Kendra Dempsey, MPH, MSc

Medicine candidate @ucddublin | Alumnus @uoft @mcmasteru @maastrichtu | Interested in health policy, health equity, maternal + child health | #T1D | she/her

[Kendra Dempsey, MPH, MSc @dempsey_kendra]

Great thread!

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: what the heck is going on with respiratory viruses right now and is it because of covid, because of our attempts to stop covid, or something else?

It’s so much more complicated than some catchy buzzword you’ve seen. Let’s dig in deep together!

[Kendra Dempsey, MPH, MSc @dempsey_kendra]

@airtransat I have sent a message on FB and continue to remain on hold today (currently at 5 hours). My flight is about to be less than 24 hours apart and I won’t be able to make any necessary modifications. Will this be taken into account whenever I actually speak to somebody?

[Kendra Dempsey, MPH, MSc @dempsey_kendra]

@airtransat I have called your customer service line numerous times over the last 5 days, on hold every time, the call disconnects automatically at 2 hours each time. On hold over 10 hours today alone. My flight is in 2 days & I need to speak to someone. Any advice?

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

If freedom is about aligning oneself with hate & nazi symbols. I don't want any of it. I crave the type of freedom that is mindful of how my actions affect another. A type of freedom that breeds tolerance, respect, compassion, empathy, and above all, love. It's possible.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Honest question: It's great to hear we have a plan to resume business here in Ontario, but where's the plan to resume life-saving surgeries here in Ontario?

*Asking for the patients I care for who need their life-saving healthcare*

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

We lost another #COVID patient last night.
We have become desensitized to the numbers, but for the families of the patients lost, their lives are forever altered.
For the RNs, RTs, PSWs & housekeeping staff, the moral distress of seeing so much loss is hard to quantify.
Be kind.

[Gaibrie Stephen @SGaibrie]

“5 days is less burdensome for employers” says Dr Moore on the shortened isolation period for COVID-19.

Quite the mask off moment.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

Let us not return to what was normal, but reach toward what is next.

[Kendra Dempsey, MPH, MSc @dempsey_kendra]

Friends with networks in Scotland/UK, please share. My cousin is missing & we just want to get him home safe.

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

She was a single mother of three girls.

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

It’s truly cruel for antivaxxers to protest outside a hospital while people are fighting for their lives inside.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

In cities across Canada, we literally have anti-vaxxers blocking entrances to hospitals & yelling at health workers just trying to get to work & save lives.

News flash: Your personal rights to not be vaccinated aren't more important than our collective rights to stay COVID free!

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

A year ago there were 23 #COVID ICU patients in Ontario, today there are 152.

This lagging indicator is "indicating" yet:
- no vaccine certificates
- no mandatory vax in high risk environments
- no plan on how to keep kids < 12 safe in school
- non-COVID care imperiled, again

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

If you as a medical professional can’t refer someone for abortion or medical assisted dying services, you can’t do your job and should find a new one.

[Sahdya Darr @sahdyadarr]

Here’s a list I’ve compiled of some of the tweets I’ve come across on how you can support Afghans 👇🏼

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

~18% of Ontarians smoke
2nd hand smoke harms others
Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed workplaces and public spaces.

~18% of eligible Ontarians are unvaccinated
Being unvaccinated places others at risk
This is why we need vaccine certificates to protect us in indoor settings.

[Steve Flindall @flindall_steve]

Ohhh. Now I understand Doug Ford’s reluctance to mandate vaccines for anything. He’d be putting his own daughter in a tough position. I think that’s called a conflict.

[Tristan Imgrund @tristan_sudbury]

💉🦠 57 Reasons People Don’t Get Vaccinated 🦠💉

You can only tackle vaccine hesitancy when you know why people aren’t getting vaccinated.

🧵 A THREAD 🧵

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