriate PPE for airborne spread?

    PHAC, to this day, has never used the word “airborne.” It’s merely implied

    Now, they still technically advised safe behaviour:

    For years, the advice to the public was to wear the “best made, best fitting mask,” terminology that only describes a respirator-style N95 mask, essential for mitigating airborne transmission

    But by not outright admitting the actual threat, they let Average Canadian, and Average Canadian Healthcare Worker keep falsely thinking that baggy blues are effective protection.

    4/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  20. And the Public Health Agency of Canada has been outright misleading us for years:

    So how is it still possible that the Canadian OHS laws don’t apply, requiring the appropriate PPE for airborne spread?

    PHAC, to this day, has never used the word “airborne.” It’s merely implied

    Now, they still technically advised safe behaviour:

    For years, the advice to the public was to wear the “best made, best fitting mask,” terminology that only describes a respirator-style N95 mask, essential for mitigating airborne transmission

    But by not outright admitting the actual threat, they let Average Canadian, and Average Canadian Healthcare Worker keep falsely thinking that baggy blues are effective protection.

    4/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  21. Protection means N95s or better :n95: and not baggy blues

    medical masks were never designed as respiratory PPE

    while

    Respirator masks, which are explicitly referred to in OHS legislation as the appropriate PPE for airborne hazards, are designed specifically to prevent inhalation of threats like asbestos or COVID-19

    3/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  22. Protection means N95s or better :n95: and not baggy blues

    medical masks were never designed as respiratory PPE

    while

    Respirator masks, which are explicitly referred to in OHS legislation as the appropriate PPE for airborne hazards, are designed specifically to prevent inhalation of threats like asbestos or COVID-19

    3/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  23. Protection means N95s or better :n95: and not baggy blues

    medical masks were never designed as respiratory PPE

    while

    Respirator masks, which are explicitly referred to in OHS legislation as the appropriate PPE for airborne hazards, are designed specifically to prevent inhalation of threats like asbestos or COVID-19

    3/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  24. Protection means N95s or better :n95: and not baggy blues

    medical masks were never designed as respiratory PPE

    while

    Respirator masks, which are explicitly referred to in OHS legislation as the appropriate PPE for airborne hazards, are designed specifically to prevent inhalation of threats like asbestos or COVID-19

    3/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  25. Protection means N95s or better :n95: and not baggy blues

    medical masks were never designed as respiratory PPE

    while

    Respirator masks, which are explicitly referred to in OHS legislation as the appropriate PPE for airborne hazards, are designed specifically to prevent inhalation of threats like asbestos or COVID-19

    3/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth #N95

  26. It has never been impossible to improve worksite protections:

    U.S. records showing a 60 per cent drop in workplace fatalities, and a 40 per cent drop in injury and illness, in the 30 years after the Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted, despite a doubling of the country’s population of workers.

    And the law already requires employers to protect employees and others on site:

    In reading the legislation, it is clear that the employer has a responsibility to protect health-care workers ... from bioaerosol hazards.

    2/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  27. It has never been impossible to improve worksite protections:

    U.S. records showing a 60 per cent drop in workplace fatalities, and a 40 per cent drop in injury and illness, in the 30 years after the Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted, despite a doubling of the country’s population of workers.

    And the law already requires employers to protect employees and others on site:

    In reading the legislation, it is clear that the employer has a responsibility to protect health-care workers ... from bioaerosol hazards.

    2/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  28. It has never been impossible to improve worksite protections:

    U.S. records showing a 60 per cent drop in workplace fatalities, and a 40 per cent drop in injury and illness, in the 30 years after the Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted, despite a doubling of the country’s population of workers.

    And the law already requires employers to protect employees and others on site:

    In reading the legislation, it is clear that the employer has a responsibility to protect health-care workers ... from bioaerosol hazards.

    2/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  29. It has never been impossible to improve worksite protections:

    U.S. records showing a 60 per cent drop in workplace fatalities, and a 40 per cent drop in injury and illness, in the 30 years after the Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted, despite a doubling of the country’s population of workers.

    And the law already requires employers to protect employees and others on site:

    In reading the legislation, it is clear that the employer has a responsibility to protect health-care workers ... from bioaerosol hazards.

    2/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  30. It has never been impossible to improve worksite protections:

    U.S. records showing a 60 per cent drop in workplace fatalities, and a 40 per cent drop in injury and illness, in the 30 years after the Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted, despite a doubling of the country’s population of workers.

    And the law already requires employers to protect employees and others on site:

    In reading the legislation, it is clear that the employer has a responsibility to protect health-care workers ... from bioaerosol hazards.

    2/n 🧵

    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  31. I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

    Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

    🤯 💣 💥

    1/n 🧵

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  32. I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

    Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

    🤯 💣 💥

    1/n 🧵

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  33. I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

    Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

    🤯 💣 💥

    1/n 🧵

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  34. I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

    Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

    🤯 💣 💥

    1/n 🧵

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  35. I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27

    How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?

    Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.

    🤯 💣 💥

    1/n 🧵

    #COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth

  36. 👀 Did you ever wonder who the voice behind Napo is? Or how is he animated?

    Have a glance into the behind-the-scenes of #Napo25 ⬇️
    #SafetyFirst #SafeWorkplace #StaySafeAtWork

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EU_OSHA/statu