Tom Jackman
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Dad, ally, and keeper of receipts. Former archivist. #pwME since 2004. #LongCovid since 2020. ❤️≠endorsement. 🇨🇦
Vancouver Island
Joined August 2006
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a "mild covid infection" that results in chronic, lifelong disability is not—and will never be—a mild covid infection.
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: "The emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver is closed until noon on Tuesday due to staffing….
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RT @suzukfield: a woman has to give perfect, consistent details of the most traumatic moment of her life with no room for error and even th….
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: This is a great way to help enact change in healthcare masking. Members of the public can register and provide their fe….
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RT @beansprouts_mom: So, NO professional should get to remain anonymous. JFC - that's not accountability. It appears the actual name for t….
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RT @beansprouts_mom: I LOLd and 🙄 when they spun that measles had likely peaked at this presser. Sure enough, 15 cases quietly added toda….
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RT @Lidsville: I can't believe the BC NDP are willing to die on this hill. At the expense of a little girl. Her parents are being told to t….
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RT @jaclynmacrae: Agree. And they feel confident they can get away with it, in part, b/c (BC)NDP supporters, (BC)NDP party members, & elec….
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: The @bcndp and @Josie_Osborne stick to their decision to let 9-year-old girl suffer and likely speed up her death by de….
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: BC's Deputy PHO, Dr. Lavoie stated that measles is highly contagious and that it is airborne. But then he makes no men….
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RT @Lidsville: This is classic BC public health: paternalistic, untransparent, withholding. Turns out the new ER wait times website for Van….
cheknews.ca
Island Health says it'll be 90 percent accurate, but it's not a real-time snapshot of wait times. It's a projection of past experience.
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: New Island Health "current wait times" aren't real. They're just historical averages 🤦♂️. "When asked if an event like….
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Why is Dr. Gustafson, head of Island Health, preventing people on the island from knowing the current state of our emergency rooms?. Why is Island Health blocking access to information when even places like Alberta provide it to the public without issue?.
cheknews.ca
Island Health says it'll be 90 percent accurate, but it's not a real-time snapshot of wait times. It's a projection of past experience.
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: @Josie_Osborne "Measles is a highly contagious virus that can spread through air. People can pass the virus to others b….
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RT @Lidsville: Carney wants a nation-building program while Trump threatens Canada & cancels US research?. Easy: invest in Canadian science….
protectbc.ca
To The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada and the new Liberal Government: A healthy economy needs a healthy public and investment in science. We would like to congratulate you on...
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RT @InspiredAquaCA: "Despite all these shortcomings, Johnston maintains the quality of education in B.C. is “high,” . “But at the same t….
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23 months. That's the price for taking a woman's life in Canada, apparently. 23 months behind bars. Unbelievable.
B.C. man who pushed girlfriend to her death off cliff gets sentence reduced
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RT @jgoldbeck: 🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introdu….
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RT @vancolour: “Pierre Poilievre is his own punchline”. A MOment.This is VANCOLOUR.Thursdays at 9pm.@CHEK_News 📺
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