Prof/PhD at Dalhousie U. Leading research to improve equity & population health with accessible quality primary healthcare. Director of BRIC-NS. I also 🖼
Measles destroys the immune cells that hold our deepest, longest lasting immune protection
It erases a persons immune memory - An Immune Amnesia
@HarvardMagazine interviewed me on how we discovered these lasting impacts that increase risk of mortality for years after measles
https://t.co/A1fDxpcAYk
Thank you, RFK Jr.
Thank you, Wakefield.
Thank you, MAHA movement.
Thank you, decades of tolerance for health pseudoscience.
Hello Dark Age 2.0.
US measles cases jump 35% in a week: Now found in 12 states https://t.co/5weNMlFrvg
Outbreaks are inevitable when politics prevail over science.
Thank you, @picardonhealth
From Ontario to Texas, every measles infection is a preventable tragedy https://t.co/m2aRX0O7gL
As Dark Age 2.0 takes hold, more of this... 👇
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate: https://t.co/4fvcYxP3Yz
"All the cases are believed to be among people who are not vaccinated against measles..."
#VaccinesWork
Because everyone has the right to housing they can afford, today we closed on the purchase of a vacant building on the peninsula. In the months ahead, we’ll be renovating, to create affordable homes for families experiencing homelessness.
#HousingIsAHumanRight#AffordableHousing
In 1890, Carr began to pursue art seriously and studied at the California School of Design for three years.
In 1898, Carr began to sketch Indigenous villages for the first time. The Nuu-chah-nulth gave her the name of Klee Wyck ("Laughing One").
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Helsinki started with a big #homelessness problem and solved it. Toronto can do it too, by learning lessons from Finland, by @_VictoriaGibson https://t.co/dKkkmaO0Ld via @torontostar#sdoh
Think you have COVID-19?
Ontario advises clinicians to LIMIT TESTS to HIGH-RISK pts who qualify for Paxlovid
...but very few can get assessed w/in 5 days from the onset of their symptoms
➡️ ALMOST NO ONE QUALIFIES
🥺 It's a misguided "guideline"
https://t.co/QQKlwYO7xY
While the total number of FPs per capita has increased over the past 30 years, the number of FPs in comprehensive FM has declined. This is compounded by an increase patient complexity. @CFPC_e@thenosm@janephilpott@RickGlazier1
Surreal, in 2024, public health needs to "make the case" for vaccines.
Next? Make the case for clean water? Make the case Earth not flat?
Dark Age cometh.
Top FDA official says Trump and RFK Jr. will mean ‘vigorous dialogue’ on vaccines https://t.co/khvz6DI9Nq via @statnews
Delighted to have been invited by the NAPCRG Student Group to present my research on Wednesday 10am. Join us! Three great keynotes from different countries.
RFK Jr isn't a "vaccine skeptic". Please, news organization, STOP calling him that.
Despite his claims to the contrary, RFK Jr is an "anti-vaccine zealot".
This shift in language a good example of the harm he has already done. Let's not normalize harmful lies.
cc @gorskon@PeterHotez@MicrobiomDigest@SherylNYT@DrJenGunter@picardonhealth@MooreintheAM