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Paediatrician, infectious disease specialist, associate professor. Views my own.

McMaster University, Hamilton.
Joined October 2018
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@JeffPernica
Jeffrey Pernica
4 years
I stand by my long-time colleague and friend and call upon those attacking her character and integrity to immediately desist.
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@JeffPernica
Jeffrey Pernica
4 years
I hardly tweet anything...maybe because I am a boring person...but this is important:
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@kwadwo777
Kwadwo Kyeremanteng
4 years
Mental Health Care Utilization Among Children and Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 in Ontario https://t.co/7vd99ZXMFY via @JAMAPediatrics part of @JAMANetwork
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@staceymarj
Stacey Marjerrison
4 years
@CanPaedSociety
Canadian Paediatric Society
4 years
A leader in #AdolescentMedicine, Dr Natasha Johnson has written policy for @CanPaedSociety, and was recently appointed Assoc Chair of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at McMaster's Dept of Pediatrics @mac_peds @teen_mac @JohnsonTasha848 #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/yixP6xGQHl
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@BillHanage
Bill Hanage @BillHanage.bsky.social
4 years
I’ve been thinking the last few days how it’s hard for non-specialists, watching a twitter spat between apparent experts, to know who to believe. Here are a few things I bear in mind when following people outside my own field. A far from exhaustive list 1/n
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@JohnsonTasha848
Natasha Johnson (she/her)
4 years
Thanks for this thread 🧵 D on the first day of #BHM . I will add the book to my reading list.
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@abearlaw
André Bear
4 years
Imagine the violent response if it was Indigenous people that caused a fraction of these damages in downtown Ottawa. @OttawaPolice Full Riot Gear, Mace, Dogs, Water Canons, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, and @CanadianArmy on standby.
@Katie___Simpson
Katie Simpson
4 years
The latest Ottawa Police news release on the ongoing protest near Parliament Hill:
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@JohnsonTasha848
Natasha Johnson (she/her)
4 years
📢📢Your Black, Indigenous, Racialized, Muslim, and Jewish friends may not be ok right now. Confederate-waving, white supremacist, swastika-displaying people are hanging out in our nation’s capital. Allowed to freely spew their hate without impediment. Let 👏🏾That.👏🏾Sink👏🏾In👏🏾. 💔
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@DreJoanneLiu
Dre Joanne Liu
4 years
To end the pandemic, Canada needs to lead vaccine efforts abroad: "getting a booster dose is a moment of privilege and more action is needed to get doses to countries which haven’t received their first shot." says @ananya_tb #TRIPSwaiver https://t.co/yAyMfShQpn via @CTVNews
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@GuyattGH
Gordon H. Guyatt
4 years
A brand new #JAMA users' guide, hot off the press, on how to use the report of a platform #trial (very popular in #COVID trials such as #Solidarity and #Recovery and a number of others). https://t.co/bMwfP6ys1y
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@robertbenzie
Robert Benzie
4 years
BREAKING: All Ontario schoolchildren will return to in-classroom learning on schedule next Monday. Premier Doug Ford said last week the Jan. 17 date for schools reopening was the goal. Public health officials have signed off on the decision. #onpoli #COVID19 #onted
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@CBCToronto
CBC Toronto
4 years
WATCH LIVE | CBC Toronto News at 6 on Jan. 5 with your host @chrisgloverCBC and climatologist @BlacksWeather.
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@JeffPernica
Jeffrey Pernica
4 years
There is evidence learning has suffered among Hamilton students since the onset of the pandemic. But to what degree? https://t.co/FIjV6RYL9b via @thespec
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@JohnsonTasha848
Natasha Johnson (she/her)
4 years
And this 👇🏾💔
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@JeffPernica
Jeffrey Pernica
4 years
My favourite Goldbloom saying: ‘All of the greatest mistakes in the history of medicine can be traced directly back to the opinions of experts.’ (The wording may not be exact but you get the idea!)
@andrewlynk
Andrew Lynk
4 years
Rest In peace Richard Goldbloom. We have lost a giant in Canadian Pediatrics.
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