Jeff Johnson

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

Opinion: Alberta's plan to limit free COVID vaccines makes no sense Alberta's decision not to pay for most COVID shots makes no sense, on any level, nor do the arguments used to try to justify the policy.

My colleague and current boss, Professor @jefferyjohnson.bsky.social has some choice words regarding Alberta's plan to stop paying for COVID vaccinations.

"Unbelievable. Mind-boggling. Stunningly stupid."

#ableg

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Opinion: Alberta's plan to limit free COVID vaccines makes no sense Alberta's decision not to pay for most COVID shots makes no sense, on any level, nor do the arguments used to try to justify the policy.

We should remove, not create, barriers to COVID-19 vaccination. Alberta government is making some misguided and misinformed decisions for public health. My commentary here:
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Questions for journalists covering Alberta's recovery model:

1) How many ppl are living w/ substance use disorder in Alberta?

2) Of those ppl, how many attended treatment (detox, residential, medication) last year?

3) How many ppl completed treatment (or were retained in care) last year?

(1/3)

Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery? A new study is among the first to look at whether cold or hot soaks help women’s muscles rebound from extreme exercise.

Reality: little more than placebo theatre.

Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery? www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...

"Compared with the control group, neither the cold- nor the hot-water immersion groups differed much in muscle strength, soreness or swelling."

3 stages of #VaxWar movie:
• 2019, began filming in response to measles & pertussis outbreaks.
• 2020, hope for a happy ending. So many lives destroyed by the pandemic, surely most will want the vaccine.
• 2025, measles confirmed in 24 states and counting.

Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts - Canadian Journal of Public Health Incentives for participation can help enable more equitable public health research practices, particularly when working with people from structurally disadvantaged populations, such as people who use ...

Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts

#bioethics #researchethics #publichealth

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New position statement from the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine urges all levels of government, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders to support the expansion and destigmatization of supervised consumption services.
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How many B.C. pediatricians think childhood vaccines are safe and effective?

This many...👇

Moving Toward a Government Trust Ecosystem in Canada Trust in government encompasses various relationships, including citizens’ confidence in government, elected and unelected officials’ confidence in each other, and governments’ trust in non-governm...

In a new article, Brendan Boyd and I map how trust flows (or doesn't) among citizems, politicians, and public servants in Canada.🧵

Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0272...

MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist A group of eight Republicans in the Minnesota House have introduced legislation (HF3219) that would designate certain vaccines and medical treatments as “weapons of mass destruction” and make possessi...

WTF? Off. The. Rails.

MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist www.newsfromthestates.com/article/mn-r...

"...would designate certain vaccines and medical treatments as 'weapons of mass destruction'

"...a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison."

U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity' The unusual letter caught the attention of First Amendment groups and some scientists, who raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.

Such a dangerous idea.

US attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity' www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Process of science – a human endeavour – full of biases. Key to recognize & counter.

But can’t let false balance & middle ground fallacies taint research.

Forced “treatment” is incarceration of people who have not been convicted of a crime for the benefit of private recovery businesses making money from government contracts. Like other private detainment situations, the people are the commodity from which they make money. It is not effective or care.

Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models lag behind models trained on expert-curated climate data.

Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...

"Conversational AI chatbots are making climate misinformation sound more credible, making it harder to distinguish falsehoods from real science."

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians has put out a statment calling on governments at all levels to halt any plans to close supervised consumption services. #yyc #ableg #reddeer

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