JD, MBA. Canadian. Health policy, law, bioethics and inconvenient truths.
Given that long waits prompt would-be voters to leave the lines (that's part of the UCP's strategy for urban areas), conventional get-out-the-vote strategies fall short if they don't encourage people to use advance polls and mail-in ballots. +
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Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved
Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved"Things are tough right now. And as the saying goes, ‘when the going gets tough, quit doing the hard stuff and just cling to what kind of worked in the past.'"www.thebeaverton.comLarge study: Covid infection increases dementia risk 18% (similar to other viruses), but 4x Covid vaccination reduces dementia risk by 31%. Interesting implication that dementia risk could be lower when 4x vaccinated + infected vs pre-covid. Lifestyle bias? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection, Vaccination Status, and Dementia Risk: A Nested Case–Control StudyObjectives Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) may affect cognition, but its association with incident dementia remains inconsistent. We explored the association of SARS-CoV...onlinelibrary.wiley.com
"Inhalation exposure to [wildfire smoke particulates]... increases susceptibility to respiratory viral infection." All struggles are interconnected. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Woodsmoke particle exposure prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection alters antiviral response gene expression in human nasal epithelial cells in a sex-dependent mannerInhalational exposure to particulate matter (PM) derived from natural or anthropogenic sources alters gene expression in the airways and increases susceptibility to respiratory viral infection. Woodsm...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
About 6 months ago, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Hoeg falsely claimed that they had data showing that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children. The public has never seen those data, and we never will, b/c they have all been booted, as they richly deserve for lying to the people of the US.
A fountain of disinformation from doctors who specialize in it.
jhstooEven now, four years later, I struggle to choke down the rage I feel at WSJ Opinion's promotion of physicians who knew nothing abt viral disease, but were nonetheless willing to opine on COVID. The contrast with Rupert Murdoch getting one of the first COVID vaccinations in the UK is, uh, clarifying
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Some of us have been screaming this for years www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...www.bmj.com
Well ain’t that something. The politician “experts” saying more people vaccinated would not have helped. Complete and utter BS. Better build many many more hospitals UCP… or is the plan to just keep letting ABs die in the ED WRs?
Hazel B. 🇨🇦Alberta’s flu season is the deadliest in years, yet the UCP is doubling down on anti-expert rhetoric. While doctors state clearly that higher vaccine uptake would save lives, the government is calling that "false" to cover for their failing health policy. Spin kills. #AbLeg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli
Alberta’s flu season is the deadliest in years, yet the UCP is doubling down on anti-expert rhetoric. While doctors state clearly that higher vaccine uptake would save lives, the government is calling that "false" to cover for their failing health policy. Spin kills. #AbLeg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli
Hazel B. 🇨🇦www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
