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GI doc, IBD interest & wanna be expert, lover of all that is imaging (esp ultrasound), & keenly interested in innovation & practice change. Tweets my own.
Triwood, Calgary
Joined May 2016
Provinces are failing us. Federalism is failing us in healthcare. CHA is not being upheld, public health is worsening and children are now at risk of once eliminated diseases. We need the feds and national public health agencies to have more say and influence.
My first speech in the House of Commons: calling attention the Measles outbreaks in Canada and advocating for the health & safety of our children through vaccination. Surely, we owe our children this much.
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“The government’s claim that this is being done to save money and recover costs makes no sense from a moral or logical perspective. This policy is wrong for health-care workers and wrong for all Albertans.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca
Health-care unions and doctors are calling on the province to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any other Albertan who wants the shot.
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Hard to argue with this... Breakenridge: Premier in lockstep with U.S. 'failure of policy and science' https://t.co/Rj1EeVBGHE via @calgaryherald
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@GeraldL21698589 @ABDanielleSmith Yep: 80M Tylenot 135M wasted vaccines 600M HC supplies (plus warehouse costs and supplies are expiring) 2M for supporters to write an essay about COVID greivances It’s truly the most wasteful govt ever… But they don’t mind… it’s not their money being wasted.
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What about the 80 M on Turkish meds no one could use. That was all her. @ABDanielleSmith
This is honestly too much. The Premier talking about 135M HC dollars just wasted and acting like she has NOTHING to do with why we are here. Everything she and her govt has done has brought us to this point, a 🧵to recap: https://t.co/VG0QqX4Oo2 1/10
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Trump's #G7 humiliation summarized. After a disastrous birthday with millions of people protesting him and a military parade with low turn out and mediocre marching, an embarrassed Donald Trump embarked to Canada for the Group of Seven summit.
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“I think it’s because it doesn’t work particularly well, if you want the truth,” Smith said.” In addition to being Metis, Cherokee, public health expert, oncologist and more, Danielle Smith also moonlights as a virologist and immunologist. #abpoli
theglobeandmail.com
The policy is aimed at focusing on Albertans who are most in need of COVID shots, the Alberta Premier says
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932 cases in AB. We have *4* health ministers who should be noting this crisis. They don't seem to be doing anything successful about this. Perhaps we need a few more?
After weekend Alberta is up to 932. Prob will hit 1000 by end of week. 🍌🍌🍌
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“This will drive even more health care workers out of Alberta.” United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."
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Danielle Smith, leader of a party called Conservative, removes a lower cost preventive measure that will lead to higher costs in treatments. This in a system already stressed and struggling to reduce costs. Adriana LaGrange should be fired for this. #ableg #abhealth
She’s not a scientist or medical professional. She has no credibility on the subject. We have a vaccination regulation process in this country; that process isn’t dictated by her. If she wanted to address waste the first thing you would do is educate the
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By that logic, can we end public payment for those bloated private surgical contracts given to the UCP’s friends & supporters? Because they cost a lot more & dont work particularly well at all. #ableg
“I think it’s because it doesn’t work particularly well, if you want the truth" Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines after some shots go unused at taxpayer expense https://t.co/FD6G7oT3wp
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Both these actions will reduce uptake - of C-19 vaccine and Rx's. The vaccine is useful at reducing severe disease - the sort that makes you end up in hospital. Ditto for Rx's. So, I guess we must have lots of space in hospitals doing nothing. I hadn't noticed.
Can someone just check that Minister LaGrange understands her mandate is “Preventative” not “Preventing” Health Services? In all seriousness, these are backwards decisions all but guaranteed to not only hurt people, but cost us far more than they “save” in healthcare. #ableg
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Not a good plan. We don’t have enough health care workers or hospital beds - this new policy will put more patients in hospital beds and more staff will be at home with Covid. Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay for COVID vaccines https://t.co/FRcowQd3eO
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We are indeed seeing pts in the South Zone EDs who are refusing formal testing, because they don’t want to be counted in the rising numbers. This is just tip of the iceberg. Former acting CMOH warned govt of this coming epidemic last spring… govt chose to ignore him.
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People who can’t afford the vaccine won’t pay for it and will risk hospitalization. The policy change is a way to score antivax points.
Not a good plan. We don’t have enough health care workers or hospital beds - this new policy will put more patients in hospital beds and more staff will be at home with Covid. Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay for COVID vaccines https://t.co/FRcowQd3eO
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It is not secret Smith is an anti-vaxxer. Her personal beliefs are influencing how she does her job. A public servants job is to provide the safety and security the public needs with their tax dollars. Smith is doing what is best for her, not Albertan's. https://t.co/6wHYXXIrwv
ctvnews.ca
Danielle Smith defended her government’s decision to charge many Albertans for COVID vaccinations, which the province announced late Friday afternoon in a media release.
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Will Albertans save money by no longer covering most COVID shots? @PfParks thinks it will cost more due to additional hospital strain, with increased patient volume and more HC workers getting sick, arguing Premier Smith's rationale is wrong.
"Why the heck is the premier talking about vaccines in that way when she gets it wrong?" Dr. Paul Parks calls Alberta’s new COVID immunization changes “outrageous,” as some Albertans are now being asked to pay for COVID vaccine. Thoughts? 🎧 Listen: https://t.co/HrZ9hE7MAu
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The UCP is piling on to the cost of living crisis.
In a cost-of-living crisis, the UCP is making seniors pay more for their prescriptions and forcing Albertans to pay for vaccines that should be free. That’s not leadership. It’s a failure. It's our chance to send a message to Danielle Smith. Advance polls open tomorrow. Make
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