Charles Thompson

Professional pedant and punctuation enthusiast. Interests include: health policy, politics, video games, and folk music.

[Charles Thompson @CharlieAThomps]

@jtrebach @threadreaderapp unroll please

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Why the pandemic isn't over yet and how we can get there faster
https://t.co/g3l7A293iX
my @latimes oped

[Justin Ling (Has Left) @Justin_Ling]

War is horrifying. The collective effort of Ukrainians to not give in to despair — and instead do some sick donuts in a stolen Russian tank — is impressive and so incredibly Ukrainian.

[Simone Thibault @SimoneThibault]

This is an essential grocery store for the residents in centretown. 😥

[Justin Ling (Has Left) @Justin_Ling]

This is surveillance footage of two individuals entering a downtown Ottawa apartment building, near the center of the convoy, barring the doors and attempting to start a fire.

If you can identify either of the men, and don't feel comfortable contacting the police, please DM me.

[Yasir Naqvi 🇨🇦 @YasirNaqviCDN]

If anyone doubted the threat this protest posed to residents of downtown #Ottawa — this incident shows the kind of danger the community has been living through. The Ottawa Police need to strictly enforce the law and end this occupation.

[Dr. Lisa Iannattone @lisa_iannattone]

LIVING WITH COVID, a 🧵

Since covid isn’t going away (thanks to a series of poor choices over the last 2 years), it’s time to brainstorm what a real exit strategy might look like because “living with covid means accepting more deaths” doesn’t work for me. We can do better.

[David Fisman @DFisman]

Required reading.

[Tyler Smith @tylerismith]

Great diagram! Although something something metric system.

[Michelle Hurtubise (she/elle) @hurtubisemh]

Wright-Gilbert: Lack of transparency is eroding trust in Ottawa's transit system https://t.co/Xpe4OtZq0K

[David Fisman @DFisman]

Here are some preliminary estimates:

For every 1% increase in population vaccine coverage in Ontario, 3 week downstream ICU admissions decrease by 0.8%.

For every 1% increase in fraction of cases due to delta, risk of ICU admission, 3 week downstream ICU admissions increase 6%

[Michelle Hurtubise (she/elle) @hurtubisemh]

Des grandes nouvelles à partager. Bien que je sois triste de quitter la merveilleuse équipe du @WOCRC_CRCOO , je suis ravie de rejoindre une autre équipe formidable au @CentretownCHC .

[Dave Zackrias🇨🇦 @DaveZackrias]

🙏 @SimoneThibault heartfelt gratitude for your selfless leadership. Your advocacy and passion for the underprivileged will be greatly missed in the Centretown community. Enjoy your well deserved retirement!!! @ChantalKrantz @Patrickladou @CharlieAThomps @cmckenney

[Dave Zackrias🇨🇦 @DaveZackrias]

Congratulations Simone on this outstanding recognition. It just goes to show that your hard work, humility, and a “never give up” attitude really goes a long way. You have put your heart and soul into serving our most vulnerable members of the community. You deserve this award!

[Simone Thibault @SimoneThibault]

@OttawaHealth Yes we’re exhausted and we need to implement all possible tools in our toolbox to slow down the #COVID19 spread. The new variants are ahead of us. We support you - @VeraEtches - in recommending further restrictions. @CentretownCHC @OttawaHealth @AllianceON @JimWatsonOttawa

[Mackay Taggart @mackaytaggart]

Working hard to figure out how we can convince @ACarterglobal, @FarahNasser, and @AnthonyFarnell to open tonight’s newscast like this....

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

For reference, there were 14,000+ arrests at the George Floyd protests.

[Centretown Community Health Centre @CentretownCHC]

"Black residents are facing higher rates of the virus because, in many cases, they were the ones who stepped up to keep the city running during the early lockdowns by working in the front-line service or health-care sectors."
https://t.co/M1KM5weumC