@picardonhealth@maan_alhmidi@globeandmail The provinces need many more beds in acute care too. Only a multi-pronged approach will succeed. We also need national licensure for docs.
New from @IHME_UW GBD 2021. Covid mortality rates. No surprises: Well-vaccinated Northern European nations, Canada, Northern U.S. had lowest mortality; less vaccinated Southern U.S. fared worse; poorly vaccinated regions Africa, Russia the worst
https://t.co/PoL7nziIyz
H5N1, measles, pertussis, RSV, influenza and COVID-19 all remain threats to the public health. 5 out of 6 of these infections are vaccine and personal hygiene preventable. Key reporting by @nicireland_news
https://t.co/DkTx7HaS9y
To explain how climate change, urbanization, other forces accelerate zoonotic spillover to ignite
SARS-1 (2002)
MERS (2012)
Ebola (2014)
Zika (2016)
Ebola (2019)
SARS-2 Covid (2019)
Dengue/YF (2023-24)
H5N1 (2024)
I made this video @BCMCME@bcmhouston
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#H5N1#BirdFlu#BREAKING ⚠️⚠️
✴️Poultry flocks are being euthanised from Montana to Hawaii, and in multiple places in Canada.
✴️Egg prices have doubled in the US.
✴️H5N1 infection in cattle herds is spreading in Idaho, and cows are asymptomatically shedding the virus.
✴️The BC teen remains critical. And we don’t know how he was exposed.
✴️We still don’t know how the Californian toddler contracted BirdFlu , and if the clade is Avian or Bovine.
✴️#H5N1 found in pooled Milk from Missouri ⚠️⚠️. This is likely how the Missouri case contacted BirdFlu. Food poisoning.
✴️We still don’t know the level of H5N1 in the Californian milk supply. Could the toddler be the second case of food poisoning?
✴️Should be a very busy week, all in time for thanksgiving. Could turkeys be affected by BirdFlu?