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_
Joined December 2017
A patient just hugged and thanked me for this. 💜 Every clinic needs one …
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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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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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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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"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.".
COVID Hasn’t Disappeared — But Empathy, Care and Solidarity Have | Truthout
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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 .
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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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.
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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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.
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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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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🧪 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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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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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.
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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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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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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🐎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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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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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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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).
Increase in 'walking pneumonia' cases in kids in Canada.
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"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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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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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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🇨🇦 Hospitals & healthcare facilities should maintain MASKING .Please sign & retweet. @MoriartyLab . via @CdnChange.
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🚨 Big news…. Health Canada has approved the recently updated NOVAVAX.
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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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.
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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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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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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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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The SHINGLES vaccine remained nearly 90% effective after 11 YEARS . …a 💉milestone
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😷 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!.
✅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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Lone masker in a packed bus in Italy . ….when 1 in 10 COVID-19 tests in Europe are POSITIVE . 🇨🇦
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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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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 ?.
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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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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A “spit test” to detect COVID, Flu & RSV. Wish I had these in the office!. Instead were told to SEVERELY LIMIT who gets tested.
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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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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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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“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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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. 😷.
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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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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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 .
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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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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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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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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🇨🇦 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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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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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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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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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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🦠 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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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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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.
Wastewater surveillance in Ontario is on the brink as protests intensify @egpayne . 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.
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🚨 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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🚨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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"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.
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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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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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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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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🚨 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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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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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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It’s official!.Our daughter Lauren has her M.D. We love you,🥰
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🚨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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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.
@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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🇨🇦 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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😷 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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😷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.
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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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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I’ve known this patient for 24 years. Here’s her latest ‘medical’ note from yesterday’s housecall. (Permission granted)
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Finally. Let’s hope the rest of 🇨🇦 follows.
B.C. reinstates mandatory masking😷in hospitals and care facilities as flu, respiratory illness increase. via @globeandmail @NeglectedNo.
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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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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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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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Repeat, Retweet:. COVID-19 CANNOT be .LEGISLATED OUT of existence. 🇨🇦.
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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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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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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😷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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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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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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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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I could not agree more. Masks will likely remain a PERMANENT FIXTURE in this G.P.’s clinic.
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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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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.
First presumptive human case of #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza acquired in Canada detected in B.C. teen via @globeandmail
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🧐 What’s your RISK.…of winding up with Long COVID? . ⚖️ A new tool from The Lancet
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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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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.
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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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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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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It's a COSTLY 🇨🇦experiment that'll confirm what's known: Masks work. Worried?. Sign and retweet: .
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🇨🇦 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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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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The sign every patient sees when getting weighed :.🕊️🦋💜
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$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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🚨 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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