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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.

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I now post on Bluesky. @DrGorfinkel.bsky.social Family doctor, Researcher. PrimeHealth Research Columnist @CBCRadio @GlobalNewsTo #IG :@dririsgorfinkel_

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
A patient just hugged and thanked me for this. 💜 Every clinic needs one …
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
Just gave this Rx …for real.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
4 months
SUNDAY RANT:.I was on call today. 100% of the patients seen had a respiratory infection. some had COVID-19. ER's are overwhelmed. Hospital beds are at 200% capacity. And yet - .MASKS ARE STILL NOT REQUIRED in primary care settings.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
See these?.They're called KOPLIK SPOTS . When MEASLES was endemic, seeing these is what MADE THE DIAGNOSIS. -Inner cheeks/palate.-Appear on Day 2-3 after the fever, runny nose, sore throat & cough.-7 out of 10 people get them.-Still the #1 sign of MEASLES.-ISOLATE & get help
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
COVID-19 aside. MASKS have made a MASSIVE difference .in this GP's clinic:. 🩺 I've had almost NO colds . 👩🏽‍⚕️ Office staff RARELY miss work .👨🏽‍🦽Patients APPRECIATE our NOT infecting them.
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8 months
"COVID has yielded the most stunningly pervasive gaslighting phenomenon in recent history. Willing and eager governments worldwide are abandoning citizens to a debilitating disease by one simple trick. saying it no longer exists.".
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COVID Hasn’t Disappeared — But Empathy, Care and Solidarity Have | Truthout
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
6 months
The MOST vulnerable DON'T ask clinicians to mask due to . -Power imbalance w/ health care workers.-Fear of being perceived as 'difficult'.-Personal insecurities. Masks should be MANDATED in healthcare settings with few exceptions .
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André Picard
6 months
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients: Mask up😷to protect those at risk, by @broadwaybabyto via @HealthyDebate #COVID19 #disability #ForTinu.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
4 months
CONCERNING? Yes.SURPRISING? No. SARS CoV-2 may soon join the ranks of 7 other cancer-causing viruses . including HIV, Hepatitis B & C, HPV, & EBV.
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Harry Spoelstra
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SARS-COV-2 in Colorectal Cancer of IBD Patients. 🔥Small study but with frightening findings! .‼️GI cancers as LC 😷. ➡️The growing incidence of colorectal cancer(CRC) in our patients in the past two years is IMPORTANT. ➡️It has been hypothesized that inflammation related to
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
The RISK of LONG COVID ⤴️ with each infection. 13% after 1 infection.23% after 2.37% after 3 . and yet.- RAPID TESTS aren't widely available.-MASKING isn't required in healthcare settings.-AIR FILTRATION is under-utilized.
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7 months
The risk of long COVID reaches 37% after three infections, according to the INSPQ. Quebec health system is unable to help the growing number of people who have had persistent symptoms for months or even years
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
LONG COVID keeps E-X-P-A-N-D-I-N-G . Pink - Symptoms.Blue - Pathology. 🧐 Outstanding graphic from @EricTopol et al
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
🧪 RAPID TESTS for COVID-19 still detect the most recent variants. but a single test may not suffice. Symptom onset Test Accuracy. Day 1 30-60%. Day 4 93%.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
3 years
My patient asked about her Pap smear results from her test 2 weeks ago. Not there. So we contacted Dynacare Labs. They told us there's a TWO-MONTH backlog on cytology reports. 2 months . Hope it's normal.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
I admit. It’s me. The TOP reason to see a GP is to assess a RESPIRATORY infection. We also provide FREE MASKS to keep patients & staff safe.
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WendyRG 🇨🇦@mstdn + bsky too!
8 months
My GP asked me to recommend a good air purifier abt a month ago. I suggested the North Box. Here it is in her waiting room!
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
COVID-19 is now 🇨🇦’s #2 reason .to be hospitalized. Giving birth takes 2 days -Cost $2,600. COVID takes 10 days - Cost $23,000. Ditching masks in hospitals - Cost ???. Ref:
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
Most patients I see do NOT do their home test for COVID optimally. 🦉Here's the '5 by 5 rule' from Ontario Science Advisory Table:. 🧪Swab 5 areas- each for 5 secs:.-Lower gums rt & lt.-Throat.-Nostrils- rt & lt. If negative, REPEAT in 2 days.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
🐎COVID-19 XBB.1.16 is RAPIDLY spreading. April 1 it was 3% of cases.Now, it's 31% of cases. It's even more CONTAGIOUS . & better at ESCAPING IMMUNITY from both vaccines & previous infections. Ref: Public Health Ontario. Sign and retweet. @DFisman .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
We interrupt this Canada Day weekend with some GREAT news: . COVID-19 WASTE-WATER signals across 🇨🇦 are.testing at ALL-TIME lows since the start of the pandemic. NONE of the sites tested had⤴️signals.23 sites showed⤵️s.16 sites showed no change. 🎆🇨🇦🎇.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
4 CASES of COVID-19 today in the office. That's a lot for one GP. Not sure how much worse things need to get before masks return to medical settings.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
WALKING PNEUMONIA - consider when:.-Cough > 10 days.-Breathes more QUICKLY than usual.-Chest/abdomen HURT from coughing. 🩺 Chest can SOUND CLEAR on examination. needs a chest x-ray to see. 💊 Will NOT respond to AMOXICILLIN. treated with a MACROLIDE (e.g. azithromycin).
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7 months
Increase in 'walking pneumonia' cases in kids in Canada.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
"Hospitalizations are at their highest level since last winter, with more than 1,200 people with COVID-19 in Quebec hospitals. In recent weeks. Over 30 people have died from the virus every week.". It's time to bring back masks in healthcare settings.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
My pt. has gone to emerg 3 TIMES for her COVID-19 pneumonia. She's young, but it's her 3rd Covid infection . & what a doozy it is. Her oxygen level is dropping but she won't return to emerg because of the WAITS: 36 hours/3 visits so far. We're both trying. wish us luck.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
5 months
In what's become an annual holiday tradition, .I just finished phoning my patients who spend Christmas alone. I'm not sure who gets more out of these calls. them or me.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
🇨🇦 Hospitals & healthcare facilities should maintain MASKING .Please sign & retweet. @MoriartyLab . via @CdnChange.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
🚨 Big news…. Health Canada has approved the recently updated NOVAVAX.
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Health Canada and PHAC
9 months
Health Canada received a submission from Novavax on June 26, 2024. After a thorough scientific review Health Canada has approved the company’s JN.1 Variant vaccine. Learn more: #Covid19
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
To the Chief Medical Officer of Ontario:. Medical settings need to be SAFER SPACES for BOTH patients & staff. Masking can't be put on the shoulders of Ontario's MOST VULNERABLE. that's your job. Bring back masks back into healthcare. Signed. @ONThealth @OntariosDoctors.
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Toronto Star
9 months
Yes, we do need to bring back masks in medical settings. Many don’t want to appear disrespectful by asking their health-care workers to mask. Patients have a right to safety in health care facilities. #Opinion
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
Uh-oh. As of June 30, 2023 Ontario will WIND DOWN free COVID-19 rapid tests in pharmacies & grocery stores. 💊 How will I know if PAXLOVID is needed?. 🧑🏽‍🦼How are the vulnerable & HIGH-risk to know?.😨 What about⤴️long COVID risk from repeat infections?.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
4 months
Obscene. Just THINK of what $1.4 billion could have meant to HEALTHCARE or HOUSING. Instead? An EGREGIOUS WASTE of taxpayers’ money.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
Just received from Toronto Public Health . 🚨 Updated COVID-19 vaccines will NOT be available until OCTOBER . They’ve been widely available in 🇺🇸 since August 30. WHY the DELAY?. ⁦@GovCanHealth⁩ ⁦@PHAC_GC
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
6 months
The SHINGLES vaccine remained nearly 90% effective after 11 YEARS . …a 💉milestone
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
😷 Masks are extremely REASSURING to vulnerable patients .…& an easy way to say, “I care.”. Since requiring them in our clinic .staff absences have PLUMMETED . P.s. Ontario 🇨🇦provides family doctors N95 masks for FREE -No excuses!.
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HealthCommunication
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✅NEW TODAY❗️. ✅Nat’l study: MASKING IS NEW INDICATOR OF HEALTHCARE QUALITY‼️.🔗 ✅Pls share❗️. #WearARespirator .@DrWilliamMD @DrGorfinkel @DaliaHasanMD @beansprouts_mom @MamaToronto @elisaperego78 .@ToshiAkima @Billius27 @WesElyMD .@drclairetaylor
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
Lone masker in a packed bus in Italy . ….when 1 in 10 COVID-19 tests in Europe are POSITIVE . 🇨🇦
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
Finally!. 6 weeks after the latest COViD-19 💉became widely available in the 🇺🇸, .this 🇨🇦 GP just got vaxed . …but has NOT received supply. ➡️ HIGH RISK patients are still being TURNED AWAY in Ontario’s primary care clinics
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
29 days
Infuriating !. Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Kieran Moore has DECLINED INTERVIEWS in spite of 1,243 MEASLES CASES in Ontario. SQUANDERING TIME-SENSITIVE OPPORTUNITIES to galvanize, educate, & prevent its spread. WHERE HAS PUBLIC HEALTH GONE ?.
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Where is Public Health?.Last week, I was writing about #measles spreading in Ontario and Alberta and the invisibility of public health officials there. CBC News has more on the topic today, including this observation.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
ONTARIO leaves MASK RULES up to each hospital. KEEPING masks:.- Univ. Health Network.-SickKids .-Unity Health Toronto.-Sunnybrook.-Trillium Mississauga. NOT:.-St.Joseph's Hamilton.-Hamilton Health Sciences.-McMaster Children's.-St. Mary's Genl Kitchener. Ref: Toronto Star.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
A “spit test” to detect COVID, Flu & RSV. Wish I had these in the office!. Instead were told to SEVERELY LIMIT who gets tested.
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Toronto Star
8 months
SickKids Hospital is expanding a saliva testing program across select Toronto schools, aiming to help limit the spread of COVID-19, the flu and RSV by offering at-home test kits to students and their families.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
4 months
Just got back from Metro. I wasn't alone. TONS of others were also reading labels, . to make sure goods were NOT from the U.S.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
A family doctor in Ontario 🇨🇦 gets $37.95 for a typical visit. which has to cover:.-Staff.-Rent.-Supplies- medical, office, computer support.-Insurance .-Retirement. How is this supposed to work?.🩺⚖️🙄.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
“Take a seat. The wait to see the doctor is about an hour.” . The waiting room is packed…few if any are masked. The #1 reason to see a GP is for a respiratory infection. 🤧 Cold viruses, including RSV.🦠 COVID-19.🤒 Influenza .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
11 months
I've just CONFIRMED 2 COVID CASES in today's clinic. That's SIGNIFICANT for one G.P. What's especially CONCERNING is that.-Both people had trouble LOCATING tests .-Paxlovid was NOT readily available for the patient at high risk. Please take PRECAUTIONS - it ain't over. 😷.
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Tara Moriarty
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Canadian COVID Forecast. Jun 22-Jul 5, 2024 . SEVERE: AB, NB, NL, PEI .VERY HIGH: CAN, BC, North, ON, SK.HIGH: MB, NS, QC.MODERATE: none . About 1 in 84 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
COVID-19 & DIABETES RISK. New LANCET STUDY.- Involved nearly 17 million people.- Risk ⤴️ by 30-50% after COVID-19.- Higher diabetes risk lasted OVER 1 YEAR. CRUCIALLY. "The risk is MARKEDLY LESS in people VACCINATED". @PHAC_GC @GovCanHealth.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
The GAPING HOLE in 🇨🇦 COVID-19 tracking has become LARGER. The Public Health Agency has now STOPPED reporting DEATHS. Ignoring the science will WORSEN OUTCOMES. @GovCanHealth @PHAC_GC .
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Tara Moriarty
8 months
With the transition of Canadian COVID-19 reporting to the combined respiratory virus dashboard, weekly COVID-19 deaths for Canada are no longer publicly reported by @GovCanHealth . According to the most recent report, participating provinces reported 971 hospitalizations and 131
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9 months
Shocker. Ontario TAXES fund a MAP ON WHERE TO BUY BOOZE. So where's the map for. -GP's & Health Teams still taking patients?.-ER's with less then 6-hr waits?.-Specialists with the shortest wait times?.-Urgent elder care & respite?. @fordnation .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
Federal tracking on COVID-19 hospitalizations & deaths gives a FALSE sense of security . It IGNORES the LONGTERM impacts on heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, cognitive decline & mental health. SCIENCE is ignored at our own risk. 🧑‍🦯 🇨🇦 🧑‍🦯‍➡️.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
ARCTURUS Omicron XBB.1.16 . 😨Most contagious sub-variant so far.🌍In 34+ countries - 2/3 of cases in India.💉Vaccines FAR less effective .👁️Pink eye, runny nose, sore throat, fever.😫Long Covid impact. unknown.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
🇨🇦 My patient appears perfectly healthy. she's young, laughs easily & is super smart. She never admits it, but she's also PROFOUNDLY immune suppressed. She just wants to live life.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
To Whom It May Concern:. My patient is diabetic, over 75, & a member of the Black community. She’s at HIGH risk of SHINGLES .but can’t afford the vaccine. She’s suffered plenty in her life already. Please COVER this. Signed,.A GP in Toronto.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
The PARIS OLYMPICS is at HIGH RISK of becoming a COVID-19 SUPER SPREADER EVENT. DUE TO.🌐15 million tourists.😷No masks req'ed - incl'ing in airports.💉No COVID entry requirements.🫥 Huge crowds on public transit.🦠Asymptomatic spread. ➡️ MORE variants.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
The Govt of Canada has shifted ALL COVID-19 data to the RESPIRATORY Virus Surveillance Report. Wrong messaging. SARS CoV-2 is NOT “just another flu”
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
Dear Dr. Kieran Moore:. Repeat infections⤴️the risk of Long COVID, even in people fully vaccinated. Ontario's new Test-to-Treat guideline BLINDS patients & clinicians to the diagnosis. We URGENTLY need MORE TESTS. Signed. @OntarioHealthOH.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
🦠 This COVID-19 rapid test took the ENTIRE 15 minutes to become positive. 💊 Paxlovid, here I come. Toronto’ll be short by at least one in-person GP this week…
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
I’m just 1 of 1000s of doctors trying to get children on interminable waiting lists at Toronto’s Sick Kids seen sooner. …& now it’s official. A whopping 65% of kids surgeries are delayed beyond guidelines, affecting their growth & development. 🧸🇨🇦💜.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
Next week….Ontario’s 58 WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE sites are set to CLOSE . It will be “replaced” by just 4 federal sites. 👉NOT NEARLY ENOUGH to track COVID-19 . We will NOT be SILENCED. @fordnation.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁
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Wastewater surveillance in Ontario is on the brink as protests intensify @egpayne . 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
🚨 1 in 5 people with MEASLES get HOSPITALIZED . Q: Do I need to get vaccinated?. YES…especially if you. -Haven’t already received 2 doses.-Were born between 1970-1996.-Are travelling (ideally 2+ weeks before).
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
🚨BREAKING NEWS . Publicly funded COVID-19 TESTING in Ontario 🇨🇦 is LIMITED to only those at HIGHEST RISK. This will….⬆️ Long COVID .⬇️ Isolation.⬆️ Community spread.⬆️ Risk to those at high risk
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
"No big deal" ???. The $225 million spent to get booze on retailers' shelves 1 year earlier could have gone to 6,536 PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS to assist Ontario's MOST VULNERABLE x 1 yr. The lack of funding for BASIC home services is a DAILY STRUGGLE for patients & clinicians.
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André Picard
9 months
Booze is already widely available. Allowing sales in convenience stores is no big deal. Public health has far more important issues to worry about, by @picardonhealth via @GlobeDebate #alcohol.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
We have just 6 boxes of Rapid COVID tests left .- and that's for TWO family doctors. We're FORCED to RATION TESTING. even though its the STANDARD of CARE. Unbelievable. @ONT_Health
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
The largest PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER in the U.S.has REINSTATED MASK MANDATES in response to.⤴️COVID-19. "This is to ensure that we protect the health & safety of our patients, our workforce and our community.". Et vous, 🇨🇦?.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
It's WORSE than I thought.POST-COVID CONDITION - Govt of 🇨🇦 OWN data. 😟1 in 6 adults report SYMPTOMS for >3 mos after their acute infection.😟1 in 2 of them report feeling LIMITED in DAILY activities.😟🇨🇦's MOST vulnerable are WORSE OFF. @a_longhurst .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
6 months
🚨 TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH . Walking PNEUMONIA (Mycoplasma).📈Surging in ALL ages in 🇨🇦. ⤴️ Kids 10-19 yrs & under affected (NOT typical).🩺 Chest is often CLEAR.🫁 Chest X-ray needed.🧪Test with PCR - deep nose or throat swab.💊Will NOT respond to Amoxil - macrolide needed
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
Updated COVID-19 vaccines aren’t expected until October . Now ADD EXTRA DELAYS.🚛 1 -2 weeks for DISTRIBUTION .🗓️ 1-2 weeks to get an APPT. 💉2 weeks to develop IMMUNITY . TOTAL 🟰 FAR MORE CASES. Please retweet. @GovCanHealth @PHAC_GC .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
Why does Ontario lack Family Doctors?. -No pension.-No sick leave.-No vacation pay.-No health benefits.-No dental plan.-No maternity leave. -Clinic expenses $100,000 per year.…in Toronto it’s $180,000 per year. Another one bites the dust.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
It’s official!.Our daughter Lauren has her M.D. We love you,🥰
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
🚨Big news🚨. 💉 People at HIGH risk should get their COVID-19 XBB vaccine 3 months after getting their last vaccine or last infection (whichever was more recent). ❌…NOT after 6 mos as originally advised. Please retweet
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
Neither the suffering of Israelis nor that of Palestinians is cause for celebration. Civilians are paying the price of acts of terror, war & mass displacement wherever they happen. Signed:.Shaken, disgusted, heartbroken & angry.🕊️.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
To 🇨🇦Public Health Agency:. The latest COVID vaccines still haven’t been approved even as cases⬆️. Why?⁦.⁦@GovCanHealth⁩ says it’s to avoid confusion with newer forms with the same Drug Identification Number. 🚨 Please assign a new DIN. Signed,. ⁦⁩ ⁦@PHAC_GC
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
See the PEAK in Ontario's WASTEWATER Signal?. That was barely 6 mos ago. Here's who RELIES on this to inform policies:.-Ontario's Ministry of Health.-Public Health Ontario.-34 Public Health Units. ELIMINATING this program is a HUGE LOSS
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
"The WORST thing any country could do now is to use this news as a reason to dismantle the systems built”. "This is NOT a signal to let down our guard. -Head, WHO Emergency Committee.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
9 months
HEARTFELT THANKS. …to everyone who retweeted the posts & helped get the updated COVID-19 vaccine approved BEFORE October. 💜 It’s not take for granted. SPIKEVAX [mRNA KP.2 strain] COVID-19 vaccine
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
3 REASONS WHY. ONTARIO IS MAKING A MISTAKE IN SCRAPPING 🇨🇦's LARGEST COVID-19 WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. 🚨It reveals who's at HIGHEST RISK.🚨It gives ADVANCED WARNING of OUTBREAKS.🚨It checks TREATMENT IMPACT. HUBRIS is RISKY. @fordnation .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
EXCESS 🇨🇦DEATHS have LONG been OVERLOOKED. NOT COUNTING the later ⤴️in diabetes and cardiovascular disease BLINDFOLDS Public Health. A debt of GRATITUDE is owed to Dr. Moriarty 's lab for their untiring work on this. @GovCanHealth @a_longhurst @MoriartyLab @picardonhealth.
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Caroline
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@a_longhurst @DrGorfinkel @GovCanHealth has stopped reporting all Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths. It must be challenging to be @ChiefSciCan as Excess Mortality Rates keep climbing due to a mystery virus Public Health is denying is still killing people #bcpoli @TorontoStar
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
🇨🇦 BC ditched hospital mask mandates on April 6. Since then. 😨Hospitalizations⤴️ 12 %.💢Outbreaks- Burnaby & Royal Columbian Hospitals.🧸BC Children's asks the sick to delay coming. It's not too late to pivot. Ref: BC Centre for Disease Control.@DrFiliatrault @MLA_Sandhu.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
😷 KUDOS to the UHN 😷. Masks need to be brought back into ALL healthcare settings. … to keep patients, their loved ones & staff SAFE
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 year
😷I'm still seeing 3-4 COVID-19 cases each week. Luckily, NONE has recently required hospitalization lately. MASKS are still required in our clinic. 🏥Patients feel safer.🦠Asymptomatic spread.⤵️Risk for the vulnerable .⤵️Staff infections & absenteeism.⤵️Long COVID.
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Tara Moriarty
1 year
Canadian COVID Forecast Apr 27-May 10, 2024. ONTARIO. MODERATE (no change). About 1 in every 76 people infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:. -Infections ~5X higher.-Long COVID ~5X higher.-Hospitalizations ~4X higher.-Deaths ~1X higher
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
11 months
Critical COVID-19 SCIENCE.🦉🇨🇦Long-Term Care Tracker .🦉Ontario's Science Advisory Table. were SHUT DOWN in the midst of a.GLOBAL EMERGENCY. This July 31, 🇨🇦 will SHUT DOWN its largest WASTE WATER SURVEILLANCE program. Pesky fact-The pandemic's ONGOING.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
I’ve known this patient for 24 years. Here’s her latest ‘medical’ note from yesterday’s housecall. (Permission granted)
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
5 months
Finally. Let’s hope the rest of 🇨🇦 follows.
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André Picard
5 months
B.C. reinstates mandatory masking😷in hospitals and care facilities as flu, respiratory illness increase. via @globeandmail @NeglectedNo.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
MPOX in AFRICA is a W.H.O. public health emergency of of INTERNATIONAL CONCERN. VIRUS is excreted in URINE & STOOL. 🚨 Time for Ontario to RE-OPEN .its 58 WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE SITES .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
How effective are BIVALENT boosters at .⤵️ing HOSPITALIZATION / DEATH from .Omicron (includes XBB.1.5) ?. Disappointing findings from NEJM: . 2 weeks 67 % effective .10 weeks 44 %.20 weeks 38 %.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
3 years
The BEST way to collect a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test is by COMBINING oral and nasal swabs. Here's how Ontario's Science Table says to swab. -First swab BOTH inner cheeks.-Then swab back of tongue or throat.-Finally swab both nostrils. 🦉It's the cheeks-throat-nose combo pack.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
11 months
Repeat, Retweet:. COVID-19 CANNOT be .LEGISLATED OUT of existence. 🇨🇦.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁
11 months
Ontario can’t make COVID disappear by pretending it doesn’t exist @DrGorfinkel . 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
Ontario’s COVID Testing Eligibility …are OUT of STEP with ALL other infectious diseases. A young, otherwise well person with bilateral lung infiltrates on her chest X-ray would NOT qualify for testing . Come again???
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
Govt of Canada - LONG COVID Data. 😳 Only 1 in 8 adults reported receiving ‘adequate’ care. 😔 100,000 adults unable to return to work. 😰 600,000 missing school or work - avg. 24 days.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
😷Wonder HOW EFFECTIVE masks are in HEALTH CARE SETTINGS?. After a 🇺🇸 Children's Hospital switched from universal masking to masking only in pt encounters. rates of respiratory infections went up by 5 TIMES .from RSV, flu, COVID-19, rhino-/enterovirus.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
When employers demand sick notes their problem becomes mine. How am I supposed to know if someone had been sick last week? . …and WHY should a valuable appointment slot be wasted on this?.
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Kelly Grant
7 months
The @CMA_Docs is calling for an end to sick notes, hoping to ease the paperwork burden for physicians. @channay .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
3 months
SORRY . but it's definitely NOT over. Since Aug 25, 2024 . 🇨🇦 # Hosptlztns # Deaths. Flu 2,412 104.COVID-19 4,285 904 ⬅️ !.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
Leaving masking up to each healthcare facility is RISKY because many will REACT only once hospitalizations are high. The job of PUBLIC HEALTH is to PREVENT that. Patient safety isn't a 'facility priority'.It's a RIGHT. 🦽🇨🇦🧸.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
11 months
I could not agree more. Masks will likely remain a PERMANENT FIXTURE in this G.P.’s clinic.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
1 month
Ontario now has nearly 1,000 MEASLES CASES .(confirmed + probable). 💉 9 in 10 were UNVACCINATED. Q1: How is this G.P. supposed to TARGET patients needing immunization with NO VACCINE REGISTRY ?. Q2: How many more cases will it take ?.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
The Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Flu virus doesn’t give one HOOT about borders. Aggressive testing & oversight are urgently needed to CONTAIN its spread. Hubris isn’t a public health strategy.
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André Picard
7 months
First presumptive human case of #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza acquired in Canada detected in B.C. teen via ⁦@globeandmail
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
10 months
🧐 What’s your RISK.…of winding up with Long COVID? . ⚖️ A new tool from The Lancet
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
3 months
MEASLES OUTBREAK in Ontario . 🦠140 Confirmed cases*. 78 in the past 2 weeks.🏥 18 children hospitalized .🧸 1 child in ICU. * It's likely UNDER-DIAGNOSED because most doctors have never seen a case.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
This Toronto GP is seeing a BIG surge in COVID-19. Many patients have…. 🧪TEST fatigue -important to do if you’re seeing a doctor. ✈️ Recent travel .Pearson Airport = MEGA HIGH risk 😷. 🧸 Contact with kids.
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Dr. Brian Goldman
2 years
In the past couple of months, the vast majority of those who I clinically suspected of having #Covid HAD Covid. It's highly prevalent, so take precautions.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 months
The pandemic is NOT over. so WHY is 🇨🇦Public Health Agency NOT posting this information?. A: Because the provinces & territories REFUSE to share their public health info, even though it's EASILY ANONYMIZED .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
7 months
Today’s on call schedule for urgent care: RESPIRATORY infections are by far the #1 reason . COVID tests are running LOW.…& are now RATIONED to patients. PLAN.We will be purchasing AIR FILTERS for all exam rooms in addition to REQUIRING MASKS when possible
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
It's a COSTLY 🇨🇦experiment that'll confirm what's known: Masks work. Worried?. Sign and retweet: .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
🇨🇦 WISHFUL ATTEMPTS to “ERADICATE” COVID-19. ❌ SHUTTING DOWN ❌.7/22 LongTerm Care Covid Tracker.9/22 Ontario’s Science Advisory Table.7/24 Wastewater surveillance.10/24 Rapid test availability . The RESULT?.PREVENTABLE MISERY.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
The evidence that COVID-19 could cause CANCER keeps mounting. It wouldn’t be the first….Other oncogenic viruses. 🦠 Hepatitis B & C.🦠 Epstein Barr virus .🦠Human Pappiloma Virus -HPV. Their common denominator? .Chronic inflammation .
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
2 years
The sign every patient sees when getting weighed :.🕊️🦋💜
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
8 months
$1.5-billion of 🇨🇦 PUBLIC funds were spent on PRIVATE nurses in 2023. Public RNs are fed up with.💵 Low pay.😥 Forced overtime.📆 Rigid schedules. It’s a VICIOUS CYCLE that will only SPIRAL until working conditions improve for public nurses.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
5 months
🚨 POLIO is back.Just received from 🇨🇦 PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY. "It's been detected in wastewater samples in routine surveillance from multiple cities across Europe and in Melbourne, Australia. A case was reported in Israel on Dec. 25, 2024 in an unvaccinated 17 yr old."
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