Dr. Jen Irwin
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Dr. Jen Irwin
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Professor, Health Promotion, views are my own. Evidence-informed decision-making is important. Integrity matters. N95 wearer. Dog mom. (She/her) 🇨🇦
Imagine their jobs being more important than their legacies of harming untold number of children and adults alike…how do they sleep at night?!
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Yes! Black Friday codes until November 30th.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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If you care about either health or productivity, return-to-office should be accompanied by efforts to mitigate the spread of illness associated with it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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i’m sure both my late dad and his hero dr. semmelweis would be glad to find handwashing is still an established and recommended practice during an ongoing pandemic. but i’m as certain they’d both be sporting n95s and wondering why so many of their contemporaries aren’t 4/4
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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If only there was something public health could recommend that would be effective at stopping influenza transmission regardless of strain...

If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick. It's amazing that they still have trouble understanding that concept.
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental impacts—o...
journals.asm.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM