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Two treatments will be performed by helicopter within a few days of each other between May 1 and June 15, 2022, weather permitting, from 5 - 9 a.m. Trails will be closed for a few hours during the spraying. Visit oakville.ca/maps for the Forestry Map for spray areas and the town's website, Facebook, and Twitter feeds for 48 hour notice of aerial spray commencement, and the option of email notification. Foray 48B Biological Insecticide Aqueous Suspension, containing active ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis, subsp. Kurstaki strain ABTS-351, (PCP# 24977) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada). The Town of Oakville will be conducting select ground spray of street trees adjacent to aerial spray locations to control a Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD) moth infestation. Treatments will be performed by Oakville staff or a contractor between May 1 and June 15, 2022, weather permitting, in the early morning, based on insect emergence and species host preference. Please visit Oakville.ca to find up to date information For more information visit oakville.ca or contact Service Oakville at 905-845-6601, email service@oakville.ca or toll-free at 1-877-625-8455. DIPEL® 2X DF Biological Insecticide, containing active ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis, subsp. Kurstaki strain ABTS-351, (PCP# 26508) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada). The pace of science is not meeting the needs of rapidly growing numbers of COVID long haulers, ac- cording to Oakville's Susie Goulding, founder of CO- VID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada. Goulding's group, along with members of Neuro- logical Health Charities Canada, participated in a recent survey prepared by VINEx. The survey fol- lowed one done last year in- volving the same groups, which demonstrated the broader impacts of long COVID on quality of life. While up to 200 COVID long-haul symptoms have been identified, the most recent survey finds that many of the most frequent- ly reported are neurologic or psychiatric. Among these symptoms include difficulty concentrating and thinking, short-term memory loss, sleep distur- bances, headaches, dizzi- ness and depression. "The direct and indirect effects of COVID on the brain are disconcerting for the thousands of Canadi- ans living with long CO- VID," said Goulding. "Multiple reinfections are cumulatively damag- ing the most vital organ in the body, the brain. Be- cause of these effects, Ca- nadians are suffering great health loss, are unable to work and in need of sup- port. This is a mass disa- bling event and the funding must meet the needs." Goulding called for "ro- bust meaningful research" to be made a top priority by policymakers. "Our workforce and economy depend on it," she said. "Social and mainstream media have given people with lived experience plat- forms to share and amplify their stories, and to advo- cate for multidisciplinary care clinics and research to understand the short-, me- dium- and long-term im- pacts of the SARS-CoV-2 vi- rus," said Inez Jabalpurwa- la, global director of VI- NEx. "While governments have responded to these calls, including with the $20 million commitment to fund research on the long- term impacts of COVID-19 in the latest federal budget, we need to ensure the in- vestments match what is becoming the pandemic af- ter the pandemic -- affect- ing health, society and the economy." Key findings of the sur- vey include: • The survey received re- sponses from 1,050 long haulers in nine provinces and one territory. • More than 60 per cent of respondents are between the age of 40 and 59. • Over 87 per cent of re- spondents identified as women. This is consistent with studies which demon- strate that women are dis- proportionately affected by long COVID, by as much as a 4 to 1 ratio. 10.5 per cent of respondents identified as a visible minority or member of a minority cul- tural community. • Only a quarter of re- spondents were initially believed and received ap- propriate care when they described their long CO- VID symptoms to a health- care professional. • Over 80 per cent of re- spondents say long COVID has had a negative or very negative impact on their brain health. • For those experiencing neurological or psychiatric symptoms, more than 80 per cent say it has negative- ly or very negatively im- pacted their daily life. • Close to 75 per cent of long haulers surveyed have sought medical care for their neurological or psychiatric symptoms. • Over 70 per cent had to take leave from work as a result of living with long COVID, sometimes for over a year, with some having to leave the workforce. The survey ran between March 23 and April 13, 2022. SCIENCE NOT KEEPING UP WITH NUMBERS, SAYS COVID LONG HAULER NEWS Susie Goulding contracted COVID-19 in March 2020 and still suffers with lingering symptoms. Susie Goulding photo