Dalia Hasan

new important paper by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and Raina MacIntyre (et al).

The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn invaluable lessons through my work in a remote First Nations community. I appreciate their trust in me and their generosity in sharing their beautiful culture.

Wearing a teal respirator and scrubs in a nursing station hallway

I’ve learned that the most powerful medicine is often not found in prescriptions or procedures, but in the simple acts of listening, validating, & approaching each patient with a trauma-informed lens.
Healing weaves together the mind, emotions, & the honouring of lived experiences.

🗳️ Ontario's provincial election is on today!
9 am - 9 pm

Under the Ontario Election Act, all employees who are qualified to vote are entitled to 3 consecutive hrs free from work during polling hours in which to cast their vote.

No voter card needed.

Your vote counts.
#onpoli

Click the Vote Early link on the Election Ontario site, plug in your postal code, and it will tell you where your local office is, along with the days/times it is open.

mail voting **application** deadline is 21 February, and your mail-in ballot must be received by 27 February to be counted

if this makes it easier for you to vote this time, I’d encourage you to click the link in Dalia’s post!

Remember, when you vote you’re not directly choosing the Premier or the leader of a party. Instead, you are voting for a MPP to represent your local riding in the Ontario Legislature

The party with the most elected MPPs usually forms the gov, and its leader becomes the Premier

Only a few days left to sign up!

If you’re an Ontario resident, this website is essential this month.
It simplifies the voting process, ensuring your voice is heard with ease #ONpoli

🔗 Vote by Mail – Elections Ontario
votebymail.elections.on.ca

Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...

American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle ALT: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle

buy Canadian.

Noble idea. an one I will pursue.

But I think we need to really consider applying this tactic to perhaps the most important industry.

Media.

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A snowy winter scene at sunset. Between the trees, a bridge crosses a river.

My Bluesky New Year's resolution is coming early. I am going to make a concerted attempt to balance the news I share here (much of it bad) with more of the good (all the beautiful creativity and kindness of which humans are capable.)

Selfie in green scrubs in my car Also pictured is an injection kit

It’s a privilege to step into the community, meeting vulnerable patients where they are—work that feels especially meaningful during the holiday season

The holidays can be a complex time, often bringing challenges that affect mental, emotional, and physical well-being

Wishing peace & health to all

Selfie in a teal respirator at the hospital

Love my work!

#familymedicine

Selfie in a teal respirator in a hospital

✅ masked up

Resolution for the New Year:

Post more on here, less on X

Seeing significantly more people wearing masks this holiday season. Smart. Viral infections surge during this time of year due to travel and more time spent indoors. Wearing a masks means avoiding illness and therefore more valuable time spent with loved ones.

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...

When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...

Wish you all a full and swift recovery ❤️‍🩹

Response to Bill 212: Why We Need to Rethink Bike Lanes and Embrace Multi-Modal Solutions In Ontario, we are facing an increasingly complex transportation challenge. 80-90% of personal trips in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are made by single-occupant vehicles, and transport...

The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers comes out against the removal of cycling infrastructure. "Bill 212 disregards the safety of vulnerable road users, which is not only unacceptable; but dangerous" ospe.on.ca/advocacy/res...

Talk about Indigenous people in the present tense. We are still here.

Kindly "like" this post if you practice community care - I want to follow you!

Quick question to my friends here. Has anyone given BlueSky Space a go yet? @theresisters.bsky.social have been hearing from lots of folks asking about resurrecting our TSpaces here in the friendlier place. Just wondering if anyone’s taken @bsky.app space function for a test drive?
#BlueSpace

Twitter screenshot, taken on June 2023, source "archive(dot)org". Twitter profile of Dalia Hasan. Following: 4567. Followers: 13500 Followers.

Twitter screenshot, taken today, November 21 2024. Twitter profile of Dalia Hasan. Following: 0. Followers: 46 Followers. We can read some users tweeting to her: "WTH? Elon deleted all your followings?" and another person also tweeted: "And I just tried re-following Dalia Hasan 3 times. It appeared to work, but each time I leave and go back, I am no longer following her."

It's been three days since Dalia Hasan @daliahasanmd.bsky.social —a critical voice—was completely silenced, losing all her followers and following. For those still doubting the 'Free Speech Absolutist's' fascist stances, here's your proof.

[First screenshot, June 2023. Second screenshot, today.]

Looks like @daliahasanmd.bsky.social lost all of their followers over at The Bad Place(tm). No explanation. I expect this to happen more frequently alongside the algo games we've seen go on the past weeks and months. I wouldn't bet on it.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬

go.bsky.app/5871Mhv

Wise as always.

My X account status:
- Not deleted. Deleted accounts can have names recycled by impostors.
- I exported my X history to a file, locked the account, set a strong cryptic password, and left my grandfathered account tweets for followers and any AI dredging.
- Account promotes my Bluesky address.

Bluesky, as a platform, rekindles this simplicity—a digital Eden untouched by the cynicism of monetization and ego-driven narratives. It represents a hopeful return to what social media once aspired to be: a tool for connection, learning, and authentic exchange.

Platforms like Twitter hadn’t yet become extensions of personal branding for billionaires, leaving users to craft their own experiences without interference from curated biases.