Ardene Vollman

AMA President's Letter: Public health is the lifeblood of Alberta communities | AMA Today we launched the latest profile in our Informed Reform campaign: Strengthening Public Health. The article explores ...

Public health is a smart, long-term investment in the health and resilience of Alberta. The invisible infrastructure underpins every aspect of our communities. When it’s under-resourced, the consequences are felt everywhere. It must be supported: www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study wapo.st/4hB1OvP

Emphasized: "an observational study, the findings do not prove that covid causes the conditions..."

Still "...the findings underscore the importance of covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy"

The power of lies.

The power of doubtmongering.

Misinformation kills.

The decrease in confidence in the (much researched, safe & tremendously effective) MMR vaccine...?👇

www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/public-not-h... via @asc.upenn.edu

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Good team effort to win. Now best 2 out of 3 series!! Go Jays!!

No lead safe with Jays bullpen.

Bottom of the 9th. 🙏🏻

Alberta is the richest province in the country — except where it really counts How does the province with the highest fiscal capacity in the country also have the lowest per-capita funding for students in its public schools? Because it wants it that way

Alberta is the wealthiest province in Confederation, but you'd never know that by looking at the way it funds its public schools and their students. At some point, voters might want to think about what that says — and means — @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.

Alberta government plans to allow residents to privately pay for any diagnostic or screening service | CBC News Alberta is planning legislative changes that would let people pay out of pocket for diagnostic and preventive tests, such as MRIs, CT scans and full-body scans — without a doctor’s order.

Terrible move on SO MANY levels.

> Iatrogenic injury
> Costs & strain on system
> Anxiety
< Equitable access

NO EVIDENCE OF BENEFIT!

AB gov plans to allow residents to privately pay for any diagnostic or screening service cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @albertadoctors.bsky.social
@cmadocs.bsky.social

‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Canada nearly 60 points more popular than Trump among... Americans!

Thank you! ❤️

DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS 💩

You didn’t miss much / and did more good at Breakdown!

YouTube video by Central Oregon Daily News Ronald Reagan's 1987 address on tariffs

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YouTube video by Central Oregon Daily News Ronald Reagan's 1987 address on tariffs

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No. There are PROGRESSIVE Conservatives like Peter Lougheed. The Harper, Poilievre and Smith “conservatives” are not the same ilk. They are WAY too right wing verging on authoritarianism. The NDP need to take their gloves off and fight for Albertans.

Tylenol maker urges FDA to reject request for an autism warning Last month, Trump warned of a link between autism and acetaminophen use in pregnancy, going against advice from medical societies and data from numerous studies.

Tylenol maker urges FDA to reject request for an autism warning www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews

"A citizen petition filed last month requested changes to the labeling of the drug for use during pregnancy..."

Reality: concern not supported by available evidence.

You Can’t ‘Boost’ Your Immune System. Do This Instead GQ asked the experts to separate flu-season fact from fiction.

Immune boosting?

"That’s a pseudoscience term. You're not boosting anything. You're not giving yourself more B cells or more T cells."

Ignore immune boost bunk. Better: healthy diet, sleep, and, of course, vaccinate.

Reality: You Can’t ‘Boost’ Your Immune System www.gq.com/story/boost-...

The return of Andrew Wakefield - the anti-vax 'supervillain' To many of those gathered at this elegant stately home in Wiltshire, just one word describes the man they have come to see.

Me: "I compare him to a supervillian. You can't overstate the harm he's done."

Yes, even the Daily Mail knows evil: "Return of Andrew Wakefield - the anti-vax 'supervillain'" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Our govt leaders won't say it, but it bears saying: our HC system is going to need all the help it can get this season!
Read this great piece - so many good reasons to get your Influenza shot... and in the end the choice to do so will help so many ABs!
buff.ly/WnPZDK9

Maybe we should think about whether we should allow antivax premiers like Danielle Smith to make it harder to get these?

Officials warn against misinformation as B.C. rolls out influenza, COVID-19 vaccines British Columbia's health minister says she is concerned about a "growing amount of misinformation and disinformation" related to vaccines as the province rolls out its campaign for the respiratory il...

Officials warn against misinformation as rolls out flu, COVID vaccines www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

"...getting vaccinated is an 'act of care and it is an act of community.'"

"...much of the false & misleading information is coming from outside Canada, particularly the US."

#VaccinesWork

People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.

People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...more data would require research in a field that has been defunded & criticized by Trump-administration officials."

The lies & doubtmongering about mRNA research could have a broad impact.

But will enough be ordered for everyone who wants vaccine?

Seriously? Albertans have to preorder NEXT YEAR’S respiratory virus vaccines before December 25 THIS YEAR? Check the website BookVaccine.Alberta.ca. Is this a deliberate act by the UCP to overwhelm hospitals with sick people so they can destroy the system to bring in private healthcare? Disgusting.

Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.

COVID vaccines available in AB (though many barriers, sigh).

Remember, large body of evidence: safe & effective.

For example, recent study involving approx 1 million adults: "NO increased risk of 29 adverse events was observed after vaccination..."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

GO JAYS GO!!

Good news: clarified message.
Bad news: here’s the message
“Pre-ordering for the 2026–2027 immunization season starts on Sept 29 and ends Dec 15. Pre-ordering helps secure vaccines, reduce wastage, and support responsible spending. Albertans can still book next year if they don’t pre-order.”

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This is STILL bad vaccination policy.

They are openly stating this unadvertised survey will be used to guide the number they order and reduce wastage - ie to order less vaccines.

Responsible spending would be to order WAY MORE and have a robust communications & outreach program to boost vax rates.

I LOVE those TD ads. Better than those encouraging people to bet!!