Be Prepared Not Scared – Dr. Abdu Sharkawy

Dr. Abdu Sharkawy is a Canadian Infectious Disease Specialist

Being prepared does not mean you have to be scared. Being concerned doesn’t mean you have to panic. And being both scared and panicked doesn’t mean you can’t seek an avenue to cope with the uncertainty that Covid-19 is undoubtedly causing.

This is NOT a contest between the complacent and the reactionary nor between those who “care” and those who are (allegedly) indifferent to the suffering this virus has delivered and will continue to in weeks and months ahead.

How about we focus on deciding how to support each other even if we disagree about the best way to get through this ride…one of unpredictable turns and unforgiving surprises?

In coming weeks there will be countless public meetings and events that will be postponed or outright canceled owing to concerns regarding the potential for a germinating seed of Covid-19 to spread to unsuspecting masses. Some of these decisions will be rational and thoughtfully arrived at. Others may seem unnecessarily formed. I am of the opinion that in the interest of the public trust and sense of security, a more cautious approach may be the better route…at least until we see what lies ahead more clearly. I won’t predict when that will be, nor can anyone.

Here’s what I DO know. Watching the news hourly and cringing at the numbers of cases that continue to mount won’t help. Hoarding anything and everything from Costco and Home Depot won’t help. Blaming others of a certain race, ethnicity, state of wealth or poverty won’t help. Blaming government? Still….won’t help. When did this cease to become just a pandemic and instead evolved to “panic-demic”??

Here’s what will help.

How about making a commitment to understand that 95% of all respiratory viruses cannot be transmitted if your hands are clean?
How about sanitizing that iPhone or S10 that is likely teeming with more viruses and bacteria than your toilet bowl?
How about being kind to others in your family, your schools and work environments and trying to support one another and encourage these healthy practices rather than recoiling in isolation from one another?

This virus IS SERIOUS. Make no mistake about it. We will have difficult decisions ahead in terms of how we navigate living our lives rather than fearing our fate. But we CAN do this. The decline in rate of spread in the most devastated core of this crisis, Wuhan itself, has already been witnessed. Those who say it matters not choose nihilism. I choose pragmatism. I choose optimism. I choose altruism.

Keep breathing everyone. Instead of falling apart, let’s come together. Even if it’s not in a crowded room, we can bond in our collective fight.

I wish you all peace, patience and strength. We can’t do it alone. And we won’t.

#cleanhands #openminds #openhearts

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FDA requires new warning on mRNA COVID shots due to heart damage in young men

Published on July 7, 2025

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By Doug Mainwaring

Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA COVID shots must now include warnings that they cause ‘extremely high risk’ of heart inflammation and irreversible damage in males up to age 24.

The Trump administration’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will now require updated safety warnings on mRNA COVID-19 shots to include the “extremely high risk” of myocarditis/pericarditis and the likelihood of long-term, irreversible heart damage for teen boys and young men up to age 24.

The required safety updates apply to Comirnaty, the mRNA COVID shot manufactured by Pfizer Inc., and Spikevax, the mRNA COVID shot manufactured ModernaTX, Inc.

According to a press release, the FDA now requires each of those manufacturers to update the warning about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis to include information about:

the estimated unadjusted incidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis following administration of the 2023-2024 Formula of mRNA COVID-19 shots and
the results of a study that collected information on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI) in people who developed myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 injection.

The FDA has also required the manufacturers to describe the new safety information in the adverse reactions section of the prescribing information and in the information for recipients and caregivers.

Additionally, the fact sheets for healthcare providers and for recipients and caregivers for Moderna COVID-19 shot and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot, which are authorized for emergency use in individuals 6 months through 11 years of age, have also been updated to include the new safety information in alignment with the Comirnaty and Spikevax prescribing information and information for recipients and caregivers.

In a video published on social media, Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, explained the alarming reasons for the warning updates.

While heart problems arose in approximately 8 out of 1 million persons ages 6 months to 64 years following reception of the cited shots, that number more than triples to 27 per million for males ages 12 to 24.

Prasad noted that multiple studies have arrived at similar findings.

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Court compels RCMP and TD Bank to hand over records related to freezing of peaceful protestor’s bank accounts

Published on July 4, 2025

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The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice has ordered the RCMP and TD Bank to produce records relating to the freezing of Mr. Evan Blackman’s bank accounts during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.

Mr. Blackman was arrested in downtown Ottawa on February 18, 2022, during the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act. He was charged with mischief and obstruction, but he was acquitted of these charges at trial in October 2023.

However, the Crown appealed Mr. Blackman’s acquittal in 2024, and a new trial is scheduled to begin on August 14, 2025.

Mr. Blackman is seeking the records concerning the freezing of his bank accounts to support an application under the Charter at his upcoming retrial.

His lawyers plan to argue that the freezing of his bank accounts was a serious violation of his rights, and are asking the court to stay the case accordingly.

“The freezing of Mr. Blackman’s bank accounts was an extreme overreach on the part of the police and the federal government,” says constitutional lawyer Chris Fleury.

“These records will hopefully reveal exactly how and why Mr. Blackman’s accounts were frozen,” he says.

Mr. Blackman agreed, saying, “I’m delighted that we will finally get records that may reveal why my bank accounts were frozen.”

This ruling marks a significant step in what is believed to be the first criminal case in Canada involving a proposed Charter application based on the freezing of personal bank accounts under the Emergencies Act.