Cindy Andrew (she/her)
@CindyPAndrew1
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Existential optimist. Health promoter, educator, lifelong learner, proud mom. She/her. Tweets are my own.
Victoria BC
Joined May 2017
Consistency = Safety That’s why in Copenhagen all cycle-tracks are on the right side, next to sidewalk. When cities build some on right side, others left, others in middle… unsafe! Better than nothing is NOT good enough. Cyclists & drivers must know where each other is. SAFETY
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A bike-lane moved 2.5X as many people as a regular traffic lane in a @TFL study, & given that they are half the width, the study concluded that bike-lanes are 5X as efficient as vehicle traffic lanes. HT @urbanthoughts11 Mobility in cities is about space.
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An excellent reminder that I hope elected officials are paying attention to.@UBCM #Colwood #Langford #Sooke
#WestshoreYYJ @crd_bc
How do we enable behaviour change? These authors synthesised findings from 147 meta-analyses to identify which determinants of behaviour are most impactful & which should be targeted for change interventions. Many of the studies focus on large-scale, health-related, environmental
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This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼We are paying a helluva lot more ...
It's far cheaper to house the homeless than it is to let them suffer on the street. I don't know why people can't understand this?
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As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. Spread the word.
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I believe we are at a tipping point when it comes to homelessness and health. For the past 50 years, we have seen a dramatic reduction in social housing investments. Canada is now near the bottom of the OECD countries when it comes to social housing access — and this comes with
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Environmental damage is hurting both our health and wealth. #knowbetterdobetter
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Can a game stop vaccine misinformation? This one just might https://t.co/hbxfmxepmK by @Sander_vdLinden et al. Prebunking works! Let's stop the spread of harmful bunk. Key: "Empowering the public to identify pseudoscience, misdirection, & manipulation..."
theconversation.com
Gamifying the fight against dangerous medical misinformation.
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Priceless pocket change: Saanich boy's kindness boosts back-to-school aid https://t.co/QmiRN3lr1E via @GoldstreamNews
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Rekindling a historic role Canada has played in developing, producing & disseminating vaccines that save lives, prevent disability & injury. "the major role Canadian scientists played in their development, production and use" https://t.co/82mjmbYpnF
@MarkJCarney invest, please.
vaccines411.ca
In honour of immunization awareness, we’re highlighting an online Canadian historical exhibition called Vaccines & Immunization: Epidemics, Prevention & Canadian Innovation, created by the Museum of...
Canada has a golden opportunity to become a global player in mRNA vaccine research. Now is the moment to fill the gap left by the US. Canada has been a major vaccine developer in the past. No time like the present to paint the way to the future. @EricTopol @PeterHotez
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Again, the guy is evil. A conceptually incoherent menace. Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study https://t.co/ns51iPtwLV Study included data from 1.2 million children & found NO evidence to support concern about aluminum in vaccines.
reuters.com
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase...
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you.
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