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Public health researcher and evaluator (retired). Editor of Canadian Community as Partner 5th ed., a comprehensive guide to health promotion action. Honorary lifetime member of APHA. Past Chair CPHA.
Hear, hear! 📣
A knowledge crisis! We must work together to counter harm done by spread of health #misinformation.
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Doctors warn against dangers of health misinformation from AI sources www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... via @cmadocs.bsky.social cc @scienceupfirst.bsky.social
“It’s alarming because a lot of that information is misinformation, disinformation, and false information."
Estimated 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Severe COVID-19: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"COVID vaccines offered protection against hospitalization and severe in-hospital outcomes..."
"...40% against hospitalization & 79% against invasive mechanical ventilation or death."
Ban it before it ruins the sports we love forever.
You can still gamble freely without any paid advertising. Just like you can still smoke if you so choose.
4) moreover — “The study found no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category: in every case, vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.” www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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2) also— works even better among young adults—⬇️35% lower risk for ages 18-29!
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📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”
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3) COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France
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Flu deaths in Alberta www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The fact that vaccination rates are lower indicates that many of these deaths might have been preventable.”
Important for gov “to promote vaccination, to give clear and consistent messaging, and to make vaccines easy to get.”
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If it's a top priority the let's have open transparency:
Post the ALC data for each of the major hospitals. NOT aggregated. Actualy ALC numbers, percentages, and trends.
Prove to ABs all the hard work your team is doing is working...
THIS is where were are? Questioning polio vaccine? WTF?
Dark Age 2.0.
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v... via @statnews.com
How do vaccine cutbacks affect public health? Ask Japan www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social
"...flu and pneumonia deaths spike after the Japanese government stopped..."
HPV scaremongering "...is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer."
#VaccinesWork
Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n... via @statnews.com
"...placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy."
Always start with this assumption: RFK Jr is lying.
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business open.substack.com/pub/garyschw... @garyschw.bsky.social
"German health minister Nina Warken reacted quickly, calling Kennedy’s claims 'unfounded, factually incorrect' & said they must be rejected."
The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree www.science.org/content/arti...
Reality: "The vaccines now under attack were licensed using rigorous, globally accepted standards; they work, they are safe, and they have saved countless lives."
Alberta’s flu vaccination rates are dangerously low, and our healthcare system is feeling the impact. Getting vaccinated helps protect lives and helps keep the pressure off emergency rooms.
It’s not too late: book your flu shot today.
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As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p... via @statnews.com by @ravindranize.bsky.social
Good evidence DTC testing – beyond anecdotes – leads to health benefits? Nah. Harm: > anxiety > over-diagnosis > costs etc etc etc
The body blows to science, sense, and public health just keep coming.
Dark Age 2.0.
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... via @statnews.com
🚨Doubtmongering horror show.
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵
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Seek reliable information from trusted sources. Immunize Canada is a Vaccine Safety Net member and has been verified by the World Health Organization. www.who.int/teams/regulatio... #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #GetImmunized #VSNVerified
The Grinch Who Stole Your Shots…. RFK Jr. spent 2025 laying the groundwork to destabilize the US vaccine system. The Trump govt has embraced anti-vax ideology and has begun dismantling the childhood vaccine schedule. We need to be prepared for 2026. Read more: drericding.substack.com/p/the-grinch...
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It ain't about science. It ain't health. It ain't community.
It is politics, politics, politics.
Vaccine beliefs tied tightly to political identify. 👇
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death. I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” Dr. Sean O’Leary - @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Screenshot from project 2025 that says By statute or regulation, CDC guidance must be prohibited from taking on a prescriptive character. For example, never again should CDC officials be allowed to say in their official capacity that school children "should be" masked or vaccinated (through a schedule or otherwise) or prohibited from learning in a school building. Such decisions should be left to parents and medical providers. We have learned that when CDC says what people "should" do, it readily becomes a "must" backed by severe punishments, including criminal penalties. CDC should report on the risks and effectiveness of all infectious disease-mitigation measures dispassionately and leave the "should" and "must" policy calls to politically accountable parties. Conflicts of Interest. There was a time when the CDC could not take money
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Congratulations to Dr. Vivien Suttorp on being appointed Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health! Her deep expertise in public health, preventive care and community medicine—across both urban and rural settings—will strengthen Alberta’s public health system at a critical time.
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