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André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.

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André Picard
4 months
"André Pierre Picard. For his dedication to advancing public health understanding and practices in Canada as a leading health journalist and bestselling author." I'm honoured and humbled to be included in the list of new appointees to the #OrderOfCanada .
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I will donate $1 to the #GordDownie Fund for #BrainCancer Research for every RT. I'm at $363 and counting. #TheHip
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Please indulge me for a rare (but brief) thread of personal comments. I was on a city bus in Copenhagen early this morning. A young man clearly suffering from mental illness was screaming angrily. Not an unusual occurrence on urban transport. Passengers ignored him. 1/
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Terry Fox died on this day 41 years ago, June 28, 1981 at the age 22 after having run 5,373 kilometres in the Marathon of Hope. Terry's goal was to raise $1-million for #cancer research. His foundation has since raised $850-million. via @tfri_research
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5 years
Please stop using the Trumpism "fake news." A story that is wrong it not "fake news," it's wrong. A story that is incomplete, is not "fake news," it's incomplete. A story you disagree with is not "fake news," it's a story you disagree with. #journalism
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6 years
It was a reminder that some values - like caring for your fellow citizens in a time of crisis- are universal. It was a reminder that immigrants and refugees bring incredible skills with them. It is not newcomers we need to fear, but the assumptions we make about them.
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4 years
I usually reserve my opinions for @globeandmail columns but feel compelled to write a brief thread about the public maligning of Dr. Theresa Tam @CPHO_Canada and criticisms she has been 'flip-flopping' on issues like the usefulness of masks 1/
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3 years
Human cost of pandemic driven home by powerful photo of overwhelmed doctor phoning a family to tell them a loved one has died of #Covid19 , by @CTVStephenHunt via @CTVcalgary #cdnhealth
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4 years
#COVID19 update March 21 Global: 305,066 cases, 12,987 deaths. Cases increasing by 30,000 daily, deaths by 1,600+. Italy recorded 793 deaths in a single day. Sharp rise in cases in Italy, U.S., Spain, Germany, France, U.K., Switzerland. #globalhealth
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3 years
Hundreds of immigrants in France🇫🇷 working on the #coronavirus frontline, from cleaners to health aides, have had their service to the country recognised with fast-track citizenship via @bbcnews @LondonNadeau #COVID19
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#December6 , 1989. They died because they were women. Today is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. #Polytechnique #16Days
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He’s forfeiting his $2.75-million U.S. salary to keep working as a personal support worker in a long-term care home in Montréal.
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4 years
Canadian lineman @LaurentDTardif opts out of @NFL season to keep fighting #COVID19 on front lines via ⁦ @globeandmail #cdnhealth
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Jérôme (Jerry) Lalonde: Dec 25, 1931 -- July 10, 2020. My father-in-law. Another victim of #COVID19 . For journalists, the pandemic is a professional challenge; but it's a personal one too.
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2 years
Welc....Wait, are you vaccinated? #COVID19 #vaccination
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6 years
Merry Christmas to the cleaning staff, kitchen workers, clerks, porters, lab workers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, PAs, PSWs, chaplains, social workers, patients, family members - and many others - who keep system running, and provide care, every day. #Christmas
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3 years
Finally got my first dose of #COVID19 vaccine! 🥳 (Moderna.) Vacciné (et majeur)! #vaccination 💉 #VaccineSelfies 🤳
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I’m humbled and touched to receive the Owen Adams Award, the highest honour bestowed on a non-physician by the Canadian Medical Association ⁦ @CMA_Docs #CMAawards2020
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2 years
The logic behind vaccine mandates for travellers no longer holds. While lifting the mandate may seem unfair to those who were vaccinated, there are real equity issues with keeping it on the books, by @zchagla via @GlobeDebate #COVID19 #cdnpoli #vaccination
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Before the vaccine was developed in 1973, 2.6 million children and pregnant women died of #measles every year. Last year, 136,000 children and pregnant women died of measles. No one gives a toss about the ill-informed opinions of death-denying trolls.
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@CurtTalksTV @9_granny @picardonhealth @ToPublic @_manuelavega @TorontoStar No-one dies from measles. It's harmless. When I was a child we all had it, no-one gave a toss.
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3 years
If Michael Kovrig, a man who just spent 1,020 days in a Chinese prison, can make it a priority to get a #COVID19 vaccine (and use his notoriety to promote #vaccination to boot), surely no one else has an excuse for not doing so.
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Today I had the honor of providing this man with his first dose at #LawlorPharmasave #pharmacy . "I want everyone to know this, vaccines are the best way to combat this disease". - #MichaelKovrig *Shared with permission*
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André Picard
6 years
Denmark, like many Western countries, is having a fierce public debate about the place of immigrants and whether they can adapt to Western culture and values. This incident I witnessed on the city bus was frightening but, in many ways heartening. 5/
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6 years
Finally, this story is a reminder that we routinely avoid engaging with our fellow citizens. Every one of the bus passengers I spoke to had a fascinating story, yet we only spoke because of a violent incident we witnessed. It shouldn't take a tragedy to get us talking. 7/
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7 years
Regretfully, I've withdrawn from the #Trottier2017 Symposium roundtable because it consists of 10 men. #NoMoreManels for me. @McGillOSS
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3 years
I’ll wait for the next one, by @CH_Cartoon via @AgBioWorld #COVID19 #vaccination
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3 years
Today is my work anniversary -- 34 years at the @globeandmail . #journalism
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5 years
"I’m gay. There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but as they say, 'Better late than never.’'’- Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa via @OttawaCitizen #LGBTQI2S #Pride2019
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2 years
Once again, we’re in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave coming our way, by @EricTopol via @guardian #COVID19 #GlobalHealth
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3 years
💔Photo of Houston ICU doctor comforting a weeping #COVID19 patient goes viral. Dr. Joseph Varon was working for his 252nd straight day. Photo by Go Nakamura, @GettyImages via @GettyImagesNews
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4 years
#COVID19 Apr 04 global: 1.2 million cases 64,691 deaths 1 in 4 cases worldwide are in the U.S. Spain surpasses Italy in cases Italy has more than 15,000 deaths, Spain almost 12,000 Germany and France rapid increase in cases
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2 months
In 1950, before a vaccine available, more than 55,000 Canadian children contracted #measles . It was the leading cause of blindness, deafness and 'mental retardation.' And more than 100 children died. What is your point: That, in 2024, we should have more sick and dead children?
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@picardonhealth @ToPublic @_manuelavega @TorontoStar Tell us why measles is so bad in 2024 when we born before 1950 got it without dying.
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4 months
A hearty thank you to all the health workers toiling during the holidays to ensure our hospitals and emergency services are operating 24/7. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, healthy 2024.🎁
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2 years
It's worth noting that @NeilYoung had #polio at age 5. His father, @globeandmail columnist Scott Young, told the story in his book "Neil and Me." The Canadian musician and has always been a fierce advocate for #vaccination .
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4 years
"Having friends over for dinner is not #SocialDistancing . Arranging play dates is not social distancing. Visiting family in hospital or care homes is not social distancing. Stopping at a grocery story to stock up after travel is not social distancing" - @epdevilla #COVID19
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2 years
Wake up! We decided Covid is over! by Drew Sheneman via @StarLedger @DrEricDing #COVID19
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A rare bit of sharing of personal information from me today to congratulate my brilliant daughter, Anaïs Lalonde-Picard, who, after for years of medical studies at @USherbrooke , has matched to @uMcGill as a resident in internal medicine. 👩‍⚕️ @cusm_muhc #MedEd #CaRMSMatch
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3 years
Blocking and slowing emergency vehicles? Another sickening display of self-righteous selfishness by #antivax protesters. #COVID19 #cdnpoli
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Ambulance with flashing lights makes it was through anti-vaxx protestors at Vancouver City Hall. 12th and Cambie is an essential route for emergeny vehicles. @CKNW @GlobalBC
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André Picard
4 years
Changing your mind in changing circumstances is not flip-flopping and not a lack of leadership. It's how you do good science, and how we should shape public policy going forward - being nimble, not rigid. And recognizing #COVID19 is as humbling as it is challenging. /10
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3 years
What vaccine hesitancy? In Ontario hotspots there's a stampede to #COVID19 #vaccination clinics.
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1,000 people lining up in ‘hotspot’— community vaccine confidence in motion.
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6 years
There are uplifting parts to this story, but I don't want to gloss over the fact that, in all big cities, we've come to see people with severe mental illness as an invisible part of the urban landscape - we avert our eyes until a tragedy happens. /6
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6 years
I have to admit, I never thought I would see the day when the old grey @globeandmail published a 'how to roll a joint' infographic
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Institutional #COVID19 denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress. Abandoning collective approaches to disease mitigation is a recipe for disaster, by @julia_doubleday
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9 months
The Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches who defied #COVID19 restrictions, marking a significant victory for public health officials, and the end of the legal road for the faith leaders involved. via @cbcnews
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Expected a few hundred RTs but got an amazing 5.2K RTs Saturday night. Here's my gift. Hope you will give too. 2/2
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Bansky.
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3 years
How an Australian🇦🇺 state beat its second wave of #COVID19 : Widespread testing, relentless contact tracing and draconian restrictions. Does Canada🇨🇦 have the stomach for this? by @kellygrant1 via @globeandmail @IrfanDhalla #GlobalHealth
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6 years
One was a nurse from Somalia. The other was a nurse from Iraq. (The bus route services a major hospital.) Police arrested the man. The bus driver, despite his injuries, asked police if they could ensure the man got help for his "mental sickness." 3/
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Ontario doctor Mark Trozzi, who made "misleading, incorrect or inflammatory statements about vaccinations, treatments and public health measures for #COVID19 ," has license revoked, ordered to pay $94,960 in legal costs of tribunal. via @cpso_ca #infodemic
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4 years
@Polysesouvient @LoreenatCBC @CBCNews @LeDevoir @ihachey #6decembre Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte student Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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Dr. Tam has been doing #coronavirus briefings for 12 weeks. @CPHO_Canada has been remarkably consistent in both her demeanor (calm, professional) and her advice (cautious, evidence-based). As our knowledge of #COVID19 changes, so should policies. /2
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2 years
Canada will lift #COVID19 public health restrictions when elected governments decide to do so, not street mobs. The measures have saved thousands of lives and we'll get rid of them when we're good and ready, by @acoyne via @GlobeDebate #cdnpoli #cdhealth
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Human beings don't need to be sober or drug-free to deserve housing, food, and dignity. via @drandrewb #sdoh
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4 years
On social media in particular, the comments about @CPHO_Canada 's qualifications feature a disturbing level of sexism and racism. Dr. Tam is a medical doctor with as much expertise handling infectious diseases outbreaks as almost anyone in the world. /8
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4 years
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No singing at school so we started our day learning O’Canada in sign language. This made my heart swell! ❤️ @D_M_Eagle @gecdsbpro
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In a precedent-setting decision, Ontario court says vaccine mandate is legal and enforceable in schools. Two unvaccinated @SenecaCollege students had challenged the rule, by @jessicamundiee via @nationalpost @Limbictweets #COVID19 #vaccination #HigherEd
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4 years
On masks, Dr. Tam has said the same thing since day 1: They do not protect wearers from infection, they can provide a false sense of security and, because of short supplies, surgical masks and N95 respirators should be reserved for medical personnel. All this remains true. /3
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4 years
Happy birthday to me.🎂 Apparently 60 is the new 40. So only 25 years to go until retirement.
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3 years
Ontario's #COVID19 strategy in a nutshell (or screenshot).
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Screenshot for the ages.
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Suddenly the man rushed to the front of the bus and began viciously punching and stabbing the driver. A passenger intervened - he disarmed and subdued the man. (Turns out he used to be a police officer in Syria.) Two women in hijabs came to the bus driver's aid. /2
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Isn't protecting our children a good reason to wear masks😷again? When #COVID19 first hit, we wore masks to protect our grandparents. Kids deserve the same consideration, by @AllisonHanes via @mtlgazette
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3 years
This is what I tweeted exactly one year ago today. I haven't stopped since. A big thank you to all the followers of @picardonhealth for coming along for the ride. Wishing you a happy, healthy 2021! #COVID19 #PandemicJournalism #Goodbye2020
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My baby, Anaïs, just graduated from the Université de Montréal @UMontreal with an honours degree in cognitive neuroscience. So proud I’m verklempt.
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Thrilled to learn I will receive an honorary doctorate👨‍🎓from the University of Ottawa. I have a life-long connection to @uOttawa : I was born on campus, studied there (even graduated!), was editor-in-chief of @The_Fulcrum , and returned often to lecture.
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What is heartbreak? 💔 #cancer
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Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex.
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Kids are suffering from #COVID19 in ways we never expected, by ⁦ @picardonhealth ⁩ via @GlobeDebate #pediatrics #RSV
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It’s a privilege, not a right, to know your kid’s gender identity. Sadly, some kids live with parents who are transphobic. No province should forcibly out gender nonconforming kids to these parents, by @juliemalbogat via @torontostar #transgender 🏳️‍⚧️
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Deeply honoured to receive an honorary doctorate from @UOttawa , my alma mater. Also chuffed to see 700+ talented, eager health workers graduate. The future is in good hands.
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Thrilled to learn I will receive an honorary doctorate👨‍🎓from the University of Ottawa. I have a life-long connection to @uOttawa : I was born on campus, studied there (even graduated!), was editor-in-chief of @The_Fulcrum , and returned often to lecture.
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The role of public health officials is largely to tell the public things they don't want to hear. They will always be accused of acting too slowly or too hastily in about equal measure. On #COVID19 , @CPHO_Canada has largely been a voice of calm reason /6
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Today is my work anniversary - 33 years at the @globeandmail 🗞️. April 20, 1987 was my first day. As my official work photos show, I haven't changed a bit, but the hair gods have not been kind.😬 #journalism
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3 years
This is sickening. Personal support workers are paid so poorly that they are unable to afford to rent so they live in homeless shelters. Testimony from Dr. Jeff Turnbull at the Ontario Long-Term Care Commission. #COVID19 #LTC #cdnhealth #PSWs
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6 years
Best fucking memo ever. #WTF
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4 years
While I appreciate all the kindness, and am flattered to have my own hash tag #IStandWithPicard ,🗞️I would prefer that people focus not on trolls but on my initial concern, that a Canadian pediatrician is saying we don't need a #coronavirus vaccine. #Covid19 #antivax @cpso_ca
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We are fortunate in Canada to have a health columnist/journalist like @picardonhealth . He is a role model and a mentor, and always follows the evidence. #IStandWithPicard
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The great @TanyaTalaga is joining the @globeandmail as a columnist, where she will use her powerful voice to afflict comfortable and push Canada's leaders to honour their promises of #reconciliation . Welcome, my friend! #journalism #IndigenousLivesMatter
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‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept. There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection, by @anjahuja via @FT @rpezer1 #COVID19
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4 years
It's quite shocking to see a Canadian physician leader @dockaurG saying we don't need a #coronavirus vaccine, we just need t-cell immunity, hydroxychloroquine and "The Truth." #Covid19
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3 years
This is what I'm going to do when I get my #coronavirus vaccine -- but without the snow (or rhythm) because it will likely be July. #COVID19 #vaccination #TheVaccineDance
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Yesterday evening I received my Covid-19 vaccine. Then I went to a frozen lake to dance Bhangra on it for joy, hope and positivity, which I'm forwarding across Canada and beyond for everyone's health and wellbeing.
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Over the years, you get used to seeing your name and mug in miniature in the paper.🗞 But seeing my almost life-sized head in a full-page ad is quite another matter. Yikes! via ⁦ @globeandmail #journalism
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‘Bring back the damn mask mandates ’ -- Here are six things Ontario needs to do to lift the province out of the pandemic muddle that has left the public vulnerable and confused: @OttawaCitizen editorial via @egpayne #COVID19 #onpoli #cdnhealth
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Scientists and clinicians rally to defend and praise @DFisman with #ThankYouDavidFisman hashtag after Premier Doug Ford smears outspoken epidemiologist #COVID19 #onpoli #scicomm
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I am very grateful to @DFisman . For his leadership. For his courage. For educating us. For standing up for science. Science experts should not have to face personal attacks. Science experts should not be silenced. #ThankYouDavidFisman 🙏🏾
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Today is my work anniversary -- 36 years at the @globeandmail , and I've hardly changed at all. #journalism
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